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June 1, 2009 (JUBA) — Major General James Hoth Mai is appointed the SPLA’s new Chief of Staff replacing Oyai Deng Ajak.

Ajak has been appointed as minister of regional cooperation, in a ministerial reshuffle announced yesterday.

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  • 1 June 2009 22:38, by Nile

    I still didn’t understand why the former chief of staff was removed from his post

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    • 1 June 2009 23:18, by Deng D

      Congratulations to new appointees and also to those who are removed from their positions but not yet assigned to new jobs or positions. I think they have done great job during their administrations.

      However, I want to ask my friend who asked the above question.

      Did you understand why other ministers, for example Minister of Finance and Economic, were removed from their position? The Government decided to remove them from their positions and asigned them to another possions is fine. I hope you understand the Government functions. Thanks
      Deng D.

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    • 1 June 2009 23:26, by Lual

      This good news because old policy of Dr. John Garang is dead with him. Nuer against Nuer that is no longer the case. The CPA. is in eminent danger of collapse, the question is who is going to declare the charge without knowing how many fighters will follow him. However, if you do declare a charge, more men are likely to do what you say or charge. If during the movement phase it turns out that less than ten fighters will do as the charging command wishes, he has the option of calling off the charge, having realized that it will be hopeless, and waiting for a better turn. Once he has done this, the figures who did follow him count as “commanded” and may not move this turn. It is up to the Nuer fighters to follow General Gathoth Mai or leave him a lone. Because it is a fights for independent of South Sudan not misleding word new Sudan the fighter will definitely?follow General Gathoth Mai.

      Lualdit

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      • 2 June 2009 00:11, by samuel nyok kuat kur

        Lualdit or Lualthi or whatever you are.

        you are so stupid person, i don’t know why you usually attack the family of former leader of splm/a?

        Do you think that is funny to use this language against our beloved hero Dr. John Garang and his beloved family?

        You are a caw rd person, if you are a man why didn’t you reveal it since Dr. John was alive?

        I advice you not to attack them again, you caw rd.
        see you caw rd guy

        I’m not like you, i love my country so that i love Dr. John Garang and his name will always be in mind for ever, because he did unbelievable job to the south, i don’t mind if he killed my father or my brother that it is the consequences of the war zone.

        what i know he kept the movement alive, if he didn’t do that the movement should collapse.

        bye

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      • 2 June 2009 05:11, by Malakal

        Lual

        You are absurd, if your father, who is a raider, and your uncles who are raiders as well, taught you about John Garang de Mabiors’s vision then they may have taught you wrong. John Garang was a superb intellect, who people like you, and your likes could barely comprehended.

        Gen. Hoth and Deng are like terms; they were great jungle commandos and loyalists to the SPLM/A which Garang led until he died in 2005, and that is why none of these great Southern sudan sons has never attempted to abandon The Movement until today. I have a privilege to mention that they were cooperators and mutual partners of Garang’s vision, whatever that vision was. In your argument it was "New Sudan", which is fine with any typical primitive like yourself. Primitives take words for granted, but intellects studied words and scrutinized them for logical clues in order to generate an idea being tossed around. The ideal that Garang was tossing around is indeed fighting for "New Sudan.The language; New Sudan sit well with the international communities who maybe higher edudcated and more civilized than us in South Sudan. New Sudan; egulfed not only the Western, Northern, and Eastern Sudanese, who Omer Bashir and his regimes were mistreating, but also your Nuer group who are the cancer which thwarts any progress in the South.

        I am separatist myself, and just because Garang used the model "New Sudan" I can not conclude that he neglect the course of which he helped created the movement to liberate the Southern Sudanese. He had to be skillful at his work like any other professional, and by using New Sudan as his model, he makes his case more effective.

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        • 3 June 2009 15:29, by kuur Deng

          Hey Lual, there are still some culprit that didn’t understand late Dr.Garang vision,yet it was a tactics to reduce the south Sudanese enemies by calling Nuba and Blue Nile plus other marginalized people in Sudan as he experience in Anya-anya one movemenmt so those guys need to be told because they stll abusing him even if he is dead. It is not in African tradition to abuse the dead people otherwise is like a cast.

