Mankumpi was created in August 2013, following a recommendation of the Fourth Delimitation Commission of Namibia, and in preparation of the 2014 general election.
[1] It was formed from the south-eastern part of the former Kahenge Constituency.
[2] As in all Kavango West constituencies, SWAPO won the 2015 regional election by a landslide.
[3] For the 2020 regional election no opposition candidate was fielded,[4] and the sitting SWAPO councillor was duly re-elected.
[5] Muha was subsequently elected to be one of the three councillors representing Kavango West in the National Council of Namibia, and the National Council elected him as its fifth chairperson.