National Legislative Assembly
REPUBLIC of South Sudan

The Chairperson of the Standing Specialized Committee on Finance and Planning, Hon. Rev. Micheal Ayuen Johnson, presented Transitional National Legislature Clusters joint report of the Draft National Budget of Fiscal Year 2024/2025 and Financial Bill in its Second Reading Stage.

MPs stressed the need to increase finance to the health sector to tackle these serious gaps to improve the healthcare for the citizen South Sudanese. The August House extended concerns over the inadequate distribution for the health sector in the Draft National Budget 2024-2025 budget.

The Chairperson of the Standing Specialized Committee on Finance and Planning, Hon. Rev. Micheal Ayuen Johnson say overspending by various government agencies during the 2023-2024 fiscal year has led to over expenditure and overspent in some ministries.

Thus, the members of the Transitional National Legislature emphasized on the significance of allocating sufficient funding for implementation of peace in the Republic of South Sudan.

The August House deliberated and passed the observations and recommendations of the two Committees on Finance Bill 2024/2025 to the 3rd reading stage.