Sudan refutes rumors that Salva Kiir died
By James Gatdet Dak
October 8, 2009 (JUBA) – Wild rumors circulated in Juba on Thursday that the President of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) and Chairperson of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), Salva Kiir Mayardit, had died.
The rumors said one of the guards shot him, as others said that his convoy was under fire from unknown assailants, while on his way to Juba Airport on the way to an official visit to the Ugandan capital Kampala.
President Kiir left Juba for Kampala on Thursday morning on an invitation by the Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.
The rumors, suspected to have originated from Khartoum, quickly spread that President Salva Kiir died in the morning hours of Thursday, which almost caused panic in the semi-autonomous region’s capital.
However, the Vice President of the Government of Southern Sudan and Deputy Chairperson of the SPLM, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, refuted the wild rumor.
Machar said the false rumor was a work of the enemies of peace in the country.
He said sources of such rumors must be investigated.
The Vice President, who saw off President Kiir to Kampala at Juba International Airport at 10:50AM, said he also talked to him on the phone at 3:00PM in the afternoon after his safe arrival to the Ugandan capital.
During an urgent press conference he held in the Sudanese capital, the SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amum dismissed the rumors and reassured that Salva Kiir is conducting his duties normally affirming he left Juba for Kampala where he arrived safely.
While the official news agency SUNA published a short news item saying that Kiir held talks with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on bilateral relations and means of promoting joint cooperation to serve the interests of the Sudanese and Ugandan peoples.
The official spokesperson and minister of Information and Broadcasting, Paul Mayom Akech, also dismissed the rumors, which he said were counter-productive and designed to create instability in the South. “These are wishes of prophets of doom,” he said.
The SPLM leadership has been holding an emergence closed door meeting in Juba for the last four days since Monday and discussed a number of pressing national issues such as democratic transformation, disputed census results, general elections and Southern Sudan referendum among others.
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Nile Flame
Sudanr refutes rumors that Salva Kiir died
The speculation was true athough the attempt was unsuccessful.The Khartoum paid millions to Riek and Matip to kill Mr. Mayardit. it was clearly planed by the Khartoum wanting Riek to use tactic to gun down the President which is not successful. So now what is next Riek since your attempt was intercepted? We all know that a future problem that would cliam the life of Kiir will come from Riek with his counterpart such as Matip.
Mr Famous Big_Logic_Boy
Sudanr refutes rumors that Salva Kiir died
If this could have been a true incidence I would slaughter a bull for my Equatorians and South Sudan in general, I would celebrate this 24/7 with my people in Equatoria. Departure of this demon will be a happy time for wise people like Wani Igga and Riek to take the opportunity. Hopeful when ramous are coming around the truth is nearly to happen; the cold bloodshed of my people will have their time to question him (Kiir). However if this to term with him, where will the orphans of junglese be if their father (kiir) received an invitation from garang to join him? That will be a time for even a chicken to sing a liberation song. I think some of dinkas are the lies behind this, just running around for a piece of bread from Khartoum. They want to do the same thing like what they have done to their notorious John Garang de Mabior. Anyway it is sad news for the some dinkas who love this man for encouraging them to roam as trouble makers in South.
Lawrence
Sudanr refutes rumors that Salva Kiir died
The manufacturer(S) of such rumors should be traced and is/are to face legal action, this is a threat to the life of the president. I remenber the same rumor was manufactured in Khartoun in the 90s that the late Garang had died, yet he was well and ok in New Site. We do not want him dead but we want good governance, equality, a network of infrastructure and good security to every body in South Sudan. Food?, no we do not need food, we can produce our own food as long as there is security and favourable climate.
Time1
Sudanr refutes rumors that Salva Kiir died
This rumours should be investigated and the senders to face justice, they have to trace the source which came through a mobile phone, all those you recieved it should show investigators, investigators should ask phone operators to identify the number, if an operator who operate in south sudan refuse to show the source they should be ask to leave the region.I’am sure the sender will be traced, either from Sudani network or Zain network, MTN network or vivacell of southsudan,also gemtel in south sudan should be questioned, this are the main cell phone operators in sudan. Sudani network is owned by sudan security services , so they can also be behind the false message.
