Lakes state: Cueibet County commissioner appeals for funds Article Comments (0) Email PrintSave --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
By Manyang Mayom March 5, 2011 (RUMBEK) - The Commissioner of Cueibet County in Lake State, Isaac Mayom Malek, has appealed to the government of Southern Sudan to allow blocked grant money to be directed to counties throughout the state. He said that counties in Lakes state are facing difficulties in transferring finances from the central government. The commissioner said that failure to transfer the funds means they are struggling to fulfill the promises made during campaign in April 2010 election. Mayom said the southern government should to allow money to be transferred directly to county authorities so that projects can be carried out effectively. In the Sudan April general election in 2010, Lakes state governor Chol Tong Mayay had promised to construct roads, hospitals, schools and youth, women’s and business centers and women. However, despite starting the roads they have not been completed due to lack of funds. Lakes state finance minister Pur Chiagan Dakbai said that the year 2011 budget is intended to accomplish last April election 2010 promises. The Cueibet commissioner said that of the two women’s centers, the governor promised to one is complete and the other is under construction. Gender issues are to the fore in Lakes state. Youth groups have been campaigning against the state parliament’s customary law that sentences to prison young men who get young girls pregnant. Speaking to Sudan Tribune in Rumbek, the commissioner, urged all youth of Southern Sudan to be vibrant as the region approaches independence on July 9. The South voted overwhelmingly to secede from the north in a referendum in January as part of a 2005 peace deal. South Sudan is one of the poorest regions of the world, with most relying on agriculture and cattle for their livelihoods. Cueibet and its neighbour Tonj East County, are two of the many counties in the South were cattle raiding before rival groups is common. Commisioner Manyang said that police and soldiers had been sent to the areas affected “to control that situation”. He said that a cattle raiding gang had attacked the security services but had been “defeated”. (ST) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
