Kiir’s ‘Banana’ Republic of South Sudan

Quote: Looking back to the one year of total independence, the majority of the citizens of the newest nation see no exhilaration to celebrate a hollow ceremony. Painfully, they’ve become less assured of the prosperity that they had rightly hoped would come with independence for which they made tremendous sacrifice. Kiir’s legacy as leader of the new nation will be remembered for the calamity he has effectuated that includes massive corruption blatantly perpetuated by top SPLM/A leaders. Tragically, after eight years in power, "with his hands still tied," Kiir has abysmally failed to persecute not a single suspect despite personally being cognizant of more than 75 'thieves.' This blame is equally shared by a utterly compromised parliament which can’t pass the needed legislation that would expedite the arrest and prosecution of the 4-billion-dollar thieves. Typical of failed banana republics, our attenuated parliamentarians pay more allegiance to president Kiir personally than to the nation