Rebecca Joshua Okwaci

Rebecca Joshua Okwaci is a South Sudanese politician, and a member of Parliament and the Chief Whip of the Ruling SPLM Party in the Transitional National Legislative Assembly as of 2022. She was the former Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services and also the former minister of Roads and Bridges in the Government of the Republic of South Sudan. She is a "prolific peace campaigner and advocate of women's roles in peace", Okwaci led the South Sudan delegation, and said that this cable would improve South Sudan's connectivity with the rest of the world, and would "spur development, create job opportunities, and bring about peace and stability". The cable laying is expected to be finished earlier than the projected road completion date of 2022.

Women's rights and peace activism Okwaci is a founding member of several organisations, the Sudanese Women Association, based in Nairobi, Sudanese Women Voice for Peace, and Sudanese Women Empowerment for Peace. She is the Secretary-General of Women Action for Development (WAD).