“UN Trusteeship” is an Insult to the South Sudanese People

Nothing in our historied conscience would justify the UN trusteeship of South Sudan. Nothing in the recorded history of UN administration around the world would suggest that the UN would be any better than our present leadership.

Nothing in the Rwandan genocide compelled the UN to babysit that country in 1994. Nothing in the wanton killing in Darfur warrant the UN to claim trusteeship over the Sudan.

The UN and their local version, UNMISS, haven’t officially broached this subject and yet it is everywhere of late. So where is this idea coming from? Someone putting out the feelers….testing the waters?

The idea is insulting to South Sudanese people and should be condemned by all sides…the rebels and the gov’t, the G-11 and the opposition parties in Juba, and particularly the western-funded local NGOs and civil society bodies who seem to be fast falling for the bait.

By PaanLuel Wel

Should Dinkas Moderate their Daughters’ and Sisters’ Bride Price?

By Daniel Deng

Hello Brother, young Journalist Kon Joseph Leek!

I like your case, please take these items and verses which could assist you develop your dowry articles

Your ideas and contributions to the Dinka overarching marry systems has became somewhat problematic ranging from family deterioration to a temptation, however, it is not the parent’s problem for the girls to stay in their homestead for longer awaiting high dowry returns, but the girls failure to choice their longevity husbands once and for all, not a temporarily boy-friend. Especially If decided to be married unless she do not want to, then by all means they should pursue their obligation to love and to be love by anyone of their match. One upon a time, one of my close friends has been pushing for this social norm issue about marry-related dowry, unfortunately, no one turn up positively about his vision towards dowry reduction or no dowry payment at all.

In addition to your opinion, your sustainable suggestion would probably be underestimated, misunderstood and misperceived as you are trying to indirectly revealing your personal issue especially by the greedy communities in the same way like my poor friend who is currently working in Bank as an account already in Australia, because the worst case scenario in the Dinka tradition, not culture is that people start to yell out and shouted at you that, you should start with your own daughter if not sister, asking you not to worrying about others daughters or sisters, it is intimidating isn’t it!.

Eventually, we the Dinka are not sure who is driving who in marriages, who is misleading who, are they girls misleading their parents by not questioning for/ about true love, or are they parents misleading daughters or sisters for dowry. As you mentioned about “Hyena”, believe me, ugly has now became another beauty or handsome because of high dowry payments, with zero love it, it carries less future as well, then shortly later in marriages, true love will signal its existence and eventually fit itself in and penetrate into lifestyle at the expense of that relationship!, the girl definitely find herself with different lover, surely, a boyfriend for no cost or pressure to herself or both and positively stayed in love longer, free love. “Social Marxist” because none of them wasted each other such that one is superior to another favouring promiscuity type of mating system making them a happy couples despite fidelity.

At long last, it is neither the girls nor their parents, but it is the boys intending to marry problem. If the boys were to be patient and leks for girls to love them firstly and staying in love with together without initiating or mention about marry attracting dowry payments, then, there would be no power for a girls’ parents to demand dowry in such situation, cautioning that the tradition should not be abolish because of non-payment of dowry, this is the system where being shameless is the best, if it happens because you did not pay, then live your live that way and habituate their noise despite staying with their daughter.

In my opinion, the better way and probably one of the preferred solutions to dowry payment for girls is to stop paying nothing at all, it is not to reduce, because it has been already reduced by Mr Chief Ajang Duot and many others that followed. It has been reduced again by wars and instability in the nation (Sudan) many times and talked about many more times but no one has implement it, positively risen by lost boys and corrupted groups in Juba immediately after CPA, So this time is to stop it!, otherwise it depends on how desperate, frustrated marrying boys are, because their characters are driven by their circumstances, Any other possibility out is to problematise it as a problem of concern against development as in “poverty eradication” it should be done with due or inform research such that a viable policy could be put in place.

I know and I am aware that people are rigid and never understand their optimum social degradation due to “social-environmental change” for example, a group South Sudanese migrants living in the west and those corrupted and illiterate assumed ministers and other officials as you putted and the likes are boosting the dowry problem than the civil society living in the villages, this is an abuse of culture and its merits, marriage arrangement is a traditional customary deal to extend the generation and pride for the clanship to other unrelated clans in order to be related in a long run, it is not a commercial deal where you sell or buy once and go, of which you don’t need to see the dealer or the buyer again.