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    • 1 June 2009 23:28, by Jok Biong

      Both James Hoth and Deng Ajak are strong leaders in SPLA, so no matter to where they are posted.They’ll do the good job wherever they are.

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    • 2 June 2009 00:31, by Kim Deng

      Nile,

      Only Mr. President of the GoSS Salva Kiir Mayardit and Lt. Gen. Paulino Matip know the reason behind the removable of Lt. General Oyie Deng Ajak and gave a wrong post to him.
      I don’t see any difference between James Gathoth Mai and Oyie Deng Ajak since they both still believe in "New Sudan" vision which was imposed on them (Unionists) by Garang in 1980s.

      Why Lt. General Paulino Matip Nhial refused to follow his medical care in the USA? Because something was fishy in Juba.

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  • 2 June 2009 01:08, by Freedom Fighter

    This is the best appointment ever made by Salva Kiir. Cdr.James Hoth Mai has a good military background, nationalist, and well oriented politically. During those difficult days in July 1992, Cdr. James Hoth luanched an offensive to Juba, and he was able to force control on Juba airport, Kobri Juba (Juba bridge), enemy army headquarter in Juba where hundreds of enemy soldiers were slaughter. Hoth has never screwed up even when his kin men along with Dr. Riek Machar screwed up from 1991 - 2001, Hoth remained committed to the cause of freedom. In December 1997, I met him in a foreign country which he was visiting along with Dr. garang and I asked him this questiona; What SPLA/M wants to achieve by allaying with NDA, how much worthy is the alliance, and how much trust do you have in the NDA (National Democratic Alliance) forces in Eastern Sudan?.. His answer was overwhemingly convincing. Congratulation !!

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    • 2 June 2009 01:34, by Lual

      Yes, samuel nyok kuat kur. You ask why I didn’t reveal it since Dr. John was alive. Man I am not studpid as you mention. Why I reveal myself to a killer; Samuel I knew Garang is a dry idiotic murder of good people, oppression of human beings is why he lost his life in repulsive, and horrible horriblr horrible death. I try very hard though to get him, but god hurry before I and Ngundeng executed the plan.

      Lualdit

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      • 2 June 2009 06:00, by samuel nyok kuat kur

        absolutely, he(Garang) had to do that brother Lual for the sake of freedom as you will enjoy it in future. Now i could call you my brother, you seemed a little bit positive person. When i said you are stupid not because you are really stupid, but because you behave like any somebody on street who doesn’t know the logic of civilized moral.

        Brother, the life content lots of differences, but they should meet in value things, for example, we should have different ideas about the certain issues, but we have to agree at value issues like caring our nations from the darkness to the light. Therefore, we have to respect our descendant nations ’ future if we valued ourselves, nevertheless, we should not abuse our fallen heroes, if we want to oppose them, we should oppose them when they were alive, that should make scene for every one who see the truth in reality.

        Brother i don’t want to convince you to like Dr. John Garang the hero, but i want you to respect your argument, because Dr. John is not alive now.

        I appreciate everyone in south Sudan who took the arm to fight the dark even he doesn’t like me, liberated our country from the dark.

        I could ask you, who is a good person for ever? I thing nobody except every somebody could appreciate his is a best, but he is not the best at the people eyes.

        So that should not blame someone for doing some errors, and denying his good things in his life, that what i could call it a short sight, and this short sight doesn’t see the future, he always sees what happen to him or happen to his relatives.

