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.

The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan is set to brief the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Wednesday on the government’s recent decision to extend the transition period and the economic challenges the country faces.

In a note to Eye Radio’s newsroom, Commissioner Barney Afako will address the UN General Assembly on Wednesday in live-streamed via the UN Webcast.

Mr Afako is expected to discuss the South Sudan government’s recent decision to extend the transition period, several unimplemented provisions of the Revitalized Peace Agreement, the significant economic and social challenges faced by the people of South Sudan.

He will additionally delve into the ongoing lack of accountability for serious human rights violations in the country.

According to the statement, the Commission aims to share its perspectives on the path forward for transitional justice, national reconciliation, and healing in South Sudan to prevent a resurgence of civil conflict.

On September 13, South Sudan’s transitional government gave itself another two-year legitimacy after the Presidency postponed the long-awaited elections to December 2026 in order to implement pending tasks.

The Office of the President said in a statement that the highest office of the government reached a consensus to postpone the elections, initially scheduled for December 2024 to December 22nd, 2026.

Presidential Adviser on National Security, Hon. Tut Gatluak had told reporters that the extension was an opportunity to implement the critical remaining protocols in R-ARCSS, such as the permanent constitution process, census, and the registration of political parties.

While the Minister of Cabinet Affairs Dr. Martin Elia Lomuro said the extension is in response to the recommendations from both electoral institutions and the security sector.

Nine days later, the parliament unanimously endorsed the extension and amended the constitution  that was rushed through different levels of governments for assent.

Prior to the September 22^nd sitting, the memo was quickly passed by the cabinet on a weekend and given a similar greenlight by peace monitoring body R-JMEC amid concerns from diplomatic missions.

Kenyan President Williamn Ruto has met with High-Level Standing Committee for South Sudan in Nairobi where he said he is encouraged by the progress the Tumaini Initiative in restoring peace and stability in South Sudan.

Mr Ruto posted on his Facebook page on Monday after meeting a High-Level Standing Committee for South Sudan, led by Cabinet Minister Martin Elia Lomuro.

in his statement, Ruto said: “Kenya remains committed to supporting its successful conclusion for the benefit of the people of South Sudan.

According to Ruto Minister Elia conveyed a message from President Salva Kiir Mayardit on the initiative without providing any details of the message.

The Nairobi-led peace process came to a halt in August after the SPLM-IO pulled out of the talks after the government of which is is part of, and the hold out groups initialed eight protocols.

The protocols, according to the opposition led by Dr Riek Machar, repeated provisions of the 2018 peace deal and introduced new institution replacing or running parallel to the current ones.

According to peace party,  the initiative had taken the role of a funder,  supervisor, coordinator, convener of a donor conference,  funder manager, monitor of the agreement, guarantor and governing authority.

The opposition also said the Tumaini undermined the sovereignty of South Sudan by establishing five institutions with the head and deputies to be appointed by the regional body, IGAD.

These include the Security Supervision Mechanism, Ceasefire Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring Mechanism, Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission, National Transitional Committee, and Strategic Defense and Security Review Board to be co-chaired by the parties to the 2018 agreement.

Meanwhile, the SPLM-IO said: “The proposed National Leadership Council usurped the powers of the Presidency, Council of Ministers, the National Legislature and the National Security Council.”

Western diplomats have over the past months expressed support for the Kenyan-led peace mediation process and called for its resumption , emphasizing on an inclusive in the process.

President Salva Kiir on Monday revoked the appointment of Chief Administrator, Dr Santino Matiok and replaced him Ambassador Sabit Bullen as new Chief Administrator.

Dr Matiok, NilePet Director General of Finance, Services and Administration was appointed on Friday, replacing Daniel Madit Malek who was relieved that day.

However, in a Republican Decree last evening, Kiir revoked Dr Matiok’s appointment and replaced him Ambassador Sabit Bullen as new Chief Administrator.

No reason is provided for the revocation decision.