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Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: South Sudan Negotiating Team is Making Headway in a Positive Manner - Continue Praying for South Sudan Peace and Unity

Maurice,

You speak very well. This is the way to go, inclusively fixing the problems that ails the people
of Kenya. He can do it, because, paying attention from the voices; he is able to follow the thread
by sending private investigative team to bring him reports the Government Officials have failed to
bring forth. After which, he will not need those corrupt government officials as they are the organ
of corruption with killings causing pain and sufferings of people. Uhuru is in a better position to do
things positively and if he stays that way, he will win the hearts of peace loving people.

People everywhere in the world rich and poor both need peace and security. This is the rare stuff
the world need. The ball is in his court.

Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com

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Subject: Re: [Mabadiliko] Fw: Fw: [PK] Re: South Sudan Negotiating Team is Making Headway in a Positive Manner - Continue Praying for South Sudan Peace and Unity

Judy,

While I applaud the effort that Uhuru is putting in S. Sudan to help resolve the conflict, I wish he would prioritize the following:

1. Find out what`s causing the Nyakach incidents

2. Resolving the Migingo Island issue

3. Resolving the Hunger in Turkana and Pokot - It`s inhuman for kids to walk 30km a day to seek water

4. Resolve the Moyale (Marsabit) clashes

5. Find out who is behind the mysterious killings in Narok - Some thugs are killing people and not robbing or taking anything. The just come to kill.

6. Find out what`s causing the Bungoma killings. Same as Narok. Just killings but very minimal robbery.

These are the main security issues facing Kenya right now and they can be looked at and resolved simultaneously. Let`s put out the fire in our house first before we go putting out fire in someone else`s house.

Courage

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On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Judy Miriga <jbatec@yahoo.com> wrote:

Maurice,

What I meant was............we need leaders who pays attention to what the people want. What is the

case here looks positive. The group led by President Uhuru and Ethiopia are putting together as per

what voices of reason recommends. Give credit where credit is due......for now, I like what Uhuru is

putting together. There is no better explanation than just to state:

Right now, he is the best, far better than most. Anyone who can negotiate for lasting peace and unity

and pays attention to voices of reason is who we want.......Watch this space..................

Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com

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Subject: Re: Fw: [PK] Re: South Sudan Negotiating Team is Making Headway in a Positive Manner - Continue Praying for South Sudan Peace and Unity

Judy,

How is Raila's name getting into this discussion? You're going to discourage me from this discussion if it becomes about Raila. Raila's name is not relevant in this topic.

Courage

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On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Judy Miriga <jbatec@yahoo.com> wrote:

Right now, he is the best, far better than Raila. Anyone who can negotiate for lasting
peace and unity and pays attention to voices of reason is who we want.......Watch this space..................

Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com

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Subject: [PK] Re: South Sudan Negotiating Team is Making Headway in a Positive Manner - Continue Praying for South Sudan Peace and Unity

Judy,

Does Dalmas Othieno Anyango have an negotiating skill?

Or is Uhuru just banking on Dalmas' negotiating skills from the old secondary school days in Cardinal Otunga when he would break fights between kids fighting over "Top Layer"?

Courage

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On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 8:29 AM, Judy Miriga <jbatec@yahoo.com> wrote:

I am impressed. President Uhuru and Ethiopia seems to be working well for peace in South Sudan.

Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com

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Subject: [PK] Dalmas Otieno named as special envoy to SS crises

http://diasporamessenger.com/interestinguhuru-names-dalmas-otieno-as-envoy-on-south-sudan-crises/

Interesting:Uhuru Names Dalmas Otieno as envoy on South Sudan crises

admin | February 12, 2014 | 1 Comments

While meeting with Seven South Sudan detainees released to Kenya last month who are due to fly to Addis Ababa to join all-party talks aimed at resolving the political crisis in Africa’s youngest nation, President Uhuru Kenyatta said that he has appointed Rongo MP and former Cabinet Minister Dalmas Otieno, as an envoy to help the group during the process.

The group was joined by Rebecca Garang, widow of the late revered South Sudanese leader John Garang. Very interesting scenario considering the drama in ODM leading to the party polls.

SPLA Soldiers Surround United Nations Compound in Juba, Rebels Raise Concern

SPLA Soldiers [militaryphotos.net/Getty Images].

Juba, February 10, 2014 (SSNA) -- South Sudan’s government troops surrounded the Unitted Nations (UN) compound in Juba and took cars parked outside the gates. All the behicles they took were owned by the United Nations.

The move surprise UN troops as they watched South Sudanese government soldiers taking cars and destroying bath rooms outside the UN gate.

"The thoudands of internally displaced peoples (IDPs) taking refuge in a United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) camps in Juba are under siege by the government forces”, rebels’s negotiating team chief Gen. Taban Deng Gai said.

”Reports indicate that the hostile government forces are demanding that the IDPs be handed over to them with the claim that the IDPs are rebels and must be taken to government custody to account for their ‘crimes’” Gai added.

Gai recalls past brutalities committed by the governemnt soldiers in Jonglei State.

"It has happened before in the UNMISS compound in Bor when the regime’s Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Michael Makwei Lueth, was denied access into the compound, to which he issued stern threats against the United Nations on radio, TV and in a letter to Ms Hilde Johnson, the UN Special Representative to South Sudan”, Gai recalls.

