South Sudan deputy ministers receive orientation over their role
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September 21, 2011 (JUBA) – Deputy ministers in South Sudan on
Wednesday took part in an induction workshop which discussed their
roles as the first deputy ministers in the world’s newest country.
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Deputy ministers inductions workshop, Juba, Sept. 21, 2011, (ST)
Last month South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir formed his first cabinet
since independence on 9 July. The new cabinet is composed of 29
ministers and 27 deputy ministers.
Since 2005 South Sudan has governed itself with its own army,
parliament and cabinet but the positions of deputy ministers is new to
the country.
The induction exercise, organised by the minister of cabinet affairs,
Deng Alor Kuol, aimed to inform the deputy ministers about the cabinet
system, working with parliament, as well as basic government
procedures including financial procedures and the civil service.
In his opening speech, the Vice President, Riek Machar, stressed the
importance of the exercise, saying the people of South Sudan were
anxious in their aspirations which should now be delivered by the new
government of the independent state.
Machar said over 60 percent of the current workforce in South Sudan
are unqualified, adding that it was time to make serious reform in the
public service in order to establish a qualified public service that
can deliver services to the people.
He said the government should deliver and prove that existence of
ministers in the cabinet is not about enjoying luxuries such as “cars,
houses and fat salaries” which he said is the current view ordinary
citizens about the government.
He pointed out that absorption and reintegration of qualified civil
servants who are returning from North Sudan should be conducted
alongside reforms to weed out unqualified civil servants and replace
them with more competent professionals.
He reminded the deputy ministers about the statement of South Sudan’s
President on corruption, which Machar read to the nation on his behalf
earlier this week. In the statement, the President declared that
corruption cases such as the dura (sorghum) saga of 2008 and any other
illegal contracts be investigated and the culprits prosecuted.
He also added that he would seek assistance from other countries to
repatriate the diverted public funds by individual officials.
Machar further also said that other corrupt practices include the loss
of hundreds of millions of dollars every year from an unauthorised and
dishonest taxation system.
He said that land in South Sudan often sold by people who do not have
the legal right to sell it. The Vice President also warned the
deputies not to become involved in illegal contracts and projects.
(ST)
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