Parliament Approves the Appointment of Ministers

The House of Peoples' Representatives unanimously approved the appointment of 16 ministers presented by Prime Minister Doctor Abiy Ahmed today.

Among the 16 appointees, 10 of them are newly promoted while another six ministers were reshuffled to new positions.

Earlier, the House approved proclamation 1084/ 2018 which provided for the formation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Resources.

Prime Minister Abiy told the House that his cabinet was selected with a major objective of swiftly addressing the demands from the public in an organized manner and to ensure economic and reasonable utilization of public finance and other resources.

The reshuffle of federal government ministers is part of the reform process to overcome the public grievance through fighting corruption and nepotism, Prime Minister Abiy said.

He said that the newly appointed ministers are expected to immediately start their duties in their respective ministries by consulting with their management and operational staff.

Here is the list of ministerial appointments - approved by the parliament today:

1. Shiferaw Shigutie Minister of Agriculture and Livestock resource
2. Sirag Fegessa Minister of Transport
3. Dr. Hirut Woldemariam- Minister of Labor and Social Affairs
4. Teshome Toga - Minister of Public Enterprises
5. Umer Hussien - Authority of Customs and Revenue Director-General (with the rank of minister)
6. Uba Mohamed – Minister of Information and Communication Technology
7. Dr. Ambachew Mekonen- Minister of industry
8. Motuma Mekassa - Minister of Defense
9. Fozia Amin - Minister of Culture and Tourism
10. Ahmed Shide - Minister of Government Communication Affairs Office
11. Jantirar Abay - Minister of Housing and Urban Development
12. Melese Alemu - Minister of Mines, Petroleum and Natural Gas
13. Birhanu Tsegaye - Attorney General (with the rank of minister)

     14 Yalem Tsegay-  Women and Children Affairs Minister

15. Melaku Alebel - Minister of Trade
16. Dr. Amir Aman - Minister of Health

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Finance: Sudan could not benefit from revoking sanctions, because of terrorism list

The State Minister for Finance has underlined that delay in lifting the name of Sudan from terror sponsoring list, has negatively impacted benefits expected from revocation of the economic sanctions

Dr Abdul Rahman Dhirar, told the Legislature that Sudan has remained for a long time from dealing with the international banking system a matter requiring restoration for confidence which in turn is time bound until the normal situation is restored.

The minister said the Sudanese banking system survived and is displaying strength albeit the long economic siege, and that the banking system was able to play its economic and social role in the best possible manner.

He said no Sudanese bank was bankrupt and that the coordination between the Ministry of Finance and the Central, the Bank of Sudan, is exemplary on issues related to financial and monetary policies as well as provision of foreign cash for import of life saving drugs.

The minister attributed the unprecedented hike in the foreign currency exchange to black market dealing in hard currencies and to smuggling while at the same time huge amount of local currency is offered in the markets, coupled with a media warfare that targeted the national economy. He said the government strong intervention has restored the situation to normalcy.

Members of the parliament have meanwhile called for revisiting the economic and financial policies adopted by the ministry of and the central bank recently and that the livelihood of the ordinary people be given priority in all planning
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Sudan and Kenya Agree on Confronting the Organized and Transnational Crimes

Khartoum – The Sudanese/Kenya talks concluded yesterday as the two countries agreed to cooperate in confronting the organized and transnational crimes including

terrorism, illegal migration, human trafficking and smuggling.
The two sides agreed to work for exchange of experiences between the two countries in respect of inventing local solutions to problems of the region and that the two sides got informed of Sudanese experiment of national dialogue and democratic practice in Kenya.
The Vice-President of Kenya, William Ruto has visited to Sudan during April 9-11 at invitation of the First Vice-President of the Republic and National Prime Minister, 1st Lt, Gen. Bakri Hassan Saleh during which he was accompanied by a high-ranking delegation and where the two sides held talks over a host of issues of common concern.
According to the Final Communiqué issued yesterday the two sides discussed international and regional issues of common interest and underscored common understanding over such issues as well as political and diplomatic coordination at international forums to confront challenges facing the region and Africa.
The communiqué indicated to existing references and frameworks representing the joint ministerial committee and the political consultation committee between Foreign Ministries in of the two countries, which work for boosting bilateral relations and cooperation in addition to implementation of agreements protocols signed between the two countries.
The communiqué said the two sides agreed to cooperate in confronting the organized and transnational crimes, encountering terrorism, illegal migration, human trafficking and smuggling.

The two sides tackled situations in the region and expressed readiness to work together for finding sustainable solutions.
For his part FVP, 1st Lt. Gen. Bakri Hassan Saleh affirmed Sudan’s seriousness in realizing peace and security in South Sudan and the region in general pointing out to Sudan’s membership in the AU, IGAD and COMESA, adding that the trade exchange with Kenya amounted to US$240 million.
The Vice-President of Kenya, William Ruto described Al Bashir order to release the political detainees as a step that paves the way for boosting freedoms.
He added that he also discussed with President Al Bashir the ways of boosting the bilateral relations between Sudan and Kenya in all aspects.
Ruto pointed out to his visit to Kenana Sugar Company to stand on Sudan’s experience in sugar production, adding that Kenya will benefit from Sudan in this field.
He lauded the lifting of US sanctions on Sudan describing it as a step towards upgrading the Sudanese economy and supports the trade cooperation between Sudan and the neighbouring countries including Kenya.
He pointed out to his meeting with the officials of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) to implement several projects in Kenya in food processing and health.
He announced the readiness of his country to provide the technical experiences and training the cadres on permanent constitution-making

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