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Last month, a group of armed criminals suspected to have come from Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA) attacked Baidit killing at least 32 people and wounding several others including women and children sparking condemnation from local advocacy groups.
In a statement this evening, the presidency said a group of elders from Jonglei state led by Kuol Manyang met President Salva Kiir Mayardit and discussed ways on how to enforce laws in order to avoid further violence as local youth in Jonglei have formed a group to ‘protect’ their people.
“His Excellency Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Republic, held a meeting with the elders of SPLM from Jonglei State led by Hon. Kuol Manyang Juuk to discuss the issues in Jonglei State and seek for amicable solutions,” the presidency said in a statement.
“The elders raised a number of issues in relation to administrative, security, political, Internally Displaced persons (IDPs) and humanitarian in Jonglei State,” the presidency statement further added.
Kiir, according to the statement, told the elders that “the issues in Jonglei state are a national concern”, and stressed that he is meeting with the concerned authorities “to address these issues for the people to live in peace and stability.”
For his part, Kuol Manyang told the SSBC that they are “concerned about the issues in Jonglei State”, and emphasized that they are going “to work closely to support H.E. President Salva Kiir Mayardit to address these issues for the people of Jonglei to live in peace and stability.”
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Two thimgs are very clear about Murle conflicts. The Murle people are not listening to anyone and they will continues looting, killing and destabilizing the whole Jonglei Region for another 20 years.
Second to that, Murle people have made themselves too wildly and too primitive in Jonglei Region and they can only be stop if there are no rebels in the bushes so that, the government will have to have advanced training, technology such as drone available and all others that will be useful and detected crimes. There will be no blamed on GPAA officials because David Yau Yau have tried so hard to stopped them but they turned against him killing 8 bodyguards.
The Murle activities would pushed back their neighbors communities to Equatoria Regions or deeper inside Nuer of Unity State nor Upper Nile State and it is already happening. You got Akobo county, no cattle camps there anymore. Now they go deeper into Uror county, Ayod county and Nyiorl county and even Fagak’s community. They will displace most of the Jonglei communities because they are too wildly acting like inhuman. In addition to sanction on young nation, the criminals are not going to be brought to book because the SSPDF soldiers are carrying same types of weapons they have in the community.