The author argues that South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for distinguishing himself as a ‘revolutionary icon and peace maker’. The author is a student of Public Administration and Management.
Slow but sure is none other than President Salva Kiir Mayardit. Lots of blames had been put forth on the president’s approach to the national obligations including his leniency to the usage of his constitutional powers to silence his critics.
Some say Kiir is good to be the Most Rt. Rev. Archbishop of South Sudan for his great love for God more than being the President of the Republic of South Sudan. Others asserted too much bureaucracy; some question why does the president allow certain elements to loot the country in broad daylight and they go unpunished, yet they want to cling to power unconstitutionally.
In fact Gen. Kiir is slow but sure. Gen. Kiir Mayardit has been ever a peaceful, kind and confident man in the bush surviving insubordinations and administrative bypasses. He remains firm and never felt disturbed by the behaviour of certain commanders in the SPLA.
Gen. Kiir: a man, who knew who he was, made it through perseverance of all odds of life till today. Recently I tuned to SSTV and caught up with the proceeding presidential decrees on the preparation for the implementation of the Arusha Agreement on the SPLM Reunification and the General Amnesty for the rebels that took up arms against the state, butchered innocent lives; are forgiven to triumph to capital city, Juba in order to participate in the government. Is it true?
Would these rebels be allowed again to come to the country? Who would be accountable for the enormous human loss in the country?
It really caught many people by surprise watching the president decreeing Amnesty in favour of the disgruntled politicians and the armed forces against the legitimate system of governance. Gen. Kiir is really a man of peace, he likes peace, and he does not want to kill people as a means to perpetuate power.
He believes power belongs to the people. Some people would have been liquidated long time ago including those who staged the failed coup of 15th December, 2013, in accordance with the Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan, 2011. Those articles therein do not entertain treason and espionage against the country. Art. 4 (1) states that, “No person or group of persons shall take or retain control of State power except in accordance with this Constitution”.
Gen. Kiir Mayardit as a man who loves peace managed to reintegrate militias who were being intentionally sent by the power hunters to get arms and come in only to stage the December coup attempt. All of them except few came with higher ranks and they were integrated for the sake of peace under the leadership of General Kiir Mayardit.
The one-time stabbers of people’s revolution were put at the helm of our army commands and enjoyed what they had attempted to destroy. The militia constituted 75% of our armed forces inflating and deleted our revolutionaries from the lists. They were accommodated for the peace to reign in the country. They were given senior positions (fatty assignments) and yet, nothing appeared to have appeased them. Rebellion is still raging and nevertheless, the government works for peace.
In December, 2013, Dr. Riek Machar who should have learnt from the past mistakes revolted against the government resulting to the immense loss of human lives and property alike. Gen. Kiir stills works for peace. The TCSS, 2011 gives the President Powers to deal with anybody trying to take power unconstitutionally.
Moreover, in the TCSS, 2011, Article (2) stipulates that, “Any person or group of persons who attempts to overthrow the constitutional government, or suspend or abrogate this Constitution commits treason” and article (3) says, “Every citizen shall have the duty to resist any person or group of persons seeking to overthrow the constitutional government, or suspend or abrogate this Constitution”.
This article gives the author of this piece to have my take as the rebellion rages. Every citizen has a duty and obligation to defend the constitution. I have chosen to write about this in defense of the constitution and the government of the state.
Indeed, Gen. Kiir is not only defending his position and the constitution, but he is also battling with premeditated rebellions, rampant internal corruptions, extreme tribalism, deteriorating foreign relations, organized sabotage and ignorance resulting to too weak governance and other forms of hardships and malaise.
A man who came out from the bush should have not been expected to be perfect to some extent as such, but Gen. Kiir managed to unite the rank and file of all the disgruntled citizens for peace. This rebellion revolves around personal prestige, jobs and wealth. His Grace, Rt. Rev. Canon. Dr. Daniel Deng Bul rightly puts it that “this country is being despaired by two people, ‘the power hungry’ and ‘the wealth looker’.
In reality, this is the case in South Sudan. The rebellion is senseless and has no reforms to bring about only to get power and squander wealth. For how long would the people of South Sudan be kept at such senseless wars?
This man deserves to be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize by the world. If the world does not recognize the uniqueness, humbleness and forgiveness of this great human being, we as South Sudanese would create our own “Nobel Peace Prize” to award a person of Gen. Kiir’s calibre.
Gen. Kiir deserves a Nobel Peace Prize like Yasser Arafat of Palestine, Shimon Peres and Yitzak Rabin of Israel respectively who were jointly awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts for creating peace in the Middle East; you have Muhamud Yunus of Bagladesh for advancing economic and social opportunities for the poor especially women through their pioneering microcredit work; Kenyan Prof. Wangari Mathai who got the award because of her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace in her country; and Egyptian, Dr. Mahamed Elbaradei of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for his efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to preserve nuclear energy for the peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible ways.
Gen. Kiir Mayardit has done a lot for the country and needs to be awarded like the above international figures that had been renowned for their exceptional achievements. Gen. Kiir works for peace and we all know. Had militia not been integrated into the SPLA rank and file, we would have not conducted the internationally recognized referendum in peace. Gen. kiir needs to be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize.
He must be a laureate of the Republic of South Sudan for his steadfast love for peace and respect for constitutional rights. He felt sympathetic to kill his revolutionary comrades despite committing treason and espionage against his leadership and the constitution. Such a man is so great and deserves to be awarded in any way possible.
In my citizenry point of view, Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit, deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for he has done a lot, he proved himself beyond reasonable doubt as a revolutionary icon, a statesman and a peace maker. Give him the Peace Prize and soon renown him to be the next Mandela of the Great land, the Republic of South Sudan.
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