A mayor in South Sudan was caught on video slapping a feminine avenue vendor. He has since been sacked

JUBA, South Sudan — A video displaying a mayor in South Sudan slapping a feminine avenue vendor has gone viral. Now he has been sacked.

Within the video, Emmanuel Khamis Richard, the appearing mayor of the African nation’s capital, is seen wielding a pistol and strolling as much as the place a policeman and a girl vendor are scuffling because the police are attempting to clear a Juba avenue of unlawful distributors final week.

He the slaps the girl and walks away because the police operation continues.

The video was shared extensively on social media, prompting an uproar within the nationwide legislature whereas girls’s rights teams and activists have demanded the mayor be faraway from workplace, citing rights violation and poor management.

The mayor was then summoned to seem earlier than metropolis corridor councilors and when he failed to take action, he was laid off over the weekend.

Khamis Richard, who was appointed June 27, has not commented on the incident.

He’s the third mayor of Juba to be sacked because the formation of the transitional authorities in South Sudan.

Bol Deng Bol, an activist in Jonglei State, which borders Central Equatoria State the place Juba is situated, described the mayor’s removing as a major step in making certain accountability.

Bol, who chairs the Jonglei Civil Society Community, additionally urged for a civil lawsuit in opposition to the mayor.

The mayor’s successor has but to be appointed.