رحيل ألأب ألروحى للحركة ألشعبية ألقأعد صمؤأل آبو جون كبأشى

توفى آمس ألجمعة ألقأئد صمؤأل أبو جون كبأشى, حأكم ولأية غرب أإستوأئية و ألأب ألروحى لمقأتلى ألحركة ألشعبية بمنزله فى يأمبيو عن عمر ينأهض ألثمأنين.
ولد ألرأحل عأم 1932 فى غرب ألإستوأئية حيث تلقى تعليمه, و فى عأم 1952 صأر أول جنوبي يتخرج من ألكلية ألخرطوم ألعسكرؤة. إنخرط ألفقيد فى حركة أنيأ نيأ وضل يقأتل فى صفوفهأ حتى إنعقأد إتفأقية ألسلأم فى أديس آبآ آبآ, ألتى ضمنت حكما ذأتيا للجنوب حيث عمل وزيرا إقليميا.
لم يعرف ألرأحل فى حيأته شئا غير ألنضأل من آجل شعبه. فحين طرحت SPLM/A برنأمجهأ ألقومى عأم 1982, لم يتردد هذأ ألمقأتل ألعظيم فى لب نداء ألخدمة من آجل ألحرية و ألكرأمة, حيث إنخرط فى صفوف SPLM/A و وصل إلىرتبة ألقأئد و لقد كأن انسأنا بسيطأ و أب روحى لمقأتلى ألحركة. بعد ألتوقيع على إتفأقية ألسلم ألشأمل, عمل ألقأعد ألرأحل مستشأرا لرئيس ألحركة وحكومة ألجنوب سلفأ كير ميأرديت.
ألرحمة و ألمغفرة للفقيد.
تعأزينأ آلقلبية لآسرته.

Uncle Samuel Abujohn Kabashi is free at last.

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له المغفره والرحمه ولذويه واسرته حسن العزاء والسلوان

للراحل واسع الرحمه ولاهله صادق العزاء

للفقيد الرحمة..

لأهله وذويه الصبر الجميل وحسن العزاء

العزاء الحار لاسرة الفقيد صمويل ابوجون كباشي ، والعزاء موصول الى
ضباط وضباط صف وجنود الجيش الشعبي لتحرير السودان الذي عمل القائد
الفذ ابوجون في قيادته في غرب الاستوائية ، كما كان يمثل الحكمة
والخبرة في الحركة الشعبية ، رجل بسيط محب لرفاقه ومناضل فذ لم
يعرف الفتور طوال عمره ، لقد فقدت الحركة احد ابطالها الاشاوس
له الرحمة والمغفرة ...

له الرحمة ولاله الصبر وحسن العزاء
العزاء للحركة الشعبية واهل الجنوب

صادق العزاء والمواساة لأسرة الفقيد ورفاقه
ولقيادة الحركة الشعبية وجماهيرها

وانا لله وانا اليه راجعون

Ustaz Emad
Usatza doma
Ustaz abdelaziz
Ustaz Mustafa
Thank you all.

أحر التعازي الى أسرة الزعيم الراحل صمويل أبو جون.

له كل الرجمة والمغفرة.



دينق.

Remembering Maj. Gen. Samuel Abujohn Kabbashi

Saturday 16 February 2008.
By Manasseh Zindo,

February 15, 2008 — DEATH has occurred of Maj. Gen. Samuel Abujohn Kabbashi (80), the governor of Western Equatoria State in Southern Sudan. It’s with deep sorrow that I put down this few words to evoke my epoch with him following the demise of my Governor, Samuel Abujohn, who passed away in Yambio, on Thursday 14th 2008. I first saw him, in March 1993 upon my return from exile in Central Africa Republic, and Samuel Abujohn was the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), High Commander in Yambio, my birth place, now the capital of Western Equatoria State (WES).

Since that first encounter till over three days ago, I interacted with him on several occasions both as a journalist and as a family friend or homeboy, and our relationship went on, considering the fact that he married two of my aunties, both preceded him in death. They were Mama Dina, and Hon. Constance Nako. I can’t say who among them was my favorite, because they were friends of mine who supported me during our days in the bush.

The last time we talked and discussed a number of issues with this great hero, was on Jan 26, 2008 when Anthony Makana, GOSS Minister of Commerce, Trade & Supply who is also our Member of Parliament and I paid him, a courtesy call when he was preparing to leave for South Africa. Below is then Commander Samuel Abujohn (Center), and Catholic Bishop, Joseph Gasi of Tambura-Yambio Diocese plus Commander Jedalla of the SPLA, viewing the remaining of the late Bishop Daniel Zindo, former Acting Primate of ECS in Yambio in 1998, who was also my Dad.

Samuel Abujohn Kabbashi is leaving behind a wealth legacy. He was born to Azande parents around 1927, but he was born a leader and succeeded King Gbudue as the undisputed leader of the Azande people. In his own words, he was the first Southerner (Black Sudanese), to join military college in 1955, and later join the first rebellion (Anya-Nya One) to fight for the rights of South Sudan. He escaped death several times and returned as a government official after the signing of the Addis Ababa Peace Agreement in 1972. In the picture below, Abujohn and I are seen sharing a light moment in Nairobi in 1999.

