South Sudan protesters say country collapsed under President Kiir
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South Sudan protesters carry banners saying country collapsed under
President Kiir in Juba on 8 May 2017 (ST Photo)
May 8, 2017 (JUBA) – South Sudanese students Monday took to the
streets to protest against the rise in the cost of living. The
protesters who were joined by residents in the capital, Juba chanted
slogans against President Salva Kiir and carried banners accusing him
of collapsing the country.
The protesters said the government was mismanaging the economy as
inflation was running at alarming rate. They called for the
restoration of subsidies to basic food commodities to dilute the
negative impact of the increasing inflation on the population
The national currency, the South Sudanese Pound which was one of the
strongest currencies in the region prior to the war in 2013 has
depreciated against the US dollar sharply in recent months.
The slump in the currency has led to the price increase of consumer
goods, like sugar and fuel. Taxes have also gone up, along with
utilities by more than 50%.
Venturing out into the streets of Juba on Monday morning, the
protesters chanted and sang combative songs used for unwanted leaders
for about an hour creating traffic jams around Juba University. One of
the hand-written placards read: “The nation has collapsed under your
leadership,” a direct reference to President Kiir.
“A protester warned the resumption of the march if no immediate
attention was taken. People are suffering, they have tolerated a lot
since 2013. They want peace to come but it seems the government is
comfortable with the war that is why the prices are rising. The
presidency of Salva Kiir is hanging by a thread and I am afraid he
will continue with the do nothing policy,” he said.
This comes after President Kiir had a heated exchange with the
Information Minister, Michael Makuei Lueth over the use of state
assets in the communal fight in favour of a section of ethnic Dinka
youth who invaded a neighbouring ethnic Murle.
It has been alleged that the objective of the march was to recover the
stolen cows and the children abducted by members of ethnic Murle.
It is still unclear as to how the cows were stolen or how many
children were abducted and in which months or year the incident
occurred.
(ST)
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8 May 22:50, by Don-Don Malith Rual
Your noiseing chanting screaming slogans will not help.We citizens
are the one who have failed our nations.With dirty turn left turn
right,turn back go a head instructions!we are just watching and
monitoring the fluctuation of the dollars.These capitalist way of
living, should not be adopted by new nation like yourselves.when we
were students, we used to farm using Ox plowing in order to feed ours
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8 May 23:02, by Don-Don Malith Rual
Teachers,lecturers,dependency on foreign Aid or currencies is
just but destructive mechanisms.Students should have a farms to
cultivates large plantations where they could grow local crops to feed
their nations.If you were having the heart for the nations do
something constructive to nations building n leave politician a
lone.Students used to demonstrate or protests based on student’s fee
raises b
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8 May 23:11, by Don-Don Malith Rual
This is something you can correct if you have the heart
for that nation.I’m joining you very soon, I will make you to
cultivates before you go for your lectures. Any students who doesn’t
know how to plough will not be getting his calcification. I will use
agriculture as the engine of food productions within this country and
leave a lone those chemicals products, or money. Man made money and
money
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9 May 05:55, by Sunday Junup
Don don Malith,
We have been telling you that Dinka has no ideas but
you don’t. Look how you reasons, how do you expect students to
cultivat before lectures? Where do you expect them to cultivat? This
show that you don’t know cultivation and never cultivat. Go to hell
you failed our country!
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9 May 08:04, by Rami Tot
Sunday Junup
thank you for noting that they(dinka) have no idea
at all, they can’t fit to lead any single cattle camp any more they
are the bunch of killers, they don’t know or have mercy, public
resources used against their people looks they used oil money against
nuer since 2013 until now killing all s sudanese people with their
public resources the funny is they think people of ss r dinka
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9 May 16:19, by Mapuor
No to tribalism. Yes to democracy. No to
tribal rebellions. Yes to unity in diversity.32 states have solved all
our problems in the country. Democracy will always prevail in South
Sudan. No to reactionary forces.
