The Reckless Harangue by VP James Wani Igga
3 min readBy Malith Alier, Juba, South Sudan
November 11, 2015 (SSB) — There are times when people should think and weigh what they utter to the public. South Sudan is a volatile country, made so by the nature of illiteracy and diverse cultures some of which do not accommodate tolerance.
Many times the media is strongly warned against hate speech by government officials. The other day the minister of Information and Broadcasting warned that the SPLM/A IO must never again be referred to as rebels because they have signed peace and are part of us.
However, it is the same government officials who have crossed this line of thinking soon after. Hon. Wani Igga threatens the perceived peace spoilers to pack and go to another country. This was during educational event organised by educational fraternity.
Hon. Wani has not realised that by threatening the supposed peace spoilers, he is creating another problem. You cannot solve one problem by creating another. I wonder whether he is aware that the IO war was basically the war of seats or to be sulta so & so.
Wani has no right to ask anybody in the country to leave for any reason. There is no single provision in the country’s Constitution that empowers the president or vice to expel citizens for any reason whatsoever.
Wani had never realised that his “disgruntle officials” reply to the December 6 group was one of the factors that added fuel to the fire. Talking without thinking is like shooting without aim.
What if they leave the country and be rebels like the IO?
Therefore, the VP should apologise to the people of South Sudan for this reckless speech.
He is further advised to concentrate on his “performance contract” he familiarised when he returned from USA. He should also concentrate on his unrealisable fight against corruption.
Much talk and less work particularly by government high ranking officials will not help this country much instead, it brings more confusion.
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