{"id":8284,"date":"2022-08-07T04:10:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T04:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onecitizendaily.com\/?p=8284"},"modified":"2022-08-06T19:12:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-06T19:12:39","slug":"kitgwang-laughs-at-defection-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/07\/kitgwang-laughs-at-defection-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitgwang laughs at defection allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Kitgwang.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Kitgwang.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Kitgwang-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Kitgwang-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption><strong><em>The chairman of SPLM\/A Kit-Gwang splinter group, Gen Simon Gatwech Dual (Photo: courtesy)<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By William Madouk Garang<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SPLM\/A-IO Kitgwang Declaration under Commander Gen. Simon Gatwech laughed at a claim that \u2018dozens of their senior officers shifted allegiance to SPLM-IO under Dr. Riek Machar\u2019s camp calling it as false and misinformation cooked by a seasonal defector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Spokesperson of Gen. Simon Gatwech, Alfred Gach Thot said Gen. Makuach Teny Yok rejoined Dr. Machar\u2019s camp alone, adding no single officer from Kitgwang declaration had decamped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thot was reacting to the report which alleged that twenty high ranks of Kitgwang Declaration under Gatwech rejoined the SPLM-IO under First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar led by Gen. Yok in Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat is totally false and misinformation cooked by a seasonal defector Gen. Makuach Teny,\u201d Gatwech\u2019s aide told No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe exaggerating numbers he said is totally untrue, he just left alone and we never know where Gen. Makuach got 20 senior offers from?,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also accused Gen. Makuach of being politically indecisive saying he has been defecting from now and then, thus, his defection would not affect the Kitgwang movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe SPLM\/A-IO Kitgwang is a revolutionary movement where its supporters comprise of all the ten States. To be sincere, Gen. Makuach\u2019s name is not even in the official file and ranks of SPLA-IO of Kitgwang,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat is right of everyone to choose what is right for him or her and I wish him all the best in his new camp\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SPLM\/A-IO Kit-Gwang also affirmed that they would work together with any opposition group that advocate for permanent peace to prevail in the Country, asserting to dialogue with any peace lover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy message to one who fabricated the numbers should desist from exaggerating things and prioritize the people\u2019s interest than personal interest\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last Wednesday, it was alleged that a breakaway group headed by Gen. Makuach and 20 high ranking officers from Kitgwang faction have deserted to Machar\u2019s party SPLM\/A-IO in Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group said they rejoined SPLM\/A-IO under Machar for the interest of the revitalized peace agreement and to ensure stability across the country, vowing not to return to war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have decided to join hands, declare our support and allegiance to the First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny,\u201d said ring leader Makuach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By William Madouk Garang SPLM\/A-IO Kitgwang Declaration under Commander Gen. Simon Gatwech laughed at a claim that \u2018dozens of their senior officers shifted allegiance to SPLM-IO under Dr. Riek Machar\u2019s camp calling it as false and misinformation cooked by a seasonal defector. The Spokesperson of Gen. Simon Gatwech, Alfred Gach<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/07\/kitgwang-laughs-at-defection-allegations\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8284"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8286,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8284\/revisions\/8286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}