Henock ya Kasita
Honourable Henock ya Kasita MP | |
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Deputy minister of lands and resettlement | |
In office 2008–2010 | |
Deputy minister of mines and energy | |
In office 2003–2008 | |
Regional Councillor for Okaku Constituency | |
In office 1993–2010 | |
Preceded by | position established |
Succeeded by | Joseph Kapya Endjala |
President of the IPU Namibian Chapter | |
In office 2000–2004 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Namibian citizenship | 1 January 1953
Political party |
SWAPO
Member of the Swapo Party Central Committee |
Residence | Windhoek |
Occupation | Teacher |
Profession | Politician |
Committees | Chairman of the National Council |
Website | www.parliament.na |
Henock Sheya ya Kasita (1 January 1953 – 30 July 2021
Political life
Ya Kasita earned a Diploma in Infantry Battalion in the
Education
He began his career as a teacher at Eheke Senior Primary School in Oshana region in 1977 before fleeing into exile in Angola where he was AAD platoon commander at Tobias Hainyeko Training College from 1978 to 1979. He was a detachment political commissar, NW Front (1980–1981), a political instructor for SWAPO-PLAN combatants in Angola (1981–1983), SWAPO deputy secretary for youth in Cuba (1983–1985); school principal for primary and junior secondary schools at Hosea Kutako, Island of Youth, Cuba (1986–1988); SWAPO regional mobiliser at Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region (1989–1990); SWAPO district co-ordinator, Okango, Ohangwena Region (1990–1991); SWAPO regional mobiliser, Oshakati, Oshana region (1991–1992); SWAPO district co-ordinator for Okaku (1992). He was elected as a SWAPO member of the central committee in 1998.[4]
References
- ^ Eliaser Ndeyanale (30 July 2021). "Ex-deputy minister Ya Kasita dies at 68". The Namibiam.
- ^ "Henock Ya Kasita". Omalaeti Technologies, Namibia.
- ^ Sakeus Iikela (28 November 2017). "New faces, surprises in Swapo CC". The Namibian.
- ^ "Ya Kasita Sheya Henock". Parliament of Namibia. Retrieved 7 April 2024.