The Eulogy of Col. Agot Abot Riak
By Kur Akech Thiek Kur, Melbourne, Australia
June 10, 2016 (SSB) —- We all come to this world through birth and leave through death. Though each of us has his/her own day. Col. Agot left us. The saddest thing about her untimely death is that she left behind young kids whose their father was killed in the war of liberation in 1999.
Agot was married to Agau Alier Bior, a brother-in law of my paternal Aunty Aguek Thiak Kur married to Malek Alier Bior from Kucdoh, Palek, Bor. Agau Alier was best friend of my Mum’s younger brother Col. Gabriel Mathiang Ngong. I first got to know Col. Agot in 1993 as a young boy in Akot, Lakes State. Akot was in one of SPLA/M liberated areas then.
With dream of education, Mapuordit School was the best school at the time. It was run by catholic priests and nuns but there was no one to stay with me. Instead my Aunty took me to Akot and left me under guardianship of late Agot and her partner Agau Alier where I stayed with them for five months.
My Aunty went back to Bor. I found myself in strange world. I knew nobody. I felt like I was ostracised. However, late Agot who was gifted with splendid intelligence was the first the person who noticed my raging conundrum. She swiftly took charge and started unleashing her motherly gracious kindness upon me. I strikingly recall her soothing phrase. She oftentimes called me “Kur Awuoi, berah Anyal Nyandie”.
Late Agot was humble and compassionate human. She unreservedly afforded me with motherly care I needed so dearly then. She always kept vigil over me till I went to bed. She treated me equally like her own kids as well as her siblings who were also staying in her house. I vividly remember late Col Agot often woke me up in order to get ready for school. Or when the meal was ready. The five months I stayed with Agot while schooling crucially remain memorable part of my life story.
Agot was so industrious. She did not give up looking after her family even after her husband Agau Alier Bior was killed in 1999. Col. Agot was a caring mother who brought up beautiful well-disciplined kids. I was privileged and honoured to have met her once again with her smart kids in Juba in 2011 while the kids were on holiday.
She served her people in the army till she reached the rank of colonel before she passed on. She held the same conviction like her husband. Her gallantry propelled her to the glorious height of the mountain of honour in the SPLA.
Col. Agot lived a great life dedicated to service. She left us and joined her revered husband in heaven. It is ruefully excruciating that she left us untimely. Her sudden departure has left a permanent giant pothole in our hearts.
It is great honour to eulogise late Col. Agot whose her riveting deeds will remain memorable. May God Almighty rest her in eternal peace.
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