Opposition Calls SPLM To Reduce Government The South Sudanese leader of the opposition in the national parliament has called for the ruling party, Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) to reduce the government as one of the bold measures to deliver effective basic services to the citizens. 19 July 2013 By Waakhe Simon Wudu JUBA, 19 July 2013 [Gurtong] - Hon. Onyoti Adigo Nyikwech was early this week compelled to tell Gurtong in an exclusive interview following the country’s challenging economy since independence gain in 2011. Onyoti who disagreed that, before the shutdown of the oil production last year, there is no improvement in provision of basic services, admitted report released last month by the Peace and Foreign Policy Magazine which rated South Sudan as one of the failed States in the country. He holds the large form of government formed by the SPLM as one of the biggest factor that affects provision of basic services. There has never been effective service delivery even before the shutdown of the oil, Onyoti said. “If we want to give service delivery to our people you need to have a very lean government which is manageable,” Onyoti said. He proposed that a government “of around thirteen ministers plus the Vice President and the President” making the executive fifteen plus two or three advisors is quite enough to lead the almost ten million populated country, South Sudan. “So many advisors…and deputy ministers in the government which are there should be stopped,” he stressed. He said most of the government annual budgets have gone to salaries and office keep-up and administration as a result of the big SPLM led government. the most expensive driven cars - V8s mainly by senior government officials according to Onyoti compromises service delivery. South Sudan is estimated has at least 200,000 civil servants. Southern Sudan, then government before independence was increased to 32 ministries after the 2010 general elections, making one of the largest executives among the East African countries governing an estimated population of 8million people. President Salva Kiir after the independence gain reduced the ministries to twenty nine however, with Deputy Ministers added. Analysts said little has been done in reducing the government. There are nearly four hundred members of parliament in all the two parliaments; National and the Council of States. It is estimated that over 70% of the government budget goes to salaries with little to service delivery. Aid agencies appear to be the key contributors in assisting efforts to service delivery.
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