Cultural Constraints are the Root Causes of our Troubles to do Business in South Sudan

By Apioth Mayom Apioth, USA

January 21, 2015 (SSB) — Before the present war took us for a phantasmagorical ride, our neighborly East African communities, and especially those of Somali, Ethiopians and Eritreans, who originated from the horn of Africa, were doing exceptionally well in the area of business in South Sudan. The Somali took over a good share of the gas stations; both the Eritreans and Ethiopians were in the restaurant businesses.

Ethiopians used to work from 4am to 4pm; in just eight years, from their first arrival in 2005 up to 2013 when the war broke out, they amassed a wealth which became the envy of our South Sudanese communities. How did they garner such a wealth in such a short time, someone may ask? They reached where they perched through hard work, freeing themselves from cultural constraints, and concerted culture of an entrepreneurial mindset.

From the onset, we can all be lenient toward our people concerning the matter of development of an entrepreneurial mindset; some people may say all these communities had already built an entrepreneurial mindset, centuries or decades before they arrived in South Sudan, and there could be a shade of truth to that.

Our first task to make our present felt in this lucrative field of entrepreneurship would be to free ourselves from the constraints of culture. Our cultures are varied and vastly diverse; however, everyone in the nation put pride before everything else in the nation. A majority of our people think that doing business is beneath their level; in other words, they think people will culturally look down on them if they do those sorts of things. We have come a long way from the earlier times when we were preoccupied with farming and cattle-keeping to our contemporary times where money is the chief obsession.

When the East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania got their independence from their European colonizers; the Southeast Indians came in droves and settled down to do business. Now over 50 years later, they own the most profitable businesses in East Africa. The same episode is repeating itself clothed in different customs: mainly through our horn of Africa’s neighbors.

For those of us who have the biggest pride, let it be told that at the end of the day a pride is only a feeling; and money has the power to keep you afloat whereas the pride can’t help you in solving your personal problems. Why can’t you hide your pride under the carpet for a few years while working your hands to the bones at the shop and see where this might lead you?

You never know your pride might take you further and you might end up one day as the owner of Ramchiel Grand Hotel. Having reached that level, you may never bother with working with your hands; rather you could be doing presentations at the convention centers across town.

Another cultural setback is the baffling occurrence of sharing. In some South Sudanese cultures, there is no distinction between a person and what he/she owns, in this case, business. Friends, relatives and close acquaintances have an easy way to bankrupt the business by taking commodities without paying back a cent.

An age-old saying which goes, “Charity begins at home, rings magnificently here. There is nothing completely wrong with helping out a buddy every once in a while; but the principles of business dictate that proper management of assets must be held in high regard, otherwise you are making way for your own downfall. Those in the business are only in it to make profits; how does insatiable thirst for making profits become compatible with communal charity, especially if you are living in rags?

If you are just in a small business where your income is like those of our compatriots working in hospitals, dentistry, or what have you; why are you freely intentionally giving away the fruits of your sweat when everyone else in the community, like engineers, or geologists, are keeping full portions of their income? Anyone could be a great philanthropist when he/she is wealthy, and there is enough going around to keep his/her life intact.

By first freeing ourselves from the cultural constraints, we are doing ourselves an enormous favor by removing a threatening hurdle. When that is taken care of; everything else will fall into place. Anyone who dreams of living a good life must sacrifice something in order to reach somewhere; hence hard work is not a big issue here, anyone who dreams that big must work hard to realize their capabilities.

An entrepreneurial mindset will develop over time. An entrepreneurial mind involves being economically resourceful and knowing how every pound you invest is going to propagate something profitable.

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Finance Minister Deng Athorbei must stop ministers from buying Dollars in Central Bank directly.

By David Aoloch Bion

Newly re-appointed minister of finance and economic planning, David Deng Athorbei

January 21, 2015 (SSB) — Hon. David Deng Athorbei , I have not congratulated you  on your  new appointment as the Minister of finance  but I welcome you to your new assignment .  After one year I will either congratulate you or I will jeer you depending on the way the economics of South Sudan is going to perform. If the economy perform well and grow by 0.01% per a year, I will congratulate you. if the economy perform poorly and  slow down by one step backward , I will mock you.

