Written by: Isaac Musa Kuku
Date: 11-11-2007

Subject: the future of the South Kordofan State/ Nuba Mountains

You’re Excellency: Daniel Kodi Deputy Governor and SPLM/A leader in South Kordofan State/ Nuba Mountains
You’re Excellency: Ismail Khamis Jalab the former Governor of the state, the state minister at the Ministry of the Interior and the SPLM/A leader
Honourable state ministers leaders of the SPLM/A and comrades.
 
It gives me great comfort and honour to salute and congratulate you for the efforts you are making constantly in setting up some of the key issues, which aim is to change the course that our people are facing up today, as the political climate deteriorates day by day in our great country Sudan.

In that regards, our gratitude’s and praise goes first to our martyrs: Yousif Kuwa Maki, Mohammed Juma Nail and Dr John Garang De Mabior, for their courage, heroic and historic struggle which outlined and defined the root cause of the conflict in Sudan.

Your Excellency: Daniel Kodi and ministers of the state, allow me first to express my gratitude and thanks in advance for your humbleness and time spent to read this letter. Your Excellency, I have written this letter in response to the recent Workshop/conference, which took place in Kauda between the first and 9 November 2007. As I am aware, it has been said that some of the fundamental questions and core issues were raised and widely discussed in that Workshop including the identity of the Nuba Mountains if the South Sudan secedes in their referendum of 2011.

As we all know that, specially you as leaders, that our people were the only ones and still the only ones who have always embraced from the very beginning the vision and the objectives of the Sudan People liberation Movement for liberation and unity of the Sudan as they were told so. It was because of their strong belief and confidence in vision of New Sudan that let them fought and died for it without questioning or asking anyone for more clarification.

And now as the reality of the current political situation in Sudan tells us something else, things seems to have been taken a different shape from the one which was already anticipated by many Nuba people and the people of the new Sudan. Beside since the signing of the CPA as you know it very well some of the Nuba people if not the majority have expressed less satisfaction about the comprehensive peace agreement which was signed in Kenyia.

It is true that we shouldn’t agree with Mr Telephone Kuku in his ideas and I strongly oppose him also, but I have realised and found that in my own survey which I did here in Europe among some Nuba people asking them about the CPA and the outcomes, I have noticed that there is an average of four out of five who think that Nuba people are left behind with no borders to end with, especially if South Sudan decides to be in its own.

I have found also many of them in one way or another conceive the same ideas as Telephone Kuku, and have got many questions need to be answered as no official has shown up to explain it very well to them which is something they also keep complain about, very much too. And I think the reason that led you also hold such a workshop which was behind closed door as they said in order to discuss these issues, it could be one of the reasons that can show you too as leaders are worried and not happy about the future of the region in spite of CPA.

Therefore, I have written you this letter to suggest and comment on the following issues, hoping they are to be taken into consideration.

• Firstly, although it is too late as others are saying for Nuba people to find an alternative solution in the present and coming political situation, it was a good initiative to be led by Neroun Philip the minister of education. We hope this to be continuing and see some real momentum future strategy for the plight of our people.

• Secondly, in my reading to the outcomes of the Workshop, some of the issues were likely to be already and very quick decided by you in the workshop. Having said that Nuba people should keep all option open in case the South Sudan secedes; it is very delicate decision and fragile one. And still it doesn’t answer the question that people bear in minds.  We need to be more specific or more objective in this kind of issues because it is our right and SPLM support that too. So that we can be able to identify our destiny and work towards one goal and one vision, rather than working towards multiple and common choices which may end up with us somewhere. In addition to that in my own point of view I strongly think that the issue of the Nuba identity after the secession of South Sudan, it shouldn’t be the choice of few people on behalf of thousands. It should include everyone and it should only be left to the people to decide and not by the politicians alone or by anyone else. Because if some are already saying the Nuba politicians have failed to quarantine the future for their own people, let us than make this point clear this time to everyone and call for  the general participation in this issue. So that we can’t be blame one day.

• Thirdly, if we want to unite ourselves and make our vision as SPLM very attractive to any single Nuba, we should spend time as politicians to talk to our people and be clear with any aspects of the current politics. In addition to that we should have the courage to meet our people and organise conferences to explain them very well the CPA protocols that we think and believe is a benefit for us all.

• Finally, I strongly urge you as our SPLM leaders to call for  the general Nuba Nuba conference or dialogue including all other political parties and non SPLM bodies whereby people can together than discuss deeply and decide firmly with confidence on their future. We need to know that, it is more about ourselves that any believe.

Thanks
Isaac Musa Kuku
Email: isaackoko@hotmail.com

N.B :( The ideas and suggestions written in this letter doesn’t necessarily represent anyone view)

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