Henock Sheya ya Kasita (1 January 1953 – 30 July 2021[1]) was a Namibian politician[2][3] who was the deputy minister of lands and resettlement from 2008 to 2010.

He previously was deputy minister of mines and energy from 2003 to 2008, SWAPO chief whip in the National Council from 1994 to 2003.

He was a member of the National Council for Oshana Region from 1993 to 2010, and a founding councilor for Okaku Constituency in 1993 until 2010.

He began his career as a teacher at Eheke Senior Primary School in Oshana region in 1977 before fleeing into exile in Angola where he was AAD platoon commander at Tobias Hainyeko Training College from 1978 to 1979.

He was a detachment political commissar, NW Front (1980–1981), a political instructor for SWAPO-PLAN combatants in Angola (1981–1983), SWAPO deputy secretary for youth in Cuba (1983–1985); school principal for primary and junior secondary schools at Hosea Kutako, Island of Youth, Cuba (1986–1988); SWAPO regional mobiliser at Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region (1989–1990); SWAPO district co-ordinator, Okango, Ohangwena Region (1990–1991); SWAPO regional mobiliser, Oshakati, Oshana region (1991–1992); SWAPO district co-ordinator for Okaku (1992).