{"id":5991,"date":"2025-10-24T13:37:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T11:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/?p=5991"},"modified":"2025-10-24T13:37:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T11:37:55","slug":"juba-city-council-holds-first-strategic-meeting-to-discuss-institutional-challenges-and-urban-transformation-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/?p=5991","title":{"rendered":"Juba City Council Holds First Strategic Meeting to Discuss Institutional Challenges and Urban Transformation Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Juba \u2013 Al Wadi Newspaper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The leadership of Juba City Council, headed by Mayor Christopher Sarafino Wani Swaka, held its first strategic meeting with the Executive Council to discuss the challenges facing the institution and to develop a new vision aimed at strengthening institutional performance and achieving sustainable urban development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>At the opening of the meeting, Mayor Wani Swaka expressed his gratitude to the members of the Executive Council, reaffirming his commitment to participatory leadership and teamwork. He noted that his administration\u2019s top priorities include improving city cleanliness and rehabilitating Juba\u2019s deteriorating road network, stressing that teamwork is essential to achieving these goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The Mayor also underscored the importance of strengthening strategic partnerships with the Central Equatoria State Government and development agencies, emphasizing that such collaborations form the cornerstone of improving Juba\u2019s image and promoting sustainable urban growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Deputy Mayor for Administration and Finance, Jenifer Yabu Lasuba, highlighted the major institutional challenges facing the Council and called for collective effort and shared responsibility among departments to overcome them.<br>Meanwhile, Deputy Mayor for Social Services, Lual Joseph Deng, expressed his enthusiasm for being part of the new leadership team, emphasizing the importance of collaboration and continuous coordination among Council members to ensure effective service delivery to citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>For his part, Deputy Mayor for Environment and Waste Management, Stephen Lomude, voiced concern over the city\u2019s poor sanitation conditions, saying: \u201cJuba is dirty and waste is scattered everywhere; we must act urgently to restore the city\u2019s proper image.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>In conclusion, the Council\u2019s Chief Executive Officer, Alex Mati, urged all departments to maintain commitment and discipline in implementing the recently launched 100-day action plan, emphasizing that the next phase requires seriousness and transparency in performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>This meeting marks a significant step toward enhancing local governance in Juba City, with a focus on improving public service efficiency and strengthening citizens\u2019 trust in the City Council, as part of a broader vision to build a clean, organized, and sustainable city.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juba \u2013 Al Wadi Newspaper The leadership of Juba City Council, headed by Mayor Christopher Sarafino Wani Swaka, held its first strategic meeting with the Executive Council to discuss the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5991"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5993,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5991\/revisions\/5993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}