Abstract:
The paper is extracted from a study that sought to examine the financial capacity of South Sudan security
agents in controlling banditry along Nimule-Juba Highway. This study was informed by Resource-Based View
theory. Both the quantitative and qualitative data was collected, analysed and then interpreted by the
researcher and presented as research findings. The study found that a change in financial capacity of South
Sudan security agents leads to significant change in control of banditry in South Sudan; the level of funding to
the South Sudan Security agents was moderate and hence needs to be enhanced; the levels of remuneration in
the South Sudan security agencies are inadequate. The study concluded that financial capacity of South Sudan
security agents substantially contributed to control of banditry in South Sudan. Level of funding to the South
Sudan Security agents has been moderate. The study recommends that the ministry of finance should ensure
adequate budgetary allocation for South Sudan security agents. The government of South Sudan should also
ensure that South Sudan security agents are adequately remunerated and their welfare enhanced.It is expected
that the research findings will be useful in informing strategies for controlling banditry. The information
generated may also be important to policy makers and other relevant stakeholders in Security Sector Reforms
(SSR) and crime prevention programming.
