Madebe Road Maintenance Underway
The emergency maintenance of the road between Madebe and Ibba, in Ibba County in Western Equatoria State (WES) has officially commenced. 27 May 2013 By Joseph Nashion YAMBIO, 27 May 2013 [Gurtong]- The WES Minister of Physical Infrastructure and Public Utilities Clement Mbugoniwia launched the commencement after a series of meetings with Non Governmental Organizations and the business community on how to raise funds to repair the 6km road. The road has been a scene of several accidents since it has been severely damaged. World Vision International responded by donating 600 litres of diesel, two cartons of washing soap and a roll of plastic sheets, UNHCR donated 500 litres of diesel, 10 blankets and 10 mosquito nets and UNCEF also donated a packet of plastic sheets according to the Director General of the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure Dimitri Manae. “Madebe nearly cuts off eastern counties from the state capital in terms of service delivery to the communities around,” Dimitri said. Addressing the citizens of Madebe Payam on Friday, Hon. Mbugoniwia said trunk road is the responsibility of the national Government, saying that’s he called upon NGOs and the business community to contribute for the road repair and maintenance such that the road can be maintained before state is cut off completely. He urged the community to be patriotic and contribute to nation building by cooperating and helping the team from the Ministry who are currently at the site working. He said after the completion of the section between Madebe and Ibba, the team will proceed to the section between Maridi and Farak sika. Mbugoniwia urged the engineers to work hard and deliver quality services to rescue the citizens of WES from isolation. Posted in: Home -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14opeJFPHA%3DE_1mfFf4C%3Dkj6K1N%3DM3xsUTsZwuZmKjejaHg%40mail.gmail.com?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
