{"id":2323,"date":"2021-10-02T15:40:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T15:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-vows-to-double-efforts-against-corruption"},"modified":"2021-10-02T15:40:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T15:40:30","slug":"south-sudan-vows-to-double-efforts-against-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-vows-to-double-efforts-against-corruption","title":{"rendered":"South Sudan vows to double efforts against corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\">South-Sudan<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>South Sudan\u2019s Vice President for Economic Cluster, Dr. James Wani Igga, has said his government is ramping up its efforts to fight corruption in the world\u2019s youngest nation.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Wani made this vowed at the SPLM Interim State and Administrative Chairpersons\u2019 consultative meeting held in Juba on Thursday following days after a UN report accused the country\u2019s governing elites of looting tens of millions of dollars from public coffers.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the UN\u2019s Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan released a report saying that political elites had diverted more than $73 million from public coffers and resources without trace since 2018, with at least $39 million being stolen in just two months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must redouble our efforts in political and intellectual education, reinforce stricter party discipline on investors continue to remove bureaucratism, hedonism, and extravagance, be severe in cracking down on corruption and respond to the demands of people,\u201d Dr. Wani said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Wani disclosed the ruling party, SPLM is going to form committees to investigate and prosecute its officials involved in the corruption scandal. \u201cWe must strengthen party discipline especially by reinforcing political discipline, enhancing oversight of enforcement and improving investigation into and prosecution of corruption cases,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is better done through concerted efforts of party committee or sub-committees or through government agencies,\u201d he added. He reaffirmed his party commitment to resolve issues of low salaries of civil servants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have no choice but resolve to eliminate malpractice. Our historical party is here to promote integrity by solving pressing and tempting problems of low salaries in the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs part of our government Economic Cluster responsibility, we have made and are making remarkable progress in resolutely combing and rooting out unscrupulous officials,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. South Sudan\u2019s Vice President for Economic Cluster, Dr. James Wani Igga, has said his government is ramping up its efforts to fight corruption in the world\u2019s youngest nation. 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