
In Juba there been discussion and rumours, heck, you could call it speculations about who will takeover from President Salva Kiir Mayardit. However, the talks and the planned forum in Rumbek isn’t true. Regardless of that, the J-1 and the one(s) in office needs to address this properly.
The Sudan People Liberation Movement (SPLM), the liberation party and party of freedom fighters who fought for liberation from Khartoum and Sudan. That party has to resolve this matter and make coordinated efforts. Especially, if it is a sincere and honest party in 2024.
This party cannot be on ethnic lines or tribalistic affairs. No, this is a national party and it needs to prove its worth. It can’t be a one-man shop and one saviour to rule them all. That’s not how you build sustainable parties or organizations. The individualism and the nepotism will only defunct historical entities as the SPLM. An entity has longevity and the ability to be relevant for years come. However, that depends on what the leadership values or what it takes for granted.
The goodwill can easily dwindle. The relevance can go away and be misused. The ones in office are already overstepping and creating issues, which it is trying to forge new agreements and settlements over. Instead of building institutions and building a capable nation. The President himself is busy decreeing the laws and who he decides to appoint. Meanwhile he could have built state organizations and operational institutions that would linger for generations to come.
That is what the SPLM should work for. Not to be there on behalf of J-1 and whatever needs they have. To shield criticism and point the fingers at the public speculating. No, the state needs to listen to its citizens and abide by it. Eventually, the same people will be tired of the theatre and the continued negotiations abroad. The South Sudanese people deserve a governing party and a state that have its ears open and understands the pulse of the people.
That’s why the talk of succession is healthy. The need for talks of who comes after and how the SPLM deals with it. As it cannot only do that when people dies or leaves planet earth early. No, there is a need to know how it will work it out.
The SPLM needs to make a roadmap and show the public what it plans or when it is necessary. Unless they think people duped and stupid enough to accept one man to rule for life or without question. Because that is what they are serving them.
The SPLM is SKM and SKM is the SPLM. That’s the memo until it is revised. Peace.














