Friday, 6 May 2016

Thrown out of a cabinet meeting because of a bow tie?

South Sudan's new water minister in the recently formed national unity government has alleged that he was thrown out of a cabinet meeting because of his bow tie.
Mabior Garang de Mabior posted this picture of himself on his Facebook page
 Mabior Garang wearing a bow tie
The caption he posted read: "Arriving home after-being kicked out by [President] Salva Kiir from the first sitting of the council of ministers for being inappropriately dressed."
So he changed his tie and posted this:Mabior Garang wearing a tie

He wrote: "After coming home and changing my bow tie at the advice of the First Vice President Dr Riek Machar... I returned to the council of ministers meeting... only to be harassed and barred from entry by Salva Kiir's bodyguards."
Mr Mabior - who is aligned with the former rebel leader Mr Machar - then makes a political point: "They should understand that this unity government will not be business as usual...change is here."
The unity government was sworn in last week in line with a peace deal aimed at ending the civil war that began in December 2013.

Source: BBC News

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