S. Sudan crisis blamed on mismanagement by leaders: report
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February 13, 2016 – A new report by a United States-based
international organisation has blamed the government of South Sudan
under President Salva Kiir for mismanaging the country’s affairs
resulting to crisis in the world’s youngest nation.
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The conflict in South Sudan has triggered a humanitarian crisis with
2.3 million people forced from their homes and 4.6 million in need of
emergency food (AFP Photo/Tony Karumba)
As conditions for ordinary South Sudanese people continue to
deteriorate, government mismanagement is combining with economic and
political crises to create a “toxic situation,” according to a newly
published briefing report by experts from the Enough Project extended
to Sudan Tribune.
The report, “Addressing South Sudan’s Economic and Fiscal Crisis,”
calls for action by the international community, and also for
commitment by the warring parties, the government and opposition
faction of SPLM-IO led by the newly appointed First Vice President,
Riek Machar, to put the needs of the people ahead of their own.
It lamented that the country’s population currently suffers from
severe shortages of food, fuel, and medical supplies as a result of
the war and economic near collapse.
“South Sudan’s economic and political crises are exacerbating each
other, and the population is paying dearly. These interlocking crises
and the gross mismanagement of resources by the government have
undermined prospects for international support,” said John
Prendergast, Founding Director of the Enough Project.
He added that the kind of international pressure exerted on the
warring parties in support of the signing of the August 2015 peace
accord is again needed at “this critical stage to fight mass
corruption and adopt responsible economic policies.”
Brad Brooks-Ruben, Director of Policy at the Enough Project said the
government’s “ill-advised” monetary policies create a “toxic
situation.”
“South Sudan’s policy-makers must re-balance skewed government
spending to ensure that the current food crisis caused by depreciation
of local currency and inflation does not threaten the whole
population,” he said.
“South Sudan’s fiscal crisis is a painful illustration of how the
country’s leaders have strong incentives to seize power but extremely
weak incentives to govern effectively,” commented J.R. Mailey, Senior
Policy Analyst at the Enough Project.
The report decried the fact that the government’s spending is skewed
in favor of security even in the face of the current urgent
humanitarian crisis and growing concerns of potential widespread
famine.
Consumers, it said, must either pay five times as much for essential
food items or purchase a fifth of the volume of food that they need.
Many people cannot afford to buy food or other basic goods and
services, it further observed.
“Fuel prices have tripled—almost quadrupled—by some reports. Fuel
shortages have been responsible for the deaths of some of the
country’s most vulnerable people.”
The Enough Project, an atrocity prevention policy group, seeks to
build leverage for peace and justice in Africa by helping to create
real consequences for the perpetrators and facilitators of genocide
and other mass atrocities.
The organization says it aims to “counter rights-abusing armed groups
and violent kleptocratic regimes that are fuelled by grand corruption,
transnational crime and terror, and the pillaging and trafficking of
minerals, ivory, diamonds, and other natural resources.”
It has been conducting field researches in conflict zones, developing
and advocating for policy recommendations and support social movements
in affected countries as well as mobilize public campaigns.
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13 February 23:01, by Mayok
Poor and hungry leaders at the same time it’s a disaster.
Unite State should know their reckless activities when the first
stolen $4 billion by less then 8 leaders. JCE plus kiir, and nuer wew
brought a big shame to this country.
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14 February 01:00, by Akol Liai Mager
South Sudanese people know that these leaders plus their
supporting Generals are the catastrophe of South Sudan. When they look
back on their skinniest bodies during struggle time, they dig their
pockets deeper and deeper. And the more each digs his pocket the more
another getting wild and violence and the poor people they claimed to
be serving die with not pity from the rivals.
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14 February 04:51, by Dinka-Defender-General
Akol, you are lost. I am 6’6 and i am still skinny as
during the war. So stop your rubbish against generals.
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14 February 05:52, by Mayok
You denial every aspect until the truth will melt down
to your knee general. Remember, South Sudan, belong to southern and if
you claim it as your own property, you won,t enjoy the fruit for the
whole tree. Good luck
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14 February 05:59, by Nyesi Ta
Not every thug in the government of south sudan who
was in the bush for the last 21 years is fat, and if you remained
skinny since splm took over the government from 2005 to date, does not
mean u r not a thug, cos a thug is not defined by his weight but by
his thuggish behavior. A thief is a thief no matter how skinny, fat or
tall he may be. Therefore, being 6.6" does not mean u r innocent.
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14 February 06:10, by Eastern
Such blind support for those who fought in the bush is
the one thing that’s driving South Sudan aground: we fought and
liberated you, I am the director general do as I tell you, etc. These
supposedly "liberation gods" are now in their payback periods; the
country’s coffers are empty. Kiirs government went ahead to print more
useless bank notes!!!!
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