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Tax must be audited to penalize fraudsters in court By Kiden Stela Mandela The obligation to pay tax to the government is the moral responsibility of the citizens in any nation on earth. The citizens do so while in return they expect services delivery from the government. The government agency[Read More…]

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WHY MEETING THE EAC OBLIGATION IS A CHALLENGE By Kiden Stela Mandela In 2016, South Sudan joined East African Community (EAC); a club of countries to share common market to enhance their economies. The move opened South Sudan to benefit from the projects carried out under the East African Community.[Read More…]

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Parties should not veer off the 2023 polls’ roadmap By Kiden Stela Mandela The journey to the 2023 elections has been characterized by uncertainty emanating from propaganda and rumors in the press and social media. Politicians have seized every press conference to amplify all manner of toxic and empty promises.[Read More…]

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Why the country’s health care system lacks trust from gov’t officials By Kiden Stela Mandela The health sector is the life blood for existence of every society – that’s a top priority. Politicians in their manifestos when seeking votes from the citizens parade all sorts of promises including wiping the[Read More…]

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Does government have enough farms to reserve food for its Citizens? By Kiden Stela Mandela The agriculture as the back born of the country is dead here because there is no serious leader who encourages agriculture. Even the government has no single farm like the case in other countries where[Read More…]

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Civilians still die in cold Blood in the hands of the government By Kiden Stela Mandela South Sudanese will continue hearing the sad news of blood bleeding until they will give up and pay deaf ears to what is happening to people in the country it is now clear that[Read More…]

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Abyei issues should be addressed before it becomes dust  By Kiden Stela Mandela On May 23, 2022, a huge number of Abyei citizens poured on the streets protesting with a demand for withdrawal of the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces, (SSPDF) and Sudan Armed Forces from what they called Abyei[Read More…]

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Sadly, insecurity cases continue despite Kiir’s message on SPLA Day By Kiden Stela Mandela. On the 16th of May, SPLA Day President Kiir left Juba for Abu Dhabi on Monday morning to give his condolence to the people of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the death of their president[Read More…]

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Some cultures are killing girl child education By Kiden Stela Mandela South Sudan has 64 tribes with different cultures in terms of marriage traditions among others. These cultures have really affected the education of girls in our communities. During the era of the then southern Sudan there were well-established educational[Read More…]

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Gov’t should be cautious of pastoralists-farmers tension By Kiden Stela Mandela Tension between farmers and pastoralists remain high in the Eastern Equatoria State particularly in Magwi county and Kajo-Keji of Central Equatoria State. It is really audacious that South Sudan continues to lose blood due to political issues and herders[Read More…]

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Who is supposed to Make the 2023 elections credible? By Kiden Stela Mandela It is true that implementing the security arrangement remains an important tool towards free and fair election. The security of the candidates, election process and the security of candidates including provision for prevention of rigging are very[Read More…]

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City council should be vigilant of fire outbreak By Kiden Stela Mandela. These days, the rate of fire outbreak is very high in Juba city. Almost every area suffers from fire incidents which is really dangerous to our societies. Though fire is a basic element for people’s living, it tends[Read More…]

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What is hindering graduation of forces? Kiden Stela Mandela The issue of the unified forces has become a big challenge in a way that it has stopped every step of the implementation of peace in the country. The joint screening committees which were dispatched to screen the unified forces in[Read More…]

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Corruption must be criminalized now By Kiden Stela Mandela In every country, corruption of whatever kind has not been legalized. Governments have put in place legal instruments to deter, criminalize and punish those who might be found at the altar of it. Similarly, the government of South Sudan has some[Read More…]