Over 30 Kajo-Keji councilors trained on accountability
APRIL 19, 2016 (KAJO-KEJI) – More than thirty councilors from Kajo-Keji county of South Sudan’s Yei River state have embarked on a five-day training focusing on accountability and monitoring of service delivery to the local communities.
Charles Matata, the executive director of the center said the councilors were being equipped with skills to do work.
“The councilors need to know their roles and responsibilities so that they are able deliver since they are the representatives and the voices of the people,” said Matata.
He said councilors need to know how to link up with people.
“We will also introduce them to social accountability because they have to do what people want them to do; they need to cooperative with the executive, those in the community and give feed back to people,” added Matata.
In his remarks at the opening of the training, the local affairs advisor to the county commissioner, Gordon Loboka urged councilors to take leads for a better service delivery.
“My message is that they [councilors] should be more participatory so that whatever they get from here should be implemented according to needs of the people,” he said.
The chairperson of the councilors in Kajo-Keji, Woliyan Patrick said the county executive council was not following public expenditure and financial management procedures.
“We are really in problems in Kajo-Keji county when it comes to financial usage; the executive is not following legal procedures when it comes to money meant for executing services to the people. We are calling for training of the executive council so that all of us can have the same skills and duties for the benefit of our people,” he explained.
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