02/16/2026
Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit
President
Republic of South Sudan
Juba
Subject: petition on call to revoke the appointment of the Minister of Public Service and Human Resources Development
Your Excellency,
I hope this message finds you well after return from Addis Ababa. Ethiopia on official mission to have attended IGGAD Submit and subsequent meeting with the C5 Countries
Welcome back home your Excellency,
The issue why we are petitioning your Excellency is a concern that has disturbed our community for several weeks now. Since the reappointment of Hon. Abm. Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth into the government as the Minister of Public Service and Human Resources Development, greater Maiwut Communities (Maiwut and Longechuk) have never been peaceful.
Your Excellency,
As you aware of the behaviour of Ezekiel Gatkuoth with power in his hand, he has been reckless and intimidating community members of the powers you have just shifted to him as a national Minister.
Hon. Amb. Ezekiel Lol has been bullying and intimidating supporters of former Ministers to the extend of threatening some with jail cases.
Hon. Amb. Ezekiel Lol had used the powered nd immunity granted to him by the constitution to victimised your supporters and he fakes claims that Senior SPLM Candres are joining Rebellion, a dangerous move that need thorough investigation. The good example is the accusation he has level against Hon. Chuol Dep Kier, Advisor of Upper Nile State Governor on Economic Affairs and former Speaker of UNS TLA that he crossed to SPLM/A - IO, a move which is not only a lies but a provocation division of SPLM Senior Leaders in Longechuk County.
Your Excellency,
As you aware that Amb. Ezekiel Lol mismanaged 2 Oil Cargoes in the middle of the sea and that money went without accountability, its this money that this Minister is using to buy loyality and recruits members of others political parties to come and elbow out your dies hard supporters, who have endured the pains of 2013 and 2016 crises with you.
Your Excellency,
Hon. Amb. Ezekiel Lol was the right hand man of former Vice President, Dr. Benjamin Bol Mell, that if they had succeeded in ousting you, Hon. Amb. Ezekiel Lol was promised to be given the Ministry of Petroleum. However, when you thwarted the move, he quickly moved and con your daughter, Adut Salva Kiir to fight his war back to cabinet.
Your Excellency,
You know very how Hon. Amb. Ezekiel Lol trades with information of the system. Recently, a US delegations that came to Addis Ababa to meet regional Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Ezekiel Lol pull ropes to be part of the delegation, however, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperations stood their ground to depend their national mandate.
Your Excellency,
As you aware that Hon. Amb. Ezekiel left the job you appointed him with, he started his hundred days by cybercumbing Oil Institutions like Nile Pet and the Ministry of Petroleum, intimidating technical teams to succumb to his directives leaving your office in dilemma. He went and lobbied these official to cut PIT directly under his possession instead of instutional procedures.
As you aware of the fact that in any national Ministry, the Spokeperson is always the Undersecretary, Senior Civil Servant. However, Hon. Amb. Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth has recruited a Press Secretary, Andres Gatluak Maker, a three months returnees from FDP, whose mission is to come and destabilise the Institution and the Party. A position of a Press Secretary is only in the Office of the President, Vice Presidents according to structures of RTGONU, where does this Minister got this structure from? Is it not sabotage of the system?
We, the people of Maiwut and Longechuk Counties demands his immediate relief from his position as the Minister of Public Service and Human Resources Development.
Accept, your Excellency, assurances of our highest regards.
Greater Maiwut Senior SPLM Leaders,
