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Kiir instructs internal affairs ministry to reverse corruption trend

January 18, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – The President of the Government of South Sudan (GoSS), Salva Kiir Mayardit, has directed the ministry of internal affairs to reverse corruption trend and challenged the police force to clean their house before presenting themselves as credible law enforcement agents.

Salva Kiir Mayardit
Salva Kiir Mayardit
The GoSS President made the call over the weekend at the close of a high-level meeting in Juba, with the presence of about 48 police officers who recently returned from training abroad in South Africa and Ethiopia.

“You being taken for external training signals commitments and determinations of the government of South Sudan in its war against corruption and its malpractices,” Kiir said.

The president also urged officers to show good example to commissioned and non commissioned officers in the police force.

Kiir continued to say “let no police force be viewed as corrupt by your acts but a professional institution” and challenged the senior officers to work towards cleaning its own image before focusing on other institutions.

“Let no citizen loose trust in police due to negligent or irresponsible behaviors by coming drunk to work or attend to public issues under influence, public office and official working hours must be respected,” he said.

“I have seen in most of the occasions police officers conduct their affairs while drunk and hesitant to leave duty once requested by their colleagues,” Kiir added.

The GoSS president said that this must be stopped “with immediate effect” and asked General Gier Chuang the minister of internal affairs to ensure that the police force is a dependable law enforcement agency “instead of being law breakers”.

“I urge the officers to take action against those who will be involved in corruption, we should not fear sacking those who will be implicated in corruption,” he said.

He said the police are governed by regulations and if properly followed, the society would trust the force as defenders rather than offenders.

Earlier this month, General Gier Chuang Aluong reportedly acknowledged existing cooperation between police and the public in Juba making it possible to trace criminals in the town.

He said cooperation with local population and the police is vital and promised to ensure that the upcoming general elections are held in peaceful environment to ensure that they are free and fair.

(ST)

29 Comments

  • James John
    James John

    Kiir instructs internal affairs ministry to reverse corruption trend
    Hahahahaha………..Now Kiir said, he’s talking now??? lol very funny.. He just wake up from sleeping and he want to start talking about corruptions. I think Kiir smell election that is why he is awake today….

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  • AUGUSTINO DENG
    AUGUSTINO DENG

    Kiir instructs internal affairs ministry to reverse corruption trend
    Telling a word without respecting it, is a shame. Salva Kiir, how many time you were been directing the Southern Sudanese ministers? You always talk about corruption and you are the one yourself encouraging this mess of corruption in Southern Sudan.
    Only things that is known from you is the reshuffling of the Southern Sudanese ministers and sending a warning letter to the ICC and to Uganda President Yoweri Museveni. That is it.

    What I know so far, Southern Sudan is still in a desparate situations since the benefit of the Southern Sudanese people is pocketed. I thought that you will instruct the NCP regime in Khartoum. After all, whom should Southern Sudanese citizens blamed?

    By the way, “time come by and it go when nothing is achieved”. “Lucky people always think backward instead of forward”.

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  • Dave
    Dave

    Kiir instructs internal affairs ministry to reverse corruption trend
    it is good initiative to fight the corruption under leadership unless you part of them. Corruption is in every GOSS department.Mr Prisedent, if you want to free this country from corruption,warn evey single GOSS department to stop corruptions. I witnessed all form of corruption in very single GOSS offices,some NGO included.An examples is that, some GOSS departments or commisions give the jobs to the relatives, friends, sons and daughters who incompetent or unqualified.It doesn,t make sense if some department make corruption you do not warn them. Police department is not the only corrupted department in your Government, nor they are not ones who come drunk to the offices. I also witnessed the GOSS officals drinking alcohol while they are on their duties.

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