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Who is going to fight in Abyei? Mr. Isaiah Abraham, don't cry for
other tribes to go and fight while Dinka are busy looting public
funds. Tell your corrupt president to to renounce tribalism. Former
two ministers of finance were not taken to court for misappropriation
of pubic resources instead taking Dr Josephine Lagu to court while
leaving her minister without being investigated because he is a Dinka.
Whom do you want to go and fight? You Dinka claim that you were the
ones who fought the war alone. I am surprised to see you acknowledging
the bravery of fighters like Gen. Mabutu Mamur Mete, Thomas Cirilo
Swaka, whom you have not talked about before, especially when Mabutu
was falsely accused and tried in vain while your Dinka generals are
engaging in corruption. You need to know that it is not fighting that
people like Mabutu and Thomas are to be cried for when in positions
they are kept far from. You cry to the Dinka generals to go and fight.
No body will fight to give Dinka positions and make corruption with
impunity. Lamija Milija, Juba - South Sudan
Who Deserved More Pay in South Sudan: Politicians or Soldiers? After
the CPA was signed and implemented, our South Sudan government turned
its eyes away from our heroes, whose their blood was shed in order to
bring the peace we are enjoying today. Our government turned away its
eyes from the widowers and widows of our struggle. Our government
turned away its eyes from living heroes and heroines. Generally, the
government of the South Sudan (GOSS) turned away from soldiers who
have fought the enemy for 22 years. When the time come for our
soldiers to enjoy the fruit of their struggle, only politicians in
Juba and states government enjoyed too much of the share, leaving our
soldiers- the back-bone of our country unnoticed. For example, the
soldiers killed in Abyei last week, nobody cares to remember them and
their families. That leads to the question, who deserved more pay in
South Sudan: politicians or soldiers?
In civilized nations, soldiers get paid more money. They get more pay
because their job was risky. They can get killed anytime. That is what
our government in South Sudan needs to understand. Our soldiers
deserved and must be given more pay than politicians in the states and
regional government or their pay must equal to members of parliament
pay. It is time that people should get paid equally or according to
complexity of their work. It will be a good time for the government of
south Sudan should set a pay standard for each kind of job. Our
soldiers are more productive than dormant MPs who sat in the
parliament waiting to vote “Yes” without reading and understanding the
issues on the table. The government of South Sudan must reduced the
pay of the politicians to equal to the pay of the soldiers or raise of
the soldiers to equal the pay of the politicians in Juba and state
levels. Deng Lual, USA
Division of Abyei into Two: A response to Dr. James Okuk. Dr. James
Okuk, I concur with your analysis with regard to what seems to be an
appealing move to me and to the sensible human. You are completely
right, the solution of Abyei is to surely divide it into its north
part and south part of which Nine Ngok Dinka section be awarded to the
south and Mesirriyea north be awarded to Jallaba. Problem solved! One
complicated thing that I am not sure of is whether the oil field is
located in the southern part. If it is in the south, this is still the
solution, but we must expect more bickering from Northerners. All they
want is oil and nothing else. GatCharwearbol, USA
When are we going to defend ourselves against north? Yes, now, Abyei
has been invaded by the SAF, our children, women and elders are being
killed by SAF troops, there is no doubt on that. Who is going to be
blamed, is it the government of ROSS, NCP, international communities
or UNMISS in Sudan? Stop complaining people, you are a solution to
these problems. Step up and speak out on behalf of innocent
population. When are we going to defend ourselves against the north
Sudan troops? Is it after independence, after the expiration date of
CPA? John Separation, USA
Tribalism will lead us nowhere I think the idea of having a website to
reflect the opinion of southerners about the politics, economy,
culture, sports and environment in our new nation is a good idea, but
this website should concentrate more on what brings us all together as
southern Sudanese, and should avoid deepening the wounds of the last
twenty two years of civil war in south Sudan, that made us to be far
backward. Tribalism in southern Sudan will lead us to no where, we
should work seriously to build a strong unity among our entire people
of southern Sudan for our coming generation instead of dividing them
along the ethnic or tribal basis. I believe that all the problems we
are facing today will go away with time to come. Oliver Valerio Osman,
South Sudan-Western Bahar elghazal State/Wau.
