Warrap governor announces new cabinet
November 1, 2013 (RUMBEK) – Warrap state governor Nyandeng Malek Delic on Wednesday made a surprise decree relieving long serving cabinet members and replacing them with new faces and reducing the number of ministers from 13 to 11.
The ministries to be scrapped were the ministry for parliamentary affairs and the ministry for corrective and rural development.
The new faces in cabinet include former Inspector General of South Sudan police Acuil Tito Madut whom she appointed as minister of local government.
Governor Nyandeng, who is South Sudan’s only female governor sacked her only female cabinet member Achol Cyier in the reshuffle. The South Sudanese government has said that it aims to have women in 25% of public positions but this move leaves the cabinet with no women apart from the governor.
When South Sudan’s president Kiir reshuffled his cabinet in August he also reduced the number of national ministries and asked that the young nation’s ten states do the same in order to streamline services, prevent overlapping areas between ministries and save money.
The seven ministers appointed on Wednesday were:
- Gen. Acuil Tito Madut minister of local government replacing Victor Atem Atem
- Mr. Victor Atem Atem minister of education replacing Aguer Ariik
- Mr. Paul Dhel Gum minister of health replacing Hon Solomon Anguei
- Mr. Andrea Aguer Ariik minister of finance replacing Acuil Akoc Magardit
- Mr. Joseph Buong Anyar minister of public service replacing Hon Dr Madhel Malek
- Mr. Mayar Deng Mayar minister of physical infrastructure replacing Mr. Kuot Mawien Kuot
- Mr. Lual Longar Adhal minister of animal resources and fisheries replacing Mr. Paul Dhel Gum.
The four ministries maintained their positions including
- Ministry of information and communication, telecommunication
- Culture, youth and sport
- Social development
- Agriculture and forestry
Outgoing are ministers who did not gain reappointment are
- Mrs. Achol Cyier, former minister of parliamentary affairs.
- Mr. Kuot Mawien Kuot, former minister for physical infrastructure
- Mr. Joseph Mabior Malek, former minister of cooperative and rural development
- Mr. Solomon Anguei Mayuot, former minister of health.
(ST)