Editor,Refer to Allan Brian Ssenyonga reflections in the article, “Dear Juba, EAC wants business not war” (Sunday Times, December 22).South Sudan’s political and community leaders were supposed to learn from what happened in most other African countries after they were granted independence by Western colonial powers in the 1960s.Some political analysts believe that the July dismissal of the entire cabinet and the vice-president, by President Salva Kiir, is one of the causes of the crisis in the world’s newest country.For the interest of the East African Community, I think Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda need to send troops to help their potential member. However, negotiation between President Kiir and his former vice-president, Mr Riek Machar (now chief rebel), would be the effective way to restore peace in South Sudan.Eddy Chiko, Baltimore United States
