\nMatia Samuel<\/b><\/p>\n
Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Lawmakers at the Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) questioned the way the country\u2019s resources are managed as they argued that there is a challenge attributable to financial struggles in the government.<\/p>\n The MPs raised the concerns on Tuesday\u2019s sitting in Juba when they deliberated and endorsed the speech of President Salva Kiir.<\/p>\n Mary Nyaricka, who represents Fangak County in Jonglei State, questioned where the country\u2019s resources, particularly the revenue, are used, noting that the lawmakers and the civil servants have not been paid their salaries.<\/p>\n \u201cWe would like to know where the money is. And if we don\u2019t have money, let us close down the offices because we cannot come footing from Gudele Two to the parliament without fuel and food; let alone the citizens,\u201d she complained.<\/p>\n She added, \u201cEven we the MPs are suffering. Because of the money, there is no work; we want our brothers to tell us where the money is because we cannot be working without money, this is an assignment and a contract with the government.\u201d<\/p>\n She stated that the country is talking about holding elections in December without factoring in the financial struggles of the government.<\/p>\n \u201cI know we are talking of going for elections and if the election is in December and we don\u2019t have salaries, are we serious? I believe all of us need humanitarian assistance in our houses otherwise all of us will go to UNMISS,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n Another lawmaker, Nyanchiek Nhial who represents Bor County in Jonglei State faulted President Salva Kiir for changing the ministers of finance and planning without paying attention to the piling salary arrears.<\/p>\n \u201cNew ministers are brought to the ministry when they have not cleared the civil servant\u2019s money. You find that a minister is brought behind doors without the assembly knowing,\u201d the MP alleged.<\/p>\n \u201cThe organised forces are not paid; their children are not going to school and yet there is oil, this money for the oil who is eating it?\u201d<\/p>\n The civil servants and organized forces across South Sudan have gone for sixmonths without receiving their salaries despite promises by the Ministry of Finance to pay government employees on time.<\/b> Source: The City Review South Sudan<\/b><\/p>\n For More News And Analysis About South-Sudan<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Matia Samuel Africa-Press – South-Sudan. Lawmakers at the Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) questioned the way the country\u2019s resources are managed as they argued that there is a challenge attributable to financial struggles in the government. The MPs raised the concerns on Tuesday\u2019s sitting in Juba when they deliberated and endorsed the speech of President […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":58911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,265,4804,667,240,236,233,2683],"class_list":["post-58913","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-mary-nyaricka","tag-mps","tag-salva-kiir","tag-south-sudan-2","tag-south-sudan","tag-tnla"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nOn Tuesday, the minister of finance and planning, Awow Daniel, said <\/b>the government struggles to generate revenue as crude oil shipments and sales have been affected by the Sudan war.<\/p>\n