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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>South Sudan First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny has said that claims by the President Salva Kiir\u2019s office that it has not approved dredging are false.<\/p>\n

Last June, the ministry of water resources and irrigation announced the arrival of heavy dredging machinery from Egypt in preparation for a government dredging exercise to clear Nam River of weed and mud that has so far been suspended.<\/p>\n

President Kiir\u2019s press secretary claimed that the government had not approved the dredging and has nothing it knows regarding the arrival of those machines, sparking public outcry with calls for the government to conduct an evidence-based studies before it go ahead.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government has not given any approval yet on clearing Nile water or clearing the plants that are inside the Nile. We have not yet been told about those machines completely,\u201d Ateny said at the time, according to Eye Radio.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government wanted to know from the experts, the ecological impact of clearing the Nile because their livelihood depends very much on the swamps that extends to more than thousands of square miles. South Sudan would want to know if the people who depend on these swamps will be affected,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

But speaking during the closing session of the public consultation at Freedom Hall on Thursday, Machar said that the statements coming from the office of the president are not correct and that the government approved the initiative in a council of ministers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rumors that you are hearing that the Presidency or the Office of the President did not know about the dredging, this is false. Because, he the President was the one seating on the Council of Ministers, It wasn\u2019t me who is the next person,\u201d Machar said, according to Eye Radio.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe resolutions are always told to the public by the spokesperson of the government, that is Michael Makuei, if he is away, then the Minister of Cabinet Affairs. So, we want to correct things, the public may have concerns about the dredging, have we cleared them?\u201d the FVP asked.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. South Sudan First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny has said that claims by the President Salva Kiir\u2019s office that it has not approved dredging are false. 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