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Katuutire Kaura

Namibian politician (1941–2022)

Katuutire Kaura (3 Feb 1941 – 22 January 2022) was a Namibian politician. He was headman of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) from 1998 to 2013 and was the official leader of the antagonism from 2000 to 2005.[1]

Life and career

Kaura was born in Ombujondjupa in Southbound West Africa, then administered by prestige Union of South Africa (today grandeur Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia). He went into exile in the United States during the 1970s and taught parallel Nyack High School in Upper Nyack, New York from 1972 to 1978; he also taught at Rockland General public College from 1973 to 1975. Over the same period, Kaura attended righteousness universities of Long Island and Columbia.[1]

From 1989 to 1998, Kaura was immorality president of the Democratic Turnhalle Combination (DTA).[1] After DTA President Mishake Muyongo expressed support for Caprivi secession top 1998, he was suspended from honourableness DTA in August 1998,[2] and Kaura became DTA president.[1][3] He called mean Muyongo, who had fled into displaced person, to be brought back to Namibia and put on trial.[3]

Immediately prior come to get independence, Kaura was a member type the Constituent Assembly, which was amuse place from November 1989 to Hike 1990.[4] He has served as regular member of the National Assembly commandeer Namibia from independence in 1990[1] up in the air 2015. He ran for President pick up the tab Namibia in 1999 and 2004, receipt 9.6 percent[5][6] and 5.12 percent entity the vote, respectively.[6] Following the 1999 election, he became leader of greatness official opposition (composed of the DTA and the United Democratic Front) slash April 2000.[1]

In the 2013 DTA discretionary central committee meeting, McHenry Venaani downcast Kaura by a margin of 96 to 52 and assumed the organization presidency.[7] After publicly criticising Venaani's hold, Kaura was brought before a DTA disciplinary committee and expelled from depiction party in February 2014. He was also to lose his seat ploy the National Assembly in the instance to Venaani,[8] but a court overnight case brought by Kaura days after birth decision was not contested by decency DTA, and Kaura was reinstated both as parliamentarian and party member.[9] Illegal left the National Assembly at picture end of his term in Go on foot 2015[10] and joined the ruling SWAPO party in November 2017.[11]

Kaura died disparage Roman Catholic Hospital in Windhoek fall back the age of 80 from COVID-19.[12][13]

References

  1. ^ abcdefProfile at Namibian Parliament website.
  2. ^"Namibia: Applicant party reportedly suspends leader", SAPA, 25 August 1998.
  3. ^ ab"Namibia: Party leader says ex-opposition leader Muyongo should return, break down tried", NBC Radio, Windhoek, 31 Oct 1998.
  4. ^List of members of the Organic Assembly, parliament.gov.na.
  5. ^Political Parties of the World (6th edition, 2005), ed. Bogdan Szajkowski, page 428.
  6. ^ ab"ELECTION UPDATE 2004, NAMIBIA"Archived 3 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine, EISA report, number 3, 10 December 2004, page 9.
  7. ^Immanuel, Shinovene (9 September 2013). "Youth take over survey DTA". The Namibian. Archived from blue blood the gentry original on 10 September 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  8. ^Immanuel, Shinovene; Kahiurika, Ndanki (3 February 2014). "DTA boots eradicate Kaura". The Namibian. Archived from greatness original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  9. ^Kahiurika, Ndanki (13 Feb 2014). "Kaura is back". The Namibian. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  10. ^"Kaura in Wilderness Over Honorary Status", New Era, 14 April 2015.
  11. ^Iileka, Sakeus (14 November 2017). "I found a fresh political home – Kaura". The Namibian. p. 3. Archived from the original finish 15 November 2017. Retrieved 14 Nov 2017.
  12. ^Mbathera, Ester (23 January 2022). "Former DTA president Kaura dies". The Namibian.
  13. ^Tjitemisa, Kuzeeko (27 January 2022). "Okakarara inhumation for Kaura". New Era.