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By Bonifacio Taban Kuich April 15, 2011 (BENTIU) – A delegation from the South Sudan President’s office visited Unity state yesterday to assess what improvements need to be made to the state Ministry of Information and Communication and the department of radio and television broadcasting ahead of South Sudan’s independence on July 9. Martinson Otoromoi chief of staff for South Sudan’s President addressing groups of journalists in Bentiu town. April 15, 2011 (ST) The southern government intends to standardize media facilitation across South Sudan ahead of secession. Assessment teams will be visiting the ten states of South Sudan. Martinson Otoromoi chief of staff from the office of the South Sudan President told Sudan Tribune on Friday that the visit Bentiu was to prepare South Sudan’s media for independence. Otoromoi said that he hoped improvements would allow the government and President to be able to communicate better with citizens of the new state. Unity state has a strong radio broadcast presence, led by government owned radio stations, FM 99 and Medium Wave 558 KHZ, which broadcast across South Sudan and neighboring Uganda, DR Congo and Kenya. The challenges of the state government in running these outlets include lack of reliable electricity, internet connectivity and payment of staff. These issues were brought to the attention of the delegation. Chief of staff Otoromoi said that ultimately it will be for the South Sudan President to decide on these kinds of requests that will come from all ten southern states. (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.