Unfortunately, this contemporary way of marriage has now resulted in more complex conflicts especially for lost boys in the west and their wives parents and mostly the wives themselves left in Bars and Hotels in East African, these poor in heart boys married ironically in a competitive attitudes, but has now turned into ever last grievances between their families including their wives family.

Furthermore, this is a matter of a “discursive “forum, where everyone’s concern would be adding to it. But to advice on this issue, intimidation is very high here especially when someone talks too much especially when “he/she have no daughter or sister” that could be the object of the subject. Nevertheless, not all Dinka but some saying, “there is no girl for the public or community” she is solely a property of the parents or relatives. Unfortunately, in the western world and civilised African countries, most of their girls, daughters or sister are losing houses, dumping, separating, divorcing or remains de-factor from their primary partners whom their parents chosen, why? , no answer because it is not and has not been problematised, however, cruelty, greed and dishonesty govern their parents or relative behaviours to threatening the husbands of their daughters or sisters should he ask or make any query to the matter traditionally.

It is rather sad to see these men, husbands and culture lovers doing multiple attempts to commit suicide, contrary, they should realise that marriages has changed from blessing and way forwards in culture to more evil temptation. They should also learnt from such circumstances and glean something positive and restructuring their mentality and continues live differently than killing themselves , that is a total misuse of being a man contrary women.

Other try for dowry stoppage is to marry for free not somewhere else but within the Dinka whose dowry is a big issue, such that your daughter from this Dinka woman will be given out in the future free as well , and definitely your sons will fall into the same footstep like you, because them, getting girls will not be that hard, your job as a father and your marrying sons is not to pay but assist your in-law in emergencies and associated issues beside being related to them, and continue to do these longer, do not bother about their gossiping attitudes about you including their mates complicity, it would not affect your income either.

Moreover, look for a girl that her mother has not been paid for or not paid off by her father, because it will be a shame for her father to demand, due to the above history. But helping them out is again a norm. Look for a girl that has no parents, or in particular, elder brother who is alive or active to bother you to pay, make sure you really love the girl and the girl loves you as well, date her and do not worry about her barking brother because a”barking dog do not stop the camel from drinking or continuing to walk pass by”. If the girl try to leave you at the expense of love then let her go in peace and do not promise her for any payment because you will likely to replant the diminishing dowry demons in your family that people are combating, no one out there will not hear the message about your separation with your partner; because everyone will be vigilance for any scamming girls for dowries not for love.

So, my question is, are girls likely to be scammers for dowry or are they just scared to disclose their silence about their sexuality in the Dinka tradition?, I would advise Dinka People who sales their girls that, most of these girls being force married, approximately 60 percent has knowledge about femalism, or radical femalism , not necessarily from school education but primarily from their peers , (divorced, separated or de-facto friends), this is a human right, a choice, it is the facts to dump an wanted lover any time, (really bad when the husband is old), this is the fact being hidden from those fools who are continuing paying dowry outside love, showing off, or trying to.

From year 1998- the present, most girls beautiful and smart/ clever are married to lost boys in abroad unlike those good looking boys and generals in juba, thereafter, those handsome boys and corrupted generals in Juba turns to smuggle these married girls to lost boys. Positively, If the girl is traditional too to abide with such tradition from her parents or relatives, then is perhaps a miracle or by good luck.

Oppositely, In Australia, children are born to secure house finances or income from the government as it is perceived by women, married women blackmails each other, then shortly after, separate or divorce completely to temporary/ presently enjoy this privilege, 70 percent of children are not for family, cultural or generational extension in that nation any more.

Most Relationships has turned into ex-nuptial systems where children are born outside marry relationship and never have father registration details for these births, and some are either classical or cooperative relationship, where a man carrying for children that are not their own or they are a mixture of theirs and others in the same house, where 35 percent of man currently living in the houses are not the initial partner who has paid the dowry, but just for cooperative breeding purpose, those kind of men are either irresponsible, scare about high dowry payment or they just don’t care about culture or life itself” very good “refugia” for most women who “gamble with marriages”. This is the currently functioning system practice by Dinka women in Australia. At least 15 per of relationships are pure, or straight marriages.

