Lack of National Security and Intelligence Services in South Sudan BY: James Taban, USA
FEB. 19/2011, SSN; This is a response to the Editor's question: Does GOSS have any security and intelligence department responsible for guiding and protecting the national security of South Sudan? If they do have, where are they, and who is the head of National security and intelligence service or security agency of south Sudan? Does he really know how to do his job or still is stuck in a bush mentality on how to guide the national security of an independent nation? Everything seems to be in a mess right now, it seems the national security and intelligence are of no use or importance right now in south Sudan. Crimes and killings are on the rise in south Sudan; Juba is now described as worst than Kenyan capital, Nairobi, which is known as the crime capital of East Africa. You can't feel safe in Juba today whether by day or night, you don't know when you can be attacked or killed by well organized gangs of criminals. Today you cannot travel around south Sudan anywhere safely, you never know when unknown gunmen will attack. You cannot sleep in your bed at night peacefully, you never know when raiders will attack. Juba alone has seen a sharp rise in crime. Banks are being raided, businesses attacked by unknown criminal gangs, none has been apprehended or identified by GOSS security, police or internal affairs. People are scared and loosing trust in government of GOSS to guarantee their security and safety. GOSS has so far not even prioritized the serious security threats South Sudan is facing right now. There is no effective Immigration system in south Sudan, we do not know who is entering south Sudan or leaving, which of those are killers, assassins, mafia or other organized criminals; which ones are fugitives and which ones are agents of other countries. There is no organization or management of immigration and community security. GOSS security and internal affairs currently does not know how many foreigners are in south Sudan, where they are from, where they are staying and what they are doing. Is this not a big risk to security and safety of southerners? Where is south Sudan really heading with this lack of order and organizational structure? A well-thought strategic plan and roadmap is needed to bring back order and confidence to south Sudanese about their safety and security. Kirr has to understand that security strategy for a nation is different to a security strategy for a rebel group or guerrilla operations. Southern forces should operate like modern well informed and aware security services, well organized, alert, vigilant, monitoring, investigating and staying on patrol day and night like in other stable and secured countries. Enemies of south Sudan are using this weakness in organization of security in order to prove south Sudan as a failed state, not able govern itself. Unfortunately, civilians are paying with their lives in this process. South Sudan badly needs a well informed, well educated and conscientious department of national security and intelligence services, not run by old people with big stars and eagles claiming to be generals from the bush. This will not help south Sudan sincerely. If south has to realize security and move forward, the country will need a strong and well organized security and intelligence services divided into several departments like dealing with North Sudan, foreigners, organized crimes, internal and external threats. Southerners need to stop thinking that North is their only enemy. Look around Africa, it was not destroyed by the North. Don't think that those who destroyed Africa will spare south Sudan for some reasons. There are daily security violations occurring in south Sudan, killings in Jongolie, crime raids in Juba on daily basis, unknown attacks on Juba-Torit, Juba-Bor roads, unknown gunmen attacking civilians at night in different states. Where are all these people coming from? Is there a national security and intelligence operations to protect southerners and deal with criminals, rebels and external threats to south from north or from unknown countries? What is the national security and intelligence strategy for south Sudan, as the Web Editor asked on the website? Are southern leaders aware of the modern means and mechanisms of security and defense, is there police security, CID, Special forces, Military intelligence, national security? If they are there, what are they doing, why are innocent people dying everyday from causes which can be prevented through organized and well managed security operations? Has GOSS security departments failed? There should be change in security strategy or else more citizens will continue to die and soon south Sudan will become ungovernable due to insecurity, organized crimes, raids, rebels, militias, foreign criminals entering the country and even other countries targeting south Sudan. This is urgent if south Sudanese really see it. Well educated, well informed and security and politically conscious individuals should be sorted even from Diaspora and picked to head a new department for south Sudan security and intelligence agency like the FBI and CIA in order to save South Sudan from future collapse. James Taban, USA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