I suspect source as follow, 1-sudani network(sudan security/army), 2-MTN (southafrican) and 3-gemtel network(ugandan/sudanese), may be 4-Vivacell also, but Zain is purely innocent network with no governments or evil intentions.
general Achinbenchien
Sudan refutes rumors that Salva Kiir died
Now Kiir Mayardit Salva! Have you see how much they want you dead? Have you see the prophet of dooms as Mayom Akech said want you dead? NOW WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? DECLARE OUR GOD DAMNED INDEPENDENCE NOW! DECLARE IT BEFORE THEIR WISH BECOME TRUE. SELF MEANS US. US DECLARING OUR DESTINY NOT 2011 DECLARING FOR US. 2011 IS NOT A SOUTHERN SUDANESE! WE ARE. GET UP, AND DECLARE IT. I’M SICK AND TIRED OF FUCKEN BASHIR!
The Mad General!
Kuer Dau Apai
Sudan refutes rumors that Salva Kiir died
A liar has short leggs
Despite the thousands of invisible assassinations made to the southerners in the past, the long-rule in cheating to the black-Africans (the true sons and daughters of the Land of Cush/Sudan) and all propagandas information which lead to the maltreatments and discriminations in the Country by the North-Sudan Government to stir-up the mess and to confuse the Southerners, all is revealed today that the cunning-activities to blackmail the Southerners have reached it bottleneck of the last kick of the DYING ARABS IN SUDAN INSTEAD OF CIRCULATING ALL BULLSHIDS AROUND OUR PRESIDENT OF GOSS MR. KIIR MAYARDIT. NO MATTER SOMEWHATS, SOUTHERNERS WILL AT THIS TIME NEVER BE CHEATED. Arabs must go to Arab-Countries and/or South-Sudan must be separated for its self ruling.Today is not yesterday, Today will not be Tomorrow, all is better to be reliable instead of blackmailing.
THANK NCP FOR CHEATING US
KUER DAU APAI
[email protected]
AUSTRALIA
Gatwech
Sudan refutes rumors that Salva Kiir died
Nile Flame,
You have an evil intention to flame the whole thing using your evil messages. You are either a Khartoumer or a black Dinka-Arab.
1) If you are an Arab in Khartoum, you are disappointed with Dr. Riek Machar’s statement that the sources of this wild rumor must be investigated. You are worried that you may be one of those sources.
2) If you are a black Dinka-Arab, you might be one of those sources that created the rumor to cause confusion and further insecurity in the South.
This is evil if you did not know that.
Gatwech
Sudan refutes rumors that Salva Kiir died
Dear readers,
Most of you are right. No body would wish Salva Kiir dead, but corrected alive.
I think the report on the rumors is very necessary to clear the air. I think the reporter was also pre-empted by Press Conferences conducted by Vice President, Machar, in Juba, SPLM SG, Pagan Amum in Khartoum and Paul Mayom, minister of Information in Juba. I heard about it yesterday around 1PM. I couldn’t believe it before even watching the news on SSTV and reading this report. But it is more clearer to the wider world through this electronic media report that it was just a false rumor.
To me, people were just scary of such Uganda visits one of which claimed the life of John Garang in 2005. They think it could also happen to Salva Kiir in a similar way. It was just a feeling of panic.
Jonglei Kuereng
Sudan refutes rumors that Salva Kiir died
To all the users and Readers of this website
Dear friends whoever will read my comment, please refrain from all of these acts of conpiracy. Please count and justify your words before you throw them on the public website. Don’t you what goes around come around. My friends the days of the future of south sudan are counted on your evil comment. To frank my people, whoever love to play with this issue you will bear it. whoever wish this to happen to any one of Salva Kiir, Riek Macher, Matip, Wani Iga, will a bless to the entire sudanese people. It will not be the same like the Death of Dr John Garang. it will be a South sudanese DARKEST DAYS FOREVER. I am sorry saying this but it is my perspective. You thinks your comment doesn’t cause anything but they are counter-productives.
