Politics seems simple right? please note - I didn't say Easy I said Simple. Well it's not. Not in a setting of 60 indigenous ethnic groups and 80 linguistic partitions. Some larger than others and militant. With histories of clashing over land and pastures (think Pokomo and Orma type clashes at a macro level) with external dirty fingers of Arabs, Ethiopians, Ugandans, Kenyans and South Africans in the mix funding alternative centers of power by dream selling and placing an enemy in the narrative. There is a video by Garang somewhere talking about how ethnic groups are set against each other as counter-insurgent moves in the sudan from places like Khartom. Believe me when I say this - its a complex thing happening there in S.S. I can tell you for a fact that right now... Kiir and Machar are not in control of the sides they are purportedly heading. It's not simple and it's not easy - plus there guys who look at that place and say.. why did we fight the war? we need to be compensated. it's crazy any way - it's easy for us to prescribe solutions in blanket statements coz someone elses business is always easier that yours. I once flew over the Sudan saw the utter ruralness, the utter remoteness of that place. When I saw some mud huts nikaambiwa tumefika... The Airfields are grazing lands, where bells ring and people stop and as soon as a plane lands they are allowed to continue with their business. I saw a guy wait and as soon as a plane landed... he took off with this bike - kama kawaida. The airport was a single building with 2 rooms... one was VIP lounge and another was shared between the civil airoport authority and the airline's. Kupima mizigo ratili kama ile ya mahindi inatoewa and zinapimwa kwa nyasi. crazy... A whole state capital running on solar not a paved road in place. Umewahi ona round-about kwa barabara ya maruum? this was the capital of a state the size of coast province. Not a tarmac road in sight. Have you ever heard of the term "Africa - the dark continent"?... well - that place is a contributing factor to that narrative. I just decided watu wako mbali.... and stopped thinking i have solutions for them. Anyway - I once decided that I would stop thinking I have ideas for other people's issues and focus on mine (simple but not easy) and thus nimeruka nje - kazi ya kufanya S.S. work ni ya akina Kiir and Machar and Troika and anyone else who thinks they have leverage (stick and carrot) to make that place work. The only hope is that time is not running out... we are a blip in the existence of the universe. Not everything has to be right today or even in 100 years.

@Masukuma & @Kusadikika

Look, I do appreciate that the world is not the same and that circustances differ, but there is nothing in life that's as complicated as everyone tries to make it.

Use a simple example;

If you are in class, assume class 1. At the end of the term, you become number last and score 15% while the top student scores 90% and the average class performance is 50%, why would you not appreciate that you are doing badly and need;
(i) work harder and pull up your socks
(ii) get advise from other students who performed better
(iii) copy from your desk mate who performed better.

My friends, that's just about it with regards to life, nothings as complicated as people try to make it. Everything is simple, you just need to appreciate your limitations, if you can't then you are the problem as Kiir and Machar currently are for SS.