Dr. John Garang de Mabior Foundation Premier Note

Dr. John Garang de Mabior Foundation Premier Note

An Iconic Picture of Dr. John Garang on Nairobi streets: Kenyans marking the death of Dr. John Garang, 2005

Dr. John Garang Foundation was inspired by this quote of his.

“…It is the same God who makes Dinka, Nuer, Shilluk, Azande, Bari, Lotuho, Taposa, Murle, Anyuak, etc, and who is this to amend God creations, the one makes amendment, I would say is against God. If this problem of my transfer to God I will win this case.” By Dr. John Garang

(1) Dr. John Garang Museum, there is no schedule time yet now. Just stay tune for that. However, it opening date and time might be affected by an important individual attendance. I will not give a name of that person now.

(2) The Foundation will protect every South Sudanese (64th Tribes) & Sub-tribes Identities as their Natural gift and shouldn’t be exploited, either it is their Languages, Dialects, Identities, etc. Our people Histories, Languages, Dialects of South Sudan tribes or sub-tribes has to be protected because they were important part of our heroes did fight for so long. In addition too, we have to bear in our minds that Dr. John Garang and many heroes of our new Nation did commit themselves for our co-existence respect and preservations.

(3) Lɔ̈ŋkuëi (Longkuei) Security will be formed under this Foundation to protect it intended missions. Also these Security personnel will be trained in computer skills and other securities requirements in United States and other parts of the world. Lawyers and Longkuei Security will protect heroes of our Freedom.

(4) Lawyers are going to be included under this Foundation to protect it missions. Peace, Education and Reconciliation Programs, Sport, Cultural Activity, etc.

(5) Every 64th tribes of South Sudan is going to be represented under this Foundation of Dr. John Garang de Mabior.

(6) Every tribes or sub-tribes Languages or Dialects will be done here also. Plus Computer Keyboard design for every Languages or Dialects letters as well under this Foundation.

(7) Book publishing in any Languages or Dialects; Translation and Interpretation and many other programs too.

(8) Any person who still with old mind-set of contempt and/or being Advocating for wrong History that would cause any Tribes, Sub-tribes, and Clan inciting conflict will be punished by Law severely under this Foundation wherever he/she might be residing around the world, it would be work of Longkuei Security and Lawyers of this Foundation through any means. Everybody has to know that, we South Sudanese didn’t fight to leave loophole in our heroes visions whereby many of them have sacrificed to let everyone be free and have rights of: Languages, Dialects, Identities, properties, etc.

(9) Even if there might be any tribe or sub-tribe in South Sudan that has only two people and they speak one Language or Dialect it must be protected under this Foundation. Because it is their Nhialic (God) gifts to them.

“Let us also drop this crazy idea that we all must be Arab even God will not accept it.” By Dr. John Garang de Mabior

Update for Drjohngarangfoundation.org progress

South Sudanese Museum address:

560-76th St suite 542, Byron Center, MI 49315.

You have a book, any books, videos of tribes, sub-tribes, tribes or sub-tribes historical arts, and you want to donate it to SOUTH SUDANESE MUSEUM for your own Author, tribe, sub-tribe promotion, please don’t hesitate to sent to that address before time. What we mean before time, it is time the Museum be opening within the upcoming months.

(1) The Museum Building is already in hand. The lease did start on August 29, 2014. However, in first update in few months back was supposed to be named, “Dr. John Garang Museum” but it is now changed to, “SOUTH SUDANESE MUSEUM.” The reason behind this change was due to idea that, “the Museum of important person like John Garang should be established first in his home area of Greater Twic East, Jonglei State, South Sudan.”

(2) Other fews purposes being added under this Foundation are:

-The Foundation will educate world communities about South Sudanese rich cultures of diversities and preserves them for next upcoming generations of every tribes, sub-tribes, communities, etc.

-The Foundation will investigate any suspicious killings of individual or groups who are suspicious about particular love ones have die in suspected or malicious activities. Under this point, thoroughly investigation have to be done in scientific way like Forensic analogy. Written investigations, and other form of investigations.

-Any individual, groups, entity, news makers, blogs, and others inciting conflicts through wrong tribal or sub-tribes identity or history misplaced, would be hunt-down around the globe wherever he/she lives.

-Also under this foundation, there would be none exception when it comes to suing individual, groups, entity, organizations, and so forth who is/have been able to distorted other tribes or sub-tribes of their rights of identities or histories. However, the warning should be sent a head of time to any violator of other communities’ identities or histories that have been proved beyond any doubt of our human beings logic.

-Both Longkuei Security, Doctors and Lawyers under this Foundation are going to have opportunities when it comes to their training in things like computer and other essentials tools that are going to facilitated their jobs around the world.

-Plus if you are individual or groups need some protection, please don’t hesitate to contact Foundation about membership dues. Our office phone has not yet been activated but within the next few days or weeks, it should work. Here is Office number: 616-551-3165.

-And other programs that would be added on later.

N/B: This week we will post the Museum photos or pictures.

