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

Central Equatoria legislature on Wednesday adjourned for the second time sitting to cast a vote of no-confidence against the three state ministers accused of corruption until further notice.

They include the state Ministers of Cabinet Affairs, Finance and Housing, Land, and Public Utilities

The legislature accused Godwill Wayi, Viana Kakuli, and Fred Laku Raymond of exchanging a public plot with five Toyota Landcruisers worth 100,000 US dollars.

According to a fact-finding committee that moved the motion for a vote of no-confidence, 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 with 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 to cast votes 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 indefinitely.

The MPs were recalled to resume the motion on Wednesday, but the Speaker adjourned the session yet again.

“The quorum was not enough. That’s why the siting has been adjourned until further notice,” said Morris Andrea, the Deputy Chairperson for Information, Culture Youth, and Sport at the state legislature.