        I see if some one did something for a reason, i could forgive him, Such as Dr. Garang did what you doesn’t like to keep your movement in order.

        see you laer

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  • 2 June 2009 03:40, by Henry Makuei

    Congratulations to the SPLA to get a new appointed chief of general staff. however my friends reactions to Kiir’s decision of replacing Oyai tells me that even the younger generation in south Sudan have a divisive ideas which is very much disappointing.
    We are all southern Sudanese people who wish to serve the same interest and i don’t see the problems in replacing Oyai i know he will serve in the new position faithfully as he did since the starting of the movement but my brothers took it as par their understanding depending on the background that they came from which is not the right way of approaching national issues. myophic outlook of issues is dangerous than the common enemy (Arab)we have in Sudan this is what keep us back for 53 years without achieving our objectives. please fellow countrymen act like educated gentlement put aside your differencies and you will deserve to be called an Hero like those of Oyei and Hoth.
    some people took advices from their tribes as worthy forgeting other communities importance please eliminate that. it is like this say, ’he who eat his mother’s foot thinks his mother is the best cook’ which is not true try to share your ideas with others faithfully and you will see the importance of it.
    I therefore wish the SPLA/M top officers the best in their new positions. God bless them.

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    • 2 June 2009 04:42, by Magos

      Well done Mr President Kiir,You have showed the way of Democratic ,we want to learn through Reshuffling with in Southern Government, we were been in the army all of us.So major James H is one of the SPLM /A heros,I know him ,we are all southern Sudanese people with out tribism , let we shared the fruits of our country. I reckon he will serve the nation.I have no uncertainty about Cdr James,He has been with us for several years serving our moment within the SPLM/A.Gen Oyai has been with us for many years servied SPLA/M however he should serves other minster within government, we don’t have prominent position in Southern Souuthren government. In fact the SPLM/ A government has really indicated the work with fairnes and Justice.I really encouraged you mr president Kiir to follow that system of Democratic ,fairnes ,justice and equality in our country and God bles you.

      Cheers

      Magos

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      • 2 June 2009 09:33, by william wol

        Bravo! Bravo!! Mr.President Salva Kiir Mayardit, what a good move? I thought you were not obsreving your staff because Mathok Geng had been misbehaving since he gave up himself to SPLA/M 1997. Check once more and remove all those who are intenting to enslave southerners again. We are tired of NCP let him joint Lam Akol Aleu ayeny instead of making him your advisor otherwise, he will derail you from the vision. take care!

        Thanks

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        • 2 June 2009 12:46, by Machokakol

          Well our desires are never fulfils even though we stand firm in support of new leaders.

          Let we hear real change in all ten state and remember what will happen if we are taking armies position in such eroded moment. I will be more than happy if Mr James could mend all those little things that come out of our windows. These little things were like soldiers who rode and shoot civilian without further investigation in Akop of Tonj North.

          In addition, let be clear of presenting a solid message rather than mixing the goods and the bad. Likewise if we are congratulating our future leaders, we don’t have to mention some one who had fought for the right of our citizens. Else I would ask, can one any brief me with clear knowledge of what brought Aleu Ayeny into this forum. If not let conga’s Mr James for his position

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  • 2 June 2009 10:47, by actiongatkuothgat

    daer major general James Hoth Mai,

    congratulation gat Ram mi Raan.

    Action gatkuoth Gat.

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  • 3 June 2009 15:16, by kuur Deng

    Hey guys,
    It is absolutely acceptable for all everybody to understand that in evry g’vt there should be reshufling for the smoth running of good governance amd that is simple because president need to test the capability of individual leadership not crictism.
    I think Gen. Hoth is another strong finger during the movement and he had to deserve credit in this movement not because the president is against Nuer.

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    • 20 June 2009 10:48, by Delta1

      Dear colleagues!

      Let all have a common goals, whereby all of us should work for the betterment of our country, rather, being so obsessed with getting to the next check point, I would urges some colleagues who are using direct insults not advices, please! can you polish your language next time, because I believe this is not the way you are even talking within your own families, when someone express his/her ideas and you attack him/her directly it sound so owesomes...let see those who are appointed, and i hope they will have a lesson learnt from the past.Otherise be blessed.
      Happy World Refugees Day!!!!!!!!
      Dekur

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