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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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Six Underage Children Caught Going From Torit To Juba On Foot In Search Of Job

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Girls ranging from 11-15 years have been caught by Torit Authority going to Juba on foot in search of job.   The six underage girls were caught in Lowoi a Torit West Payam.  The alleged girls also claimed that they have been mistreated by their parents and had no one who cares nor wanted to take care of them.  Torit Police Spokesperson Lt. Mathew Ochan said that police are currently searching for the parents of the six girls.   The six underage children are currently being held at Torit Central Prison and they are being provided care and support by the Child Protection Unit.   South Sudan Law does not allow minors to travel without proper reason. More to come shortly....   
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South Sudan Members of Parliament Threaten To Impeach Speaker Of The Parliament

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South Sudan Members of Parliament threatened to impeach speaker Makana if he still insist that the Finance Minister to read the budget for the fiscal year 2019/2020. The threat came after civil servants have not been paid their salaries for the last six months by the government.   Just last Thursday the members of parliament rejected the new budget to be read and rectified and some even storm out of the parliament causing chaos.   The chaos forced the speaker the speaker to suspend the debate on budget immediately.   A member of the parliament Hon. Dhoruai Mabor who hails from Rumbek East County said that “If the speaker calls for tabling the budget before the payment of salaries, we will impeach him,” he stressed. Hon. Mabor also added that “We have united ourselves regardless of our political parties and regions… I am confident of what I am saying and I am talking from the base because our people are suffering, we know that there is money, we know that there is money,
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South Sudan Transitional National Legislative Assembly Demands The Government To Explain What Happened To The Budget For Last Two Years

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South Sudan TNLA today met to revisit the incident that occurred last week when most of the members rejected the fiscal year 2019/2020 budget.   The wired thing about the meeting is that, it was neither conducted in parliament nor the main hall.   A member of the TNLA Hon. Yoane said that she has nothing to day regarding the meeting  “I’m not telling you that there is no sitting or there is sitting tomorrow…I’m saying no comment for time being.”  His reaction came after thebTNLA denied the finance minister chance to read the budget. TNLA was urging that the civil servants have not been paid for six months. Another member of the TNLA Hon. Dharua Mabor said that “For us the parliament is not going to be ready and we will never be ready again to discuss the budget without a program,” he said. He further added that “Can you bring the new budget to be discussed when you have not brought the annual expenditure report of 2018/2019 budget? How did they use it? The use of this bud
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Illegal Firearms Possession Banned In Western Lakes State By The Authorities

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Authorities of South Sudan’s Western Lakes State have banned the possession of illegal firearms in the state. Western Lakes States Authorities today banned the civilians from possessing Illegal firearms in the state.   The banned came after series of unprecedented murder cases in the state deeming the insecure  Western Lakes State Governor said that “I, Major general, Mahmoud Solomon Deer Agok, governor of Western Lakes State do hereby issue this order for the banning of illegal armed person movement within the headquarters of all the eleven (11) Counties of Western Lakes State.” The order will not implemented fully minus the support of the armed forces so the governor is calling on all the armed forces in his state to help implement his order.   Citizens of Western Lakes State are happy with the order since they will be able to carry out their daily activities minus fear of unknown gunmen.   South Sudanese what do you think of this brave move by Western Lakes State Gov
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Torit State Officially Opens Equatoria International University

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Torit State Officially opened Equatoria International University. The University will temporarily be located at Torit Institute until funds can be be found to built the university.  The University currently have enlisted 50 students from various faculty. Prof. Philemon Bwanga the registrar of academic confirms it.   The registrar of academic said that classes will start officially on June 24. “Torit is actually blessed to have this university now functioning. Education is now brought on your doorsteps so that you can access education cheaply and even at your own convenience. In our program, from Monday at 10:00, we expect all those whose names were read on radio stations to come for orientation.”  Professor Bwanga further said thatv“We need to equip you with what you are supposed to go through during the classes and your respective lecturers. After that, on Tuesday we shall have orientation of our staff members.” Equatoria International University Vice Chancellor Dr. Atili
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IGAD Demand South Sudan Government To Avail The Money Given To Them For Peace Implementation

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IGAD is not happy with South Sudan Government for withholding money given to them for the peace agreement since most tasks are still pending.   The demand from IGAD came After South Sudan Government promised to avail 100 Million Dollars for the peace implementation during the pre-transitional period.  Early this year NPTC provided a budget of 285 million dollars which was also approved by the cabinet in Juba.  The tasks in the NPTC budget has not even kick off.  Activities like assembling of soldiers, training, screening and unification are all still pending.  Members of the SPLA-IO in Ngiri Cantonment site last week complaint of hunger and lack of medical facilities too.   Here is what IGAD council of ministers have to say “[The council] calls on all Parties to the Agreement to continue their engagement in the peace process; and thanks the Special Envoy and the R-JMEC for their efforts.” The big question is what happened to a sum of 285 million dollars which is in the
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Yei River State Is Calm and Stable Information Minister Confirm

