President Kiir Must Acknowledge the Map of Failure

On the Failed Leadership of President Salva Kiir and the Lost Decade of South Sudan

Date: 10 June 2025
From: Office of the Press Secretary
To: Citizens of South Sudan, Regional Partners, and the International Community

President Kiir Must Acknowledge the Map of Failure

The South Sudan Federal Democratic Alliance (SSFDA) calls upon President Salva Kiir Mayardit to publicly address the reality reflected not only in maps, statistics, and satellite images, but in the lived suffering of our people. What the world sees is not merely borders—it is a legacy of abandonment, stagnation, and regression under his leadership.

Since independence in 2011, President Kiir has clung to power as the self-anointed "father of the nation." But fathers build. They protect. They teach. Instead, President Kiir’s regime has produced no lasting infrastructure, no functional health system, and no national education strategy. South Sudan has become a nation where:

• More than two-thirds of the population is displaced, malnourished, or in need of aid.

• Less than 300 kilometers of sealed road exist in a country larger than France.

• Children are growing up unable to read or write, under a literacy rate among the lowest on earth.

Extravagance in the Midst of Collapse

Rather than building hospitals or roads, the regime has focused on vanity projects:

• Presidential walkways draped in flag-colored carpets.

• Imported French furniture to mimic the decadence of Versailles.

• Hundreds of millions spent on loyalty schemes, bribery, and surveillance networks.

These are not the markers of leadership. They are the emblems of decay.

No Poor Nations—Only Poor Resource Management

South Sudan is not a poor country. We are rich in land, water, oil, minerals, and resilient people. What we lack is responsible governance and a leadership that puts nation before self.

President Kiir’s tenure will be remembered in textbooks—not as a chapter of triumph, but as a case study in how to squander national potential. A warning to future generations of what happens when personal power becomes more important than public service.

To President Kiir:

You are the cork in the bottle. The obstacle between a suffering people and their rightful future. Your refusal to lead with vision, humility, and accountability has robbed a generation of peace and promise.

We are not waiting for your response.
We are mobilizing to build a federal, democratic South Sudan where governance is a public duty—not a private business.

To the People of South Sudan and the Region:

The time is now. We urge all citizens, neighbors, and friends of South Sudan to reflect not on the regime’s rhetoric, but on its record. Let this decade of disaster end. Let the next chapter be written by those who believe in education over exile, dignity over division, and institutions over individuals.

We will not let silence bury the dead or protect the killers.
Federal. Free. Fearless. For South Sudan.
#SSFDA #KalasKiir