Beyond The Tribal & Regional Lines: A Call for South Sudan's National Unity

The ongoing prosecutions of SPLM-IO leaders, predominantly from the Nuer tribe, has sparked national existence of political repression, tribalism, injustice, dictatorship, and spirit of avenges, that Dinka dominated regime of SPLM under President Salva Kirr won't refute.

The occurrence has indeed caused many South Sudanese, particularily none-Dinka tribes to start feeling unattractiveness of unity, to stay with Dinka under one Nation.

This sentiment never stem from Dinka as a tribe being inherently bad, but because some individual members of Dinka- tribe who can be termed as "Individual Dinka Mafias in Political, Security and Administrative Sectors" has continuously demonstrated high spirits of corruptions through the use of the regime, to dictate, discriminate and commit violence to fit their political , social, economical and legal interests. Moreso, manipulating their Dinka tribesmen both ideological and emotional to rally blindly in supports, and defense of their malfeasance, in the name of Dinka tribe, and spirits of Dinka Solidarities.

In repercussion, the famed "urbanized Dinka becoming Idiots, as Cattle Camp Dinka Credulous" in defense and support of those individual Dinka Mafias, who are neither beneficial to them as individuals, nor Dinka as a tribe. Today, in South Sudan, any political attacks, or oppositions to those individual Dinka Mafias - is often taken by most urbanized Dinka idiots and Cattle Camps
Credulous as an attack, or opposition to Dinka as tribe, and this is portraying wrong about Dinka, amongst other communities, nationwide.

The comportments of the few individual Dinka Mafias through regime, and the manner they are manipulating their tribesmen to defend and support their malfeasance, has caused Dinka as tribe to be extrapolated bad. This makes living for Dinka with none-Dinka tribes to be unattractive, and adjudged as disastrous.

The odd practices of the Individual Dinka Mafias through the regime, has indeed become the driving force for None-Dinka tribes to notion for separation from Dinka, on regional bases.

The fallacy by none- Dinka tribes against Dinka comes not only from failure to distinguish Dinka as tribes from leadership styles and policies of President Salva Kirr; that empowered individual Dinka Mafias in all level of political , security and Administrative Sectors to be problematic to the national unity, peace, justice, security and development, but also from claiming ownership of the regime as tribe by those very Individual Dinka Mafias.

Nevertheless, not all Dinkas are beneficiaries of the President Salva Kirr's regime: In fact, I have seen some Dinkas begging on streets of Juba. I have seen Dinkas suffering across South Sudan, and even in foreign Countries as refugees. There are Dinkas in their own home villages starving from hunger. living without clean water, without access to health service, and having no decent accommodations, as well walking naked without clothes to put on. I have seen Dinkas facing injustices from the regime of President Salva Kirr, and are being discriminated against.

Indeed, not all Dinkas are happy with the regime, and are in support of leadership of President Salva Kirr, because they are some who are also victims, encountering what none-Dinka tribes encounters under the regime.

Hence, Dinka as tribe is not threat because they are not the problem. The problem and threat is the leadership policies of President Salva Kirr, and We should not allow these contemporary challenges imposed by his leadership policies, to destroy our national unity, and opt us for Division of South Sudan into three nations of (1) Equatoria, (2) Brahi gazal, and (3) Upper- Nile.

In despite of challenges that is threatening our Unity as South Sudanese; "National unity is still attractive". We only need to commit ourselves irregardless of our tribes and regions to defeats these odd policies and practice inspired by tribal, and regional ideologies; of which, is the very ideologies opting us to separate ourselves on tribal or regional lines.

As a Nation, unity should remain our guiding principle, and we must collectively reject the tribal and regional ideologies that seek to divide us. By putting aside our differences and work towards a common goal to overcome the current challenges, and ensure a united South Sudan.

President Salva Kirr and his SPLM regime will one day come to an end, and so are the challenges caused by the odd policies and practices of his leadership that is threatening our Unity.

*By. Gen. John Sunday Martin*

_Date: October 4th, 2025_