Gov’t says Upper Nile governor not appointed because he was absent in Juba

SPLM-IO nominee for Upper Nile state governor General Johnson Olony (Photo credit: Supplied)

June 29, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan government said on Monday that Upper Nile state governor who is nominated by the SPLM-IO was not appointed because he was not in Juba where all his colleagues are. On Monday evening, President Salva Kiir Mayardit issued a number of republican decrees appointed governors for only eight states and for three chief administrators, […]

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