Climate change and the 2024-2025 South Sudan National Budget Discourse: A call for the inclusion of climate adaptation budget
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Author: Justin Monyping Ater
Law lecturer, School of Law, University of Juba, South Sudan
Introduction
On 30 June 2024, the first Undersecretary of the National Ministry of Finance and Planning of South Sudan issued a public notice announcing the end of the ‘Fiscal Year 2023/2024’. The Undersecretary further noted that the:
‘Ministry of Finance and Planning will not receive new claims until the 2024/2025 Budget is passed by the National Legislature and assented into law’.
As indicated in the notice itself, whatever is contained in it, was to be effective immediately considering the date it was issued. This is because under section 15(5) of the Public Financial Management and Accountability Act, 2011:
‘The Financial Year shall cover a period of 12 months, which shall run from 1st July to 30th June each year’.
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