Juba residents urged to observe city’s cleanliness

The Juba City Council has challenged residents to develop the spirit of nationalism by making their city clean.

The Deputy Mayor for Physical Infrastructure, Thiik Thiik Mayardit, said that to have a clean environment, everybody should play a role to ensure their residences and public places are clean.

He said keeping the city clean was everyone’s responsibility and that there was a need to adapt it as part of the routine for everyone in the city.

“We are not going to stop it at Juba town alone. We have a plan to extend it to Luri and beyond Gumbo. We have the responsibility to clean Juba, including the foreigners,” Thiik said.

He made the remarks yesterday during a one-day cleaning campaign at Juba Teaching Hospital organised by students from the faculty of medicine from the University of Upper Nile.

“We are also responsible for our people as leaders of Juba City Council because we have to deliver services [to them],” he added.

Thiik stressed that the authorities of the Juba City Council and the revenue collection institutions of the national government are going to change their mindset.

He lamented that the public always looked at them as looters when it came to revenue collection.

“What we are collecting from you, we are giving it back to you as service delivery, so we need to cooperate for the development of this city and the entire country,” Thiik said.

An officer in the Department of Environment, Gastine Sebit, promised to cooperate with all the partners to make sure that the environment is clean.

Juba Teaching Hospital Administrator, Maker Issac, said the hospital needs support and requires effort from all the stakeholders to share the responsibility of maintaining cleanliness.

“We wish to see you many times, and you are always welcome. If there is any problem, we are here for all of you,” Maker said.

In October 2021, the Presidential guards of Tiger Division joined hands with the health authorities in a mass cleaning campaign to eradicate solid waste in Juba Teaching Hospital.

The cleaning campaign lasted for two days at the hospital in all public places and residential areas to ensure solid waste is collected and decomposed to prevent infectious diseases.

Yesterday, the cleaning was joined by medical students from the Upper Nile University and members of the Doctors Union. The campaign is being supported by ICAP Global Health and Trinity Energy Limited in collaboration with the Juba City Council.