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President Kiir assents to Social Insurance Fund, Anti-Corruption Commission bills

President Salva  Kiir signed the National Social Insurance Fund Act, 2023, and the 2009 South Sudan Anti-Corruption Commission Act amended in 2023  into law.

The amended Anti-Corruption Commission Bill 2023  was enacted by the national parliament on October 5th

The Act is crucial in ensuring transparency and accountability in the management of public funds.

It has maintained the 5-year tenure of the Chairperson, Deputy, and Members of the Commission that is subject to renewal.

The law also mandated the anti-graft body to require constitutional post holders to declare their income, assets, and liabilities including those of their spouses and children.

Meanwhile, the the South Sudan Social Insurance Bill enacted on October 18th, guarantees that every employee, whether in the private sector, NGO, or government sector, is insured by a pension fund.

In a post on the official page, the Presidential Press Unit reported that the head of state assented to the Bills.

It cited that the National Social Insurance Fund Act, of 2023, establishes a national social insurance scheme designed to provide financial support to individuals during retirement, disability, and other challenging situations.

The act is expected to address the absence of a comprehensive social security system in South Sudan and offer essential assistance to the country’s workforce.

Meanwhile, the South Sudan Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2009 (Amendment) Act, 2023, introduces adjustments to the existing anti-corruption legislation.

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.

 

683 NUF soldiers deployed to Eastern Equatoria

Around 680 peace soldiers of the necessary unified forces have reportedly been deployed to Eastern Equatoria State from the national capital Juba.

The 683 soldiers arrived in the capital Torit on Tuesday and will be dispatched to different areas, according to the press unit of the state governor.

Addressing the parade in Torit on Wednesday, Major Gen. Angong Angom, the commander of Division 7 called on the forces to shun tribalism and focus on defending the country.

Meanwhile, Eastern Equatoria State governor Louise Longong Lojore welcomed the soldiers in Torit where he told them they had been deployed to what he describes as the state of love and peace.

“We need you to come and fight criminals who are stealing cattle, abducting people’s children, and stopping vehicles along the highways,” he said.

Governor Lobong called on the Unified Forces to embark on agriculture to produce more food to sustain their lives.

3 passengers including infant perish in Juba-Nimule road accident

At least three have died and several others were injured in a road accident along the Juba- Nimule road Wednesday morning.

Major David Kasmiro, the Inspector of Police in Nimule town told Eye Radio that the fatal accident happened in Kerepi area along Juba – Nimule highway.

The 14-seater car bearing the plate number SSD 811 CJ left Juba Wednesday morning, heading to Arua, Uganda when it crashed.

According to Kasmiro, the vehicle overturned three times after it lost control due to overspeeding.

As a result, a two-year-old boy, a woman, and a man died on spot the scene.

“The accident happened due to overspeeding on the road, there are five people injured, and the number of the dead people is three; one woman, one man, and an infant at two years old, ” adding that “those injured people are now in the hospital of Nimule.”

The police official said the police are investigating the accident.

 

 

 

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