Community Differs With State Committee over Market Management
Nyong Community members from Torit County in Eastern Equatoria state have petitioned the state government steering committee to hand over the management of Torit Model Market to Nyong Payam. 26 November 2012 By Peter Lokale Nakimangole TORIT, 26 November 2012 [Gurtong] – The State Steering Committee under the presidency of Alfred Kayumba Tugul and Secretary George Lotto was recently constituted by the state governor, Louis Lobong Lojore to plots within the Torit Model Market to residents of Torit town without discrimination. The community has urged the steering committee to immediately handover the power to allocate the market to their Payam management. They say that the market belongs to Torit County but not the state government as stipulated in Local Government Act 2009, therefore should not be administered by the state authorities. In their letter, the community further questions stores in Budi and Magwi counties recently built by same project are still called state stores and not county stores. “The community wants to know whether the so called stores in Budi and Magwi Counties respectively are still called state stores and not county stores, if they are already handed to the respective two counties, why then is the state not until now handing the Torit Model Market to Torit County?” poses the petition letter. The letter says should there be any proceeds from the plots; they should be handed to Torit County authorities to eventually share the proceeds with the state and Nyong Payam. The letter also says administration and management of drainage systems, roads, beautifications and electrifications of the market will have to be organized by Torit County. Posted in: Home, Governance Comments Nyong Community members from Torit County in Eastern Equatoria state have petitioned the state government steering committee to hand over the management of Torit Model Market to Nyong Payam. 26 November 2012 By Peter Lokale Nakimangole TORIT, 26 November 2012 [Gurtong] – The State Steering Committee under the presidency of Alfred Kayumba Tugul and Secretary George Lotto was recently constituted by the state governor, Louis Lobong Lojore to plots within the Torit Model Market to residents of Torit town without discrimination. The community has urged the steering committee to immediately handover the power to allocate the market to their Payam management. They say that the market belongs to Torit County but not the state government as stipulated in Local Government Act 2009, therefore should not be administered by the state authorities. In their letter, the community further questions stores in Budi and Magwi counties recently built by same project are still called state stores and not county stores. “The community wants to know whether the so called stores in Budi and Magwi Counties respectively are still called state stores and not county stores, if they are already handed to the respective two counties, why then is the state not until now handing the Torit Model Market to Torit County?” poses the petition letter. The letter says should there be any proceeds from the plots; they should be handed to Torit County authorities to eventually share the proceeds with the state and Nyong Payam. The letter also says administration and management of drainage systems, roads, beautifications and electrifications of the market will have to be organized by Torit County. Posted in: Home, Governance Comments -- 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 https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
