South Sudan's English Daily Newspaper
"We Dare where others fear"
South Sudan is listed in the bottom of the world’s most corrupt countries by Transparency International.
The country has remained in this shameful category for successive years since independence in 2011.
Actual corruption and perception of corruption are high, and this has scared potential investors from setting shop in Juba. The cost of opening or doing business in South Sudan remains costly and this is due to corruption by the elites.
President Sal;va Kiir has made some tangible achievements in the construction of roads and infrastructure, but he has so far failed in the war against runaway graft within his administration.
Corruption was among the major triggers of the 2013 conflict and any SPLM cadre should not forget this, because allowing corruption to permeate will eventually lead to the disintegration of South Sudan.
Nicholas Haysom, the head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) informed on Wednesday the Security Council the importance of the transparency and accountability in both non-oil and oil revenue collections in South Sudan.
South Sudan leaders should not be fooled that since the country is the youngest they have carteblanche to do as they wish with the resources of this poor country.