T-shirt “64th Tribes: Makes South Sudanese Nation Stronger Union”

South Sudanese Museum address:

560-76th St suite 542, Byron Center, MI 49315.

Phone: 616-551-3165

E-mail: drgarangfoundation@yahoo.com

E-mail: garang@drjohngarangfoundation.org

Speech by the Rebel Commander, Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth, in Akobo, Jonglei State

“Remarks of Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth Hothnyang, Military Governor of Upper Nile State (SPLM/A IO), addressing war-wounded heroes in Akobo on 2nd September 2014

Gathoth Gatkuoth, the rebel commander in Upper Nile state

1. Dear Comrades, wounded heroes. Salva Kiir imposed tribal war on Nuer on 15th December 2013 in which, for the first time in the history of South Sudan, he carried out premeditated genocide of over thirty thousand innocent civilians of Nuer Ethnic Group. This can only be equated with holocaust committed against Jewish Community by tyrant Hitler of Germany, and with genocide in Rwanda several decades ago.

Dear comrades, wounded heroes, your fellow brothers fell in Malakal three times and in Nassir. You are fighting a just war. We must continue to fight in order to liberate your people from tyranny. In fact, the war is not about power struggle, as some people may claim, not a fight to take leadership of the country. But rather, it is a fighting to get rid of tyranny of endemically corrupt, tribalistic, nepotistic and oppressive regime that at will butchers its people. Bad leadership of tyrant Salva Kiir must go if South Sudanese are to enjoy lasting peace in their land. Salva Kiir is nothing less than deadly Ebola in West Africa. He is just another deadly Ebola of South Sudan, which must be got rid of.

2. I would like to express my gratitude to Honourable Hilde Johnson, Former Special Representative of UN Secretary-General in South Sudan for having been able to save lives and protecting our people in UNMISS camps in Juba, Malakal, Bor and Bentiu. Many thanks too UNMISS Human Rights department for having exposed to the whole world evidence of committed genocide in Juba. However, the fact that US government led by Democrats and regional bloc IGADD, today, wants to turn down the facts of genocide and other human right abuses and wants to impose tyrannically brutal leadership on South Sudanese is a different thing altogether. We must continue to reject their blackmailing agenda. South Sudanese need peace more than anybody else. It is South Sudanese themselves that will bring their peace – a lasting peace under new leadership, not Salva Kiir’s.

3. Comrades, wounded heroes. Be informed that our negotiating team in Addis Ababa, contrary to what Ambassador Seyoum Mesfin alleged on Radio Tamazuj, did not sign any peace agreement including permanent cease-fire. The IGADD proposal failed to address the root causes of the conflict. It aimed at keeping Salva Kiir in power for the next period of time, and so was rejected by our team. That biased document of biased IGADD can never be signed by our negotiating team or by any sound member of SPLM/A. Thanks to the Chairman, Dr Riek Machar and our delegation for their wise decision to reject IGADD’s biased document that intends to retain the status quo. Salva Kiir must go home in order for South Sudanese to live in peace.

4. IGADD mediation process will, in my view, never yield lasting peace in South Sudan, for IGADD mediators are seriously compromised/biased due to conflict of interests as for sure some of them have directly been involved in the war (e.g. Uganda) fighting alongside the government. I would therefore urge UN Security Council to give responsibility of mediation to any neutral African countries (other than IGADD-member countries) that may be able to mediate between warring parties impartially.

5. I also urge US government led by Democrats to review their foreign policy towards resolving conflict in South Sudan and portray neutrality, and to stop aiding and keeping in power the regime of South Sudan Ebola – Salva Kiir.

6. Dear comrades and compatriots, there are traitors who, like Salva Kiir, also killed innocent Nuer civilians in Juba. These are Col. Simon Kun Puoc, Gen. James Hoth Mai, Joseph Nguen Monytuil, John Kong Nyuon, James Kok Ruei, Thomas Duoth Guet, Johnson Gony Biliu, Riak Gai Kok, and John Gai Yoh. These people conspire against you, insult and kill you simply in exchange for position and money from Salva Kiir. Just like Judas Iscariot who sold Jesus Christ, they sold you and killed you simply to get money and position from Salva Kiir’s government. So do not blame them for history will judge them harshly, but we are going to fight on till South Sudan Ebola –Salva Kiir- goes home.

7. Dear comrades, wounded heroes. You are fighting a just war and thus must fight on till Salva Kiir steps down, marking a total liberation of all South Sudanese from tyranny and tribalism.

In conclusion, I would like to express sincere thanks to Gen. Duop Lam, Military Governor of Jonglei State, and Cde Koang Rambang, Commissioner of Akobo County for warm reception accorded to you (war-wounded) and me.”

The Fragmented Political Opposition Takes its Quarrels to the Addis Ababa Peace Talks

By Malith Alier, Juba

Opposition Party leaders and their respective signatures

The seventeen (17) political parties which are in the Addis peace talks as part of a multi-stakeholder approach to those talks are at it again. Their political nature in the country can’t be more wanting.

