19/04/2026
A response to the article of brother Khamis Peter
Thanks for your views, let me chip in as a daughter who’s mother is Bari and I grow up in Juba and I have moved around in almost 90% of lands of Bari, and majorities of areas I know them by heart.
For the first time, I have to agree with an order from the Central Equatoria state government.
Until now,Juba is still a temporary capital. The capital is Ramcial.
First of all, regardless of all the names it’s still Bari lands” Kak Na Bari” or Kak na Jubek. Juba consists o villages of many clans of Bari.
Juba was not established by Arab to begin with, the first foreigners who came to Juba were Greek, they were business people and some were missionaries, they were in good terms with the indigenous Bari people, they were able to build many businesses and houses, even the old Juba market was built by Greek, the old Juba hotel was built by Greek, Cinema Juba which now it’s turned to Church called Emmanuel Jieng, it was build by Greek businessman his name Anton, this cinema was built in 1940s,) that’s before Juba became the capital of Equatoria region, the Juba was declared a capital between 1926-1927. Then , he first survey studied started in 1936 and finished in 1938. Because the capital was in Rajaf before it was moved to Juba.
1- Jabel Iraq( original name is Geri Mountain, the name of Iraq came when one of Iraqi 's pilot was capture alive. there when his plane was shot down during the war. That did not change the original name.
2- Suk Darfur, it’s recent because the majori of shops there are from Darfur. But this name also is not on lands record.
3- Suk Libya in Munuki( the entire place is called Munuki and the meaning of Munuki is a giant snake, because this village used to have big snakes), those are all new name it was not there before it’s all of recent after 2005
4- Libas Mafi itis small market, it’s original name is Bour lo Tömé means elephant stomach. It used to have a local market where local alc