Hosea Nico Kaiyamo (born 12 November 1961) is a Namibian politician, an author and businessman who was the first regional councillor[1] for the Tsumeb Constituency and a member of parliament in the National Council.
He was an activist for South-West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) in its long struggle against South African rule until Namibia obtained independence on 21 March 1990.
[citation needed] In 1977, Kaiyamo joined SWAPO as a student and soon became a well-known activist for the struggle of independence.
When he was 25 years old, he took controversial pictures of dead SWAPO insurgents on Casspirs and sent them to The Namibian newspaper for publication.
[2] After independence, Kaiyamo was elected as the first regional councillor for the Tsumeb Constituency, a position he held from 1992 to 2003.