Category: Politics

Ruling elites ‘hijack S.Sudan’- Enough Project

A new report is urging the Trump administration and international measures to curb corruption and provide leverage for lasting peace in South Sudan.

The US -based Enough Project says violent kleptocratic leaders have hijacked institutions and stoked violent conflict, committed mass atrocities, and created a man-made famine.

The report titled ‘a hijacked state’ argues that, amid the chaos of war, the ruling elites have ransacked various sectors of the economy.

IT says violent kleptocracy has distorted the country’s institutions and heaping catastrophic consequences on the national monetary reserve.

This, the rights activist says is creating an atmosphere in which too many hands are left to freely and repetitively reach into the public treasury with impunity.

“To avoid a return to destructive conflict, stringent measures must be in place to bolster accountability and stymie the destructive corruption that incentivized war,” Brian Adeba, the report co-author and Deputy Director of Policy at the Enough Project said.

It urges the United States government to disrupt illicit financial activities, broaden existing sanctions; strengthen the South Sudan judicial system; promote transparency and good governance; and support civil society and journalists, among others.

President Kiir urges parties to focus on peace

President Salva Kiir has called on the peace parties to focus on the future of South Sudan despite failure by the western countries to fund the peace agreement.

Mr Kiir criticised the donor community for what he said they have adopted ‘wait and see’ attitude in order to stall the implementation of the peace agreement.

The Xinhua news agency quoted him as saying:

“If America has refused to recognise the agreement, the other European and Western countries will not pay their money. So everybody has adopted the position of ‘wait and see’ because they think we will fight as soon as the opposition comes in.”

Kiir said due to the lack of funding, the peace implementation process is facing difficulties.

He urged all the party members, including the opposition leaders to join efforts and lobby for funding for the sake of  achieving stability.

Kiir encouraged them to be sending out positive and re conciliatory messages that aim at repairing the social fabric.

He made the remarks during a meeting by the SPLM parliamentary caucus on Thursday.

On the Same day, the government of Japan donated 1 million US dollars to the National Pre-transitional Committee to carry out its activities during the pre-transitional period.

 

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