{"id":35087,"date":"2023-04-13T11:41:14","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T11:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections"},"modified":"2023-04-13T11:57:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T11:57:12","slug":"gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections","title":{"rendered":"Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth denies joining Kiir\u2019s party, to seek public office in 2024 elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>In a surprising turn of events, Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth, a member of the defunct SPLM-IO (Taban) faction, has denied joining the SPLM party under President Salva Kiir Mayardit.<\/p>\n<p>This comes three years after the former SPLM-IO commander told journalists following a meeting with President Kiir at the presidency that he had dissolved his faction and joined the ruling Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement (SPLM).<\/p>\n<p>Bur speaking to Sudans Post in an interview on Wednesday, Gen. Gathoth stated that what he did was to enter a coalition with the SPLM under Kiir, and that it is VP Taban Deng\u2019s group who has joined the SPLM party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, I have not joined [the SPLM]. We actually formed a coalition with the SPLM under the leadership of President Kiir,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is Taban group that joined the SPLM cocktail. But my group still has weight because we have not even signed the coalition agreement and whatever, and this is what makes things now difficult,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Gen. Gathoth also revealed that he and his group plan to run for public office in the anticipated 2024 elections, which will be the first since South Sudan gained independence.<\/p>\n<p>In the interview, Gathoth expresses frustration with the current political situation in the country and stated that he and his group have been \u201ctormented\u201d by Peter Lam Both and Nunu Kumba, and as a result, he no longer holds a position in the government.<\/p>\n<p>The controversial former opposition commander further highlighted that members of parliament who belonged to his party have also been taken out, emphasizing the messy state of affairs in the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven now, I have no position in the government, and all my people who were there, and my members, have been dismissed out by Peter Lam Both and Nunu Kumba. So, my MPs have been taken out, even myself I don\u2019t have an executive position whether in the national or state [government],\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis thing has become a mess actually, and we also need to understand what do we do next,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\">South-Sudan<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. In a surprising turn of events, Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth, a member of the defunct SPLM-IO (Taban) faction, has denied joining the SPLM party under President Salva Kiir Mayardit. This comes three years after the former SPLM-IO commander told journalists following a meeting with President Kiir at the presidency that he had dissolved [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":35086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,10,293],"tags":[234,265,233],"class_list":["post-35087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-parties","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-sudan","tag-south-sudan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth denies joining Kiir\u2019s party, to seek public office in 2024 elections - South Sudan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In a surprising turn of events, Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth, a member of the defunct SPLM-IO (Taban) faction, has denied joini ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth denies joining Kiir\u2019s party, to seek public office in 2024 elections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a surprising turn of events, Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth, a member of the defunct SPLM-IO (Taban) faction, has denied joini ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Sudan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-13T11:41:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-04-13T11:57:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681369887.99.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"880\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"386\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth denies joining Kiir\u2019s party, to seek public office in 2024 elections\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-13T11:41:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-13T11:57:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections\"},\"wordCount\":369,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681369887.99.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Sudan\",\"South-Sudan\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"parties\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections\",\"name\":\"Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth denies joining Kiir\u2019s party, to seek public office in 2024 elections - South Sudan\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681369887.99.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-13T11:41:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-13T11:57:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"In a surprising turn of events, Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth, a member of the defunct SPLM-IO (Taban) faction, has denied joini ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681369887.99.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681369887.99.jpg\",\"width\":880,\"height\":386,\"caption\":\"Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth denies joining Kiir\u2019s party, to seek public office in 2024 elections\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth denies joining Kiir\u2019s party, to seek public office in 2024 elections\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/\",\"name\":\"South Sudan\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth denies joining Kiir\u2019s party, to seek public office in 2024 elections - South Sudan","description":"In a surprising turn of events, Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth, a member of the defunct SPLM-IO (Taban) faction, has denied joini ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth denies joining Kiir\u2019s party, to seek public office in 2024 elections","og_description":"In a surprising turn of events, Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth, a member of the defunct SPLM-IO (Taban) faction, has denied joini ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections","og_site_name":"South Sudan","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-04-13T11:41:14+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-04-13T11:57:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":880,"height":386,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681369887.99.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth denies joining Kiir\u2019s party, to seek public office in 2024 elections","datePublished":"2023-04-13T11:41:14+00:00","dateModified":"2023-04-13T11:57:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections"},"wordCount":369,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681369887.99.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-South-Sudan","South-Sudan"],"articleSection":["all news","head lines","parties","to-homepage"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections","name":"Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth denies joining Kiir\u2019s party, to seek public office in 2024 elections - South Sudan","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681369887.99.jpg","datePublished":"2023-04-13T11:41:14+00:00","dateModified":"2023-04-13T11:57:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"In a surprising turn of events, Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth, a member of the defunct SPLM-IO (Taban) faction, has denied joini ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681369887.99.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681369887.99.jpg","width":880,"height":386,"caption":"Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth denies joining Kiir\u2019s party, to seek public office in 2024 elections"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/gen-gathoth-gatkuoth-denies-joining-kiirs-party-to-seek-public-office-in-2024-elections#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gen. Gathoth Gatkuoth denies joining Kiir\u2019s party, to seek public office in 2024 elections"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/","name":"South Sudan","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}