We seem to lost the aspiration of our belove brave men and women as well as children who endoured the cruel treatment that have been inflicted to our people since the creature. these 2 millions live have been lost in vain. when I look at this one would have to regret why he/she was born amoung these people. I am not insulting and not hating myself but the feeling has compel me to say it.
You people never know why this website was established. it was establihsed for the sake to desintegrate south sudanese a long tribal line. I know very well the web masters who control it are arabs from the north sudan, but correct me if I am wrong. My thanks to those who will read this comment and I hope you guys will take actions to divert from this devil acts which has been build in our life and culture which will destroy us.
Cheers
Jonglei
logic Dinka
Sudan refutes rumors that Salva Kiir died
Haau!!!!!
the death assilented to Mr Kiir Mayaradit shall not be a song to sang by those she goats otherwise the poosiblility of occupying his seat by these Malitia leaders like Lam Akol and the who so named Riaak baai machar will not atall be possible
please don’t humilate the system of our GOSS by using your prophesies of Ngundeng to relocates people minds. we the southerners are now mature in mind and if one needs to take the seat then open compaign on political grounds shall avails rahter then death prediction
Kiiir Oyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! Keep up and you will serve Sudan as a whole in leadership
God bless you.
peter gatdet
Sudan refutes rumors that Salva Kiir died
I do believed the evile rumors circulated in Juba on thursday would have originated from our side as Nuer communities with the intention to make coup,but what we know God is not blind to hand over the southerners unto the hand of the greatest Devil Dr Riek Machar. We Nuer communities we were born by mistake if we donot adjust ourselves,we will lead southerners to Hell if our Heros (Dinkas) are not serious.I am confident that the sources of rumors are Machar,s Nuer and Equatorian.
Dengtaath
Sudan refutes rumors that Salva Kiir died
I don’t really know how much is going to take when the war between Dinka and Nuer you are always preaching happen?
guys if one has never regret in the life, it will be the first time for one to hate the life, sure ask me next time.
Sirocco
Sudan refutes rumors that Salva Kiir died
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO PROVOK THE SITUATION OF THE SOUTHERN SUDANESE BY CREATING SUCH A ROMUORS, PLEASE YOUR VISION OF SUCH STUPID IDEA IWLL NOT SUCEED…….IF YOU STILL DOING THAT PLEASE GOD WILL NOT FORGIVE YOU WORDS.
HENCE I KNOW VERY WELL THESE NEWS ARE FROM PAN-NYANTOOC AND NYAMANYAM….
Truth Defender
Sudan refutes rumors that Salva Kiir died
Dear All,
I appreciate the people who always make comments only on the issues that affect South Sudanese in general. I am Dinka myself, this is my idnetity in term of tribe but the ethnic identity should not blurr my bigger identity as South Sudanese, the recognition that we fought for. We took up arms to fight a war of liberation for almost half a century to be recognised as South Sudanese not as certain tribe although the proportion or numbers of people we fought the liberation war differ from region to region, from ethnic group to ethnic group, from clan to clan and from section to section, this doesn’t matter because our single purpose was to liberate our beloved country, that is South Sudan. However, some comments here in this website are outrageous, it seems like a particular section of Dinka in Upper Nile are becoming notorious for nothing, and they did not fight any war, the truth is that during the war the number of population that joint the SPLA was very high followed by Nuer, this is visible in SPLA songs or morales, but Dinka Bor did not fight any war, they were hiding behind other Dinka to only keep on singing that we Dinkas have captured this town and that.
