H.E Kiir receives recommendations from the Council of States on Lou Nure and Murle crisis JUBA, 13 February 2012 - The President of the Republic H.E. Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit has today on Monday 13th February 2012 at the State House received recommendations and resolutions of the Council of States on the crisis between the Lou Nuer and Murle ethnic groups of Jonglei state.
This was in a meeting he held today at the State House with a delegation of the Council of States headed by the speaker of the Council of States Hon. Joseph Bol. Hon Bol said in a press statement that the delegation came to meet the President purposely to hand over to him recommendations and resolutions of the Council of the States regarding the recent crisis in Jonglei state. He added that during the meeting the delegation explained to the President the importance of establishing a commission for infrastructure and economic development in Jonglei state. President Kiir promised to examine the recommendations and put it into action. Hon Bol expressed hope that the situations in Jonglei state will soon become normal and stable. Reported by Thomas Kenneth IFC’s Jean Philippe visits Juba JUBA, 13 February 2012 – Mr Jean Philippe Prosper, the International Financial Corporation IFC’s director for Eastern and Southern Africa arrived in Juba yesterday for a two- day visit to Juba, the capital South Sudan. Speaking to the press shortly after touching down at the Juba International Airport, Mr. Prosper said his visit to Juba is to make follow-ups on some of the activities of IFC in the newly independent Republic of South Sudan. “You may recall a few weeks ago, we had a Public Private Partnership (PPP) workshop in Juba, we would like to continue our decisions with government officials on PPP”, he said. Mr Prosper is scheduled to meet with top government officials during his visit. He is expected to meet South Sudan’s Vice President, H.E. Dr Riek Machar Teny, the minister for Finance and Economic Planning, Hon Kosti Manibe Ngai, minister for Health, Hon Micheal Milly Hussein, minister for Commerce, Industry and Investment, Hon Garang Diing Akuong, and the minister for Electricity and Dams, Hon David Deng Athorbei. Mr Prosper is also expected to meet donor representatives among them, the American Charge d’Affaires, Chris Data representing the Ambassador, Mr Kevin Mullaly, Director, USAID and the Norwegian Ambassador, Ingrid Ofstad, and as well as representatives of private sector. He also announced that IFC is opening an office in Juba to have its activities in full gear in the newly independent country. Mr. Prosper observed IFC has been in service in South Sudan since 2005 and indirectly investing in South Sudan through some of the commercial banks. He mentioned Kenya Commercial Banks as being one of the banks through which they were able to process 100 million dollar loan last year and he added that IFC is in talks with other banks in South Sudan to support PPP development. Mr. Prosper’s visit comes on the back of investment promotion activities by the Government of South Sudan, supported by IFC. These include the launch of the expanded second phase of the investment climate reforms program, an international engagement conference on South Sudan that took place in Washington DC, America, in December 2012, and the public-private partnerships (PPP) workshop in Juba in January 2012. IFC is a member of the World Bank Group that is the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector. Reported by Matata Safi Russia promises South Sudan latest technology JUBA, 13 February 2012 (NASS) – The Russian KASKAD Company for telecommunication development and investment has pledged the Republic of South Sudan the latest technology in the field of media and telecommunication. This was announced by the director general of the company, Alexander Ilin state late last week following a meeting with the minister for Information and Broadcasting, Hon Dr Barnaba Marial Benjamin. Translating Mr. Ilin’s statement, the chief executive officer and the chairman of the company, Salman Salaev said Russia through KASKAD telecom is ready to deliver the latest media technologies of radio and television to the Republic of South Sudan. He disclosed that they have already organized training for twenty journalists from the various departments of information to Russia this year and soon they will bring in experts to help improve media in the young Republic. Meanwhile, Dr Marial commended the initiative introduced by the Russian company to improve media in South Sudan. The minister appealed to the other friendly countries to assist the young state saying that the nation is beginning from zero. Reported by Martin Jada Gabriel, News Agency of South Sudan (NASS) “Human capacity building is top priority”, labour deputy minister JUBA, 13 February 2012 - Five day training workshop on managerial skills for senior managers in various ministries in the Republic of South Sudan ended in Juba on 10 Friday 2012. The main purpose of the training was to equip top managers with knowledge, skills and attitude to transform their organisation into highly performing institutions. In his closing remarks the Deputy Minister for Labour Public Service and Human Resource Development Hon. Kwong Danhier Gatluak told the participants that building human capacity remains a cornerstone in the new Republic of South Sudan. “Out of war South Sudanese are the right people to be train so as to transform all levels of government to meet future plan of 2040 development plan of the nation,” Kwong asserted. He urged the directors during the closing ceremony to double their efforts to perform better and bring change after acquiring the managerial skills, for South Sudan would depend on oil revenue but build skills to manage other non-oil revenue. The deputy Minister applauded the vital role played by the government Kenya as part of technical support to the government of South Sudan in terms of capacity building. In the same occasion the Undersecretary of Labour Public Service and Human Resource Development Madam Angeth Acol De Dut explained that such trainings are very critical to the performance management and can boost rapid development of the nation. Representatives of the participants at the end of the training explained that the concept of transformational leadership, strategic thinking in an organisation and examining the road map for developing a shared vision for transformational leadership was paramount. He added that without any doubt or fear the participants who are directors from various ministries will put the lesson learned during the workshop into practice to achieve the vision and mission of the Republic of South Sudan in 2040. Reported by Justin Jada and Alnour Ango -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" 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/SouthSudanKob?hl=en.
