(15.08.2009 00:00)

JUBA (5th Nov.)-the Minister of Internal Affairs in the Government of Southern Sudan Gier Chuang said the Southern Sudan Police are lacking skills.
Gier released these remarks in the previous week while addressing the media and diplomats in the State House Juba. He said there are a lot that wanted to be done in the department of the police.

Gier said some of the police did not know any other language apart from their mother tongue. Pointing out that, this is one big problem in the Government of Southern Sudan in which the Ministry of Internal Affairs is looking further to address.  
He stipulated that, recruitment of the police needed to be started with at least people who have finished senior three. In many occasion the police are been accused of torturing the innocent civilians.

They are accused of corruption. They were said to have been collecting money from taxi drivers. One time they were accused of stopping an ambassador just because of raising his vehicle’s flag.
The police are also in many times been accused of harassing people on the way especially the traffic police. Gier said these are serious matters that the Ministry of Internal Affairs in conjunction with the government of Southern Sudan is seeing forward to rectify.

The police are meant to maintain law and order however, it is ironical that the services that are rendering to the country especially in Southern Sudan does not portray their responsibilities and image.
Likewise the army who are also suppose to protect the innocent civilians does opposite things not far from the un-expected manners of the police. The army in many occasions are also been accused of raping, defilement, among other ironical behaviors.   

According to my own opinion, I would like to suggest that, the current police force should be taken to class to be taught on how law should be implemented in the society. They should be taken to class to learn on what law is all about.

These class learning should involve all the army and the police. However, they should be taught in different classes. This is very important because learning in class can improve their displine.

The first time I travelled to Khartoum this year in August, I was amazed as police in Khartoum portrays characters different from the Southern Sudan police. One of my colleagues was then bitten at night by un-known group of gangsters after escorting his sisters on the way.

He was bitten on due course of coming back to the hotel. He was rescued by some Khartoum policemen on his way after been bitten at almost 8:00pm. These policemen after bringing him to the hotel, we took our colleague up to police station, hospital and back to the police station to write statement.
This took us from 8:00pm till midnight. These police men escorted us back to our hotel at that hour of the night. The battering question in my mind was that, how much would these policemen demand following all these services they have provided us?

I decided to ask one of my colleagues in the following morning who was initially staying in Khartoum but of that time working in Juba; why are these police men yesterday simplifying them selves to a lesser extend than us”? One thing is that, they are taught on how to administer their services to the society”, he said.

Comparing and contrasting Southern Sudan police and Sudan police, I then said there is need for the First Vice President of the Sudan and the president of the Government of Southern Sudan to coach both his police men and the army. Or else his regime will be always blamed because of the unfair services his army are rendering services to the people.