Southern Sudanese; Learn from the past
By Mabior Philip Mach
April 23, 2008 — The newly liberated southern Sudanese from marginalization, oppression, religious imposition and human rights’ violation fail to learn from “many agreements signed but dishonored” as edited by former Southern Sudan president Abel Alier that Arabs are socially divisive, economically parasitic and politically camouflaging people but are dragging back to their negative rewards from the ruling National Congress Party (NCP).
Many have resorted to serving selfish interests, pretending that the move is complete while others adopt the slogan ‘ile larap’ meaning ‘better Arabs’.
It is a political shy and an emotional shock when our apparently determined leaders who we expect to come to their senses and draft apologies for their evil deeds against humanity do not appreciate the SPLM’s prospective of declaring them responsibility and vacancy for forgiveness on merit they do not deserve. Some lobby against this mother party, forgetting its objectives thus, presenting the claim that they are warthogs (wild pigs that forget easily). This is highly evidenced by the accusations against Government of South Sudan’s Vice President Dr. Riak Machar Teny by Taban Deng Gai – the governor of Unity state that the Vice President is integrating members of NCP and his ‘yes men’ to exercise cheap politics there. Mr. Riak allegedly outlined giving the position of Mr. Taban Deng to Mrs. Raik Teny so as to pave way for another more political mess like his 1992 Nasir coup against the globally praised liberator late Dr. John Garang de Mabior. After how many burns is a skillful child expected to learn that fire is hot?
Despite the efforts made by the late Dr. John Garang de Mabior to tell Sudanese and the world at large that SPLM’s main objective is to transform Sudan into a peaceful and suitable place to live in, most of us have washed away the vision from their faces – we fail to learn from the past! Wives and children of the patriotic Sudanese who died in the due course of the war are hoarding in various states, failing to enjoy the fruits of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). Moreover, survivors who sustained hurts hardly receive their irregular payments unless through physical confrontations of their local authorities – which is not easy for a trader to operate a business on losses. This instigates mistrusts and suspicions among soldiers whether they fought to fill stomachs of a few people at the expenses of their lives or to secure a harmonious future for children.
Much challenging is the fact that some of our leaders allegedly engineer inter-tribal fighting, turning down their escape in the war era. It neither harms nor benefits any tribe if admission is given to this war demand. The striking question from visionary elites is; where are we going and what do we want to achieve? Mundari have re-started armed cattle raiding from Dinka Bor, Murle abducting children from neighboring tribes and/or vice-versa. However, why didn’t we show to Arabs that we are warlords and experienced raiders when our land was occupied? There is no clear source revealing the view of our governors. It will be far better if they focus on the entire Sudan as the governor of Jonglei state is trying by ironing out conflicts between tribes and clans without indulgence. The nearest example is how Governor Kuol Manyang of Jonglei state will address the fight between Abang and Thony communities (Jonglei state) at Malual-chat (about 5 miles from Bor town) in which a man was killed. This is yet another mess for those of us who finger-point the government for not learning from the past. Have we (the masses) too, learnt from the past?
To make matters worse, international and national Sudanese students who are the long awaited role models in the primitive societies do not realize their duties and obligations as contemporary citizens. We need change after studies but not conservativeness so that no one sweats when ‘arrogance means arrogance’ to every body. Let us not fuel destructive proposals but instead dare for a peaceful Sudan!
The writer is a Pharmaceutical Technology student at Dr. John Garang de Mabior Institute of Science and Technology-Bor Town.
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Ezibon Kenyi Morbe
Southern Sudanese; Learn from the past
This is a complete disillusion and blindfolded arguement. i don’t really think there is any one in south sudan lobbying for the Arabs. What is happening is the careful weight and balance of the capabilities of splm as a party to run the affairs of south sudan as expected by many southerners.
South sudan since the date of creation, during colonial rule, and under the Arabs remains a consuming society. With splm, people like me expected the ruling party in the south to learn from the past and take some steps to turn our society from being consumers only to some what producers, unfortunatly this is not happening, no one knows when it will happen, and no signs for hope. Instead there is more tendency to being dependents.
