The process to reform the public sector may require democratically chosen leaders and new attitudes among those who physically fought in the struggle and those who did not.
Ebony Centre for Strategic Studies organized a debate on public sector reform in Juba on Saturday.
Participant Keji Roman commented that for the reform agenda to go ahead the Ministry of Labour and Public Service needs to contract competent staff and not people with the right connections.
She added that the ministry should also include equality and transparency as core values to give fair chances to people.
Participant Ateny Wek Ateny told CRN that the talk about reforms in the public sector has nothing to do with laws Ð they are there Ð but with a mentality change.
He explained that the implementation of laws was problematic because people who came from the bush and those who were within often spent more time criticising one another than learning from their experiences to serve the nation.
The two individuals were reacting to a discussion on public sector reform in South Sudan.
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