The Mayor of Yei Municipality is calling for the inclusion of funds for the municipal council in the national government budget to ease service delivery to the people.

According to Mayor Cosmas Bidali Wori-Kojo, Yei municipality is hosting a population of more than 500,000 that requires extra support from the national government.

Bidali says the huge population is exerting pressure on the existing few services provided by the municipality and other partners. He says that the national government's policy of “cash transfers” is only benefiting county projects.

“Since the creation of the municipality up to today, we are not part of the local governments benefiting from the national government's money transfers for service delivery at the local government level,” he said.

“We as Yei Municipality should be included in the national government funding to enable us have the strength of delivering services to the people in our front.”

The mayor's statements come after elders and chiefs in Yei town last month wrote a joint petition to the state governor accusing the municipality of failing to deliver services.