Okakarara polling stations dry

Naomi Katjitae

The steady stream of voters has dried up at polling stations at Okakarara.

One of those who cast her vote at Okakarara Old Age Home was 56-year-old Naomi Katjitae.

She is a visually impaired mother of a dozen children. She said she braved the heat to vote in the hope that the disabled will be seen as human beings whose needs are taken into account.

By 16h00 about 200 people voted at the old age home in Okakarara.

Presiding officers say about 75% of those were old people.

Presiding officers at the Okakarara Vocational Training Centre say 240 voters cast their votes in the Local Authority elections while 420 cast their votes for regional councillors.
ECN officials at Okakarara State Hospital said there were 286 votes cast for regional councils while only 226 were recorded for local authority elections.
At the Okakarara Community Hall 275 votes were cast for local authority elections and 356 votes for regional councils.
At Okakarara police station 270 votes were cast for local authority elections and 361 for regional councils.
Okakarara has over 12 900 registered voters.