The academic and non-academic staffs of Rumbek University of Science and Technology have vowed to continue with their strike despite having received their one-month salaries.

The civil servants started the strike on October 1^st

Kot Manyuon Thuc, Acting Chairperson Rumbek Academic staff Association says they are demanding for 10-month salary arrears to be paid all at once, citing the one-month payment is not enough.

” We received one-month salaries, that’s December’s salary, and it is not enough for us. It doesn’t cover our debts.

“We are waiting for the government to clear all arrears in order for us to think of resuming a new year of academic activities. They (University administration and the government) have been silent”, he said.

Manyuoun added they have run out of patience and will not resume work in the new year academic calendar until all their dues are fulfilled.

“What we know there is nothing which is lacking in the government. We pay our taxes. Let’s say the revenue is flowing, and the government is getting funding from international financial organizations in the name of South Sudanese, and in the name of all civil servant,s and here we don’t know happened.

“We are not going to change our position this time around. We are continuing demonstration and stay without work.”

Kok Jacob Gok, teaching assistant at Rumbek University of Science and Technology confirmed receiving  a month salary three days ago, but said the money is not enough to cover his needs.

“This one is not enough to cover all our needs. We have children who are in need of school fees . We have a lot of flood and there are waterborne diseases, and our children are suffering and we are not being allowed to get loan in the market”, he said.

Meanwhile, Dut Majok who is Chairperson of Non-academic staffs Association Rumbek University says he will report to work as long as the arrears are not cleared.

However, he said if the government pays up to at least for six months, they will compromise and return to work.

” Of course if we receive 6 months and above, than we will just compromise,” he said.

The manager of Juba water station has told Eye Radio his institution is expanding the house-to-house water system asmore than 8,100 households have connected in the city since the project was started in February, 2024.

Speaking to Eye Radio on Monday, Engineer Leon Louis described the progress achieved as a significant milestone for Juba residents.

He said that his office is yet striving to extend the network across the city.

Mr Louis called on those who were around the water station network to connect their houses.

“We will strive to extend the network, in this network we need to do replacement of the old network with the new network in which we connected 8100 houses.

“Those who have the old services, we connected them with new water pipelines. I want to give this good news to our citizens that we have reached  8100  houses,” he said.

The public relations officer of South Sudan Urban Water Corporation Santos Simbe has urged Juba residents to register and have their houses connected to the water system.

“Any house with a meter this is the person that we need him or her to come to our office and complete the registration”, he said.

The current water supply in Juba is far below the demand of the city’s growing population.

According to Yar Paul Kuol, Managing Director of the SSUWC, the city needs a 200,000 cubic meter treatment plant to meet the needs of its approximately 2 million residents.