The National Legislative Assembly on Monday adopted a report to hold Judiciary of South Sudan accountable to the parliament financially as opposed to its independence.
Acting Speaker Joy Kwaje Eluzai ruled out that whoever handles public funds in the Judiciary should account to parliamentarians.
MP Kom Kom Deng of Northern Bahr El Ghazal State suggested that the parliament should nullify the 40 percent revenues the Judiciary retained.
He recommended that the Judiciary has to account for the 40 percent revenues retention since 2005 up to the independence era.
MP Deng lamented that a junior staff in the Finance Ministry approves and documents the 40 percent retention instead of the legislature as the overseer.
He added that the Finance Minister wondered after notising the mess.
MP Mary Kiden Kimbo of Kajo-Keji County in the parliamentary Economy Cluster said in Germany, the Judiciary is only independent to administer justice.
She said the Judiciary must account to people’s representatives in the administration of finances or taxpayers’ money.
Public Accounts Committee deputy chairperson Jamal Lomongin Peter presented the report on accountability of the Judiciary to the parliament financially.
The report covered experiences from Uganda, Kenya and South Africa where the Judiciary accounts to legislature.