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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MPs irritated by Michael Makuei Lueth remarks about the TNLA parliament having no mandate to write the constitution

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File: TNLA parliament speaker, Jemma Nunu Kumba. 


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The lawmakers of the TNLA Assembly on Monday registered their displeasure by the remarks made by Michael Makuei Lueth the National Information Minister. 


Hon. Michael Makuei said that, the current parliament do not have the mandate to write South Sudan permanent constitution. 


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Makuei said that, most of the current members of parliament were not elected but appointed, therefore they don't represent the views of the people. 


“This parliament now is 550 plus and the Council of States which is 100 and that makes 650. I know that only 171 were elected in 2010 for the regional assembly because by then we were a subnational and 96 were elected to Khartoum,” Hon. Makuei said. 


“These were the people who were brought here. If we are talking of elected people, this (171) was the number that was elected and they are less than half of the membership of these (MPs) people.” Hon. Makuei added. 


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“The current parliament cannot represent the people of South Sudan and as such they need to go and we need to go for elections…it is representatives of the people who will come and pass the constitution,” Makuei added. 


In spite of the remarks made by Hon. Makuei, during a regular meeting chaired by TNLA Speaker Jemma Nunu Kumba, Zakaria Deng, SPLM-IO lawmaker demanded that, Makuei to come forward and explain himself wether it was his opinion or the position of the government. 


“On Friday the minister of Information held a press conference and was talking that the parliament is not representative of the people,” Hon. Deng said. 


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Hon. Zakaria Deng further said that, he knows that Makuei is the spokesperson of the government and the information Minister is misleading the public and he wants to know wether the opinion is from the government or his own personal opinion. 


“We know the minister of information as the spokesperson of the government, he speaks what the government agrees in the council of ministers. So, Information Minister Michael Makuei Lueth is misleading the public with wrong information. I want to know if what he talked about in the media is his view or the view of the government.” Hon. Deng said. 


“What I believe is that what he (Makuei) talked about is what he believes,” Hon. Deng added.


The Member of Parliament from Northern Bahr El Ghazal, Hon. John Agany Deng said that, the information Minister should be summoned immediately to clarify his remarks about the illegitimacy of the parliament. 


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“Makuei went on media and he disqualified and illegitimatized this assembly. He has to come and explain and this should be a motion without notice so that Makuei come and explain,” he charged. “We are representing people and he is also a member of parliament representing his people in this assembly.” Hon. Agany said. 


“Why is he (Makuei) illegitimating this assembly?” Agany asked.


Never the less, TNLA parliament speaker Hon. Jemma Nunu Kumba said that, to recount the remarks made by the information Minister before summoning him. 


“I did not hear what he said so those of you who heard can put it down properly so that we can ask him to come and explain.” Nunu said.

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