🚨🇸🇸🇪🇹 BREAKING: SOUTH SUDAN, ETHIOPIA DISCUSS BILATERAL RELATIONS

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South Sudan’s Caretaker Minister of Presidential Affairs, Africano Mande Gedima, has held talks with Ethiopia’s Ambassador to South Sudan, Delil Kedir Bushra, on strengthening bilateral relations and cooperation between the two countries. The meeting focused on diplomatic relations and cooperation, with the two officials also exchanging views on the current situation in South Sudan, Ethiopia and the wider region. Ambassador Delil Kedir said the discussions provided an opportunity to share perspectives on regional developments and matters of mutual interest. South Sudan and Ethiopia share longstanding political, economic and people-to-people ties, while developments in the two neighboring countries can have broader implications for the East African region. 📍 Juba, South Sudan 📅 October 2, 2026 📰 READ MORE: Office of the President, South Sudan 💬 What do you think about South Sudan-Ethiopia relations? Share your views in the comments. 📲 Follow Juba Wire for more South Sudan news and ...
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2023/2024 fiscal year budget was passed on Friday despite SPLM-O walkout

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File: TNLA Speaker Hon. Jemma Nunu Kumba. 


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The 2023/2024 fiscal year budget was passed on Friday despite the significant turn of events from the SPLM-O party. 


Intense debate was sparked in the parliament over the increment of the Civil Servants' salaries, SPLM-IO and the government had different views on the matter. 


The SPLM-IO wanted a 600% increment in salaries of the civil servants and Organized Forces, the disagreement led to SPLM-IO legislators walking out on the fiscal year debate. Eventually the parliament passed the fiscal year 2023/2024 budget with a 400% increment in salaries. The agreed budget totals to SSP 2 trillion. 


Speaker Hon. Jemma Nunu Kumba while speaking to the media said that, the Minister of Finance will table a supplementary budget which will see an increment of 600% salaries of civil servants and organized Forces in the next five months. 


“We are all concern about our people, our public servants, and our organized forces, that is why we are passing this budget with an increment of 400 percent and we are going here knowing that the minister of finance will present a supplementary budget within five months to the August House for an additional increment of salaries of civil servants, army and all organized forces,” Jemma said.


HERE IS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2023/2024 BUDGET


The accountability sector has been allocated SSP 110,399,616 and the economic sector got SSP 8,082,859,293


The education sector received SSP 5,119,106,725, while the health sector was allocated SSP 6,926,815,145.


The infrastructure sector received SSP 306,007,773,448, and the natural resources and rural development sector received SSP 14,725,797,628.


The public administration sector received SSP 6,428,964,608, while the rule of law sector received SSP 342,679,267


The security sector got SSP 3,214,964,962, and the social and humanitarian affairs sector got SSP 223,449,883.

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