Man-Man Hatred Will Disunite Us Forever
By Heskey Deng
It’s now eight years since the Southerners got chance to rule themselves through signing of comprehensive peace agreement (CPA), that birth independence, but we still revulsion ourselves, not to accepted our leaders, we elected them today, then tomorrow, we start bully, even we values them, Mr. X is better than Mr. Y, sorry for underrate woman here. We threaten them to resign, so far our leaders are always bigoted and even storms by our interpersonal hatred, whether by slander or libel way.
Nationwide is sense the same wound, but the writer will deal with Jonglei state, as largest province in South Sudan, as many natives (citizens/ politicians) of this violate state are carp and fault the leadership of man at top, always crying and claiming that, the incumbent governor Kuol Manyang Juuk has totally failed to united and protect the civilian of the six dialect tribes, as his leadership ethnic are futile, also {an} aged that limit his thinking capacity, block development and not add to peace and stability since he inherited that seat and latest elected, it just a intensify of insecurity, as home of rebels, killing and cattle raiding, many citizens on street and opinion writers opt calling for governor to resign, so that he may allow unbolt peace and freedom to the civilians, maybe they are right or wrong, but.
I won’t agree with them, that means, I want to be discriminating on this issue because if there is any persons or politicians’ claims that, if he/she become today governor of Jonglei state, then the turmoil insecurity will come to an end, he/she is big lying and also partly in persist insecurity in the state because the current insecurity, it has its kitchen somewhere, not cook by the governor, so the resign of governor, isn’t answer that will die away the diffidence.
Our inter-individuals loathing will not help us to sort out the current problems of the hand, to take you back a bit, at time of Hon: Philip Thon Leek, as CPA first governor of Jonglei state, after inter-communal conflict captured the ground, civilian dies on daily basis, people climbs to criticize his leadership model, that He is too slow, then failed to protect the civilians. Politicians and civilians threaten him to surrender his position through fair deal exchange with serving Governor. But once comrade Thon left state’s gate, our uncivilized mind reacted stupidly, saying the former governor (Thon) is better than Kuol, are we normal? Same things, we are thirty four, as some people take lead calls for the resign of the governor, they just want to confuse normal citizens; I don’t think is really way of doing things.
Of course, guys, let try to weigh the situation before governor than claim him to resign, at era of former governor, people were even killing in Bor main hospital but day today situation, no such killing, that means governor didn’t fail, if “yes” then you would line up with me in saying that, situation is roughly calm, Kuol had pay his best to bring all the tribes together and he did it between dinka bor and lou nuer via nuer-gatweer, no inter-conflict, borders problem, pasture land clashes, raids and water issues in dry season , only Murle are still boycott unity, prey of peace and this is their nature, also Country rebels David Yau, wasn’t rebelling for Jonglei government, but for nation.
Therefore, I am hereby to credited governor for his unwavering commitment to blend the civilians, be a role model in peace reconciliation, even if the killing and raiding are still taking courses, he plays his role, as we knew that, “Conflict is unavoidable”, that is what remaining now.
Bear in mind that, I am not relative with governor Kuol neither from one county, but I am a patriot and evenhanded citizen to cherish his leadership, although I know Kuol is rigid and radical, he works hard to establish peace but because we aren’t commercial with him, and we don’t accept him. That’s why sometimes he performs diverse. His presence, as governor, made Jonglei state to be respected and even fright Jonglei’s previous enemies to carry out their indiscriminate activities on a civil population.
However, if we have peace in our heart and we want freedom and peace in that troubled State, then let work with governments to unite people, if we united here, therefore civilians at the grassroots will do the same but if we move deeply calling for resignations, definite we confuse them then we are against peace and stability because our leader will come and go. So let governor finish his term, after his terms get expire, we tell him to move and allow our-wisher persons.
So if the governor has failed to plant peace, making Jonglei peaceful and stability place, and even to protect the civil population, then his state Assembly will be first to impeach him to resign, not any politicians/civilians in the street.
My curiosity and your desirable leader can’t heal Jonglei problems, but let accept him and join hands together to clear all the stagnant tribulations than we call for his resign. In fact, we have many problems, I can’t deny, limit of services to the citizens and poor physical infrastructure network available, mentioned a few, but this thing, can’t move us to {a} position of calling for his resign, because most of these are in the hands of national government.
If you look, the budgets that gave to Jonglei state is the same budgets to other nine States, while Jonglei state is largest province with eleven counties and civil populations according to the 2008 national census weigh against other states with eight, six and five counties, so here Jonglei monies finish for paying state workers {civil servant}, nothing left for development. Now which way do we indict him, while things are manufactured in Juba. It is better to point fingers to unproductive national legislative than our governor.
Again, the developmental funds aren’t given to the governor, are hand to your constituency representative {State and national government} are they one concern with constituency development funds (CDF), if they failed to do any things. You better cry for him/her, not governor.
In conclusion, insecurity in Jonglei state can’t cease by browbeat leader to resign or changing leaders, but by joining hands together, fights the same cause together with one mission. Let all of us be peace ambassadors, then we can earn peace and stability, but if we continue calling for walk out, then the enemy of peace will get ground for creating division among us and definitely we will end up in trouble state.
More so, insecurity in the state isn’t about Kuol Manyang Juuk, being governor, but it cooks somewhere to engage Jonglei state, delay development and scare NGOS, if you don’t know. So my fellow citizens, let not blaming and criticizing our governor to give up governorship. Let us thinks, a way forward to make our state peaceful and stability province to attract international organization and give development priority.
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