







South Sudan: Status of Forces Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Uganda and the Government of the Republic of South Sudan (10.01.2025)

















“Even if you are a Dinka and you follow the same path, I will call you a terrorist” – Vice President Dr. Benjamin Bol Mel (18.03.2025).
It’s like some people never learns and never considers the implications of their words or actions for that matter. The newly minted Vice President Dr. Benjim Bol Mel. The planned successor of President Salva Kiir Mayardit is speaking out of pocket. His implying and stating his opinions at the burial of the assassinated General Majur Dak Thel. As was there to mourn and celebrate the life lived. However, his speech was a war-cry and a sign of what to come.
This man will hold no prisoners. The VP will use force and willing wage war. That from a government running on shaky-ground and speed running the end of the R-ARCSS. As the modalities and the structure of R-ARCSS is altered in a way, which the different stakeholders are losing ground to SPLM-IG. The IO is stripped of power and having high ranking leaders detained. Therefore, this recent speech at the burial isn’t making things better either. The ones celebrating this… is dancing on the graves and the possibility of more war.
One funeral that can become plenty more. This one here is a tragedy and possible start of prolonged agony. As the VP is direct and doesn’t save anyone.
Just read these quotes…
“Riek Machar should give the orders to IO forces to move if we need peace. Riek Machar should denounce the White Army, stating that they are not part of his IO. I also asked the international community to tell Riek Machar to remove that title, Commander in Chief of the IO. There should be only one Commander in Chief of the armed forces”(VP Bol Mel, 18.03.2025).
“The government of South Sudan is fighting terrorists under the leadership of Dr. Riek Machar Teny unless he denounces the White Army. The international community should help us fight terrorism. I know U.S president Donald J Trump will listen to us” (VP Bol Mel, 18.03.2025).
This here isn’t a sign of mediation, listening to grievances or any sort of consideration of why the Nuer Youth took to arms and didn’t think the Transitional Government would listen to them. We are seeing why they knew this government wouldn’t listen or care about it. That signs are there and now it is complete. Yes, the Naath White Army escalated things and took it a bit to far. However, the Transitional Government could have tried to reign it in and had a third-party to intervene on its behalf for a peaceful mediation. Instead it has decided to hire the UPDF as its mercenaries and burn villages to the ground to prove a point. Let Nasir County and others go into ashes and call it a night. That’s what the VP Bol Mel and others support, as they are speaking of civilians and citizens as terrorists, instead of considering their cause and the reason why they took up arms.
This is what J1 and the VP is missing. They are blaming IO and have no credible evidence of coordinated efforts between IO and the Naath White Army. Neither is there any good news coming from the battlefield. As the UPDF and SSPDF are fine with usage of chemical weapons on civilians and the area itself. That is the sort of measure the state and their allies are seeing fit. They don’t mind burning people to death. Just to settle a score and harm a county and state for decades to come. This sort of affair will be part of the history and tales for decades to come. As everyone will talk and discuss the ones behind it all. They will be known for their orders and why they issued it. As the death, the ones mourning and everyone else will remember these culprits and the ones had no trouble causing this massive amount of death.
There should have been talks and been negotiations. There should have been village elders and others who could have had sit-downs with the youth. J1 and the Transitional Government should have picked other measures and means. Even tried to understand the sentiment and reasons for why they took to arms. That’s what a reasonable government does…
Nevertheless, the VP Bol Mel and J1 are more concerned about their entitlement and pride, than the lives who is taken in Nasir County. That is evident. The smoke, the fire and destruction is done on their watch. This is their war. Peace.



