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I openly and firmly reject any movement, decision, or agenda by SPLM-IO leadership or by our elders that results in the destruction of the Lou Nuer community. There is no justification. There is no excuse. There is no honor in it.
Let this be stated without confusion or manipulation of words:
Lou Nuer land does not belong to IO.
It does not belong to any commander, politician, or armed movement.
Lou Nuer land belongs to the community, to civilians, to future generations, and to the Republic of South Sudan.
We are citizens of this nation like any other South Sudanese. Our blood is not cheaper. Our lives are not bargaining tools. We have equal rights to live in peace, to protect our land, and to reject wars that consume our own people. No leader has the moral or legal authority to sacrifice civilians for personal or political ambition.
Bentiu is silent.
Bentiu, the home of the SPLM-IO Chairman, is silent.
Magwi, the home of the SPLM-IO Deputy Chairman, is silent.
So why is it only the Lou Nuer, who hold no senior positions in SPLM-IO leadership, who are paying the highest price?
Those making decisions are not here. Their families are safe in East African countries. They do not hear gunfire at night. They do not bury children, mothers, and elders. They do not live with fear as a daily companion. Yet they issue decisions that turn our villages into graves.
How can you claim leadership when you are leading no one into safety?
How can you call it a struggle when civilians are the only casualties?
How can you speak of liberation while your own people are being erased?
Silence does not mean consent.
The pain is loud.
The graves are louder.
The suffering of innocent civilians speaks louder than any political speech, press statement, or justification.
Any struggle that destroys its own community has already failed. History does not forgive leaders who trade their people’s lives for power. You cannot liberate a land by emptying it of its people.
As a son of the Lou Nuer, I stand with civilians.
I stand with life.
I stand with dignity.
My deepest condolences go to the innocent families who lost their loved ones during this Christmas season. Your pain is not forgotten. Your voices matter. Your lives matter.
Enough is enough.

It is always painful to watch community elders pursue personal political interests while forgetting a fundamental truth: without civilians, there is no leadership.
Leadership is not granted by titles, uniforms, or guns. It is earned from the people. And today, the people are the ones bleeding.
Many of us sacrifice everything to protect our families, preserve their dignity, and secure their future. We work tirelessly to educate our children, sending them to the best schools and universities across East Africa.
So I ask: why is that same commitment not used to protect innocent civilians who cannot even afford to build a simple tukul?
Someone must answer this honestly: what is the real reason for the fighting in Lou Nuer areas?
If this war is truly about the SPLM-IO movement, why is Bentiu, the home of the SPLM-IO Chairman, silent?
Why is Magwi, the home of the SPLM-IO Deputy Chairman, untouched?
What exactly are SPLM-IO generals looking for in Lou Nuer land?
Do they understand that it is innocent civilians who are paying the price for their ambitions?
Or have ordinary lives become expendable in political calculations?
Let us speak with facts, not emotions.
From 2013 to 2015, after the peace agreement, not a single Lou Nuer son was recognized by the SPLM-IO Chairman.
From 2018 to 2024, the same pattern continued.
Again, not a single Lou Nuer general was recognized.
Unity State, the home of the SPLM-IO Chairman, holds two Vice Presidents.
So I ask plainly: what does Lou Nuer have?
After the destruction of innocent civilians, which position do you believe will be given to Lou Nuer?
What political reward has ever followed the sacrifice of our people?
Today, all major appointments are made by H.E. President Salva Kiir Mayardit, yet the movement continues to call itself “IO.”
If the Chairman reports to the same President, what change are you truly fighting for?
History is watching.
The world is watching.
And the blood of civilians is asking questions that politics cannot silence.
Leadership that forgets its people eventually loses its legitimacy.
Protect civilians first. Without them, there is no cause, no movement, and no future.
I stand in solidarity with innocent civilians in laken Nyirol county 🙏
My prayers are with the innocent civilians