SOUTH SUDAN: The Catholic Church will not Expel Foreigners Working for Church Institutions
The Catholic
Church in South Sudan will not send away foreigners who are working in the Church
institutions in the Country for simple reason that the directive by the Foreign
Affairs Minister to expel all alien workers was not clear on the positions of
missionaries and Lay expatriates.
Church in South Sudan will not send away foreigners who are working in the Church
institutions in the Country for simple reason that the directive by the Foreign
Affairs Minister to expel all alien workers was not clear on the positions of
missionaries and Lay expatriates.
Speaking to AMECEA Online News from Juba, the
Secretary General to Sudan Catholic Bishops Conference (SCBC) Fr. Jacob Odwa said that currently,
the Catholic Church in South Sudan has foreigners working for Church
institutions as religious missionaries or lay expatriates. “Some of these
people work at the Catholic University of Sudan, Seminaries, Catholic Radio
Network, schools and other Church institutions; I think the direction by the
government to expel all foreign workers in the country does not apply to the
people working with Church institutions as volunteers,” he said.
Secretary General to Sudan Catholic Bishops Conference (SCBC) Fr. Jacob Odwa said that currently,
the Catholic Church in South Sudan has foreigners working for Church
institutions as religious missionaries or lay expatriates. “Some of these
people work at the Catholic University of Sudan, Seminaries, Catholic Radio
Network, schools and other Church institutions; I think the direction by the
government to expel all foreign workers in the country does not apply to the
people working with Church institutions as volunteers,” he said.
On 17th
September 2014 a Press statement was released by ministry of Labour, Public
Service and Human Resource Development giving clarifications on what was
reported by media that authorities in Juba announced a ban on foreigners
including aid workers in order to give their positions to the nationals.
September 2014 a Press statement was released by ministry of Labour, Public
Service and Human Resource Development giving clarifications on what was
reported by media that authorities in Juba announced a ban on foreigners
including aid workers in order to give their positions to the nationals.
The press release
which was signed by the Ngor Kolong Ngor; the Minister for Labour, Public Service
and Human Resource Development stated that the directive was targeting low
level positions existing in the various organizations, financial institutions,
hotels etc whose compositions will not reach 40% of the total staffing
structure; but excluding all United agencies, diplomatic missions and
organizations that signed bilateral/mutual agreement with the republic of South
Sudan such as IGAD, USAID etc.
which was signed by the Ngor Kolong Ngor; the Minister for Labour, Public Service
and Human Resource Development stated that the directive was targeting low
level positions existing in the various organizations, financial institutions,
hotels etc whose compositions will not reach 40% of the total staffing
structure; but excluding all United agencies, diplomatic missions and
organizations that signed bilateral/mutual agreement with the republic of South
Sudan such as IGAD, USAID etc.
Also not
targeted in the list are technical or professional positions such as Nurses,
Head of missions, Country Directors and financial Controllers of any
institutions including banking, insurance, hotels and Non-Government
organizations.
targeted in the list are technical or professional positions such as Nurses,
Head of missions, Country Directors and financial Controllers of any
institutions including banking, insurance, hotels and Non-Government
organizations.
The Catholic
Radio Network (CRN) reported that the latest information from Labour Minister
Ngor Kolong Ngor decreed that NGOs and private companies to notify all aliens
working with them in positions of Executive Directors, Personnel Managers,
Secretaries, Human Resources Officers, Public Relations Officers, Procurement
Officers, Logisticians, Front Desk Officers, and Receptionists to cease working
by mid-October.
Radio Network (CRN) reported that the latest information from Labour Minister
Ngor Kolong Ngor decreed that NGOs and private companies to notify all aliens
working with them in positions of Executive Directors, Personnel Managers,
Secretaries, Human Resources Officers, Public Relations Officers, Procurement
Officers, Logisticians, Front Desk Officers, and Receptionists to cease working
by mid-October.
Thousands of
foreign workers mainly from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda fill up
jobs in South Sudan especially in mobile telephone network, banking sector,
upstream oil activities, hotels and other socio-economic infrastructures.
foreign workers mainly from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda fill up
jobs in South Sudan especially in mobile telephone network, banking sector,
upstream oil activities, hotels and other socio-economic infrastructures.
SOURCE: Pamela Adinda, AMECEA
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