This is a very serious and loving game as our country, South Sudan, sends its soldiers for a combined combat attack on an LRA rebel leader, Joseph Kony who has been disturbing for a long time and is now in the Central African Republic.

These are the same soldiers who are not cared for in the country, working for nearly a year without pay. Their homes are at risk of dying with this hit economic crisis, but they are serving because there is no option but to help their people. The question is why combined attacks have been launched more especially the South Sudan People’s Defense Force to join such operations, yet within the country the issue to do with insecurity needs more efforts to stabilize.

If you look at South Sudan, it generally needs efforts to fight the case of insecurity more, especially in the states and some villages where farming is taking place and is being threatened by the neighboring country’s army. Let’s take the example of the recent attack on the farmers in Kajo Keji by the Ugandan People’s Defence Force harassing farmers at the border of South Sudan (Kajo Keji) by beating them while holding a gun. The government was very quiet about it, which is not the first time. What is so important about joining such an operation and failing to stabilize security in the country?

We cannot rush outside while our homes need bits of help; it can’t make any sense at all. The UPDF are well taken care of by its government before going out; their houses are taken care of, and even the soldiers are taken care of by paid salaries, eating well, and so not like this one of ours who are suffering. Sending empty bottles to such an operation is very dangerous, meaning the country didn’t want to have soldiers. Looking back to the war of 2016, when many soldiers died and left their children and wives, who are now suffering without anything; some became beggars on the streets, with no schools for the children, is something else.

South Sudan needs to settle first, like other countries like Uganda and Kenya, with well-equipped soldiers before rushing to join operations; the country is not yet in total peace, and an election is nearly here to organize the country first or even settle the broader issues.

I appeal to the government to address all the issues of soldiers by paying them on time and building a strong national unified army that represents the country and brings total peace; if possible, those soldiers that are underage should send them back to school for the future of the nation.

God bless South Sudan.

Be right there!