{"id":12295,"date":"2023-03-09T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onecitizendaily.com\/?p=12295"},"modified":"2023-03-08T20:20:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T20:20:46","slug":"constitutional-committee-suspends-its-operation-over-unpaid-arrears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/09\/constitutional-committee-suspends-its-operation-over-unpaid-arrears\/","title":{"rendered":"Constitutional Committee suspends its operation over unpaid arrears<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By William Madouk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Constitutional Amendment Committee (NCAC) has suspended all its operations due to nonpayment of national staff by the national government putting implementation of the roadmap to test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The committee comprising of 15 members, said they have not been paid for the last 3 years, adding that they only received initial funds of 0.5 percent out of the total submitted budget in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out of 15 committee members, two non-national staff are being paid by IGAD, while 13 nationals who are parties\u2019 representative to the agreement are to be paid by government but that has not been happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDespite the enormous work involved and challenges of lack of facilitation, the committee has been working for nearly 3 years without payment,\u201d partly reads the statement seen by this outlet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

NCAC stated that, they continuously followed up the issue of payment with concerned authorities including the Office of the Vice President for Economic Cluster, yet nothing materialized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe First Vice President and the Vice President for Economic Cluster wrote directing the Minister of Finance and Planning to make payment of the NCAC dues. Unfortunately, to date no payment has been made,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NCAC, a body tasked to enact critical bills officially announced the sit-down strike, citing financial limitations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor that reason, it has become very challenging to continue with its mandate without the necessary support needed to facilitate its national members,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNCAC deeply regrets that it will now cease all its operations with immediate effect until the government clears all its outstanding dues,\u201d it continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its establishment in 2018, about eighteen bills have been amended, however, NCAC cited that with operations halted, it could impact negatively as critical laws remain pending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are still critical pending laws that needed to be reviewed to facilitate the implementation of the roadmap fully,\u201d NCAC warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NCAC was reconstituted by IGAD on October, 2018 as per the agreement (chapter 1, Article 1.18.1.3) that mandated the committee to make amendment to the constitution and laws to incorporate agreement and relevant reforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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