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By Julius N. Uma November 30, 2011 (JUBA) - Three senior ministers have been summoned by members of South Sudan’s national assembly to explain the deteriorating security situations in Juba, the country’s capital less than five months after the country’s independence. A busy session in South Sudan’s national assembly, October 10, 2011 (ST)Interior minister, Alison Manani Magaya and his counterparts John Kong Nyuon (defence and veteran affairs) and Oyay Deng Ajak (national security) have been given seven days to appear before the country’s lawmakers. Also expected in the August House over the same matter are Clement Wani Konga, Central Equatoria’s Governor and Mohammad Al-haj Badalla, the Juba city mayor. The MP’s decision followed a motion presented by Tongun Lodu Kwajok (Juba County) on the rampant insecurity problems against the population in Juba and its outskirts. He specifically cited lootings, robbery and killings allegedly carried out by unknown groups of criminals. According to the Kwajok, at least six people are either robbed or killed on daily basis in Juba, estimating the number of those killed monthly to be about 180 or more. “In the three payams [districts], Munuki has the highest rates of looting, robbing and killing with three persons killed every day, Kator with two persons and Juba has the least record with only one daily,” the motion signed by 24 MPs says. The motion also details the full names of about 50 people allegedly murdered by these alleged criminals, including when and where they died. However, although some legislators attributed the poor response from the police as as aggravating factor to the worsening security, others said the low and irregular payment of salaries to organised forces remains a contributing factor. John Agany, an MP for Northern Bahr el Ghazal state, said the insecurity report was an urgent matter that needed immediate investigations in order to discover the root causes of the problem. Aleu Aleu, a legislator from Warrap state told the assembly that the actual statistics of those killed in Juba is much higher than what was presented in the motion. “The absence of laws such as the arms and ammunition act, liquor control act, the traffic control act and proper immigration policies are the main causes of all these insecurity problems we face today,” he told the national assembly. Aleu urged fellow members of the national assembly to begin enacting laws, which they can be presented to the relevant ministries, as some of them are “reluctant” to draft legislation. Deng Dau, a member the SPLM South Sudan’s ruling party in the assembly strongly advocated for strengthening and re-organization of the country’s law enforcement agencies as a remedy to the deteriorating security situation, which he said remains a nationwide problem. (ST) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" 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/SouthSudanKob?hl=en.