Your Honourable , you have been appointed by the time when South Sudan economy is in worst recession I am sorry to use word ’’ recession’’  because  the economy has not been booming  since  independence . The meltdown  of the economy is not blamed on your predecessor, Mr Aggrey Sabuni .  We are  also not celebrating  your coming because we are surest that   you will  not stimulate  economy .

As the new economist in chief, I want you to solve one thing for South Sudanese and their economy, this one thing is the “Problem of Dollar”   Why is the Dollar scarcest in the official market? Why is the Dollar plentiful in the black market? .

These are hypothesis surrounding this problem of Dollar.

The Mythological hypotheses

1 . The black market was created by David Deng Athorbei when he was Minister of finance before he was fired last July ; at his time in office he gave dollars to group of  black marketers  from  Yirol .

2. The governor of central bank Cornello Koryom Mayik gives Dollars to the group of black marketers from Warrap state who go and sell it  to Ethiopians, Somalians and Durfurians .

Factual hypotheses

1. The Government of South Sudan has the policy that if the government officials  be the minister , be the director and be other junior officers want a Dollar for school fees of their children , for these medical treatment abroad or their businesses  , the ministry writes to the Bank of South Sudan (BOSS), the central bank to allow such  official to exchange Dollars directly in central bank  at the 2.96 SSP.

2     The central bank has the policy of releasing Dollars to commercial banks and forex  bureaus , which can be exchanged to business men  and the general publics  but  the forex bureau do not sell dollars in forex but take it to the black markets.

3 The central bank is doing illicit business on the government reserve Dollar in the black market. The central bank officials gives Dollars to friends and relatives , who  sell that dollars in black market  And they return the government money back and take the profit the made from transaction .

Am appealing to  you as the new Economist in Chief to take serious measures against unethical economic policies.

You are en economist, the ultimate objective of any central bank in the World is to regulate the interest rates , fiscal and monetary policies of the country  , it does deal with in such things like selling  Dollars to some sections of the society like ministers . All government officials who want  Dollars  must go  to the forex bureau to buy Dollars .  In classical maxim of economy is ‘’ there is no free lunch’’. This means , if there is economic hardship as we are in , no can be given free services like the exchange of dollars  by some people at rate of 2.95 SSP and exchange the same dollar  at the rate of 4.55 SSP.

What is the work of forex bureaus if some people can go to central bank and access dollars ?  you  do justices for all . You either close all forex and all of us go and buy dollar in central bank , you must stop people from buying dollar in central bank ,

You must  write circular stopping giving any government official dollar in central bank  . we are all citizens , stop discrimination and injustices .

The dollars is scarcest in official market because BOSS is doing illicit business on it    ,  the central gives dollars to forex bureaus to be exchanged to general public. On the other hand ,  the central bank is mandated by the government to exchange dollar to government ministries at rate of 2.96 SSP.  Therefore , instead , the central bank exchange dollar to government  officials in  the central bank , the bank send officials who are supposed to get dollar direct from bank to forex bureaus  again  to get dollar  expense of general public  .

Stop central BOSS officials from making profits on national  reserve dollars in the market blacks

Stop government officials from buying dollars in central bank. directly

Stop forex bureau from selling dollars in the black market.

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Arusha Declaration: The Draft Agreement on the Reunification of the ‪‎SPLM‬ Factions

The Draft Agreement On The Reunification of the ‪SPLM‬ Warring Factions

The monster in charge “I nearly kill that dude so that I can rule forever”; The monster on the run “that dude nearly kill me and must step down so that I can rule”; The big brother monster “you must talk or else sanctions” and Poor people of South Sudan! via Garang Bol’s Facebook

January 21, 2015 (SSB) — The draft agreement on the reunification of the SPLM has been released.

