The newly elected Councillor for the Guinas Constituency in the Oshikoto Region, Moses Khumub, has expressed condolences on the passing of Founding President Sam Nujoma.

The councillor says he met Nujoma while in primary school in Tsintsabis after independence.

The Swapo Party's Moses Khumub is the Councillor for the Guinas Constituency following Friday's by-election, defeating the Landless People's Movement's Fransiskus Khumub.

Moses garnered 1,407 votes to take the seat left vacant following the death of Elias Martinus.

Swapo Party Secretary General Sophia Shaningwa has called for a mass turnout of voters for the Guinas Constituency by-election to be held this Friday.