Rundu: Slow development irks Swapo leadership
Swapo Rundu Urban constituency councillor Victoria Kauma and the four office-bearers serving on a ruling party ticket in the Rundu town council will soon be summoned before the district executive committee to explain the progress made after being elected into office in November 2020.
Namibian Sun understands the Swapo Rundu Urban district is not happy with pace at which development is taking place at the riverside town.
For years, Rundu residents have been calling for effective service delivery, yet the progress made has been minimal. This has been attributed to Swapo, which, since independence, enjoyed the majority of seats on the council.
The councillors’ poor performance is linked to the bad state of roads, the lack of land delivery for landless, the lack of proper water infrastructure and the filthy state of the town’s streets.
Swapo Rundu Urban coordinator Gabriel Hakusembe confirmed that the district executive committee had a meeting this month and a resolution was passed, but could not shed further light on the matter.
Petition
With regards to the resolution, Kauma - along with mayor Gabriel Kanyanga, deputy mayor Johanna Kakondo, chairperson of the management committee Engelbert Muyenga and councillor Regina Nakare, who also serves on the management committee - will have to explain to the district what they managed to achieve since they were elected.
In fact, Kauma’s name was among those mentioned in a petition to Swapo secretary-general Sophia Shaningwa following a demonstration by disgruntled party members against leaders in the region.
She is accused of failing to honour the promises she made to the electorate prior to the 2020 regional and local authority elections during which she was re-elected as councillor of the Rundu Urban constituency.
“Kauma failed to fulfil her promise to build roads and bring electricity closer to the people in the district,” the petition read.
Attempts to get comment from Kauma proved futile.
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Namibian Sun understands the Swapo Rundu Urban district is not happy with pace at which development is taking place at the riverside town.
For years, Rundu residents have been calling for effective service delivery, yet the progress made has been minimal. This has been attributed to Swapo, which, since independence, enjoyed the majority of seats on the council.
The councillors’ poor performance is linked to the bad state of roads, the lack of land delivery for landless, the lack of proper water infrastructure and the filthy state of the town’s streets.
Swapo Rundu Urban coordinator Gabriel Hakusembe confirmed that the district executive committee had a meeting this month and a resolution was passed, but could not shed further light on the matter.
Petition
With regards to the resolution, Kauma - along with mayor Gabriel Kanyanga, deputy mayor Johanna Kakondo, chairperson of the management committee Engelbert Muyenga and councillor Regina Nakare, who also serves on the management committee - will have to explain to the district what they managed to achieve since they were elected.
In fact, Kauma’s name was among those mentioned in a petition to Swapo secretary-general Sophia Shaningwa following a demonstration by disgruntled party members against leaders in the region.
She is accused of failing to honour the promises she made to the electorate prior to the 2020 regional and local authority elections during which she was re-elected as councillor of the Rundu Urban constituency.
“Kauma failed to fulfil her promise to build roads and bring electricity closer to the people in the district,” the petition read.
Attempts to get comment from Kauma proved futile.
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