Unfortunately, we cannot stop this practice because everything that we do in our traditional way in to enhance better relationship is not valid in the court of law in Australia ( not legal), what is legal is do not pay and continue to live together as long as you wish, it is a free love system, and indeed less tormenting. As far as I know, no one migrant relationship will be recognise in the west, because there is a bit of discrimination and racism involves to keep these migrants future penetration in the system reasonably low, once the authority internally called in to resolve your family crises being perpetuated by most women, then there is no way near better in that relationship once you a migrant or slave if you are wise, you are subjected to an immediate separation and then worsen by your own community mentors between you and your separated wife, this is politically done such that you commits a crime that you where not intended to commits after intervention order which will extend your stay away from your wife Children (more about interest), so people from Dinka tradition must start to make their relationship a bit flexible within the dowry code such that one in a relationship can choose to leave or stay without any disadvantage regardless of children in between.

The children will choose later when they are grown between ages 10- 18. The bad part of all these is that, their mother will likely be susceptive to men in the street and will eventually have less or no full attention for children to positively tend their reasonable age with good health statues!, most women will be freely given alcohol and drugs by their temporally partners as part of the assumed enjoyment just to calm their stress and increase their short term social happiness. By Coincident, If these happened, then it is a bad luck, we wish it doesn’t.

Finally, what good is it to die for a marry relationship or cultural issues than to die for the country? , in my view, marry relationship is not life but just a supplement to fulfil the obligation duty of the culture, in particular to have children to extend the next generation. It should not be commercialise in one sense risking such radical attitude towards girls and boys to spend their century in sorrow whatsoever. Dinka women or others are and get easily adapted to the western or any new systems than men, who keep on with the culture that is why men are trapped all way like rats by women whom they traditional married to. Women know exactly what they are doing despite the criminal intent it carries, being paid off is a nightmare to them it is not their problem it is only a problem of her parents and the husband, very smart tactic.

However, once they dumped they husbands, women tend not to even associate with their parents or relatives, and they spend the rest of their lives in the hideout with their new boy-friends or whichever way they called them. This situation is very confusing even if some women still show up in the community, they still don’t participate to resolve the matter traditional, where it should start and ended traditionally. Some are somewhat snitchy including their parents or relatives as they could agree on the matter, so a man has to pursue relativism here about such bulshit.

It is good to continue to advocate for it (dowry), do not talk about reduction but talk about stoppage of dowry, it does not equate any development especially to those new married couples at any condition, it is definitely jeopardising, stigmatising and of cause “a tragedy of the common”, because in the Dinka tradition not South Sudanese, everyone gets married but this problem of dowry is outraging, it is doing others good for now but doing other to hell for life. In 2009 a guy from Ayual clan in Twic East, figured out to the public in my present that,” they are not those who had or having wedding that are good couples, boy or girls but they are those who will live and stay together for life that are” on that day I gave him a full marks for his overwhelming attention speech to the Dinka public.

In this notation, relationships now days are about saying longer, they are not about staying forever! For the girls, young Beauties are the most awful enemies of better relationship than old or moderate beauties. Likewise for boys, handsome are the big fish than the least handsome and are likely to takeover those single women who deserve handsome in the first place risking their good reputation and dignity. In the Dinka traditions, it is mostly ok to married a single woman as long as you have married to a real girl before despite she has left you already or she still there has a first wife.

But for the modern lifestyle, young (men) people don’ just cares. May be they take it as for now and they will marry a girl later or something, I still don’t understand! Other hard component is that divorced women are desperately shopping for young boys than ordinary girls, they are competing with even their own daughters in winning such boys, and it is crazy enough. There used to be a taboo in the Dinka tradition even to other tribes in South Sudan, traces that, if the woman has two or more children, then she cannot be remarried to anyone.

But in the new world, it is folk, these women are the problematic groups who chase after young boys in the daylight, it is rather astonishing, the only good news and better alternative progress in the west is that, girls don’t reject men (you) because they are divorced, separated or being dumped by their wives or partners, they reject men because they are living with their legal or married wives in the same house!, Really happy life here. As long as a man has money, and a former partner is not intending to come back or you the man do not want her back. That is very fine

What women don’t understand is that, every man’s house culture is the same, it is related to dowry payments which incur more tough supervision on wives or partners than for come and-stay couples, that is why women prefer living as singles despite being paid off by her husbands, so for you to develop a good understanding surrounding dowry and relationship, it is far destructing than sustaining at this era, having marry relationship as an alternative in life at the expense of good education in the first place and ended up in a miserable situations is a very big mistake.

For further information, It is very sad that many young boys aged 24 – 35 are now taking and going out with married women age 28 -45 than going out with young girls of their age group, despite these women are keeping, living or staying with their husbands or not, these women are likely to their mothers in real sense, it is shocking. Amazingly, these women support this situation as well, that why they are shameless to do it.

