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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>The governor of western Equatoria State, Gen. Alfred Futuyo Karaba, while appearing before the Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) in Juba on Tuesday, refuted allegations that he misappropriated the salary arrears of civil servants in the defunct states of Western Equatoria.<\/p>\n

In late August, Richard K. Mulla, an SPLM legislator representing Mundri County in Western Equatoria State, raised a motion regarding the unpaid salary arrears of civil servants in the defunct states of Amadi, Maridi, and Tambura.<\/p>\n

He said the government employees had gone without pay for 27 months which accumulated to SSP 813 million from 1 August 2020 to 31 May 2023.<\/p>\n

Speaking during his appearance in parliament on Tuesday, Governor Futiyo told the lawmakers that he had paid 14 months\u2019 salary arrears since he assumed office in 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I became the governor, I paid them 14 months’ salaries and our state received SSP 20 million,\u201d he said. \u201cIf we still are referring to the defunct states, it means Western Equatoria still has four states. Isn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/p>\n

Gen. Futuyo said he is even demanding SSP 8 billion as salary arrears from the National Ministry of Finance and Planning.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the financial year budget ceiling, we are demanding SSP 8 billion from the national government,\u201d he explained. \u201cIn the last two years, our budget has been SSP 11 billion and what was given to us is only SSP 3 billion.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, have I embezzled money or was my money misappropriated?\u201d Futuyo rhetorically asked to raucous laughter from the parliamentarians.<\/p>\n

He revealed that he integrated the former constitutional post-holders of the defunct states of Amadi, Maridi, and Tambura into the ranks of the Western Equatoria State civil service.<\/p>\n

For his part, Richard K. Mulla, who initially raised the motion to summon Governor Futuyo over the unpaid salary arrears of the affected civil servants, said the governor has not been serious about paying his staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cMadam Speaker, the governor of Western Equatoria has not been serious in paying the salaries of his staff,\u201d he said. \u201cHe does not know whether they are human beings or they are institutions, as he was telling us here before which is extremely unfortunate.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Mulla, the claim has risen from SSP 813 million to SSP 953 million in September.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor thirty months, Madam Speaker, the claim has risen. The claim that I submitted was SSP 813,541,909 since last May. Up to now, at the end of September, the claim has risen to SSP 953,355,308. Madam Speaker, the people deserve their salaries. Salary is a right, salary is not an offer.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. The governor of western Equatoria State, Gen. Alfred Futuyo Karaba, while appearing before the Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) in Juba on Tuesday, refuted allegations that he misappropriated the salary arrears of civil servants in the defunct states of Western Equatoria. In late August, Richard K. Mulla, an SPLM legislator representing Mundri […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":44074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,265,233],"class_list":["post-44075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-sudan","tag-south-sudan"],"yoast_head":"\nW. 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