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The Press Officer for the Governor of Upper Nile State announced that 130 newly constructed structured houses in Malakal have been completed and are now ready for occupancy.
“For Hai Matar, they have built at least 130 structured houses, which are now ready for use. Of course, some people have started settling in these places, and they were transitioning to other residential areas”, said Ronyo.
Mr Ronyo Ador said some people have begun to settle in these homes although the numbers are currently small.
Ador mentioned that he isn’t sure if Lwakat residential has seen similar developments yet but plans to gather more information from the relevant authorities.
He notes that the strategy was to encourage residents to return to their original neighborhoods and to facilitate the provision of running water and other essential services.
“There are some people because what was done last time was for them to come back to their places so that the running water and services are made available as quickly as possible.
“So the houses were a little bit closer together making of course people feel like this is a community.”
According to Mr. Ronyo Ador, the government has encouraged those with housing to go to the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) or the Ministry of Housing to process relevant paperwork and establish homes.
“The Government haS a policy of not setting up scamp. So whoever has a house in the State or in the town here should go to Housing Development Corporation or maybe the Ministry of Housing and process the papers and set up the structure.
Unfortunately, talking about hygiene and overcrowding ,the situation in POC is not favorable for some of them. So the number is increasing actually in town and the situation is getting better and better by the day.”
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