Opinion: Articles 54 and 55 of the NSS Act: A Threat to Everyone in South Sudan

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  Deng Bol Aruai.  Top News: Breaking News: President Salva Kiir has dismissed the Commissioner General of National Revenue Authority, Hon. Africana Mande, and appointed Hon. Simon Akuei Deng as his replacement President Kiir Strengthens Ties: Receives Credentials from Six New Ambassadors Top Five (5) Best Performing Ministries In South Sudan SPLA-IO Faction Rejects New Western Bahr el Ghazal Governor Amid Leadership Dispute By Deng Bol Aruai Bol, South Sudan is in a strange and troubling place. It often feels like a theater where rumors, propaganda, and misinformation are produced, consumed, and then sometimes turned into law.  What starts as whispers on the street often becomes policy, leaving citizens questioning how such decisions come to pass. Articles 54 and 55 of the National Security Service (NSS) Act are the latest chapters in this unsettling narrative.  These provisions, which give the NSS sweeping powers to arrest, detain, monitor communications, and conduct searches without
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Debate on 2023/2024 budget has been temporarily suspended because of the sacked finance minister by the parliament

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File: John Agany, Chairperson for the parliamentary committee for information. 


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The Lawmakers has decided to temporarily suspend the debate on 2023/2024 fiscal year budget due to the recent changes in the Finance Ministry, spokesperson of the parliament said. 


Last week the Finance Minister Hon. Dier Tong Ngor was sacked and replaced immediately with Dr. Bak Barnaba Chol as the new finance minister by president Kiir. 


It can only be assumed that the removal of the former finance minister might be because of the Economic Challenges, which includes the devaluation of the local currency which resulted in runaway inflation. 


Dr. Bak Barnaba was an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Juba, university of Juba is one of the government owned university in the country. 


Parliamentary committee for information chairperson Mr. John Agany while speaking to the media said that, the tabling of the annual budget for third reading has been adjourned to allow the new finance minister to get acquainted with the annual budget. 


“We need to give the new minister time to look at the budget because he will have a last statement after the passing of the budget because the third reading is a critical stage. This is where a decision will be made, so the minister has been asked to acquaint himself with the budget and I think within these few days, it will be tabled,” John said. 


“The new minister has to acquaint himself with the report only. He needs to be informed about the report, and then of course he will be given the chance even though he is new. A minister, of course, you know is a policy maker and for this matter, the policy didn’t go with the former minister, it remains in the office, so the new minister needs to study it, make the last touches, and then he will make a statement.” John added. 

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