It is quite possible that Uganda can't manage South Sudan's problems. We should instead do exactly what a disgusted Tanzania did when they left Uganda back in 1984. With looted items on their heads, they got themselves a one way bus ticket back to Daresalaam, with Mr. Julius Nyerere vowing never to return ever, while the so-called liberators pleaded with them to "stay a little longer honey". So ultimately there wasn't any glory. There won't be any glory for Uganda in South Sudan either. Because we are an already biased party to the conflict, the international applause for the pearl of Africa was thrown out of the window from the moment Ugandans deployed in December 2013 when the fighting first broke out. In political terms it was like entering our neighbours house through the kitchen door, and welcomed in by Mr. Salva Kiir himself. The peace agreement between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riak Machar expressly demanded that Uganda packs and leaves. Dehydrated soldiers were seen doing so on the Nimule highway, the Oraba border post, and other panya roads. Since then, South Sudan has again become engulfed in tribal squabbles so deadly that instead of celebrating their independence day with a splendid fireworks display, they insisted on live ammunition with assault rifles, heavy machinegun's, rocket propelled grenade fire, and 150 souls including a Ugandan doctor yesterday. Meanwhile a 400-man British military contingent arrived last month in the capital, Juba. So maybe these gallant englishmen could try to impose themselves between the two groups, where on one side we have giant Dinka soldiers armed to the teeth, and on the other, similar Nuer rebels with a field commander as tall as the armoured tank parked next to him. Since the Britons are UN peacekeepers, I assume it's their actual job to intercede in that, isn't it?
by Hussein Lumumba Amin 10/07/2016
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