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9 May 08:49, by Don-Don Malith Rual
Sunday Junup & Rami Tot: That automatically show
that you are the lazy folks. For how long are you Folks going to
depend on imported foods? South Sudan is country that is reach of
natural resources Agriculture being one of them. I thought u Folks
would tell me about insecurity! Do u think being student meant u don’t
work. U need to work as well as studying at the same time, What a lazy
dude you re
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9 May 08:41, by Theallseeingeye
Don-Don Malith Rual
you reason like u ven’t been to school be4, how do u
except people to cultivate in these messes, either u r too naive or u
intentionally meant it so that the Anyoor could come harvest later
right. I bet even you don’t cultivate at the vicinity of ur luak,
becuz ur comment proves that. Do u ve any idea of the AVG period it
takes to cultivate and harvest??????
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9 May 09:00, by Don-Don Malith Rual
Theallseeingeye; Or whoever your noun is! You
people should know that being in the government a lone is not the only
jobs.2nd to it you need to work to get a living. When I mention about
Agricultural activities u all went on strict on this social media,
this is an indication that non of u want to be self efficiency,I
couldn’t blame u but,UN who taught u free things n laziness
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9 May 09:33, by Dengda
@ Don Don
Don’t argue the futile argument, students were
demonstrating because of multiples reasons, 1. high accommodation,
feeding, tuition fees, under pay lecturers, voices of voiceless as
they are future leader, famine declared almost all over the country,
judges working condition not met. Talking about farming and hunger
only wasn’t the main themes.
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9 May 09:44, by Don-Don Malith Rual
@Dengda We need folks like yourself to
help out these idiots that are preaching the war of hatred words on a
certain tribes in this social medias, what u have mentions here are
the basic needs any student could goes for demonstration, tell these
loop who doesn’t know what it meant to be student or nationalist for
that matter.even the title of the massive is completely wrong
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9 May 09:22, by Theallseeingeye
and when it come so imported food, these Gov and
SPLM/A you are praising had looted the entire WFP warehouse in Juba,
so stop playing us around, your game are well known as a broad day
light. YOU HAVE FAILED THE COUNTRY. who doesn’t know you Jenges with
"ROUKOUB RAS", this is when you wrong at somethings u just insists
that you are right and pretend to be so at any expense or cost.
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9 May 09:36, by Don-Don Malith Rual
If your ideologies are always for a certain
tribes within south Sudan, I’m not for u. We need nationalistic Folks
that talks on how well we could improve ourselves as "Junubin" n if
you are a tribe man, good luck with your hatred n Life has to go a
head whether u like a certain tribe n hit the rest, this is up to u go
for it I’m nt for you mate
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9 May 14:27, by Lokoli
Is good Dinka awaking from sleep to see these Marons Dinak
Elders of council that ruins our Beloved Country. The nation is
bleeding badly because of wicked people. Dumb stupid President cannot
reasoned that he should resign.
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8 May 23:12, by padiit gaga
Way up s.Sudanese do not die under bad leadership, choose
another President let cowboy to Luak
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8 May 23:32, by Don-Don Malith Rual
Padit, There is nothing called bad leadership.Show me a
good leaders and I will show you better Nation.We the wenechi the
citizens, We are the problems,even a loser who could not even managed
his own house hold can claimed that the country has failed. We have
totally fails ourselves because non of us have taken this country as
his own personal assets.this where the issue is. We have treated this
c
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9 May 08:18, by Ayuiu Makuac Lam
It is too late, too late and too late.
our country is indifferent since day one when I hear
separation of South Sudan from Sudan.
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9 May 08:22, by Ayuiu Makuac Lam
All security organs (forces) must cooperate with citizen to
respect their right demand.
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9 May 08:28, by Ayuiu Makuac Lam
The demonstration does not demand a regime change but they
focus on the stability of country economy rather than to collapse
under president Kiir leadership.
therefore we want to support that but not regime change, it is
a change of economic status into a visible stability.
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9 May 16:28, by jubaone
Ayuiu Makuach,
1. Stop the war, resuscitate the ARCISS 2015 in letter and
spirit and get Riak and his IO back on track.
2. DD-Disarm, Demobilize all nyors and nyigats
3. Establish the Hybrid Court to try all criminals both in
IO and the bunch of jienges in IG.
4. Get "meritocracy" instead of hopeless "democracy" by
inviting all skilled/educated Junubin in the diaspora
5. Revive Agric. oil prodn.
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9 May 18:26, by South South
Jubaone,
"4. Get "meritocracy" instead of hopeless "democracy"
by inviting all skilled/educated Junubin in the diaspora"
I am laughing. You can kiss your ass. If you want
Riek, then go and visit him in his parking lot in South Africa.
