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Saturday, July 31, 2010    Your Opinions and Comments Here Count and Impact Every Time and Everywhere
New The Rightful meaning of the July 30th Martyrs Day
Each time I think about the July 30th of every year, I think a lot more things; about South Sudan, Dr John Garang (photo) and all the fallen martyrs of Sudan. I think about my uncles and aunts, nieces and nephews. I contemplate on the old days of the bush life, the strong stormy...
New Imminent war in Sudan? Not exactly
One would think that after two difficult wars, Americans would be hesitant to meddle in Middle Eastern nations with troubled political climates. In the last few weeks, however, astute and knowledgeable observers have been building a case for intervention in Sudan. While suggested interventions do fall short of military engagement, many are calling for sanctions, tighter arms embargos, and support for trying the current..
 New Dr. Lam Akol's soliloquy and the truth deficit: Dr. Nyaba replies
Reading through Dr. Lam Akol’s piece, “Dr. Peter Adwok thrives on falsehood,” I failed to find anything that could be categorized as falsehood. What I found was Dr. Lam Akol reflected in his own writing. I understand Dr. Lam Akol very well; his coming out in the open like big snakes when they sense a coming earthquake means that my response to Dr. Peter Adwok Otto must have romped his sensitive..
New Dr Peter Adwok Thriving on Falsehood: Dr. Lam's rebuttal
Dr Peter Adwok Nyaba, the Minster of Higher Education and Scientific Research, seems to enjoy attacking my person with or without reason. I've (pic- Dr. Lam) all along taken the line to ignore him for he's never been consistent in what he writes about. Even his colleagues in the SPLM don't take him seriously. What a shame for a person of his caliber. Nonetheless, his
On greater crimes committed by Gen. George Athor: A Reply
My reply to brother Atok Baguot: What is going on with you, brother, is the assumption of effect than the cause itself. A week ago or so, Mr. Mareng wrote an article about Pigi County and the ongoing drama in the area, and all his findings and the crimes committed by SPLA brought this debate to light. His personal views and charges he had put on
Charles B. Kisanga and Co. Defection
Since the defection of Charles B. Kisanga to the SPLM, a lot things have been said by all the concerned parties, be they the supporters of SPLM-DC or of Charles B. Kisanga.  Each fighting for their side to convince others that they were right to defect because of the justifications they brought forward or right to condemn respectively...
Abyei Demarcation Incomplete, but Borders are Fixed, People will Continue to Migrate, and the Abyei Referendum will Occur
One year ago today, a tribunal sitting at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in the Hague helped to ensure peace among our people by issuing a decision defining the borders of the Abyei Area. The demarcation of this border has been stalled and politicized unnecessarily. This now threatens that peace. The SPLM calls on the GOS, opines Dr. Machar...
Why NCP want to fight SPLM because of oil in the South
The president of Sudan, Omar El Bashier, delayed the post-referendum issues as a substitute for war. There is no doubt about this game. The delay of these referendum arrangements are clearly an indication of war in the country. This decision is perilous because the government of South Sudan can't afford the threat of NCP at this particular...
Not Confederation, but total ‘Independence,’ Mr Mbeki
The statement by Mr Mbeki is a simple replicate of the general attitude of the AU towards South Sudan. As a result, it must be taken this point that caution must be taken on the designed ‘confederation’ road in which this African Panel wants to divert the Southerners to. Mr Mbeki has made it vividly clear that he is here to employ the joint AU-NCP agenda of unity...
The Audacity of a Nonentity: Dengdit Ayok has gone too far on Dr. Lam Akol
In the African culture, it's said that if a young man abuses an elder, there must be another elder pushing him to do so. Our society is based on the respect of the elders even when you differ with them. In Dengdit Ayok’s “An Invitation to Dr Lam Akol Ajawin to Rejoin the SPLM/A!” we see audacity, preposterousness and sheer rudeness to say nothing about ignorance and the truncation of...
Is there a chance for unity of Sudan at the end of the interim period of the CPA?
Some say divorce is painful and people who experienced divorce will admit it. Without beating about the bush is there a chance for unity of Sudan at the end of the interim period of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) of January 2005? Realistically there is none. This is not music
What's the Confederation replacing in the CPA-- Unity or Separation?
Few days ago on July 14th 2010, a colleague working with the National Democratic Institute [NDI], a Washington D.C-based organization working for the principles of good governance, human rights, citizens civic and political eduction etc in the South called me from the town of Waw, Western Bhar al Ghazal State and asked me, “Rengo, what is the public opinion about confederation in Juba?...
