Eastern Equatoria Gears for Independence Celebrations Eastern Equatoria State government has formed a committee to spearhead preparations for celebrations to mark the 4th anniversary of South Sudan’s independence. 05 June 2015
By Peter Lokale Nakimangole *TORIT, 04 June 2015 [Gurtong]* – The committee that was formed last month by the State Council of Ministers will be headed by Cabinet and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ochan John Bongomin. Bongomin told Gurtong that his first step would be to meet respective sub-committees to empower them on several issues including the budget for the events across the state. He said his committee will make a formal contact with the national government's Secretary General who is the current chairperson of the National Organizing Committee to deliberate on the logistics. “Among activities to precede the upcoming commemorations will include security arrangements, decorations of the freedom square both at the state and County and Administrative Areas respectively alongside organising the state cultural dances and troops' matching”, he said. He said the event will be a reflection of the long struggle by South Sudanese towards self-rule. He however, expressed regrets over the continued and unnecessary deadly conflict caused by power hungry leaders, saying reconciliation is the best way to bring peace to South Sudan. In a related development, the national council of ministers in April approved 129 million South Sudanese pounds (SSP) for the country’s fourth independence anniversary celebrations in July. A regular meeting in April, chaired by President Salva Kiir Mayardit also resolved to fund celebrations in all the ten states, including the Greater Pibor Administrative Area and in Abyei region. [image: Bookmark and Share] <https://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&pub=xa-4a8952f0662ccc6f> Posted in: Home <http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/1/Home.aspx> -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14or4g7CEU2RW4R5m%3DCpegPxkwQJBnxMz45Mcp5uOxRmk0w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
