rumbek usaid

By Manyang Mayom

Feb 24, 2006 (RUMBEK) — The minister for Information, Culture, Youth and Sports of the Lakes State, Mrs. Hon Adak Costa met today with the USAID representative, Steve Browne.

The visiting US official discussed with the Lakes state minister the implantation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) through youth to be train as well approved by the ministry for the Information. Culture, Youth and Sports.

The Minister for Information, Culture, Youth and Sport” Added that they are running out for the luck of budget. According to Steve Browne promise to the minister, say that they are ready to train the media for the Lakes State as well sooner.

Since the war started in South Sudan, Rumbek have no step up the forum of media that was they great challenges to Government of Sudan (GOS) and they Government of South Sudan (GOSS).

Beside its humanitarian activities, USAID since the end of the cold war,

It really looks bad that Lakes State have largest populations and no media doing their covering. Some among the youth are facing difficulty of quite communication to their friends within the town. No good running network in Rumbek for mobile telephone even home-phone wire are not connected.

One company for telecommunication call (NOW) was been suspended by the minister for Information, Culture, Youth and Sport” Hon Adak Costa by accusing the Company that they are not active for covering the whole Lakes State affairs on Telecommunication system, NOW as was been give extract time again to operate until further notice according to Mrs. Adak say. The services for NOW Company are not enough to comply all Lakes State needs.