South Sudanese President creates four more states

[Elisabeth Janaina]

South Sudanese President creates four more states

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January 15, 2017 (JUBA) – South Sudan president Salva Kiir has created
for additional states, raising the number of the states in the world’s
youngest nation to 32.

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South Sudanese president Salva Kiir (AFP)

The order creating new states, which was announced over the
state-owned South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC) on Saturday,
saw Eastern Nile states divided into Northern Upper Nile state with
Renk as its capital.

Others are Central Upper Nile state with Malakal as capital, Maiwut
and Tumbura states.

Also split, according to the decree, was Latjor into Maiwut state with
Maiwut as its capital.

The state comprises of Koma, Longuchuk, and Maiwut counties. It
further divided Gbudwe state into Tumbura state with Tumbura as its
capital. It comprises of Tumbura and Nagero counties.

No reasons were cited for president Kiir’s decision to create the new states.

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16 January 05:39, by Son of Nuer

What the madness President is that? creating more States and he
never visit any single since creating shame on him

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16 January 06:55, by Shadrack Nuer Machut

What next? Are S. Sudanese problems originating from few
States? Is this the leading challenge our government of National Unity
thinks to address immediately? Have our gov’t diagnosed the public
demand in term of priority? It doesn’t make better changes.

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16 January 05:44, by Fair Man

Son of Nuer
Salva Kiir believes he can regain his lost popularity by creation
of more states. This who knows could be Taban Deng Gai’s project.
Let’s wait and see whether they will have spaces to operate. Instead
of denouncing violence, he is busy annexing other people’s land. Shame
on him.

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16 January 06:28, by Angelo Achuil

I think if the President thinks he can work alone by waking up
anytime any day, send a piece of paper to his TV to create states and
counties single-handedly without so much a public consent like a
referendum, then he might as well create countries also. We already
had too much going on. Our biggest problem is lack of "Service
delivery" NOT "Boundaries delivery."