Though applauded for scoring successes in talks with the Lords Resistance Army (LRA), Riek Machar will remain Sudan's Vice President, but he will drop his ministerial post at Housing, Land and Public Services. After investing heavily, business leaders complained that they were not granted the desired real-estate. It his known that Machar made large sums of money renting out tents. It is also common knowledge that he wanted to remodel and modernize Juba, not exactly a current priority. In a subtle understatement, the Khartoum Monitor opined that Machar had his hands full as Vice President now that Salva Kiir was spending so much of his time in the capital. John Garang's widow Rebecca was made adviser to the Ministry of Human Rights and Women's Issues, giving up her post at Transportation and Infrastructure. Since the end of hostilities, South Sudan still has few paved roads and while in charge, she did little more than fill potholes. Juba's only bridge over the Nile has been deteriorating for months with traffic able to cross only in an alternating single lane. Finance Minister Arthur Akuein Chol has been formally relieved of his duties. Prior to his dismissal, he had been suspended and questioned on allegations of kickbacks. Under house arrest for a period of time, he was freed after posting bail.

Three other ministers were also relieved of their duties and David Deng Athorbei changed Ministry. Four advisers to the President of South Sudan were named, three of whom served in the government beforehand. The President of the South Sudan Supreme Court was replaced as was a Legislative Assembly deputy. Salva Kiir dismissed and replaced eight Ministers and one Deputy in the State of Warrap along with four other Deputies in the State of East Equatoria.

Isaac Vuni, investigative journalist for the Sudan Tribune , has inquired on change of ministers in Juba streets. People were pleased. Riek Machar had the reputation of a troublemaker in the Bari neighborhood along the Nile. He is reported to have laid claim to land which he says belongs to him according to the CPA. Let him be mindful of his obligations as Vice-President instead. Rebecca Garang didn't build roads fast enough. Both she and Machar were the people most criticized. Salva should have given 25% of the cabinet posts to women, a woman said. The Minister of Information should have been fired cried others, claiming that he paid no attention to the fact that the board of directors were guilty of cronyism while the news coverage declined to zero. In stark contrast to the lack of attention paid to voices in the street, it was the Nur Democratic Forum of South Sudan's main faction based in Canada that raised its voice the loudest in protesting the recent government appointments. Most of the posts were given to Dinka belonging to clans from the Aweil and Gogrial from Bahr el Ghazal. Accordingly, anybody else is nothing but a second class citizen as is the case with the “Arabs”.