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This meeting underscores the strengthening diplomatic ties between South Sudan and Egypt, as well as their shared commitment to advancing the African Union's objectives.  President Salva Kiir's reception of Dr. Hanan Morsy's candidacy highlights South Sudan's active role in regional affairs and its support for inclusive leadership within the AU Commission. Dr. Morsy's focus on diversity, inclusivity, and global outreach aligns with the AU's vision for transformative leadership, making her candidacy significant as member states prepare for the upcoming elections in February.  The exchange of goodwill messages between President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and President Kiir further cements the growing cooperation between the two nations.
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Central Bank of South Sudan 'BoSS' threatens to close all underperforming commercial banks.

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File: Central Bank Governor, Mr. Johnny Ohisa Damian. 


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All the poorly underperforming commercial banks will be shut down by the  Central Bank of South Sudan 'BoSS'. 


Central Bank Governor Mr. Johnny Ohisa Damian appeared before the Transitional National Legislative Assembly 'TNLA' on Monday, The central Governor said that, all the commercial banks are not well funded. 



“The licensing is done by the Central Bank and there are of course regulations to govern the licensing of commercial banks,” Ohisa said. 


Mr. Ohisa further said that, most of the local commerical Banks are very weak and undercapitalized. 


“However, most of our banks or let me say most of our local banks are really weak in a sense that they are undercapitalized, they are not performing.” Ohisa said. 


Mr. Ohisa gave his recommendations suggesting that, the government should establish three National Commercial Banks with outlets all over the country instead of the many under-performing commercial banks. 


“Now we are working on financial sector reforms and by that we mean it will lead us to take tough decisions to the extent that we will have to close some of the banks that are not working,” he said. “If I can have 3 local banks that are big and can have branches all over the country, it is better than having 14, 15, or 20 banks that are not capitalized.” Ohisa suggests. 


Finally Mr. Ohisa said that, after independence many people open banks without proper documentation and proper structures. 


“When we encouraged local people to open banks after independence, everybody with money went and opened bank disregarding the fact that commercial banks require a lot of preparations and a lot of governance issues to be instituted,” Ohisa said. 


“We now have commercial banks, especially local banks, which do not even have a board of governors. The chairman and the owner are everything and he can take loans at any time he wants and that is why a lot of commercial banks are suffering.” Ohisa said. 


There are only 12 licensed and operating  Commercial Banks operating in South Sudan currently. 


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