In a gubernatorial decree, Upper Nile governor Budhok Ayang appointed Francis Nyang Awok Ajang as the Mayor of the newly formed Malakal Municipality.
“I, Lt. Gen Budhok Ayang Aney Kur, Governor of the Upper Nile State do hereby issue this Gubernatorial decree for the appointment of Hon. Francis Nyang Awok Ajang as the mayor of Malakal City of the Upper Nile State,” read part of the decree seen by Sudans Post.