S. Sudan Deputy Speaker urges to end dependency on humanitarian aid
August 9, 2011 (JUBA) – Daniel Awet Akot, deputy speaker of the National Assembly of South Sudan on Tuesday called on citizens to replace dependency on humanitarian aid with hard work in order to build the new nation.
Tuesday’s session was the first sitting for the national assembly since South Sudan became an independent state on 9 July.
Akot said that fresh discussions would begin with deliberations on the speech of the President on the joint session of the two houses held at Nyakuron Cultural Center in Juba on Monday.
“It is true that our people have suffered a lot. They have never seen any sort of development. There have never any been good schools, good roads, and good health services. There has never been anything good since God created south Sudan”, he said.
He warned citizens against a “culture of dependency” which South Sudan gained during the civil war with North Sudan which ended in 2005.
He advised citizens against pitching permanent camps at the homes of high ranking government officials.
“It is a destructive culture. Unless we change this, we will encourage these leaders to become corrupt because how else can they feed crowds that swamp their homes? How much are their salaries to feed many people? Crowding homes and offices sometimes makes it difficult for them to do the work. Their privacy is also constantly violated. With such we will make mockery of our independence”, said Akot.
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man koryom
S. Sudan Deputy Speaker urges to end dependency on humanitarian aid
Everyday is called a first sitting day. Well, we need security and we will cultivate our land
Cuei Rooi
S. Sudan Deputy Speaker urges to end dependency on humanitarian aid
I think the deputy speaker has a point.how can you feed 30 individuals relatives that moved in to your government giving compound.it is impossible to do that and less you resorted back to cheap method of stealing public funds to feed your relatives.government should stop giving these Mps and ministers free housing.they are getting pay.let them rent their own places but they also have many wives with 75 to 100 kids.so disgusted.
why is it hard to tell them to get themselves to work. you people are trying hard to find a scapegoat to blame for corruptions but its not going to help you in any way till you accept the truth that you are bunch of crooks who just enriching yourselves without thought of who made this golden plate full.liberation from the north has been achieved but liberation from you corrupted thugs is not been reached.stop blaming the innocents and go back to steal before you are outrun by other thieves.
Ngailo
S. Sudan Deputy Speaker urges to end dependency on humanitarian aid
Awet must be right but he should know that dependence on humanitarian aids is not our choice, rather it is imposed upon us by lack of caring government for so long where some were displaced and hence dependent on aids.
Odingo
S. Sudan Deputy Speaker urges to end dependency on humanitarian aid
Daniel Awet don,t be selffish
If you don, t like your relatives who come to visit you for a while, just tell them you don,t want them to stay in your compound.
Do not involve others good leaders who like to be crowded by their relatives and friends. A leader can not be a leader wouthout people around him.
Alier42
S. Sudan Deputy Speaker urges to end dependency on humanitarian aid
You need keep quite mr deputy speaker, other than telling senseless things.you are not qualify to be deputy speaker ,and yet you are there.i am afraid how do highly educated mps in the parliament look at you.thank you a lot because you have accepted corruption and you gave the reason why you do it so.
Malou Manyiel
S. Sudan Deputy Speaker urges to end dependency on humanitarian aid
Oding,
There is a saying that says’ Teach him how to catch fish.
I think this is a good idea, people must be told the truth. What will happen if 80% depend on 20%? Awet is right, we must change that culture of communism. No sweat, no sweet, they say.
It’s not that people do not likes their relatives but at least there must be a limit.
Malual Dungdit
S. Sudan Deputy Speaker urges to end dependency on humanitarian aid
Mr.Deputy Speaker Sir, we can’t record and keep your statement, because you are one of the tribalists in South Sudan.
You could have ran away if you not were assigned
We will only listen to the three leaders; 1st Lt.Gen. Salva Kiir, Riak Mashar and Gen.James Wani Iggaaa.The three have a duty to unite the people of the new nation.
dingdong
S. Sudan Deputy Speaker urges to end dependency on humanitarian aid
Always talking nonsense about corruption and becomes their daily language they use in every statement. They make all people of South Sudanese dumpb enough by repeating something over and over again but nothing done about it as consequential.In many ways, they don’t know how jobs can be created. Lead by example, you corrupted, your employee also corrupted, simply like that.
dingdong
S. Sudan Deputy Speaker urges to end dependency on humanitarian aid
Malou,
It’s person decision to make. If you able accomodated many people, it’s up to you whether there is available jobs for them and they don’t want work but you still let them stay. It’s something you don’t have to come out and expressed in media,its personal affair
Pitia
S. Sudan Deputy Speaker urges to end dependency on humanitarian aid
You got it right Cuei, this has become a problem and I think the time is now to stop this kind of habit. But again like you said it, the leaders are actually encouraging this for most of the time they don’t say no therefore forcing them to take actions that are unconstitutional such as embezzling public fund to feed their relatives.
In Juba the situation is getting out of hand, which I am sure the deputy speaker is referring to. As of this year’s census, Juba is estimated to have a population of 372,410 people from 163,442 in 2005.
The system not only in South Sudan but in entire Africa needs some serious and critical adjustment otherwise we will go on dependence for years. The reason we the African are most of time supported with humanitarian aids is not because we don’t have the ability to produce enough domestic and commercial food but because our farmers are not being supported enough.
The farmers in the developed world produced crop subsidised which means farmers will not lose financially. For instance if my targeted income from my farming this year is USD 1,000,000.00 but felt short to reach the target, the government would pay me the rest. The government should have boards (its own company/ies) to buy products from farmers. Unless we start doing this, nothing will
Pitia
S. Sudan Deputy Speaker urges to end dependency on humanitarian aid
You got it right Cuei, this has become a problem and I think the time is now to stop this kind of habit. But again like you said it, the leaders are actually encouraging this for most of the time they don’t say no therefore forcing them to take actions that are unconstitutional such as embezzling public fund to feed their relatives.
In Juba the situation is getting out of hand, which I am sure the deputy speaker is referring to. As of this year’s census, Juba is estimated to have a population of 372,410 people from 163,442 in 2005.
The system not only in South Sudan but in entire Africa needs some serious and critical adjustment otherwise we will go on dependence for years. The reason we the African are most of time supported with humanitarian aids is not because we don’t have the ability to produce enough domestic and commercial food but because our farmers are not being supported enough.
The farmers in the developed world produced crop subsidised which means farmers will not lose financially. For instance if my targeted income from my farming this year is USD 1,000,000.00 but felt short to reach the target, the government would pay me the rest. The government should have boards (its own company/ies) to buy products from farmers. Unless we start doing this, nothing will encourage farmers to develop.