Jonglei State Legislative Assembly passes 2011 budget
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May 26, 2011 (BOR) - Jonglei state legislative assembly passed the
state’s budget for the 2011 financial year budget totalling SDG194
million (US$73 million) on Wednesday.
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Jonglei parliamentarians making the last amendment on May, 19, 2011
(ST Photo by John Actually)
The State Minister of Finance, Aquila Maluth Mam presented to Jonglei
state parliamentarians with the budget in April.
Speaking to press after passing the budget in August House, the
speaker of Jonglei legislative Assembly, Chol Wal affirmed that the
budget had been passed after several amendments.
The budget consisted of state tax and non-tax revenues collected
locally and financial support from the Government of South Sudan
(GoSS).
In the budget it was seen that Jonglei state will receive
SDG165,040,587 from GoSS, SDG15,750,000 in taxes and SDG13, 250,000 in
non-tax revenues.
Wal said the budget has been facing difficulties, especially in the
ministry of education, where the budget lacks a break down of salaries
per grade. He said the education ministry did not give the necessary
details of the work force and their grades. He said they had sent
their a to the ministry of education to collect more information,
assess pay sheets in all the counties but the team had failed in some
areas. Although they had insufficient details from the ministry of
education, We cannot let the citizens suffer just because of one
ministry. That is why the budget is passed” said Wal, explaining that
it would be dealt with as a lump sum.
In February this year teachers across the state went on strike,
demanding the government give them housing allowances. They were
forced to reopen schools in late March, with unfulfilled assurances
that they would be paid their housing allowances in form of arrears.
Wall said although this year’s budget will improve salaries fpr all
civil servants, it still lacks the capital required for significant
development.
(ST)
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