{"id":13687,"date":"2022-03-31T16:05:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T16:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-swears-in-machar-nominated-health-minister"},"modified":"2022-03-31T16:39:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T16:39:21","slug":"kiir-swears-in-machar-nominated-health-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-swears-in-machar-nominated-health-minister","title":{"rendered":"Kiir swears in Machar-nominated health minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Wednesday afternoon sworn in opposition lawmaker and SPLM-IO women league\u2019s secretary-general, Yolanda Awel Deng Juach, as the country\u2019s health minister.<\/p>\n<p>Kiir appointed the opposition politician as health minister to replace Elizabeth Achuei on March 23, a year after her name was dispatched to the president for replacement of Achuei who had been criticized for her handling of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the presidency said Yolanda who is the wife of former spokesman of former First Vice President Taban Deng Gai was sworn in by Chief Justice Chan Reec Madut in presence of President Salva Kiir.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis Excellency Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Republic, has this morning(Wednesday, 30th March 2022), presided over the swearing-in ceremony of Hon. Yolanda Awel Deng Juach as a Minister of Health in the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity,\u201d the presidency said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The presidency statement further said \u201cthe swearing-in ceremony was administered in the Office of the President by the Chief Justice Chan Reech Madut.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yolanda is a member of the main armed opposition Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) led by First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny<\/p>\n<p>She was appointed to represent Warrap state in the reconstituted transitional parliament last year on the ticket of the main armed opposition group while serving as the secretary-general of the SPLM-IO women league.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\">South-Sudan<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Wednesday afternoon sworn in opposition lawmaker and SPLM-IO women league\u2019s secretary-general, Yolanda Awel Deng Juach, as the country\u2019s health minister. 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