The Graves of the 15 Most Corrupt South Sudanese Leaders: Who Are They?
9 min readBy Majook Deng, Aweil, South Sudan
June 13, 2015 (SSB) — This is a secret list of the government officials who are very corrupt and they are still serving in the government while they are dividing themselves and fights to kills all innocents south Sudanese and they’re most corrupts ever, they are so called SPLM factions (SPLM IG, SPLM-IO, SPLM FDP) that one of the outstanding political changes in Africa as a whole, which more than not is attributable to the post 10/12 US foreign policy shift is the coming of South Sudan into the central stage of the world politics.
Nobody knew that the fate of this people who led one of Africa’s longest liberation struggles in the modern history would change so dramatically as it did soon as the US changed its’ polices and alliances in the Arab and Islamic regions or states.
As a fact of history, the way to South Sudan’s independence wasn’t any easy. To put it mildly, it was in defiance of many old regional political traditions and negatively held views about secessionism in the African continent that born the new Republic of South Sudan (RSS) deserving made it to become the world’s newest state. But as we follow some of the historical as they unfold, one is left with the impression that there is more to this new nation’s politics than that meets the eyes and turn violence.
The world youngest nation of South Sudan ceases to appear young when it comes to how it creates multi-millionaires overnights. It is classified as one of the world’s poorest state though oil producing, the country surprising against all odds has the highest rate of freedom fighters turn public fund looters and pokiest the public fund.
One may ask how come that such things be allowed to go unabated in an age where good governance and accountability are not only the dominant slogans of the new world order, but are in fact being taught on regular basis by the countless Western NGOs and their local counterparts are monitoring all resources to how management levels of government in the developing countries who heavily depend on USAID and EU development funds and partnership.
Today as a politics is about to take a different turn in South Sudan conflict, and even the SPM party which by design prides itself for commanding an unquestionable majority in running the state machinery is realising that, in the absence of the traditional scapegoat, it will only have itself to blame for its long accumulating dirty records on delivery of services and the rampant mismanagement of resources.
It is true that South Sudan by necessity is a nation whose people’s expectations see no limit; however it is the lack of the limit to greed for power and public funds has been pokiest that have has taken the lead under President Salva Kiir’s leadership with his former VP Mr. Riek Machar. The republic of south Sudan has much to leave every one’s mouth gapping in surprise amongst ordinary and politician are unlike by the people of south Sudan because of theirs selfishness and partiality the people.
The South Sudan is now misleading by politicians and also have no of high integrity, some of the most fascinating deliberations by the RSS National Legislative Assembly on the performance of the South Sudan Anti-Corruption Commission is malfunctions as it presented its claims of investigations into some high more than 20 cases of corruption and the recovery of more than SSP 180 million (approximately. $40 million) that was swindled through corruption in a report read out by Dr. Pauline Riek in 2012, the Commission’s Chairperson.
Despite Dr. Pauline Riek’s assertion that many other cases had been referred to other investigations, she seemed to have failed to impress her audience and misrepresented because of intimidation or cowing, over aware by some government officials; for it was apparently that the shift in regional power balance as influenced by the political landscape is beginning to bite.
And no wonder when Paul Akol MP demanded an answer to why the Commissioner’s report made no any reference to the mushrooming South Sudanese millionaires who have accumulated wealth under very suspicious circumstances, it left the impression that whatever Dr. Pauline Riek and her Commission was engaged in over the years since they became operationalization is way behind what the common South Sudanese citizen already knows about it. They are aware that, the anti-corruption commission officials are always being intimidation, humiliations and sexual harassments not to do their job very thoroughly.
It is the historical of the so-called “15 top corrupters South Sudanese” whose names are in the list is believed to be out there that continues to dominate the discussion in the elite circles, since it was first made public by the word of mouth a few days following the independence celebrations on 9th July 2011. The National Legislative Assembly’s deliberations is also on corruptions that confirmed the high level of anxiousness which surrounds this “political abscess
They Legislators however wondered why “the 15 people” cited on the American list of alleged top corrupt South Sudanese officials were not mentioned in the report, on 7th September 2011.
The MPs of the SPLM caucus also criticised the lack of consultations within the running party in the process of nominations. They said the President instead informally consulted with unimportantly individuals and not the SPLM as an institution.” SPLM’s become hopelessness party to south Sudan with its people.
They also initially demanded that the President should first show them the list of 12 ministers believed to be involved in corruption so that the parliament could make sure that their appointment are not endorsed. However, the ruling party’s caucus finally compromised their positions; the added and decided to approve all the appointed ministers and their deputies during the parliamentary sitting on Wednesday despite the concerns about their involvement in corruption in 2011 after the independence the first government of the republic of south Sudan.