Dinka Bor were protected by Garang, that was why all Jech Amer or Red Army from Bor were directed to go to Pinyudo in Ethiopia and the rest of the Red Army from other tribes or other sections of Dinka were directed to go to some other places like Dimma to be trained as soldiers with limited access to education while the redm Army in Pinyudo were provided with qualified teachers and given a name “Teerab” which means seed in Arabic, does it mean only Dinka Bor should be the seed for the whole South Sudan. Dinka Bor bullies other ethnic groups in South Sudan only in the name of Dinka but they are cowards. For instance, they are occupants of almost all the Equotarians land but the unreasoning Equotarians who are not able to differentiate among Dinka sections just generalise hence involving all in the conflict, Dinka Bor likes causing problems with their false philosophy that they are born to rule, but do not withstand the consequence, like in 1992, when the whole Bor area was captured in two weeks. I have only highlighted few here, wait for another episode.
Truth Deffender.
charles Riek
Sudan refutes rumors that Salva Kiir died
Dear Southern
Remark my words carefully. it is good to put wrong doers to death. our leader Salva Kiir his work is drunkardness, he is doing notthing to the south better for him to follow Garang because our county is important than individual or if not we will fall same way like somali. Romurs are alway 90% percent of it are true remember how many times Garang die and at the end he face the death finality. Dinka are stupids their thought will never help south Sudan. Equotoria wayee. Look people die in Unity State but our daimshirt president support the Governor instead go into bentween them. Foolish president go to death.
Kiir must die
SPLM wayeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
Critic_Ngueny
Sudan refutes rumors that Salva Kiir died
Kiir is not died and he is not going to die.Shame on Equtorians and their barking dogs from Nuer community.
Critic Ngueny from Bor town
Raan Naath
UNITY STATE GURTONG WEBSITE REPORTER IS NOT A JOURNALIST
Unity State Governor Calls for Peace in SPLA
By Luke Riek Nyak
The Governor of Unity State Brigadier Taban Deng Gai has called for peace between the SPLA forces that were involved in a clash in Bentiu last week.
Speaking Wednesday upon his arrival from a trip overseas, Governor Gai termed the clash ‘a minor disagreement that can be solved locally’ and called for calm.
He commended his deputy who is also the Minister of Agriculture Colonel Majok Dau, the SPLA Fourth Division Commander Major General Peter Pernyang, the Joint Integrated Units’ Commander Colonel Tito Biel Wich, the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and the other organised forces for their efforts to control the clash.
“Governor Deng says it is just like any other incident, erupted within the SPLA and did not involve the force and another military organ like SAF. It will therefore be solved peacefully here at the state level”, he said.
He assured residents who had run away from their homes for fear of more violence that peace have been restored and urged them to return to their homes.
A high-powered delegation from the SPLA General Headquarters are currently in Bentiu to investigate the incident
Speaking on the state radio, Bentiu 99 FM, Governor Gai appealed to all the forces to cooperate fully with the investigations team till the root cause of the incident is found and the rule of law applied as necessary.
SPLA soldiers were involved in a clash last Friday following a misunderstanding in Bentiu between the SPLA soldiers guarding the headquarters of SPLA Deputy Commander- in- Chief General Paulino Matip Nhial and the SPLA soldiers guarding the headquarters of the Governor of Unity State.
During the incident, 12 SPLA soldiers, including an officer with the rank of major and four civilians were killed while
DEAR ALL READ THE LUKE RIEK NYAK’S SEVERAL REPORTS FROM UNITY STATE. LUKE RIEK NYAK IS A GURTONG WEBSITE REPORTER IN UNITY STATE. HE USED TO REPORTED POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT TABAN DENG GAI IN UNITY STATE. HE DID NOT REPORTED BENTIU INCIDENT. WHY ONLY REPORTED TABAN DENG’S SPEECH? IS HE JOURNALIST? THIS QUESTION SHOULD BE ANSWERE BY GURTONG WEBSITE MANAGEMNET TEAM.
