Juba, South Sudan
July 17, 2022 — South Sudan Vice President for Economic Cluster Dr. James Wani Igga slammed people framing Machar as someone supporting dredging because he hails from Bentiu and said that they are supporting dredging and they don’t care where they come from.
According to Dr. James Wani Igga, those who are targeting Dr. Riek Machar are diverting attention for no reason.
Wani believes that dredging is an important issue that must be addressed without emotions saying the people of Unity State are drowning and the concerns shouldn’t be left to Machar alone just because he comes from that state.
“We are scared for no reasons comrades. These issues are very important if we don’t say them they will never be said again and I am happy that Dr. Riek is saying it and don’t take his statement because he is coming from Bentiu and it is the people of Bentiu who are drowning, what we saw, no,” Igga said.
According to Dr. James Wani Igga, although he does not come from Unity State, he supports dredging and his decision is based on the welfare of the people and nothing else.
“I am supporting dredging, am I coming from Bentiu? But is because of the welfare of our people, we don’t care you come from which community; facts must be said we should not associate with, and this one is becoming politics. We must rescue the people of Panyijiar, we must rescue the people of Bor and the rest of Jonglei,” he added.
The country’s Information Minister Makuei, who doubles as the official government spokesman, said there is nothing wrong with dredging and urged the experts to present another word that they believe can replace the dredging which he said has become problematic without being correctly understood.
“What are your appropriate words to replace (dredging) because you have stated that you are stopping the (dredging), isn’t? But we are not stopping the dredging,” Makuei said.