Good Advice to Calgary parents Mr. Kuir Garang, I have read your work
and I think it is really encouraging, if there was a way for each
parent or a leader to read this, they will know what they are doing is
harmful to the young Generations. Bol Kon, Australia
Solution is division of Abyei into two parts There's is something some
analysts have failed to capture regarding the problem of Abyei. The
Abyei Area issue was problematic even before the CPA could be signed
because of complication of these different interests:
1) The Misseriyah Eying the green pastures and water of Kiir river in the Area;
2) The Nine Ngok Dinka Chieftaincies wanting the Area to be
re-attached to South Sudan where their blood brothers and sisters
live;
3) The NCP Politicians who have learnt to enjoy the oil revenues
coming from the Area but finds it hard to let it go after the South
has gone;
4) The SPLM politicians hailing from Abyei but who're afraid that if
Abyei remains in the North, then they'll lose the power and wealth
they're enjoying from South Sudan now.
5) The International Community who sympathize with their friends from
Abyei Dinka and who want to grant their desires irrespective of other
complicated realities on the ground.
Given these complications, any easy diplomatic solution to the problem
of Abyei becomes a nightmare. Thus, Khartoum might think that military
occupation is the shortest way out but they are mistaken because Juba
may apply the similar treatment, thus, rendering the Area a war zone
uninhabited by any peaceful human being. But in any case both Juba and
Khartoum will not gain anything from war over Abyei Area, neither the
residents of the Area itself. Even if the UNSC has to come up with a
new resolution upgrading Chapter 6 to Chapter 7 of the UN Peace
Keeping Operation, this shall not resolve the contention in Abyei
because Chapter 7 is going to be negative even on the SPLA if they
attempt to capture the Area in future. It shall not be a surprise that
the UN army may fight the SPLA under Chapter 7 too as they could do to
the SAF. Talking of CPA implementation in Abyei is already a dead case
because the time has lapsed. Those who may dream that there is going
to be referendum in Abyei are just daydreamers, including the
so-called International Community. The solution is division of Abyei
into two parts so that the Misseriyah could remain in the North with
their portion and Dinka Ngok come to the South with their partitioned
part of the Area. Once this is done, then the SAF who has now occupied
the area will be willing to withdraw to the Abyei side that is agreed
to belong to the North. Dr. James Okuk
E.C.S Aweil Diocese Reports on Abyei Sudanese forces attacked on Abyei
claimed the possession of Abyei town on Saturday at round 8PM. The
whole town was completely set on fire, and according to Rev. Nathaniel
Maral Mayom, the current senior priests of E.C.S in Abyei, said,
approximately 20,000 people fled Abyei to many different bushes and
others ran towards South Sudan towns of Warrap State. High population
has arrived in Agok town in Twic area, and more others ran to small
towns in Twic County in Warrap State. Majority of displaced persons
are still in the bush including two priests of Episcopal Church of the
Sudan, Rev. Santino Akec and Rev. John Manayang. They are still not
identified where they ran to. Rev. Santino Jok arrived in Agok last
night and reported that he was forced to ran to a place called
Rum-Ajang-Deng but he hasn’t heard or knows where Rev. Akec and Rev.
Manyang have ran to. The situation on the ground is very worse, said
Rev. Maral. All the civilians are now down on streets and in bushes,
no food, no shelters, no water and no medical assistant. The situation
was intensified last night by heavy rain fall in Agok area. Displaced
people and children are seriously affected under trees in Agok.
Agok E.C.S School has accommodated 2,800 displaced people despite the
fact that Agok School has very limited space to accommodate such huge
number of people; there no option but such deteriorating condition
forces us to accept them in. Majority are still under the trees with
children, sick people and elderly people. Aweil Diocese is left with
no choices but raise the voice of voiceless for relief assistant.
Aweil Diocese is calling for urgent support for the civilians who are
now lying on the ground without medical attention, shelters, food and
water. People with communicable diseases are forced to sleep together
with healthy people and this could spread the effect of disease all
displaced people if no urgent humanitarian relief intervention reach
them before the end of this week. Rev. Stephen M. Mou, Secretary of
the Diocese of Aweil
Mistreating others is pleasant in Dinka culture My brother, Yaak
Barack, I thought you were going to respond the facts about injustice
meted on Dr. Josephine Lagu, as pointed out the article written by
Deng Khoryoam. To my surprise the only paragraph that caught your
attention and deserved response in his article is the one in which he
praised the Nuer culture of justice. I assume that by your selective
response to only one paragraph in his long article, you succumbed to
the fact that the Dinka led government applied injustice to others and
in this case to Dr. Josephine Lagu from a minority tribe in Equatoria.
