Juba, South Sudan,
March 15, 2022 – The Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO) calls on the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity to expedite the implementation of public financial management reforms to improve accountability and the fight against corruption in South Sudan,
The call comes days after a team from the Finance ministry met a delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to discuss how the financial institution could work with the government to restructure and reform the financial management system in the country.
“Fighting all forms of corruption or delivering financial reforms through political statements than actualizing the required standards of operations for financial reforms and anti-corruption is not convincing enough. Government should show commitment towards transparent implementation of financial reforms provided for in Chapter IV of the revitalized peace agreement,” says CEPO’s Executive Director, Edmund Yakani.
South Sudan was ranked as the most corrupt country amongst 180 countries in the 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index by Transparency International (TI).
The TI index, which ranked 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and business people, uses a scale of 0-100 – where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is clean.
In January, the Troika called for an expedition in the implementation of public financial management reforms in South Sudan, saying strengthening of such reforms demonstrate the government’s commitment to the reform process and enhance trust with global partners.
South Sudan made significant progress on public financial management reforms, including prudent monetary policy, successful foreign exchange reform and steps towards sounder public cash management.
These steps, according to the Troika, have already benefited South Sudan’s people through a more stable exchange rate and slower inflation.
Speaking to the median, CEPO Executive Director, Edmund Yakani, urge the IMF and the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning to ensure that mandated institutions are strengthened to provide the required oversight.
“CEPO is urging both the IMF and Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning to ensure that the other state institutions that are constitutionally mandated to ensure that transparency and accountability are practically functional without any political constraints,” said Yakani.
He cited state institutions such as the Auditor General of South Sudan, Anti-Corruption Commission of South Sudan, Fiscal Allocation and Monitoring Commission and the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of parliament.
“Non-functionality of these state institutions raises serious transparency and accountability concerns as financial reforms take effect,” stressed Yakani.
Meanwhile, CEPO urged the IMF to ensure that the United Nations Convention against Corruption is implemented and its outcomes reviewed.
Oil revenues constitute more than 98 percent of South Sudan’s annual budget.
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The so-called ‘reforms or other reforms are ‘synonymous with cheap and dirty intrigues’ mostly the Europeans, their evil juus (so-called istaelis) attack dogs, their gulf Arab states terror exporters and some scroungers in who have made a living over the backs of other people and their countries lifestyles’ Let their gods help them, if their really have gods. What Financiial reform in South Sudan. Is to our country and our to the so-called UN AGENDA 21, UN AGENDA 30, UN NEW WORLD ORDER, GOVERNMENT WITHOUT BORDERS, GOVERNMENT RUN RUN BY THE UN, HUMANITARIAN AID, DOANTIONS, SO-CALLED HUMAN RIGHTS, GAY, LESBIANS, AFRICAN UNITY and REGIONAL INTEGRATION, GOVERNMENT WHERE WE CAN LIVE SIDES BY SIDES WITH OUR CLONED SO-CALLED ARABS OF NORTH SUDAN, Abeshas (so-called ethiopians) prostiutes, WHITE AMERICANS, WHITE ENGLISH PEOPLE, THEIR GULF ARABS STATES’ TERROR EXPORTERS, THEIR EVIL JUUS (SO-CALLED ISRAELIS) ATTACK DOGS, INDIANS, PAKSITANIS, NEPALESE, BANGLADESHIS, SRI LANKANS, PORTAGUESE, ITALIANS and other pieces of sewers in between. We don’t consider then anything. The devils and evils always used our country and our people as their ‘benchmark’
Look for a place to hide. We use pound here in South Sudan, we will not use it. They use pound in our Egypt and Syria, Using pound doesn’t mean anything. And this is precisely why lowly educated who study economy mostly the evil juus (so-called israelis) flunkeys and lowly eduacted piece shits always employed by devil and criminals as their pieces of sewers & treaurers or fanance ministers, however they are just pieces sewers with nothing in their skulls.
Here is an economic 101, ponzi scheme in wall street, a Jewish (evil juus) so-called israelis) attack dogs and scamers. the war Napolenic wars, was financed by the evil Jews (so-called israelis) attack dogs, the United Kingdoms, went bust, but they lent the money to the prostitute and piece of so-called queen Victoria, The French lost the war. And the ‘Rothchilds and other piece pieces shits, were brought closer to English or British establisment. And are these days, considered equals with the vampires and devils. Yeah, comes WWI, a lowly monarchy in Eastern Europe sparked the War. The Germans lost war and were bullied to pay reparations for ‘Treaty of Versailles’ which the Germa people didn’t lost any war, but were bullied pay piece of shits’
Head hoted Adolf Hitler and other German, thought, it was not not a good i dead to be bullied by piece of rubbishes. No one with a right mind would blame. They fought back in WWII, against the terrorists, who imposed ‘Treaty of Versailles’ on German people.
If Mr. Hitler did go and poke his nose on Mr. Joseph Stalin bakcyard, the Germans would have just taken over ‘the devil infested island England’, and the history would have have been writen differently today. Mr. Adolf and Germans, the Red Army of Russia inclduing Ukrainian people and people Japan were the ones who defeeated ‘the Nazis—German people’ Not the allied forces. The US, the UK, their evil juus (their so-called israelis) attack dogs, their gulf Arab terror exporters and financiers.
White people who can challenge us on planet earth, don’t exist. We are the ancient Egyptian. Suez Canal will be closed by me. So-called half the rubbish will be back to Yemen, with Djibouti, the US army base, French legion, Bole international airport in Adis Ababa, will be parking lot, King Farhad international airport in Medina and Mecca, will be parking lots, Dubai international airport (Abu Dhabi) international airport will be parking lot, Ben Guron international airport in Tel Aviv, will be a parking lot, Jomo Kenyatta international airport in Nairobi, Wilson Airport, Embakasi, Moi international airport in Mombasa Kenya, will be parking lots, Heathrow airport and Gatwick airport in the devil infested island of England, will parking lots, JFK international airports in New York, will be parking, these are very far away from us us.
Read the da vanci code: Romans are not our equals. Libya was bombed in 2011, by criminals, Mr. David Miliband of the devil infested of England, I will be damned if he were not payroll of the evil juus (so-called israelis) attack dogs, Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy of France, he even so worked up to drop Ak47 to their then so-called free Libyan army and Mr. Barack Hussein Obama, evil juus (so-called israelis) attack dogs, US department and AIPAC. African cowred like goats being led into Nile.
People who paid the bills for the bombing Libya, were just gulf Arab state of Qatar, the US, the UK and france—–they were just mercenaries. Western Civilization. I am one the who will white people ‘zero’.>>>>