Dear General Salva Kiir Mayardit,
I’m writing to you once again, as I did back in 2012, to speak my truth. For years, my focus has been on good governance, justice, and the delivery of essential services to our people. In my last letter, I urged you to listen to those advising you and to be more careful about the people you appoint to serve on your behalf.
Your efforts as President are reflected not just on paper, but in the people’s reactions-and thanks to social media, you can now see those reactions unfiltered. I stopped writing after 2012, not out of disillusionment, but because the ethnic conflicts that followed independence consumed all of us.
Today, I’m writing to express my gratitude for your appointment of your daughter, Adut Salva Kiir Mayardit. This isn’t about her being your daughter; it’s about the hope that she will be your “eye-mirror.” We believe she will tell you the truth, ensuring that real progress happens on the ground and that the rule of law is upheld.
The people of South Sudan are tired of the officials you appoint who only create chaos, enrich themselves, and feed you empty reports. Adut will act as a reality check, a shield against these unsubstantiated lies. This is why our people are celebrating-they see her appointment as the end of the deceitful reports about development, about your government, and about the true feelings of your people.
Your Excellency, Adut’s rise, along with other young women, is a sign that women are becoming true stakeholders in our country’s future. Now is her chance to prove her strength, and I pray she doesn’t fall prey to the “economic sharks” that surround you.
I don’t believe the people are celebrating because she is your daughter. They are celebrating because they see her as your best chance to save a legacy tarnished by war, rampant corruption, and deception. Adut Salva is your mirror, and for that, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Yours sincerely
Emmanuel Monychol Akop
Editor-in-Chief
The Dawn Newspaper
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