Kiir dissolves national intelligence, special branch and public security organs ArticleComments (28). Email PrintSave --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
July 26, 2011 (JUBA) – The president of the Republic of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, has issued a presidential order dissolving the organs of national security and intelligence, special branch and public security in South Sudan, weeks after the country’s independence. South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir (Reuters)Before Tuesday’s dissolution, the region had been maintaining parallel security organs since 2006 including the national security and intelligence - special branch - under the presidency and the public security under the ministry of internal affairs, or interior. The order instructed all the officers and staff of the dissolved national intelligence and special branch to report themselves to the South Sudan army’s Chief of General Staff, while officers and staff of public security to report themselves to the Inspector General of Police with immediate effect. In a subsequent order on Tuesday, President Salva Kiir appointed Major General Thomas Duoth Guet as Director General for External Security and Brigadier General Akol Kur Koch as Director General for Internal Security. Major General Thomas Duoth Guet was formerly made the head of the Special Branch while Lieutenant General Majak Agot was the deputy head of the former National Security and Intelligence Service and head of its southern component. It is expected that a new ministry for National Security will be formed in the next government with a minister and an undersecretary to oversee and administer the activities of the two external and internal security directorates. (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.
