President Kiir has appointed Hon. Angelina Teny as the new Minister of Interior on Tuesday evening in a presidential decree read on state owned television SSBC.
Angelina Teny, was fired by President Kiir in March this year from her former position as defence minister together with the former Minister of interior, Mahmoud Solomon but Angelina found her way back as the new Interior minister.
In a decree read on the South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation, Kiir also relieved Deputy Interior Minister Peter Puok Koang and replaced him with Marial Gumke.
The president, after relieving Teny in March, handed the defence ministry to his party, SPLM, a portfolio which, under the terms of the agreement, is meant to be appointed by Dr. Machar’s party.
The implementation of the revitalized peace agreement has however been slow-moving.
It is however not yet clear if Kiir and Machar reached an amicable agreement to swap the two ministries and appoint Teny as interior minister.