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JUBA — South Sudan’s Presidential Press Secretary Ateny Wek Ateny has said in a statement that he wasn’t sexually objectifying women when he spoke at a wedding ceremony at Freedom Hall in February this year.
A short clip of him speaking during the February function went viral on social media. The 36-second video was a tiny fraction of a large part in which Ateny was speaking to the groom against South Sudanese culture of polygamy and told the groom not to be like him who entertain polygamy.
The short clip sparked outrage among social media users especially women who took it as a sexual attack on them.
In a statement on Friday, Ateny said he wasn’t intending to attack women and accused unnamed individuals of intentionally distorting his remarks as only a small part of the over 20-long video was extracted to fit ill intentions.
“As you might have noticed, the video was edited to fit the ill-intention of those behind its circulation. While the video presents my statements, they were unfortunately taken out of context. I made the statement in an attempt to advise the couple, as I have often done in those occasions,” he said in the statement seen by Sudans Post.
“I was speaking as a Dinka culturalist, in which case I cautioned the groom to commit to a single woman, as opposed to what the Dinka culture promotes. Via way of comedy, I told the groom not to be like me and others who are pro-polygamy. My critics then used the western lens to interpret this advice as sexually objectifying women,” he added.
“This couldn’t be farther from truth; I have a great deal of respect for women. In addition to wives I dearly love, I have daughters who are adult; I treat them with immense respect. The Ajak Deng Chiengkou’s show on SBS Dinka on July 14, 2021, might have shown that I was outraged, as I felt bullied. I was insulted, even personally to the point of involving my innocent family members. As a result, my response then could have been clouded.
“Notwithstanding the above scenario, I want to make a few clarifications regarding why I wasn’t intending to sexually objectify women.
“First, I spoke Jieng (Dinka) at the event. Its translation into English terribly distorted my message. Second, my speech lasted more than twenty minutes. However, the person/persons who shared the video on social media provided only 36 seconds of it. Moreover, I spoke in February 2021, and what surprises me most is why it took them this long to make the video public.
“The audience understood the cultural context in which I was using the Jieng folklore. Third, the campaign against my person isn’t new; it is politically motivated, which is why my family pictures are used as evidence of my disrespect against women. Shared are pictures I took with my wives, or women who visited the office of the president on official business as evidence of my inappropriate actions.
“It has been widely alleged that women who seek an appointment with H.E the President have to come through me. This is false. Primarily, I am not responsible for the President’s programs. The Executive Director and the Chief of the State Protocol are. My own official meetings/programs as a spokesperson of the President go through the ED.
“Finally, my Department does not employ anyone. Instead, this is the role of the Chief Administrator. Therefore, what is being portrayed on the social media is inaccurate, even as it tarnishes the national image and that of my person.
“In short, I do not disrespect or abuse women. I have no role in the President’s appointments that are not connected to my department, nor does my department participate in employment decisions at the Presidency. Lastly, I want to appeal to everyone, both women/girls and men/boys, who felt inadvertently hurt by my remarks to find a place in their hearts and pardon me, as I wasn’t intending to demean women in anyway.
“As a public figure, I understand the lines between my official duties and social roles are blurred. As such, I am sorry that my statements at a social function hurt you, albeit being portrayed out of context.”
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Well, the online space is full of nonsense, social media was thought to be ‘a game changer’ to open democracy around the world. But its turnout otherwise, Social media was to be a social media anyway as the phrase suggest, but as the saying goes ‘there is always advantage or disadvantage to everything under the sun’.
But social media, benefits outweigh the disadvantages depending on the angles or perspectives you look at it. The big tech companies are ‘laughing all their ways to the banks behind obscure location in obscure islands or their so-called silicon valley in California, while they are secretly ‘harvesting the teenagers data or everyone else data’ without their consent.
The big tech companies always lie through their dirty teeth that they are giving free platforms to communities and many people especially the teenagers and less tech savvy adults are easily hoodwinked by these tech companies.
There is nothing free on this planet earth and there is nothing wrong with technologies otherwise, human beings should still be living caves like our ancestors. But be careful, some people would be turned into ‘cyborgs’ something no one would want his son/daughter to be turned to.
In countries like China and the US, some young babies are even asked by their ‘mothers to stop playing games and do their homework’. And those young people are addicted to video games.
