As the year comes to an end, it’s high time candidates reap what they sow; the lazy gaze at the roof, expecting answers for the examination questions, while those active are writing. In recent times, some candidates and sympathizers cast blame of their failure on the National Ministry of Education[Read More…]

Outbreaks of Cholera and other contagious diseases are common in the country and this calls for the government to devise, not only emergency responses but permanent solutions. Emergencies are, but like purchasing an Ambulance for a community that experiences frequent drowning of their members in a river, it can save[Read More…]

Charity begins at home; before pointing at transport barriers in the East African Community, let’s first seek to remove the logs blocking the system to our rural communities. Much as we talk about transport bottlenecks impeding regional growth of East African Community (EAC), individual nations of the region equally need[Read More…]

Many countries blessed with nature’s riches like minerals and oil, have often degenerated into disaster due to improper management of the resources. Abject poverty, underdevelopment, persistent surge of mysterious diseases and sprouting warlords, meaningless conflicts aimed at pillaging national resources at misery of citizens are the order of the day[Read More…]

As three girls were abducted from Jonglei State on Sunday, this only piles on a list of several other victims of the vice. Akobo County being one of the hotspots, every year that unfolds, wraps up with reports of child abduction. Lirya and Mangala in Central Equatoria State, Lowoi in[Read More…]

The initiative for peace and unity among the Acholi community, across the border must be given due consideration as this will help deter numerous challenges. Envisioning that Fr. Leopoldo Anywar and Fr. Saturnino Ohure would have lived longer, had such initiative taken root before and during the liberation struggles. Community[Read More…]

Advocacy for the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (R-TGoNU) to end all sorts of violence in the country might surpass other talks but as long as blood spills continue. The Wonduruba murders in Central Equatoria state to the communal violence that has claimed the lives of over 20 people[Read More…]

As reliance on Water Tankers in Juba city has proved ineffective, the government must fix a long-term solution to deter economic cannibalism. For more than two weeks now, Juba City Council (JCC) has attempted to prevail over exorbitant water prices by defiant private suppliers. Since then, the water Tankers have[Read More…]

In the silence of guns, amidst flood wreckages, hunger and price hikes, rumour-mongering is a wary, an apex cause of insecurity in the country. Every era comes with inventions and innovations but the dawn of social media has ushered in unlimited potentials for orchestrators of hazardous fabrications to perniciously harm[Read More…]

The recent murder of the muezzin, a person who proclaims the call to the daily prayer in a mosque at Nimara Talata highlights a need for strict legislation regulating the sale of sharp instruments, such as knives, pangas, and axes. According to authorities, the killer who seemed mentally unstable used[Read More…]

Early and forced marriage is a criminal act punishable by the constitutional courts of law, but cultural adepts keep glorifying the vice. Forcing girls into marriage and worst still at a tender age, to satisfy our thirst for wealth after a suitor or suitors offer large herds of cattle, tantamount[Read More…]

All sorts of agonizing circumstances tend to hit the Revitalised Transition Government of National Unity like objects harshly pulled by a magnetic force of gravity.  Each passing day comes with troubles of its own, since December 2013 conflict outbreak. First the unknown gunmen, then, communal conflicts and road attacks. But[Read More…]

As Northern Bahr El Ghazal state sets strategies to address gang-related crimes, the architecture must know that success of the exercise lies in inclusion of all stakeholders and the use of “change” mechanism. This is not only Northern Bahr El  Ghazel problem, every major town in the country grows its[Read More…]

Declaration of extension of the tenure of the Transition of Government of National Unity, on Friday, last week did not come as a surprise but confirmation of speculations and anticipations. Signs of impossibility of conducting elections to end the transition period were clearly written in the sky that citizens only[Read More…]

Humans do not only perish by consuming poison by the mouth but also the toxicity through the skin, nose, eyes, and ears, that citizens must guard against. Citizens due to gross inconsistencies are prone to encounter and consume false information that could trigger disproportionate reactions, harmful to humanity. The alleged[Read More…]

The Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU) must retrace its footing and implement the 2018 agreement to set a lane for democracy and enable citizens regain the lost glory of the promise land. At the moment, citizens are torn apart by numerous inflictions; they are battered by nature, gnawed by[Read More…]

Cybercrimes and Computer Misuse is a commonplace knot in this digital era of information technology, sometimes rendering toxic misinformation to the public. Ardently, the Ministry of Justice comes up with measures to retrain hazardous misuse of technology, which is meant for positive development. However, as the bill is already tabled[Read More…]

The Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU) has signed several Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and agreements with less transcended to certainty. Despite the past lapses, the adoption of MoU signed with China, on agriculture and food security, by the National Council of Ministers must not be another smokescreen. The sleeping[Read More…]