Ben Ulenga

**Ben Ulenga** (an haife shi **Benjamin Crispus Ulenga** a ranar 22 ga watan Yuni, 1952  ) ɗan ƙungiyar ƙwadago ne na Namibiya, ɗan siyasa, kuma jami'in diflomasiyya. A cikin shekarun 1990, ya yi aiki a ƙarƙashin gwamnatin SWAPO a matsayin mataimakin minista da jakada, amma ya bar SWAPO a shekarar 1998 ya kafa jam'iyyar adawa, Congress of Democrats (CoD), a shekarar 1999. Ya kasance memba na Majalisar Dokokin Namibiya daga 2000 zuwa 2015 kuma ya jagoranci CoD har zuwa shekara ta 2015.

## Rayuwa da aiki
Ulenga, an haife shi a Ontanga, yankin Oshana,  ya taka rawar gani sosai a gwagwarmayar 'yancin kai na Namibiya kan mulkin wariyar launin fata na Afirka ta Kudu.  Ya shiga rundunar 'yantar da jama'ar Namibiya a shekara ta 1974, amma daga baya aka kama shi bayan da ya ji rauni a yaki kuma aka yanke masa hukuncin ɗaurin shekaru 15 a gidan yari, wanda ya shafe a tsibirin Robben.  An sake shi a shekara ta 1985.  A lokacin ya haɗu da Rosa Namises. Sun haifi 'ya'ya biyu tare kafin su rabu a shekarar 1988. 

Ulenga ya kafa Ƙungiyar Ma'aikata ta Namibia a cikin shekarar 1986.  Nan da nan kafin samun 'yancin kai, ya kasance memba na SWAPO na Majalisar Zartarwa, wanda ya kasance daga watan Nuwamba 1989 zuwa watan Maris 1990. Bayan samun ‘yancin kai, ya kasance ɗan majalisar wakilai ta ƙasa  SWAPO daga shekarar 1990 zuwa 1996, sannan ya kasance mataimakin ministan namun daji, kiyayewa da yawon buɗe ido daga shekarun 1991 zuwa 1995 kafin ya zama mataimakin ministan yanki da ƙananan hukumomi da gidaje a  shekarar 1995.  Daga baya aka naɗa shi a matsayin babban kwamishinan Namibiya a Birtaniya, amma a watan Agustan 1998 ya yi murabus daga wannan muƙamin don nuna rashin amincewa da shirin yi wa kundin tsarin mulki kwaskwarima domin shugaba Sam Nujoma ya sake tsayawa takara karo na uku; Bugu da kari, ya nuna rashin gamsuwa da kasancewar sojojin Namibiya a Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo a lokacin yakin basasar ƙasar. Da farko ya ce zai ci gaba da zama memba na SWAPO,  amma daga baya ya bar SWAPO ya kafa jam'iyyar adawa ta Congress of Democrats (CoD) a cikin watan Maris 1999. Shi ne ɗan takarar CoD a zaɓen shugaban ƙasa na shekarar 1999, inda ya zama na biyu a bayan Nujoma kuma ya sami kashi 10.5% na kuri'un.  An kuma zaɓe shi a matsayin ɗan takarar majalisar dokoki ta ƙasa a zaɓen shekara ta 1999. 

A wani taron CoD, an sake zaɓe Ulenga a matsayin shugaban CoD a ranar 1 ga watan Agusta, 2004; An kuma zaɓe shi a matsayin ɗan takarar jam'iyyar a zaɓen shugaban ƙasa na watan Nuwamba 2004.   A wannan zaɓen, ya zo na biyu da kashi 7.28% na kuri'un da aka kaɗa, a bayan ɗan takarar SWAPO Hifikepunye Pohamba.  A zaɓen 2004 na 'yan majalisu na lokaci guda, an sake zaɓen shi a Majalisar Dokoki ta ƙasa. 

A wani babban taron jam'iyyar da aka gudanar a Keetmanshoop a watan Mayu 2008,   An sake zaɓar Ulenga a matsayin shugaban CoD; Ya doke Ignatius Shixwameni da kuri'u 14, shi kuma Shixwameni, ya ki amincewa da sakamakon, ya fice daga zauren majalisa tare da kusan rabin wakilan. Shixwameni ya yi zargin tafka maguɗi sannan ya yi ikirarin cewa ɓangaren sa na CoD ne ke wakiltar mafi yawan jam’iyyar; Ɓangaren nasa ya garzaya kotun koli don matsar da waɗannan ikirari.  A watan Yuli na shekara ta 2008, Kotun Koli ta yanke hukuncin goyon bayan ƙungiyar Shixwameni, ta soke taron da aka yi a watan Mayu na 2007. Ulenga ya amince da shawarar. 

A babban zaɓen shekarar 2009, goyon bayan Ulenga ya ragu matuka, ya kuma samu kuri'u 5,812 (0.72%), wanda ya sanya shi a matsayi na 9 cikin 12 na 'yan takarar shugaban ƙasa. Wannan ya wakilci fiye da 50,000 ƙananan kuri'u fiye da yadda ya samu lokacin da ya zo na biyu a Pohamba a yakin 2004. Hakazalika, kundin tsarin mulkin ya rasa huɗu daga cikin biyar na majalisar dokokin ƙasar. Duk da haka, an sake zaɓen Ulenga.  Al'amura sun kara taɓarɓarewa ga CoD a zaɓen shugaban ƙasa da na 'yan majalisun tarayya na 2014 inda jam'iyyar ta ƙasa samun kujera ko ɗaya. Kayen ya biyo bayan murabus ɗin Ulenga a matsayin shugaban jam'iyyar a shekarar 2015. A shekarar 2017 Ulenga ya koma SWAPO, shekaru 18 da barin jam’iyyar.

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