The Juba City Council has ended an agreement with East Africa Go-Green, a company tasked to manage solid waste in the national capital.
East Africa Go-Green Company signed a concession with Juba City Council in September 2021 to execute the “Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management” in Juba for ten years.
However, Go-Green was later dragged to court by Simon Trading Company for failing to clear off a loan worth millions of dollars.
All efforts by Juba City Council to make the two companies work in keeping Juba clean through its various unit proved futile.
The Mayor of Juba City Council, Michael Lado Allah-jabu announced the termination of the contract on Wednesday 7th June 2023.
He says East Africa Go-Green failed to keep Juba clean for the last 3 months, forcing the government to end the agreement.
Juba City Council said it has overtaken the cleaning activity of the city in the absence of the contracted Go-Green which has exposed the city administration to a heavy financial burden.
“Because of this responsibility, the JCC in the absence of the Go-Green company has taken over the cleaning activity with its manager resources. And as a result, this activity has exposed the city administration to a heavy financial burden,” he said.
The mayor claims his administration hires at least 15 private trucks to help clean the city.
He highlighted that each truck is paid 100 thousand South Sudanese Pounds per day, totaling 1.5 million SSP per day.
City Council is demanding compensation from the Go-Green company for the financial burden this inconsistency has caused his administration or else will sue Go-Green.
Mayor Allah-Jabu said Juba City Council has decided to terminate all contractual obligations it has with Go-Green Company as of 07th June 2023 due to defaults.
He said City Council ended the contract because East Africa Go-Green was established on loan from a third party, second, it concealed its financial resources from Juba Council, and it failed to repay its loans.
“By not disclosing the financial resources to JCC, the concessioner has behaved in the most business and most unethical manner and since JCC has handled all the responsibility of cleaning the city, the Go-Green company has breached the agreement and hence deserves termination of the contract.”
Several attempts to reach the East Africa Go-Green management for comment were not immediately successful by the time this article was published.