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President Kiir appoints Upper Nile State governor and his deputy South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Friday night appointed the governor and deputy governor of Upper Nile State, ending a six-month stalemate between Kiir's government and SPLM-IO over the nominee for the gubernatorial post. In presidential decrees read on state-run television SSBC, President Kiir appointed Budhok Ayang Kur and James Tor Monybuny as Upper Nile state governor and deputy governor respectively. Mid last year, Kiir appointed governors for nine states except for Upper Nile. In late December 2020 and early Ja...

File photo: Presidential Affairs Minister Nhial Deng Nhial Nhial Deng Nhial, the minister for presidential affairs, earlier this afternoon, in a press release, said that consultations are underway regarding the reconstitution of the Transitional Legislative Assembly and the formation of state governments and urged the public for patience.  “In light of stories trending on social media and reported by some media houses across the country regarding the delay in the reconstitution of the Transitional Legislative Assembly and the formation of State Governments, the Ministry of Presidential Aff...

SPLM-IO and SSOA submit nominees for constitutional posts The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) and the South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) have submitted to President Salva Kiir all the names of their nominees for constitutional positions in the government. The Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation and senior SPLM-IO member Manawa Peter Gatkuoth told Radio Tamazuj, "As SPLM-IO, we have already submitted the names of our representatives in the national parliament, the council of states, state cabinet, members of state legislative council, and local councils....

File photo: NDM leader Lam Akol The leader of the National Democratic Movement (NDM), Lam Akol, in a missive yesterday said President Salva Kiir has no power to appoint states’ governments. Lam said that of the numerous powers of the President under Article 10, none is the appointment of state governments. “First, is it within the powers of the President of the Republic to appoint sub-national Governments? Second, regardless of who has the power to appoint State-level Governments, what is the justification for denying one State its right to get its government like the rest of the states? ...