Salva Kiir: THE GREATER WOLF OF THE NILE
7 min readBy Kiir Garang (Kiir-Agou), Canada
June 28, 2015 (SSB) — There was once a man who dreamed about turning Sudan into a vein of riches and prosperity. He was a man of vision. His was a vision that had deep rooting in heritage and belonging. He tried his best to never let the things of the world deter him from achieving that goal. It is ironic that the things he wanted to stop from stumbling him turned out to be the things that took away his precious life. His name is Dr. John Garang; a man we all seem to adore (and for all the good reasons). Having grown up along the Nile River, he looked at our lives to be a lot better if, and only if, we pay much attention to the healthy conditioning of that particular river and more importantly, the country as a whole.
Just look at the Nile itself. Its beauty, length, importance (particularly) to the people that live a long it. You can only wonder. Lives have thrived along it for centuries. It spewed food and continues to do so to its last breathe. Fishing and water for irrigation, just to name a few, have been of great pleasure to the Nilotes. Garang, a political agriculturalist by profession, knew that we all depended on the Nile for our livelihood. Have you looked around lately? It is a pure piece of stupid joke! I don’t want to point fingers to everyone that has played a role in turning this magnificent geographical facility into a dumper but Kiir Mayardit.
Even after he is long gone, some ignorant people still blame Dr. Garang (a man that is correctly described as a visionary leader), for some of the apparent deterrents that lost their lives. Kiir had his hands soiled the most. Intellectuals like Majier Gai, revolutionist like Kuanyin Bol lost their lives in ways that are rather not peculiar. He (Kiir) got rid of them, not so surprising by downing some of them in the Nile River. This river, alongside oil we have, is the asset we possess. Kiir, however, has used it to be a dumping pot for innocent blood of the masses. Don’t you lots think it is about time? The time is now! “Time for what?” you might ask.
Well, if you are asking for a time to hear any pleasant answer, you might be utterly disappointed. I am not here to please anyone. A lot have gone awol in the Republic of South Sudan since the middle of the 2000s to the present. It’s been seen and am pretty sure well documented that we are in for a rough ride. The direction that our nation is heading towards is there for everyone to confess about and it is not a colorful one. Innocent lives have dissipated and continue to do so in alarming digits. How many are going into the Nile is purely a guess work for many of us but deep down, we all know they are many. How much blood are we really willing to spill?
The cause of all this, apparently, is out there for everyone to see. Namely:
• Greed for power
• Tribalism
• Political incompetence
• Blind conformation with the western world (who are only present in our country for their own gain (s)) and, including many other factors,
• Nepotism
Sometimes you wonder what the country would be like if these stingy icons are out of the picture and by that I mean die! This world has, since the beginning of time, existed and will, forever, continue to do so. However, there are elements that sometimes don’t seem to belong to the rest of the community of humans. If fate should have it, they just have to die off and disappear and hope that someone, otherwise, would surface. Period!
The man has horribly failed South Sudan in so many ways. He is never willing to sign any peace with his oppositions. He is (by my estimation) the least politically educated leader in Africa. Every sector of the country is just stumbling and none more so than the economic sector. It was not so long ago that $2.5 in South Sudan was equivalent to an American dollar. Now it is inflated and sadly will continue to depreciate. That brings me to the point I jotted before. Africans seem to have a tendency to adore their former colonizers. I am not saying we were colonized by the Americans but the obvious attachments are simply there.
The Brits hold America by the tail and by that attachment or connection, so are we and the rest of the world. Their footprints are everywhere in South Sudan and that is very dooming. We can pin-point fingers to our leader at the end of the day but the problems of the South lie a lot deeper. If we keep the likes of Salva, we shall suffocate for our entire life times. It is not the best of times to rely so much on wealth accumulation but rather towards making sure that the next generations have better lives than we do. Ours is a doomed destiny that we have very little to do to change it as of now. But the future of our kids and grand kids is highly significant and it is within our reach to make sure that they have a better one.
Among many cultures, people who tend to intimidate the rest of the community seem to get a rather an underserved position of power. Salva Kiir (a man that does not seem to learn) has this very notion ingrained in his DNA. Look at his actions of late. Humiliated after his coup claims, he is now re-chewing his own vomits. The re-installation of Pagan Amuom into his government says it all. The G10, as they were known, were simply intimidated. They all got fired from their positions and labeled political antagonists who wanted to overthrow the government. After global dismissing of the coup claim, now the president is shamefully calling them back. I have heard it before and it makes absolute sense at times. Better stick to your guns and stop being erratic Mr. President.
In a conclusive remark, it is about time that the president realizes that greed and tribal divisiveness will not heal the wounds that were and continue to be inflicted into the hearts of many Southerners. The country belongs to us all and not just a small sector. Tribal conflicts have always been part and parcel of our existence and to politicize it is always dangerous. It is well documented that your fingerprints are all over the place in the bombing of the Nuer.
In Juba, many have been killed in cold blood by your own cohorts just because they (the NUER) have facial marks that apparently identify them in a very unique way. In Bentiu, Malakal, and all over Nuer lands you have killed them in numbers and to occupy and negotiate on their lands is utterly silly and out-rightly provocative considering the fact that you are their president as well.
To finish it off, the president has bitterly failed in the following ways:
• Occupation of Nuer land. My support for Nuer remains unchanged. They cannot be intimidated and humiliated. I am not employed by any Nuer faction. I don`t get a cent from them. I just stand for humanism.
• Neglecting of Abiei: Deng Aloor has and I am sure will continue to be a loyal member of the SPLA but to dismiss him in the first place is utterly mind boggling. 99% of them voted for separation. They wanted to be part of South Sudan but the president slept on his ears and never gave a damn about it. A very sad state of affair for sure. I am sure Garang Mabior would have an angry face if he were to wake up and finds out that Abiei (who speak the same language as we do) are no longer part of us.
• Dismissal of the G10. Just because you have a political difference with people within the administration does not guarantee their firing. They potentially are the people that can cover your back side when things go south. The likes of Riek, Pagan, Deng Aloor, just to name a few, deserved a lot better than that. South Sudan should not be ruled by only those that say `YES`. Sometimes you have to say no. Only then can things be discussed and solved.
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