30/05/2026
LAKES STATE WITNESSES REAL CHANGE: HON. ADUT SALVA KIIR DELIVERS ON HER WORD.
By: Cde. Hon. Ustaz Makuei Bec Makuei
Former Member of Parliament, Lakes State Transitional Legislative Assembly,
Proud Son of Lakes State, Loyal Member of the SPLM party,
Rumbek, Lakes State.
RUMBEK, LAKES STATE – Promises in South Sudan are easy to make. Keeping them is what separates real leaders from the rest.
This week, the people of Rumbek saw the difference.
Hon. Adut Salva Kiir Mayardit, Senior Presidential Envoy on Special Programs and First Daughter of the Republic, has turned pledges into action across Lakes State. And the results are speaking for themselves.
HEALTHCARE: GIVING LIFE BACK TO KIIR MAYARDIT WOMEN AND CHILDREN HOSPITAL.
For months, our mothers feared KIIR MAYARDIT Women and Children Hospital. Lights went off. Fuel ran out. The mortuary was silent. Doctors worked hungry.
Today, that story has changed.
Electricity is back and reliable. Generators have continuous fuel. Our doctors and nurses now receive food as they save lives. The mortuary runs on solar power again, restoring dignity to families in grief. Donated oxygen is already helping emergencies.
What does this mean for Rumbek? It means a pregnant mother in labor tonight has a better chance of seeing her baby tomorrow. It means a sick child won’t be turned away because the machines are dead. This is how you fight maternal and child death — not with speeches, but with power, fuel, and oxygen.
EDUCATION: BUILDING CLASSROOMS, NOT JUST DREAMS.
At Ager Gum Primary School, Hon. Adut didn’t just visit. She broke ground.
Four new classroom blocks are now rising from the soil. For the first time, our sons and daughters will learn in separate computer labs — boys and girls — all powered by solar energy. An office and computer storage facility will make sure these gains last.
She didn’t forget our youth outside class. Basketballs, volleyballs, and footballs have reached both boys and girls. Because talent needs a chance to grow.
This is what investment looks like. Not promises for 2030. Bricks and computers in 2026.
HUMANITY: SEEING THE ONE PERSON OTHERS IGNORE.
Leadership is also about the one mother in a wheelchair, struggling to care for her child. Many leaders would walk past. Hon. Adut stopped.
Since that day in Rumbek, that mother has received visit after visit. A new wheelchair. Food for her family. And land to build a permanent home.
That is the measure of a leader. You help the crowd, yes. But you never forget the one.
A MESSAGE TO LAKES STATE AND SOUTH SUDAN.
To the people of Lakes State: your voices were heard. To all South Sudanese watching from Juba to Upper Nile, from Equatoria to Unity: this is service delivery.
We have politicians who campaign with breakfast and internet bundles. Hon. Adut campaigns with hospital lights, classroom blocks, and land titles.
The difference is clear.
We thank H.E. President Salva Kiir Mayardit for entrusting this mission to a daughter of the soil who understands that power means responsibility. And we thank Hon. Adut Salva Kiir Mayardit for proving that the First Daughter is also the first to serve.
This is not about politics. This is about our children breathing. Our girls learning. Our disabled mothers standing tall.
Lakes State has not been forgotten. South Sudan is watching. And the work has only begun.
Office of the President - Republic of South Sudan