The leader of the Landless People's Movement, Bernadus Swartbooi, says Rundu is in a deplorable state. 

During a media conference, the party leadership raised a number of concerns, mainly related to the town's infrastructure and land.

"Rundu is the second largest human settlement in Namibia. Given the population numbers and the growing population rates, there is urgency for the central government to invest greater and sustained amounts of money into the development of this town. We recognise that Rundu has a challenge with roads, sewer systems, and water infrastructure development, both the availability of clean water to residents and challenges of pressure not being sufficient to supply water to all areas, in particular western areas and some informal settlements." 

Swartbooi is calling on the central government to invest in the town by allocating at least N$50 million a year. He also expressed disappointment at the state of some government premises.

"We also express our shock and dismay that the Rundu Council Headquarters is an old asbestos building mixed with some brick structures. I've been there, going through each and every office in that old office park housing the NamPol headquarters and other institutional head offices. It can't be right that the second-largest town in this country is operating from an old asbestos-dilapidated structure, which does not lend itself to a decent working environment." 

The LPM leader also touched on some of the education infrastructure in the region. 

"It is common that the Kavango East Region is flooded with schools with poor infrastructure. If the school building is not functioning, it is the hostel that has problems. It is always a problem of poor infrastructure in Kavango East."