{"id":25628,"date":"2022-10-13T16:54:13","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T16:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/spla-war-veteran-alfred-akwoch-77-dies-in-kampala"},"modified":"2022-10-13T17:02:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T17:02:33","slug":"spla-war-veteran-alfred-akwoch-77-dies-in-kampala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/spla-war-veteran-alfred-akwoch-77-dies-in-kampala","title":{"rendered":"SPLA war veteran Alfred Akwoch, 77, dies in Kampala"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>A veteran South Sudanese liberator, Alfred Akwoch has died in Kampala, Uganda following a long illness.<\/p>\n

Simon Ongel, the Late\u2019s nephew, confirmed to Eye Radio that the veteran SPLA pass on this morning at the Nakasero hospital in Kampala.<\/p>\n

\u201cUncle Alfred died early today [Wednesday] at 4:AM in Kampala, Uganda at Nakasero hospital. He was sick for 21 days and he was admitted there\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was born on January 1st, 1945 in Bodh- Wic Rek. He\u2019s among those who started SPLA-M and shot the first bullet in Bor in 1983 with Dr. John Garang.\u201d<\/p>\n

Akwoch was 77.<\/p>\n

Deceased Alfred Akwoch was born in 1945 in Bodh village of Lul Payam of Fashoda County in Upper Nile State.<\/p>\n

He started his basic education at Lul Primary School before going to Obiel Intermediate School in Upper Nile, and years later to Lobiri High School and Makerere University in Uganda.<\/p>\n

Akwoch was one of the first batch who joined the College of Military Studies and Political Orientation in Bonga in Ethiopia in 1984.<\/p>\n

He held a certificate in public administration from the University of Fort Hare in South Africa, and another certificate from the African College of Wildlife Management in Tanzania.<\/p>\n

Akwoch also attended several courses, including a course on leadership qualities.<\/p>\n

He served as a Wilderness Protection Police officer in Juba, Rumbek, Yirol, Torit, and Bor, before 1983.<\/p>\n

He was a founder of the Department of Wildlife Protection Police in the liberated areas in Southern Sudan before 2005.<\/p>\n

After the Comprehensive Agreement in 2005, he was appointed Director General of Wildlife at the Ministry of Wildlife and Tourism.<\/p>\n

In 2010, he was promoted to Undersecretary of the Ministry of Wildlife Conservation and Tourism in 2006 during which year he became an adviser for the ministry.<\/p>\n

In 2020, Akwoch was appointed as the Minister of Wildlife Conservation and Tourism but was later relieved during the implementation of the revitalized peace agreement.<\/p>\n

In 2017, the late Alfred Akwoch told Eye Radio in an exclusive interview that, he never regretted what they fought for in the decades of the liberation struggle.<\/p>\n

He said the task was for the new generation to nurture peace in South Sudan.<\/p>\n

The veteran is survived by several sons and daughters and grandchildren.<\/p>\n

Mourners have gathered in his house in the Amarat residential area to pay their condolences.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Sudan<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. A veteran South Sudanese liberator, Alfred Akwoch has died in Kampala, Uganda following a long illness. 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