{"id":51795,"date":"2026-05-21T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/?p=51795"},"modified":"2026-07-20T21:42:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T21:42:22","slug":"president-kiir-gets-updates-on-major-road-projects-backs-new-policy-to-accelerate-construction-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/?p=51795","title":{"rendered":"President Kiir Gets Updates on Major Road Projects, Backs New Policy to Accelerate Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.has-drop-cap:first-letter{font-size:4em;line-height:0.8;font-weight:bold;float:left;padding-right:8px;color:#DC2626}<\/style>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Juba, May 21, 2026 &mdash; His Excellency President Salva Kiir Mayardit has backed a new policy proposal to accelerate road construction across South Sudan, following a briefing from Minister of Roads and Bridges Peter Lam Both on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Lam presented a proposal to establish an escrow account for oil revenues, a measure designed to improve transparency and attract international construction firms to competitively bid for road projects nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>The President responded positively and reaffirmed road connectivity as a key Government priority.<\/p>\n<p>Among the key updates, the Juba&ndash;Bahr el Ghazal Highway will see accelerated construction after the Government assigned an additional Chinese company, Jonshu International, to handle the Rumbek&ndash;Wau section, reducing construction time on one of the country&rsquo;s most critical transport corridors.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting also covered progress on the Nadapal&ndash;Boma&ndash;Raad&ndash;Ethiopia Highway, expected to be funded by the African Development Bank, and the Juba&ndash;Torit&ndash;Nadapal Highway, currently under World Bank consideration.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em>Source: Office of the President, Republic of South Sudan. Additional context and analysis by Juba Global News Network.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin:30px 0;padding:20px;background:#f8f9fa;border-radius:8px;text-align:center\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 15px;font-size:16px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Stay Connected with Juba Global News Network<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:12px;justify-content:center;flex-wrap:wrap\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@jubaglobal?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:8px;padding:12px 24px;background:#FF0000;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-radius:6px;font-weight:600;font-size:14px\">&#9654; Subscribe on YouTube<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jubaglobal\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:8px;padding:12px 24px;background:#1877F2;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-radius:6px;font-weight:600;font-size:14px\">&#128077; Follow on Facebook<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juba, May 21, 2026 &mdash; His Excellency President Salva Kiir Mayardit has backed a new policy proposal to accelerate road construction across South Sudan, following a briefing from Minister of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-office-of-president"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51795","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=51795"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51797,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51795\/revisions\/51797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/51796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}