To increase the flow of the Nile in order for Egypt to realise its ambitious desert reclamation plan, Egypt sees the completion of the digging of the Jonglei canal through the vast swamps of the Sudd in Southern Sudan as the top priority.
Because since these countries are very hot, they can be in lack of water. The water can also help in agriculture for the crops, for livestock, and make up for the water that the nile river lost due to evaporation and over flowing.
