By William Madouk<\/p>\n
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South Sudan People\u2019s Defence Forces (SSPDF) will have a designated land for military purposes, across the country.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n National Council of Ministers chaired by President Salva Kiir on Friday approved a proposal for demarcation and allocation of land to the army.<\/p>\n Government spokesperson Michael Makuei disclosed to journalists after the meeting,<\/p>\n He said the Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs, Chol Thon Balok had presented a memo requesting for allocation of land to SSPDF, far from residential areas.<\/p>\n According to Makue, the Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs explained to the cabinet how it is vital to effect protection and allocating land for the army.<\/p>\n \u201cWe listened to a presentation from the Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs on the protection of River Nile airspace and land by the Army,\u201d said Makuei.<\/p>\n He said that Minister Thon requested that the cabinet allot land to the army in the ten states and three administrative areas.<\/p>\n \u201cOf course, as you know very well, the Army has no land, and as such, he [Thon] requested the Cabinet approve the issuance of land to the Army so that the Army is kept at a distance from the civil population,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cAll over the world, there is no way whereby you find the civil population mingling with the Army, but here in South Sudan, they are inseparable; they are in the same places,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n As a result, the cabinet approved the allotment of land for soldiers and their families all over South Sudan.<\/p>\n \u201cThis presentation was appreciated, and it is actually overdue, and as such, it was appreciated and passed,\u201d Makuei stressed.<\/p>\n The cabinet then directed the minister of defense to form a committee to establish contacts with the state and administrative authorities.<\/p>\n “So that they can provide the necessary land\u2014a little bit away from the civil population\u2014and also, this will enable them to control the Nile and the mountains,\u201d he underscored.<\/p>\n \u201cIf they are done, the Army will be in a position to control all these areas and provide the necessary protection,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By William Madouk South Sudan People\u2019s Defence Forces (SSPDF) will have a designated land for military purposes, across the country. National Council of Ministers chaired by President Salva Kiir on Friday approved a proposal for demarcation and allocation of land to the army. Government spokesperson Michael Makuei disclosed to[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Army-to-get-land.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18605"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18607,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18605\/revisions\/18607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}