AN INDEPENDENT DAY FOR THE REPUBIC OF SOUTH SUDAN (ROSS) IS A DAY I NEVER DREAM TO WITNESS IN MY LIFE, BUT IS HAS COME AS A REALITY TO ME.
The independent of South Sudan that is due to happen in July 9, 2011 is going to be a testament to my life and millions of South Sudanese both who have died and those that are still alive any where in the world as well as in South Sudan. I have been searching for this freedom and liberty for more than 27 years of my life till this year in July 9, 2011 that I am going to witness and welcome the change of freedom in my life with other millions of South Sudanese people allover the world. With this change, I first have to admit that I did not know whether I might witness this day of South Sudan's Independent from North. millions of South Sudanese people who have died will never witness this day due to the sacrificed they have made through their own lives. During that time I referred to as "dark days of my life" millions of South Sudanese boys, women, children and soldiers including my close colleagues in the SPLA army (as child-soldiers) died without dreaming that they will be able to see this day of South Sudan's independent of which I am grateful to witness it and will be a testament in my life.
THANKS TO GOD.
I ceased to take this opportunity to firstly thanks God for taking care of my: life, mother, younger siblings, other immediate family members that I separated with for years, those immediate family relatives that I have never met since I was born till the time I left Sudan, and for the lives of millions of South Sudanese people in those dark days of war until to today. I thanks God that I am in Australia and about to celebrate the Independent of my Country 'The Republic of South Sudan' with thousands of South Sudanese Australians as a joyful moment in my life. It is an opportunity that will go down as a history with significant change for the freedom in many generations to come as long as the human race continues to live on this planet. Our lives as South Sudanese will never be the same again, people of South Sudan will be able to live and lead their lives freely like any other free people of the world that have been enjoying freedom and liberty for centuries.
With millions of South Sudanese all-over the world celebrating the independent of South Sudan I feel great to see this day and memories of this significant life changing event will be unforgettable and will be a testament to generations that will come behind me as I fulfill the struggle that my father with his son Panchol Achouth along-side millions of South Sudanese who have sacrificed their lives for the freedom of South Sudan and it's people. It is a continuation of struggle that I am proud of as a South Sudanese-Australian in Australia thousands of miles away from my ancestors home land.
MY AN INVALUABLE THANKS AND RESPECT TO MY FALLEN SOUTH SUDANESE HEROES AND HEROINES
My an invaluable thanks and credit goes to all my South Sudanese matyers who have sacrificed their lives in order for me to witness this upcoming independent day of South Sudan. I owe them an invaluable credit for their unpaid-able scarifies they made through their lives during the war; hence, I take an oath to continue in their put steps for the preceding generations to have freedom as I am about to test the fruit of freedom on July 9, 2011 when I will be able to sing the National Anthem for the Republic of South Sudan as my origin identity.
THANKS TO AUSTRALIA AND IT'S PEOPLE FOR HELPING WITNESS THE JULY 9, 2011.
In Addition, I would like to thanks Australia and it's people for the opportunity they gave me with my family to be part of the small number of South Sudanese people that was resettled in Australia during the war between the North and South Sudan (1983-2005). The opportunity given to me has changed my life to a full recognition of my humanity as a human being. With all opportunities that I have gain here in Australia I invaluably owe Australia and it's people so much debt of life with all opportunities I have enjoyed so far in the last 7.3 years that I have lived in Australia. Therefore, I would like to join other South Sudanese Australians to thanks Australia for giving me chance to participate during the referendum in Canberra as a Referendum Voting Centre Co-Manager. It was an opportunity that I never dream of as one day I will be able to participates in the liberation of South Sudan through peaceful voting process to decide the fate of my future and the preceding generations through voting, I only knew South Sudan will be liberated through gun points.
THANKS TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PARTICULARLY THE US FOR THE LEADERSHIP THEY TOOK TO FACILITATES PEACEFUL CONDUCT OF REFERENDUM.
I too thanks the international community particularly the US and it's allies in Europe for an effort they made to facilitate the conduct of referendum and their continued support at this time of South Sudan independent in peaceful process. Without the support of international community South Sudanese people would never witness the July 9, 2011 without bloodshed. Personally I thanks the leadership of international community for being able to stand with people of South Sudan lastly after more than fives decades of civil wars since 1955-1972 after the colonial departure from Sudan and in 1983-2005.
A BIGGEST CHALLENGE OF NATION BUILDING FROM SCRACH AWAIT ME AND MILLIONS OF SOUTH SUDANESE PEOPLE.
Am so overwhelm with joy of having an independent country, however, I clearly do understand the biggest challenge of building the South Sudan as it will be the difficult task than fighting the war and I don't take the next challenge lightly. My joy is also being overshadow by the current shape of South Sudanese leaders' handling of government tainted with tribal, corrupt and lack of basic services delivery to people of South Sudan since CPA was singed is my main concern. I believed the politics of South Sudan guided by tribal politics will take the centre stage after the independent, which will be the big challenge to all South Sudanese people and it should be an opportunity for all people of south sudan to denounce all forms of injustice, corrupt system, tribalism, and marginalization of majority illiterates in South Sudan by few clique elites.
I AM COMMITTED TO CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE OF BUILDING THE NATION OF SOUTH SUDAN REGARDLESS OF WHAT IT CAUSED ME INCLUDING MY LIFE.
As I believed the struggle to achieved the dream of Free South Sudan begins, it is my dream that I will commit myself to help my people achieve the aspiration of dream they would want to live. These will be accomplish through education as one of the strongest tool to empower my people so that they are able to stand up for their own feet of political awareness. I am going to do this through scholarship program as one of the ways that I have already started with one boy in Kenya through Australian mate who has committed herself to pay for the school fees for the boy and i will continues to seek opportunities to achieve this dream for more kids to get decent education. And I believed every Southerner in Australia, America, Canada, Europe and back at home are going to contribute in different forms as building the nation will prove
I do hope that South Sudan will achieve the dream that it's people have been struggling for 191 years, although it will take time for this dream to be fulfill, this road of South Sudan is not going to be an easy tasks to happened but I believed we the people of South Sudan shall continue the course of struggle in all forms.
Long live people of South Sudan, long live SPLM/A, long live the ROSS.
The Author is a South Sudanese Decedent but lived in Melbourne Australia.
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