Murle youth leader appeals to Kiir for projects
The Chairperson of Murle Youth in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area, David Ngiro, called on the government to construct roads, schools and healthcare centres to reduce rates of crime.
According to the letter directed to President Salva Kiir, the youth leader claimed that service delivery to the residents would help change the lives of the people.
He blamed the government for neglecting the area arguing that poor services have contributed to high crime levels.
“I would like to bring to your attention that the South Sudanese people should not blame Murle for what they call a crime committed by the Murle community in terms of security threats. It simply because they are neglected in terms of development,” Ngiro said.
He added that when communities are given required services such as good roads, health centres and schools, they would continue to change their ways of life and engage in positive activities like farming and business.
Ngiro who is also a committed member of the SPLM appealed to President Kiir to push the members of the executive not to forget Pibor.
“Mr President (Salva Kiir) as the chairperson of Murle Community Youth Association and the member of the SPLM party in my capacity, I would like to ask your leadership to provide necessary services to GPAA citizens,” Ngiro said.
The youth leader argued that since independence the Greater Pibor continue to experience poor services like poor roads, health services and schools.
Ngiro emphasised the need for the government to construct roads that connect counties that are not connected.
“Mr president allow me to outline some of the key issues that affect the livelihood of GPAA citizens, [there are no] roads that connect GPAA national capital, internal roads that connect all seven counties of GPAA,” he said.
He added that the area lacks properly equipped hospitals and schools and this means that they have to go to other places to get such services.
Ngiro also called on the government to construct an airport that can also help the citizens and state government.
The GPAA officials in recent years have been complaining about the shortages of essential commodities due to poor roads connecting the area with Juba and nearby counties.
The area officials in most cases expressed lack of enough budget to ensure that it can provide all the required services as needed by the residents.