IMAGINE, UNITY STATE INCIDENT WAS ONLY REPORTED AT NAATH FM STATION IN LEER AND OTHERS MEDIA HOUSE AND GURTONG REPORTER DID NOT REPORTED.
FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT SAYING WILL DIE BEFORE INDEPENDENCE OF SOUTH SUDAN. KIIR IS NOT SAYING FACT LIKE UNITY STATE PARASITE LUKE RIEK NYAK WHO ALWAYS REPORTED TABAN DENG GAI’S SIDE. WHY NOT CITIZENS SIDE?
KIIR WILL DIE SOON AND THE SOUTH SUDAN WILL GET INDEPENDENCE
REMORS WILL TURN BE TRUE
ramiran
Sudan refutes rumors that Salva Kiir died
that is very good mr gatdet dak we are friend of peace not against it.
Khent
Sudan refutes rumors that Salva Kiir died
Gatwech:
Your posts inform on the inability of some to engage topical facts. It’s cute, but let’s stay on topic.
You continue to pretend to ignore the contradictions in your vacous arguments, and attempt to make others chase red herrings
Your posts are replete with red herring and transparently crude and distractive flame-instigating antics, designed to deflect attention from your engagement in the very actions that you are attempting to accuse others of.
On that note, feel free to proceed with more distractive antics, as you just did.
Ad nauseum fallacy -> repeating claims as if repetition were proof.
The reason why this is a flaw in reasoning is that the validity or truth of an idea has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with how often the idea is repeated. You can repeat something dozens of times and it will still be false, while a truth remains a truth even if it is stated only once.
Your posts are juxtaposed with puerile and ethnocentric pseudo-scholarship hogwash, which cripples and moots each post from you.
You claim this to be a ploy by the “Dinka-Bor”.. yet you claim this to be also the handywork of the Arabs.
So which one is it?
It’s just a misdirection, a contradiction in its own terms, and a stalling tactic on your part, which leaves all of our questions unanswered and the facts unaddressed.
KenyanBoy
Sudan refutes rumors that Salva Kiir died
FAKE FAKE RUMOURS!!!
The real story is below:
Uganda – October 9th 2009
Uganda has today marked her 47 years of independence from British rule with celebrations held at Kololo Airstrip.
The Kabaka of Buganda, Ronald Muwenda Nutebi II, the President General of Forum for Democratic Change, Col. Kizza Besigye, the President of the Democratic Party, John Sebaana Kizito and the President of Conservative Party, John Ken Lukyamuzi were officially invited by the government to attend the national celebrations but none of them has appeared at Kololo Airstrip.
However the President of Southern Sudan, Salva Kiir, the Liberia, Sirleaf Johnson, heads of diplomatic Missions among other foreign diplomats have arrived at Kololo.
The President of Uganda, Gen. Yoweri Museveni together with all his cabinet ministers, MPs from the ruling National Resistance Movement as well as other senior government officials have arrived.
The former President of Uganda, Godfrey Lukongwa Binaisa, a few sons and daughters to fallen former President of Uganda, the Conqueror of the British Empire Chancellor Field Martial Iddi Amin Daada have also attended today’s National independence celebrations.
raanaguachraan
Sudan refutes rumors that Salva Kiir died
hi,
dear readers, we should be aware always about the death of our late universal hero Dr john Garang de mabior, why do we always love the dead of our future leaders?
guys we shouldn’t jokes and have a fun on such issues.
we must show love to our leaders whether from any parts of southern Sudan.
my dear southerner Sudanese, when are we going to have unity, equality, and freedom of expressions?
let us uproots all kind of disunity among us as southerners
in whole.
why do we likes evils act and what do we get?
the world has changes but, we haven’t changed yet and why so?
when are we going to shows ourselves to the world that we are a world of unity, equality, and integrity.
why do we love death instead the life?
why do we enjoying the death of our people instead we condemn it?
if you love your self, when are you going to love your brothers and sisters?
