{"id":43,"date":"2026-06-18T07:25:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T05:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/?p=43"},"modified":"2026-06-22T14:12:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T14:12:57","slug":"president-kiir-attends-requiem-mass-for-former-chief-justice-ambrose-riny-thiik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/?p=43","title":{"rendered":"President Kiir Attends Requiem Mass for Former Chief Justice Ambrose Riny Thiik"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" src=\"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/eee5992d-b0ac-4a54-99d6-3b2371dd45c6.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-166\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/eee5992d-b0ac-4a54-99d6-3b2371dd45c6.webp 1080w, http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/eee5992d-b0ac-4a54-99d6-3b2371dd45c6-300x200.webp 300w, http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/eee5992d-b0ac-4a54-99d6-3b2371dd45c6-1024x683.webp 1024w, http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/eee5992d-b0ac-4a54-99d6-3b2371dd45c6-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Juba, 14 May 2026 &ndash; His Excellency President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Thursday attended the requiem mass for the late former Chief Justice Ambrose Riny Thiik at St. Theresa&rsquo;s Cathedral in Juba.<\/p>\n<p>The service brought together Government officials, members of the judiciary, family, friends, and members of the public to honour the life of one of South Sudan&rsquo;s most respected legal figures.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Ambrose Riny Thiik, the first Chief Justice of the Republic of South Sudan, passed away on 3 May 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya. He will be laid to rest on Friday, 15 May 2026, in his hometown in Warrap State.<\/p>\n<p>Remembered as a dedicated patriot and a pillar of South Sudan&rsquo;s legal institutions, Justice Thiik made significant contributions to the liberation struggle and played a central role in shaping the country&rsquo;s judicial framework. He served as Chief Justice from 2005 to 2007 and previously chaired the SPLM Judiciary and Legal System from 1988 to 2004.<\/p>\n<p>His passing is a profound loss to the nation and to the legal fraternity of South Sudan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juba, 14 May 2026 &ndash; His Excellency President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Thursday attended the requiem mass for the late former Chief Justice Ambrose Riny Thiik at St. Theresa&rsquo;s Cathedral&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions\/167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}