President Salva Kiir has fired the Commissioner General of South Sudan Revenue Authority, Africano Mande in a decree read on the state TV, SSBC on Wednesday evening.

Sacked Africano Mande was appointed to the position in October, 2023  after President Kiir removed  his former boss Athian Diing Athian.

President Kiir has replaced Mr Mande with long-serving Secretary General of South Sudan’s Chamber of Commerce Simon Akuei.

This comes after Mr. Mande attended a conference of EAC  Revenue authority Commissioner Generals in Nairobi, Kenya where he highlighted the challenges South Sudan face in the digital era he describes as night mare to the institution’s endevours to catch up with the region.

Mr Mande urged the need for the members states to support South Sudan in its strive to be at par with the region, and called for inter-faced digital and interoperability  to ease regional integration with regard to cross-border trade and customs services.

According to him, it will take a while for South Sudan to adopt some of the protocols as the country grapples with catch up with the member states in e-revenue services while urging for collaboration to overcome the challenges.