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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TNLA speaker, Rt. Nunu Kumba unhappy by the ministers reprehending parliamentary summons.

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File: TNLA Speaker, Rt. Jemma Nunu Kumba 


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Transition National Legislative Assembly 'TNLA' speaker said that, she is displeased by the continuous failure of ministers to appear before the parliament for questioning. 


Just last month over five ministers were summoned for questioning regarding their dockets but they fail to turn up for questioning. 


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The summoned ministers are: Foreign Affairs Minister, Defense and Veteran Affairs Minister, Interior Minister and National Security Minister. 


The state governors were also summoned by the house but they never showed up for questioning. 


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The summoned governors were: governor of Central Equatoria State, Jonglei State, Warrap State and GPAA Chief Administrator. 


Some of the the summoned officials were to answer questions regarding, the escalating insecurity along the Uganda-South Sudan border. 


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The parliament wanted to also know about, the killing of two women by armed criminals in Gogrial East and the murdered traders in Warrap State. 


The lawmakers also wanted to get answers to the rampant child abductions and the never ending cattle raids in Jonglei State. 


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Out of all the summoned ministers only, Interior Minister, Jonglei State Governor and GPAA Chief Administrator showed up for questioning. 


Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of National Security and Unity State and Warrap State governors failed to show up for questioning by the lawmakers. 


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TNLA speaker while addressing the members of the parliament stressed that, the minister of parliamentarian affairs, to remind ministers whenever they are called for questioning. 


“Honorable minister of parliamentarian affairs, we need to remind you that you should remind the ministers that when they are called to come to parliament, they should appear,” Nunu stressed.   


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Speaker Nunu, directed the parliamentary affairs minister by saying that, they are not joking here and the summoned ministers to give a serious reasons as to why they didn't show up for questioning. 


“We are not joking here. We are talking about the lives of people and there must be a serious reason why they (ministers and governors) are not here. We need explanations.” Nunu directed. 

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