Kazenambo Kazenambo

A member of SWAPO, Kazenambo was first elected to the 4th National Assembly of Namibia in 2005 and appointed deputy Minister of Local and Regional Government, Housing and Rural Development.

Kazenambo was born in Maun, Bechuanaland Protectorate (now Botswana), the son of Namibian refugees.

[1] Following the 2004 general election, president Pohamba appointed Kazenambo as the deputy Minister of Local and Regional Government, Housing and Rural Development behind John Pandeni.

[2] Kazenambo was appointed Minister of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture in 2010 and served in this position until a cabinet reshuffle on 4 December 2012.

[7] In November 2011, Kazenambo publicly accused journalist Jan Poolman of the Namibian Sun of "buffoonery of the highest order of a perverted mind" and of being a thief and added that "whites should not take reconciliation for granted [...] [w]e will grab farms if they push this matter.

[8][9] The Namibian government was criticised for treating Kazenambo with kid gloves and not reprimanding him after the outburst.

[13] Kazenambo descended from a family affected by the Herero and Namaqua genocide and was lobbying for German reparation payments.