So, your only problem is that the Nuer should equally be seen as
people who apply injustice just like the Dinka. That is interesting!
Well, you could be right that during the war there was fighting among
the SPLM members or members of their tribes. There was Torit faction
of late John Garang and Nasir faction of Riek Machar in the 1990s.
Yes, people were killed on both sides during the bush war. There were
acts of revenges here and there among the armed civilians. But is that
the justification you can give as an example for the current situation
in a government? Remember that we are not using the jungle laws, but
we are now in a government governed by a constitution and articulated
laws. What I know for sure is that the Nuer have a culture of equality
of all and for all while the Dinka culture is based on master-slave
relations just like that of the Arabs. I hope you will not deny this
fact that many Dinka feel happy and satisfied when mistreating others.
Nevertheless, what we should all be preaching is respect for our
constitution and the laws that guide us in our actions. Exempting
others from facing justice, such as the big corrupt former ministers
from Bahr el Ghazal region, and targeting the poor Dr. Josephine Lagu
cannot be done by a community in power unless that community is
culturally malnourished in true justice. Raan Naath, South Sudan
NATO Shall Not Fight on Side of SPLM/A Over Abyei: The SPLM/A
so-called leaders should remember that an independent country that
cries like a child and ran to International Community for help every
time is not really an independent country. This might affects its
international recognition. They should remember too that the
International Community (e.g. NATO) is not ready to fight for South
Sudan now. They will only issue condemnation words and nothing beyond.
I am afraid Abyei will remain in the hand of SAF until South Sudan
gets it back by itself in future. This is a fact we have to
acknowledge when we write our petitions for help.Thus, let South Sudan
builds its strength first self-reliantly even if Abyei has to go for
now. Once we are sure of our strength, we will automatically return
what has been forcefully taken from us. Abyei shall not disappear on
the map of the earth even if the SAF have to stay in it for some years
to come. Let the displaced brothers and sisters of Ngok Dinka of Abyei
Area go to Warrap State and wait there until comes the right time to
get their land back from the occupiers. They shall not be treated as
refugees since they originally belong there. May the souls of our
departed ones in Abyei rest in eternal peace with the rest of our
freedom martyrs. Long live the independent South Sudan. Dr. James Okuk
Money and Abyei! Is it the money that plays a big role today in the
land of Dinka Ngok? Who is going to be responsible for the atrocities
being carried out in Abyei? Is it going to be the SPLA or SAF? From
1983-2005 a few SPLA fighters had money in their wallets but the rest
had their wallets full of courage to take over our land from the
jalaba. Why is it today that the morale we had for fighting the North
has shrunk, is it because the SPLA are being paid today?
If it means fighting then there shouldn't be deals of peace about
Abyei with the UN who is reluctant to bring the tension to a stop. If
the UN is concerned about peoples lives why NOT think of the masses of
Abyei who're suffering a lot with new-born children traumatized by the
ongoing war. We Southerners should rise up in arms and we all go to
die in Abyei than leaving the Dinka Ngok alone while we're enjoying
life in some towns in the South. James Obote, California, USA
South will resist Kiir's autocratic rule Isaiah Abraham should analyze
the content of the Draft Transitional Constitution (SSDTC) but not to
praise individuals and or SPLM party just because one is either
affiliated to the SPLM party or a member of President's party or to
show loyalty to SPLM and or president for personal gains. Such
behavior has killed democracy and is now the one retarding people's
rule in south Sudan. Unfortunately you don't know facts about Dr
Justin Ambong's academic qualification. Whom do you think at this time
would like to see Isaiah Abraham a minister in Central Equatoria, for
instance, as you were claiming? My friend these are wishes of the
past. No for centralizing power only in the hands of one person and
you will see if this SSDTC is passed in this way, for sure you stay to
regret it.
Why some of you people don't do survey to see how majority of people
talk about this so-called SSDTC? Where are you going to implement it?
If Kirr is unable to govern south Sudan, he better give it to somebody
who will not factor south populace into tribalism as is now happening.
For your information south Sudanese will resist this autocratic rule
by all means. Wait just after July 9, things will be different. You
better advise your corrupt president to change ways of doing things
otherwise he be like Qadafi, Mubarak, etc. Lamija Milaja - South Sudan
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