The Intra-SPLM Dialogue took place in Arusha, Tanzania, and was attended by three SPLM groups from January 8th until January 19th under the auspices of Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) chaired by the former Vice Chairman of CCM, Dr. John Samuel Malecela and facilitated by the CCM Secretary General, Mr. Abdulrahman Kinana.

The signing of the agreement took place today in Arusha. The following has been agreed to:

II. ON POLITICAL ISSUES

1. Implement and comply with the provisions of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement and use this Intra-SPLM Party Dialogue in Arusha, the report of the AU Commission of Inquiry on the Conflict in South Sudan and the IGAD mediation process in Addis Ababa to expedite the conclusion of the Peace Agreement in order to end the war.

2. SPLM Leadership shall make a public apology to the people of South Sudan for what has happened since December 15th 2013.

3. There shall be established new transitional structures of SPLM.

4. Develop and implement a comprehensive programme for national unity, peace, reconciliation, healing and promoting harmony amongst the People of South Sudan.

5. Commit all the three SPLM Groups to reunification and reconciliation of the SPLM Leadership and Membership.

6. Combating the culture of militarism and sectarianism in the political life and open up a space for achieving a political environment that promotes genuine political pluralism.

7. Embrace the values and culture of democracy, unity and development and commits to undertake and implement urgent comprehensive democratic reforms, reorganization and transformation of the Party.

8. Ensure that the SPLM redefines its ideological direction, developmental path, the nature of its democracy, system of governance and the nature of society it aspires to build.

9. The SPLM shall formulate and provide policies and programmes to be implemented by its Government with the aim of achieving a democratic developmental state.

10. Revocation of decisions for dismissal of party cadres from party membership and leadership positions resulting from the internal conflict within the party. (This because you are establishing new SPLM transitional structures actions prior to this are irrelevant).

11. The SPLM commits to redefine and implement its vision of state and nation building in order to achieve a peaceful, democratic, just and prosperous South Sudan of equality, freedom and respect for human rights and dignity.

12. Any individual SPLM member convicted by a competent court or tribunal of crimes against humanity, war crimes, crimes against peace or gross human rights violations and abuses during the crisis that erupted in the country since 15th December 2013 shall not be eligible to hold public office in the Party and the Government.

13. Ensure exclusion from participation in the SPLM structures of categories such as the armed forces and other organized forces and judicial personnel in accordance with their respective constitutive laws.

14. The SPLM shall uphold the principles of accountability, transparency and good governance and to combat corruption and malpractices in the Party and Government.

15. In order to ensure peace and security in the country and guarantee public safety, the SPLM calls for the implementation of comprehensive reforms, transformation and professionalization of all the security sector institutions and to ensure that their composition reflects national character.

16. SPLM commits to and supports the establishment of a comprehensive system of transitional justice, (the core elements of which are truth and reconciliation, criminal prosecution, reparations and institutional reforms), to look into the issues of atrocities, human rights violations and abuses in the country.

17. The SPLM shall develop mechanisms for resource mobilization and management to ensure transparency and accountability and to combat corruption. undertake robust mobilization of resources and shall ensure transparent and prudent management of such resources as well as conducting annual independent audits.

18. (Moved to Pending issues)

19. In order to ensure that executive powers in Government are not negatively used to influence or determine Party matters, all decisions affecting the Party shall be taken only through the Party structures;

20. (moved to Pending Issues)

SPLM chairman Salva Kiir (R) greets former SG Pagan Amum (L) as Riek Machar looks on, January 14, 2010

III. ON ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES

21. The SPLM General Secretariat shall be restructured and reorganized in order to streamline its offices and functions to ensure efficiency and effectiveness benefitting from experiences of sisterly organizations. In order to implement this, the SPLM leadership shall:

a. Strengthen and streamline coordination between the General Secretariat and other levels’ secretariats .and provide oversight;

b. Formulate procedures and guidelines for cadre identification, recruitment, orientation, training and deployment to be used at all levels of SPLM structures. to ensure commitment, competence and effective participation;

c. Provide guidance guidelines to the SPLM caucuses in the Legislature and the Executive;

d. Disseminate Party policies;

e. Ensure formulation and implementation of Party disciplinary procedures and regulations;

22. All processes of holding Party congresses and the National Convention shall be suspended until the reunification and reconciliation of the Party is achieved and the war is ended, so that all members are able to participate effectively and freely.

