06/12/2026
Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters of South Sudan,
As we approach the 2026 elections, we are once again hearing the same promises. We are told that roads will be built, schools will rise, hospitals will be improved, and that peace will finally come to our land. We are told there will be no more war, no more killing, no more raids, and no more corruption.
But we must ask ourselves: how many times have we heard these same words?
For years, the same parties, the same leaders, and the same systems have stood before the people of South Sudan making these promises. Yet after elections pass, nothing changes. The suffering continues. The division deepens. The corruption grows stronger.
The SPLA, the SPLA-IO, and other powerful groups have spent years fighting, not for the people, but for power. One side defends its tribe, the other defends its own, and in the middle, ordinary South Sudanese citizens continue to suffer. Our people are caught between leaders who protect their clans while the nation itself is left behind.
South Sudan is home to 64 tribes. Sixty-four families. Sixty-four identities that should come together as one nation. Instead, we are divided, manipulated, and silenced.
In some places, people are forced to support leaders out of fear. In some places, a vote is not a choice but a demand made at gunpoint. This is not democracy. This is not freedom.
And yet, despite all of this, we are not here to spread hate. We are here to speak truth and demand change.
As South Sudanese, we want peace. Real peace. Not words spoken during campaigns, but peace that lives in our streets, in our homes, and in our hearts.
We want honesty. We want integrity. We want leaders who serve the people, not themselves.
We want to walk down the road and greet each other without fear. We want to see each other not as tribes, but as brothers and sisters. We want social media to be a place of unity, not division. We want our children to grow up in a country where they are safe, educated, and proud.
South Sudan belongs to all of us, not just a few.
This election must not be another cycle of empty promises. It must be a turning point. A moment where the people stand together and say: enough is enough.
We refuse corruption.
We refuse division.
We refuse violence.
We choose peace.
We choose unity.
We choose a future where every South Sudanese matters.
Let us remember: before tribes, before politics, before power we are one people.
Let us stand together as one nation.
Thank you.
Kur Jr Lual
SSANS64 Radio
