A report on Juba City
Some time back in May/June, I got this report below on one of the forums. I thought it was interesting with a little bit of salt added to it. I doubt the accuracy of this report, but it is not too far off the target. Believe you me, this is roughly what happens in Juba.
Enjoy and please comment..
NB: I just noticed the report left out some things. I’ll try to post something on them, in the meantime, please fell free to ask me whatever you want to know about life and living in this great and historic town/city of Juba. Kizzie and Dalu, you are invited for a weekend Juba style. Sudanese Thinker, stop philosophizing and lets celebrate theCPA. Dr Konyo, someone is asking for socks. As for me, I’ll be the sober driver/ tour guide.
Brief background of Southern Sudan and Juba
Juba is a city that is fastly and rapidly growing in the international scene with dilapidated infrastructures that was the remnants of the two decades civil war that has taken back one of Africa wealthiest countries
The region got into peace atmosphere three years ago after the signing of the comprehensive peace Agreement known as CPA between the two foes of NCP a northern political party that took over government in a coup in 1989 lead by president Omer Hassan al Bashir and the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement (SPLA/M) the former Liberation Movement led by the late Col. Dr, John Garang De Mabior
SPLM is a member of the coalition government of Sudan and the governing party in Southern Sudan with,
Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit is the Vice President of the Republic and the President of the government of Southern Sudan who is the chairman of SPLM
Juba opened up to the world as a result of the CPA, a huge presence of the International organizations as well as the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS).
Juba has become a cosmopolitan city with a secular law unlike in the northern part of the Country which is governed under the Islamic Sheria Law
There also big presence of the nationals from the neighboring countries like Uganda, Kenya, DRC as well as from Ethiopia and Eritrea either working for Companies, Organisation, Small scale Business, Government offices or other evening businesses
Juba is wearing a new face today compare to three years ago, with all of infrastructure coming up from all angles, roads are being tarmac, and the only hospital renovated and individual lives under development visibly
However, the moral life of Juba is changing every day from the Juba we know in early 80’s to worse; let us talk about weekends in Juba
A studies we conducted this months shows as follows
(a) every weekend, about 100,000 bottles of beers are consumed between Friday and Sunday
(b) 2 ton of assorted condoms are used
(c) 20 people out of the population who went out in these days contract HIV/AIDS
(d) 35 girls who go out on these days gets pregnant
(e) 1250 cars are parked outside the Bars a cross Juba
(f) 10 cars gets involved in accident after drinking mostly with registration GOSS
(g) 2000 Senkes (cheap motorbike from Congo) were out
(h) 100 Senkes gets involve in accident mainly young boys between the age of 12-15 with their girlfriends on board
(i) At least 10 funerals on Mondays associated to the weekend
(j) 3750 people engage in physical fighting across Juba mainly because of ladies
(k) Over 800,000 people of Juba sleep late at 5 am over the weekend
(l) At least 800,000 people wake up with hangovers
(m) At least 280 goats are slaughtered over the weekend
(n) 10 drums of soup are consumed for the treatment of Hangovers
(o) 50 husbands are caught by their wives while attending to girlfriends
(p) At least 200 people come to Juba from Khartoum for weekends, mainly northerners
(q) At least all Ugandans and Kenyans at the age of 15-40 were out in various clubs
We hope that you enjoy reading this report and we will continue updating all of you as details come in
The Institute for Strategic Social Studies
Juba Southern Sudan
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I cam across the same study too. Although it lacks accuracy and credibility, what happens in Juba over the weekends are clearly true. The stats may lack proper research approach, but who cares?
Juba is changing very fast, and every minute new things are happening. Do we thank God for the ending the war or pray for the wish it had not ended?
Juba is where the party’s at!
question.
Are more people returning to the south to live there and invest?
juba has to change and meet the standards of international cities with reliable infrustructure and tap water, good health care etc…but remember there are short comings for all these…moral decadancy (who cares about that anyway),political turbulence etc should be expected. Oh one thing, hahahaha….i like the analysis of events in juba over the wkend. Am from Nairobi,i hang out everyday…..u see if u dont drink in juba and the world around u drink, you become a f*&@#g lunatic……
The question is: how has the curfew affected people’s weekend habits?
