{"id":31006,"date":"2026-04-07T14:12:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=31006"},"modified":"2026-04-07T14:12:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:12:46","slug":"south-sudans-president-sacks-parliament-speaker-deputy","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/south-sudans-president-sacks-parliament-speaker-deputy\/","title":{"rendered":"South Sudan&#8217;s President sacks parliament Speaker, Deputy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sudan President Salva Kiir has sacked the East African nation&#8217;s Speaker and Deputy speaker of parliament, according to \u200ca decree read out in the parliament this Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tulio Odongi Ayahu, chief whip of Kiir&#8217;s ruling Sudan People&#8217;s Liberation Movement (SPLM), announced the decree removing Speaker Jemma Nunu Kumba and her deputy, \u2060Permena Awerial Aluong, from their posts in the Transitional National Legislative Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The move follows a petition last week by SPLM caucus members accusing Kumba of corruption linked to the alleged mismanagement of parliamentary funds and calling for her removal.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kumba, who made history in 2021 as the first woman to serve \u200cas \u2060speaker of South Sudan&#8217;s parliament, has not responded to the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kiir appointed Joseph Ngere Paciko and Abuk Paiti Ayiik as the new Speaker and Deputy Speaker, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The \u2060sackings come after Kiir in late February abruptly fired the then Finance Minister Bak Barnaba Chol, who had been \u2060in office for just three months, without giving a reason.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Analysts say Kiir frequently reshuffles senior political and \u2060military posts to maintain his grip on power amid persistent instability and speculation over his eventual succession.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":29451,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-31006","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Sudan President Salva Kiir has sacked the East African nation's Speaker and Deputy speaker of parliament","published_date":"2026-04-07 13:47:30","news_description":"Sudan President Salva Kiir has sacked the East African nation's Speaker and Deputy speaker of parliament","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31008,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31006\/revisions\/31008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=31006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}