PART TWO: FATHER’S WILL AND THE LEGACY OF PUBLIC SERVICE Father’s dying invocation on the destiny to serve Francis Mading Deng: Father certainly expected us to be of service to our people. But he did not instruct us to follow any particular line on issues. From the time we were[Read More…]
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The Contributions of Dr. Francis Mading Deng to South Sudan and Abyei
PART ONE: A BACKGROUND OF LEADERSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITY A Critical Overview Mawien Deng: Dr. Francis Mading, as you know, your proposal for an interim arrangement for security and stability in Abyei has generated intense debate among our people. The one-month workshop organized by Abyei Voice for Security and Stability in[Read More…]
NCA rebuffs parliament’s report that Zain, MTN still pay Sudan
By William Madouk Garang The National Communication Authority has rebuffed parliamentary finance committee’s report which claimed that two major mobile network operators – MTN and Zain were still paying taxes to Sudan. Head of NCA, Napoleon Adok was reacting to a report by national parliament last week which alleged[Read More…]
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GIVE SCHOOLS BACK THEIR LAND TO ENHANCE CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Education is the key to success many people say. Many of them even add on to say that without education, one will not succeed if they do not attain education and that is why parents, guardians go the extra length to[Read More…]
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BOOST THE SALARIES OF UNIFIED FORCES In the recently concluded graduation of the Necessary Unified Forces of South Sudan, the nation heard remarks from many speakers that were invited to give a word on that prestigious day for the Republic. These speeches came from the President, some of the Vice[Read More…]
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SECURITY IS KEY TO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ‘The forces have now been unified–you do not belong to any individual/ party or group of people–you are Unified forces of the Republic of South Sudan,’ these were the common phrases that were said on Tuesday by most of the speakers at the graduation[Read More…]
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THE REALITY OF HAVING A UNITED AND SECURE COUNTRY IS POSSIBLE ‘The forces have now been unified – you do not belong to any individual, party or group of people – you are Unified forces of the Republic of South Sudan,’ these were the common phrases that were said by[Read More…]
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THERE IS NOTHING WHICH WE CANNOT SOLVE The long-awaited graduation ceremony finally started off with the first batch marching in joy amid screams and ululations from the public for history that has been made and that finally we have made progress of trying to finish up with completing some of[Read More…]
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Cheers to the first batch of the Unified Forces! Finally, the first batch of the Necessary Unified Forces of South Sudan is graduated today! It is a great day for the country after all the procrastinations that have been going on which frustrated the public. It is a great day[Read More…]
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STOP VIOLENCE, IT’S CAUSING STARVATION AND RELATED DEATHS Being a Christian country, the love language that the Christ encourages in the Holy Bible should be our guiding light in this dark world that we are living in. Servants of the Most High have highly condemned the killings in this Christian[Read More…]
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SHUN TRIBALISM AND EMBRACE LOVE FOR PEACE Tribalism can be best defined as segregating people in relation to anything for instance like resources, products, services, opportunities and the like because of the tribe that they are. In our country, we have witnessed on many occasions time and again when somebody[Read More…]
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Gov’t should look forward to redemption within the extended transitional period Vice President Dr. Riek Machar amplified the very limited time left available for the government to implement the remaining yet critical parts of this transitional period. In his statement, he stated, “we are all cognizant that in the next[Read More…]
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Vision of a peaceful nation should be bold in all our minds On Martyr’s Day, President Salva Kiir called on the holdout groups to hold peace as a way of honoring the people who died for the sake of the country’s independence. Recently, the Presidential Advisor on Security Affairs also[Read More…]
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Citizens should be responsibly clean in this rainy season The catastrophic rains of this season that are destroying infrastructures in other countries have not yet hit the country. Why would they come to destroy an already hard-hit nation with many terrific issues like poverty, violence, conflict, malnutrition, disease, poor service,[Read More…]
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THE COUNTRY’S HIDEOUS DEBT BURDEN IS ENSLAVING IT When ministers, governors or other people in high places are fired by the same person who appointed them, one would assume that the replacer is going to be genuinely better than the former. Unfortunately, for our country, we have seen appointees[Read More…]
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Breastfeeding is important to everyone According to reports, breastfeeding for the first six months is particularly crucial right now as South Sudan is currently going through a nutrition crisis and malnutrition rates have continued to worsen. More than 300,000 are expected to suffer from severe acute malnutrition in 2022 which[Read More…]
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Gov’t should frustrating the unified forces The government should guarantee graduation of the unified forces so that the country does not hear more such news of fleeing, deserting training camps/cantonment sites by the already trained soldiers who are only waiting to be graduated so that they officially start their duty.[Read More…]
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Improve midwifery services to save lives Midwives are very important people in any society. In South Sudan, we need them to save many lives; of new born babies, their mothers and even the fathers. Imagine how ruined the family would be if they lost their fully developed child before it[Read More…]
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Include youth in the country’s developmental projects The regional Inter-Ministerial conference on Migration, Environment and Climate change, a three- day Conference on Climate Change facilitated by the International Organization for Immigration, that concluded yesterday with our President and his delegates attending the last day was meant to be a uniform[Read More…]
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Empower Judges to boost justice If less pay and poor working condition forced judges to quit their jobs, who then will provide justice to the victims of the hideous crimes happening in the country? A 2018 report by the African center on Strategic Studies, indicates that the conflict has devastated[Read More…]