Eastern Equatoria State Receives Vehicles To Boost Service Delivery
The Eastern Equatoria State government has purchased 20 vehicles to facilitate service delivery by the state officials. 19 February 2013 State Transport and Roads Minister Charles Lokonoi Ambrose disclosed that 19 out of the 20 new Land Cruisers arrived to Torit and are now at his ministry waiting to be fixed with number plates. [ Peter Lokale Nakimangole] By Peter Lokale Nakimangole TORIT, 18 February 2013 [Gurtong] –The Eastern Equatoria State Transport and Roads Minister Charles Lokonoi Ambrose disclosed that 19 out of the 20 new Land Cruisers arrived to Torit and are now at his ministry waiting to be fixed with number plates. “We are just working on to get all vehicle plates in place. They are actually now ready. And we are expecting to fix them onto the vehicles,” said Lolonoi. He clarified that one of the vehicles has been detained because one of its digits for the engine differed. “It is just computer error occurred. It has been communicated and rectified. We have had arrangements to bring it soon in about less than week it will arrive here,” he said. He said with the latest vehicles, will now boost mobility and will increase service delivery in terms of transport and communication in the state. Lokonoi confirmed that the process to purchase the vehicles started in August last year and the overall cost for purchasing the 20 vehicles was US $ 900,000. The new vehicles shall be distributed to vulnerably identified and selected ministers, counties and all the newly established state commissions such as Revenue Authority, Physical Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Employees Justice Chamber, Public Grievances Chamber and Peace Commission. The ministry in consultation with state leadership to ensure all the vehicles are insured before distribution. Posted in: Home, Governance, Travel -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
