A former official in South Sudan’s Boma State has accused the incumbent governor of Boma Ismail Konyi of misusing public funds and marginalizing certain communities in the state.
Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Tuesday, Ogebe Omot Ochan, the former deputy mayor of Pibor town urged President Salva Kiir Mayardit to grant the Anyuak tribe a state, saying a new state would reduce child abductions and killings of innocent civilians commonly practiced by Murle tribesmen from Pibor.
The former official also accused Konyi of marginalizing the Anyuak tribe in power sharing positions by only granting them junior positions. He further said that out of 7 appointed ministers only one minister was appointed from the Anyuak community.
“Another crimes governor of Boma state did is taking salaries of two months of entire state and used them for their conflict with Bor youth while we were not party to that conflict. The governor sent this money to the frontline for youth of Murle to buy war equipment,” he claimed.
"These accusations are not true at all, because the governor did not take the two months salaries but the salaries were received in Juba that time and people were informed about that,” Minister of Local Government, Simon Gain said.
The official denied all accusations levelled against the governor of Boma state. “Regarding the position of deputy being given to the Anyuak tribe, that is because the positions are located according to counties,” he said.