In this article, I will take you through what the current mining sector is doing for South Sudan as an important part of the government of South Sudan. In addition to that, I will be quoting the findings from the Sentry Report.
In the past recent years, the South Sudan mining sector emerge with the hope that the actors will be able to develop the country through the use of the existing mineral resources.
In due time as the sector progresses since 2012, there's has been no serious mechanisms to control the overflow of the wealth gotten from the mining sector. Apart from the revenue received from the petroleum sector.
According to the recent Sentry Report and the Enough Project; "ineffective accountability mechanism, an opaque corporate landscape, and inadequate due diligence have exposed the sector to abuse by bad actors within South Sudan's ruling clique."
Isn't this the result of the negligence of laws that are governing the use of the mineral resources in the country, laws which are violated by the so-called "bad actors."
Our people are the ones who created this vacuum and the weakest environment exposed to exploitation of resources by the individuals who keep putting their interests first.
In addition to what I just said, "President Salva Kiir's daughter partly owns a company with three active licenses, while another company with three licenses former Vice President James Wani Igga's son as a shareholder."~~The Sentry, John Prendergast.
The names of those stakeholders are not being mentioned in the report. But the question remains, what are they doing with the wealth that they have exploited from the mining sector? When the country has been bleeding to death throughout the conflict period until the formation of the revitalized transitional government of national unity.
Without accountability and transparency; the mining sector will always be exploited. What is needed is the enaction of laws existing to empower the institutions.
In the recent Sentry Report; "Companies seeking to do business in the country should adopt industry best practices, particularly by disclosing information about ongoing due diligence efforts, public payments, and human-rights sensitive security policies. This is a good recommendation if it's followed by the government, but since certain actors are already part of the government, it will be a difficult task.
According to the recent Sentry Report, of the: "Untapped and Unprepared: Dirty Deals Threatens South Sudan Mining Sector." The following are their findings: "
Machiek Machiek Akuocpiir Cayier is a Student of Science and Technology. Who is pursuing the Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering at the International University of East Africa in Kampala Ugandan.
He is also a South Sudanese Intellectual, Poet, Rapper, Model, Translator, Philosopher and Software Engineer.
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