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…]
Editorial
Editorial
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…]
For a nation to grow and citizens to prosper in health and wealth, rumours; the toxic invisible substances that can inflict ailment and cause death, must curtail. We are not in public health class but about pollution of bickering, gnawing social fabrics and stripping individuals bare of dignity and placing[Read More…]
No. 1 Citizen Newspaper appreciates the efforts of states and the national government for maneuvering to pay bits of salary to civil servants despite the biting economic turmoil. First, Central Equatoria state kick-started with one months’ pay and then Unity State followed suit. We are waiting to hear from other[Read More…]
Hon. Natalina Amjima Malek’s concern over pension funds is a crucial matter that the Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) and state Assemblies must address without fail. From the birth of this country, despite several attempts to rectify the issue of pension funds, no conclusive achievement has been reached, yet most[Read More…]
Since South Sudan gained independence about 13 years ago, over 100 people have perished in plane crashes, and the trend continues. Nobody dies without an evil hand, even when the ailment is known, another hand takes a blame; the lives lost in these common plane crushes are not exceptional. The[Read More…]
There is a saying that “when a toad jumps out of a hole at mid-day, its abode has been invaded”. When weapons meant to safeguard citizens, are turned against them, an evil has invaded the hearts. On Saturday at Seventh Day roundabout in Juba City, unknown gunmen shot randomly killing[Read More…]
It would be proficient for those aggrieved in a nation to seek amity to resolve any discontent than through abduction of citizens and subject them to misery. As the rest of South Sudan grapples with economic turmoil, citizens trying to come to terms with high cost of living, those in[Read More…]
Food safety is akin to national security, hence must be jealously guided with utmost stringent measures, as lives of citizens depend upon. Hon. Mayen Deng Alier is right to urge the National Bureau of Standards to tighten its grip on goods’ safety. As chairperson of specialized committee on Trade and[Read More…]