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January 23, 2021 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s ruling Sudan’s Peoples Liberation Movement (SPLM) has ordered for the appointment of the acting SPLM Interim State Secretary for Upper Nile State.
- SPLM Acting Secretary General Jemma Nunu Kumba (File Photo ST)
The order was issued on January 20 by the acting SPLM Secretary General, Jemma Nunu Kumba.
“In exercise of the power conferred upon me under Article 28 (1) (m) of the SPLM Constitution 2008 (as amended in 2016), I, Cde Jemma Nunu Kumba, Acting Secretary General of the SPLM, do hereby issue this order for the appointment of the Acting SPLM Interim State Secretary for Upper Nile State,” the letter reads in part.
In June last year, President Salva Kiir and the First Vice-President, Riek Machar reached a deal on the allocation of the country’s 10 states after three months of discussions.
The armed opposition (SPLM-IO), led by Riek Machar, was given three states, including Upper Nile, where the appointment of a governor is still pending.
The SPLM-IO nominated General Johnson Olony as governor of Upper Nile.
Kiir, however, rejected the SPLM-IO nominee, describing him a “war monger” and asked the First Vice-President to write an undertaking to take responsibility if Olony breaks the truce.
(ST)
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