Young South Sudanese and others are not behind the game these days with peers in other countries. Young people even these days hack their ‘own mothers and fathers laptops or computers’ to find out what their parents are up to and get away with it.
But tell our low lives and lowly informed losers. That there is what *Artificial Intelligent (AI)* which being trained on here in Africa. And South Sudan and South Sudanese are always their best love humans on this planet earth.
Probably the vermins/parasites/viruses think, we are equal with their *Bantuses of Democratic of Congo (DR Congo), Rwanda, Kenya, central Africa republic (C.A.R) some of their cloned so-called Africa of North Sudan, their West Africa Bantuses low lives, Abeshas (so-called ethiopians) prostitutes, their Southern African Bantuses of Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbawe, Namibia, South Africa (where the low lives let the evil white people into their country and their people’. Botswana, Lesotho and Mozambique and some of their gulf Arab states, their evil juus (so-called israelis) attack dogs*
Fellows, watch this space, there are some vermins/parasites/viruses who love to attach themselves to other people, ‘algorithm’ is an Arab words, ‘Agebra’ is a Mounyjieng/Jaang/Jenge/Dinka mathematics. Calculus, a European mathematics and we contributed to Calculus. ‘We are the Ancient Egyptians’.
Conquistadors had never ever ever been our equals, not then, not yesterday, today or in future. Read these link: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjqsJP24vrxAhUIIbcAHdhhCAoQFjALegQIAhAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.moor4igws.org%2Fuploads%2F3%2F4%2F4%2F2%2F34429976%2F1533_jesuit_oath.pdf&usg=AOvVaw1siVoOYksBOCABtaBUW7qU
The vermins/parssites/viruses have step on the wrong people feet, us. Libya, Tunisia, Elgeria and Morocco were once colonized by the Romans (Arabs). some of parts of Spain, the whole Malta, some parts of Italy of Lampadusa and Sicily. But not our Egypt.
The evils went and colonized South America, and that is why there is such name *Latin America of El Dorado, Salvadore (short name) for our president, Mr. Salva Kiir Mayardit, El Shaddai, El Faso (just next door to Taxes) in Mexico. Cuba just next door to state of Florida Miami, is our best ally. Have you low lives saw what happen in Miami Dade (apartments), it was a damned show. The evils deserve to die. But not yet, they are going to be wiped out map with evil juus (so-called israelis) attack and their corp orates America who hide the vermins/parasites/viruses.
Venezuela, that is where ‘the beautiful women are really are. Anaconda’, Nyiel (a constrictor) here in South Sudan. The conquistadors went and named their rubbished after ‘Venice (Venezuela)’. Because Venezuela is ‘swamp’ just like. our Sudd. Have you low lives.
Follow us fellows. White people or Arabs think, they can challenge us, don’t exist on this planet earth. While people who can challenge us are and our people are very few. We cannot live side by side with *evil white Americans, English people, their cloned so-called arabs of North Sudan, Abeshas (so-called ethiopians) prostitutes), their cloned so-called Arabs of North Sudan, some of their Bantuses, their their evil juus (so-called israelis) attack dogs, their UN, their sleazy NGOs, UNMISS of Indians, Pakistanis, Nepalese, Bangladeshis, Sri Lankans and some of their creeps in between who have attached themselves to our country and over our people ‘leeches/ticks’.
WW3 is going to start here in South Sudan. And you are going to be bombed to near oblivion/extinction out this planet earth, reasons, pure HATRED and RACISM.
Let any criminals ever ever again try to bring the vermins/parasites into our country and over our people in the name of *Rebuilding South Sudan* just like in 2005. where the evils in the so-called *Troika (three countries) of the US, the UK, and their Norway*. Think, they are on par with our country and our people.
*Trying has never been a crime. Dan John Garang*. Was a Norwegian piece of trash. I am a Norwegian people Aid (NPA) scholar. The low lives even brag that ‘our El Kiirttoum (Khartoum) and our Egypt are their colonies’. Oh really?!!, Since when?
The lowly eudaucted fools even lie through their evil teeth that they are *on par with our country and our over our people*
That South Sudan and South Sudanese people would be *re-united like East and West Germany*. And hope, they we are their equals. Good luck fellows. Follow us*>>>>