Egypt established unknown water ministry in South Sudan – expert

JUBA – The Egyptian government has secretly established a branch of its ministry of water resources and irrigation in South Sudan, leaked documents disclosed to lawmakers by an expert during the closing session of the public consultation on water management on Wednesday show.

Professor Taj el Khazin, a Sudanese-born Canadian water expert, said he got the documents from an archive and urged the government in Juba to investigate the document and said that there is a branch of Egyptian water ministry in South Sudan.

“I got this document from the Archive. The equipment crossed from Egypt to Sudan, then from Sudan to South Sudan. The government of South Sudan is not mentioned there. Look at who was assigned. This is an Egyptian ministry established in South Sudan. Do you know that there is a branch of the ministry of a foreign country in South Sudan?” he asked during the consultation.

“But, there is no mention of who owned the equipment? There is no mention of the government of South Sudan. It is an Egyptian body sending to another Egyptian body. That is what the waybill said, it is not my words,” the expert added.

While Sudans Post cannot independently verify the authenticity of the documents, Prof. Taj el Khazin claimed that the leaked document is nine-page and contains 94 items including food stuff for the Egyptian engineers to stay longer.

“This document is 9 pages, it has 94 items, and it has a very large amount of food so that the technicians can stay, assemble, and operate. I think you need to do a reality check and see who owns that, who allowed it to come to the country, who owns it, is it for a contract, or is it part of a gift,” he said.