South Sudan President sacks national revenue authority boss

November 20, 2024 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has sacked the Commissioner General of the South Sudan Revenue Authority (SSRA), Africano Mande, appointing Simon Akuei Deng as his successor.

Kiir’s decree was announced on the state-owned television (SSBC) on Wednesday evening.

The decree, however, made no mention of why the SSRA Commissioner General was sacked.

Akuei, the Secretary General of the South Sudan National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, takes over his role at SSRA at a time when the country is grappling with economic challenges.

Revenues from oil account for at least 98 percent of South Sudan’s annual budget.

The SSRA is the revenue service of the South Sudan Government; it is a non-oil Revenue collecting body that was established in 2016 under the National Revenue Authority Act, 2016.

Its branches, however, include, but are not limited to domestic tax division and customs division.

(ST)