So the real question is, can our leadrs in the south learn from the past?
Majak-da
Southern Sudanese; Learn from the past
It is a very interesting observation from Garang student that South Sudanese never learnt from the past. Indeed we have not learnt from the first and that is why our Mininsters, Directors, Unqualified Accpuntants, etc waste a lot of time and money in lodges full of food. I tell you guys, these group of people do not attend to offices. (Go to Being lodge in Juba to prove me wrong). They like drinking like fish. They forgets like wild pigs and demand unconditional respect like witch traditional doctors.
But can you believe the wise saying that “a lion born a lion!”
When you comes to the websites meant for news and developmental comments, the so call South Sudanese students (the best term should be “out-minded” Sudanese) invest a lot of time insulting each other, decribing tribes despite the fact that they do not hear of these at their countries of refuge. I know majority of guys who comment are are not in South Sudan. Here we are very busy doing our best to narrow the gap created by civil and cheasing life like leopard.
We never learnt from the past and simply squaring one. However, the degree varies from young South Sudanese to elders and so on.
Jonglei Kuereng
Southern Sudanese; Learn from the past
Hi everyone, I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation to student from Garang Istitute. You are absolutely right, our don’t articulate about the past. They wanted to aquire all the nation wealth through fruadulent conduct for the benefit of theirs famalies. As you know all wealth aquire through fraud never last for long. It’s seem like people forgot the vision we forht for and they think they have gone to paradise. Your words are very constructive. I would like to thank those who have comment in favour of these articles. Dispite all the garbage artilces that always posted on the website with malicous word. The forum is best place sharing informations and ideas. I hope this forum will be fruitfull. thank you once again and my best wishes to all students from Garang Institute school.
Jonglei Kuereng
Commerce student
Univerity Of Ballarat Victoria Australia
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Gatwech
Southern Sudanese; Learn from the past
Dear Mabior,
Before I respond to your article, i want to know what quality does dr. john garang institute have in terms of study. A friend of mine who visited the institute at bor town told me a ugly story about it, saying it looked like a dumbing ground, no sanitary system, no considerable number of students, no good teachers, no sufficient studying materials, etc.
Take it easy i am just curious and want to know otherwise this would have been a disgusting thing done to our former and late leader!
Coming back to your interesting article but contradicting in its body, i would like to agree with you that our leaders should learn from the past particularly when dealing with the jalaba (arabs) and within themselves as our leaders.
They should not repeat being submissive to arabs like what abel alier did when Nimieri used to call him the ‘real son of Sudan’ because he betrayed the south by causing the regional divisions and the jonglei canal saga just to be a faithful vice president to the arab.
Our leaders should learn from the past not to cause divisions within our organizations like the dictatorial and tribal tendencies imposed on others by our past leaders, one example of which was blamed as the cause for others to rebel against such tendencies like the 1991 split within the SPLM. Our leaders tend to resist change for the better fearing to lose power.
We should also alert salva kiir not to start submitting to ncp or jalaba will by compromising the position of his government and the interest of the people of southern sudan such as the census issue which some say is a high treason committed by kiir.
Please i wish you reshape you mind to be consistent with the good topic which you unknowing narrowed down to attacks on your prefered targets.
Have a good day or night at the institute.
Gatwech
Madhod
Southern Sudanese; Learn from the past
Why are we Blaming Dr. Riak Machar for all the Problems that are happening in South Sudan?
Dear Mr. Mabior Philiph Mach, you article’s title is really good, and could have been a great article if you framed it consistently with your topic. However, I was shocked and confused in the middle with the language and the hidden means behind you article. You have mentioned many issues that are not consistent with the topic. Your topic was about reminding Southern Sudanese to “learn from the past” and yet you end up talking about Dr. Riak Machar, abduction of children by Murle, raiding of cattle by Mundari, and the accusation of Dr.Riak Machar by Governor Taban Deng. Now, tell me, which of these issues were you trying to remind us about?
