“we want to find ways and means by which we can get our people out of UNMISS and this will require concerted effort on the side of the governments,” the deputy governor of Central Equatoria State, Manaseh Lomole said.

He says his government is working towards returning the Internally Displaced Persons within the UN compound to their respective homes.

Living conditions at the UN protection sites are said to be deplorable.

Taking people back to their homes, he said, will allow children to go to school and stay in a safe environment during the rainy season.

Manasseh added that, “we want to find ways and means by which we can get our people out of UNMISS and this will require concerted effort on the side of the governments – both the government of the Republic of South Sudan, Central Equatoria State as well as the local government under the commissioner of Juba and the mayor.”

He was touring Mia Saba and Mangateen, the residential areas of most of the IDPs who are now living in the UN compound.

“Most of our people have been displaced and taken refuge in UNMISS. As we all know the situation of our people in UNMISS is deplorable – rains are coming, it will be very difficult for our people to stay there when the rain comes. Schools are opening, and by allowing our people to stay in UNMISS camps, we are subjecting our children, the future of this country, the future leaders of this nation into a position of remaining illiterate and that is not going to be fair”, the Deputy Governor said.

The new plan will involve demolition of the congested areas and reallocation of plots, the officials say.