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Yei River State is very calm and stable no security incident, confirms the State Minister of Information. The minister also said that the hotbed of the rebels like Lasu road and Kupera is also calm since  no insecurity incidences reported. The State Information Minister Hon. Mowa Moses applauded the hard work done by the armed forces from the government to bring order in the state.  The calmness in the State made many people to return back to Yei River State  since all the roads have been opened.   Yei River State is a medium size city in South Sudan and it boarders both Uganda and Democratic Republic Of Congo.  More to come shortly.... 
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South Sudanese Gangs In Kakuma Refugee Camp Clash Leaving One Dead 7 Others In Critical Condition

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South Sudanese gangs in Kakuma Refugee Camp clashed. The clash resulted in one person dead and seven others wounded. The group resides in Kakuma 4. Kakuma 4 is a new area opened in Kakuma Refugee Camp in the year 2014 when War broke out in South Sudan. The two groups commonly known as Migos and Kayole had been having conflicts for a long time. Whenever they meet they fight.  We are yet to know the reason of the fight but currently investigation is underway as Criminal Investigation Department have taken over the matter.  Most of the gang leaders have been arrested and some fled or are on the run.  The Police is asking for support to help identify those criminals and bring them to the book. More to follow shortly....
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Ex Deputy-Governor Of Western Lakes State Appears In Court Over Missing 3,638,700 Million SSP

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Former Deputy Governor appears in court over missing 3.64 million SSP. The Ex-Deputy Governor of Western Lakes State also was acting education Minister. During his role as state acting education minister he stole over 3,638,700 SSP and he was brought to court to explain the missing money which was meant for teachers and students. Earlier this month, Hon. Kerjok admitted that at least 10.68 million SSP did not reach the teachers claiming that his former employer blocked them from being given to the beneficiaries. Hon. Deng has however, been tide lips about the claim and hasn’t made any comment to the public regarding the saga.  The now Unemployed politician William Koji Kerjok, showed himself to the court sitting on Friday morning in blue suits with his defense lawyer. Speaking to the press after the court hearing, Koji’s defense lawyer Moses Marial Bol said that the court should dismiss the case against his client claiming that the money was with the former governor and that
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Man Killed A Relative and Injured Another Person In Western Lakes State

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Western Lakes State police spokesperson confirmed that a man killed a relative accidentally and injured another person in the cattle camp.   Mr. Elijah Mabor the State spoke person said that the alleged man mishandled his gun "One person died on the spot and another was seriously wounded in the incident and is receiving treatment in Rumbek state hospital, the cause of the incident was due to the mishandling of the gun." Murderer is currently in the police custody says the State Spokesperson “Our organized forces immediately went to the remote cattle camp of Gumaach to hunt for the suspect until they managed to arrest him.”  Currently investigation is currently underway and also the family of the deceased and the injured decision is being waited by the police.  More to follow shortly.... 
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49 Year Old Woman Raped Multiple Times By Two Men In Rumbek

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 Police in Rumbek have arrested two men accused of raping a 49 year old woman.  Just last year over 12 cases have been reported in western lakes state.   The arrested suspects are Mr. Mayom John and Mr. Malei Meen. The suspects are currently under police custody and are awaiting further investigation.   The two suspects said that they were under the influence of alcohol and has no idea of what happened afterwards.     The victim of the rape is currently undergoing medication at Rumbek Hospital after she fully recovered that is when the rapist will be arraign in the court.     The young men of South Sudan should be careful and be in control when taking alcohol at all time.     "According to Section 247 of the South Sudan Penal Code, whosoever has sexual intercourse or carnal intercourse with another person against his or her will, commits the offence of rape and upon conviction, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years and
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Thirty Seven (37) Corrupt Traffic Police Officers Have Been Fired.

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Corrupt traffic police officers have been dismissed from duty as Interior Minister confirms this report.  Corruption issue on the roads have been very rampant as motorist are always swindled of their hard earn money by the traffic police officers.   Hon. Michael Chiengjiek said that in the months of May and June traffic officers caught across the country accepting bribes or demanding bribes from the motorist have been dismissed from duty.  In his own words the Minister of Interior Hon. Michael said that “This is a message to anyone who wants to commit such crimes. We think this is the correct measure and so we will continue as the police administration to arrest errant policemen so that we bring an end to such behaviors.”  So how are this officers caught that is the big question.  The interior officer said that the minister have employed intelligence officers who do the surveillance across the country.  This is a big move by ministry to curb corruption and dismissal is t
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South Sudan Parliament In Chaos As Members Of Parliament Refuse To Listen To The New Budget

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South Sudan National Legislative Assembly erupted in Chaos on Thursday Morning today after Members of Parliament denied the Finance minister to read the 2019/2020 budget.   The reason to why the Finance Minister was denied chance to present the 2019/2020 budget is because the Members of Parliament were not paid some outstanding arrears.  The Members of Parliament insisted that all outstanding arrears of over 6 months should be paid to all the civil servants.  Last week on Friday council of ministers approved a raft draft of the budget of 208 billion pounds for the year 2019/2020. When the finance minister stood to present the 2019/2020 budget for scrutiny he met with noise and boos.   One Member of parliament said that “Mr. Speaker, the salaries for the budget of the financial year 2018/2019 have not been paid upto today. How can we debate the new bill yet the previous bill has not been accounted for.”  Another Member of Parliament added that “In Juba, the salaries for
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