Happy Veteran Day President Kiir Mayaardit

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PaanLuel Wel, Juba

President Salva Kiir with SPLA top Commanders at Bilpma, Juba, South Sudan

Today is Veteran Day, August 18th of every year. We should appreciate President Kiir and his gov’t for not trivializing, personalizing our national holidays.

Martyrs Day is on July 30th, the day Dr. John Garang died. Instead of calling it John Garang’s day, we all remember the sacrifices made by all our martyrs including John Garang.

SPLM Day is on May 16th, the day Kerubino Kuanyin Bol fired the first bullet of the second armed struggle leading to the founding of the SPLM/SPLA, the CPA, Referendum and the independence. Instead of calling it Kerubino Kuanyin’s day, we all commemorate the launching of our second liberationary struggle in the footsteps of the first one.

Veteran Day is on August 18th, the day the South Sudanese launched their first armed struggle against Khartoum in Torit in 1955. Instead of calling it Torit Day, we all remember and pay tribute to our veterans and war heroes/heroines.

in the company of Dr. John Garang: once upon a time, we were united.

Among our most senior war veterans in Juba today are President Salva Kiir Mayaardit of both Anyanya one and the SPLM/A and Uncle Joseph Lagu Yang’a of Anyanya one.

Happy Veteran Day Wende Mayaardit, Happy Veteran Day Wende Yang’adit, Happy Veteran Day folks.

We shall overcome!!!

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