S. Sudan's Kiir cautions family members over public conduct
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March 30, 2014 (JUBA) - Perturbed by last week's media portrayal of
his family member, South Sudan President Salva Kiir has cautioned his
relatives against misconduct while in public.
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South Sudan president Salva Kiir (AP)
"I have always told you to behave in a way that would not create
inconveniences to other people, because the way you conduct yourself
would be interpreted to mean different things by some people", Kiir
reportedly told his family members on Saturday.
"The real issue would be twisted and politicized", stressed the president.
A Kenyan daily reported on Friday that the president's 23-year old
son, Manut Kiir Mayardit was briefly detained by Police after he
assaulted his sister while drunk.
This anti-social behavior is what could have prompted the head of the
world's youngest nation to convene the meeting during which he caution
all family members, wherever they resided, to refrain from habits that
would attract public attention.
"You have to understand that you would never be alone wherever you go.
So be careful with whatever you do", said Kiir, describing as
"unfortunate" media's coverage of the incident.
"It is unfortunate that you would never be left to live like any other
persons, which is act of interference with privacy and individual life
and the people [media] who do this should know that they are stepping
into other people's life", the president reportedly stressed.
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
Article 22 of South Sudan's Transitional Constitution states that the
privacy of all persons shall be inviolable; no person shall be
subjected to interference with his or her private life, family, home
or correspondence, save in accordance with the law.
The article does not, however, specify which private lives should not
be interfered with and whether such provisions were confined to
individuals inside the country or not.
A critic of the president called the incident a "total failure" by the
latter to manage his family.
"Some people may be struggling to find interpretations of this
incident, but for me, it is a total failure on the part of the
President to manage his own family, which is a clear reflection on how
he is managing the nation," a senior member of the ruling party (SPLM)
said Sunday.
"If you cannot manage your own family, it follows automatically that
it won't be possible managing millions of people with different family
members from different ethnic ground", added the official, who
preferred anonymity.
Another critic said children learn from environments in which they are
brought and that any misconduct from a member of the first family was
negatively reflected on the whole nation.
"What happened it Nairobi may be construed to mean an individual,
failure but it can also be interpreted to mean the failure of the
whole country, because this is the conduct of the family of president
of the nation", said the critic.
"Some people from outside South Sudan may interpret it to mean a
general conduct of the people of this country. We would automatically
be viewed as violence country", he added.
(ST)
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31 March 07:54, by Majak Mangar Chawul
Dear South Sudanese and media staff, This incidence which have
happened to president family usual happens to anyone who has family
including you who is reporting could be worse in managing family
affairs because if you were to know why did you disseminate and it is
does not mean that ,it is the failure of their parents or the
environment . I wish if we could separate politics from family issue
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31 March 08:03, by Mi diit
See, incompetent Kiir still doesn't know that a president and
his family members are a public property. What they do is conduct
themselves with dignity, not that president, wife his sons freely get
drunk and initiate violence or daughters get impregnated by whoever.
Can somebody educate this president who goes to Home and Away hotel
and thinks it is a private lifestyle?
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31 March 08:08, by Mi diit
Here in American when president Bill Clinton had a private
sexual affair with Monica Lowinsky, it became a public matter which
almost cost him his presidency. But Kiir was lucky to be in
uncivilized society when he last year impregnated a Catholic church
choir girl in Kator church and nobody dared talking about it.
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31 March 08:10, by Naath
Majak Mangar Chawul,the president fail to acknowledge or admit
his complete failure from the family and the nation,his son selling
drugs with stealing money and want to have sex with his sister and
even his mum to that is the reason
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31 March 08:22, by Mi diit
See, Kiir even looks drunk in the picture in this article.
Oh my God! The president is also reportedly diagnosed with serious
lung problem because of heavy drinking. Is this not a public concern?
Also doesn't he make some of the wrong decisions under the influence
of alcohol?
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31 March 07:55, by Kumbo
The Boy learn this from the father and mother when they drink and
start to fight now here they boy is not yet married he would have beat
his wife since not having wife he decided to beat his Sister in an
animal brain lol the president should just resign from his post since
he can't control his own family what about we South Sudanese with
different cultures
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31 March 08:02, by Naath
Mr president, if you can't manage your family than can't the
whole nation, just resign from the post you hold and go to village and
started again
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31 March 08:05, by Majak Mangar Chawul
Hahahahaha I do wondered the craziness of internet writers of
posting something which is irrelevant to politics. What connect the
president resignation with family affairs? Have you married? if yes,
how are u managing them? did ur sons and daughters married or yet?
please change urself before changing others. Write ur full name like
me so that you may be know.I'm Majak Mangar from Lakes State n u
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31 March 08:23, by Naath
Majak Mangar Chawul.you come from animals state which is
Lake with every women walking naked in lake captal holdind her gun to
protect her alcohol from primitive Matur Chut who replace educated
Governor Chol Tony,so now you are caelessely tell us not to criticise
this shameless family who are managing ss poorly,listen 90 people
kills in one week in lake state a lone,what is step dad kiir doing
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31 March 07:56, by Mi diit
See, incompetent Kiir still doesn't know that a president and his
family members are a public property. What they do is conduct
themselves with dignity, not that president, wife his sons freely get
drunk and initiate violence or daughters get impregnated by whoever.
Can somebody educate this president who goes to Home and Away to drink
an thinks it is a private lifestyle?
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31 March 08:04, by Joseph Canada
why would you warn your family in the public as if you are
politicizing the situation. Its not our business to know how you
advice your family matters. This is the kind of lunacy we are talking
about in this country.
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31 March 08:15, by Mi diit
Ahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..... May be
he forgot the inconsistency in advising them in public.
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31 March 08:16, by Majak Mangar Chawul
The president had been leading the army from two decades
without joining the the Arabs like what some of the leaders who are
opposing Kiir government had done including u and ur mother. Why
should u not praise Kiir and his entire leadership for the welfare he
had granted u even ur mother is free from sexual harassment because ur
fathers are the one to fuck ur mother alone and by then Arab used for
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31 March 08:25, by Mi diit
Majak Manger,
Look at your language of a drunken family. This is exactly
proving what we are worried about and talking about.
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31 March 08:55, by 4Justice
Pack Deine Sachen and go you are bloody useless!
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31 March 09:04, by tootke'bai-ngo
WATCH OUT! MANUT KIIR IS SUCH A TERRIBLE ROLE MODEL TO OUR YOUTH,
NOT ONLY A DRUNKARD,INSULTER, DRUGS DEALER, HE IS ALSO A COLD BLOOD
MURDERER LIKE THE FATHER. HE STABBED HIS FELLOW S.SUDANESE TEENAGE TO
DEATH IN AUS. SHORTLY AFTER HIS FATHER BECAME PRESIDENT OF SOUTHERN
SUDAN.
OFCOURSE, HE GOT AWAY WITH IT UNDER DIPLOMATIC A MUNITY WHICH
PROTECTS FOREIGN DIGNITARIES INCLUDING PRESIDENT,S FAMILY.
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