{"id":34,"date":"2026-06-18T07:25:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T05:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/?p=34"},"modified":"2026-06-22T14:13:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T14:13:03","slug":"president-kiir-directs-energy-and-dams-ministry-to-accelerate-power-expansion-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/?p=34","title":{"rendered":"President Kiir Directs Energy and Dams Ministry to Accelerate Power Expansion Nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1202\" src=\"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5ddb0a7e-2a8a-4a6f-b663-c598db3006b4.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-184\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5ddb0a7e-2a8a-4a6f-b663-c598db3006b4.webp 2048w, http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5ddb0a7e-2a8a-4a6f-b663-c598db3006b4-300x176.webp 300w, http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5ddb0a7e-2a8a-4a6f-b663-c598db3006b4-1024x601.webp 1024w, http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5ddb0a7e-2a8a-4a6f-b663-c598db3006b4-768x451.webp 768w, http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5ddb0a7e-2a8a-4a6f-b663-c598db3006b4-1536x902.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">JUBA,&nbsp; MAY 25, 2026 &ndash; The President of the Republic, His Excellency Salva Kiir Mayardit tasked the Ministry of Energy and Dams to intensify efforts to improve electricity supply across the country in a bid to boost economic growth and spur industrial development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">President Kiir gave the directives after receiving a detailed report from Minister Agok Makur on his first 100 days in office, emphasising major administrative reforms, power sector plans, and the current efforts to expand electricity access in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hon. Agok Makur said they have begun implementing the order issued by the president early this year on electricity tariffs and revenue-sharing arrangements between the Ministry of Energy and JEDCO under a 60-40 percent formula. The Minister reported that the execution of the order has already led to a significant reduction in power tariffs for people in Juba.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Minister revealed plans by the Egyptian government to donate power plants to Yambio, Rumbek, and Bor. He disclosed that Egyptian engineers are expected to arrive in Rumbek soon to carry out maintenance work on the town&rsquo;s power station.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The minister also underscored the importance of South Sudan to construct the Fulla Dam project, describing it as a critical long-term solution for generating sufficient electricity to power the country and support national development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">President Kiir concluded by stressing that as South Sudan moves toward the December 2026 elections, he expects all government institutions to double their efforts in delivering services and advancing national development. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">He said the provision of reliable electricity and improved infrastructure remains essential to economic growth, job creation, and improving the lives of citizens, adding that the government must continue working to ensure South Sudan keeps moving forward and growing stronger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This comes as the country gears for its first democratic general elections due in December this year.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JUBA,&nbsp; MAY 25, 2026 &ndash; The President of the Republic, His Excellency Salva Kiir Mayardit tasked the Ministry of Energy and Dams to intensify efforts to improve electricity supply across&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions\/185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}