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South Sudan minister shot dead
February 9, 2011 (JUBA) – A minister in the semi-autonomous Government of
Southern Sudan (GoSS) has been killed by his personal driver who broke into his office
this morning soon after his arrival.
around 10:45AM in his office, which is only about 200 meters from the office of
the president.
The assilant also killed the minister’s bodyguard.
More details are expected to emerge later.
Gatwech
BREAKING NEWS: South Sudan minister shot dead
Dear readers,
It is inhumane, crazy and devilish that the independence of South Sudan nation can be received by killing of ministers.
A professional investigation should be carried out and bring the culprits to book. They should be hang in the streets of Juba for the populations to see.
Disgusting that South Sudanese are introducing terrorism.
I believe they are not far from being members of the community of the minister killed.
Disgusting!
May God rest his soul in eternal peace!
Daniel Lee
BREAKING NEWS: South Sudan minister shot dead
Un confirmed reports from sources close at the vecinity of the incident indicated that the gunman is an in-law to the Minister…!!!
What are we starting off too my people?!!
Padiet Deng Alony
BREAKING NEWS: South Sudan minister shot dead
watch out, where are the security personnel to let this happen. let wait for more detials.
Jongkuch
BREAKING NEWS: South Sudan minister shot dead
It’s unfortunate that a minister could be killed in his office. It shows the vulnerability of the security system in South Sudan, as political rivalry is coming to the scence. Therefore,swift security actions are needed to pindown criminals like those killers of the minister.
Jongkuch
Flora Tong
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I was in the ministries when we heard gun shots!!!!!!! It was unbelievable. People started running and we assumed it was something minor.
Just few minutes later the news comes to us a minister is shot dead. Cooperative ministry is in the same building of regional cooperation and ministry of housing.
Ministries complex have turn into a mourning place and very sad. this is so shocking
Janafil
BREAKING NEWS: South Sudan minister shot dead
I think it is a chow made by the members of his office, how come agunman be allowed to enter in to the office of the minister with gun. i think this is the plan made by the gunman alone!! Government should investigate them issue thoroughly, otherwise all the ministers from the GOSS down to Stastes and more further to counties are in danger.
My God rest his soul in peace.
Bol Pur
BREAKING NEWS: South Sudan minister shot dead
Dear Southern sudanese, what a bad news being received by the World in a joyful and celebration time.
Why do some people really like making Southern sudan always carry bad names. How can a minister be shot dead in his office a brought day light like this.
I agree with those who are saying such culprits must be brought to book immediately and face justice accordingly.
Such killing can make a country term as insecure and it will discourage investors that have now plans to come to south. Why do somebody decide to spoil the great moment of people of South Sudan.Why killing leaders?
My God rest the soul innocent servant in peace. My condolence to family and entire Government of southern sudan.
Chilim
babydoc
BREAKING NEWS: South Sudan minister shot dead
Equatoria people’s have a chicken brain, how come a big man been killed like a dog passby. It is also a good example to ministers who have corrupted in the Government.
Obol Sam Gabriel
BREAKING NEWS: South Sudan minister shot dead
As the investigation is going on may the lord almighty rest His soul in eternal peace.My condolence to the family of the late,relatives,friends and in-laws.God’s their seeing all whatever we do on this earth.BY OBOL SAM KING COLLEGE LONDON
Sudan virus
BREAKING NEWS: South Sudan minister shot dead
GOSS need to improve the security of the ministries.
Condoles to the family of the deceased.
unity state boy
BREAKING NEWS: South Sudan minister shot dead
It is the bad news for whole SOUTHTHERN SUDAN
Gat-khir
BREAKING NEWS: South Sudan minister shot dead
The incident has nothing to do with politic. It is purely a family issue. who knows what went wrong last night between the minister and his brother-in-law which is also his personal driver? Those corrupt ministers who employe their relatives deserve whatever may happen to them. They even take their ministerial authority upto thier homes and dictate their relatives. The man snatched the gun from the bodyguard of them minister,killed the bodyguard, marched in and kill the minister,and at last he killed himself. The game is over. who will you investigate and brought to book? Those ministers must change,or else, they must die.
