EES Speaker Threatens To Halt MPs’ Sitting Allowances Eastern Equatoria State Legislative Assembly’s Speaker Right Hon. Emmanuel Ambrose Ocholimoi has warned Members of Parliament (MPs) absent during parliamentary sessions of cutting their sitting allowances. 28 August 2011 EES Speaker Threatens To Halt MPs’ Sitting Allowances Eastern Equatoria State leaders and MPs interacting during the Development Plan conference held at Hotel Torit last week [©Gurtong]
By Peter Lokale Nakimangole TORIT, 28th August 2011 [Gurtong] – Eastern Equatoria State Legislative Assembly’s Speaker Right Hon. Emmanuel Ambrose Ocholimoi has warned Members of Parliament (MPs) absent during parliamentary sessions of cutting their sitting allowances. According to a story aired in a local radio station, the speaker accused most honourable members of ‘ceaseless malingering practice’ due to inconsistency in attending parliamentary sessions since the 2010 April elections and despite clear provisions and conditions in the Parliamentary Business Code of Conduct 2009. "A number of State Assembly Members will risk losing their sitting allowances due to absenteeism from the House sittings without official permission," the House leader stated. Right Hon. Ocholimoi was addressing the State Parliamentarians during last Wednesday session only to realise ten MPs were not in session without his notice, hence leading to lack of quorum for deliberations in the day’s sitting. He cautioned the missing MPs that they will endure pay deductions if they have not been attending the House’s sessions. “The move comes into force with effect from this month,” the Speaker affirmed. As the House opens on Monday next week, scheduling a briefing from the Currency Exchange Committee Chairperson on its operations in the State, Gurtong has learned of a protest by affected MPs claiming the move could have not have been effected without proper procedure as they claim to have not been appropriately notified. 90% ghost names struck off from payrolls: Report indicates In other news, the Government of Eastern Equatoria State has managed to identify and remove more than 90 percent ghost names from the payroll systems, a report by the Public Service Ministry through the State Deputy Governor Hon. Nartisio Loluke Manir stated. According to the report, 1,296 ghost names out of the 8,330 State Civil Servants were thoroughly scrutinized by the Screening Board members and found to be inexistence or officially not in service. The ghost names were deleted by the State Government officials after long research and popular consultations. “Among the ghost names identified in State Government payrolls from different ministries were employees who were either very aged and retired, dead persons or absentees,” the public service minister, William Odingila Emilio disclosed. Posted in: Home, Governance, Parliaments Comments RSS comment feed There are currently no comments, be the first to post one. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
