Southern Sudanese In Uganda To Skip Referendum Registration

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South Sudanese living in Uganda have rejected participation in the referendum vote registration exercise that commenced today.

The community says the process has been flawed following allegations that the North-based Sudanese government was illegally issuing Sudan national identity cards to non-Sudanese in a bid to manipulate the vote.

The South Sudanese held a meeting in the Ugandan capital Kampala where committees were formed to visit all towns and districts inhabited by South Sudanese nationals to spread the ‘No participation in referendum exercise in Uganda‘ message.

A South Sudanese in Uganda Mou Magok said that that various South Sudanese student union leaders are holding radio talk shows at all the local FM stations in Arua town to enlighten the community on the dubious plot being undertaken by the National Congress Party (NCP).

“Our chairperson of the South Sudanese community civil organization in Uganda Mr Oyed Lotang and his team are currently informing all South Sudanese living in Arua of West Nile, Uganda that they should not go for registration on Monday November 15,2010”, he said.

“There are allegations that the Sudan Government through the NCP has distributed Sudanese national identity cards to non-Sudanese in Uganda so that they can be legible to go and register as South Sudanese nationals for the vote”, said Magok.
“Therefore, we the South Sudanese communities have decided to go home and register our names and vote in Sudan or keep off the registration exercise and not vote on January 9, 2011 “,he affirmed.

The issue of legibility of voters in Uganda is tricky given the fact that there are tribes that share the same names, culture, norms and languages with the South Sudanese tribes like the Nubi, Acholi, Madi and Kakwa.

The registration of South Sudanese in the Diaspora is being handled by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and reports have it that it has already commenced registration exercise before its official launch in Arua Primary School.

At a meeting held in Kamure Park Hotel in Arua town, the South Sudanese community has strongly opposed the involvement of IOM in the registration exercise, accusing it of lacking transparency.

The community has planned a peaceful demonstration in Arua town and all over Uganda to raise their concerns over the referendum voter registration.

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