Financial Risk:
Critical
Score:
13/100
24
17/100
How effective are controls over the disposal of assets, and is information on these disposals, and the proceeds of their sale, transparent?
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South Sudan has a robust legal framework intended to promote an efficient, open and transparent public procurement and disposal of assets to all government…
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There is little or no information available publicly with regard to the disposal of public assets posing a significant challenge to accountability and transparency…
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While the Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets Act, 2018 aims to promote transparency, in practice, there seems to be a gap [1]. There…
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25
0/100
Is independent and transparent scrutiny of asset disposals conducted by defence establishments, and are the reports of such scrutiny publicly available?
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Chapter II of the Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets Act, 2018, outlines the powers of the PPDAA, which largely touches on scrutinising asset…
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Even though the Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets Act, 2018, [1] stipulates the process of procurement and disposal, there is no evidence of…
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Information on assets disposed by the defence and security sector in South Sudan are not available to the public [1]. Information on asset disposal…
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26
0/100
What percentage of defence and security expenditure in the budget year is dedicated to spending on secret items relating to national security and the intelligence services?
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The percentage of defence spending dedicated to secret items in not publicly available [1]. In addition, one cannot rely on the budget estimates presented…
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27
25/100
Is the legislature (or the appropriate legislative committee or members of the legislature) given full information for the budget year on the spending of all secret items relating to national security and military intelligence?
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The specialised Committee on Defence and Veteran Affairs in South Sudan’s National Legislative Assembly is provided with information on spending on secret items, but…
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28
0/100
Are audit reports of the annual accounts of the security sector (the military and intelligence services) subject to parliamentary debate?
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Oversight of the defence sector in South Sudan remains inadequate audit reports for the defence and security sector are not regularly presented in parliament.…
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Members of the legislative assembly are not provided with a copy of the audit done on the defence and security sector [1]. Therefore, this…
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29
0/100
In law, are off-budget military expenditures permitted, and if so, are they exceptional occurrences that are well-controlled? In practice, are there any off-budget military expenditures? If so, does evidence suggest this involves illicit economic activity?
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Both the SPLA Act 2009 [1] and the NSS Act 2014 [2] do not mention anything on off -budget expenditures and whether they are…
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Despite the absence of clear mention of off-the-books spending in South Sudan’s procurement laws [1] [2], military expenditures remain shrouded in opacity, making it…
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In addition to procuring weapons despite sanctions [1], the defence ministry and the National Security Services have continued to engage in illicit economic activities…
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In 2012, South Sudan enacted the Right of Access to Information Bill, establishing a legal framework that allows citizens to request information from both…
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Although the law gives citizens the right to information, it classifies information that can or cannot be released through this law. For example, Article…
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While there is an existing law that promotes freedom of information [1], and ongoing civic education efforts [2], there is lack of evidence that…
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31
25/100
Do national defence and security institutions have beneficial ownership of commercial businesses? If so, how transparent are details of the operations and finances of such businesses?
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South Sudanese defence and security agencies have been named in different reports over their involvement (or are believed to own) in commercial interests in…
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Transparency is limited when it comes to commercial benefits defence and security agents are involved in. Reports have described the commercial operations of the…
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32
25/100
Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard?
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Defence and security sector owned businesses like other government institutions in South Sudan are supposed to be subjected to scrutiny. The National Audit Chamber,…
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Auditing public institutions in South Sudan has generally faced obstacles from inadequate finances, lack of human resource and huge backlogs from overdue audits [1].…
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33
25/100
Is there evidence of unauthorised private enterprise by military or other defence ministry employees? If so, what is the government’s reaction to such enterprise?
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Legally, the Civil Service Act and the SPLA Act. [1] [2] prohibit civil servants from engaging in private enterprises. However, evidence from different reports…
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The involvement of top defence and security officials in private enterprises, sometimes illicit has been documented since South Sudan became independent in 2011. For…
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77
0/100
Is comprehensive data on actual spending on defence published during the budget year?
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The annual budget publishes estimates that give an idea of the amount the defence ministry intends to spend in a financial year. However, this…
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There are audit reports published online from the National Audit Chamber and they include reports of auditing done on the Ministry of Defence and…
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There is no comprehensive publication of actual defence spending in South Sudan during the budget year. While high-level figures (e.g., total defence allocation and…
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The Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs has come under scrutiny for being one of the departments with huge variances between the published budget…
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0
NA/100
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Asset Disposals
Q24
NA/100
How effective are controls over the disposal of assets, and is information on these disposals, and the proceeds of their sale, transparent?
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Q25
NA/100
Is independent and transparent scrutiny of asset disposals conducted by defence establishments, and are the reports of such scrutiny publicly available?
View QuestionSecret Budgets
Q26
NA/100
What percentage of defence and security expenditure in the budget year is dedicated to spending on secret items relating to national security and the intelligence services?
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Q27
NA/100
Is the legislature (or the appropriate legislative committee or members of the legislature) given full information for the budget year on the spending of all secret items relating to national security and military intelligence?
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Q28
NA/100
Are audit reports of the annual accounts of the security sector (the military and intelligence services) subject to parliamentary debate?
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Q29
NA/100
In law, are off-budget military expenditures permitted, and if so, are they exceptional occurrences that are well-controlled? In practice, are there any off-budget military expenditures? If so, does evidence suggest this involves illicit economic activity?
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Q30
NA/100
Are mechanisms for accessing information from the defence sector effective?
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Q31
NA/100
Do national defence and security institutions have beneficial ownership of commercial businesses? If so, how transparent are details of the operations and finances of such businesses?
View QuestionMilitary-owned Businesses
Q32
NA/100
Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard?
View QuestionIllegal Private Enterprise
Q33
NA/100
Is there evidence of unauthorised private enterprise by military or other defence ministry employees? If so, what is the government’s reaction to such enterprise?
View QuestionActual Military Spending
Q77
NA/100