{"id":1788,"date":"2022-12-30T13:11:17","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T13:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/?p=1788"},"modified":"2022-12-30T13:11:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T13:11:17","slug":"south-sudanese-diaspora-in-kenya-celebrate-loss-of-ajiengdit-deng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/2022\/12\/30\/south-sudanese-diaspora-in-kenya-celebrate-loss-of-ajiengdit-deng\/","title":{"rendered":"South Sudanese Diaspora in Kenya celebrate loss of Ajiengdit Deng"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"712\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ajiengdit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ajiengdit.jpg 712w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ajiengdit-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">picture courtesy of facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The South Sudanese Diaspora in Kenya have celebrated the &nbsp;loss of a great man Ajiengdit Deng who was the &nbsp;spiritual leader of Twic Mayardit of Warrap State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The revered leader &nbsp;died in Nairobi hospital in December 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thousands of South Sudanese&nbsp; living in Nairobi flocked to the Kenyatta International Conference Center to celebrate the life of the legend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among those in attendance was South Sudan Ambassador to Kenya as well as other dignitaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hon. Ayuel Tauping Malek leader of the Sudan People&#8217;s Liberation Movement (SPLM) Diaspora in Kenya said that Ajiengdit Deng was a great inspirational leader and made a great impact during the Sudan Civil war that led to the independence of South Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe shall forever remain in our memories for the good deeds he performed,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ajiengdit Deng who hails&nbsp; from Wunrock&nbsp; was an exceptional leader who was respected all communities in South Sudan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South Sudanese Diaspora in Kenya have celebrated the &nbsp;loss of a great man Ajiengdit&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1790,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788\/revisions\/1790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}