Local government administration and potable water supply in Juba Payam, South Sudan
| dc.contributor.author | Morbe, Thomas Tombe | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-12-17T11:58:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-12-17T11:58:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-08 | |
| dc.description | Dissertation submitted to the College of Humanities and Social Sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirement for award of Masters’ degree of arts in Public Administration and Management of Kampala International University. Its available full text. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The research topic was the role of local government administration and potable water supply in Juba Payam, South Sudan. The study objectives were; to ascertain the state of potable water supply in Juba Payam, South Sudan; to identify the challenges facing potable water supply in Juba Payam, South Sudan and to examine the factors that influence the roles of local government in potable water supply in Juba Payam, South Sudan. The study was based on a cross sectional research design. The target population of this study according to National Bureau of Statistics, (2015), was 109,426 individuals in Juba Payam, South Sudan distributed as follows: 57,041 males, 52,385 females. Of those, 842 of the population are Payam Local government officials, 4,769 are Juba City Council staff, 5,610 are officials from the Ministry of water resources and Irrigation, Juba and the remaining 98,205 are residents of Juba Payam. From the target population of 109,426 the sample size of 399 respondents was obtained using Sloven’s formula. The findings of the study included the following; that the state of potable water supply to households in Juba Payam is unsatisfactory to the beneficiaries and has severely decreased; that local government administration of Juba Payam has so far failed to address the challenges facing potable water supply, communities are still struggling to secure access to water resources and disposal of untreated wastewater generates huge pollution problems around urban areas and that the local of government of Juba Payam has played unsatisfactory role on potable water supply to the citizens. The conclusions were; that the state of potable water supply in Juba Payam, South Sudan is poor, hence forcing majority of people to use water from poor water sources, such as a hand pump, un protected well and piped water supply; that the people in Juba Payam communities are struggling to secure access to water resources and the boom in groundwater extraction for agriculture has led to many drinking water wells to dry up; and also that the local government plays an instrumental role in providing potable water supply in Juba Payam, South Sudan because it creates avenues for the community to provide labor, raw materials and also demand for transparency in funds management as regards to water supply. The study recommended that; the local government administration of Juba Payam should come up with well-structured and working water institutions to ensure that at all times there is in every area a person and institution providing water supply to the citizens at fair tariffs; the local government of Juba Payam should involve all key water sector private contractors to manage all public water utility systems. The private companies should therefore be given various responsibilities like billing, leak detection, design and construction under different forms of contracts, and all water management should all be made under the sanction of a legal framework that entitles all citizens to a basic water requirement and that the local government administration of Juba Payam to put in place efficient and well structured institutions to carry out reforms as a team and within a short period so that the reforms are finalized for the citizens to drink and access adequate and quality water. The water services trust fund, an organization mandated with mobilizing funds for carrying the reforms be strengthened and supported by the parent ministry of water so that the financial base is boosted. The study recommended an optimal integration of the water resources management in the country so that all the citizens have adequate water. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/1406 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Kampala International University | en_US |
| dc.subject | South Sudan | en_US |
| dc.subject | Local Government | en_US |
| dc.subject | Public administration | en_US |
| dc.subject | Water supply | en_US |
| dc.subject | Juba Puyam | en_US |
| dc.subject | Portable Water Supply | en_US |
| dc.title | Local government administration and potable water supply in Juba Payam, South Sudan | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |