Kenyan Prime Minister, Dr. Raila Odinga, Backs South Sudan Amid Attacks from Sudan!
By Manasseh Zindo
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has called on the international community to differentiate between the aggressor and the oppressed. The Kenyan premier was speaking at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on arrival in Nairobi from USA this morning (Thursday May 3rd) where he graduated with a PhD from an American University.
Dr. Odinga who was addressing the press spoke on the ongoing conflict between South Sudan and Sudan, said South Sudan, a young nation is being oppressed by her powerful neighbour in Khartoum, he went on to say while he respect the UN Security Council resolution on the two countries, he is of the view that the international community must differentiate between the aggressor and the oppressed. He emphasised that the two cannot be condemned in equal term.
Dr. Odinga, a screwed Kenyan politician who has positioned himself as the voice of the oppressed in Africa and a straight forward talking politician is a friend of the people of South Sudan. He called for immediate demarcation of the borders between South Sudan and Sudan so as to end the conflicts once and for all.
While listening to Dr. Odinga, I felt that in a nutshell, I myself must revisit my call on the Foreign Ministry of South Sudan to embark on an aggressive diplomatic mission to explain the position of South Sudan because South Sudan has powerful friends around the world, an opportunity South Sudan must cease and dwell on while it last.
While I appreciate the effort by Minister Nhial Deng to appear on the BBC Hardtalk show in London this week, where he shed some lights on the position of South Sudan, more is still needed, both at the regional, continental and international level.
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