It is all systems go for Outapi Constituency by-election slated for Monday.
This morning the ECN deployed polling officials and police officers who will maintain law and order at the 42 polling stations.
Last week in the National Assembly, AR MP Tuhafeni Kalola proposed that Namibia should lower the voting age from 18 to 16.
Voter turnout for the regional council and local authority elections has seen a drastic decline from 81% in 1992 to 38% in 2020.
IIkwambi said that, despite a recent modest upward trend in local authority elections, they remain lower than national elections, and this, he said, is not impressive.
It is said that the youth are the leaders of tomorrow; however, they are required to be active in democratic processes to prepare themselves for leadership roles.