23. An Extraordinary Convention may be convened for the sole purpose of passing the basic documents agreed by the SPLM Groups to facilitate its registration in accordance with the provisions of the Political Parties Act, 2012.

24. The composition of the membership of the Political Bureau (PB) shall be reviewed and expanded to comprise 35 members to reflect the equitable representation of the three SPLM Groups., equitable representation of the States, SPLM Women League, SPLM Youth League and SPLM Veterans League.

25. The PB shall be restructured in a manner that ensures timely decision making, internal cohesion and collective decision making.

26. A Working Committee of the PB consisting of the Chairperson, Deputies of the Chairperson, the Secretary General, and his/her Deputy(ies) and any other members of the PB to be selected by the PB shall be established to handle critical and urgent matters subject to subsequent approval by a meeting of the whole Political Bureau. (Such a committee was once established but became problematic and resulted into marginalization of PB)

27. The PB shall establish a Standing Committee to vet and scrutinize members of the Party vying for positions in the Party institutions and its decisions shall be subject to approval by the whole membership of the PB in official meetings. Each level should have its own committee guided general regulations approved by the party.

28. The Working Committee of the PB shall vet and scrutinize members of the Party vying for positions of leadership in the Government and its decisions shall be subject to approval by the whole membership of the PB in official meetings.

29. Establishment of SPLM Political School for Party cadres training and development.

Mabior Garang and Madam Nyandeng in Arusha, Tanzania

IV. ON LEADERSHIP ISSUES

30. The PB shall develop a Party Leadership Code of Ethics and Disciplinary Procedures to be applicable and upheld by all members irrespective of their positions. Both documents shall be approved and adopted by the NLC.

31. The term limit for the SPLM National and State Chairpersons of the party shall be two terms of 5 years each only.

32. Any member of competence and good standing has the right to contest for any leadership position in the party at any level.

33. In order to consolidate democracy in the party, collective leadership decision-making in the Party structures shall be adhered to and enhanced.

34. The Leadership of the party at all levels shall be elected democratically in a transparent and fair manner.

35. A Standing Committee for national candidates’ selection shall be established by the PB based on competence and integrity, whose functions shall be to scrutinize and vet individual members presenting themselves for election to leadership positions at the Party and General Election. Decisions of the Committee shall be subject to appeal to the PB. The national committee selects candidates for National Chair and deputies only the rest is done at lower levels committees.

36. The Political Bureau (PB) shall establish a Standing Committee at State level Candidates’ Selection Committee, based on competence and integrity, to scrutinize and vet individual members presenting themselves for election to leadership positions at the state level. Decisions of State Candidates Selection Committee shall be subject to appeal to the PB.

37. The State Secretariat shall establish a Standing Committee at County, Payam and Boma levels, based on competence and integrity, to scrutinize and vet individual members presenting themselves for leadership positions at those levels; Decisions of County Candidates’ Standing Committee shall be subject to appeal to the State Secretariat.

38. The PB shall develop rules and procedures to be followed by the Standing Committees for candidates’ selection at national, states and county levels. The General Secretariat shall oversee provide support and follow up the work of the Standing Committees on candidates’ selection and report to the PB.

39. The PB shall formulate policy to institutionalize the care for elderly members of the Party upon their retirement.

40. The SPLM recognizes the need for the establishment of a transitional government in which the SPLM Groups and other political parties shall participate equitably in order to end the war and establish sustainable peace. The reunified SPLM shall abide by the terms and spirit of the IGAD Peace Agreement.

41. The Parties to this Agreement have requested and mandated the CCM Leadership to consult with the respective principals on the way forward with regard to the structure of the leadership of the reunified SPLM.

42. The PB shall establish a Tripartite Committee from the three SPLM Groups to oversee the implementation of this Agreement and the reforms stipulated herein.

43. Guarantors (further consultation needed)

Did President Kiir and Riek Machar sign the deal under duress?

V. PENDING ISSUES

1. The Nature of the Crisis and its Genesis (waiting for text from IO) (moved from Preamble).

2. Accept that all culprits and all those who aided and abetted violations of human rights, including foreign troops must be held responsible and brought to book. (FROM POLITICAL ISSUES) (para 2)

3. An interim, re-unified and reconstituted NLC whose membership shall be established by the three SPLM Groups (by IO) (FROM ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES)

4. Political Detainees and prisoners of conscience (by IO) (FROM Political Issues)

5. The SPLM takes full responsibility for the crisis in the country and resolved that any individual members of the SPLM who are found guilty for those atrocities or bear the greatest responsibility for those atrocities and human rights violations and abuses during the crisis shall be held accountable for those crimes and violations (REFERRED TO HEADS OF DELEGATIONS FROM POLITICAL ISSUES para 17)

6.

A) Suggestion from (IO):

It is agreed that the National Convention shall adopt a new democratic constitution for the SPLM. The new constitution shall provide among other measures, the adoption of mode of voting by secret ballot and/or consensus. Further the SPLM shall abolish all provisions allowing the SPLM Chairpersons of appointing to the National Convention, Congresses, National Liberation Council (NLC) and PB. The new constitution shall formulate policies and guidelines for the representation of minorities and disadvantaged groups in the National Convention, the NLC and all other structures. This constitution shall be an interim constitution.

B) AGREED Ad Ref

It is agreed that the National Liberation Council (NLC) shall revisit and review the contentious provisions, in the draft SPLM constitution to ensure internal democracy within the Party structures, before its presentation to the National Convention. These issues include, but not limited to the following:

a. Mode of voting: whether by show of hands or secret ballot, it is agreed that the procedure of Voting in SPLM meetings at all levels shall be by secret ballot if no consensus is achieved; and by show of hands on non-controversial issues.

b. The provision allowing the SPLM Chairpersons at all levels to nominate five percent (5%) of the membership of the congresses and the National Convention: The following are proposed:

i. Abolition of the provision on the 5% appointments by chairpersons to the National Convention, congresses and liberation councils at all levels;

ii. Political Bureau to formulate policy and guidelines for the representation of minorities or disadvantaged groups in the Convention, Congresses and Liberation Councils.

c. The size of the National Convention: It is proposed that the total number of delegates to the Convention be reviewed.

d. Nomination of Party leaders by The Chairperson: Regarding the process of election or selection of Party leaders at all levels, it is agreed that:

i. The National Convention shall directly elect the Chairperson of the SPLM and his/her Deputies and members of the National Liberation Council by direct and secret ballot.

ii. The National Liberation Council shall elect the Political Bureau and the Secretary General and his/her Deputies through direct and secret ballot.

iii. The Political Bureau shall formulate regulations governing procedures for the election and selection of candidates for the position of Chairperson of the SPLM and his deputies, members of the NLC, members of the Political Bureau, Secretary General and his/her Deputy(ies), State and County Chairpersons, Payam and Boma Chairpersons.

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PARTY CHAIRMAN & SECRETARY GENERAL RIVALRIES: AN IRREVERSIBLE STRIFE

[The Case of President Kiir and Pagan Amum]

By KON Joseph LEEK

SPLM chairman Salva Kiir (R) greets former SG Pagan Amum (L) as Riek Machar looks on, January 14, 2010

January 21, 2015 (SSB) — I widely became aware of the strife between the two aforementioned leaders when Salva Kiir sacked the former governors of Lakes and Unity States Engineer Chol Tong Mayai [turned member of G11, now G. 10] and Gen. Taban Deng Gai [turned rebel] replacing them with Gen. Matur Chut Dhuol and Dr. Nguen Monytuil

Two days after the concurrent sacking of the above mentioned governors, Pagan Amum, then SPLM’s Secretary General of the SPLM publically showed his contention by describing it as, “breaking of constitution” by his boss, president Kiir.

