PRESIDENT KIIR VISITS VETERAN POLITICIAN JOSEPH LAGU, WISHES HIM GOOD HEALTH
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Presidential Affairs Minister Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin said President Kiir is thankful to Gen. Lagu for his outstanding leadership and tremendous role in championing the liberation struggle for the freedom of South Sudanese.
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Josephine Lagu said the family is appreciative of the coming of the President to interact with their beloved father.
The 94-year old Former Anyanya leader Joseph Lagu encouraged President Kiir to carry on with the good work of restoring peace and uniting the country.
Joseph Lagu (born 26 November 1929 in a hamlet called Momokwe in Moli, Northern region of Madiland, about 80 miles south of Juba, Sudan, currently South Sudan) is a South Sudanese military figure and politician. The former anyanya leader hails from Madi ethnic group of Eastern Equatoria State, South Sudan.
In the period 1978–1979, Lagu served as the second President of the High Executive Council of the autonomous region of Southern Sudan.
On the 4th June 1963 he defected from the Army and joined the South Sudan resistance movement against the Government of Sudan and on September 1963 he formed the Anynya movement.
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