Thirty-five Yei Legislative Councillors on Saturday completed a six-day gender training.
Councillors’ representative Margret Sadia appreciated Association of European Parliamentarian for Africa or AWEPA for training them, Easter Radio reported.
She said the training was the second of its kind after they received decentralization course last year.
Ms Sadia noted that the trainings equipped them on their roles and duties to formulate laws and policies in order to guide the County.
She appealed to AWEPA to continue training them on drafting of bills, monitoring, supervisions mechanisms, investment acts, and provision of child and other act.
AWEPA Program Officer Namala Andrew said Yei council was the only one that has ful attendance compared to those held in Eastern and Western Equatoria.
He said there would be legislative modules including drafting motions and bills and that other modules in finance and budget would also be covered in the coming trainings.
Mr Andrew added that AWEPA would continue building the capacity of councillors in Central Equatoria State until 2016.
Yei County Commissioner Juma David Augustine said the executives were not monitored because councillors were not well equipped.
He appreciated AWEPA for training councillors to equip them with their roles and responsibilities.
Mr Augustine added that it would be better if the training include executives in order to know the diversity and the mandate of councillors.
He clarified that if councillors sometimes challenged the situation in the county, executives looked at them as antagonists due to ignorance on the roles and responsibilities of councillors.
AWEPA sponsored the six-day training.