Minister of the Interior visits Western Equatoria
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February 1, 2012 (YAMBIO) – South Sudan’s minister of the interior,
Alison Monani Magaya arrived in Western Equatoria’s capital, Yambio,
for the first time since assuming the post.
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Minister of Interior, Alison Monani Magaya speaking to press at Yambio
air strip, February 1, 2012 (ST)
This was the last leg of a ten-state tour which also included the
inspector general of the police, Achuil Tito, the director general of
prison service and the director general of the fire brigade.
“The ministry of the interior is the face of the government, if the
police is doing well, then the government is good if the police is
doing badly the government is also doing badly, not the army,” said
Magaya.
He said manpower, transparency in finance, management and the
logistics of the organised forces, social welfare and salary
structures are amongst the most important aspects of governance to
tackle.
Magaya urged the state government to be security conscious as many
militias hoping to de-stabilise South Sudan are operating at a state
level.
The Minister also inaugurated the Prison Service hospital in Yambio
and the female ward which was constructed by the UN Development
Programme (UNDP).
Males and females previously had to share cells.
The state governor, Bangasi Joseph Bakosoro, called upon the Ministry
of the Interior to plan for more training in the state.
Bakosoro said the police in the state required more training; some
security force members were unprofessional and were found drinking in
bars.
Bakosoro called upon the delegation to organise access for the
citizens of the state to national ID cards and passports within in the
state, rather than just in Juba.
In response Tito said by mid-February the electronic systems for
enrolment will be installed in the states.
Magaya hailed the warm welcome accorded to him in Yambio, and the
hospitality rendered upon their arrival.
(ST)
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