Governor, Speaker Disagree On Land Allotments The Eastern Equatoria state governor differs with the state Legislative Assembly Speaker on methods being used to allocate plots to constitutional post holders. 30 June 2013
By Peter Lokale Nakimangole TORIT, 27 June 2013 [Gurtong] – A controversy stemmed between the two top state leaders after Hon. Ambrose Emmanuel Ocholimoi in his opening speech raising an accusation labelled against Directors in the State Ministry of Housing and Public Utilities for failing to respect instruction from Ministering ordering them to issue plots to some MPs and other politicians. He stated angrily that there were rampant scandals of plots allotment in the Ministry in question. He added a committee comprising of the Directors of the Ministry was formed by the minister of Housing and Public Utilities failed to allot plots to some executives and MPS, but they did not instead they turned awarding themselves with the plots. The speaker Ocholimoi besides accused some civil servants of corrupt tendencies in the Ministry of Housing and Public Utilities. He disclosed that one time some directors (not mentioning their names) decided on very important issues without the approval of a minister saying this is disobedience behaviour and must be looked at critically. However, the state Governor Louis Lobong Lojore, responded when he delivered his speech at the Tuesday’s opening of the Parliament’s fourth session, rejected the move by the Speaker to treat other people that the constitutional post holders as special to allocate them lands. He clarified before the House and Public that there is no one important than another one, all whether MPs or Ministers must follow the procedure of land allotment just like any other citizen in the state because at the end of the day, he or she will be given his or her rights. The leader said favouring politicians in the name of constitutional post holders won’t make a difference at all. He said he did not know whether the Ministry treats other people categorically but the practice must be stopped immediately as from now. He protested that no constitutional post holder should be considered in special way when allotting plots but everybody applies in same manner. On corruption accusation, the governor Lobong held the Parliament responsible to supervise, check on government institutions and ensure wrong elements are wiped out of the system. In interviews with the press after the occasion, the Speaker Ocholimoi responded that the governor’s decision was his own opinion defending that his position on the matter was correct. Posted in: Home, Governance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oqU%3DLkLxez4wAAF1mx6b_cduXerw%2BtAGjJHK6cxuWwCCQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
