From A Junubi’s Perspective
Politics,South Sudan.

All my life has been a dream, a dream that tomorrow will be a brighter day. Ambition is key for every young person on a mission to be somebody out there, they say the world is a jungle where the tough keep on fighting and the faint hearted get eliminated.
Well my story is not different from the struggles of my peers globally but it is unique in a way that I hail from a beautiful war torn country in Africa called South Sudan, I’ve heard deafening gunshots booms much more than any other sounds.
My country is naturally blessed with minerals and a fertile soil that lay there as waste as my people find nothing better than killing each other day in day out. Mothers are burying their children, the land is deserted as many took refuge in neighbouring countries such as Ethiopia,Kenya and Uganda.
Back in 2011 we were promised a dream South Sudan, never have I been as proud as I had in that period. I saw my dreams turn into reality as I envisioned the future. Tears rolled down my chubby cheeks, those were tears of joy. At last we were free and have our future in our hands.
Hardly 3 years down the road hell broke loose as greed took over eventually taking a tribal dimension in the name of struggle for democracy on one side and legitimacy on the other. I grew up knowing that when elephants fight it is the grass that suffers, in the months that followed a never ending negotiations were held in Ethiopia as the political class enjoyed privileges in 5 star hotels mostly in neighbouring countries, a one Deng, Gatkuoth, Wani, Musa languish somewhere in a settlement camp with nothing to consider their own. Families divided by death and the agony of losing a loved ones is unbearable,the economy in total collapse yet the families of those very people fueling the war enjoy the comforts of their amassed riches through corruption in other countries worldwide.
The above is not new to most of you but I would like to say it is a mad jungle out there in South Sudan, where graduates roam the street with their degrees, masters and other certifications yet the very positions they qualify for are been occupied by people who have never seen a single blackboard their lifetime. Before you throw insults at me, I must confess that it is so unfortunate that many south Sudanese are illiterate and a considerable number dedicated their lives to fight for this country but this should not be a guarantee to a high public office.
Development has not taken over , the hopes and dreams we had in 2011 are slowly dying as many people have already lost hope. For the few optimists out there it is your responsibility to enlighten the weak for I know nothing lasts forever and I feel it deep inside that one day one time we shall have our dream South Sudan but until that day we all have a responsibility to change that country for a brighter day is coming.
Twitter :@AmbitiousJunubi