What you ppl will suggesting that person for relocating to Juba, who will get good job offer in Juba.
Is the city is safe for outsider specially for Hindu.
Hi, great blog. I found it after doing some research on southern Sudan and Juba. I’ll be in Juba at the end of February for a month…
The facts about weekends in Juba are quite interesting:)
BREAKING NEWS: UNDP SOUTHERN SUDAN GROSS ABUSE OF AUTHORITY & SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF SUDANESE WOMEN
Story by Albino Deng (albinodeng63@hotmail.com)
The UNDP Office of Audit and Investigation based in New York has sent a team of investigators led by Elizabeth Gilbert and Nardos Asseffa to investigate serious allegations of “Gross Abuse of Authority and Sexual Exploitation of Local Sudanese Women” by UNDP International Staff. The chief suspect under investigation is Mr. Kun Vee Lee, Head of Operations UNDP Southern Sudan.
It is alleged that Mr. Kun Vee Lee a married man is having inimate sexual relations with Mrs. Josephine Baruch-Tucker, the Procurement Specialist who reports to Mr. Kun Vee Lee in violation of UNDP policy. More horrendous is the fact that Mrs. Josephine Baruch-Tucker who is a married woman is also having intimate sexual relations with two other married men working in UNDP Southern Sudan office, identified as Mr. Nassariudin Shah – Chief of Finance, Mr. Nadir Nassih – Procurement Officer. Mrs. Josephine Baruch-Tucker is a sexual maniac and behaves like a bitch on heat. She wastes no time in luring men to have sexual orgy with her despite the fact that she is a married woman. This has become a matter of concern to the local staff and they have reported the case to the new UNDP Head of Office, Mr. Yucer Onder, who wasted no time in inviting the investigation team from New York to investigate the rot that is eating into the moral fabric of Southern Sudan.
It is significant to note that earlier Mrs. Josephine Baruch-Tucker was having intimate sexual relations with Mr. Richard Okura – Procurement Engineering Adviser but when this was discovered by her supervisor boyfriend Mr. Kun Vee Lee, she changed the story and claimed that Mr. Richard Okura has attempted to rape her in the office. This resulted in the immediate dismissal of Mr. Richard Okura and the total removal of the Procurement Engineering Unit, which is credited with doing a very good job of vetting all construction related procurement contracts and saving UNDP and the Government of Southern Sudan a lot of money.
It is understood that Mrs. Josephine Baruch-Tucker used her sexual influence the promotion of Mr. Nadir Nassih who has now secured a very attractive UNDP contract as a Senior Assets Manager. The award of this job was done secretly without open advertisement by Mr. Kun Vee Lee, Mrs. Josephine Baruch-Tucker and Mr. Nassariudin Shah contrary to UNDP policy of transparency in hiring people to senior jobs. There is a lot of corruption going on at UNDP Southern Sudan touching on employment, procurement, missappropriation of funds and sexual abuse.
It has also emerged that some of the UNDP International Staff are expoloiting young Southern Sudanese women by giving them lots of money to sleep with them in the UNDP compound. One notorious International Staff Mr. Nelson Mbu – Project Manager from Cameroon has now impregnated Ms. Venesia Saidi a young Southern Sudanese woman and her parents are demanding that Mr. Nelson Mbu must marry their daughter because the pregancy is very advanced, but Mr. Nelson Mbu has been persuading the woman to have an abortion instead. Those who are familiar with the story say that this is the third Southern Sudanese woman to be impregnated by Mr. Nelson Mbu. For the other two named as Ms. Elizabeth Achayo and Ms. Fatima Abdalla he paid for them cash to have an abortion at a private clinic in Atla-Bara “C” near Juba University.
The recent sacking of Dr. Daniel Kabira – Head of HIV/AIDS by Mr. George Conway the UNDP Deputy Head of Office supported by Mr. Kun Vee Lee has shocked all the African International Staff. Dr. Kabira was sacked for refusing to release funds from the Global Fund to service an American NGO whereas the funds were meant for Southern Sudanese children living with HIV/AIDS. This is a matter of concern for the Government of Southern Sudan who have demanded that the UNDP office must be headed by a person of African origin who can identify with the aspirations of Southern Sudan.
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