Jemma Nunu Kumba

Jemma Nunu Kumba (born 1966) is a South Sudanese politician. She is the current Minister of Gender, Child and Social Welfare of South Sudan. She founded the Sudan women Parliamentary Caucus in 2004 at the start of the comprehensive peace agreement. She was chosen by the SPLM as the speaker of the Revitalised Transitional National Legislative Assembly (R-TNLA). She became the first woman to preside over the parliament of South Sudan.

Quotes

• power infrastructure is capital intensive and requires both public and private capital, which at the moment is not forth-coming.
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• The reasons are many and vary from different perspectives because the demands are not the same.  But in a nutshell, energy is required by all.  The new energy technologies provide a cleaner environment and energy, hence the improved health conditions of women.
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• Women spend most of their time fetching firewood for cooking and other domestic use. The availability of clean and easy access to energy will save women’s time and enable them to engage in other productive activities.
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• With particular reference to household energy, which women are the most concerned, be a working woman, a housewife, a female entrepreneur, etc. In this competitive world, there is a need to cut on time usage.
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• With the current trend, in which more women are pursuing studies in different fields such as engineering, medicine, etc., there will be many women competing for jobs in the energy sector and surely they are potential candidates to fill the gap in the industry.
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