C. Equatorian official donates to disabled in South Sudan
By Isaac Vuni
December 3, 2008 (JUBA) – The Deputy Governor and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of Central Equatoria state Manase Lomule Waya today donated 15,000 Sudanese pounds to persons with disabilities. The amount is to be shared among three groups: the disabled, deaf and blind, with each getting SDG 5000.
Commemorating International Day of Persons with Disabilities in Juba, the capital of Southern Sudan, under the theme “Disability is not Inability,” Waya emphasized that persons with disabilities have all rights to justice like any other persons and therefore deserved to be treated with love and respect, including training in all fields in order to enable them to become self-supporting rather than going round begging.
The organizing chairman, Cornelio Wani Lado, appealed to Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) and state government to allocate five percent of all job positions to persons with disabilities. He also urged provision of wheelchairs and hearing devices, and to ease restrictions on freedom of expression and opinion.
Waya assured disabled that their five percent of affirmative action has been enacted in a GOSS legal document and the GOSS President Salva Kiir Mayardit is willing to listen and support their needs in organized ways.
“I want to assure you that we in the government of Southern Sudan love, respect and care for you in order to secure decent jobs like any Sudanese, but you must first be organized,” remarked Waya.
Meanwhile, Minister of Social Development of Central Equatoria State Hellen Woro promised to support and listen to complaints raised by disabled persons and the same message was repeated by Eluzai Leju, director for social development.
The chairman of the disabled persons’ association of southern Sudan disclosed that during the war there were only 833 registered members but after signing of the CPA that ended the 22-year civil war, their number increased to over 1500. Yet he said that their allotted share is being grabbed by some selfish politicians who are colluding with some key people dealing with land distribution, particularly in Central Equatoria state.
Lado appealed to governments to ensure persons with disabilities enjoy human rights and fundamental freedoms like other Sudanese, in accordance with articles 12 and 13 of the UN convention. He also noted that women are frequently discriminated against.
GOSS should put effective measures to guarantee habitation and rehabilitation of persons with disabilities, he said, including collection of statistics and data on persons with disabilities for updated policy formulation in the ten states of Southern Sudan.
The chairman appealed to governments to each constitute a committee under its jurisdictions to implement and monitor the UN convention on disabilities, including promotion of regional and international cooperation among organizations dealing with disabled persons including adoption and ratification of the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities.
The headquarters of war veterans was opened in Juba on August 18 to handle all cases of war veterans starting from 1955 to January 9, 2005 when the north-south civil war ended in a peace agreement, according to the office manager of Southern Sudan War Veterans Bol Akok Mayom.
Currently, artificial limbs are made in Juba and Rumbek ever since 2006 when the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) transferred the Lopiding workshop for wounded war veterans from a Kenyan border town. Over 15 local technicians are now trained by ICRC but certificate holders are reportedly being paid very little.
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Mr Famous Big_Logic_Boy
C. Equatorian official donates to disabled in South Sudan
I appreciate this Mr Lomule, we must deserve respect and love not killing of each other like what the junglese are doing in lake and jungle states. If Goss is wise he should be following such steps to show his love to his own people in South. But not distributing his corruptees junglese with their selfishness to loot the wealth in South, those who are taking the money into their pockets are those junglese who are been employed in Equatoria by their triblist leader. The WES has done bit of love as CES aswell, they have been celebrating the HIV AIDs to their fellow junglese who are now the engine of cholera and HIV AIDs.
Therefore, the increase of the disables comes as the result of 2008 censes and oncoming election, means those who have been considered as Ugandan and Congolese are coming back, because logic and his fellow Equatorians have been working on the ground to chased the arabs in the entire South, where now James and his junglese are back to claim positions and money. It is time, the IDPs are back from exile and dinkas must go back to their huts, their villages are free from arabs and murle. Not more panic, it is time to choose the right man to take the race not relying on the arrogance who will makes us to be losers.
lojur lokiden
C. Equatorian official donates to disabled in South Sudan
Bravo Lomole! This shows the greatness and the love and respect of the great equatorians to this corrupt country which is handled by archaic policies on the hands of morons who only mind of their protruding stomachs as if they are competing “whose stomach will be the biggest.” Lomole has shown his great love for the people of South Sudan and the land that our ancestors left us. We place our prayers that he will be blessed and one day lead this land which he really loves.
As for those who will be thinking in the negative way, This website is not for insults like “MOOR-AMOK” as “Trueson of Southerner is Back” was using this foolish Dinka insult. Even this moron still call this great contribution as a wrong move. Look at the way this woman act? ( I think the man is disguising himself cos those remarks belongs to their women this isn’t for a true son of South as he call himself.) If I’m not mistaken most of the Southern money is used by the Dinka officials for fucking those prostitutes in Juba. Hopefully they will soon all die of HIV and leave us in peace. The number of Dinka prostitutes are increasing in Juba as well as in Khartoum and still this boy (true southerner is back) is shameless in talking about this. In Khartoum, Dinkas are staying under the amarat and fucked daily to get moyo foul( faba bean water).Am I lying? Please think like a 21st century person not like your foolish officials who are driving you astray.
Take the advise.