By Tapeng Michael Ohure
The Revitalized Transitional National Legislative Assembly of South Sudan has finally approved and passed the 2021-2022 fiscal year budget, nine months after the scheduled day.
South Sudan which is part of the East African Community is mandated to pass out its budget on the same day with the other countries in the bloc.
The other countries in the region completed their budget approval in mid-June 2021.
South Sudan’s 338 billion SSP budget therefore has a lifespan of only three months.
“We have not been following our calendar very strictly,” the Speaker of Parliament, Jemma Nunu Kumba said after the budget was passed.
“So, this time we expect the Ministry of Finance to submit the budget for 2022/2023 on time,” she said, adding, “as we are working on reforming our institutions in our country, let’s try our best to follow the calendar.”
South Sudan’s Ministry of Finance and Planning said the budget will be used to pay arrears for foreign missions and civil servants.
and university arrears.
“I appreciate and I thank the honourable members in the National Legislative Assembly or the two August houses for working very tirelessly though the budget was brought very late,” Finance Minister Agak Achuil Lual said.
The South Sudan Minister of Finance and Planning Agak Achuil Lual has made a dramatic…
The Africa Educational Trust (AET) has on Wednesday conducted a three-day training based on data…
Development partners including the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) have urged the government to prioritise…
The United States government has questioned the decision by the transitional government of national unity…
Kenya’s media conglomerate Standard Group has apologised to South Sudanese President Salva Kiir after exiled…
By Awan Achiek The First Deputy Speaker of parliament has warned the country risks returning…