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9 May 19:02, by South South
Jubaone,
You have accepted Kiir to be your president and
you want to come back to South Sudan to work with him? Is that right?
All what you want is peace in our country? Right? You are welcome back
to South Sudan.No objection, welcome back.
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9 May 13:17, by Midit Mitot
This country had already collapsed since 16-December-2013, why
are you making noise today not at the beginning of this mess?
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9 May 13:32, by Dinka-Defender-General
Rual, students are correct. President Kiir is messing up the
country. He needs to leave the office and give chance to other
leaders. I think 13 years of ruling without benefit are enough. He did
not meet the expectations of the citizens and he needs to go. I
support students.
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9 May 15:10, by Don-Don Malith Rual
Removing President by force is not the solutions,We need
to give the country peace that all of us deserved,is there any one
amongest u who is really tried or fed up like myself about these
attrocities?if there are some, let embrace the peace n all that u re
fighting for will comes automatically.i understand aur concern and
let’s try peace
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9 May 00:53, by john akeen
President Salva Kiir didn’t collapsed the country, Rebels of Riek
Machar’s are the one who collapsed your country and pulse you the
citizens did collapse your own country too, if you can remember Dr.
John in a few years ago when he said to you people that in any country
in this word, if their nations are weak their gov will be weak, if
their nations are strong their gov will be strong>>>
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9 May 01:10, by john akeen
if their nations are in war, their gov will be in war too, if
their nations are in peace their gov will be in peace too, if their
nation’s love each other, their gov will love each other too, if their
nation’s are looking for business, their gov will look for business
too, if their nation’s are following the law, their gov will obey the
law,
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9 May 01:27, by lino
Ya John Akeen,
It is the other way around. If the government can’t
provide services, people will gang up with even the devil and kick
them out.
Go back and watch and listen to Dr.John words again!!!
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9 May 02:40, by john akeen
Ya lino
in any country in this world if the gov in war with
anybody, their citizens needs to do whatever it takes with all their
power to stop that war because their government are not gonna focus on
them, their gov are just focusing on defending themselves and
defending the constitution, if they don’t that they will be captured
and killed
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9 May 01:42, by john akeen
if their nation’s don’t have tribalism among themselves,
their gov won’t have tribalism among themselve too. if you want to eat
than go to farm and grow some food for yourself and for your family,
so stop blaming president Salva Kiir, in state of blaming the Ebola
that you have created in your country that is killing everyone because
you don’t like other trib. Screaming around to the world that>
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9 May 01:59, by john akeen
I don’t want Dinka I don’t want Nuer I don’t want
Blanda I don’t want Acholi I don’t want Adio I don’t want Aja I don’t
want Anyuak I don’t want Atuot I don’t want Avukaya I don’t want
Azande I don’t want Bai I don’t want Baka I don’t want Banda I don’t
want Binga I don’t want Bari I don’t want Bongo. I don’t want
Dongotona I don’t want Feroghe I don’t want Gollo I don’t want
Ifoto>>>
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9 May 02:10, by john akeen
I don’t want Imatong I don’t want Indri and on and
on, now do this song to you?
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9 May 09:38, by Dengda
@ John Akeen
Where is now Riek at the scene? what Kiir-Taban did to
rescue the dire situation and economic shape?
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9 May 09:57, by Don-Don Malith Rual
John Akeen: you said it all, I always tell them to show me
a fantastic leader and I will shows them a peaceful cooperative
nations. A weak nation means that its people are the one that re weak
and they are the one that failing it. You nail it bro let those who
have ears hear it
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9 May 08:50, by Theallseeingeye
john akeen
runing a country is not like grazing bunch of cows and
guarding them with AK-47, or PKM. this is why it is called politics,
it is always confronted with challenges, difficulties, obstacles,
hindrance, etc and this is when brains comes in, so if u failed the
country its you who failed not the rebels, the rebels r not the ones
running the country not even one of the ministries.
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9 May 10:41, by General
John Akeen, how citizens made a collapse? rethink and then
retake your defensive position with enough weapons,the time has came
exactly to collapse
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9 May 01:39, by jur_likang_a_ likan’g
So it is now biting. Kiir destroyed the country of honey and milk.
So he must go to Akon vertically or horinzotally.
Quite.
