Lawmaker Calls for Support as Kiir Assumes EAC Leadership
South Sudan's speaker of the National Assembly, Jemma Nunu Kumba, is urging members of the East African Community, EAC, to support South Sudan and its president, Salva Kiir, as he assumes the leadership of the regional bloc later this month. Kumba made the remarks in Juba during the 16th Conference of the Speakers of the EAC. Viola Elias reports from Juba.