Kiir Dismisses Presidential Special Envoy and Petroleum Ministry Undersecretary in Major Reshuffle.

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President Salva Kiir Mayardiit.  President Salva Kiir Mayardiit today dismisses Presidential Special Envoy and Petroleum Ministry Undersecretary in Major Reshuffle.  President Kiir today issued a series of decrees that resulted in the removal of several high-ranking officials from their positions.  Among those relieved of their duties were the Presidential Special Envoy, Ambassador Albino Mathom Ayuel, and Dr. Chol Thon Abel, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Petroleum.  These changes come as part of broader political and administrative adjustments, though the reasons for the dismissals have not been officially detailed in the decree.  Such moves are not uncommon in South Sudan's dynamic political landscape, where leadership changes can be influenced by both internal and external factors. The President did not explain as to why he decided to sack the high ranking officials in the government. 

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She further said that, the country is now ready to start the elections preparations by placing mechanism in place for parties to do elections. 


South Sudan general elections was scheduled to be conducted on 9th July 2015, the first ever general elections since South Sudan gained it's independence. 


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However, an alleged coup d'etat was attempted and conflict erupted in the country, this conflicts threw the national elections to be conducted into doubts because no constitution had been formulated. 


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Following the 2018 Peace Agreement that ended the civil war, national elections had to be postponed again to 2021, a period of '3' three years was agreed upon, which will be followed by the elections on 2023. 


In the year 2022, again the transitional government and the opposition parties agreed to move the elections to late 2024.

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