New commissioner takes over in Rumbek East County
By Manyang Mayom
June 10, 2009 (RUMBEK) – Over a hundred inhabitants of Rumbek East County, mostly children and elders, gathered along the roadside on Monday to welcome their new Commissioner, Mabor Mayen Wol.
The reception was well arranged, said SPLM information officer Jamal Dakaya; Police forces, wildlife forces and chiefs lined up along the road clapping their hands and singing poetry and welcoming song.
The newly appointed commissioner of Rumbek East takes over his office from outgoing Commissioner Chiliro Majok Mading, who served the county for about one year and a half. Majok had been appointed in March 2007 and was relieved last week by a Government of Southern Sudan presidential decree without charges placed upon him. He will remain in the county as SPLM county chairperson despite that the new commissioner will serve as SPLM county secretary.
Wol has already served as commissioner of the county for three years in the period of 2000 to 2004; he was removed from the commissionership position on allegations of misappropriation of public resources and abuse of powers.
His new appointment was a surprise to the majority of Rumbek East’s intellectuals and Mabor himself attempted to reject the offer of the commissionership but was convinced by county elders to take over once again.
Wol affirmed that “I was appointed and actually I refused for four days to take the position because there are mass of trouble here in Rumbek east; I don’t want to become dirty again like other years that I had served you. I was convinced to accept the post as I did it and really I took oath on June 4, 2009 and surely trouble took off in Wulu and Thiec plus Gony conflict started. So what is that mess?” he asked.
Allegedly, Wol had released a statement against the particular clan of Thiec of Rumbek East that Thieyic behaviors are like a frog making a croaking noise – the frog will not become silent until a person beats the water. Mabor was welcomed in Malek-agok payam by elders and children on Monday on his way heading to Rumbek East county headquarter for taking over his office in Aduel. Malek-Agok is inhabited by the Thiec sub-clan of Rumbek East County.
The county authority arranged guard of honor welcoming parade for new Commissioner Mabor Mayen and during the parade reception, he criticized the police parade, pulling up the shirt and belt of police, claiming that they did not wear correctly their uniform.
During the handing over ceremony, Mabor said that “I will take over this office and the mission whereby my brother Chirilo Majok stopped from and I shall continue to work through baseline of law, not favoring my clan… my mission will be justice and actually those who will work against the law will face the law, but remember me — I am back again as Mabor of that time who always stood for truth.”
He also appealed to chiefs to work together for the better future of this county. He also toured his county offices one by one meeting with his directors before reaching into the rally.
The outgoing commissioner also spoke at the ceremony, recommending polices forces, chiefs and administrators saying they were recently appointed and actually they are people who would really change the wrong image of Rumbek East into a good image.
A number of Rumbek East chiefs opposed Majok’s removal from the commissionership and they noted that he had done nothing wrong to them and disapproved of his removal without their knowledge. Ex-chief Manyang Dierder questioned why the Rumbek East leader had been pushed out without properly being charged.
Furthermore, a member of Rumbek East County called upon the gathering rally to sing a song that said “there is nothing like life, O God helps us,” before speeches resumed from Lakes state SPLM State Secretary Samuel Mathiang Keer with his Lakes state SPLM assistant secretaries.
A woman representative suggested to the rally that the problem of power struggling might be within Rumbek East intellectuals alone.
The new commissioner stated that he would deal with troublemakers implicated in the conflict recently resumed between Wulu natives and those of Rumbek East County, including the Thiec and Gony sub-clans.
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da vinci the great
New commissioner takes over in Rumbek East County
I just ask wether this new commissioner will execute his duties freely without interference from these dogs of rumbek?
Young Patriot
New commissioner takes over in Rumbek East County
Kiir’s reappointment of Mabor Meen as a new commissioner of Rumbek East is very regrettable. It is another indication of perpetuating a failed leadership in the whole of Lakes state. Mabor’s irresponsible statement with reference to Thuyic clan is not worth the irresponsible tongue that he used to trespass with it. After all we should feel sorry for morally bereft leaders like him who are easily confused by the complexities of communal leadership!
If you have come back this time, you must keep your mouths shut instead of advertising your ignorance by making some irresponsible statements towards the most highly respected clan in Agar community!
Akolde Nhiak Jinub
New commissioner takes over in Rumbek East County
Dear friends on the website.
Thank you all for your comments.
Indeed, many of you have spoken. Two outstanding friends’ comments invited to join.
These SPLA commando and my friend Akook. Thank you so much for your wise comments.
I rarely, comments on articles. I am one person grossly disappointed with SPLM Leadership in Lakes state. Gen. Kiir will know one day that SPLM as a party has no root in Lakes state of Rumbek, because he is keeping wrong foxes in Lakes state, for he has many foxes and wolves in entire SPLM in South Sudan.
Keeping Awet Akot on people of Lakes state is a great sin that will trail SPLM ever till its eternity. Awet is a master of doom in Lakes state. He masterminded all crisis in Lakes state. The heinous one is the recent and continuous fighting that Wulu community has pounded on Rumbek East community of Agaar. It is Awet instigation, my foot!
As for Mabor Mayen, he is someone who has no academic credentials, Management skills, humanity in heart. An arrogance fellow, who would brag for nothing rather a stike he carries around to assume being a leader.
I remember, left a course for Agricultural production and Agronomy that was sponsoured by Norwegian People’s Aid in 1999, where he sent with Philip Marol Mading, former Finance Minister for Lakes state.
On his mouthy, Malengagok community are people who have number of educated elderly and youths. They are everywhere in Sudan and in Western world. Look at their only primary school. They have the best concert buildings, without Lakes state or GOSS coin. Apart from lates heros of Gen. Makur Aleyou, Kaman Ater Amuom, Captain Marial Anyuei, 1st Lt. Buong Malou, the two who sacrificed their very life for Rumbek town in 1997 during the capture of Rumbek by SPLA.
Malengagok has Marial Dot Agok, Minister for Khartoum state, Foreign trade, GONU, Khamis Chawuol, Isaac Makur Buoc, MP Lakes state Assembly.
Malengagok has strong youths, the likes of Mabior Wende Makuek, working for UN World Food Programme Rumbek Office, I him very know well. He is an articulate young man, and promising!! Thomas Puourach Maker Mabor, son to late Chief Maker, who was killed during their inter-sub-clan. Thomas is in Australia, a medical student.
They will confront him for his bad mouth!! And Mabor will pay for it. In fact, these are his maternal uncles. Man, who does not the strengthen of maternals. Dinka saying: goes, raan cin naar acit raan cin toc! Someone who has no maternal uncle is like someone who has swamp area for grazing animals or water his agricultural products. Mabor can easily be cursed by his maternal uncles of Malengagok if he doesn’t reconcile with them and confess his sins.
Thank you all once again.