Mr. Mach, can you please clarify yourself, so that some of us who might want to read your article would be clear about the message you are trying to convey to us. As far as I can remember, Governor Taban Deng Gai did not said Dr. Riak Machar was among the people you described as “warthogs,” nor did Governor Taban Deng Gai claimed Dr. Riak Machar wants to “Integrates NCP” members into the SPLA. I think you should clearly research your sources again.
In a frankly speaking Mr. Mach, your article has insulted many Southern Sudanese. I know you want to remind people about what had happened in Bor in 1993, but I found it very divisive for you to try to confuse people with things that are happening in Sudan and blame Dr. Riak for them. Tell us why is the children’s abduction in Bor by Murle is Dr. Riak Machar or the leadership SPLA/M‘s fault? Also explain to us how Dr. Riak can be blame for the cattle raiding by the Mundari?
To me, Dr. Riak Machar was not responsible for all the issues you have mentioned, and if he has to be blame, the entire SPLA leadership would be responsible; starting from the offices both President Salva Kiir Mayardit and Dr. Riak. In case of children abduction, I do not understand why it becomes Dr. Riak Machar’s fault? The Jonglei State’s Governor. Mr. Kuol Mayang and the entire Jonglei Sate Assembly would be blame for failing to adopt a concrete solution in regard to the Murle’s aggression.
To give you an example, recently, there has been fighting between the Northern Bahr el Ghazal, and the Unity State vs. the Misseiriya or the Baggara. Both states took the matter into their own hands and negotiate peaceful resolutions with the help from the Southern Sudan government. What kind of strategy does the Jonglei state’s governor have now to end the abduction of innocent children by the Murle and the raiding of cattle by the Mundari?
The duty of the governor is to solve problems such as the ones you have mentioned, and the government of South Sudanese is there to assist them with any logistic needs or other necessary strategies. In my understanding, President Salva Kiir and the Riak Machar are there to appoint any qualify governors who can make good decision and execute their duties in a timely manner.
Mr. Mach, I won’t blame you that much because based on the language and the tone you have used in your writing, one can easily tell that your blaming is not necessary about all the things you have described in your article, rather than calculated false accusations that based on hatred against Dr. Riak Machar. Yours accusation does not surprise me since you remind us about Dr. Garang’s legacy and what he could have done if he did not die.
You know, there are many people like you today; especially from the clan you belong to who does not want to see Dr. Riak Machar in the SPLA. Some of these people are not happy about Dr. Riak being the vice president of South Sudan’s government, given the circumstances that had happened in the past. But my dear friend and fellow citizen of South Sudan, I would like to remind you again that SPLA does not belong to Garang.
If you read the history and the way SPLA/M was formed, everyone including Dr. Garang and the people that defected away from the SPLA/M have undeniable right to rejoin the party if they choose too. Dr. Garang was a beneficiary just like other leader in the SPLA/M, he was just given the trust to lead the movement, and therefore no one should and shall never overlook or alienate others in the SPLA.
People who understand the history and how the SPLA was formed won’t accused Dr. Riak Machar without revisiting the history and the legacy of Dr. Garang. If Dr. Garang was still alive today, I don’t think people like you would be bitching around with false accusation. It is very surprising today to see some people like you Mr. Mach who are still having the mentality of seeing the future and progress of the SPLA only if Dr. Garang was still the leader of the SPLA.
And the question I would like to ask is how long are going to hold into that kind of mentality? Knowing that every generation shall lead and shall deceased, which is the life circle of us as human beings. Isn’t it our duty as the next generation of SPLA to carry on the legacy out leaders, regardless of who tribe they belong to. I call upon all the young generation in the South Sudan to set up a positive example. Our heroes and heroines who scarified their lives, including Dr. Garang, both Anya 1 and 2 heroes and heroines and the present leaders in the SPLA have done whatever we ask them for, and it is our duty to carry on their legacy.