So, what is going on here could come from different outlook and perspectives such as:

1. Dowry pressure for the real girls
2. Girls attitudes failing to respect their good lifestyle including courtships
3. Alcohol and drugs making every woman looks princess
4. Costless to make a deal with already married women than new
5. Envy and jealousy towards others including their initial husbands
6. Poverty from such women in their houses
7. Less handsome husbands maybe too short, too tall, too dark. Less clean, too controlling, lose of driver’s licence, drink too much, no teeth, spend less on outing or not going out at all, don’t dressing up good , too religious, no good hair, less or no formal academic etc.

Finally, now days, marrying a girls or a woman is of no difference at all, girls are less attractive to boys than women (single mothers) base on its cost Benefit analysis (CBA), this has to be extensively research and adhere with its outcomes. Unfortunately, those disabled man and women of all sorts (boys and girls), aging girls and boys, poor groups and grown orphans have to die that way without getting married. It is a “letting die system”. This is an exercise of sovereignty and bio-politics scenario.

Regards
Deng Daniel MD
Your Local Environmental Geographies and population scientist
Also from South Sudan

Comment on “South Sudanese are very Hard to Acknowledge their Mistakes”

By Deng Daniel

That is right Mr Bol G in my view as well, even if it is the not truth because truth has never been defined, however, to comment on Sudanese issue (s), it was better before, let’s say a year ago because South Sudanese migrants globally had a hope for better South Sudanese to returned to if life is that threatening wherever we are including Australia, because being a migrant alone is a typical threat in everyone daily living especially when you are continuously ask, were are you from?

Even when you have been in a place for 40 years, but now what can South Sudanese do to defend their migration pre-migration problems? the simple answer is nothing, we cannot be ambassadors for liars ever again, lairs must be reserved for previous war with Sunni Muslims in the north but not to ourselves as South Sudanese, this is of no any exceptions even if people blackmailing around for tribal war, that is all folk, the current is undeniably about opening more windows for most more corrupted relatives within such tribes to survive or escape corruption demons at the expense of other people (citizen) lives mainly civilian poor and their environment.

Nevertheless to start to acknowledge few mistakes as South Sudanese, Mr Ajak C can’t be blamed for denying facts because he is scare to be kill within Australia because Sudanese here and back home are of no difference, but taking the quote down here, maybe he wants to die for a liar not for truth otherwise he can’t be hiding from revealing the wrongs he did. We fought the Arabs until they remain permanently at north, now we are nonsensely fighting each other in the name of Nuer and the Dinka just to finish up innocence poor from silence groups.

To be cautious about ourselves like Mr Ajak C did, we must remember that, once this war ended, who knows, it could be again randomly selected as Dinka Bor causing unjustified problems in South Sudan and exedra. The worst case scenario would be that of bio-surveillance of South Sudanese personnel’s as trouble makers’ worldwide positioned second to terrorist appearance at public venues. unless we start to change our manners, attitudes, and behaviours, start by stop fighting ourselves let alone others, it has to be right now despite the outrageous circumstances that limits the good of our country being un-enjoyed by all who fought in the previous war and civilian who are away from home because of that war.

From such outlined futures, it is even clearer that more troubles will occur here In Australia especially from the Dinka youth who are tormented by warfare here and there fashioned differently and deliberately fuel and provoked by their fathers and uncles who wants to be rich in one day or else die in one day, that has created a life longevity compare to that of a rats for South Sudanese, what good is it to get a million dollars in one day and loss all of your immediate family members in one year later compare to those poor Sudanese who could be blessed to be healthy and live for a century.

Finally, South Sudanese have disgraced themselves not only in South Sudan but all over the world. I am Sudanese but I don’t like us at all. Our existence is far from that of domesticated animals, whether we are young or grown, it is part of the truth not actually a truth. it is good to die for the better than to die for being a lair keyton.

Finally, it is good to be mistaken and killed struggle for the truth than be mistaken and killed hiding from telling the unprecedented truth” — Deng MD. This is obvious to South Sudanese to spend all life being a liar to get paid than being kill short for talking the truth.

Regards

Pagak Rebels General Conference, another 15th Dec calamity or way forward for better exit out of pit?

By Deu Lueth Ader

Pagak General Conference for Rebels group headed by Riek Machar holds ambiguities, but nevertheless two conflicting perspectives probably would emerge out of the conference.

