Salva Kiir Mayardit Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Marriage controversy=== In a politically charged social issue, it has been claimed that Kiir secretly married the daughter of former comrade, the late [[William Nyuon Bany]], an ethnic Nuer and former leader of the SPLA. Allegedly, a traditional Dinka ceremony was conducted by his brothers. This led to strife between Kiir's eldest daughter and Aluel William Nyuon Bany.<ref>{{cite web|work=The Nairobian|title=Battles rock Salva Kiir family in Nairobi|url=http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/entertainment/thenairobian/article/4998/battles-rock-salva-kiir-family-in-nairobi?pageNo=2|access-date=16 April 2014|publisher=Standard Media Group}}</ref> Kiir has not publicly commented on the allegation. According to media reports in Kenya, "Kiir's in-laws" have requested privacy.<ref>{{cite web|work=The Nairobian|title="Our family life is private" Kiirs in-law says|url=http://newskenya.co.ke/news/latest/the-standard/-our-family-life-is-private-kiirs-in-law-says/ebl9k.465347|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422233128/http://newskenya.co.ke/news/latest/the-standard/-our-family-life-is-private-kiirs-in-law-says/ebl9k.465347|archive-date=22 April 2014|access-date=21 April 2014|publisher=Standard Media}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page