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Jonglei employees to produce qualification papers for grading

By Philip Thon Aleu

April 26, 2008 (BOR, Jonglei) — In a move to reduce nepotism and corruption, believed to deny employment opportunities to qualified persons in Jonglei state, the government has asked her employees to produce papers protecting their current grades Friday April 25 for the Public Services officials to evaluate.

Governor kuol Manyang made the announcement at Amana (governor’s office premises) to representatives from the State Ministries; that includes State Ministers, Directors, Secretaries and other government employees. Mr. Manyang asks the State servants to comply.

“You can not be a liberator for nothing; you need to avoid corruption, pay salary to the rightful persons and stop employing unqualified persons,” he said. The governor then declared that “all employees should produce their papers to the Public Services officials” and be graded accordingly.

Public Services officials will be able to work without any interference given the governor’s decree. Like any other young government, getting jobs in Jonglei state is attached to who you know but not what you know. Granting a better grade to relatives is highly suspended hence, a call for Public Services intervention.

It is not the first time Jonglei government employees face what they describes as “an inferno screening.” In February 2008, government reviewed her employees to deal with ghost and dual workers, an attempt seen as a major move against corruption and nepotism. The review, that commenced at the same time in all ministries, found hundreds of workers absent; probably the men and women believed to be in spirit (ghosts) or dual workers (commonly called doubt-dealers).

But today’s is very especial move. Grading employees according to one’s papers is not an easy moment. As the saying goes; one man meat is another man poison; sections of employees are prepared to avoid losing their ‘better grades’ and equally ready to accept the new one, meanwhile the unemployed, who access themselves as qualified persons, are eager for the outcome.” I’m very pleased; not to get a job but that, one must harvest what he or she sowed,” Michael Mading, a self employed Bor town resident said.

If the grading is completed, then the government should have a reason to progress. The governor wondered where development will come if the State’s budget is wholly used to pay unknown employees. Governor Kuol Manyang strongly criticized Jonglei state veterans, who dominate ministries, of employing their relatives including closed unqualified spouses or mothers. All ministers responded in support of accessing employees’ grades by Public Service officials who came from South Sudan capital Juba.

Other challenges Governor Kuol ‘s government are yet to respond to, includes insecurity that is seems to be taking roots after a long spelt, massive rural-urban migrations that have deprived Jonglei of locally produced food items and street children flooding Bor Town.

(ST)

12 Comments

  • Mr Famous Big_Logic_Boy
    Mr Famous Big_Logic_Boy

    Jonglei employees to produce qualification papers for grading
    This is a good point for improvement,because people are offering triblism job right from the top positions in South South upto lower job with all unqualified people.but i would make it clear that please dont attempt to utter this because of same people who are moving from the capital,i know that people are hiding dark hearts like lions infact the city is not located on the dreams village,so you better put effort and later you may change your village into another city.people are free to look for jobs across South,but stop moving with corrutpion on your tail or brains


    loving brother LOGIC is back

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  • Good South in Ruin!
    Good South in Ruin!

    Jonglei employees to produce qualification papers for grading
    Congrats Mr Manyang, You’ve made it

    It’s a pleasure to have a governor like Kuol Manyang in Jonglei so that the citizens will get what they have toiled for and not what their relations have acquired, otherwise, societies would have sent a few of their relatives to schools so that they could feed from that single spoon.

    Kuol has made a steady start of his journey. The Borians and the Murles should line up after this man if they need change.

    Good South in Ruin (Ng’iro Lojuan)

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  • Justin Chicago opiny
    Justin Chicago opiny

    Jonglei employees to produce qualification papers for grading
    Good thinking once again uproot corruption and do not leave any stone unturned that is a good example other states in the south should follow. It takes only one person to make a difference. Keep up the good job.

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  • Deng Akol Agut-tungdoun
    Deng Akol Agut-tungdoun

    Jonglei employees to produce qualification papers for grading
    Bravo Mr.Governer Kuol Manyang Juuk.

    My many thanks goes to our God fearing governer Kuol M.J. and his leadership team for coming up with this wise decision. Jonglei has been lawless and corruption zone since 2005 upto late 2007 and this was becouse the first leadership team were much involved in Nepotism than anything else.
    Now mr. Kuol will be the living example to the rest of the states in this beloved country of ours for showing his zero tollerance to nepotism in his own state.
    Keep that spirit up mr. Juuk and God will help you to lead our gaint confused state peacefully.

    Deng Akol Agut-tungduon a man far away from nepotism.

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