"We fear the regime’s forces might storm any time into the UN compound, take the IDPs into custody and extrajudicially deal harshly with them!”, Gen. Gai warrned.

The motive behind SPLA’s move is yet to be determined, but, sources inside UNMISS told the South Sudan News Agency that the SPLA soldiers loyal to president kiir came and surrounded the entire compound, took all cars in the UN parking lots outside the gate, and broke bath rooms built by the UN for IDPs.

The sources believe that the incident is not a surprise since Kiir’s government has in the past accused the United nations of helping or sheltering the rebels, a claim fiercely denied by the world body.

COMMENTS:

Igama Taban Mawa

• a day ago

The SPLA forces have no understanding of rule of law, so are some of the government Ministers. A responsible and discipline National army won't act the way this folks have behaved since the crisis began.

Perhaps they are following in the foot steps of their bosses who have no knowledge of International Law especially the organ of UN.

Again and again we're seeing people who are in authority behaving like bandits or cartels. When will the Head of the Army or President starts to acknowledge his army are violating International norms.

I watched the Foreign Affair Minister Dr Marial speech at London School of Economics. He sounds like a war lord rather than a government Minister. He offer little and in some instance no proper responses to the questions he was asked by journalist. He, Dr Marial have absolutely no understanding of UN charter or convention. His incompetency was on display from start to finish of the speech.

The Information Minister and Salva Kiir accused the UN of setting a parallel administration in the country, Really?. Have this folks been to school or ever got briefed by their legal advisers? I have since continue to ask myself these question.

The UPDF too have never followed rule of law and have now combine forces with folks with reasoning not better than that of cattle's to carry a genocide in this country.

I hope the UN peace keepers will defend the rights of the IDPS even if it means exchanging live bullets with this ignorant and illiterate, non law abiding army and their leaders.

James Akunda

• 2 days ago

Fighting with U.N makes one a world wide terrorist and this is what Kiir and Museveni's tribal government must understand. This inexcusable and unethical by international standards which both Kiir and Museveni predictably lacks.

David

• 3 days ago

SALVA KIRR HAD ***ARTED HARDER INSIDE THIS COUNTRY. WE NEED AIR REFRESHNER QUICK. HIS ***ART IS OVERWHELMING.

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South Sudan’s government troops surrounded the Unitted Nations (UN) compound in Juba and took cars parked outside the gates. All the behicles they took were owned by the United Nations.

The move surprise UN troops as they watched South Sudanese government soldiers taking cars and destroying bath rooms outside the UN gate.

Gai recalls past brutalities committed by the governemnt soldiers in Jonglei State.

"We fear the regime’s forces might storm any time into the UN compound, take the IDPs into custody and extrajudicially deal harshly with them!”, Gen. Gai warrned.

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Subject: [wanabidii] Ethiopia Wants Ugandan Troops out of South Sudan, Warns of a Regional Conflict

Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has on Monday said that foreign troops participating in South Sudan’s conflict must withdraw from South Sudan.

Desalegn’s comment is the first direct hit from a regional player against Uganda’s military intervention and comes in time when South Sudanese opposing factions trade accusations over violation of the “cessation of hostilities” signed on the 23^rd of January 2014 in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

“Because of this intervention, the conflict might end up as a regional conflict because there are other interests also from other sides”, Desalegn told reporters in Addis Ababa.

Desalegn says Ethiopia wants to see all foreign forces out of South Sudan and reiterates Ethiopia’s commitment to find peaceful solution to the conflict.

"I hope for the cessation of hostilities..., Ugandan forces and all other external forces must withdraw from that area phase by phase," he added.

The ceasefire that was signed in Ethiopia calls for the withdrawal of Uganda’s soldiers and the release of all political detainees.

But, Uganda refuses to withdraw its troops, asserting that Uganda has interests in South Sudan and that Kiir asks Museveni for military help.

Regional observers have on many occasions warned that Ugandan military involvement could intensify the conflict.

Ethiopia is the host of the IGAD-led peace talks and plays an important role in bringing the two sides on a negotiating table.

SPLM seven to join Addis Ababa talks: IGAD

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle February 12, 2014 (ADDIS ABABA) - The seven South Sudanese political leaders recently released from detention in Juba accused of being involved in an alleged coup attempt in December and flown to Kenya at the end of January (...)

US rights activist calls for inclusive dialogue to halt South Sudan conflict

February 12, 2014 (JUBA) – A leading US human right activist visiting South Sudan has reiterated the need for inclusive dialogue in order to halt the nearly two-month-old conflict in the world’s youngest nation, which erupted in mid-December. US (...)

South Sudan opposition backs formation of interim administration

February 12, 2014 (JUBA) - Several leading opposition political parties in South Sudan have spoken out openly in support for the formation of an inclusive interim administration as the security (...)

UN secretary-general slams use of cluster bombs in S. Sudan

February 12, 2014 (NEW YORK) - The UN secretary-general, Ban Ki-Moon, has condemned the use of cluster bombs during fighting in South Sudan, remnants of which were found last week in Jonglei (...)