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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>A probable scandal is brewing at the Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) after a lawmaker protested \u201cunfairness in the distribution of funds\u201d meant for the 12th edition of the EALA games recently hosted in Juba.<\/p>\n

Butrous Magaya, who represents Maridi in the TNLA, pulled the cat out of the bag when he brought issues of irregularities onto the floor of parliament to protest alleged irregularities in pay. According to the lawmaker, some committees that received funds failed to pay non-players, whose roles were to cheer on the teams.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany people, including players and non-players, are not happy,\u201d said Magaya.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were irregularities and a lack of transparency in the organising committee,\u201d he claimed, adding that \u201cthere were a lot of malpractices and abuse of power.\u201d<\/p>\n

Magaya further alleged that many of the irregularities have been documented and said that they would be brought to the floor of parliament for scrutiny.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy are we being cheated like this? We are not animals,\u201d Magaya said.<\/p>\n

The speaker of the TNLA, Jemma Nunu Kumba, acknowledged having received claims that point to the fact that South Sudan Parliament may have hired mercenaries to play for them<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t know that those who played required parliament to pay them [$400]. The players, especially the footballers, are asking for SSP400,000 to be paid because they played. This was something that was not even in the budget,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Nunu Kumba who was visibly irritated by these irregularities promised that she will address committees one by one.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere must be accountability, we know the budget that went to each committee and the work was not done. We\u2019ll meet with you!\u201d she warned.<\/p>\n

The annual Inter-Parliamentary Games are coordinated by the EALA on an annual basis. The games are designed to enable an interaction between the citizens of the East African Community and the members of the national parliaments.<\/p>\n

The EALA Games in Juba brought together more than 900 MPs and staff from South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and Kenya, states that make up the East African Community.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. A probable scandal is brewing at the Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) after a lawmaker protested \u201cunfairness in the distribution of funds\u201d meant for the 12th edition of the EALA games recently hosted in Juba. Butrous Magaya, who represents Maridi in the TNLA, pulled the cat out of the bag when he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":28945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[234,265,3736,3687,3737,233],"class_list":["post-28946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-sudan","tag-eac-inter-parliamentary-games-2","tag-eala-games","tag-jemma-nunu-kumbo","tag-south-sudan"],"yoast_head":"\nGhosts of financial embezzlement haunts Parliament post-EALA Games - South Sudan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A probable scandal is brewing at the Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) after a lawmaker protested \u201cunfai ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/ghosts-of-financial-embezzlement-haunts-parliament-post-eala-games\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ghosts of financial embezzlement haunts Parliament post-EALA Games\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A probable scandal is brewing at the Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) after a lawmaker protested \u201cunfai ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/ghosts-of-financial-embezzlement-haunts-parliament-post-eala-games\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Sudan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-12-14T16:48:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-14T17:36:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1671023944.56.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/ghosts-of-financial-embezzlement-haunts-parliament-post-eala-games#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/ghosts-of-financial-embezzlement-haunts-parliament-post-eala-games\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Ghosts of financial embezzlement haunts Parliament post-EALA Games\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-14T16:48:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-14T17:36:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/ghosts-of-financial-embezzlement-haunts-parliament-post-eala-games\"},\"wordCount\":361,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/ghosts-of-financial-embezzlement-haunts-parliament-post-eala-games#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1671023944.56.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Sudan\",\"EAC Inter Parliamentary Games\",\"EALA Games\",\"Jemma Nunu Kumbo\",\"South-Sudan\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/ghosts-of-financial-embezzlement-haunts-parliament-post-eala-games#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/ghosts-of-financial-embezzlement-haunts-parliament-post-eala-games\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/ghosts-of-financial-embezzlement-haunts-parliament-post-eala-games\",\"name\":\"Ghosts of financial embezzlement haunts Parliament post-EALA Games - 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