SPLM-IO’s Upper Nile governor appoints mayor for ‘Malakal municipality’

JUBA  — South Sudan’s SPLM-IO-appointed governor of the country’s Upper Nile state has appointed a new mayor for the state capital Malakal which was controversially labeled as municipality during a meeting chaired by First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny last week.

In a gubernatorial decree, Upper Nile governor Budhok Ayang appointed Francis Nyang Awok Ajang as the Mayor of the newly formed Malakal Municipality.

“I, Lt. Gen Budhok Ayang Aney Kur, Governor of the Upper Nile State do hereby issue this Gubernatorial decree for the appointment of Hon. Francis Nyang Awok Ajang as the mayor of Malakal City of the Upper Nile State,” read part of the decree seen by Sudans Post.