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As a result, most roads have deteriorated with many becoming impassable.
Flooding on river Kor Jamus and Lamu has washed away culverts along the Kajo-Keji-Juba road making the road impassable to most vehicles, save for a few four wheel drives.
Several commuters plying the route for business are stuck as a result of the flooding.
This has led to an increase in prices of goods and services as traders attribute the hike in prices to hiring of expensive vehicles to transport goods from Juba as result of the poor road network.
“Vehicle owners are now charging high prices for hire. Others even refuse to carry heavy goods due to the road”, John Boni, one of the traders in Kajo-Keji town of Wuddu told Gurtong.
Two vehicles, a lorry and a pick-up overturned while attempting to cross Kor Jamus Riveron.
Kajo-Keji residents have on several occasions blamed the State government for being reluctant to address the deplorable roads.
The Kajo-Keji-Juba road dubbed “Taban Loliyong road”, named after a Professor in the University of Juba is one of the poorest roadsin Central Equatoria State.
The road links six counties to the state and national capital, Juba.
Some traders import goods from Kampala via the neighboring Ugandan district of Moyo.
The United Nations Organization for Humanitarian Assistance (UNOCHA) recently warned that South Sudan will experience heavy rains between June and October.
UNOCHA said the heavy rains will make most roads impassable, worsening the humanitarian assistance operations in the new nation.
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