First and foremost, the rebel’s high command since the eruption of the rebellion has never met such that to re-organize and re-structure its ranks, hence two things would be on top of the agenda. New policies would be adopted by the leadership of the rebels as to how people are mobilize to join the rebellion, or otherwise the rebels may resort to conscript them should they decline to do so, for both warring parties are competing over victory point before any political settlement is achieved. The rebels in a military sciences’ point of view want to maintain an upper hand instead of being underdog of the fight, therefore; the possibility of opening a new phase and fronts of fighting would likely be endorsed in the conference.

Secondly, and paradoxically; some prominent members within the leadership of rebels have been advocating for peaceful settlement and urging themselves to lay down guns but their voices are apparently inaudible, for there is no peace through barrel of gun other than forfeiting lives. There is an instantaneous call for urgent peace now not tomorrow and desist from covert activities aiming at escalation in order to save the lives of innocent civilians who have been suffering in dignified silent countrywide. The reward for the lives perished in the aftermath of current war is none other than peace and leave aside the grudges of being mocked by X or Y for the sake of peaceful co-existence.
The awful day 15 December is approaching let everyone be hopeful for your conference’s outcomes, be it fruitful rather than revulsion.

Though it is yet uncertain if the government would permit the UNMISS to transport the rebels field commanders to where the conference is expected to be held, or UNMISS itself may refuse to cooperate, for it has all along been seen by the Government as another hidden cell executing Rebels’ agenda and no longer a neutral element that can stand in the middle of the crisis without bending on either side. But if conference convenes make sure that relentless and persistence to materialize objectives through fighting would be detrimental to the national stability and social fabric, for Government would not stay idle and let you carry out your military activities freely. Government would as well consolidate its forces as you do in a pretext to eschew the annihilation of the country and Constitution; however urge yourselves not to vilify the principles of peaceful settlement and give the IGAD a chance to look into it such that a robust outlet is engendered.

The author of this article can be reached at deu_arok@yahoo.com

The little to Appreciate

By Athian Mayen

In review of the year, nothing catches your eye except for the activities that have come up in the last quarter; indeed it’s safe to say that there’s a glimpse of hope in Juba despite the apprehension that has been the hallmark of 2014 for obvious reasons.

After a short while, we’ve begun to appreciate the local authorities for traffic lights, and the gantries (overhead directional signs), being installed in strategic areas of the city with more yet to cover the whole town. This is indeed going to make life better.

It has been observed that, the Dutch disease of relying on oil, usually grips countries endowed with it. Though, our politicians have persistently been singing about increasing of non-oil revenues, there’s been no bold action taken till now.

Recently, after the assessment and subsequent shut down of revenue collecting agencies in Nimule and Nesitu, The Finance Minister had this to say: “The result has been dramatic, from daily remittances from Nimule averaging 400,000 to 500,000 pounds, we are now talking of 2.5million a day.”

The customs department had become a diamond mine in this society, which has made many citizens wish for this job as it guarantees immediate wealth.

The question is, who are the victims of this vicious overhaul? Of course, the kind and loving people around you or likely, anybody you directly or indirectly benefit from.

This sweet bitter development affects people especially the rogue agents, who are going to settle for less. But at least, it’s breaking the cycle for the good of the country in the long run.

So what’s next? I’m told that the same taskforce that put people out of business in Nimule and Nesitu, is headed to the airport; let’s wait and see.

Meanwhile, as the year turns, you would certainly like to see a change in the way the hard currencies are managed, especially the dollar. While, the dollar has certainly become a commodity, it is necessary to cut queues and all the difficulties that now characterize the quest to acquire it.

This issue has crippled our economy and definitely had adverse effects on the livelihoods of the common man. The earlier the authorities act to remedy this, the better. I think the last quarter is not too bad

Wish you a Happy December

Reacheable at; mayenathian@gmail.com

Demand for apology from the minister of defence Hon. Kuol Manyang Juuk over his sexist comment.

By Amer Mayen Dhieu, Queensland, Australia.

In summary

According to Hon Kuol Manyang, the minister of defence, any man refusing to join the army can have his hair plaited and put on skirt.

In this remark, the honourable minister was referring to the African traditional concept that compare coward men to women.

It is true that the proportion of South Sudanese women in the army is very low compare to men but this does not consolidate to their cowering behaviours but to other responsibilities that are significance on family level such as evacuating children to safer places with knowledge that the safety of male children among these kids will results to production of next generation of army of men that will fight along the front of the upcoming war as well as women who will bear more armies.

