Youth And Politics In South Sudan
"We need South Sudan where young people are allowed to constructively express their voices freely without fear and favour." 21 June 2017 Dear Editor, I would like to request for the publication of the attached piece. Thanks so much for making South Sudan a great country. Thudan James Gai I was watching on ‘Youth and Politics’ this morning and I felt that it would have been South Sudan being discussed by young people on SSBC. Kenyan young people are given a free platform to discuss political and socio-economic issues facing young people in Kenya. I was thrilled to see that young people could present their political views without fear of being pinched or detained. The opposition youth interestingly challenged President Uhuru Kenyatta with a lot of evidence-based presentations. I thought the debate would end with fistfights but ended with cheers and hugs. Can those with dissent voices challenge the SPLM and the chairman on SSBC here in Juba in the same way President Uhuru Kenyatta was tensely being challenged in Kenya without being roasted or branded rebels? If that happens, we will have a great South Sudan. We need South Sudan where young people are allowed to constructively express their voices freely without fear and favour. We need South Sudan where young people are given equal opportunities for education, employment, training in various fields of work, business opportunities, freedom to advance their political ambitions and freedom to visit the state-house to present their strategic agendas to the head of the state and government. We need South Sudan where Kenyi, Gatluak, Deng, Nyaruot, Poni and Achol are shortlisted for an interview and compete as brothers and sisters without tribal favour. We need South Sudan where I am not identified as “Jenge” and Pitia as Nyamnyam, where we can be identified as South Sudanese nationals with equal birthrights and privileges. We need South Sudan where justice is equally served. We need South Sudan where I can be employed and work in Yambio, Kajo-Keji, Lainya, Terekeka, Mapel, Turalei without being looked at with contempt. We need South Sudan where South Sudanese can own land and build and stay anywhere in South Sudan without being badmouthed and targeted on ethnic basis. We do not need South Sudan where people wear false smiles and slaughter themselves mercilessly when a small fight occurs. This piece is from a concerned South Sudanese national, who can possibly be reached at [email protected] Posted in: Opinions, Letters to the Editor - See more at: http://gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ID/20607/Default.aspx#sthash.5VBxLxXt.dpuf -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14opYQze_exFcdcPZgrNwU70Ycvf_EzXrrF%3DnHscLqv%2BD9w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
