Juba City Council planned to put in place policies to fight corruption in the society.
Deputy Mayor Festus Abdelaziz James told journalists on Monday that they were setting up systems to ensure that corruption do not have a place in their service delivery including issues to do with land, procurement and staff recruitment.
He said Council’s commitment to zero tolerance was embedded into its core values.
Mr Abdelaziz explained that corruption included using public funds and resources for personal benefit, increasing prices of goods and keeping the differences for oneself, arriving late for work and leaving early and many others.
He urged the state authorities to deploy competent Anti-Corruption individuals to the Council.
Mr Abdelaziz pointed out that corruption erodes officials’ values and trust, honesty and other good qualities.
State Fiscal Allocation and Monitoring Deputy chairperson Hassan Shire Sheikh said it was shameful to learn that South Sudan was among the most corrupt countries.
He added that it was important to fight against corruption because of its rising cases especially in Central Equatoria State.
The officials were speaking during Anti-Corruption Day celebration on Monday in Juba.