Speaker encourages revelation of corruption in South Sudan institutions
By Ngor Arol Garang
September 27, 2009 (ABYEI) — Speaker of Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly, Hon. James Wani Igga today said his government encouraged revelation of corruption and other malpractices in any institution in the region.
However, since last August the commission has been given a special status beyond the other public service institutions as the government steps up the fight against corruption in the semi-autonomous region.
The employees of the anti-corruption body, according to a resolution passed by GOSS, will have their salaries and other emoluments increased above the normal public service increment regulations. The status of the Chairperson of the Commission, Dr. Pauline Riak, has been upgraded to the status of a minister in the Government of Southern Sudan.
Speaking from Juba, Wani said there have been street talks and allegations that corruption is on the increase but what is important is the application of appropriate methods to trace and verify all these indications and claims.
“Revelation of malpractices in all government and private institutions will show government commitment towards the fight against corruption,” he said.
The Speaker also added that Assembly has recently passed the Anti-Corruption Policy and that a frauds unit within the commission will be established to investigate complex corruption cases.
However, he was quick to say that revelations of financial mismanagement should not just be looked at as an indication that corruption is on the increase.
“Government has increased its efforts in improving transparency and reporting systems,” he said.
President Kiir stressed in the past months that the anti-corruption body would be empowered to not only investigate cases of corruption, but also prosecute the culprits.
Over a thousand corruption cases are believed to be sitting in the Commissioner’s office since 2006 and awaiting investigations and possible prosecutions of the culprits.
No official has ever been prosecuted for having involved in corrupt practices since the establishment of the Southern Sudan Anti-Corruption Commission in 2006.
Notwithstanding speaker’s position, Alfred Lado, a Juba resident said although government is doing a good job in encouraging citizens to reveal financial mismanagement; citizen will end up being frustrated because revelations are not followed up by actions.
“Revelations are always necessary when they are followed up by actions,” he said adding that numbers of serious revelations have been made and committees to investigate charges formed but some of the suspected officials were not fired but have gone scot-free.
“We have seen some cases where these accused officials have even been promoted and some transferred to other departments,” he said.
Samuel Tut, a government official commented that people should be careful with the way they comment on some allegations related to funds mismanagement.
“Some of these funds are misapplied genuinely because funds are not released on time from Khartoum. It is Khartoum imposing on Southern Sudan all these mess,” he said.
“We should be very careful with some of the comments because they will lead to people thinking that there is a lot of theft in this region,” he adds.
However, he said there is need for the anti corruption to be given teeth to bite adding that Government should in future give anti-corruption powers to act upon its reports.
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Mr Famous Big_Logic_Boy
Speaker encourages revelation of corruption in South Sudan institutions
Corruption will never end unless we have a solution to the dinkas weak government. Dinkas are the problems of this corruption.
Dinkamoi
Speaker encourages revelation of corruption in South Sudan institutions
The Dinka should not denied the existence of corruption in Southern Sudan which is basically spearheaded by the Dinka leaders. If you see GOSS composition, it is fill up with Dinka and now the GOSS is likely to collapse and this will be entirely blame on the Dinka.
The truth is always bitter and I have conclusive and convincing intelligent fact that if the Dinka continue ruling Southern Sudan, it will never develop because;
1. a Dinka have no willingness to run the country at heart,
2. Dinka fill there houses with relatives who increase chances of corruption because his/her salary cannot feed the entire village. Economically, it expenditure is greater than income,
3. Dinkas have the mentality that government things/properties is for free,
4.The Dinka are now involving in money business e.g, collection of revenue at Kajo Keji, Nimule, Nadapal, Tseretenya and Juba Airport. These collection is never remitted into GOSS Account.
