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

President Salva Kiir Mayardiit today met Kenya's president to discuss joint infrastructure projects

File: President Salva Kiir Mayardiit and President William Samoei Ruto of Kenya. 


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South Sudan president his excellency Salva Kiir Mayardiit today met with his counterpart the president of Kenya his excellency Dr. William Samoei Ruto to discuss collaborative infrastructure projects. 


The two Head of States come into an agreement to expand bilateral ties in investment, trade and infrastructure development to enhance Regional co-operation. 


During his stay in Kenya, President Salva Kiir Mayardiit witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a fiber optic cable along Eldoret-Juba highway to enhance internet connectivity between the two great nations. 


Fiber optic cables, are mostly used for optical communication for example long-distance telecommunication or providing high-speed data connection between different parts of a building. 


The two leaders also discussed peace in the region, with focus on de-escalation of the armed conflict in the Sudan. 


The Heads of State also discussed implementing the infrastructural projects under the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport Corridor project( LAPSSET).


President Salva Kiir Mayardiit and the accompanying delegation returned to Juba this evening and was received by the first Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny and other senior government officials.

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