SOUTH SUDAN NEEDS PEACE NOW
By Mading De Manyok
“Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold. It will not remove the pain of torture inflicted on a prisoner of conscience. It does not comfort those who have lost their loved ones in floods caused by senseless deforestation in a neighboring country. Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free” – The XIVth Dalai Lama
It is not too late to have peace vertebral in South Sudan nevertheless the two belligerent parties’ peace talks in Addis Ababa cubicle. The dirty fighting that is going on now between Juba government and the rebel forces under Riek Machar will not yield whatsoever but a annihilation of lives and the properties of the peace of South Sudan. Thriving, war had transpired and mounting to power through navies all miscarries. But for how long will this irrational warfare keep going? Thousands if not millions of lives have been lost during the seven months of fighting.
Our people are in distracted lives whether within or outside South Sudan. Their lives are not into expectations of first class citizens though some live in aa extraordinary contour apartments or high towers athwart the world. South Sudanese people needs to exercise their standard breathes. However, this futile war that young nation is gearing into upshot to deprivation. Syndromes and bugs are spreading like wildfire to citizens for instance cholera outbreaks, measles to mention but few.
South Sudan needs peace and it will not derive from outside countries that we are pursuing humanitarians and pecuniary support from. It will come within us South Sudanese by consecrate or detriment ourselves into – peace.
I would resembling to let South Sudanese frontrunners especially the President of Republic Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit and dissident leader Riek Machar Teny to apprehend that South Sudanese citizens are beholding aimed at peace to exercise their normal daily life identical other countries citizens. Through peace, we can earn everything which every South Sudanese desire to achieve as first class citizens.
Everything is important for levelness of our circadian routine. However, peace is such an important aspect of life that we South Sudanese habitually discount or even do not realize specifically during the intervening period of Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005 time. We acquired up arms against ourselves, butchery our own innocent civilians and former
rebel leader David Yau Yau is the preeminent of these homicide innocent civilians without accountability. South Sudanese people never experience a peaceful environment because of ambiguous and greedy on power. It not only depends on our efforts but also on the surrounding and the people we live within.
To get peace and cheerfulness in life we need to correct ourselves and even our contiguous needs to be in our indulgence. Since it comes from within, all our relations also need to be nourished to get love and peace of ourselves. In fact giving and getting peace in life is not difficult as we routinely think. But love and the feeling of sacrifice for others always brings the eternal peace of heart like never before.
First, we should have the destination chosen where peace of mind and the utmost satisfaction is felt by us. After fixing up the destination we need to work towards earning it every second i.e. peace. Even if we are very much dedicated in earning satisfaction and peace, there are many reasons that might affect and play a role of hindrance between us and our destination as South Sudanese citizens – we all need peace to prevail in our nation.
Besides, South Sudan belongs to all sixty plus tribes and no tribe own the nation. It is our duty as true citizens to bring peace back and work together to rebuild our beloved nation. South Sudan will not be call a country when one of our beloved tribes Nuer, Shilluk,Acholi, Madi, Kakwa, Bari, Mundari, Dinka, Murle, and all supplementary tribes you know are not in, it will not be call a nation when we hated one another.
Remember,all the office bearers we are fighting on their veracious are not proprietors ofSouth Sudan but you as a citizen. All those politicians will leave but South Sudan will not and never go anywhere. It is our allotment land endlessly.
Everyone needs peace and it’s very imperative to obligate it.
A child gets peace in the arms of his/her mother.
A partner gets peace of life when his/her hand is held by his/her who works
along all the difficulties of life with him/her.
A homeless gets peace under a shelter.
A beggar gets peace with the piece of bread.
The fire of hunger gets peace with food.
Love gets peace in the heart of someone.
An old aged gets peace in the words of respect.
A relation gets peace with the pillars of trust and understanding.
And at last, a soul gets peace when meets in the eternity.
South Sudan need peace and it begin with you and me.
Mading De Manyok © 2014
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