The Co-chair of the national dialogue committee regrets that the death of Alfred Taban Logune is untimely because he was still needed in the national dialogue for a lasting peace to prevail in South Sudan.
Angelo Beda told CRN’s Editor-in-Chief Alfred Soka Porfilio that Taban fought more than those who used guns during the liberation struggle.
He adds that the veteran journalist risked his life and persevered a lot for the sake of South Sudanese.
Deputy Governor of Jubek State, Francis Latiyu laments that Taban was a very good liberator.
He urges South Sudanese to imitate the life of the late.
Speaker of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly Anthony Lino Makana says the veteran journalist was a great man who served South Sudanese diligently.
He sends his condolence to the family, Kajo-Keji and South Sudanese at large.
Member of Parliament representing Kajo-Keji County, Mary Puru urges people to remain strong at this difficult moment.
She describes Taban as a good leader and a person of vision, who has left a very big vacuum in the country.
Puru hopes that his death will be a symbol of peace and unity to the people of South Sudan.
Alfred Taban Logune died on Saturday April 27, of diabetes and blood pressure at Nakasero Hospital in Kampala, Uganda.
His body is expected to be flown to Kajo-Keji on Saturday 4th.
He was an MP who served as the head of Information and communications in the national dialogue.
Taban was also a former reporter for the BBC World Service’s Focus on Africa and Network Africa programmes in Sudan’s capital Khartoum, and founder and former editor-in-chief of the Khartoum Monitor.
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