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9 May 10:27, by Tut Gatkuoth
We should know that President Kiir also belongs to a a
community so we shouldn’t consider the community clashes in Akon as he
faults..Are we right to say Koul Manyang and Yauyau are also
responsible for the clashes betwen Murle and Bor?????
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9 May 05:48, by Sunday Junup
This government has already collapse but empty minded KIIR will
come out tomorrow and blame you. He will even call you rebels because
of stupidity. It is the first sacrifice since 2013 actually. Good
Move!!!!
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9 May 07:12, by dinkdong
The worse is yet to come. Those protesters are risking their
lives. They should know that South Sudan is a lawless country. You may
get kill and no questions ask. Take example of the journalists that
have been killed since South Sudan came into existence.
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9 May 08:32, by puok kamler
Protesters: ’’the nation has collapsed under your leadership”, Are
these people Anti juba regime? or they are telling the truth ya Makuei
lieth(liar)?...with blood, sweats, tears, bullet, and ballot we all
create this country, we must accept the change that same people who
create this nation want.
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9 May 08:32, by Ayuiu Makuac Lam
Late us support the president Salva Kiir Mayardit in peace
process, through national dialogue that will be a only way forward to
change the risk of our economy.
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9 May 09:59, by Tut Gatkuoth
This is an excellent idea; our leaders and all ’Junubin
’should focus on peace reconciliation and dialogue. This country will
only be fixed by ourself not the so called international community and
UN
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9 May 09:35, by MD from far East
country has fallen so badly off road we need peace
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9 May 09:55, by Tut Gatkuoth
There is no doubt about the failure of the government but the
blame is on all our leaders; President Kiir, Riek Machar, Pagan Amum
and others leaders. It is therefore our collective responsibility as
south Sudanese (Blame games is never option)
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9 May 09:51, by Tut Gatkuoth
The youth demonstrating along the University highway yesterday
were not really from the University but some youth mobilized by
SPLA-IO in UNMISS POC camp.This was confirmed by the leader of
students on SSBC
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9 May 10:10, by Don-Don Malith Rual
@Tut we need compatriot nationalist like yourself,that country
one day one time will fall in our hands us these generations n we need
to be honest with our comments and options otherwise no one will
change this situations if we don’t take this initiative to be telling
the truth and say what will take us forward not folks that will always
drags us at the back.It is going to be tougher n we need to.
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9 May 10:20, by Tut Gatkuoth
@Don-Don Malith Rual; You welcome bro; South Sudan as a country is
for Junubin not necessarily the leaders so lets focus on togetherness
for the Unity of people.. our National ID doesn’t have SPLM-IG,
SPLM-IO or FD’s
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9 May 11:11, by Don-Don Malith Rual
@Tut: You re extremely right,Our National Flags, our National
Anthem, Our land of Sudd, Our Identity as Southerners and the CPA that
we achieved all these made us South Sudanese whether they like it or
not we shared all these in common, but those who re just exercising
their clumsy politics here did not understand this, n believe that
things should be solved by gun point. They will ripe it
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9 May 14:55, by Eastern
Let’s keep Kiir at the presidency to maintain the status quo. The
cost of living is improving by the following the arrival of a number
of truck from Uganda last week. Kiir oyee!
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9 May 15:27, by Sunday Junup
Eastern,
What is this man talking about? when did those trucks arrive
and what commodity they brought. Please don’t feed community with
false info, this could be big achievement which can be hired on TV as
well as social media. days for your Nyankiir Mayaar are numbered. Wait
for dome days, you will hear news that no stocks in Markets. Please
send those trucks soon before it is too late.
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9 May 15:38, by Fair Man
Dinka-Defender General
You are now becoming a nationalist. You comments show resilient
opinion. To Don-Don Malith Rual, you must be such a primitive luakboy.
Students have national obligation to rescue the country from bad
leadership. They will be killed by Kiir extremists but we shall build
monument in their memories. It’s not about Dinka or which tribe but
Kiir with thugs must quit. Congs st’dts
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9 May 15:44, by Fair Man
Don-Don Malith Rual
Other than students marching on streets for academic concerns,
they have constitutional mandate to support the voiceless masses and
change the rotten leadership by peaceful demonstration (popular
uprising). It does not need gun. Soon, civil servants will make
shit-in strike by not reporting for work and a change will happen.
This is a long await moment. Start and make more.
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