1 Dec 2020
"We need to stop saying “Old generation or new generation will not listen to this” for the consequences will not spare anyone old or young, male or female. It is the future of our people at stake. If we refuse to fix the problem, the problem will fix us and should not be the other way round."
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South Sudan: The Two Opposite Sides Of The One And The Same Coin

"The country is going down fast and when it falls it will be difficult to pick the rubbles. Better it is rescued. The early it is saved the better." Ngor Arol Garang
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IMF Firs Rapid Credit Facility To South! On What Conditions?

"Public Financial Management Oversight Committee (PFMOC), which is currently being co-chaired by the Minister of Finance and representatives of Troika countries and above all memberships of all relevant stakeholders including civil society organizations to ensure proper utilization of the RCF fund."
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Why Abyei Is Not 'A Bridge" Between Sudan And South Sudan

"It is in the same vein I would counsel a person intent to brave the 125 miles between Abyei and Almuglad: If Abyei is a bridge, it better be left unused".
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In Appreciation Of Prof John Akec, University Of Juba

"Learn to distill issues and define problems with intellectual discretion and precision. A learned guy doesn't fight with a shadow of an elephant. She bravely confronts the real animal".<br />
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Advice To South Sudan Peace Process Via Sant'Egidio Community (Rome) Mediation

"The February 2020 Rome Resolution provides for representation of SSOMA into the Ceasefire Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring and Verification Mechanism structures, and for joint monitoring of compliance of the parties with the cessation of hostilities agreement."
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My Position On The Oil Pollution In South Sudan

"...given the emerging environmental damages being witnessed at an unprecedented scale, oil production is beginning to be seen as a curse, not a blessing."
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Anti-Peace Generals Of South Sudan Defecting Nowhere

"There are big fishes behind this defection. They are those who confuse the President that we are your people during the day but at night they do subversive activities. They think we don't know them. They are known."
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Why Media Professionals Should Promote Entrepreneurship In South Sudan

"The conflicts that usually dominate the news coverage in our daily newspapers are generally a direct consequence of lack of gainful economic activities that the people are - or can be - engaged in."
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Garang’s Copter Mischief Not The First Time

"They took the Chairman out, ordered the aircraft to leave and radioed out, announcing that the C-in-C was in the jungle thickets. They were quickly located by the forces".
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Why President Kiir Should Respect Right of Access To Information Law

"Those few individuals and their corrupt organizations and media have employed a method that frustrates making or implementation of good laws in South Sudan, so that the people feel aggrieved and start or continue with the circle of unending wars..."
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Understanding Corruption (1)

"By understanding corruption, I hope it would simplify its eradication as the saying goes, " An enemy identified is an enemy half-defeated".
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Consult Economists To Resolve Economic Meltdown

"...reduction of government expenditure is a key to improve the economy:"
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South Sudan's Empty Central Bank Is Not A Laughing Matter!

"South Sudan’s foreign currency reserves all stolen but the government is making jokes about it".
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Forget V8 And Cows, Where Are the Flowers And Chocolate?

"Contemporary young women are saying to their male counterparts, 'keep your V8, your cartons of dollars, or boring conversation about plots and property, please, please, give us romantic love or we will look for men outside the borders!'"<br /><br />
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Good Leadership, Not Whining Over Independence Dividends, Is What South Sudan Needs.

"Nations which cease to run on ideas decline considerably and eventually fade away. Nevertheless, we cannot regret becoming independent."
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Reflection On The Role Of Education In Society

"And if history is any guide, South Sudanese society is headed towards social and political chaos. We are en route to Libya, Somalia, Yemen, or worst."
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What Happens When A Central Bank Is Broke?

"International financial institutions and development partners become less willing to lend to country’s developmental projects. No one likes a broke guy. You are never given unless you prove you don’t need it".
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Let’s Learn To Live with COVID19 And Move On..

"In South Sudan, it appears more of a “laissez faire,” with many people seemingly unbothered about putting on facemasks even when in thick crowds. Many are quick to say “mafi korona,” meaning, there’s no corona virus disease here."
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When Greed Transcends Nationalism

"Rebellion has become a passcode used by politicians and their commanders to prolong their legitimacy and stay in power to the detriment of the hoi polloi."
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Open Letter To Dr Riek Machar, The FVP And Chair Of SPLM-IO

"If we ask ourselves why we took up arms against the oppressive and successive Arab regimes in Khartoum? We will come to agree in answer that the same factors can be found here".
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The Lies That Bind South Sudanese

"Now, the current leadership of South Sudan avoids to face the millions of families that offered their young recruits, offered their resources to feed fighters, sacrificed their own well-being just so that South Sudan is realized. But to what end?"<br /><br />
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How Governments Are Formed: A Reminder To South Sudanese Leaders

"I humbly remind the principals to the R-TGONU that you have before you a negotiated government and elected one. Therefore, guide the State Governors and Chief Administrators to form the state governments in strictest manner and procedures laid down in the matrix of responsibility sharing..."
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For Security And Happiness, Humans Will Rationalize Any Tragedy

"This human capacity to normalize very difficult experiences over time comes from resilience at the individual as well as at the level of social structures". <br /><br />
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Unity In Diversity Means Being Your Brother’s Keeper

"Unity in diversity is the in-thing. We can do that peacefully by taking care of each other".
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South Sudan's Fragile Independence Is Falling Apart

"South Sudan needs a total break with the current state of its politics. To be sure, the country can only save itself from destruction and mayhem when its diverse ethnic groups agree to think about a new covenant - a covenant on how to get out of the vicious cycle of political violence..."
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South Sudan Walking Like A Toddler Nine Years Later

"They are said to have been deaf and blind about the unflattering global image their young country has garnered...as one of the world’s most corrupt and violent countries, only competing for the bottom year-on-year with Somalia".<br /><br />
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Jonglei Communities And Tribes Will Continue To Coexist.

"The tribes and communities in Greater Jonglei particularly Dinka Bor and Lou Nuer have resolved with goodwill and clear conscience to bury the hatchets and peacefully coexist; against the wish of the pessimists who don't want to see them live in peace;"
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Flashback To The J1 Dogfight 2016: Background Current R-TGoNU

"Flashback to the J1 dogfight and mop up on the serially aborted Independence Anniversaries...our call is generated by the lonely voices of the dying, the starving and the fleeing masses of South Sudan".
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A President And Five Deputies But South Sudan Still Cries For Leadership

"Skirting around the security arrangements quickly became the main threat to the viability of the agreement and the country’s capacity to govern itself."
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Governors Appointed: Clap For Peace On Track, Forget Service Delivery

"Give aspiring politicians the space needed to communicate their ideas on governance, accountability, security and economic prosperity to their countrymen and countrywomen. Otherwise, 2023 (or whenever the 36 months of transition end) will arrive before taking off from the ground".
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