Rebecca Nyandeng Chol: SHE’S A REBEL
4 min readBy Tearz Ayuen, Kenya
That “ti’eng-jo’ok” named Rebecca Nyandeng Chol has farted, politically. So loudly. It’s both deafening and life-threatening. Actually, some of those who’re present at the scene died from the sound. Others have bleeding ears.
But I know every Bor (Duk, Twic East and Bor counties) she’s betrayed is trying to behave as if they hadn’t smelled or heard the sectional fart. I know we all are pretending that the political air still smells the same.
Even President Kiir himself, out of meekness and great respect for the late John Garang, pretends that he has smelled nothing, heard nothing; and that’s why he’s chosen to maintain the widow as his presidential advisor on gender affairs, despite the media war she has been waging against him.
But remember that such a fart can be more calamitous. It contains various unidentified toxic gases. Keep inhaling it at your own risk.
Those who’re struggling to sugarcoat the widow’s deeds and utterances by claiming that she is neutral in the current conflict have to explain what they mean, ‘neutral’. Anyone desperately looking for a neutral politician should try the likes of Dr Majak Ago’ot.
Along with ten other SPLM senior officials, he was accused of plotting the ‘attempted coup’ and detained for months…and later acquitted of treason charges for lack of evidence. However, he does not rant in the media. He’s working with both the rebels and the government to find a solution to the mess.
That celestial widow is a big time nyagat. It’s undeniable. Too bad. She rebelled against the elected government of the Republic of South Sudan and its people. She set ablaze the hut Hero John Garang built with his own hands. So, quit referring to her as the mother of nation; she is not. She is the Mother of Destruction, MOD.
The impeccable widow is the second mother of rebels. Angelina, the wife of Dr Riek, comes first. For those who always want sense and reason written into them, below are clues and facts indicative of her stand in this turmoil:
The mess we are in right now was brought about by the political greed in President Kiir and Dr Riek Machar. And the atrocities the country suffers are meted out on the people by both the rebel and government forces but the widow, the alleged mother of nation, condemns only one party to the conflict – the government’s. Any impartial citizen would scold both parties.
The Dinka, the Shilluk and the Nuer civilians bear the brunt of the violence. Civilians were killed in attacks. Their homes were torched and their valuables looted. Thousands fled to neighboring states or crossed borders. They have lost their dignity. But whenever that righteous widow opens her mouth to speak about the atrocities, she singles out the Nuer as the sufferers. She says they are targeted in Juba and elsewhere in the country.
“So when they came in, they targeted massacring Nuer members. A lot of officials, administrators in Juba were killed. This is what literally happened,” the London Evening Post quoted her.
At Bor airstrip during the first week of the conflict in December, prior to the interview, invading forces of insurgent Gatdet took control of the airfield. They would snatch manifests from UNMISS officers and read out names of the passengers. Anyone bearing Dinka names was not allowed to board. Many families were slaughtered here. A few escaped. She has never said anything about it.
The Dinka and Shilluk were also targeted in many other areas such as Akobo, Bentiu, Malakal and Renk. If our gracious widow was neutral, if she was the mother of nation as proclaimed, if she really cared about sixty-plus tribes, she would have spoken against all the ills committed against the three communities. She has never said anything about it.
In conclusion, somebody please tell her to stop talking as if South Sudan was some familial business empire once ran by her husband. It’s not a kingdom either. Cut the legacy crap.
John Garang was a good man. He fought for all of us. His death widowed every woman in this country, not Nyandeng alone. It orphaned every South Sudanese child. So, his legacy doesn’t necessarily have to be fulfilled by his wife or son or anyone his family anoints, it will be accomplished by any South Sudanese son or daughter – Zande or Didinga or Jie or Murle or Pojulu, name it.
And we are even. Anyone who wants to fistfight in the South Sudan’s political boxing ring has to use bare knuckles, no globes (Garang).
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