Can GOSS ban SPLM-DC in south Sudan? Letter to Dr Nyaba
In your article which was a response to the article written by Dr Peter Adwok Otto, you mentioned that the process of De-legitimising of SPLA/M is being contemplated by GOSS in Juba. I want to ask you.. do you want to set in Chollo Kingdom the ground for another MatabeleLand reminiscent to what happened in Zimbabwe of Robert Mugabe?
Will the Southerners be in peace after the Referendum?
To this question, the answer is definitely no! Because all the region is facing similar problems which are created by ethnic violence. The violence is fueled by some elements. Since the signing of the CPA, people of Southern Sudan have never got any rest because of tribal tensions. Unfortunately, the government has done nothing about such...
South Sudan Youth for Separation must be prepared for much tougher roles
With just a few months left till 9th January 2011- the date for the much anticipated referendum- it remains bewildering to see that some prominent politicians of the dominant SPLM and NCP parties remain stuck in their awkward position of preaching the un-becoming unity of the Sudan. Nevertheless, the greatest of all hypocrisies is strikingly captured in SPLM’s ambiguous position where the same leaders who till late pride themselves as unionists..
Ethnic Cleansing in Collo Land
What's going on in Fashoda county these days is amounting to ethnic cleansing by SPLA and Dinka Militia from Bilthiang. (pic--Shilluk protests) What happened in LUL on Thursday 8/7/2010 was disheartening. 9 Collo youth were collected together
Mama Referendum, here we come!
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki of the AU High-Level Implementation Penal (AUHIP) is heard of suggesting parallel options besides what everyone knows and the world has done in Naivasha-Kenya nearly six years. Discussions shall commence this week between the two peace partners (SPLM and NCP), and here comes the..
Is sustainable development possible in South Sudan?
In this reflective paper, I will critically elaborate on my own understandings about what should constitute sustainable development and interconnect it to the developmental experiences in South Sudan. In doing this, it will provide an insight into the notion of development and highlight the key issues that have been at the heart of development...
President al Basher: You can’t have it both ways!
Now, is there any diplomatic way to say to a president that he's a liar, insane and a pinhead? Of all people, in this largest country in Africa, the Sudan, the embattled tyrant, Pres. Basher, should've known that the bitter defeat that he's dealt with in South at the hands of Arman, was...
Unity support fund projects in the South for unity of Sudan
It seems Northern Sudan has run out of any concrete action but not yet of ideas to make unity of Sudan attractive. Naturally the North won’t run out of ideas because it is very keen on unity with the South which is anyway adamantly reluctant for obvious reasons. Lately the North has come up with ideas it conceives as a grand plan of unity support fund projects to make unity attractive...
Can the Dying Unity be Resuscitated?
I guess it never hurts to try; so, President Al Bashir of the ruling NCP still has hopes that unity can be achieved. Whatever method he can utilize to resuscitate the unity of Sudan is very important to his survival in the North because majority of northerners have placed the whole blame on him for allowing southerners to incorporate the provision of self–determination in the CPA document...
The Revert to CONFEDERATION is a Directionless Politics
Those who  read the Sudan Tribune 02/07/10, could not have missed the report on the joint meeting between the Sudan’s federal government and the government of south Sudan that took place in the south capital of Juba. In that report I must seriously confess that it all came to me as a surprise when the vice president Ali Osman Taha, who was there to represent the northern ruling elites, when he...
It Is Too Late for Sudan's Unity!
Sudan is passing through a period described by both the Northern and Southern politicians as a “critical period” in its modern history. Peace in the Sudan is about to come to an end, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), which was negotiated and signed by the parties; the SPLM/A and the National Congress Party (NCP) more than five years ago in Kenya, with its six...
Is South Sudan’s Referendum Up For Sale?
You better believe it. Now, virtually, Khartoum, the capital of the Sudan has turned out to be the potential destination for those greedy people who seek to cash in for opposing the referendum and the right of the people of South Sudan for self-determination, which would be decided- supposedly- in the general referendum in 2011. What else to explain Khartoum’s harboring of all...

