Who’s behind the Egyptians’ influx into Sudan?
BY Luke Kuth Dak
June 27, 2008 — The Southern Sudanese people are in a state of chock, bewilderment and uncertainty regarding the reasoning the Sudan Peoples Liberation movement (SPLM) and it’s executive branch (GOSS) allowing the infinite influx of Egyptians, Palestinians and other Arab nationalities into the country.
As we speak, the preparations are well under way for the migration of five million Egyptian into Sudan under the pretext of coming to return life to the notorious failed Al-Jazzera Cotton Scheme. As a result of this move, one might rightly think that the largest country in Africa is in fact short if ingenious people who can get the job done, or learn how to. The fact of the matter is that, there are millions of marginalized Sudanese who are in desperate need of work, and millions more scattered all across the globe, who love and cherish their country dearly, but were forced to leave when the current Islamic regime of tyrant Omar Al-Basheer muscled themselves into power in 1989 and counting. The majority- if not all of those refugees would love to return home and participate in it’s devolvement, but can’t simply due to the fact that, nothing has really changed in terms of the laws of the land and civil liberties. Sudanese from all walks of life, and especially from the marginalized regions, are still being subjected to racial profiling, harassed and arrested without reasons other than the color of their skins.
So, if Sudan is indeed a one nation for all of it’s peoples, then why is it that one side of the coin could be able to arrive at such a drastic and highly suspicious immigration decision, without first consulting with the general public or even it’s partners in the government of national unity? Infusing this large number of Arab nationalities is particularly suspicious and alarming considering the elections and the referendum are nearing. More disturbingly, the Sudanese nationality is no longer the sacred document it once was. Under this extremist Islamic regime, it’s being issued even to those who didn’t ask for it, let alone qualified, as long as they are Arabs or fanatic Muslims. This has been going on for the length of this regime. So do your math!
Clearly, the Arab-minded northern Sudanese are suffering from an inferiority complex. A disease I have seen first hand here in my adapted country- the United States of America, where the Negro citizens are taught to believe that they are ugly because of triads they couldn’t control. Certainly the importation of Arabs into Sudan is just yet another desperate attempt to depredate the country’s complexion and rob it even more of its African identity. The evidence is seen everywhere, but especially on the televising screens. If you are from south, west or east, you have a zero chance getting a job of anchors hip. The same can be said about military and police colleges respectively.
The game couldn’t be clearer. What is taking place is pure racism against the majority of the African people from the marginalized regions of Sudan (south, west and east.) There is further evidence to back up what we are asserting to: Why is it that the Islamic extremist media of Al-Intibaha and Al- rayalaam are tight-lipped about the importation of Arabs, but still infuriated and vehemently continue to denounce the presence of a few Africans from Kenya and Uganda, seeking only temporary employment in South Sudan? My guess is you don’t need to have a degree in political science to answer that question.
In the end, there is no other force in Sudan that has the authority and legality to put an end to the Arabs’ immigration crisis other than the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement. It’s that time that SPLM makes it’s stance crystal clear on this serious issue before they become suspect themselves. It’s that simple.
The author is a former anchorman at Juba Radio. He can be reached at [email protected]