Nineteen '19' year old woman committed suicide in Lakes State, Rumbek East County

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  The local police of Lakes State confirmed that a 19 year old woman committed suicide in the County of Rumbek East in the village of Meen-Wal and the police withheld the deceased name for unknown reason.  This is not the first time for the young girls to commit suicide in the State, the first case was reported to the authorities  two days ago after a young girl committed suicide in Wulu County.  While speaking to the Media, Police Spokesperson Maj. Elijah Mabor Makwach said that, the police are conducting thorough investigation on why there is a rampant rise of suicide amongst girls in Lakes State.  “We have recorded several cases of suicide with the most recent being a 19-year-old girl who committed a suicide in Meen-wal village in Rumbek East County and the investigation is still ongoing to identify the cause of the suicide because the cases are rising. Last week alone, two suicide cases were reported,” Maj. Mabor said.  Lakes State Police Spokesperson further said that, they have b
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Council Of Ministers Approved USD 4.5 Million To Appeal A Case Against Vivacell Telecoms

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Council of Ministers Approved 4.5 million USD to appeal a case against Vivacell firm which was suspended in 2018. 

Why Vivacell License Was Suspended:  The government suspended Vivacell license after they fail to adhere to the regulations said Ladu Wani Kenyi who was the director of National Communications Authority at that time.

Vivacell Telecoms responded by saying that they have have waived all taxes and dragged the government to the International Court Of Arbitration and demanded to paid 3.5 Billion USD in restitution but the court granted them 1 Billion USD.

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WHY 4.5 MILLION DOLLARS: Information Minister Makuei said the approved 4.5 Million USD is for the court fees to hire National and International Law firms to defend the government.

“Vivacell was operating on the license of the New Sudan, which is is a country which SPLM/SPLA was fighting for, it was a license which was issued by the Civil Authority of the New Sudan,” he explained. “When that license was issued, it was bought by Vivacell/ Al Fattouch Group and they were exempted from payment of all the fees and whatever for 10 years from the date of operation. When the 10 years ended, this was the time I called the Fattouch Group and told them to now obtain the license of South Sudan, they refused and insisted that we should allow them to continue to operate on this New Sudan license.”- He explained in depth. 

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He further said that: “The New Sudan license to us as independent South Sudan is a foreign license so we did not give them that opportunity,” he said. “They insisted and I suspended their operation to bring them to the table so that we can talk and they refused and went and complained in the International Court of Arbitration.”

He added that the court denied Vivacell group the initial 3 Billion USD they demanded but opt to grant them 1 Billion USD.

“We went there and have been following the case all these years until last year when the court awarded them USD m1 Billion and Vivacell was claiming a sum of USD 3 Billion from us,” he said. “We disputed the USD 3 billion and we even questioned the competence of the arbitrator to look into that case because we are an entity, we are a country with its laws so our law should apply in this particular case.”

WHY APPEAL THE CASE: “The arbitrators did not listen to us and decided to knock out the USD 2 Billion leaving USD 1 Billion and we are now appealing against the decision of the arbitrator in a Swiss court which is the center for arbitration,” Makuei said. 

He further said that the arbitrators are incompetent that is why they are appealing for a new ruling on the case. 

“We are appealing because the arbitrator himself does not have the competence,” he said. “Number two, the amount which is being claimed by these people (Vivacell) is not in place and number three, we did not dismiss or finally stop Vivacell but we suspended its operation. There is a difference between suspension or dismissal or putting aside or closure.” He said. 

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