if you also love southern Sudan as your motherland, why not
practiced peace instead encouraging tribalism, disunity and cod war were black against black, communities against communities, leaders against leaders, political parties and political parties.
dear southerner, i am so proud of our lovely and precious land of [CUSH mean land of black men.
i am also proud of the people who offers their precious life for the course of our freedom and have also struggle for our freedom that we are waiting in 2011.
it’s a freedom that shall not and will not be taken away any
more by enemies of our freedom.
freedom that we feel and breaths it.
freedom that we will live by and endured forever and ever.
freedom that you will not shames for it.
freedom that allow you to express your futures interests.
freedom that you will standby and offer your life, by defend
southern Sudan and it’s people in whole.
and thanks you all, God bless southern Sudan and it’s people
by RED ARMY OFFICER, seeds planted by late universal hero,
Dr john de mabior. AMEER OYEE, splm oyee,
Kelang
Sudan refutes rumors that Salva Kiir died
Ahahaha!!!!!The so called Lado(Bor Boy) where does he originate from? He seems to be a confuss Southern Sudanese who need to be advise. I think he is an Arab from the North. His wishes are so deadly that he need to arrested and investigated on why he made this kind of statement on public website.
Dear Southerns, Is it impossible to issue an arrest warrant for Lodu(Bor Boy? Advise and counsel him; if he does not listen, let adversity teach him.
I think this is the behaviour of stipid kind of human beings on earth as the say goes ”A cow gave birth to a fire: she wanted to lick it, but it burned; she wanted to leave it, but she could not because it was her own child”.
I also advice the so-called Lado to change his nmae with immediate effect. Do not use Equatorian name. Equatorians are reasonable citizens of Southern who does post this childish kind of article on pub. site.
Why do u wish H.E.Kiir to die shame u.
mamer kuot
Sudan refutes rumors that Salva Kiir died
haai southerners thanks god for this
if it could happen as it was planed by
those stupid guys who are bought by khartoum govenment.
the whole world should heard or know that they have touch
the anus of lion .
by natural dinka
south sudan power
Sudan refutes rumors that Salva Kiir died
God forbid such an action to happened to Salva KIiir.
Am soo disapointed when I see southern sudansese fighinting each other, or spreading the words of hatred to each other in this websit.this has distroyed our image to the rest of the world communities. We should stop blaming each tribes for wrong do, instead we should held those who do the wrong accantable for their action.
Please,we have got to stop this kinds of acts. Otherwise,it will lead us into a wrong path.
thanks you.
south sudan power
Sudan refutes rumors that Salva Kiir died
Ladies and Gentlement:
Iam soo worry abuot the future of our country southern sudan,for couple of reasons.
1) We have a very weeek spirit,we don’t approciat our leaders for their job.
2) we are very triblistic to a point of unrecovery,and that we tend not to respecte some of our leaders just because they are from a certain tribe..
3) corruptions is as high as it can gets.
With all these few outline, I think if we don’t act right now, their is going to be a disaster happening soon in 2011. If we do not united now, the Arab will rebound again, and ensalves southern econamically, and physically.
thieleling
Sudan refutes rumors that Salva Kiir died
Dear South Sudanese,
The rumor is an ill-concieved enemies of peace conspiracy as correctly refuted by South sudan vice president, Dr. Riek Machar. ‘President Salva Kiir is now on his way to Zimbabwe after stop over in Uganda. The false rumor that he died was circulated by text message of Mobile users in Sudan. As usual, the source of the text message might have come from the North that owns the telephone companies’.
‘And on reflection, was it really such a bright idea for intelligence southerners & some who currently hold power to accept this enemy rumor so quickly? Even more urgent is to avoid thinking the crisis has already precipated in south sudan.
Kiir is on to important things touring some African countries to rally them to support sudan at this difficult time. Don’t play into the enemy of peace’s hands ready to accept what that implies in reality. It is irresponsible!!