Honestly speaking, Dinka cannot run the government and sooner or later GOSS will collapse and the consulate (GOSS Liaison Offices) globally are closing due to financial mismanagement e.g. Brussels, Jo’burg, DRC, Kampala and many other GOSS Liaison offices are winding up because they cannot pay salaries or rent the premises. GOSS staffs are getting salaries late i.e. after three months, our SPLA forces are getting half salaries and late by three months. Ladies and Gentlemen these are the sign of collapsing State.
If Kiir want to rescue GOSS, he should immediately change Dinkas from the following department, Ministry of Finance, Revenue Collection from all borders and airports. I am very objectives and this come from the bottom of heart.
AUGUSTINO DENG
Speaker encourages revelation of corruption in South Sudan institutions
Hey Mr Wani Igga,
Don’t be like a “Chlamydia Disease” which is sometimes called as a “Silent Killer Disease”. How many times did corruptions emerged and there is no any solution you have ever made to sustain the corruptions in normal shape? Many of you have mention the case of Corruption,but nothing appeared to mollify this situation burdening the Southern Sudanese people.
Martin D Ajhak
Speaker encourages revelation of corruption in South Sudan institutions
Bravo Igga,
There is a need for full independence of Ant-corruption commission in the South Government and this require GOSS to create a constitution where all gov’t branches are independent of one another, more importantly the independence of Judiciary underwhich Ant- corruption commission will fell to is vitale.
Now the Gov’t have encouraged revelation of corruption and other malpractices, how will revelation work while there is no clause or article in the Bill meant to protect the privacy of whistleblowers?
mohammed osman
Speaker encourages revelation of corruption in South Sudan institutions
the NCP has embazzelled all our money and resources to their banks in malaysia and Saudi arabia, corruption has becomne the food of the day for this NCP snakes.north sudan is drawns in csea of corruptions and allegations,there is no development outside khartoum.why only capital,whats is about we in Gezeera state, should we survive on the vegetables only? how is life in the dongola or the kassala?
the GAALIYEEN will rise up soon and deal with this thieves who want to be like us the real Arabs.fuck the coward dongolaween and fuck the Shaiigiya thieves.
the criminal Omar basher has to be hanged by ICC,we northern sudanese beg ICC to hang the man.
Justin Chicago opiny
Speaker encourages revelation of corruption in South Sudan institutions
The SPLA/M is the party and organization that we all as southern sudanese believe that will haul us out of the mess we saw and experienced in more than 53 years of our freedom since 1956.The sudan became an independent state from the Turkish ottoman empire in the year 1896 and gained another freedom from the British and the Egyptian collision Government in 1956 an independent that was declared by the parliament and not through a referendum.
The Political marriage between North and south sudan had been at longer heads since the Juba conference in 1947 a land marked conference that brought about a mistrust that continue to this day that the south was not part and parcel of that independent in 1956.
All along south sudan was in favour of a federal sudan from day one,but the federation is not as attractive as south sudanese would want it to be as there is a lot of cheating from the government in the centre.For how long are we going to stay in such a mess as long as we do not even see that The Unity of Sudan will depend on the central government to make the Unity attractive as per CPA.
The Federal Government in Khartoum is making it very difficult to make unity atractive by cheating in the share of the oil revenue based on a 50%.If the south will decide to go it alone by declaring a unilateral declaration of independent of south sudan it will be the government in Khartoum to blame because the south has been and continue to be the prime formula to sudan,s problem. The NCP is ready to make it difficult for the south to separate because of their number in a 450 parliament and manuplating the voters right by 75% and increased to 90%.
Whether the North wants it or not enough is enough every southerner will know where exactly to cast their votes when the time comes for a referendum to take place. Increasing the percentage is not the solution as that will not solve the problem of sudan. 51% is the international norm for any
any referendum to take effect and not the other way round. And as for the corruption as we see it, it starts from Khartoum Juba only follows.
Ahmed
Speaker encourages revelation of corruption in South Sudan institutions
Dinkas are weak people!! I incourage all u south sudanese to fight for ur rights from this weak SPLM…