Kiir to attend Kenya’s 50th independence anniversary
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December 11, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan president Salva Kiir is
expected to join international leaders and dignitaries at Kenya’s 50th
independence anniversary on 12 December, according to a statement from
his office.
Kiir had travelled to South Africa to attend the memorial service of
the country’s first post-Apartheid president, Nelson Mandela, on
Tuesday.
The president’s spokesperson, Ateny Wek Ateny, confirmed that Kiir
would attend Kenya’s independence celebrations but did not disclose
whether he would travel directly to Nairobi or return briefly to Juba.
Senior officials at the country’s ministry of foreign affairs also did
not provide any information giving details of the president’s
movements, saying only that "he would return soon".
In Juba, citizens and government critics say the president Kiir might
delay returning to the country so he avoids the upcoming public
address by senior members of the ruling SPLM who are disillusioned
with Kiir’s leadership.
"Politically, it will not be good that some of his colleagues
addresses the rally about the performance of his administration and
you expects security, especially those who see the president as source
of their employment not to disrupt the rally so that they show their
being in control and show that their man is not humiliated”, Dominic
Uya, a native of Western Bahr el Ghazal state told Sudan Tribune on
Wednesday.
Ngor Deng, a native of Northern Bahr el Ghazal, said president Kiir
would not skip Kenya’s independence celebration because of the good
bilateral relations between the countries.
Kenya achieved independence from the United Kingdom on 12 December
1963 and was declared a republic a year later.
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