S. Sudan’s Kiir to deploy troops to “fight” hunger and COVID-19
South Sudan President, Salva Kiir Mayardit, and his bodyguard, getty image…
May 16, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir Mayardit said on Friday that members of South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF) will be deployed to fight hunger and the novel coronavirus.
The South Sudanese leader made the remark during a televised address on Friday as the country marks the 37th anniversary of the SPLM/SPLA, a rebel movement and the now ruling party in the world’s youngest nation.
“We must end for once the annual threat of famine and hunger in South Sudan and give the World Food Program (WFP) and organizations alike a break. We must begin to take responsibility for feeding our people from our land,” said Salva Kiir.
“We have no excuse to allow the world to feed our people indefinitely. The time has come now to end this and to use our military for peacetime purposes such as food production and road construction. I want the Ministry of Agriculture to activate the agriculture master plan and make food security a reality and collaborate with the Ministry of Defense on this initiative,” added Kiir.
He underlined that the nation’s ability to achieving food security would depend on ending all forms of violence including communal and political clashes.
“Enough is enough, the peace we must pursue at all costs and to silence all the guns as this is the demand of our people, the order of the African Union and the world,” Kiir said.
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