S. Sudan’s Kiir in South Africa, dispels ill-health rumour
Article
Comments (2)
email Email
print Print
pdfSave
separation
increase
decrease
separation
separation
facebook
myspace
twitter
buzzyahoo
June 13, 2015 (JUBA) - South Sudanese pesident Salva Kiir, currently
in South Africa to attend an African Union summit, has dismissed
reports claiming he has been ill lately.
JPEG - 13.2 kb
South Sudanese president Salva Kiir (Photo: Reuters)
"I am okay. There is no problem. I have resurrected”, Kiir told the
state-owned SSTV at Juba airport on Saturday when asked about his
health status.
The minister in the office of the president, Awan Guol Riak told
reporters that the South Sudan leader was travelling to South Africa
to attend the African Union summit.
The summit, he said, is expected to hold discussions on a host of
continental matters during its 25th ordinary session of assembly of
Heads of States and governments.
According to the country’s deputy minister of foreign affairs and
Peter Bashir Gbandi, the African Union summit will be held at Sandton
International Conference Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 14
June and shall continue up to 15th June under theme, year of women
empowerment and development towards Africa’s agenda 2063.
The summit will provide an opportunity for the president to interact
with the attending heads of state and government on the progress made
in the search for peace to settle the current political and security
situation in the country and devise ways out of more than 17 months
war, said the minister.
The presidential press secretary, Ateny Wek Ateny said media reports
on Kiir’s alleged illness was "wishful thinking" of those intending to
divert attention from the peace talks.
“The president is healthy and strong. He has no problem. He is going
about his normal duties. All these reports are unfounded. They are
work of enemy of peace. The president is today traveling to South
Africa to attend the African union submit in his capacity as the head
of state of one of the member state of the African union”, Ateny told
reporters.
Meanwhile, several government officials privy to the health of the
president argued that media reports have compelled the presidency to
change previous arrangements in which the vice president James Wani
Igga was expected to attend the African Union summit.
“I think the media reports have compelled the presidency to change the
arrangement which I knew. The vice president was supposed to travel to
South African to attend the African union submit because the president
was advised by his medical team to reduce schedules and take enough
rest. I don’t know the reason for making this advice but I think he
has overworked himself. Or he has been unwell," a minister told Sudan
Tribune.
"The medical team knows why and they are the people who are in better
to provide you with the right information”, the minister, who asked
not named, added Saturday.
Multiple government critics argued that the decision of the presidency
allowing Kiir to go on foreign trip, despite concerns over his health,
allegedly as an opportunity to attend to seek medical care in South
Africa and also show the public he was not sick as claimed.
(ST),
Comments on the Sudan Tribune website must abide by the following
rules. Contravention of these rules will lead to the user losing their
Sudan Tribune account with immediate effect.
- No inciting violence
- No inappropriate or offensive language
- No racism, tribalism or sectarianism
- No inappropriate or derogatory remarks
- No deviation from the topic of the article
- No advertising, spamming or links
- No incomprehensible comments
Due to the unprecedented amount of racist and offensive language on
the site, Sudan Tribune tries to vet all comments on the site.
There is now also a limit of 400 words per comment. If you want to
express yourself in more detail than this allows, please e-mail your
comment as an article to [email protected]
Kind regards,
The Sudan Tribune editorial team.
14 June 04:07, by lino
Always Africans and under developed leaders deny being unhealthy,
but in developed countries, leaders and presidents have to prove they
are healthy to get positions.
repondre message
14 June 05:51, by Mi diit
It is not a shame to be ill.
Kiir and his followers should know this. Denying it and then
something happens later is the worst thing.
Last time he almost fell off plane’s stairs in Khartoum.
Also in Addis Ababa he suddenly fell weak and had nose bleed
in front of Riek Machar while they were in a meeting.
He should have followed his doctors’ advice. Greed for
Beny-dit-ship will kill him.
repondre message
--
To post to this group, send email to [email protected]
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
[email protected]
Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob
View this message at
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"South Sudan Info - The Kob" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email
to [email protected].
To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob.
To view this discussion on the web visit
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14opZSA6JvWsUCPAk_nnKi3g%2BjRGDMmTwR1hwS0ZcOPbS-g%40mail.gmail.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
