South Sudan President Salva Kiir (right)
with Mr Deng Alor whom he has appointed as East African Affairs
Minister. PHOTO | COURSTESY
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has appointed Mr Deng Alor the minister for East African affairs.
Mr Alor will replace Mr John Luk Jok who died in May this year.
In February, President Kiir appointed Mr Jok to the position in the Revitalised Transitional Government of National Unity.
However, three months after assuming his duties, Mr Jok died in Juba after a short illness.
His
absence in the East African Community Council of Ministers affected the
drafting process of the regional bloc’s budget, according to Kim Gai, a
South Sudan representative to the East African Legislative Assembly.
REGIONAL BUDGET
The drafting of the 2020/2021 regional budget
was supposed to be finalised by the end of June but Mr Jok’s absence
hindered meetings of the council.
In a
separate presidential decree, President Kiir removed Mr Denay Jok Chagor
from the Higher Education ministry and reappointed him the governor of
the troubled Jonglei State that is facing a number of inter-communal
clashes.
Mr Chagor was replaced by Mr Gabriel Changson as Higher Education minister.
Both are members of South Sudan Alliance Opposition, one of the parties to the 2018 peace deal.
But President Kiir did not name the governor for Upper Nile state.
South
Sudan’s People Movement–In Opposition last month nominated Gen Johnson
Olony for Upper Nile State’s governorship but President Kiir declined to
appoint him, saying he requires the general’s presence in Juba.
As
per the 2018 peace deal, South Sudan’s presidency is to reconstitute
the national legislature and bring together all forces into one
professional army.
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