South Sudan's English Daily Newspaper
"We Dare where others fear"
By Simon Deng
Parliament has rejected reports making the rounds on social media that its members have received medical allowances, usually paid in the United States dollars in the region of $30,000.
The August House of 650 members in both the National Legislative Assembly and Council of States are known for pocketing the huge sums in line with keeping their health in tuck.
The spokesperson of the house, Oliver Mori Benjamin said the “rumors” over such payments currently are “false.”
“The members of national legislature have not receive any medication allowances,” Benjamin said.
“The last amount received for medication was four years ago when the members received 15,000 US dollars which was half of the entitlement.”
Benjamin warned that the rumors make the Members of Parliament insecure in public.
“Of course, it is a right to the Members of Parliament as it is prescribed by law that annually they are supposed to receive annual medication fee to take care of themselves and their families but up to now no money has been released to the members,” he said.
