The staff of Operation Nehemiah have witnessed destruction and loss of life on an almost daily basis on the Juba Nimule Road. On our recent trip we buried friends and relations as a result. With your help, Operation Nehemiah's Medical Missions hopes to deliver a mobile medical unit to transport accident victims quickly to the hospitals in Juba or Nimule. This is our promise and committment to the people traveling this road. Please see my comment following this article from AllAfrica.com. Thanks.Sudan: MPs Express Dismay Over Traffic Accidents in Juba-Nimule Road
By Staff Writer, 24 March 2012Two Ministers of Parliament from constituencies in Madi sector of Magwi County, Eastern Equatoria State, Veronica Redento Undzi and Aventore Amure Bilal from South Sudan Legislative Assembly and Eastern Equatoria State Legislative Assembly respectively told The Citizen yesterday that they were shocked by the high rates of death from traffic accidents on Juba-Nimule road.
"The death toll might have reached over 100 in the last few months," said Bilal, "and it will continue unless drastic steps are taken by those concerned to stop this." He said because of the completion of the road from Nimule to around Kerepi measuring about 55 miles towards Juba and having it now tarmac, drivers of various types of vehicles race along the road in unimaginable speed and resulting to fatal accidents.
He said they have met the undersecretary of Ministry of Roads and Bridges in Juba to explore means of how the Ministry can help solve this problem. In their discussion the undersecretary expressed sorrow for the many lives lost in the highway through reckless driving by some drivers of the different types of vehicles and promised the role of his ministry to curb the accidents.
He said his ministry was only concerned with planting of signs along the highway, drawing of zebra crossings and other symbols and constructing bumps so that these can guide the drivers when using the highway and that direct control of the drivers in the highway was the responsibility of the traffic police under the Ministry of Interior.
The two MPs afterward visited the Ministry of Interior where they met the Deputy Minister General Salva Matok and explained to him the high toll of deaths in Nimule-Juba Road especially in the part from 0 to 55 km between Nimule and Kereppi which had been made tarmac. The Minister expressed sadness to learn about the loss of so many lives and promised that his Ministry would soon send some police personnel who are currently under training on technique of controlling traffic in highway for deployment in the road to check on drivers using the road.
MP Veronica said the Minister also suggested that the fight against the traffic accidents should be shouldered by other sectors besides his ministry and that the media should enlighten the communities living along the highway and school children whose schools are near the road about how to conduct themselves to avoid accidents.
The MP said the minister also stated that the chiefs of the areas should sensitize their subjects about the presence of the highway and challenges related to it so that their people do not face dangers. The Minister was reported to have blessed the suggestion made by the chiefs in Madi sector that uniformed traffic police personnel board buses to ensure that they don't speed between the two points, Nimule and Juba.
He said they have met the undersecretary of Ministry of Roads and Bridges in Juba to explore means of how the Ministry can help solve this problem. In their discussion the undersecretary expressed sorrow for the many lives lost in the highway through reckless driving by some drivers of the different types of vehicles and promised the role of his ministry to curb the accidents.
He said his ministry was only concerned with planting of signs along the highway, drawing of zebra crossings and other symbols and constructing bumps so that these can guide the drivers when using the highway and that direct control of the drivers in the highway was the responsibility of the traffic police under the Ministry of Interior.
The two MPs afterward visited the Ministry of Interior where they met the Deputy Minister General Salva Matok and explained to him the high toll of deaths in Nimule-Juba Road especially in the part from 0 to 55 km between Nimule and Kereppi which had been made tarmac. The Minister expressed sadness to learn about the loss of so many lives and promised that his Ministry would soon send some police personnel who are currently under training on technique of controlling traffic in highway for deployment in the road to check on drivers using the road.
MP Veronica said the Minister also suggested that the fight against the traffic accidents should be shouldered by other sectors besides his ministry and that the media should enlighten the communities living along the highway and school children whose schools are near the road about how to conduct themselves to avoid accidents.
The MP said the minister also stated that the chiefs of the areas should sensitize their subjects about the presence of the highway and challenges related to it so that their people do not face dangers. The Minister was reported to have blessed the suggestion made by the chiefs in Madi sector that uniformed traffic police personnel board buses to ensure that they don't speed between the two points, Nimule and Juba.
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We have witnessed destruction and loss of life on an almost daily basis on the Juba Nimule Road. We have buried friends and relations as a result. Operation Nehemiah's Medical Missions hopes to deliver a mobile medical unit to transport accident victims quickly to the hospitals in Juba or Nimule. Please pray that this will come to pass soon!
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