Samuel Abujohn went on to serve the Government of Sudan in different portfolios and following his retirement from the army in the late 80’s, he made history as the one of the Azande leading figure to join the Sudan Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA), in 1990, which was headed by the late Dr. John Garang de Mabior. Abujohn’s inclusion in the SPLA ranks boosted the movement’s consolidation in Zandeland and then Equatoria Region, now Western Equatoria State along-side other great Equatorians like Maj. Gen James Wani Igga, Today’s Speaker of the National Legislative Assembly in Juba.

Abujohn, was a baptized Anglican, and in one of our talks at his Atarabara Home in Juba, in 2006, he told me that he was a true son of God and confessed that God has been good to him throughout his life, because there has been no day as long as he could recollect that he has doubted on what to eat the next day. In the above picture, H.E Samuel Abujohn is seen greeting Bishop Peter Munde, of ECS Yambio after a Church service in Yambio, in 2001.

Following the signing of the Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement, ending 22 years of the SPLA armed struggle against the regime in Khartoum, with the formation of the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS), Abujohn was appointed as the Adviser to the President of Southern Sudan, on State Affairs, and was the senior GOSS official sent to Kampala, to attend the requiem Mass for Ugandan personnel who were killed alongside Dr. John Garang in a Ugandan Chopper crash, on 30 July 2005, that robbed South Sudan of a man who fought for his people.

In the picture below, Abujohn and I are seen relaxing outside his hotel room in Khartoum, in July 2005, after attending the swearing-in of Dr, John Garang as the First Vice President of the Republic of Sudan and President of the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS).

In August 2006, Abujohn was appointed by the President of GOSS, Salva Kiir Maryadit as the Governor of Western Equatoria State (WES), replacing Col. Patrick Zamoi and he has been the governor of WES until his death on Thursday 14. Feb, 2008. He lived a memorable life among his people, he loved them and has died in their midst. He was a party animal, kind but his eyes would scare you for the rest of your life if you were born a coward and very few would dare to confront him. Following the death of his wife Col. Constance Nako, in May 2007, while he himself was undergoing surgery at Kampala International Hospital, Abujohn was diagnosed with terminal cancer and he has been in and out of the hospital fighting the battle of his life.

He knew that he would not live for long but he soldiered on. When I visited him shortly after being discharged from KIH, as he awaited his travel to South Africa where he was referred, he said: “If they (Doctors) think going to South Africa would make me feel better, why not,” but his South African Doctor, Em Taban told me that if he had been to South Africa, a year ago he would have lived a little bit longer. In the picture below, Abujohn is seen with his late wife, Col. Constance Nako during their happy days together in Yambio, in April 2001.

Uncle Abujohn, as he was commonly known was a friend of mine and I will miss him dearly. Despite our age differences, we always shared light moments together and would discuss any topic with him. During his days in the bush, he would come to Kampala, and would ask me to drive him around and once in a while to Nairobi, the last being in July 2005 before the end of the civil war when I drove him to Nairobi, in his capacity as the Governor of Equatoria Region and we were only three in my car.

His critics accuse him of hanging on to leadership despite his poor health and old age, but I believe his stay in power was worth it. I was among those who received him in critical condition on Saturday Feb 9, 2008, when he was flown from South Africa, to Entebbe Uganda en-route to Yambio, after Doctors there said he be flown home and according to his aids he wanted to die among his people. This time round, we could not talk but little did I knew that I was seeing him for the last time and though the inevitable was going to happen, I did not expect it to happen so soon

My deepest condolence to his two wives, nine children among them my good friends and several grandchildren. We the people of Western Equatoria State have lost a leader in the person of Maj. Gen. Samuel Abujohn Kabbashi. I extend my condolence to the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS), headed by our President, Salva Kiir Mayardit whom I know, is troubled by sad news of Abujohn’s death, his governor for Western Equatoria State and a comrade in the struggle!

Uncle Abujohn was lager than life and we the Azande people will cherish his love for us. Long live his legacy. Love live Western Equatoria State (WES) and Love live Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM)!

May God rest his soul in Peace!

The author is Sudanese Journalist, based in Kampala Uganda. He can be reached at [email protected]

Thanks Deng for the piece. The man was larger then life for he dedicated every bit of it to the cause of his people. A colleague of mind who spoke to the relatives of the late Cdr Abujhon told me, over a phon conversation with him yeaterday, that the great amn passed away peacefully while sorrounded by his children, his grand children and the entire family. He desreves an official burials from the GoSS>
Thanks Zemmerawi

تقبله الله
تعازينا الحارة لأسرته وأصدقائه

Heart felt and condolences
to all our people
and may Lord rests his soul in peace
Jok

للراحل المغفرة والرحمة وانا لله وانا اليه راجعون

للقائد صمويل ابو جون الرحمة، و العزاء لاسرته و للاخوة و الاخوات فى الحركة الشعبية.

احر التعازى لأسرة الفقيد ولقيادة واعضاء الحركة الشعبية.

