Jonglei governor appoints new deputy, sacks commissioners
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March 28, 14 (BOR) - The caretaker governor for South Sudan's Jonglei
state, Lt. Gen. John Kong Nyuon has appointed former youth, sports and
heritage minister Baba Medan Koyi as his new deputy.
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Koyi was appointed to his ministerial role last year by former
governor Kuol Manyang Juuk, and represented Pibor county as a member
of parliament.
Koyi was removed from his ministerial position in a decree issued on
Thursday before being appointed as deputy governor in a separate
decree announced publicly on Friday.
Speaking to Sudan Tribune on phone from his home in Bor, Koyi
expressed his happiness at his new political position.
"I am happy when my people are happy. A leader can feel happy when he
is supported by his people," he said.
Koyi was among the first ministers to return to Bor earlier in January
when Nyuon took over as governor.
The details of when he will be sworn into office remain unclear.
There is public speculation that the cabinet reshuffle and appointment
of new faces will fail to fill the gap left behind by defected
ministers who joined South Sudan's armed rebellion led by former
vice-president Riek Machar.
Among the key figures to defect from Jonglei's cabinet were former
deputy governor Hussein Maar Nyuot, former minister of law enforcement
Gabriel Duop Lam, former minister of education Stephen Par Kuol and
the former minister of physical infrastructure Manawe Peter Gatkuoth.
COMMISSIONERS SACKED
Meanwhile, the governor also released a separate decree on Friday
removing five county commissioners of their positions.
Under the decree James Mawich of Ayod, Simon Hoth Duol of Uror, Kong
Rambang of Akobo, Joseph Okello of Pochalla and Wany Juet of Nyirol
were relieved from their posts.
Omot Acheu Awan has been announced as Okello's successor in Pochalla,
however, there are no further details available on when other
replacements would be appointed in the remaining four rebel-controlled
counties.
Jonglei was the scene of fierce fighting following the eruption of
violence in the capital, Juba, in mid-December, changing hands several
times between pro-Machar rebels and forces loyal to president Salva
Kiir
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