Mayor Michael Ladu Allah-Jabu visited a scene in Juba (Photo: Allah-Jabu/Facebook).

The Mayor of Juba City is considering regulating and reviewing land leases and rentals to investors to help landlords  meet the current market value.

According to Michael Lado Allah, the South Sudanese had leased land to foreign businessmen for many years at little costs.

He said some of the lands were leased for between 30 and 50 years since 2005 or 2011 without renewal or increment in rental values.

This, he says, has hampered the citizens and institution.

In an article posted on his Facebook page, Mayor Allah Jabu said: “Since 2005, till 2011 and 2023, rent leased for 30 to 50 years, was only 3,000 Sudanese Dinar [SDG] or 500 USD without renewal and increase of some percentages.”

Allah Jabu says he has realized the exploitation of the ignorance of the population who have been looted in the name of investment.

“I realized the exploitation of our innocent and ignorant population who have been looted of their own in the name of Investment,” he said.

He said soon the authorities would come up with a by-law to enforce the renewal of the agreements based on the current value of lands.