Kiir sacks state chief protocol

JUBA, JANUARY 12TH (SUDANS POST) – President Salva Kiir Mayardit this evening issued a republican decree dismissing his state chief protocol.

In the decree read out on the state-own South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC), Kiir sacked Sebit Bullen Kamonde and transferred him – in a different decree – to the ministry of foreign affairs and international cooperation.

In yet another republican decree, the South Sudanese president appointed Ambassador Ajiing Deng Ajiing as the acting chief protocol in the office of the president.

In many countries, the office of Chief State Protocol, usually a division of the ministry of foreign affairs primarily advises and assists the president, vice president and foreign minister on matters of diplomatic protocol, or etiquette.

Bullen was appointed by Kiir last year as the head of state protocol.

The senior government official was the South Sudan ambassador to Turkey since 2012 through 2014 and he has been linked to corruption practices by watchdogs including The Sentry.