CES MPs during oath taking in 2021/Photo by Sudan Post

Central Equatoria legislature has adjourned to next week, 15/11/2023 a vote of no confidence against three state ministers accused of corruption after some members boycotted the sitting on Tuesday.

The legislature has accused the Ministers of Cabinet Affairs, Finance, and of Housing, Land, and Public Utilities of exchanging a public plot with Five Toyota Landcruisers worth 100,00 US dollars.

Yesterday, the parliament’s fact-finding committee moved a motion for a vote of no-confidence against Viania Kakuil, Godwil Wayi, and Fred Laku Raymond respectively.

According to the committee, it found out that the officials did not meet due legal processes for the disposal of government property.

It established that the ministers exchanged plot number 60 Block 13 to SHI Petroleum Services for 25 years since 2019 and the Investment department was not involved in the process.

However, some members of parliament differed with the move for a vote of no-confidence after the Speaker suggested a secret ballot.

As a result, discontented MPs boycotted the siting, prompting the Speaker to adjourn the session to next week.

Morris Andrea who is the Deputy Chairperson for information, Culture Youth, and Sport at the legislature explains.

“The adjournment of the sitting is by law because the attendance was going to be subjected to voting, but some of the members when the sitting was adjourned for 10 minutes, did not come back.

“So that’s why it was adjourned,” he said.

On his, Khamis Kwaje, the Secretary for the Opposition Caucus says, the speakers’ suggestion for a secret ballot led to the division of the house.

“The deliberation went well but of course, has been a contentious issue and the house got divided, and based on the ruling, regulations number 90,

The August was given ten {10} minutes adjournment, and by the time the August house was to return, most of the members decided to boycott the meeting.

“Due to the sensitivity of the matter, the sitting got adjourned until Wednesday “Next-week 15^th-Nov, 2023” but the adjournment happened after the motion was adopted.