Economic Reform Committee Sets Sights on Juba Airport Revenue Collection
South Sudan’s High-Level Ministerial Committee on Economic Reform has resolved to conduct an inspection visit to Juba International Airport as part of efforts to strengthen revenue collection, identify potential leakages and improve accountability in the management of public resources.
The decision was reached during the Committee’s 17th regular meeting held Monday at the Ministry of Finance and Planning under the chairmanship of Hon. Pieng Deng Kuol.
Briefing journalists after the meeting, Committee Rapporteur James Mawich, who also serves as Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, said the planned visit would enable the Committee to assess the operations of government revenue-collecting agencies at the airport.
Mawich said the Committee would also examine how revenues generated at the country’s main international gateway are collected, managed and transferred to government accounts.
The inspection is expected to focus on revenue-collection procedures, the effectiveness of existing revenue-mobilization mechanisms and the management of resources generated through airport operations.
The move comes amid the government’s broader economic-reform agenda aimed at increasing domestic revenue, strengthening compliance and addressing weaknesses that could contribute to the loss of public funds.
Juba International Airport is a key revenue-collection point, with customs duties, taxes, immigration-related fees and other statutory charges collected by various government institutions operating at the facility.
Concerns over revenue leakages and weaknesses in collection systems have previously drawn attention to the airport, including concerns raised earlier this year by officials of the South Sudan Revenue Authority over unauthorized tax exemptions and their potential impact on customs revenue.
The planned inspection places the airport within the Committee’s wider effort to scrutinize strategic revenue points and ensure that government policies are effectively implemented.
Meanwhile, the Committee is continuing its follow-up mission in Nimule, where a subcommittee led by Interior Minister Gen. Aleu Ayieny Aleu has been tasked with monitoring the implementation of economic-reform resolutions and directives issued following the Committee’s earlier visit to the border town.
The Nimule mission is focused on improving revenue collection, strengthening compliance and addressing operational challenges affecting trade and revenue administration along the Juba-Nimule corridor.
The Committee’s increased field engagement signals a shift from policy discussions in government offices toward direct monitoring of revenue-collection points and institutions responsible for managing public resources.
The planned inspection at Juba International Airport will therefore be closely watched for its findings and any measures that may follow to strengthen revenue accountability and improve government collections.
