People of Upper Nile: Stop the madness, please! BY: Isaiah Abraham, JUBA
NOV. 04/2011, SSN; The Republic of South Sudan is faced with challenges and on top among them is the insecurity issue. Rebellion these days has become part of democracy. Generally, people take up arms or simply protest when fundamental rights are routinely violated. In Upper Nile that is not the case. Every slim position or argument takes people to the bush. We have heard the rebellion of Gen. George Athor from his prestigious post in the army, followed by others immediately. You don’t understand why are these people fighting; one day they are against corruption in Juba, another day they are changing the regime. They claim that the election they supposed to have won was stolen in their watch. They want the government in Juba to be out or cancellation of the last year election. No bird could buy such rubbish! Who are these people that are challenging millions of other Southerners? No election was stolen and no regime change now or sometime to come. That is a bitter truth. Power will change from Kiir to Machar and people’s process or movement will not be stopped by the feeble-hearted.! These people lost elections so badly and that was it. If they want to save their faces, they must say something different, not that election. That election yeah, wasn’t perfect, but it was largely fair. That is not the point here, the issue is the people of Upper Nile quest for power has drained their minds from thinking like others. Upper Nile situation needs a drastic military ‘surgery’. Time for persuasion has long gone, they aren’t listening. The region keeps on pushing itself against the system, something so worrying indeed. These people don’t value life and the law. They swamped the army and are everywhere even villagers. There is no any conventional army anywhere in the world, where someone who doesn’t write his own name is a general. Alas! In our case we have over 200 generals from Upper Nile who are illiterate. What does this tell you about these people in that region? To me, Upper Nile people are too dangerous to our coexistence and unless Juba goes the Sri Lanka way (read Tamil Tiger debacle). Juba is capable of doing just that! The best place to start whipping is Jonglei renegades, then to Lam militia in Fashoda and finally to Mayom County. Enough with rebellion and killing in Upper Nile year in and year out! The army needs to protect lives and property. The great people of Upper Nile are becoming too small in the eyes of many in the new Republic of South Sudan. The reason being that they go left when other Southerners go right; they are obsessed and possessed by the spirit of revenge and lawlessness. They love guns like nothing and their lives circle around shooting, looting and booting. They don’t like anyone leading them from anywhere unless one from within. They fume and vibe for issues that aren’t beyond their dead heads, and only pride themselves when they kill as many Southerners are they couldn’t count. I fear for the future of these people! By shedding blood of many for no reason, these people's land will remain cursed. There will always be problems after another. People there really need God to intervene and make them think again about their own future and that of other Southern Sudanese. This is a region that fought the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) from day one. The region has been a major obstacle to anything positive. The South has lost great people from there through their madness. They slowed down everything and they are at it again. These people rebelled 9 times against the people of Southern Sudan, and no one really understands what these people think they are doing. The region is in the media daily for wrong reasons, and no one among the current leaders who has tried to find out what is wrong with their people. The South is moving ahead nevertheless despite challenges and Upper Nile should spare us their mindless struggles. Fighting, fighting, when will guns stop in Upper Nile? Where do the leaders of the region go, why do they allow their people to get killed by thugs and criminals claiming to be fighting for the rights of many? What change could Upper Nile offer others when they aren’t themselves changed? These people ought to change first so as to change others. You can’t change the world when you're still the same rebellious people we all know. Except for Dr. Machar, Uncle Samuel Gai Tut Yang and Dr. Garang, the rest have no clue as to what it means to change others. It must start from small undertaking someone has done extraordinary. Juba should not wait for another blow like that in Mayom when children were just butchered by Arabs agents or hooligans. I thought Kiir is wise enough to walk his talks by going against enemies of peace and development. After independence, there is no time to waste about those outside the law. President Kiir is a constitutionally elected leader and need not fear anyone. He has to flex his muscles by stopping Upper Nile people from tempering with the momentum the South has hitherto acquired after independence. Dr. Machar, Mr. Amum, Mr. Bol Chan, Mr. Koang Nyuon, Mr. Gier Chuang, talk to your people. You are disgracing our image for nothing. Upper Nile people, please stop bloodletting, stop it! Isaiah Abraham lives in Juba; he’s on [email protected] COMMENTS, PLEASE CLICK HERE -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" 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/SouthSudanKob?hl=en.
