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JUBA - 18 Oct 2016

National assembly begins annual budget debate

South Sudan’s Transitional National legislative assembly announced on Monday it will table the fiscal budget for 2016/2017 tomorrow before the house. Timothy Tot Chol, deputy speaker, chaired the sitting attended by 243 members. "‘Tomorrow the Minister of Finance will be here to table the budget of financial year 2016/2017. Please come because it is very important, there are issues we have to look into,” said the Deputy Speaker. South Sudan Cabinet in August approved in principle a proposed budget ceiling 29.9 billion South Sudanese Pounds for the 2016/2017 fiscal year. That is, there is an increase of 19,310,547,667 SSP compared to last year’s budget. On other hand, the parliament has adjourned its ordinary sitting Monday to mourn the death of their late colleague honorable Elias Math Aniak, who passed away on Sunday in Juba. “With deep sorry, I am announcing to you, the death of one of our colleague Hon Elias Mathuk Aniak from Wau state”, deputy speaker announced. “In respect of our colleague, I declare today as a mourn day for the house and tomorrow will resume our office”, he added. Oliver Morris, Information Chairperson told journalists after the sitting that tomorrow as the parliament is tabling the budget, called upon all the members of parliament to attend and make contributions when the budget is presented to the house officials from finance ministry.