SPLA-IO Accused of Detaining Civilian Boats, Demanding $4,000 Along Sobat River ‎

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‎ Boat ferrying civilians  Nasir, Upper Nile State  ‎Authorities in Nasir County, Upper Nile State, have accused forces loyal to the Sudan People’s Liberation Army In Opposition (SPLA-IO) of detaining civilian riverboats and demanding ransom-like payments of up to $4,000 from traders and passengers along the Sobat River. ‎ ‎According to Nasir County Commissioner James Gatwech Joak, several boats traveling from Matar in Nasir County to Malakal were intercepted by SPLA-IO soldiers in Yakuach, an area in Nyirol County, Jonglei State. ‎ ‎“Our traders paid local taxes to SPLA-IO in Mandeng before setting off. But on reaching Yakuach, they were detained again and told to pay an additional four thousand U.S. dollars,” Commissioner Gatwech said. ‎ ‎He explained that the detained boat operators and traders were reportedly held for four days while armed men demanded more payments.  ‎ Some of the passengers were women, children, and patients traveling for medical treatment in Malaka...

80% Employment Opportunities Allocated To South Sudanese in The New Labour Law

New Guidelines for employment has been enacted in Junub Sudan by the National Lawmakers on Tuesday and it has been pass into a bill, the new labour bill protects the National workers’ rights.

According to the bill 80% of Junubin are to be allocated employment in the private sector. The law would preserve employment opportunities for many South Sudanese graduates in various public or private sectors, says Victor Omugo Ogide, Deputy Chairperson of the Labour and Public Service Committee in the assembly.


  
If the bill stays for more than a month from now and the president did not sign it then the bill will become a law automatic.

Mary Hilary Wani, Undersecretary for Labour in the Ministry of Labour Public Service, admits that they have been using Sudanese Labour Law since the independence. She further added by saying that “It has been so challenging in dealing with foreigners while quoting a law of other country.” 
Mrs Hilary says now that the law is out it will help regulate the general working situation in the country for both national and International employees.



All media house are asked to disseminate the new guidelines to Junubin all over the world so as they should made a ware of the changes happening in the country.
More to follow…..

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