Leadership Crisis in the Nuer Community (part two)

November 11, 2007 - It's quite refreshing and most fulfilling, to know that I am not the only one in the Nuer nation who sees the state of affairs of the leadership crisis in the Nuer community. Some very many other Nuer see it, too. Today, there's no longer the need to wonder out loud, on where the Nuer majority stands on issues of the identity theft that's being committed against them by a few cowards and boot- lickers.

I must confess, that I was caught of guard by the enormous amount of support I have received, in response to the article I authored a couple of weeks ago, in South Sudan Nation and elsewhere, entitled: " Leadership crisis in the Nuer community." Now, I am here to say that am in absolute agreement with the voices of wisdom who suggested that, the key to resolve these crisis is for all of the Nuer people to make a decision that's right, no matter what everyone else thinks, and that's to reclaim our rightful place in South Sudan, as a people who use to have everyone's admiration, for our values, bravery, dignity, integrity and honesty.

To be able to lead doesn't come naturally, and it's not everyone who can be a leader. Certainly, there some leaders in the Nuer nation, but who chronically elected to allow themselves to be a silent majority, about the acts of evilness being committed by a few cowards and pro Jallaba traders. These preposterous behaviors of the Jallaba boys Reik Gai Kok and the so-called professor of betrayal, David de Chand, are new to the Nuer culture, and must eradicated as swiftly and expeditiously as possible. The word trader is no where to be found in Nuer language.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said: " He who passively accepts evil, is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it, is really cooperating with it. " He went on to say that: " The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in time of conflict. I am proud to call him hero.

Like every other son, my father was my hero and a roll model. Late Kuth Dak Mut was a sub-chief for our client (Cieng Man-Wang), in Nasir area. Dad spent an enormous amount of hours in community service, with hardly any compensations, that my mom nick-named me ( Kuarbang), meaning that my dad basically worked for free, but he did so with such pride and willingness. He lead by example and he dreaded gifts of any kind. His farm was larger than most in our village. He never had to chase down any one to pay their annual taxes. Everyone brought them in on their own, and he was one of the first chiefs to turn in their taxes to the local government in Nasir, and that's the only time he got paid. Our community rewarded my dad with the respect they had for him and his children. When a conflict that could bloody were about to erupt, all he had to do was to show up and stand in the middle, and in an instant everybody was out of there. And when my siblings and I ran into someone in the village, we were greeted with the words such as:" Gaat-Kuar" or chief's children. And when a total stranger drops by our house, we knew that we were going to eat some meat, which was so sacred in those days. Hence, I am not by any mean, shape or form, trying to suggest that my dad was one of a kind, but rather to illustrate an important point, and that's values, dignity, integrity and honesty are deeply rooted in the Nuer culture, and must not be forsaken.

For me, I could only wish I had those qualities.

Luke Kuth Dak is a former anchorman at radio Juba. You can reach me at: