South Sudan's President Salva Kiir will retake the oath of office on 8 July 2015 for another three years as amended by the constitution, his spokesperson said Wednesday.

Presidential spokesperson Ateny Wek Ateny said in a press conference that the president will relieve his entire cabinet and appoint caretakers including governors in the states. He said the new cabinet will be a broad-based government that will involve all political parties.

The national parliament recently amended South Sudan's constitution to extend Kiir's term by another three years. Wek said that on 8 July a "new government altogether" will be formed before the expiry of the current one on midnight that night.

File photo: President Salva Kiir holds up the Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan on Independence Day, 9 July 2011, with then-Speaker of the Assembly James Wani Igga on his right.