original sudanese
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Cry babies
Now who are you going to blame???? The north is gone so no more excuses truth will reveal. This is a pure terrorist attack within the south. This is one of the befits of separation no more blaming game. In the past everything happens, the north is to blame. Now what???? Even if someone from south gets tripped over a rock and falls that person will say the North did it. What a shame……… punch of cry babies
I love Sudan
I love Africa
Lokeji
BREAKING NEWS: South Sudan minister shot dead
It’s really heart breaking to hear such disturbing news in a time we are suppose to celebrate our independence from the north.it has become clear that the war between the north and south had overrided many of our internal differences and now the southern independence has expose how much we hatred ourselves to the extend of killing each other.Sometimes when i go through certain comments and articles in sudantribune and southsudannation,i really sense how the tribal and regional inclination overrides nation building and brotherhood.These two things sometimes justifies many southern fears that southern sudan future is not that clear, i pray God that we may not establish another somalia in the region due to our tribal sickness.
Please brothers let us not make the international community get tire of us and draw their support from us.In the end political assassinations are not sure solutions to our internal disputes or differences.Finally my condulence to the southern sudan at large and GoSS in particular and above all to his family. May GOD rest his soul in peace.
AdierCien
BREAKING NEWS: South Sudan minister shot dead
Let me remind dear fellow south Sudanese who want to engage in politic,yes, it’s your right to carryout the duties of your country south Sudan but remember to do it democratically so that your freedom do not affect the life of your neighbor negatively which similar to the mistake of the Northern Khartoum regime. Please don’t terminate someone’s life for the sake of getting to power stand by your own power people will choose you as their leader. For us here in AdierCien do what inspired not what disappoint people.
Tobiin
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guys, i am sure the fellow didn’t get his salary for two month according to outside sources, if this is true how do you think his family suppose to live with high rent in Juba? this is a warning to kiir and the rest soon we’ll hear something else.
makuei
BREAKING NEWS: South Sudan minister shot dead
Mmmmmm,Lousy Security Service of South Sudan. Who then is safe? Even the President can be followed to his office one day and attacked.
omoni Atari
BREAKING NEWS: South Sudan minister shot dead
I blame the bodyguard who left the gun inside minister car,and the driver broke the window and took the gun and rush immediately to the minister office and murdered both of them.
why the security left the gun in the car?
This so that all the security personel in south sudan are untrained,including kiir’s bodyguard.
This was very careless bodyguard.
Jimmy Lemi,R.I.P.
CITIZENS OF SOUTH SUDAN MISSED YOU BADLY,
Banak Chol
BREAKING NEWS: South Sudan minister shot dead
This action is disturbing indeed. But not surprised because our people still coping with emotional stress. They don’t think before taking any action. Also, ignorant has play a big part in this incident I believe. The minister should have alert his security personel after the dispute with his in-laws.
Anyway, let us hope for the better after independent. My heartfelt condolence goes to the deceased families and may God rest their spirits in peace. Please, let us refrain from jumping to conclusion. This is an isolated incident so there is no need to blame any one.
Malaika Tat
BREAKING NEWS: South Sudan minister shot dead
At this moment of sudden death of our beloved minister Mr. Jimmy Lemi, I want to Share my heartfelt CONDOLENCES with Government Officials,Family members of deceased,Friends and Relatives.
May his soul rest in PEACE in the feet of ALMIGHTY.
Have courage to face the situations & we are all with you in sharing your irrepairable loss, which no words can fill in.
We all pray God to give his community and family strength.
Kwaje Lomayat
unityfirst1
BREAKING NEWS: South Sudan minister shot dead
That’s a very sad news and great lost to the family of minister Mr.Lemi,and a great tragedy to all southerners for that particular mournful moment,may the good LORD rest his soul in peace.
kaci-banno
BREAKING NEWS: South Sudan minister shot dead
This is a very sad news, May God rest his soul to internal peace. But The people of South sudan have to think about God’s word, He said, some of the old generation that come alongside from Egypt may not enter to the promise land. in sense we have to believe God world, it is not about Nyundeng wrong prophecies over south sudan.
Anyway may God be with his family.
By: Kaci-Ma-banno
The Best Generation
BREAKING NEWS: South Sudan minister shot dead
First My condolency goes to all the Family and freinds of the late Minister.
Secondly I would aadvise my President to target not Agriculture,Education and health first,as the primary building blocks for our newly born nation, but the priority number one should be given to first things first-like equal distribution power, resources and justice for all.
