The commissioner of Kauto County in South Sudan’s Kapoeta State has said poor conditions of roads and mobile networks have hampered the delivery of services to thousands of the population in the area.
Speaking on Radio Tamazuj’s With the Commissioners’ programme on Thursday, Karlo Lopuke said uncertainties on roads prevent service providers such as non-governmental organizations from accessing the county.
“The number one challenge I have in the county is the road. The road is very bad that every time some organizations enter here, they tell me your road is very bad. If vehicles of these organizations go back from here, they are immediately taken for services. So many people fear to go to Kauto because of the poor roads,” he said.
Lopuke said lack of communication networks has sometimes forced residents to use unreliable radio calls for connecting to some areas.
“Another challenging issue in Kauto County is the problem of network. Here, we depend on radio calls and sometimes the radio call handset does not work. We depend on radio calls in just three places; Kuron payam, Nangachor and Lotimor. Areas like Loule and Kauto do not have communication networks,” said the official.
He added, “You cannot get information if something happens in cattle camps because there is no network. This is another challenge”.
Kauto County is located about 200 kilometers from Kapoeta town.