They accused each other, replaced their leader, dissolved the first committee to the talks and finally replaced someone who represented them on the government side.

A brief history of the current conflict and the ongoing peace talks in Ethiopia is necessary to understand the dynamics of the peace negotiations.

It all began as a power struggle in the ruling SPLM party. The three contenders; Riek, Pagan and Rebecca for the chairmanship later united and formed the December 6 opposition.

The December six opposition, planned a rally for December 14 which was however, abandoned because of SPLM National Liberation Council (NLC) meeting tentatively planned for the same day. The 14th December event went in the NLC way. However, the temperatures boiled over on the following day and therefore, resulted in the gun violence.

Violence is what many generations of South Sudanese have known for close to a hundred years. The current conflict is just an extension of the past violence, something some people said caused great trauma to the affected people.

The main topic of this piece is the weakness and fragmentation of the opposition parties in South Sudan political arena.
The fragmented and divisive political opposition is also characterised as weak perhaps because of the existence of the almighty SPLM.

The opposition parties struggled together for a slot on the Addis talks but they now seem not to agree and stay together after incorporation into the talks. They now hold new conference after news conference to address the nonexistence political ghosts.
“We have closed the gap and we have washed our faces” said Dr. Martin Elia Lomoro of the seventeen political parties in Juba on 12 Sep. 14.

How clean they have washed their faces remains to be seen by the people of this country. What is clearly apparent is the division and fragmentation of the opposition in the face of SPLM dominance and manipulation.

Martin Elia Lomoro is the Minister of cabinet affairs in the SPLM dominated government. This is one way the SPLM manipulates the opposition by incorporating influential leaders like the said minister.

A mere statement to the media by the political opposition while standing behind one another does not mean that they have closed the gap leave alone having washed their faces. It should instead be more than that.

Dissolving the seventeen opposition parties to form one strong opposition is a strong indication to address the current mess the opposition is in. this also goes a long with resignation of those in the current government like Dr. Lomoro himself.

At the early stages of the peace talks, the role of the other stakeholders was not yet clear. The government and the SPLM/SPLA in Opposition were the main protagonists in those talks. However, the SPLM/A in Opposition pushed for a multi-stakeholder process to include all South Sudanese people inside and outside the country.

Also on the internal front, the political parties, religious groups, civil society alliance and other stakeholders pressed IGAD to be allowed to take part in the talks. Their prayers were eventually answered and the IGAD mediators accepted this argument.

Prior to this Dr. Lam Akol of the SPLM-DC and Joseph Ukel of USAP were parts of the government delegation to the talks. However, the new arrangement saw Joseph Ukel moving to the opposition political parties and Dr. Lam Akol remaining in the government delegation in addition to being head of the opposition political parties’ delegation.

This new dispensation was later affected by the same divisive opposition politics in the country. The good Dr. Lam was accused by the opposition delegates of having met Riek Machar without their knowledge. He was finally replaced the din by someone else ahead of the next round of talks schedule for the second half of September 2014.

The suitability of Opposition Delegation to the Addis peace talks is seriously now in question. During the meeting of the political parties Council in the State House, Juba, about seven of those opposition political parties elected not to attend that meeting.

They included the SPLM-DC which is the largest opposition party in South Sudan. The reasons for that are many; replacement of Lam Akol and lack of unity among those parties are in the forefront.

The South Sudan opposition parties have image problem as evidenced by the way they appeared after the fall out in Addis Ababa. This spelt their doom politics and the constant manipulation by the majority party whose structures are seriously dented by the infighting for power but people are not joining other parties because of the fear of the unknown.

By the examination of individual delegates of the opposition, one would conclude that they appear to be naïve and less knowledgeable about the country they would like to talk about on the negotiation table. You would often hear during news conferences that they called “South Sudan” as Southern Sudan, a name abandoned since 2011. The further, called people of South Sudan as “people of Southern Sudan.”

They simply look like those Ugandans or Kenyans who ask South Sudanese “when did you come from Southern Sudan?” Mind you dear that this author on many occasions, reminded them that the former half country known as Southern Sudan is now called South Sudan.

The reasons why some people are oblivious of the changes that had taken place in former “Southern Sudan” is that most of them were in Khartoum during the war and are permanently used to “Southern Sudan.” Another possible reason is that some of them have poor memory and are like the proverbial zebra that only retained “Z” as the only letter in the alphabet.

There is also the language problem. Some of them are fluent in Arabic and learning English is a hell of a problem to them.

The relevance of the opposition delegates to the peace talks is therefore, seriously damaged by infighting caused by image problem.

Furthermore, the top individuals in the opposition delegation seem to lack requisite information about the country on their fingertips. “Southern Sudan” is first Addis Ababa Peace Agreement (APA) and Comprehensive peace Agreement (CPA) era designation.

It should only be used when dealing or referring to those agreements and not in the matters that do not relate to APA and CPA. Simply put, it is a relic of APA and CPA.

And finally the opposition is only fooling itself by displaying their failure at home in Addis peace talks.