By Yiep Joseph
Central Equatoria state government has reached a resolution that tasked the security committee to visit once every month some of the hotspot areas experiencing insecurity across Juba and other parts of the state.
According to the statement obtained by this outlet, the resolution was passed on Tuesday in the state ordinary security committee chaired by stated governor Augustino Jadalla Kamilo Wani.
“The security committee leadership to pay visits once in every month to some of the hotspot areas experiencing insecurity across Juba and other parts of the State,” the statement partly read.
According to the statement, the committee meeting also passed a number of security resolutions aimed at mitigating some of the cases of insecurity across Juba and the state as a whole.
In his remark, CES governor Augustino Jadalla Kamilo Wani expressed commitment toward peace and development in the area.
He expressed that his continuous visits are meant to assess the situation in order to develop effective responses to the challenges facing the citizens.
Meanwhile, during the media briefing after the security committee meeting, Leone Abe Brown, the state minister of local government and law enforcement agencies, reiterated state government efforts to improve security in the whole state.
He added that while the state government continues to work hard to ensure inclusive security in the state, the meeting also resolved the need to carry out sensitization and trauma healing.
Abe emphasized that the meeting directed the State Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare, Juba City Council, and Juba County to form a committee to carry out sensitization on trauma healing within the state and in the city.
The minister added that a resolution for reactivating a land committee tasked to address the issues of land conflict has been passed as well.
He added that stakeholders of Juba City Council should ensure that the street vendors along major streets in Juba are moved out.
Early this month, the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at the Protection of Civilians (POC) site in Juba decried alarming insecurity.
During a visit by the Central Equatoria State government, Elijah Hon, chairman of the IDP camp in Juba, expressed deep concern over escalating insecurity.
He stated that the camp, currently sheltering over 38,000 displaced persons, is struggling with rising incidents of armed robbery and severe hunger.
These challenges, Hon said, have created a climate of fear and suffering among the camp residents.
Meanwhile, in his response to the decry of the IDPs, Paulino Lukudu, CES deputy government, who headed the delegation on the garbage collection campaign, expressed the government’s commitment to solving issues facing IDPs.
He emphasized the need for the IDPs to embrace unity as well as cleanup activities to keep a healthy environment.