South Sudanese Citizens Line-Up to Acquire National ID Card, Passports
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President Salva Kiir Mayardit has officially launched the national registration centre and the issuing of the three national identity documents; nationality certificate, identity cards and passports of the Republic of South Sudan.
By Juma John Stephen
JUBA, 4th January 2012 [Gurtong] – President Salva Kiir Mayardit has officially launched the national registration centre and the issuing of the three national identity documents; nationality certificate, identity cards and passports of the Republic of South Sudan.
After receiving his passport President Kiir said that, “these are my documents, this is my passport and all these are the property of the Republic of South Sudan.”
The President directed the Ministries of Interior and National Security to identify all the foreigners in the country and investigate those who entered into the country without work and residence permits and take necessary measures against them.
“Entry to South Sudan is open to people who have proper documents. I ask the Ministry of Interior and National Security to identify people who are in South Sudan staying without visa, passport, residents permit and work permit. We have embassies in these countries so they should obtain these documents.” Kiir added.
Kiir warned authorities in the Ministry not to issue diplomatic and special passports to the citizens who do not deserve them. He further warned that government officials who threaten police officers issuing the passports and giving them bribes for diplomatic and official passports, should be reported to the authorities.
The Interior Minister Hon. Alison Manani Magaya reiterated that he had setup mechanisms for recognizing the presence of foreign nationals in the country and to make sure that they have legal permits. He then explained the procedures of acquiring the national documents.
“From today people will start receiving their identity cards. We will make sure that non-South Sudanese don’t get these documents. The Ministry of Interior will determine when you will return the old ones and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will determine when diplomatic passports will be returned,” said Manani
The Minister of Finance Hon. Kosti Manibe and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Hon. Nhial Deng Nhial are responsible for diplomatic and special passports.
The Vice President of Muehlbauera a Germany based Company which produced the documents for Republic of South Sudan; Mr. Mattauis Koler said that the documents are of first class quality.
“We are honoured to take a very small part in your independence by issuing the first electronic passports for South Sudanese,” Koler said
“South Sudanese now have first class national certificates, national identity cards and electronic environmental passports which none of your neighbours in this region have. You are one of the leading nations in electronic identification documents.”
President Salva Kiir Mayardit spoke at a ceremony in Juba on Tuesday.
[Salva Kiir]: “Today is the launching day for our Identity cards, passport and all that and we know all the challenges that are before us. To begin with, these are my documents and this is my passport. All these are the property of the Republic of South Sudan; they are not from any other country. During the time of the struggle when we were at war, there were friendly countries that gave us their passports that we used for travelling, and other travelling documents as well we used them. And today we have our own documents and we must own these documents with seriousness, these are the first documents that we are going to own as a new country.”
Kiir cautioned the Interior and foreign ministries to issue diplomatic passport only to those who deserve them.
[Salva Kiir]: “The Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Interior, make sure that when you approve these documents you approve them to the right person. Let people apply, and if there are people who deserve diplomatic passports, let them receive, and if they don’t deserve, like what happened during the first generation where many people acquired diplomatic passport, special passport, and these documents can be used against you whether you like it or not, because those people who acquire these documents they don’t take them in good faith, they come and take the documents and camouflage himself or herself so that they come to cause problem and tarnish the image of the citizens of South Sudan. Don’t allow this again.”
Kiir said that the new passport is internationally recognized.
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