Tobias Hainyeko constituency

[4] The constituency is named after the guerrilla war hero Tobias Hainyeko.

[5] Hakahana is traditionally a stronghold of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party.

The first councillor of Tobias Hainyeko constituency was Erasmus Hendjala (SWAPO) who won the 2004 regional election by a landslide, gaining 9,360 of the 10,042 votes cast.

Kaptein Erasmus Hendjala, now a candidate for the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), finished distant second with 568 votes.

[8] Likuwa was re-elected in the 2020 regional election, albeit by a much smaller margin.