Since 2005, South Sudanese women has inserted a belief that any war that will again occur in South Sudan priority to the end of war on liberation has lost legitimacy. It is no longer a liberation war to participate in but a war of positions and powers so let men and women who belief in forceful mean to take powers and positions fight

Where did Minister go wrong with his comment?

Honourable Kuol Manyang is one of the dearest respectful leaders of all. Given his calm nature, his word rarely loiter around like other politicians  in South Sudan government and his choice of words are always directed to his position as minister of defence however his yesterday comment release by Sudan tribune is more sexist and have angered many women like myself prompting to demand his apology.

His comment has no legality rather a sexists’ statement issue to disgrace and overlook women’s ability and power and portray women as coward than nurturing humans who choose peace over war.

Should minister be encouraging young men to join the army, Hon. Kuol Manyang is a wise man, I trust his choice of words and there is no doubt that there would have been a legitimate word use to encourage young people to join the army than comparing them to women if they refuse to go to war.

What impact did Minister of defence’s statement contributed to the ongoing women abuse in South Sudan?

Generally and let me quote a statement made by one of the male leaders who knows the important of avoiding negative comment toward women, “people who hold sexist views and who are misogynists are inappropriate for high office” The reason is that those who hold high position are more influential. Their words can be use as reference by outliers to justify their insult and abuse on women just like teachers and students. Students references each word  from their teachers because they believe it is right.

His use of old traditional saying and concept is likely to be adopt by the current generation of men and use it against the current generation of women. Meaning such bullying concept and stereotypical thinking shall repeatedly be face by women from time to time because it is continuously being carried from generation to generation.

Leaders are meant and expected to condemn anything that violate women right or promote gender base bullying at national level than be the source of its promotion. The comment is extremely disrespectful to our women in power and those who are still nursing infant babies at home leave alone those who are struggling for a chance to serve the nation. For this reason I personally rise to oppose this move and hereby demanding for minster’s apology.

Why should the minster apologise?

South Sudanese women have already suffered gender base humiliating sequences directly thrown upon them by their husbands and by their country men and are still paying the price till today December 15 conflict is one of the example, something that start in Juba’s parliament rest on vulnerable women’s shoulders.

Many women were and continually being rape on the street in Juba, Bor, Malakal, Akobo, Piji, Fangak and all areas the conflict is taking and has taken place. In all the rebellious and insurgencies war that had happened since the time South Sudan got her independent, women are more likely to suffer humiliating death more than men.

It is disrespectful and inconsiderate that the minster of defence is not  showing sympathy or acknowledging the humiliating dangers our women have been through regardless of everyday abuse and rape.

I am extremely offended on behalf of the women of South Sudan to see leaders who are suppose to condemn statuses that belittle women being the first speakers of such comment. Hon. Kuol Manyang is well inform about the changes in modern South Sudan, there is no exceptional argument that validate a traditional assumption with no absolute creditability be use against our women.

Moreover there is no research-based argument that says people who go to war are braver than those who stays at home to look after their kids because husbands are already up at war. This thought of hypocrisy should not be tolerate at any level and hereby again demanding apology from Hon. Kuol Manyang Juuk.

In confession, I still do hold so much respect for him but right here I am making an honest woman out of myself to urge him to apologise to women of Sudan that he represent. His comment is not only sexist but is overlooking the suffering faced and sacrifices made by the great women of our country on family and national level.

Repeating myself…

I am here demanding apology in the content that our todays women are making great progress as well as suffering on national level and turning a blindside on this progress and suffering is arrogant. Sexists comment are not only hurtful to women, they does not only make women doubt themselves and their abilities, but also serve to reinforces discrimination and abuse to women’s power and existence.

The number of women rape everyday at war, the number of women expose to domestic violence and the number of women beaten to death or force to marry before their school age rise everyday in South Sudan. Over all of these, there is nothing that make South Sudan a worse place to be a woman than seeing leaders roaming around with such sexist remark on national event.

The ideal is that women and men have different roles, just like woman being a mother, a carer and a house keeper so can men be fighters. I still do acknowledge the effort made by government citing the twenty-five percent given to women yet that does not mean women are finally liberated. There are still more legislations needed to be reinforce and implement and that include avoiding throwing negative comments on women.

I personally urge that this statement must be condemn rather being given standing ovation like how other men are doing it on the internet. Nevertheless I appreciate few young men who have already labelled Minster’s remark as sexist and condemn it.

The truth is that if one has to go, get a group of women and explain in depth what this statement mean to them, there are many women out there that could be anger by such remark and it is legally advisable that the minster apologise.