Can you imagine a nation where power is held by almost few individuals and one tribe,leaving some tribes without even a chairperson of commmision to experience what kind of circumstance?
Think of key ministries of the government like Defence,Interior,Finance,Foreign Affairs,Bank, Judiciary,chief security and the Deputy speaker of the parliament..etc…in the hand of one tribe.
We all fought in war and voted in referendum without discrimination, why not sharing our powers without discrimination if we want a consolidated Country?
Now we are going to form a transitional government in which I urge all the oppressors to unite themselves for transition of inequality of the pre-interim and interim priod to the south Sudan of equality, Justice,Democracy and prosperity for all, as avoid assinations and rebelions.
Atem Tuor
BREAKING NEWS: South Sudan minister shot dead
First and foremost, my sincerest condolence goes to the very family of late Jimmy Lemi Milla. It’s far more disheartening not only for Mr. Milla’s family, but also for all of us. He was a right wingman in The Government of Southern Sudan and assassinating him so swiftly is unprincipled and unacceptable as well.
What should Juba’s officials need to learn from this hideous act? Well, there are numerous things that require admonishment given the afermath of Jimmy Lemi Milla’s assassination: 1)The Government of Southern Sudan needs to introduce some series of security measures in all the government’s institutions. 2) All the Ministers, Governors, SPLA’s Generals, Chairpersons, Undersecretaries, and much more should not always turn deaf ears to all citizens of South Sudan. 3) Our government bossess need to abolish their unprofessional and dehumanized behaviors, for it’s contributing to annoyances and irritations to the citizens in Juba and even beyond. Let me stop here because there are many lessons, which South Sudan needs to learn any way.
James Atem Tuor is a former Vice President of The Bay Area Southern Sudanese Community Association, and a current General Secretary of Hope With Sudan. A non-profit Organization based in San Jose, California, USA. Details on web at hopewithsudan.org
Muorter Majok
BREAKING NEWS: South Sudan minister shot dead
May the Almighty God rest the soul of our fallen brother and leader in eternal peace.
Is is a truly shocking incident.
The killer should be punished to the fullest extend of the law.
And May the Almighty God have mercy on our beloved South Sudan, We have been through enough already.
Malith
BREAKING NEWS: South Sudan minister shot dead
This is a disturbing News indeed, it is unfortunate that our ministry just died at this happy stage for Southern Sudanese.
Gatwech
BREAKING NEWS: South Sudan minister shot dead
Dear readers,
It is insane, inhumane, satanic and foolish for somebody to kill a public figure as a way of expression of anger or disappointment. That is cowardice act to say the least!
South Sudanese, you are given freedom of expression to peacefully air out what may have disappointed some of you either through newspapers and other media outlets such as this website (Sudan Tribune).
You can criticize politicians, call for their removal through elections or through parliament or presidential decrees like the removal of those two corrupt ministers of finance in the past.
You are free to senselessly criticize some of them and even insult them, but please, please, NEVER and NEVER resort to killing our officials as a way of expression of anger or disappointment.!!!
NEVER do that!
It is very stupid, foolish and insane way of building a nation and making positive changes.
Don’t introduce terrorism in South Sudan!
South Sudanese are culturally known for fighting open battles in the field and that is where they cause harm, but not through lynching and cold blood murders.
I don’t know what is wrong with this community called Pojulu of Central Equatoria state. Last time they wanted to assassinate late Samson Kwaje and actually shot him on the road.
The same community’s member is now the one who assassinated their own son, late Jimmy Lemi Milla. What is wrong with you people?
Stop it! It is insane and cowardice!
Don’t you understand that the authorities can use this stupid action of assassination as a wakeup call to take away some of your freedoms? Disgusting!
If that stupid assailant opted to expose whatever disappointed him through newspapers or this website, may be the late minister would have responded positively and resolve whatever differences they might have had. But now that he has killed him, what will he gain? Instead he will also die like him.
I recommend that this foolish assailant be hang on a tree in a main street in Juba for people to see for the whole day with a written note on his body which reads “First South Sudan Terrorist.”
His body should not be buried either, but thrown into the Nile for crocodiles to eat that stupid flesh.
Disgusting behavior!