By Taban Henry The University of Juba has proposed an increase of tuition in which the least students will pay 100,000 SSP with an additional development fund of 100 US Dollars for all students to transform the infrastructure of the institution. Earlier in 2019, the students at the University of[Read More…]
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Parliament directed to recover USD3.3 billion from JOCs
By Akol Madut Ngong The National Legislature has directed the national Ministries of; Cabinet Affairs, Petroleum and Finance and Economic Planning to recover 3.3 billion USD from joint operation companies (JOCs) extending from 9th, July, 2011 to 31st December 2018. These directives from the legislature to the three ministries came[Read More…]
Boys decry discrimination amid cash transfer for girls
By Bida Elly David Boys in some schools have slammed the sponsors of Girls Education in South Sudan (GESS) prioritizing female being the only beneficiaries to the yearly cash transfers knowing that other male learners have been battling financial constraints in their families. GESS has been a yearly project meant[Read More…]
GPOC hands medical, school stuffs to Unity state
By Bida Elly David The Unity State Government has received medical and educational supplies from the Greater Pioneer Operating Company (GPOC) in an effort to raise the quality of local facilities. Unity State Governor, Dr. Joseph Manytuil, received the equipment at the State Coordination Office in Juba yesterday. Recently, the[Read More…]
Assembly exposes overspending agencies in 2021/22 budget
By Taban Henry The Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly (R-TNLA) has named government agencies that had spent beyond their budget lines in the 2021/2022 fiscal year budget describing them as indiscipline. The exposure of the indiscipline government spending agencies came during the presentation of the report of the standing specialized[Read More…]
Don’t vote for independent candidates to EALA, MPs told
By William Madouk Garang Lawmakers representing political parties at national legislative assembly are severely cautioned not to cast their votes to nonpartisan nominees vying seat at East Africa Legislative Assembly (EALA). Secretary for Political Affairs, Organization Development, Kuol Atem Bol of SPLM party led by President Salva Kiir, said[Read More…]
UN says Malakal sex abuse will be probed
By William Madouk Garang Suspected aid workers who committed sexual crimes against vulnerable people at Malakal Protection of Civilians (PoC) sites will be investigated and prosecuted, UN Peace mission said. On Wednesday, a joint investigation by The New Humanitarian and Al Jazeera found that UN peacekeepers, agencies staff and aid-workers[Read More…]
Central Bank cuts USD weekly Auction amount
By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The Bank of South Sudan Governor Jonny Ohisa Damian met with the Auctioning Supervisory Committee (ASC) and solidly decided to reduce the weekly auction amount to USD 6 million for commercial banks and USD 4 million to forex Bureau down from USD 12 million and 8[Read More…]
Sudan brashly rejects transfer of Abyei to South Sudan
By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The Republic of Sudan has rejected the provisions of the proposals submitted by African Union High Implementation Panel (AUHIP) which provides for the transfer of Abyei to be part of South Sudan. The Republic of Sudan in a statement released to the media objected to some[Read More…]
Red Cross bridges gap between drivers and traffics police
By Mary Poni The South Sudan Red Cross has bridged the gap between motorists and the traffic police as it convened a workshop for the two parties to foster their working relationship and promote road safety. The State police representative at the workshop Maj. Emmanuel Khamis said that the workshop[Read More…]
Five perish in community aggression
By Yien Gattuor Mead On Sunday afternoon, in the outskirt of Bentiu town, youth from ChiengKuoth and Chiengyar clan clashed in an inter-communal fighting which left five people dead. A source who chose anonymity narrated to No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper what triggered the communal clashes that claimed the five lives. The[Read More…]
Central Bank freezes Silicone Valley Company accounts
By William Madouk Garang Bank account of a controversial Silicone Valley company limited has been frozen by the Bank of South Sudan (BOSS) over noncompliance with pertinent laws of the country. Director of Supervision Department at the Central Bank, Deng Aru Bol notified all commercial banks operating in Juba to[Read More…]
Relief receiver detects mattress particles in flour, authority denies
By Bida Elly David A female relief beneficiary in Lainya County of Central Equatoria State has claimed that she detected mattress particles in maize flour delivered by ACROSS South Sudan, a humanitarian organization through the government as assistance to the vulnerable host community. Recently, reports from some citizens of Lainya[Read More…]
Juba County commissioner rubbishes land grabbing allegations
By Bida Elly David The Commissioner of Juba County has been accused by some residents of Loriki for illegal land grabbing in the area driven from the attempted displacement that resulted into exchange of guns formerly between the community and the county police. This came following the land dispute among[Read More…]
UN plane skids off runway in Malakal
By William Madouk Garang United Nations run airplane skidded off the runway while landing at the airstrip in Upper Nile State’s Malakal town, on Monday evening; this is according to UN Mission in South Sudan. According to UN peace mission, the 78-seater plane got seriously stuck in the mud which[Read More…]
MTN, Zain still pay Sudan registration licenses
By Taban Henry Members of Parliament have discovered that MTN and Zain, the main telecom mobile operating companies in South Sudan are still paying their registration licenses to Sudan. This was revealed during the presentation of the report of the standing specialized committee on finance and Economic planning on the[Read More…]
Parliament passes whopping SSP1.4 trillion fiscal budget
By Taban Henry The Transitional National Legislative Assembly on Tuesday passed a whopping record 1.4 trillion South Sudanese Pounds as the fiscal year budget for 2022/2023 financial year. Earlier in August, the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning tabled the 2022/2023 fiscal year budget. In early August, the former National[Read More…]
Petroleum Ministry embarks on training technical, non-technical staff
By Mary Poni The Ministry of Petroleum is currently conducting training for the technical, non-technical, accountants and others from the oil sectors companies under the theme “staff training is the blocks-making for building competent workforce in the oil sector.” The training commenced yesterday (Monday) in Juba and facilitated by an[Read More…]
SPLM-IO denies claims of allocating positions on clan lineage
By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army in Opposition (SPLM-IO) has denounced claims by one of its members the party allocates political posts to its cadres based on clan lineage. An anonymous source yesterday revealed that Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) nominate candidates or Ministers to[Read More…]
Mayor grieved as two Ugandans perish in fire outbreak
By Bida Elly David The mayor of Juba city council was saddened by the demise of two Ugandans who perished after a carpentry and joinery workshop caught fire in Gudele one over the weekend. A carpentry workshop at Gudele One over the weekend caught extreme fire burning two professional Ugandan[Read More…]