Fransina Kahungu

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'''Fransina Kahungu''' (born 1970) is a [[Namibia]]n politician who is the current [[List of mayors of Windhoek|Mayor of Windhoek]]. Formerly the [[Deputy Mayor]] of [[Windhoek]], she was elected as mayor of the city on December 13, 2019.

Kahungu hails from the village of Okapanda. In order to receive a diploma in education at the [[University of Namibia]], she moved to Windhoek in 1994. As a student at Ombalantu Senior Secondary School, Kahungu became involved in politics as a member of the [[Namibia National Students Organisation]]. From 1998 to 2017, Kahungu worked first as a teacher and then an administrator at Olof Palme Primary School, located in the Windhoek [[informal settlement]] of [[Greenwell Matongo]]. She was first elected as a member of the Windhoek city council in 2010, and became the deputy secretary of the [[SWAPO]] Party Women Council in 2016. While still on the council, she served as Deputy Mayor of Windhoek in 2016 and 2017.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

She was elected as mayor of the city on December 13, 2019, after the incumbent mayor [[Muesee Kazapua]] was absent for the municipality's internal elections.<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> According to a report by the [[Namibia Press Agency]], the City of Windhoek spokesperson Harold Akwenye and Kazapua himself both asserted that the city's leadership had not changed, and that Kazapua was still mayor of the city. Agatha Ashilelo, the chair of the City of Windhoek management committee, stated that Kahungu had replaced Kazapua as mayor according to a decision made by the SWAPO Regional Executive Committee.<ref></ref>

In January 2020, the ''[[Namibia Economist]]'' and the [[Namibian Broadcasting Corporation]] reported that the Office of the Mayor announced its relocation from central Windhoek to a community centre located in the informal settlement of Babylon, while the Office of the Deputy Mayor was to remain in the original location. The arrangement is set to remain for the duration of Kahungu's term as mayor.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

==References==


==External links==
* [https://ift.tt/2uxAprA City of Windhoek - Councillors Portal]


[[Category:1970 births]]
[[Category:21st-century women politicians]]
[[Category:21st-century Namibian politicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Mayors of Windhoek]]
[[Category:SWAPO politicians]]
[[Category:Women mayors of places in Namibia]]

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