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More voters flock to Oshana polls in extended Namibian elections on Friday

More voters flock to Oshana polls in extended Namibian elections on Friday

Presiding officers at various polling stations in the Oshana region estimate that more than 1 000 people cast their votes by 21h00 on Friday. This estimation was recorded at the Okandjengedi, Ehenye, Evululuko, Onawa Kindergarten, and Ruben Danger Ashipala polling stations alone. Leta Amweelo, the presiding officer at Onawa Kindergarten, on Friday night reported that more than 500 people voted at her station. “We recorded a huge number of voters around 17h00 . . . We attended to all of them,” she said, adding that voters were still arriving at 20h30. Loide Eelu from the Okandjengedi polling station said about 300 people voted at this station on Friday, while approximately 15 cast their votes by 07h50 on Saturday. Meanwhile, Vilho Niilambi from the Ehenye polling station estimated that more than