South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir yesterday issued republican decrees appointing Simon Ananias Laku and Alusio Ojatuk as undersecretaries at the Ministry of Defense and Veterans Affairs.

As per decree No. 112 of 2017, Kiir appointed Laku as undersecretary of defense at the ministry of defense and veteran affairs, while decree No. 113 appointed Ojatuk as undersecretary of veteran affairs at the ministry.

Both decrees came into effect as of September 5.