Financial Risk:
Critical
Score:
9/100
Asset Disposals
Q24
33/100
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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The Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets Act was passed in 2018 and outlines clear policies for government ministries on the process of procuring…
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There is little to no information about the process of disposing of assets. The Act governing the process is new and there is little…
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There is little to no information about the process of disposing of assets. The Act governing the process is new and there is little…
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Q25
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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By law, asset disposal is supposed to be scrutinised by the strong mechanisms outlined in the Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets Act 2018.…
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The Procurement Act details the establishment of independent mechanisms to oversee the process, but there is very minimal evidence available to show any disposal…
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Audit reports of the Defence Ministry are generally not available to the public due to the opaque nature of the government. [1]
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Secret Budgets
Q26
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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This information would, under normal circumstances, be found in the Ministry’s audit reports. But audit reports of the Defence Ministry are generally not available…
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Q27
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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Information on classified items, including expenditure, is usually given in general terms, and documents outlining this information that are presented to the legislative committee…
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Q28
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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Legislators are not provided with the audit reports. [1] Technically, they could request audit reports but it is not assured that they will get…
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Legislators are not provided with the audit reports. [1] Technically, they could request audit reports but it is not assured that they will get…
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Q29
8/100
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 and the NSS Act 2014 are silent on off-budget expenditures for the military and the National Security Service, respectively.…
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Theoretically, all off-budget expenditures are supposed to be officially recorded in the respective budgets of the military and the NSS. But there’s usually a…
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Both the SPLA and the NSS have a well-developed business footprint that is not stipulated in the acts governing the operations of both organisations.…
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The SPLA Act and the NSS Act do not outline how the public, media, or academia can access defence or security-related information. [1] [2]…
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This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. There is no legislation governing the classification of official government documents nor any outlining…
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There are no processes that have been outlined by government on how to access such information, as outlined in 30A. The public rarely has…
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Q31
13/100
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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The country’s defence institutions, notably the army and the National Security Service, have ownership (or are believed to have ownership) of commercial businesses that…
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South Sudan does not have an open business registry that shows who owns what in the country. [1] Therefore transparency is often an issue…
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Military-owned Businesses
Q32
25/100
Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard?
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In theory, all military-owned businesses are subject to scrutiny, including audits. The NSS Act, for instance, clearly states that the organ’s business is subject…
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Audits are not available to the public. In general, the last time the audits of government business were made available was in 2008. [1]…
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Illegal Private Enterprise
Q33
0/100
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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Private enterprise is not permitted by law for civilian employees in defence and for military personnel as outlined in the Civil Service Act and…
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Unauthorised private enterprise is common among top-level officials in the defence sector. Such officials have been documented owning or being shareholders in various types…
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Actual Military Spending
Q77
0/100
Is comprehensive data on actual spending on defence published during the budget year?
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Financial audits are not available to the public. In general, the last time the audits of government business were made available was in 2008.…
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Financial audits or budgets are not available to the public; as such, this indicator is marked ‘Not Applicable’. In general, the last time the…
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Financial audits or budgets are not available to the public; as such, this indicator is marked ‘Not Applicable’. In general, the last time the…
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Financial audits or budgets are not available to the public; as such, this indicator is marked ‘Not Applicable’. In general, the last time the…
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