Li-kili-liu … Jube ne Bari!!! There you go. Justice has been served at last. Finally we got what we have been fighting for all these years. Home built schools -- ladies and gentlemen. How about that? … I think there will be no more need for us to go to war with the north in the future under any circumstances since we can continue brewing our own CPA, sorry I mean building our own schools right here at home.

"We will not only be teaching our children how read and write, but also build them schools right here at home. It's a serious political message of one country, two systems," the south Sudan's agriculture minister Samson Kwaje told Reuters at the SABMiller launch on Tuesday.

He said it is very expensive to keep on importing education from Uganda, and did not think the introduction of a new academic system in South Sudan would aggravate already tense relations between Khartoum and the southern capital Juba.

What more can I say? There you heard it straight from the horse's mouth … I think he is trying to say that education is now more important than booze.

Sorry, I meant: I think there will be no more need for us to go to war with the north in the future under any circumstances AS LONG AS we can continue brewing our own CPA, sorry I mean building our own schools right here at home.

Fear must be recognized and dealt with correctly or fear itself can destroy our future. Understanding and facing fear properly can pave the way to lasting peace and security.

Fear's effect depends on two things: wisdom and knowledge. Knowledge is the assimilation of information. Wisdom is the correct application of these facts. The two, when properly developed, give us the strength and ability to stand when most men fall.

It is just me, or the two young ladies in the photo are totally wasted already? One looks like sleeping on a chair with her hands up, and her legs comfortably stretched out but carelessly not covered properly, and/or fully crossed like a real good lady would do. And the other one however!!! Well … you guessed it.

I must admit though that I liked the photo. But I think it is a little bit discriminatory in my opinion, because vase majority of the people who consume or really abuse alcohols in southern Sudan are unfortunately men. And now when it comes to publicly show some drunken subjects; you chose the opposite sex? I think that is not fair for the ladies.

If I were you; I would have had chosen the famous photo of that drunken guy with his trousers rolled up to his knees, and with one of his dress shoes in his left hand, while searching for the other one in a puddle with his right hand.

Yes, I used to take alcohols, or get really hammered back in the day when I was younger. Luckily enough no major accidents happened as a result as far as I know, other than a few minor public disturbances and a couple of really bad altercations with some arrogant policemen in separate occasions. I remember one of them was at a party (or a sitting as we used to call it back in the day) over a pretty young girl that I new back then. But for the life of me, I don’t recall how did the other one started? Thus, I can tell you from experience that taking alcohols is not only a bad and an expensive habit, but also a very, very dangerous thing that one could consciously and knowingly do to him/herself. It can easily cause some very expensive permanent severe damages of all kinds, not only to you alone as the drunker, but also in many cases to the innocent people around you as well.

If you think taking alcohols is evil, then you would agree with me that alcohol abuse or drinking irresponsibly is the Satan, because it can make you do stupid or even very bad things that you wouldn’t normally do, or even think of doing when you are sober.

I wonder what would happen when they start brewing right here at home? I guess people will start going to work stoned to death everyday with some beer cans/bottles in their pockets, as a way of making up for 25 years of alcohol consumption ban in the country.

As the minister said ... "We will not only be consuming but producing alcohol ..." There you have it -- Drink away ladies and gentlemen … Drink away. You earned it with you blood.

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We all know well that -- difficult things are those that count. However, Diploma is a visible sign for invisible ignorance. Its confer knowledge but not necessarily good judgment. (Wad-Tit, Rome - 1986)
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I meant "IS IT" just me ... ?

If Brewing Beer in Juba will reduce the cost of its sale then it is ok to do it because many South Sudan employees have been spending almost all their income buying the expensive beers that have been imported from outside.

Many Southerners are already seriously addicted to the consumption of beer and this may help in avoiding consuming other more serious alcoholic drinks that have high concentration of alcohol intoxicating chemicals. Beer is full of nutrient starch and it has less alcohol content. It has been observed and proven scientifically that those who consume beer in a reasonable manner tend to get good health because beer is more of food than alcoholic drink. Those who drink beer seems to look healthy like those who drink Umbuki (the local brew from sorghum and Dura).

Therefore, if the new beer company can create jobs and income in the South, then this will be a credit in poverty reduction, provided that the GOSS obliges this company to pay good salaries to their employees. Otherwise, mere introduction of new beer brewing company to Juba without fair remuneration and business check will not make any difference from "one country two systems." The simultaneous Sharia-free system in the South does not mean liberating sale and consumption of alcohol only; it should go further and more than beer production in Juba. If this regulation and check happens, then the South can be safe from immorality ruins.