 

 
  New A Shrewd Man with a Great Vision!
  The 30th of July has come again. It is a special day for us, it is a National Martyrs’ Day here in Southern Sudan, it is a day for us to honor and commemorate all our heroes, heroines and martyrs who have laid down their lives for the sake of freedom, equality, justice and human progress in Southern Sudan in particular and in the Sudan at large...
  New Dr. Toby Madut Parek prefers a guaranteed Second Class Citizenship over a Bumpy Independent South Sudan
  “Speaking to Radio Miraya, Madut said political parties and marginalized people who would not like Southern Sudan to be divided into small states should work for unity and diversity of the country”, the news went to read. Veteran Dr. Madut sounds surely worried about a possible fragmentation of south Sudan...
  New GoSS Indifference Over Dinka SPLA Ethnic Cleansing of Shilluk People
  Many of us are becoming concerned about the security of our citizens due to the GoSS silence over the atrocities committed against unarmed civilians in Shilluk Kingdom by Dinka SPLA.  Since the signing of the (CPA in 2005  between SPLM/A and NCP and the Dinka took over majority rule in the GoSS, insecurity has...
  New Youth and the Referendum Campaign
  “I'm happy to join” my fellow youth today in South Sudan and around the globe and add my voice to their voices “in what'll go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.” The news had it that South Sudanese youth in their tens of thousands have recently staged peaceful processions in Juba the capital city of the South, in Rumbek, in Wau and in Aweil claiming the independence...
  Dr. Lam Akol: Kick Off Power addiction!!
  A much deserved kudos is owed to Engineer Charles Kisanga, the former senior executive member and co-founder of the SPLM –DC Party, who courageously resigned his number two ranking position in the party most Southerners, if not all, believe it is a Southern wing of the NIF and NCP, respectively. “The Chairman started to show dictatorship and corruption, whereby the party became a one-man show,” wrote Kisanga...
  Pres. Bashir categorically pushes Darfur towards secession
  There is every reason to say that the bumpy implementation of the CPA between the National Congress Party (NCP) and the former southern rebels of the SPLM could be enough reason to make the Darfuri rebels lose any faith in reaching a binding peaceful settlement with Khartoum any sooner. This supposition remains strongly supported by what might have come as a total...
  Political coordination needed in South Sudan
  Political activities carried out by executive, legislative, and judiciary branches in all governmental levels in Southern Sudan need a serious coordination. Different types of coordination are needed in various institutional levels within the political system that play a role in the overall capacity of improving political system. The aim is to produce harmonious adjustments and results, which will gradually evolve into good governing...
  Sudan's contentious issues in the post-referendum period
  On the issue of referendum yes, we have already fought the war and that's exactly why there is a current autonomous government in the south, that's why we will have referendum in January 2011. Perhaps, the majority of southerners if given chance to vote freely during the referendum, they will vote for the separation than the marginalized...
  Referendum result is imminent separation so long as chameleon-like politicians stay out of it
  While we are heading towards referendum with higher aspirations for our new independent and sovereign State, we need to be physically, psychologically, ideologically and religiously prepared for either good or catastrophic results of the referendum...
  South oil up for grab while Confederation hawkers strive to sway public opinion
  It seems too soon for the hawkers of the so-called confederation to strive to steal the show, by thrusting on the table an unpopular agenda for discussion, at the time that Southern Sudanese are gearing up in full force to vote for secession at the upcoming Referendum in January 2011. The..
  An Invitation to Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin to Rejoin the SPLM/A!
  Dear Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin, peace be multiplied unto you. I have read your books “SPLM/SPLA the Nassir Declaration,” “Southern Sudan Colonialism, Resistance and Autonomy,” and I have realized the tremendous role you had played as one of revolutionaries who laid a strong foundation for a movement and army that has been fighting to...
  The Paradigm of South Sudan Referendum
  So will the referendum be a death-bed of the CPA and/or what happens if the referendum is not done? There are possible answers to the question asked. First, there is possible likelihood of declaration of independence by Government of South Sudan [GoSS] and by the people of South Sudan to have an independent South Sudan state. Declaration of statehood is vested in the people; but it's not...