He hasten wrote on his face book wall a day after Taban was decreed out that, ‘dictatorship in the making’. It is no doubts that he meant to describe Salva Kiir “a dictator” not somebody else.

If their [Kiir & Pagan] contention had long started and then cracked by Taban’s removal from gubernatorial position is something SPLM’s insiders only might know, I don’t have details there

When the crises started on DEC. 15TH 2013, it happened that Pagan with his other 10 colleagues were arrested and detained a day after as suspects of attempted coup.

The rest were later released and he [Pagan] remained under interrogation with three others until April when they were released long and white bearded; no razor blades and hair-die in detention

This is just a normal occurrence between the party’s chairmen and their secretary generals. The rivalry between the two leaders is something that goes on unabated citing examples from other African countries.

Secretary Generals who had rivalry with their bosses [party chairmen]

Two-times President Dr. Milton Obote of Uganda had problems with John Kakonga, Grace Ibringa and Felix Onama as Uganda People’s Congress [UPC] party secretary Generals

President Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya also had troubles with Kenya Africa National Union [KANU] Secretary General Tom Mboya

Zambians’ president Kenneth KAUNDA of Zambian African National Congress [ZANC] also had problems with Simon Kapwempwe

The president of Malawi Dr. Hastings Kamuzzu Banda of Malawi Congress Party [MCP] also had rivalry with kanyama Chume

J. B Danquah of United Gold Coast Convention [UGCC] also had problems with Nkwame Nkrumah which thereafter led him [Nkrumah] to form his party, Convention Peoples’ Party [CPP] after he was dismissed from UGCC

Then again is Pagan Amum of South Sudan’s SPLM and president Kiir Mayardit

And so is Ugandans’ president Yoweri Museveni Kaguta with John Patrict Amama Mbabazi as the secretary General of National Resistant Movement [NRM]

I can remember when Mbabazi’s enemies forced Museveni to call an emergency meeting for the NRM in order to force Mbabazi to relinquish one of his positions because he was at the same times the Uganda’s prime minister and the party’s [NRM] constitution says that. ‘Any one holding any sensitive post in the party should not hold any position in the government’ this was what mbabazi’s foes wanted him to explain why he was delaying to drop one position instead of holding both positions.

When Museveni called out Amama Mbabazi to come forward to explain his position after many hurdles, he [Amama] boldly stepped forward and told the NRM members that, ‘if Museveni is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, chairman of the NRM and at the same time the president of the Republic of Uganda [all these three busy positions] and no one is complaining, and he is doing very well…. Then who am I to be rebuked for holding only two less-busy positions I held for only weeks now?’ He continued that if he should drop one of his place then the same sitting [meeting] would be fair enough if it can first ask Gen. Museveni to drop two of his positions that he held since January 1986

Every one’s eyes [especially his foes] were fumed because each was in dismay how Museveni can be told by a person of Mbabazi’s caliper to relinquish some of his positions?

It seemed like Museveni should dispute and rebuke Mbabazi’s claimed but not did he say a word, quiet as non living thing-he [MUSEVENI] was just sited head high, armed akimbo almost whistling in his chair

You can guessed what happened [the guy, Amama retained the two positions; party’s secretary General and prime minister] simply for the reason that he was in the “elephant’s ear”-no one can dare!

It was of recent [September, 2014] when he was sacked by his long-time buddy, Museveni due to his 2016’s presidential ambition to challenge MUSEVENI.

This is what is happening between Pagan Amum Okiech and Kiir Mayar kuethpiny Lual. Ambition from party’s secretary generals is always what put them at the cross-roads with their bosses

Another thing being the issue of party materials [party officials] standing for presidency and other public positions as spoils the relationship between the party chairmen and secretary generals when not amicably handled because one [SG] become a close competitor to the other [chairman] and then make it their “RING” of comparison of who is having bigger muscles than the other

That rivalry and antagonism is what goes into the government because the same party materials are the same group that runs the government and the military

Where the party has got some misunderstanding, it [misunderstanding] very fast connects into the government and military like EBOLA where it leads to confusion, madness and devastation like what happened in Dec. 2013

