South Sudan, Kenya agree to construct Juba-Nadapal road

JUBA — South Sudan and Kenya have agreed to construct the Juba-Nadpal road to ease the movement of goods and services.

The 365-kilometer road will run through Torit, Kapoeta, and Nadapal at the border with neighboring Kenya.

Speaking during the opening of a three-day workshop on road safety program in Juba on Thursday, Vice President Infrastructure Cluster, Gen. Taban Deng Gai said the government of South Sudan is working closely with the Kenyan government and Northern Corridor Coordination Authority to construct of Juba-Nadapal road.

“South Sudan is already benefiting a lot from Northern Corridor and the second-highest cargo that passes through Mombasa after Uganda, more than DRC Congo, Rwanda, and other countries; it shows us that we are the beneficiaries of the Northern Corridor just like any other East African countries,” Deng said.

Deng said if the road linking South Sudan to Kenya is completed, it will help reduce congestion at the Malaba border.

He added that the Juba-Nadapl road will ease the transport of goods and services to South Sudan and parts of Eastern DRC Congo.   

 “You know the meaning of roads. Roads actually build the nation and strengthen relationships between countries and help in boosting the economies of such beneficiaries’ countries like South Sudan and other East African countries,” he said.

The top government official urged the leadership of the Northern Corridor Transit and Transport Coordination Authority to support South Sudan’s river transports and ports development along the Nile.

“We really appreciate those who initiated this idea of the Northern Corridor, it was a brilliant idea and it needs to be developed,” he said.