The National Minister of Finance and Planning Dr. Bak Barnaba Chol on Wednesday decried tax evasion by private entities, a situation that he said could negatively affect infrastructural development. Continue reading Finance minister decries tax evasion by private companies
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Economy
Economic cluster seeks $9 million to buy 100 water tankers
The Economic Cluster led by Vice President Dr. James Wani Igga has approved a proposed 9-million-US-dollar budget for the purchase of 100 water tankers to supply water in Juba. Continue reading Economic cluster seeks $9 million to buy 100 water tankers
Gov’t launches 35 km road construction in Juba worth $35M
In coordination with Central Equatoria state authorities, the national government has launched a 35-kilometer road upgrading project for the capital Juba worth $35 million. Continue reading Gov’t launches 35 km road construction in Juba worth $35M
19th anniversary of CPA’s signing: Gov’t urged to implement Dr John vision
After 19 years of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) down the line, the South Sudanese public is still calling on the unity government to implement the vision of the late Dr. John Garang of making agriculture an engine of the economy. Continue reading 19th anniversary of CPA’s signing: Gov’t urged to implement Dr John vision
How Renk farmers flourish under CMD funding
The Christian Mission for Development (CMD) is empowering small-medium scale farmers in Renk County of Upper Nile State to increase production of agriculture-based livelihoods. Continue reading How Renk farmers flourish under CMD funding
How hospitality generously paid a tea seller
For the last two years, 41-year-old Mama Julia James has been serving tea and water to bereaved mourners under a makeshift shelter inside sunbaked New Site cemetery in Juba, and a good Samaritan finally rewarded her hospitality. Continue reading How hospitality generously paid a tea seller
CES relocates Custom Market vendors to University of Juba land
Central Equatoria State government on Thursday started the eviction and relocation of street vendors from major roadsides to designated locations in the capital Juba.
The street vendors mainly young men selling clothes and footwears in wheelbarrows have been transferred to a temporary business point hosted by the University of Juba.
The move to implement President Kiir’s order to open and build measure streets in the capital is aimed at allowing free flow of the traffic and safe passage of pedestrians.
“Governor Emmanuel Adil Anthony has imposed strict steps to reform and modernize street vending within Juba City Council as part of his sustained Government’s efforts to reorganize the city to favorably compete with other World’s Cities,” reads a statement from Adil’s office.
Addressing the vendors, Governor Adil called on the young entrepreneurs to cooperate with the authorities as they continue to re-organize the vendors to the newly designated location.
Adil also warned that those defying the order to immediately vacate the streets will face the “full force of the law” after the expiration of a 72-hour ultimatum.
The relocation exercise was also attended by the Mayor of Juba City Flora Gabriel Modi, CES Minister of Roads and Bridges, Hon. Mawa A. Moses, and the three Deputy Mayors of Juba.
Continue reading CES relocates Custom Market vendors to University of Juba land
NRA seals loopholes in customs revenue collections
The National Revenue Authority has introduced a single financial remittance form for collecting non-oil revenues at the one-stop center in the border town of Nimule.
The acting Commissioner for Corporate Services, Dr Daniel Kon Ater says the Revenue Authority introduced 10 developed forms for revenue collection.
The institutions authorized to use the forms with specifications include immigration, customs, external trade, livestock, and fisheries among others.
“The operation we brought here is a single financial remittance form; number one is customs’ and it tells exactly what type of revenue customs collects, then forms for directorate of external trade; And road user charges book, this book is for traffic and Interpol to inspect second-hand cars brought to the county that may be stolen from other countries and end up in South Sudan,” he said.
Additionally, he said, “We also have a form for immigration and a form for livestock and fisheries.”
On the 28th of November, the Minister of Finance and Planning shut down security organ offices that were allegedly involved in collecting illicit fees at the border town of Nimule.
They include the Criminal Investigation Department and the traffic police among other institutions.
Those left to operate are the Ministry of Trade, the National Revenue Authority, the South Sudan Bureau of Standards, and the Eastern Equatoria State Revenue Authority.
In 2022, the National Revenue Authority introduced an electronic tax portal that will be accessible to all taxpayers within the Republic of South Sudan
Egypt seeks to revive dilapidated irrigation sites in Malakal
Upper Nile’s government and the National Ministry of Water and Irrigation have allocated land for the evacuation of households occupying an irrigation site in Malakal as the Egyptian government seeks to revive the scheme.
On Thursday, Governor James Odhok Oyay, the national Director General of the Ministry of Water and Irrigation met with Egyptian water officials to assess the rehabilitation of the dilapidated Al-Rai Al-Masry infrastructure.
The move is reportedly to reinforce the Bilateral Technical Cooperation between South Sudan and Egypt in water resource development.
The meeting is also said to signify a collaborative effort to enhance water resource management as stipulated in the cooperation agreement between the two countries.
In his remark on the state-run SSBC TV on Thursday, Mr Wol Gordon Tong who is the Director General of the Ministry of Water and Irrigation said they allocated a place for families that have been sheltering at the facility since 2013.
” We have allocated an area of 3 km to move the citizens living in Al-Rai Al-Masry to vacate the place. The citizens were aware that the Egyptian delegation was coming to take over the site,” he said.
Meanwhile, Egyptian Irrigation Official Eng. Hassan Salama Hassan said they came to Malakal to evaluate the facilities which abandoned in 2013 during the civil war to restore the irrigation scheme.
“We are today [Thursday] in Malakal to inspect and evaluate the facilities until we restore the mission working in the place.
” We sought to restore Egyptian irrigation in the city of Malakal that was before the events of 2013 and to provide services that were available before such as education, opening a clinic, as well as connecting electricity, he said.
The facility linked to the Egyptian permanent headquarters in Malakal, which included 64 rest houses, a building for the Nilometer, a river marina, an ice factory, maintenance workshops, small schools for teaching crafts, and a medical clinic that provided free treatment to citizens, was established during the reign of King Farouk which dated back to about 100 years ago.
Govt,Turkish company ink printing press deal
The Ministry of Information, Communication Technology, and Postal Services has signed a memorandum of understanding with a leading Turkish printing company for a printing press to help cater to the upcoming general elections.
In a post on its official Facebook page, the ministry said it entered the deal with the KORZA, a private company established in Ankara to invest in South Sudan.
The company manufactures a diverse range of printed products and offers various other services and printing solutions throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
The Printing Press according to the MOU, shall be financed and transferred to Juba by a third party under the private-public partnership with the South Sudan government, cited the statement.
The project is expected to commence after an assessment by both parties is done.
Mr. Yath Awan Yath, who is the undersecretary of the Minister of Information told the company to speed up the process saying; “The government is in a hurry to have a printing press in Juba to help cater for the upcoming general election.