  Yes to Confederation, but will it do any Good to Southern People?
  Confederation has pros and cons that would modify or hamper the existence of south Sudan independence, simply because the idea is more irrelevant. We don’t need this confederation, period. And so whoever promotes this idea is against our interest. We can join hands in fight against the enemy of the south by letting the world know that NO TO CONFEDERATION, yes to Separation...
  The Shilluk Kingdom Today: Challenging the 'Dinka invaders'
  Shilluk people feel marginalized worst than done to them by the Arabs over the years. They believe that those of them in the SPLM are people who have accepted Dinka domination and are therefore traitors. They feel at home with Dr Lam's leadership since he is the one who has the guts to challenge the Dinka invaders...
  Crimes committed by SPLA against People of Pigi County in pretext of Gen. Athor's defection
  Gen. Athor's rebellion against the SPLA has created humanitarian catastrophes in the Pigi County of Jonglei State. These catastrophes are serious violations of International Humanitarian Law under the UN definition of the crimes against humanity at any given point. The people of Pigi County are being murdered day and night because.
  Revenue collection for services and development in Central Equatoria State
  Any State in Southern Sudan collects revenue to deliver the badly needed services and development to improve the conditions of life of its people. Central Equatoria State is no exception. It collects revenue with the aim of delivering services to the people. With sufficient revenue collected economic development to reduce poverty could also be...
  Oil Pipeline to Indian Ocean is as important as Independence itself
  It could be rightly assumed that the discovery of the huge Oil reserves in the country, where more than 85 % of it lie inside the southern territories, this black gold is right now in the centre of what otherwise is a five-decade old human struggle for liberty, justice, equality and human dignity...
  Plight of Southerners in detention centers in north Sudan
  Statistically, exact numbers of Southerners serving their jail sentences in the north are not known even to our government let alone crimes such culprits were accused of. I happened to have a talked with..
  Press censorship will never stop the secession of south Sudan
  The recent crackdown on newspapers in the Sudan came as no surprise to those who maintain good track on the records of the dominant Islamist National Congress Party (NCP) of President Al Bashir. Since the dawn of the military coup that brought these Islamists to power in the Sudan in...
  Why weak public institutions are the biggest threats to South
  No question many nation-states rising from civil wars are prone to all kind of corruption due to socio-economic, political, and environmental factors which are not the main focus of this brief article. However, I'd argue that weak state institutions with poorly enforced rule of law are the major threats to any post-conflict new emerging...
  To South Sudan patriotic separatists
  Please before you go through the below excerpts, try to get hold of these intriguing questions about our fate and destiny: 1) Is the "confederation" that the Vice President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha is trying to discuss and negotiate with the SPLM/A in Juba these days the implementation of the inter alia  mentioned in CPA article: That the people of South Sudan have the right to self-determination, inter alia, through a referendum to determine their
  GOSS under SPLM needs to  mobilize entire South Sudanese toward referendum exercise
  With general elections and formation of governments behind us, the most serious one and the “MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT” of the CPA document, Referendum exercise is right here around the corner. It is our duty then to make sure that referendum exercise is carried out on time without delay as stipulated in the CPA...
  South Diaspora participation in 2011 Referendum impossible
  With seven months left for referendum exercise to take place on January 9, 2011, Southern Sudanese Diaspora participation will not be possible due to time factor. With due respect, Southern Sudanese Diaspora participation in referendum exercise was needed and still needed by Southern Sudanese living in Diaspora. They are confident that if they...
  President Kiir is accountable for the failure of the south
  The south Sudanese President, Salva Kiir Mayardit, is responsible for the failure of south for good. In response to the article written by Dr. Thuou Loi "Pres. Kiir has done his part effectively," the situation in southern Sudan will never improve if its politicians, writers and readers keep hiding..
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    Kiir's new disastrous misrule, once again, must end

