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Police reform in southern Sudan

22 May 2009

While the survey’s main aim was to learn about The survey was conducted in seven locations in six people’s views on their security and the role the police of the 10 states of Southern Sudan: Juba and Yei in play in providing security at the community level, the Central equatoria State; Torit in eastern equatoria research in general sought to investigate the state of State; Bor in Jonglei State; Ma [...] For example, the committee has supported the production of a Defence White Paper that lays out Since the signing of the CPA, the GoSS has been the strategic vision of the SPLA and which was drafted preoccupied with transforming the SPLA from a and approved by the Southern Sudan Legislative guerilla force into a professional army. [...] The lack of a clearly defined space for the enforcement organs, especially the Police, and police within the structure of the GoSS has led to national Security organs … shall be dealt with as serious coordination challenges within the SSPS itself part of the power sharing arrangements…”31 and, most importantly, to challenges in coordinating Although the protocol set out arrangements for with other [...] This often fall to the SPLA.34 This is mainly because of the committee now seems to be replaced by the Police tendency of the government and citizens – who spent Working Group, consisting of SSPS focal point and most of the war years relying on the SPLA to provide representatives of un agencies and donor organiza- local security – to continue to call on the SPLA rather tions.33 however, according [...] As a result of this constant military influx into well as the relationship between the SSPS and the the police and poor record-keeping, the SSPS leader- SPLA will largely determine how effectively the GoSS ship has a difficult time determining the actual size of provides security to its citizens.
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Authors

Lokuji, Alfred

Pages
40
Published in
Canada

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