Let us not remind ourselves about the negative things that have divided us.
We can not expect Dr. Garang to be the leader of the past and at the same time expect him to be the leader of the future, is this kind of attitude we are going to have in the South for next hundred years? We should always be careful when criticizing or blaming others. The bible teach us that we should always remove the log from own eyes before doing it to others. It said “You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye,” (Mathew 7:5).
Now given this examples, if you revisited the history, you would learned that Dr. Garang himself has committed countless atrocities as the leader of the SPLA/M, including the killing of many intellectuals and heroes in the SPLA/M, but the victim themselves have clam down for that sake of our own coexistent as one people. I am sure these people would also like to readdress their grievances and would like the justice to be done like any other victims in Bor.
But what good would it bring to if we start tearing ourselves down at this crucial movement when our common enemy is using our own people to destroy us. Every community in the Southern Sudan, including the place you came from have collaborators who have been working with the government of Sudan in the north to displaced the southern Sudanese people, yet we never complain against them, instead we turn our attention to the very same leaders who are trying to liberate us from this tyranny in the north.
Haven’t you learn from the past too? I though you should be applauding now for having the opportunity to go to school in you own town, and doesn’t have to go far away. It if wasn’t the unity of both leaders, Dr. Garang and Dr. Riak, do you think there would be something called “Garang Institute today?
For me, the unity of both Garang and Riak Machar was a blessing for us and we should all celebrate it, because it brought us together as one people. Since this unity has began, we have receive countless help from the out side world and the NGOS; because we are united as one people. Why are you allowing your jealousy and hatred over taking your moral judgment and reasoning, to see and praise the good things Dr. Riak Machar has been doing in the SPLA/M?
I know very well that I don’t always agree with some of things Dr. Garang has done, but I could not also over look the good things Dr. John Garang has done to the people of the Southern Sudan. I allow myself to appreciate all the goods things Dr. Garang has done to us southerners. He has been a mentor to many of us we young people in the south or the red army. Can we also appreciate some of the good things Dr. Riak and our great leader Salva Kiir have been doing?
I know I have a lot of things to say, but my writing would be valueless if I continue explaining at this point. My only hope for you is that; try to be a good leader and not a divider of tomorrow. I don’t know if you really mean what you said in your last paragraph, but if you really mean, please don’t try to regenerate negative things of the past, to borrow your own words, please do not be “arrogant to every body” try to be good example for the next generation, by being humble and tolerant to people. Our duty in the future is not tell which leader defected away from SPLA/M, but to tell to the next generation how the leaders in the SPLA/M overcome the problems they have faced during the struggle and how the managed to led us to our self-determination.
Kong Dual
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James James
Southern Sudanese; Learn from the past
Mr. Philip:
Your artile was going to attract many supporters if it had not been infected by tribal virus.
Sad to see that, Sudanization had been completely displaced and tribalism has taken place and illegally adapted to become our moral standaerd of living. Apparently, Bor seem to defend Bor while other communities remain somewhere.
The punches Philip had sent to Dr. Riak Machar, Mandari and Murle are all baseless, today choas emerge anywhere and even between clans.
Please let try to be nationalistic then building and furthering tribal gaps. Better not to forget that, Bor went to raid Murle just four months ago. This is to reveal that, the raiding and choas in South Sudan are not from Mundari or Murle alone.
However, let try to bring our people together in peace. I hope we work on one path.
God bless.
LADO
Southern Sudanese; Learn from the past
Find and know about the two different States in Sudan Territory in Africa to avoid continous wars in this Great part of Sudan – Central Africa :
THE DIRTY DIPLOMATIC POLITRICKS OF BRITAIN PLAYING ON FOR THE OCCUPATION STILL OF LADO THROUGH THE REPUBLIC STATE OF SUDAN
Britain / Sudan plot to occupy LADO :
Lado as moden Nation State was founded on 9th May 864 A.D
Here are some specifications to follow very carefully in the Literature please .