    Quote: ‘Where there is no rule of law, the rule of the jungle does not provide peace.’ By a Kenyan official, May 14, 2010. (Daily Nation)

    As evidenced by the latest mind-boggling enormity and composition of the GOSS Cabinet, Salva Kiir has demonstrated beyond any doubt that he cares little by his perpetuation of misrule and disaster in our dear South Sudan Nation.

    How would any serious and competent leader, especially in the current financial, political and insurrection-ridden predicament in which we, south Sudanese, are starkly confronting, conceivably create such a monstrosity of a cabinet made of questionable incompetent political protégés, failures and undesirables?

    As a feckless leader who seriously lacks any quantifiable leadership genes to lead and develop a nation, Kiir has definitely ensured the misrule and failure of the south Sudan nation by his devilish composition of such a humongous politicized administration.

    With more than 32-plus previously tested and failed so-called ministers, and a correspondingly corruption-ridden big government proportional to the size of the cabinet, the worst guess is that the future of the south, whether now or after the Referendum, is clearly precipitous and doomed.

    We, the people, sadly are going to see all money, whether from the oil remittances or foreign aid that would have gone for development disappear just as quickly as rain drops in the desert.

    Just like those 7 to 8 billion dollars that easily vanished without any accountability during Kiir First Misrule government.

    More importantly, however, is the shameful fact that Mr. Kiir has blatantly subverted all the civilized precepts and principles of electoral democracy by his ill-advised appointments of such unpopular political rejects like the Nunus, Luks, et al.

    These days in Juba, the Capital, one doesn't need to do open political surgery to uncover that the face of President Kiir directly and unhappily emblematizes an oppressive and devious leadership that stands accused of having blatantly robbed the masses of their genuine leaders.

    If Kiir really wanted to truly demonstrate that he is a better leader especially with all the Election rigging committed by his SPLM in connivance with Abel Alier’s National Election Commission, he, Kiir, must first sincerely embark on reconciliation and unity of the south.

    Worrisomely, with the festering armed military insurrections across the south, the imperative for the urgency of reconciliation is absolutely important.

    Unfortunately, a gullible Kiir stupendously chose appeasement of the few instead of statesmanship, as demonstrated by his short-sighted brainless reappointment of political cronies, failures and sycophants back into the cabinet.

    Like the infamous Roman Emperor Nero, who sumptuously feasted in the face of calamity, President Kiir appears inexplicably oblivious and uncaring while South Sudan is literally burning as many innocent lives are needlessly lost while there are on-going egregious commissions of human rights abuses ostensibly by the SPLA.

    Not reaching out to reconcile with those of Gen. George Athor, Yau Yau, Gatluak Gai or bringing into the new government such populist and proven leaders like Gen. Alfred Lado Gore, Dr. Richard Mulla and others, Kiir has portentously closed the door for any peace and concordance among southerners.

    Unless Kiir adamantly refuses to see the writing on the wall, our smooth and unfettered march to a successful Referendum and expected Independence remains seriously precarious and unpredictable.

    Paradoxically, there has always been a lingering truism among the people that there is something inherently wrong with the SPLM and its armed twin, the SPLA, and this has sadly persisted up to the present times.

    Like founder Garang, Kiir has shamefully proved himself a tribo-fascist, bent on consummation of tribal domination at the expense of inclusivity of all south Sudanese in the government.

    By publicly confessing to killing south Sudanese separatists during the SPLM/A war, an unregretful Kiir has demonstrated utter callousness and insensitivity for the sacredness and sanctity of our compatriots’ lives that’s typical of the tribo-fascists who dominate the SPLM/A leadership.

    Juxtaposing this SPLM/A psychosis to the current situation where the same crimes now being committed in Khorfulus, Unity State and Pibor, it’s evident that this leadership has yet to change and abide by the ethos of a civilized society.

    Similarly, the entire Western Equatoria is today over ran and being terrorized by the Lord’s Resistance Army while the tribo-fascists controlling the SPLA criminally acquiesce to the incessant suffering of the Azande.

    A corrupt regime cannot control corruption. This is a most serious but expected pitfall of a Kiir’s one-party kleptocratic regime.

    How can such morally bankrupted ministers face the same electorate that just booted them out or how can the public trust them, really?

    Then again, with the new incompetent one-party dominated and rubber-stamping parliament and the same inept Speaker now assisted by a literally fossilized and de-brained deputy, any meaningful and vibrant democracy is assuredly eliminated.

    Finally, as virtual political hostages, the entire southern people are now completely at the mercy of the one-party, SPLM majority rule that’s epitomized by the in-coming dysfunctional GOSS which surely carries serious ramifications and pitfalls.

    With the numerous redundant clones of ministries to accommodate failed and politically deadwood ministers, our dear South Sudan Nation has great cause to worry about Mr. Kiir’s treasonous leadership.

    That’s why there is great impetus that immediately after the Referendum and hopeful Independence, we, south Sudan nationals, must put into place a new political and constitutional dispensation.

    That is how we can bring Kiir’s deplorable misrule, once and for all, to an end.

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