{"id":1384,"date":"2021-09-10T09:38:45","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T09:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-describes-as-shameful-the-failure-of-splm-to-deliver"},"modified":"2021-09-10T10:27:59","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T10:27:59","slug":"kiir-describes-as-shameful-the-failure-of-splm-to-deliver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-describes-as-shameful-the-failure-of-splm-to-deliver","title":{"rendered":"Kiir describes as \u201cShameful\u201d the failure of SPLM to deliver"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Sudan<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>
\nPresident Salva Kiir says it is \u2018shameful\u2019 that the SPLM has not been able to pay back the masses for their support during the liberation struggle.<\/p>\n

He admitted that the country\u2019s dominant party has not met the expectations of the people since taking power in 2005.
\nMost parts of South Sudan are said to have collapsed into a state of humanitarian need, where the basics of survival \u2014 food, medicines, and clean drinking water \u2013 are non-existent.
\nAccording to President Kiir, the SPLM has been bogged down with internal splits and conflicts over leadership and foregoing service delivery.
\nEarly this year, South Sudanese expressed disappointment with the SPLM leaders for deviating from the promises made by Dr. John Garang during the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005.
\nThe SPLM through its former leader had pledged to rebuild the war-devastated South Sudan using existing wealth.
\nGarang stated that the party would implement a social, political, and economic development strategy and programmes that include using oil money to strengthen agriculture as the engine of growth.
\nThis includes \u201ctaking towns to the people\u201d in the countryside through rural small-town planning and rural electrification.
\nBut nearly two decades later, the people of South Sudan say the ruling class has failed to achieve any of the promises made in 2005.
\nIn his address at the swearing in ceremony of the newly appointed SPLM Acting Secretary-General, President Salva Kiir agrees that the SPLM has not lived up to its promises.
\n\u201cThe movement [SPLM] is the people\u2019s choice and if we weren\u2019t the people\u2019s choice, we would have not come this far from 1983 up to 2005,\u201d Kiir said.
\n\u201cThe people of South Sudan stood with us and by our side, but what have we done to the people? We are supposed to pay them back, we owe them.\u201d
\nSince 2011, South Sudan has been ranked at the bottom of Global Peace indexes, quality of life and Human Development indexes, Press Freedom index, among others.
\nIn December 2013, the ruling party split following political wrangles within the leadership.
\nThe five years of intense conflict between the government and the SPLM\/A-IO and other opposition groups resulted in the death of thousands of people and displaced millions.
\nIn 2015, a coalition government was formed after the region mediated a peace settlement.
\nBut in July 2016, fighting resumed in Juba and across the country after both sides blamed each other of failing to implement the peace deal.
\nMore South Sudanese were killed, raped, homes destroyed and millions more forced to flee to Uganda, Sudan and Kenya, while others sought safety at the internally displaced persons\u2019 camps.
\nPresident Salva Kiir and Dr. Riek Machar\u2019s troops fought each other in what is described as power struggle within SPLM party, until 2018 when they agreed to work together again.
\nThe deal dubbed \u201cRevitalized Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan\u201d
\nA unity government has since been formed, but many reforms spelled out in the revitalized peace deal have yet to be accomplished.
\nAccording to UN humanitarian agencies, the revitalized peace agreement has not changed the humanitarian situation in South Sudan.
\nThey say more than two-thirds of South Sudan\u2019s population, or 8.3 million people, are estimated to need humanitarian assistance in 2021,
\nThey include 8 million South Sudanese women, and 310,000 refugees and asylum seekers in the region.
\nExperts believe this is because the leaders have failed to restore durable peace and invest in basic services that encourage stability and sustainable development.
\nThe economy has continued a downward spiral, pushing people to the brink, especially in urban areas.
\nOn July 9 \u2013 during the 10th independence anniversary, South Sudanese told Eye Radio that the political leaders were to blame for dragging the country into an unending circle of violence and continued political instability.
\nIn his remarks on Wednesday, President Kiir who is also the chairman of the SPLM said it is time the leaders work in the interest of their people.
\n\u201cHow and when are we going to pay them back if we are fighting among ourselves? If we continue to fight one another, we will not be able to pay them back, this is shameful on us,\u201d said President Kiir.
\n\u201cWe are the men and women who are heroes and heroines of this country because we fought until we brought independence of South Sudan, but by fighting among ourselves, we have disappointed our people.\u201d
\n\u201cLet us accept one another and be children of one husband and one wife,\u201d Kiir told the SPLM members at the party headquarters in Juba on Wednesday.
\nSouth Sudan\u2019s humanitarian and development partners say the current challenges can be overcome by putting national interest before personal interest.
\nThey stated that this should include principled leadership, and by a strong sense of national unity that prioritizes South Sudanese identity while respecting the diversity that makes South Sudan culturally rich.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. President Salva Kiir says it is \u2018shameful\u2019 that the SPLM has not been able to pay back the masses for their support during the liberation struggle. He admitted that the country\u2019s dominant party has not met the expectations of the people since taking power in 2005. 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