“I wrote to the leading opposition party (NUP) asking for a meeting. I haven’t received a reply. However, I saw their Secretary General spiting me personally. I think he doesn’t know the full degree of what he is dealing with” – Mathias Mpuuga MP (19.03.2025).
Some cannot see the slow train coming. Some might never see the train at all. Some people just see the railroad tracks and others only hears about stories about the iron horse. There is a lot of things at play…
The Democratic Alliance is now in action, as Mathias Mpuuga MP is outsmarted and outplayed by the National Unity Platform (NUP). That’s why he feels the pain of the former party and where he was bestowed respectable offices within the party and in the Parliament. They trusted him with being the Leader of Opposition and Commissioner just to mention a few. Therefore, he should have some regard of his former party. Nevertheless, his feeling sour and we can taste the bitter tears.
Mpuuga MP continues his attacks on the NUP!
“The Hon. Bobi Wine all due respect to him, mobilised people for a month to go to my constituency to speak ill about me” (…) “I have constrained myself a lot. If I spoke about certain things and individuals, you would be shocked. You would not know for example, how NUP would call MPs, one by one to educate them on how Mpuuga is a bad man” (Mpuuga, 19.03.2025).
The Member of Parliament and Coordinator of the DA should wonder where he is and how his perceived. As this sort of battle his never winning. His already on the road to become another Norbert Mao. He speaks of electoral reforms and only misses the promise of political transition. Mpuuga MP just shows his bitterness and it is clear that his forever scorned.
The MP could have gotten into a better position, if he had towed party lines and followed the direction the party gave him. Mpuuga in hubris and confidence believes that his able to gain attention and create a buzz. The man maybe think he can galvanize what he did during the A4C days, but this is a decade later.
Mpuuga MP needed the NUP to get elected. He ran away from the DP and TDA alliance that made him elected in the 2016 elections. So, in 2026 he will lose, and his DA isn’t a winning formula. It is a DP Block with a new PR Team and a possibly support of Alien Skin. This gameplan and moves aren’t building a proper machinery ahead of the 2026 polls.
As a man who has experience and is supposed to be a seasoned leader. His leadership and his building of alliances is failing. They aren’t even able to get Justice Forum (JEEMA) on its side. We can wonder if the PPP and others will also call it quits. There is little proof that the DA has a massive support among the opposition. Until proven otherwise… show it and deliver huge statement. Not just hallow words against Bobi Wine or the NUP. That’s no difference than the insults and drunken texts of Gen. Muhoozi Kainerubaga. This is maybe… why he has said he can work with him and that’s directly getting the regime behind him. It was just like when Mwenda said Mao was the most trustworthy fella or whatnot before the 2021 elections. So, are we really seeing the same nonsense again?
Mpuuga MP isn’t winning… Mpuuga needs to re-evaluate his stances and his moves. This won’t be it… Peace.

“After a thorough assessment of the credibility and composition of the Mechanisms, Political and Security environment of the Peace Implementation Mechanisms, and after wide consultation, all the participation of the members of the said Security and Political mechanisms is hereby frozen with immediate effect until all the SPLM/SPLA-IO Political Detainees are unconditionally released. The Members of the said Mechanism shall only attend RJMEC Plenary Sessions to affirm the unconditional release of their colleagues. We hold the SPLM-IG their security apparatus responsible for the safety and life of all detainees.” (Oyet Nathaniel Pierino, 17.03.2025).
It is now clear that J1 are soon very lonely in the Transitional Government, as the state has targeted the SPLM-IO. The SPLM-IG has decided this and blamed the SPLM-IO for the Naath White Army. Alas, now the acts of the authorities, the army and the President backfires. As the tension between Dr. Riek Machar and President Salva Kiir Mayardit is in the air.
The SPLM-IO is becoming an outside entity until the Transitional Government meets the needs of the IO. The IO is now addressing the state of affairs and willingly to cease operating within the various mechanisms and state organizations it’s a part of. This is endangering the R-ARCSS and the whole process of the transitional agreement. The lacking implementation and slow work on it, just shows how IO and IG have personalized the state. The Presidential Decrees and appointments haven’t built the state either. That’s why we are here in 2025.
Just read this…
“We also state clearly that the failure by the government of South Sudan to provide protection to life and property to all citizens of South Sudan has resulted in proliferation and establishment of community vigilantes including Tit-bai, Gel-weng, Agwelek, Abushok, White army, monyamiji, Arrow Boys, etc. Profiling the White army and declaring war by mobilizing state political, military and diplomatic machinery is tantamount to further a “state policy of targeting members of a group”. We call upon the African Union, United Nations, Troika, European Union and IGAD Partners Forum and the C5 Countries to protect civilians in South Sudan and reject the call by the government spokesperson to profile an ethnic group, and we also call upon you to visit the African Union Commission Report on South Sudan (The Obasanjo Report) and hold the government and individual committing atrocities and Human Rights Violations in South Sudan to account” (Oyet Nathaniel Pierino, 17.03.2025).
The SPLM-IO withdrawal and pulling out of the mechanisms are bad enough in itself. The last time there was need for mediation and a new security agreement between the IO and IG. Something similar will most likely happen again. Unless Kiir thinks UPDF can cover for him and be his guardian. We are seeing his willing to use these forces to defend the nation for him. The IG is attacking civilians and using the UPDF as their mercenaries. That isn’t making the uprising and the rise of the Naath White Army stopped. The state must address this in another way, but we only see more guns and advanced weaponry.
The IG should be concerned and worried about the state of affairs. As it now in dire straits, the IO leaving the R-ARCSS and mechanisms isn’t just stalling the peace process… but questioning the reasoning and acts of the IG. That is the reality… and J1 needs to reflect on his ways and why things are going in this direction. Therefore, the leadership in Juba needs to change and also listen to people, the warfare and the usage of force won’t settle things. It will only cause more conflict and harm, which is what we see in regard to Naath White Army. Peace.


