the same time, Salva Kiir dissolved national secretariats and tasked Kumba with recommending new party secretariats. She replaced Anne Itto Leonardo in the position of deputy secretary general of SPLM. Kumba was sworn in on 13 November 2015. Commrade Jemma Nunu Kumba was appointed Minister of Gender, Child and Social Welfare in 2018. After the signing of the R-ARCSS, in 2019 Comrade Jemma was appointed as the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs. On 23 July 2021 Hon. Jemma was nominated by the SPLM Leaderships as SPLM Candidate for the position of Speaker of the Revitalized Transitional National Legislative Assembly. Personal life She is married to Festo Kumba, the former minister of Animal Resources and Fisheries. The couple has four children. See also SPLM SPLA References External links Website of Government of South Sudan Living people Speakers of the National Legislative Assembly (South Sudan) Sudan People's Liberation Movement politicians Government ministers of South Sudan 21st-century South Sudanese women politicians 21st-century South Sudanese politicians Women government ministers of South Sudan 1966 births People from Western Equatoria University of Namibia alumni