New group formed to gather Nuer in United States
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DECLARATION FOR THE FORMATION OF NUD TO BRING TOGETHER ALL NUER IN THE U.S.A
Press Statement
The Nuer Union For Development (NUD)
The United State of America
The State of Nebraska August 15, 2017
We are so grateful to publicly announce to you the birth of Nuer Union
For Development (NUD) based in the United States of America and
specifically based in the state of Nebraska. We are cognizant that we
have Nuer Community Development Services (NCDS), which was supposed to
serve the same function as Nuer Union for Development (NUD). As a
result, the members of Nuer Union Development appreciated the
services, provided by the NCDS for quite sometimes. However, NUD
realizes that the services provided by NCDS were not sufficient enough
for the following main reasons:
1) Discrimination from within NCDS’s membership on the basis of
members’ socio- political backgrounds. For instance, Nuer members, who
happen to have another political affiliation are not afforded the same
birthrights as those, who are sole supporters of IO Movement of Dr.
Riek Machar;
2) As a result, non-IO Riek’s supporters are not allowed to attend
NCDS’s meetings, and if they do, they will be identified in the
meeting hall and forcefully removed from the meeting public room;
3) If forgiven to attend, the non-supporters of Machar could not be
allowed to voice their opinions on the issues that are a matter to all
Nuer family members even though their contributions in the form of
monies are collected;
4) Non-supporters of Dr. Riek Machar from NCDS are being bullied,
intimidated, and threatened to be hurt if they do not abandon their
political choices and pledge their support to Dr. Riek Machar’s
Movement by force.
Because of this barbaric discrimination, the members of Nuer Union for
Development (NUD) feel that it is not safe for some Nuer members to
live in fear that they will be physically and psychologically harmed
for not giving their support to Riek Machar’s rebellion. Consequently,
the NUD is formed to serve as a psychological buffer to this
disfranchised group. The organization will address the followings:
a) NUD is inclusive to all Nuer members worldwide and that its
membership is a birthright membership, irrespective of geographical
location as long as one is a Nuer by birthright;
b) NUD’s membership is not based on the sale and purchases as NCDS
that sales membership to its members through political, military, and
monetary value support to Riek Machar;
c) If any contribution is made, it will be limited to the fewer
Dollars amount and that amount cannot be used for a political purpose
like NCDS that channels its fund to support Riek Machar’s insurgency
in South Sudan.
Finally, NUD could not have come to existence had NCDS responsibly
executed its duties that its members have the same birthrights without
any discrimination against those, who hold different political views
from Riek Machar. Since they have been using the birthright
organization to further one Nuer politician’s agenda from several
other, the NUD’s members disengaged themselves from NCDS, and now they
are NUD’s members, which is different from those of NCDS’s members. At
the same time, we welcome any Nuer to this organization without paying
anything for it because it is a birthright organization. Its
membership is not for sale and purchase. We will take donations on the
basis of the person’s will—not a demand.
The followings are the names of the Nuer Union for Development (NUD)
provisional committee members:
I) John Gile Ojuade, Chairperson
II) Simon Wal Bumetet, Deputy Chairperson
III) Solomon Dak Luak, Secretary
IV) Solomon Khat Chuol, Treasurer
V) Thok Kuany Hosnyang, Information
VI) Both Jock Deng, Deputy information
VII) Dr. Simon Wuor Gai, Advisor Tell: 402-217-5661
For contact and inquiries:
Dr. Simon Wuor Gai, Advisor Tell: 402-217-5661
Thanks,
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