“To compete in this election, you need at least 200M, I have been moving with almost 100 people who are paid daily, the cars we used daily all take a lot of fuel, I have done all in the music everyone knows but now I have to venture into matters of national importance” – Sadat Mukiibi aka Kalifah AgaNaga (18.03.2025).
The man that got about 239 votes in the Kawempe North By-Election, Sadat Mukiibi aka Kalifah AgaNaga who ran as the flagbearer for the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC). They went out hard and tried to sway the public, but didn’t galvanize anyone. That’s why the candidate got such a bad result.
The loss is just so clear and the FDC could reflect on its downfall, as the musician turned politician didn’t have the message or the character to sway the public. They didn’t believe in his platform or words for that manner. If they did…
He would have more impact than a little over 200 people voting on him. The FDC and the candidate should have been in the realms of the NUP. He should have been in the scope of the two bigger candidates. The FDC shouldn’t be this sort of a failure in the race.
That AgaNaga used 200 million on this result. The FDC and him should self-reflect on the way they did it. The people of Kawempe North didn’t accept him or his candidacy. The citizens didn’t believe in him or trust his message. That’s why so few voted for him and they didn’t see it in him. This is the reality here… and the musician should go back to producing records.
This man has lost twice elections. AgaNaga haven’t been able to win and tried twice already. Neither is he a trusted fella, as he went from singing songs for Museveni to suddenly become a FDC candidate. Therefore, he is really just trying whatever gets him into office. This man doesn’t have it in him.
That is proven and 200 million shillings couldn’t save him either. The man cannot even spend correctly or strategically, because if he was… then he would know that is a waste of funds. Him spending this much and get nothing in return. That is a compelling case, but show how dire the loss is. Peace.

“The approved budget for State House for Financial Year 2024/25 was Shs 452.2 billion. ln January, about one month ago, State House come back to Parliament requesting to increase its budget by Shs 234.75 billion for classified expenditure. You obedient MPs approved it, bringing total State House budget to Shs 686.6 billion. They have come back again with another request of Shs 367 billion which if you approve, will bring State House 2024/25 financial year’s budget to Shs 1,053, 635,660,000 (Shs 1.053 trillion)” (MINORITY REPORT ON SUPPLEMENTARY EXPENDITURE SCHEDULE No 3 of FY 2024/25, 12.03.2025).
The State House, the President and his inner circle is budgeted to spend a total of one trillion shillings, which a total of 686 billion shillings are spent on confidential funds. That is close to 2/3 of the budget to spending without any transparency or accountability, as it is stipulated as confidential.
This is how the President and his inner circle are spending funds. It is really special that the State House needs such vast slush-funds and can easily access billions of shillings. This is why the President, and his people are enriched. They can spend as they like and no one can question it, as they have billions as their disposal and that will be used. It could be for anything and whatever whims the President has. He can afford it and has the money for it.
The residence of the President is surely eating funds. In a never-ending spending spree and there is no real pushback. Only acceptance and silent nods of the Republic. As the President is issued new votes and budget posts. The massive spending on the State House isn’t shocking but is telling about the vast funds that are there.
The State House getting 1 trillion shilling in this Financial Year is a misuse of funds. The State House should have lesser funds. There isn’t a need for 686 billion for confidential funds. That just shows what the state does and is willing to do. They can just spend funds like no tomorrow.
We don’t know where the 686 billion shillings are going, and it is special that the State House needs a Trillion Shillings in one year to operate. This is only the first supplementary budget, so expect this to get much worse. The State House will issue more supplementary budgets and needs. Therefore, expect it to drain the state of more funds in the near future. That’s coming its way. There will be all sorts of excuse and shortfalls. If it is water, vehicles or whatnot. Even buying more furniture or such…
This State House doesn’t care about service delivery or even about government programs. Not when they are willing to ask and spend monies in this manner. They can splash funds like tomorrow. That’s the story… and the President must live with it. He doesn’t mind and living lavish is his lifestyle now. He might act like he has a small salary, but he needs a Trillion to run his residence this year. Therefore, he must be rich and has expensive expenses. Peace.

