The Conundrum of Achieving peaceful Coexistence in South Sudan (part 3)
PAINFUL FACTS BEHIND ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE PEACE AND COEXISTENCE IN SOUTH SUDAN (PART 3)
Dut-machine De Mabior, Nairobi, Kenya
February 21, 2015 (SSB) — My dear country men and women, it’s that difficult as some of them might hurt your political interest but the realism of the situation must prevail despite different thinking. The nation belongs to us all.
When a few members of the society live luxurious life and eighty percent is dwindling below the poverty line, then we have so many things to correct. When many of us sleep not being very sure of waking up the next day due to fault in the security apparatus, then we have something to adjust, when one feels inferior because of his/her tribe; something we had not opted for at birth, then we are wrong.
When one risks losing a life after airing out a harmless opinion against the rulers of the nation, then our tolerance has not become of age. When a woman has to die for committing no crime other than partaking the Godly duty of giving life; then we are not taking our work seriously. When a cattle keeper doesn’t feel the sense of ownership because raiding is the daily business by criminals, then we are not protecting property.
When a common man has no belief of winning a court case against the financially advantaged; then rule of law is not in place. When a corrupt minister is only reshuffled to the next docket; then we are neglecting technocrats. When a young man of marriageable age can’t get the one he loves due to lack of a hundred thousand South Sudanese pounds and our national and state assemblies are quite about it; then we are not protecting our social laws.
When we have tribal councils of elders talking about national issues instead of protecting their respective cultures which are indeed being encroached; then we don’t know our roles in development. When a young child of school-going age does not attend to elementary education due to lack of schools and fees either; then we are not taking care of our future generation.
When a sick person has to die of malaria due to lack of medicine and the country is very rich; then we are very corrupt. When $1 trades at 2.73 spp and below at the central bank and the same goes at 5.6 ssp and above in the black market and we complain of a crashing economy; then we don’t have the right man doing the right job. When the work force is only employed on the basis of who you are not what you are; then we don’t need to develop.
When masters and bachelor’s graduates are complaining of joblessness and the country has over two hundred thousand foreign workers; then we don’t believe in ourselves. When the media is gagged for simply doing its job (informing the masses); then we don’t value information. When the big ‘fishes’ in the country do not tolerate and take into account positive criticism; then we are dictators. When we can’t see a sense in what a politician beyond our political inner circle does, then we are sycophants.
There can never be national coexistence when the above points (pointed in part 1-3) are not catered for. Not unless we understand that our importance in deciding and driving national agendas is the same despite our tribal lines, we shall not have the South Sudan that we all fought for. Whether we like them or not, we must eradicate the poor practices that we undertake. Mind you, this is not about leadership, it’s about what we do at our personal capacities even. We all have a role to play in changing the nation and this wanted change so much begins with me and you.
I pray that we understand the youngness of our country is not to be compared with the independence of the 1960 (s). The country is three years old but in the twenty-first century. We should not always think of how the rest struggled to get where they are. We must act very fast because our level of know-how and doing things must conform to the current generation of technology.
South Sudan Oyeeeeeee!!!
The author is a student of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in Kenyatta university; Nairobi Kenya.
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