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.
In December 2013, Jess Mathias of The Guardian described her to be an ideal role model for young girls over traditionally idolised women such as Rihanna and Beyoncé.
[3] Okwaci, during the second Sudanese civil war in 1986, joined the newly-formed Sudan People's Liberation Movement and began working as a journalist for Radio SPLA, where she became known as the "voice of the revolution".
[3] In January 2015, Okwaci signed an agreement with her Kenyan counterpart Fred Matiangi to lay 600 kilometres of fibre optic cable alongside a proposed Juba-Nadapal-Eldoret road.
[5] The cable laying is expected to be finished earlier than the projected road completion date of 2022.