Deputy Mayor Thiik turns to Eritrean envoy to persuade daring water sellers

Authors: Chany Ninrew | Michael Daniel | Revealed: 8 hours in the past

Thiik Thiik Mayardit, Deputy Mayor of Juba. | Courtesy picture.

The deputy mayor of Juba Metropolis stated the Eritrean ambassador to South Sudan has promised to assist in resolving the continuing strike by water tankers over value discount which has left town in dire water scarcity.

Some Juba residents stated on Sunday they’ve gone for 4 days with out entry to water for home use – a scenario blamed on the Metropolis Council’s latest introduction of lowered water tariffs because of relative alternate fee stability.

The directive issued in early October known as on water tankers to promote a drum of water at 2,500 South Sudan kilos inside the metropolis and three,500 kilos within the suburbs.

However the drivers reject the brand new tariffs, arguing that they’re inadequate to cowl the rising prices of working their tankers, together with upkeep, gas, and site visitors charges.

In an interview with Eye Radio, Thiik Thiik Mayardit acknowledged the difficulties confronted by Juba residents in acquiring ingesting water as a result of ongoing absence of water tankers.

Mayardit admitted that the water disaster has worsened as a result of the worth discount was issued with out listening to issues of water sellers. He stated efforts are underway to carry consultations with the drivers to resolve the difficulty.

In line with Mayardit, he has spoken to the ambassador of Eritrean – the place a lot of the tanker drivers are from – to persuade them to return to work. He stated the Eritrean ambassador promised that the water tankers will quickly resume work.

“I talked to the ambassador of Eritrea as a lot of the drivers are from and I informed him that water tankers are usually not working. Some residents had 4 days and others 5 days with out water,” he stated.

“You don’t do one thing with out having a substitute for the issue. After they summoned him, the mayor informed the parliament, are you going to assist me in what I’m going to do? Nevertheless I talked to the ambassador and he confirmed to me that the water tankers would resume work.”

Mayardit additional stated the Council is presently negotiating with the water sellers, and they’re going to resume work on Monday after a mutual settlement on the tariff.

Juba Metropolis doesn’t have a pipe water distribution system, and its residential areas depend on water tankers for home use. Residents have been calling on the federal government to assemble a extra dependable water distribution community.

In October 5, Central Equatoria Governor Augustino Jadalla directed Juba Metropolis Council management to withdraw the license of water tankers who proceed to remain off work amid an ongoing strike that has left Juba residents in dire want of water.

The governor informed the Metropolis Council management to handle urgent points going through town, together with the resistance of water tankers in opposition to its fastened costs in addition to waste administration and improved service supply.

In September 11, the nationwide parliament summoned water stakeholders together with the Water Minister, the Governor of Central Equatoria, the Mayor of Juba, and officers from City Water Company to boost the difficulty of rising water costs and suggest an answer.

Following deliberations, the parliament really useful that the water stakeholders maintain a gathering to handle the priority and directed related parliamentary committees to supervise the implementation of an answer to the rising water value.