Lainya Commissioner, Emmanuel Khamis Richard, expressed disappointment on the critical condition of the road connecting Mukaya, Limbe to Yei.
He after visiting Mukaya Payam, said no services provision and no health facilities operational in the area,
“I was so much upset on seeing the critical condition of the people in Mukaya Payam, they have been enduring, essential services are not there, the road is in critical condition that is not passable and the breakdown is likely to affect service delivery in 26 miles road from Mukaya, Limbe, and Mukaya and direct to Yei. All health facilities are not functional and if a person is sick is either rush on bicycle and those deep in the bushes relay on local herbs for treatment. So it is a critical condition no single primary school operating, yet we have a lot of children and because of the roads people are cut off”, Commissioner Khamis lamented
The commissioner called for intervention by the humanitarian partners to rescue the situation in the area.
“I was really alarm by the situation; we call on all the humanitarian and developmental partners to come to an urgent support so that we can together as people Local Government see what we can do on much needed services by the people of Mukaya Payam. And that also all the political leaders of Lainya County who are serving at different levels of Government in South Sudan enjoying peaceful life that it is not fair to see the people we represent are living in dire critical conditions. Let us come on the ground to see the condition and report appropriately to different levels of government so there is total political neglect”, he appealed.
Lainya commissioner disclosed that the security situation in Mukaya is calm stresses there is no reported insecurity incident so it is normal.
“The security situation is calm there is no any reported insecurity incident, but we are also keen as a local Government monitoring the actions of holdout groups or other enemies of peace so the security is normal”, he noted
Lainya County Commissioner Emmanuel Khamis Richard spoke to Radio Easter in a telephone interview on Friday.