South Sudanese politics are based on wealthy gain.
5 min readBy Marol Ariech Mawien, Aweil, South Sudan
November 10, 2015 (SSB) — The south Sudanese politics since the CPA has been signed in 2005, there is nothing that has been succeeded by the people whom we were nominated in 2005 to represented us both at the South Sudanese autonomy government and government of national unity in Khartoum Sudan, from the one day those representatives were nominated and sent to Juba and others to Khartoum they hadn’t return to brief people in their constituencies until 2010 Sudanese general election held, that is where their faces appeared after disappearances for 5 years.
They came with money to bribe chiefs , and others hungry poor illiterate village politicians that got their information from nowhere but depend on who a big person had come and tell them this is what I want and this amount of money is to supported me. The intention of those politicians is to create chaos in the villages to collide clans against other clans, village verse village in order to win without resistant, in fact politicians are the cause of conflicts and death in communities across the nation. That is why today in South Sudan rebellion is used as way of getting rich and ascend to power.
Through that way, it has given chances for many people to get rich in simplest formula, through embezzlement of public funds especially constituency development funds, our men whom we had been proposed to represented us for more than 10 years has been engulfed our CDF money and insert them into their own affairs forgetting the dying communities in their constituencies, asking him of where about our CDF money ,it was resulted to imprisonment as an answer to the question , so we fear and keep quiet, our money have been spent in the present of our eyes.
There are people that are also looking to get rich through betraying of their own colleagues to those that have corrupt our resources and assumed themselves as superiors, in this scenario, there are groups that get rich without good educational background or good ranking profile in the army, but they look wealthy, through dying heart of supporting individuals, by adoring or praising them all day all time.
So South Sudanese politics are now base on wealthy illiterate politicians, supported by poor illiterate village politicians against poor literate politicians, here it happen if you are not supporting individual who is wealthy and famous, you are perceived as against government or that figure ,and the poor illiterate village politicians, who are eager to get rich has grab likelihoods to betray people that are look brilliants, that is why today many people find themselves been lock up in jail for no reason, those groups are just pretend to know everything ,when come for politics, they can dictate to said things which does not have basis, those village poor illiterates politicians depend on ear says, avoiding getting information on internet which is the source of all information for those that want to told the effective information.
I fear our people, they all lost respect, even a small boy can insult somebody whom you do not expect to deserved an insult, but what can be done since they had tarnish their images and dignities in the communities, people are bloodsuckers, because somebody can go to Mr. X or Y who is power full in order to betray his own brother for wealthy.
Education in fact is not a source of wealth; going to school is to gain knowledge but not to become richest and powerful after accomplishment. Your knowledge is hired by those who did not went to school ever, or went to school but cut it short without further studies , Bill Gate is now the world richest man but his capacity in education is not enough ,hence he do employed DRs and PHD holders in his companies. Somebody told the student who had just finish his high school and when home searching for a job, that why do you bother to go to school when you are asking me to employ you, while I’m not educated? The boy got no answer and went away with tears because the guy has bully him.
To the heading above our politics will not be suitable or conducive, if these poor illiterate politicians with their allies, the wealthy illiterates cannot distance themselves from politics and give chances to those who knows what to do, being a politician does not mean you become rich but to act as servant of the people that were oppressed and lacking services, but in South Sudan, everybody is struggling to get position in government in order to become rich afterward, the same day he/she has been announce as a commissioner or anybody in the government, is the same day he/she can pack the luggage’s of his families travelling to abroad tomorrow , and after one month in the position ,the construction of affordable house began, where did he/she got those money in one month time?
Politics should be run in diplomatic, but the groups that I have mention before perceived politics as hot like fire and the sun, up to now many people are still got oppressed for 2010 general election especially those who were independent candidates with their supporters are still have no room for employment, some lost their grades up to now, it shows that South Sudanese are green about politics and rules of election. Therefore we need to correct our characters for wellbeing of our Country.
Marol Ariech Mawien is a concerned South Sudanese living in South Sudan, to be reached at marolnyirou@ymail.com
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