{"id":60961,"date":"2026-07-29T19:01:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T19:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/?p=60961"},"modified":"2026-07-29T19:01:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T19:01:34","slug":"parliament-considers-proposed-draft-holidays-bill-2026-amid-holiday-provision-gaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/?p=60961","title":{"rendered":"Parliament Considers Proposed Draft Holidays Bill 2026 Amid Holiday Provision Gaps"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.has-drop-cap:first-letter{font-size:4em;line-height:0.8;font-weight:bold;float:left;padding-right:8px;color:#DC2626}<\/style>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">At the parliament, where parliamentary sitting chaired by the Speaker, Joseph Ngere Paciko, considered a proposed Draft National Holidays Bill 2026, following gaps in public holiday provisions. \u00a0In his submission statement, the Chairperson of the parliamentary committee\u00a0 \u00a0on Legislation and Legal Affairs, Deng Tiel Ayuen says the Draft Bill is a personal initiative with implications for the national and state governments, describing the document as routine Bill to be discussed in the Transitional National Legislature. The nature of the draft document determines the number of days allocated for both public and religious institutions.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em>This report has been compiled, analyzed, and presented by the editorial team at Juba Global News Network. Juba Global News Network is your trusted source for news, analysis, and coverage of South Sudan and the African continent.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin:30px 0;padding:20px;background:#f8f9fa;border-radius:8px;text-align:center\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 15px;font-size:16px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Stay Connected with Juba Global News Network<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin:20px 0; text-align:center;\">\n        <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n             style=\"display:block\"\n             data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1692492430071995\"\n             data-ad-slot=\"XXXXXXXXXX\"\n             data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n             data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n        <script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script>\n    <\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:12px;justify-content:center;flex-wrap:wrap\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@jubaglobal?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:8px;padding:12px 24px;background:#FF0000;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-radius:6px;font-weight:600;font-size:14px\">&#9654; Subscribe on YouTube<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jubaglobal\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:8px;padding:12px 24px;background:#1877F2;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-radius:6px;font-weight:600;font-size:14px\">&#128077; Follow on Facebook<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the parliament, where parliamentary sitting chaired by the Speaker, Joseph Ngere Paciko, considered a proposed Draft National Holidays Bill 2026, following gaps in public holiday provisions. \u00a0In his submission&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-office-of-president"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60961"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60963,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60961\/revisions\/60963"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/60962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}