S.Sudan: President Kiir Fires Long Serving Security Boss Gen Akol Accused Of Funding The Endless Conflict

S.Sudan: President Kiir Fires Long Serving Security Boss Gen Akol Accused Of Funding The Endless Conflict

Posted on 4 October 2024 0
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By Spy Uganda Correspondent

Following Spy Uganda’s numerous reports about Gen.Akol Koor’s heinous acts, South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has dismissed the country’s long-serving intelligence chief, replacing him with a close ally, state broadcaster SSBC reported, citing a presidential decree.

The dismissal of Akol Koor Kuc, who had headed the controversial internal security bureau of the National Security Service (NSS) since the country’s independence from Sudan in 2011, came weeks after the transitional government announced yet another election delay.

Last month Kiir’s office announced an extension of the transitional period by two years and postponed elections for a second time following a delay in 2022, drawing criticism from the United States and other international guarantors of the country’s peace process.

Rights groups including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have long warned that the secretive NSS commands excessive power in the country, operating with impunity against civil society and activists who challenge the government.

Analsyts say the decision to sack the intelligence chief, announced late on Wednesday, reflects a power struggle at the highest levels of the government.

“There’s been a lot of reckoning in terms of what to do with Akol Koor. The president doesn’t want very rapid decisions to cause a problem with national security,” policy and security analyst Boboya James said.

“Now, with the extension of the peace agreement, he would want to consolidate power by beginning to bring loyalists” into government, James said.

The new intelligence chief, Akec Tong Aleu, is a close ally of Kiir.

S.Sudan ended five years of civil war in 2018 but it is said that disagreements between Kiir, his deputy Riek Machar and other top Generals including Akol have been major obstacles to completing the peace process and that even the postponement of the December polls is a game that has perfectly been played by these generals spearheaded by Gen Akol who think that if polls are conducted, the country will be stable and their looting will then be ended.

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