Utaara Mootu

Utaara Mootu is a Namibian politician, youth leader and activist.[1] She is an elected member of the Parliament of Namibia following the 2019 elections, representing the Landless People's Movement (Namibia) and serves as the party's parliamentary spokesperson.[2]

Utaara Mootu
Member of National Assembly
In office
20 March 2020 – 20 March 2025
PresidentBernadus Swartbooi
Personal details
Born (1996-01-19) January 19, 1996
Namibia
Alma materUniversity of Namibia

Early life

Utaara was born in Windhoek on the 19th of January 1996. She began her education in 2002 at Van Rhyn Primary school in Windhoek, and then Concordia secondary school. She then furthered her studies in Business Administration (diploma) at the University of Namibia and continued to a bachelor's (honours) in Public Management majoring in Political Science and International Relations. While at the university, she obtained the best 4th year award in her department of Political Studies and Administration in 2019.[3]

Activism and politics

Utaara served as a member in the Learners Representative Council in 2013 and joined various charity programs in church as a child. She also took part in the 2013 high schools battle competition where she took first place in the female's category. In 2016 she became Vice President of Aesthetics a performing arts society in university. She later joined student activism and feminist groups in 2017 through protests and poetry. In late 2017 she joined the Landless People's Movement (Namibia) spearheaded by Bernadus Swartbooi and Henny Seibeb and become an active activist joining the struggle of the people of Venezuela, genocide and a staunch advocate for land justice.[4]

She became a founding member of the Landless People's Movement transition to a political on the 8th February 2019. In 2018 she served as the interim National Spokesperson for LPM being the youngest spokesperson and executive member of a political party after Independence at the age of 22. During the people's assembly in October 2018 she was elected as the official spokesperson of the party and was elected as the 4th candidate on the party's parliamentary list.[5]

A member of the Pan African Reinasance Country Chapters and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Talent Empowernment Program, she was sworn in as one of the youngest members of the 7th Parliament of Namibia at the age of 24 on 20th March 2020.[6][7]

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References
  1. "Young MPs promise radical change". The Namibian. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  2. "The Young Face of LPM". The Namibian. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  3. https://www.neweralive.na/amp/to-be-robustly-head-on-with-corruption-lpms-mootu
  4. "Coronavirus Namibia: Are we ready?". The Namibian. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  5. "LPM releases parliamentary list". The Namibian. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  6. "LPM condemns alleged police and military brutality during joint operations". NBC. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  7. "Landless People's Movement has condemned the recent alleged police brutality against a 15-year-old girl". www.namibianewsdigest.com. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
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