The complete dissociation of the party is what can save the country from the inter-links strife. The party should have the chairman who is not the president at the same times and so are other party’s top positions; they should not save in the government because of too much work in two positions one person might handle. Instead of pretending like you are doing very well in them, just drop one to other members-it is also creation of employment opportunities to others

Either the government or the party, whenever each has got bumps, they should independently resolve them without inviting others into their attention

Like Amama Mbabazi and Museveni, the president can be lured into slightly bending [they call it breaking] certain articles in the constitution when challenged by his favorite acolytes

Pagan, just like his colleagues [other party Secretary Generals] will never be a president. What he is doing is just a “normal secretary general’s phenomenon” of whimsically becoming ambitious for presidency that later leads to their dismissal, detention or banishment

When a cock or hen is being slaughtered, you see it flapping its wings. That flapping is either trying to save its self or trying to fight back its tormentor but at last, it ends up on the knife’s edge of its boss [these are our Africa’s party General Secretaries; Pagan Amum’s colleagues, and the party chairmen]

The guy [Pagan] is supposed steal from his associates [other secretary generals and learn from their mistakes] instead of thinking that him knowing party’s secrets will immediately leads to Kiir’s downfall and straight away becoming people’s favorite; those wishful thinking are dangerous to one’s political health, they only malnourish your political ambitions

Never in a million years sir, like other aforementioned Secretary Generals will you become a president if you are using a pride of being the party’s secretary general a tool of lobbying for presidency by blackmailing president Kiir that he is corrupt, tribalist and so on, and you are the angel-where does that leave you?……. If I look into the list of the top 75 most corrupt government officials now, I believe I can’t miss to see your name.

Unless you soften your heart and look harder into yourself and the nation, you will never be a president.

Instead of being honest and clean, you are being controversial and confusing; in order to be the Pagan we will love as we used to, bring back the old Pagan we knew, pre-independence Pagan in you, that is the better Pagan, and this you [Pagan] which is thriving and germinating in you [old Pagan] is really just surprising us….. Unless you explain yourself, I am one of the many who believes that independence has changed you

However, what is now happening between the two is just a normal phenomenon between a secretary General and the chairman of the party.

The writer is a commentator on Contemporary South Sudan. He can be reached on j.konleek@gmail.com & 0955091449

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TO DISGRUNTLED GROUP IN THE OFFICE OF SOUTH SUDANESE COMMUNITY IN NAKURU

By Makuei Kuir, Kenya

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January 21, 2015 (SSB) — I would like to take this opportunity to thank all my friends who came out and challenging the visitation of Dr Agoot on 3rd January 2015.

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I want to tell the viewers of the this website (Paanluelwel), that the information is baseless and reckless on the basis of feeding public with propagandist messages.

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As the host community (Ajuong and Pakeer) who were invited our son Dr Majak Agoot Atem. to celebrate new year with us,since Agoot is the National figure, we have decided to called South Sudanese living in Nakuru and all over the country (Kenya), we have invited the south Sudanese  community who are living in Nakuru, also we have a right to do it locally or publicly.

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And most importantly we were approaching the leadership of South Sudanese community in Nakuru led by H.E Mading Kuol Awan who is the current chairman now.

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Mr Awan was the last man to invited Dr on the stage according to his highest authority in Nakuru.

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This disgruntle group are the enemies of peace and want to incited communities against each other in Nakuru.

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This group are telling the community that they are under pressure from the government of South Sudan, who are they to the

government, who is the government appointee in Nakuru here?

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They are Mading Kuol appointee, those are pretenders ( Nebii Ka adhuom).

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I want to assure you that we are not listening to despot group of people who have the differences in their office, go back to your office and solve your confusion amicably .

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I failed to understand, where in the world advisers passed the impeachment bill against their president? am telling you that you are in wrong truck, we are ready as the community pursue any sycophantic group.

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This is unbecoming, and Mr Chairman MUST act accordingly.

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The author is Makuei Kuir Biar (Zoom-pakeer)

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