As I can be seen, the public and some of the lawmakers are trying to fight this battle with the government, but specifically so with President Kiir directly for there is a strong believe that a credible internationalization body, probably a development partner of South Sudan has raised up the issues of the “the 15 top corrupted politicians” with the President.
And the SPLM leadership is choice of silently on the problems or issues assuming that it will eventually die away are a miscalculation, because their names might be written in the list and continuous rise in the cost of living is likely to bring the topics to the frontion.
Again, it won’t go well for President Kiir should at all he chose to side with what is widely perceived as internationally identified bunch of thieves and greedy politicians because his daughter name are appeared in the list while the helpless returnees and immensely compromised children die of hunger and malnutrition.
It will no longer be business as usual when diabolical politicians out of sheer greed and wickedness make it away with what is clearly stolen wealth of south Sudan with its people, while poverty associated diseases take precious lives every single minutes within south Sudan; what technical are the President’s backyards of his former VP Dr. Riek Machar.
In 2011 President Salva Kiir and his deputy permanent Dr. Riek Machar both continue in their silence as the debate on ‘the 15 top corrupt South Sudanese leaders’ boiling. Very sadly news or though, this worrisome silently comes against a background of a series of disaster for the earth of south Sudan country, one thing is for certain that the two leaders are for tactical reasons choosing to be complacent in what looks like, ‘the small devil turn against the biggest devil’.
In this case at hand has more to it than the SPLM leadership would want it to appeared, for how can our people of the republic of south Sudan for which true sovereign and state dignity of its people will be suffering like this, and will be destroying by two people Mr. Kiir and Riek with their crook party of SPLM. SPLM’s visionary is already death with Dr. Garang national pride, and state symbols and our hopes for a better future stand helpless with no clues of how they can functioning without accommodation of corruptions and killings,
The new born country of the Republic of South Sudan and its people for a very good reason see in the US government wouldn’t helps the south Sudanese people and indispensable friend in spite of the fact that most of the stolen money is likely to end up in the US banks while not excluding Europe and Australia banks. Nonetheless, it will be to the interest of the two allies for President and his former Vice President Riek Machar.
And also Obama administration’s become unwanted to all of us as a south Sudanese innocent, because Obama’s the cause active to our sufferings. South Sudanese people are keenly following the development that the US President Barrack Obama promised south Sudanese before, it better to have President Bush return to power for the purpose of our suffering.
“The US government welcome, the corruption why are they silence to Kiir and Riek, South Sudan as the newest member state of the United Nation. The United States has played a long role in supporting a resolution to the conflict in the Sudan and self-determination for the south Sudanese, since our struggled begun.
As good example as it is for our country to identify with us in public gatherings, they must remember that they have morality obligation not only to pumper us with sweet words, they politicians of south Sudan must and shall be deliver peace, security and to be stable country and provides the services fully or well wrapped Aid packages that we can carry away, but they are also expected as friends to corruption and put their houses in the financial stable.
International pressurization on President Kiir’s administration may be all that is needed to make him break his silence on “the 15 most corrupters South Sudanese” but I think it would not help us anymore, no justice, and equity in south Sudan and recover the public funds that are illegally in the wrong possession. However, should his silence be driven by the worst-case scenario suggesting implicitness, and then it becomes either him or South Sudan.
Names of the 15 top corrupt South Sudanese leaders:
- Akuein Chol: Former Minister of finance, Economic and Planning (held from NBGS-Aweil)
- Kuol Athian Mawien: Former Minister of finance, Economic and Planning (Also held from NBGS-Aweil)”
- Malong Awan Anei: current chief of staff of the army force of the republic of south Sudan (Also held from NBGS-Aweil)”
- Taban Deng Gai: Former Governor of Unity State (Held from Unity State)”
- Riek Machar Teny: Former VP of south Sudan (held from Unity State-leek)”
- Pagan Amum: Former SPLM Secretary general (Held from Upper Nile state-Makalal)”
- Oyai Deng Ajak: former minister of national security (Held from Upper Nile State-Makalal)”
- Adut Kiir Mayar: The daughter to the president Kiir (Held from Warrap State-Kuacjok)”
- Deng Alor Kuol: former minister of cabinet affair (Held from Warrapt state-Abyei regions of dispute land between s.sudan and Sudan)”
- Kuol Manyang: Minister of Defense of south sudan (Held from Jongili state-Bor)”
- Deng Athorbei: Current Minister of finance, Economic and Planning (Held from Lake state-Rumbek)
- Jemma Nunu Kumba: minister of land, housing and physical planning (held from Western Equatoria state-Yambio)
- Kosti Manibe: former minister of finance, economic and planning (held from central Equatoria state-Juba)”
- John Luk Jok: former minister of Justice (held from unity state)
- Daniel Awet Akot: former Governor of Lake State (held from Lake State)
You can reach the author through his email: Marial Mading <marialmading1121@gmail.com>
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