Author: Obaj Okuj | Published: 14 minutes in the past
President Salva Kiir| (Photo: Office of the President.)
President Salva Kiir has made one other reshuffle within the authorities, relieving and changing key officers together with head of the Department of Civil Registry, Passports and Immigration and First Deputy Governor of the Bank of South Sudan.
Kiir relieved Maj. Gen. Simon Majur Pabek from his place as Director General of the Civil Registry, Nationality, Passports, and Immigration, in a decree learn on SSBC on Thursday.
In his place, the President appointed Maj. Gen. Elia Costa, who beforehand served as police commissioner for Lakes State and Jonglei State, to guide the immigration authority.
Kiir additionally introduced the dismissal of Yeni Samuel Costa as First Deputy Governor of the Bank of South Sudan, reinstating Addis Ababa Othow to the position.
Othow had held the place from August 2022 till he was eliminated in October 2023 alongside former governor Johnny Ohisa Damian.
In one other decree, Kiir eliminated Cosmos Pitia as Undersecretary within the Ministry of Mining, appointing Santino Matiok to the place.
Matiok was briefly named chief administrator within the Office of the President in October 2024, however his appointment was cancelled simply three days later.
Further, Kiir named Nyuol Justin Yac because the chairperson of the South Sudan Human Rights Commission, with Ezekiel Elsendi Gibson serving as his deputy. Nyuol, who has beforehand held this position, returns to guide the fee.