Swapo’s Moses Khumub wins Guinas by-election

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2025-01-18

TSINTSABIS, 14 January 2025 – Swapo’s candidate for the Guinas Constituency by-election, Moses Khumub. (Photo by: Gabriel Tomas) NAMPA

TSINTSABIS, 18 JAN (NAMPA) - Swapo’s Moses Khumub has won the Guinas Constituency by-election with 1 407 votes, defeating his cousin Fransiskus Khumub from the Landless People’s Movement, who garnered 612 votes.
The by-election took place on Friday and saw 2 019 votes cast, with 22 ballots rejected. It was necessitated by the passing of former Swapo councillor Elias Kainda Marthinu in October 2024.
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