Kenya pledges further support for S. Sudan
November 21, 2011 (MOMBASA) – Kenya has expressed its commitment to offering continued support to South Sudan in the areas of capacity building and peace maintenance.
Machar arrived in the coastal city of Mombasa on Sunday leading more than 20 South Sudanese ministers and deputy ministers for a one week retreat to share experiences with their Kenyan counterparts.
Musyoka said that the Kenyan government is working on a project to construct an additional port at Lamu in south-western Kenya, which would serve the landlocked South Sudan.
Amid dispute over oil-wealth sharing with North Sudan, South Sudan has been discussing the possibility of constructing a pipeline to Lamu. South Sudanese is currently shipped from Port Sudan.
Musyoka pledged his government’s willingness to mediate between the two Sudans.
Machar commended the Kenyan government for the support it gave South Sudan during the peace process which ended two decades of civil war with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Kenya in 2005, and led to the formation of the South Sudanese state in July 2011.
Entitled, ‘Laying a Foundation for a People Focused Government’ the retreat focused on issues of public service management; managing government business; engaging citizens in nation-building; and regional and international economics.
The management of external relations, government communications, the media and managing ethnic diversity are also among the issues to be deliberated upon.
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Deng Thiak Adut
Kenya pledges further support for S. Sudan
Machar,
Why are you not taking Lamu option instead of Port Sudan? The public will rally behind you, sir.
Oduko
Kenya pledges further support for S. Sudan
Kenya and South Sudan are most corrups region in all continent of Africa… therefore the international community will not accepts any agreement between these countries, apart from that a thift and thift agreement can fail anytime. SAF IS READY TO DEFEAT South sudan with its friends Niarobian will be force to read and write ARABIC not swhahili just like we did to Junubean.
Bush
Kenya pledges further support for S. Sudan
@Oduko
It’s seems like you are the most idiotic person in this planet, just because you are brain-washed with Islam doesn’t mean others can follow you. We in the South resisted the so-called Arabization and Islamization, we even destroyed the so-called Mosque in our village to demonstrate such resistance and will continue to do so …
BM Bol
Kenya pledges further support for S. Sudan
I hope this gathering produce actionable items that will benefits South Sudan. Khartoum is holding South Sudan on it throat and we can only free ourselves by having alternative. As long as we remain to rely on Khartoum to sell our oil, nothing will ever happen. Do it now !!!
Dinka Dominated SPLA/M
Kenya pledges further support for S. Sudan
Holy crab anything that have this wicked nyagat Riek Machar in it is wealthless to doom and have no mercy in God trust,
I hate traitor politician no matter what they do well.
death to him.
JAMES KUOI STEPHEN
Kenya pledges further support for S. Sudan
The vice president visited to Kenya was extremely interested that, make more friends at home then cooperating with enemies. Our oil pipline should be contructed in Kenya, we aggreed he is capable to maintain that relation with Relia Odiga in Kenya.