South Sudan at Heart

Arrogance and war minded are the birthmarks of South Sudanese Published 5/25/2016. By: Abraham Daljang Maker Jr You won’t realise how your house is messed up until you step aside! If you are a south Sudanese who has one day stepped out of the country, you must have heard some of these words.   After a few minutes of turbulence in the air which would rearrange your intestines and make your bowel almost throw in the towel in despair, the plane finally touched the ground at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Behind the immigration desk in the arrival lounge, there was this face which I first mistook to be of a beautiful woman. But, gosh! It is a man, a beautiful man; describing him as a handsome man would be an underrated remark. With a cheerful smile, he stamped my passport and waved me off. At the exit door, this woman was holding a large placard in her hand with the inscription of my name in large letters; how on earth did she get my full name written correctly? A...

  Could this be the final nail on the coffin of South Sudan’s economy? Are some of the events in 2015 to be blamed?? By: Abraham Daljang Maker 2015 is just a few clock ticks away from us, and 2016 is in its final installation. Telecom companies are no longer friends on the pretext of currency devaluation; phone calls on customers are unbearable. Thus, talking on the phone becomes optional. Food is scarce in the market and expensive. South Sudanese pound puts on tatters begging American dollar for 18.5 only. Clans’ clashes in former states of Warrap and Lakes plus cattle raiding were on the front pages of newspapers in Juba and top stories in most local radio stations. Several presidential Decrees, aka. “Degrees” by ordinary members of the society were also dominant on South Sudan’s Television. Beneficiaries were so jubilant with “degrees” while the victims of the “degrees” walked home with scornful faces. There were a lot of rebellions and road attacks that occurred in the...