The Dinka people of Sudan are not in anyway Sudanic Ladoans at all . Ladoans are descendents of the 29 tribes who all live in Lado land ( see lADO on the World Maps Before the second World war .)
Bahr el Ghazal of the Sudan State and its location in Sudan as such :
The Bahr el Ghazal in Arabic language is both a River and a Region of southwestern Republic of Sudan State . The Region takes its name from the River. This River flows about 80O – 810 km east to Lake No where it joins the Bahr el Jebel to form the White Nlie sometimes called ( Bahr el Abiad ). The region in itself today , for the Administrative conditions in the Sudan State consists of the States of North Bahr el Ghazal , West Bahr al Ghazal , Lakes and Warab . Bahr el Ghazal borders Central African Republic to the West and Lado to the South
The population of this Region is mainly by the Dinka people,and others are the Nilotic Tribes : the Shilluk and the Nuer and Jo Luo and the Acholi and Lotuhu and other minor groups of tribes etc —-. Bahr el Gazal historically was constantly subject to raids by the Fur and Arab Slave traders from the neighbouring Region of Darfur .
This Slave trade was apparently put to end in 1864 by the Khedive of Egypt but soon re – emerged under Native Merchants, who set themselves up as Princes who created their own individual Soldiers . The most powerful known of them became of Al – Zubayr .
Al – Zubayr fought and defeated a joint Turkish / Egyptian force sent to Bahr el Ghazal in 1873 . However the Khedive compromised the defeat and made Bahr el Ghazal a nominal province of Egypt, with Al-Zubayr as its Governor.
Bahr el Gazal as the region was later incorporated into Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and became the ninth Province after being split from Equatoria ( LADO ) in 1948 , became a Province, and then State, under the Republic of the State Sudan today . In 1996 the Region was divided into the four current Districts as part of an Administrative re – organisation of the Country – Sudan State .
Bahr el Gazar has been affected by civil war for many years. It has ever been a scene of fighting before independence and after independence and that is to say in the First Sudanese Civil War – AnyaAnya wars against the State of Sudan .
In 1982 the Sudan People’s Liberation Army ( SPLA ) was formed there by John Garang of Dinka TRIBE to fight the Arab-dominated Government in Khartoum
This became known as the Second Sudanese Civil War . A conflict which continued and lasted until 2003 and killed more than three million people. A majority of the population of the region is internally uprooted or displaced and largely most of them are refugees now in neighboring countries especially now settling in Lado Land .( Lado Occupied ).
The British Politricks now and knowing that Sudan State in International Law Affairs is still tied down within the British Dominium keeps control over the Nothern Territory of Lado where they are establishing by force , claiming JUBA in Lado , becomes the Capital City of the New to be created Christian Southern Sudan Nation State by 2011 to replace the Lado Kingdom State .
Lado has been fighting Britain since from 1871 and continues till todate —, Lado hopes both the black population Sudanese citizens and the Arab origine Sudanese will one day really understand Britain ‘ s political politricks she continues to play over the Black people in Africa till todate —–
To follow correctly the Relationship between Lado and the other sorrounding countries , please click on below to find out the relationship between these two States : The Republic of Uganda and The Democratic Republic of Congo
http://www.topix.com/forum/world/uganda/TOJM7…
and
http://www.topix.com/forum/world/democratic-r…
Also see
N.B :- for more information on Lado , read on this Web site please for the preparation of Lado Independence issue –
http://www.historyexplained.com/phpbb/viewfor …
See The Map of Lado and the sorrounding Countries to it before The British illegally removed it off from the World Atlases and stretching it out to the same sorrounding Countries : Uganda ( British Protectorate ), DR Congo / Zaire ( Belgium colony ), Sudan ( Anglo – Egyptian Condominium )
Map retrived from Lado ARCHIVES
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Lado
Institute of Sudanic Studies
Occupied Kingdom State of Lado
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