شكراً يا زكريا


شول اشوانق

الا رحم الله القائد صمؤيل ابو جون كباشى رحمة واسعة بقدر ما اعطى لشعبه... والهم ذويه الصبر و حسن العزاء.
فتاح

للفقيد الرحمة..

لأسرته التعازي
ولرفاقه في الحركة

هل تقوم الحركة بتوثيق تاريخها النضالي؟
أرجو ذلك

الباقر موسى

ابو جون اصبح اليوم فى ذمة التاريخ
عند الله نستودع ياابوى جون خير المؤدين .نبكيك ماسمعنا نضالا
ونبكى مزاهرك الخالدة فى ساحة الحرية لك المغفرة والرحمة.
اكوى

أصدق التعازي لك اخي زكريا جوزيف وللرفاق بالحركه الشعبيه
ولعموم الشعب السوداني في المناضل صموئيل ابو جون كباشي.

وليتقبله الرب بمحبته ومغفرته
ويغفر له بقدر محبته واهتمامه بقضايا شعبه.

صادق عزاءنا فى الفقيد الكبير..

كل العزاء في الفقد الكبير
العزاء موصول لاسرة الراحل العظيم ورفاقه في الحركة الشعبية
ولكل اهل الجنوب والسودان ..

للفقيد الرحمة و المغفرة

و لأله و اصحابه و رفاقه في الحركة الشعبية كامل العزاء

انا لله و انا إليه راجعون

Asatiza
Balla
Jok
Sabri
usataza Nada
Chol
Faisal
Abdelfatah
El Bagir
Akoy
ustaza Tragie
ustaza Amna
Adel
Thorwat
Thank you all for passing by.

احر التعازى لأسرة الفقيد:
كباشي
شارلس
صمؤأل
احسن الله عزاكم وصبركم علي فقدكم الجلل

أحر التعازي لاسرة الفقيد القائد ابوجون ولرفاقه في الحركة الشعبية والرحمة الواسعة له بقدر عطاءه لشعبه و بقدر حب رفاقه له .

تغمد الله فقيدنا المناضل/ صمويل ابي جون بواسع رحمته ، واخلده مع الشهداء،
والهمنا جميعا الصبر الجميل. كما نساله اللهم ان يشدد ازرنا في طريق الكفاح والنضال، فنحن كلنا جند، علي الطريق.

Quote: صادق العزاء والمواساة لأسرة الفقيد ورفاقه ولقيادة الحركة الشعبية وجماهيرها وانا لله وانا اليه راجعون

نسأل الله أن يغفر له ويرحمه

ولأهله وذويه حسن عزاءنا

للراحل واسع الرحمه ولاهله صادق العزاء

إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون
صادق التعازي والمواساة لأسرة الفقيد و معارفه
والتعزية الحارة لاسرة قيادة الحركة الشعبية ضباط و جنود
وكل جماهير الحركة الشعبية
إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون

العزاء الحار لأسرة الفقيد صمويل أبو جون كباشي ، والعزاء موصول إلى كل رفاقه في السلاح وفي الحركة.
نسأل الله له الرحمة ولأهله وأصدقائه وأحبابه حسن الصبر والسلوان.

حار التعازى لكل الحركة الشعبية قيادة وجماهير،وللفقيد الرحمة
ولاسرته الصبر والسلوان،،،

تعازينا الحارة لك يا أخ زكريا و لأسرة الفقيد القائد صمويل أبو جون كباشي .

صادق التعازي لأسرة وأصدقاء الفقيد

التعازي موصولة للسيد/ كباشي صمويل

عبد المنعم عبدال
عبّاس الوسيلة عبّاس
Arabi yakub

محمدين محمد

خالد علي محجوب المنسي
Adil Isaac
علاء الدين صلاح محمد
Haydar Badawi Sadig
صديق الموج
Mohamed Suleiman

محمد أبوالعزائم أبوالريش
Thank you all for passing by.

Sudan Tribune)

General News
17/02/2008 17:04:30
State Funeral and Burial conducted for W. Equatoria Governor

February 16, 2008 (YAMBIO) — The governor of Western Equatoria State, late Samuel Abujohn Kabashi, was laid to rest in Yambio today. He was buried at around 5:30 pm local time at the premises of the Yambio State House, the seat of WES government in Yambio.
Governor Abujohn died on Thursday 14th February 2008 at 8:15 pm local time at his home in Yambio after battling with stomach cancer over the past year.

A full state funeral was conducted before the burial and the state funeral was attended by many GoSS senior dignitaries, WES state officials and NGOs representatives.

The President of Government of Southern Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, attended the ceremony to pay his last respects to the fallen hero. The Sudan’s First Vice President was accompanied to attend the state funeral for late Governor Abujohn by some GoSS ministers among them Luka Biong, Festo Kumba and Daniel Awet.

Salva Kiir Mayardit left to return to Juba soon afterwards. Other honourable member of the Southern Sudan Legislature and Sudan Unity Parliament from Khartoum also attended. Conspicuous from Khartoum Unity Government was the minister of Labour and Administrative Reform, Alison Monani Magaya.

Lt General Abujohn Kabashi, who was from the Azande, was known as the first Southerner to graduate from Sudanese Military College in 1954.

(ST)