7 January 2013 - Hundreds of South Sudanese help today to clean a main road in Juba during an exercise coordinated by UNMISS Japanese Engineering Contingent and the Ministry of Housing and Physical Planning.
Local citizens and members of the peacekeeping force jointly gathered debris along Kololo Road to prepare for road works by the Japanese Contingent.
“We are going to rehabilitate this road for the benefit of local people,” said Col. Harutoshi Tsuchiya Said, who heads the contingent.
The two-kilometre road is an important link between offices, business centres and residences in the Tong Ping area.
“We are in the process of (building) a new country and this kind of initiative will help us to achieve that goal,” said Monday Ardria, chairperson of the road’s payams (districts) -- Juba East and Heax Amarat.
The Japanese contingent aims to complete the rehabilitation work within two months.