US official visits Jonglei to assess peace progress
By Philip Thon Aleu
September 27, 2008 (BOR) — United States’ Assistant Secretary for Law Enforcement paid a day visit to Jonglei capital Bor Friday to evaluate challenges the state (Jonglei) is going through since the return of peace to Sudan three years ago.
The assistant secretary, David Johnson, was received by all state authorities fronted by Governor Kuol Manyang Juuk before commencing a brief closed meeting there. He was accompanied by the U.S. chargé d’affaires to Sudan, Alberto Fernandez.
David Johnson, who led a delegation of six persons, filled his notebook with arms, food insecurity, poor roads, weak police forces and limited safety of drinking water, State Minister of Information told reporters at a press briefing following the meeting.
Minister Taban Juch stressed that Jonglei government congratulated the American government for the effort exerted to realize Sudan peace deal during Naivasha negotiations, signing and implementation for the last three years. He added: “We thanked the US government for hosting our people peacefully during the war and now.” Most of Southern Sudan refugees in the US are predominantly refers to as ‘Lost Boys of the Sudan,’ a good number from Jonglei.
Asked what the diplomats say in response to the numerous constraints represented, Juch sounds optimistic. “He told us that his government can assist in any field but never specified,” he said adding that “we need police training to carryout law enforcement effectively (as a priority).”
The US law secretary is third diplomat of high profile to visit Jonglei after China envoy and the head of British consulate in the past few months.
Among the problems that facing South Sudan’s vast and oil producing state of Jonglei, the state poor roads as well as food insecurity.
“Insecurity (raiding and child abduction) is caused by competition over resources; which is sparked by low harvest and lack of understanding to government’s policies,” a source that attended the meeting quoted one of the State chiefs as saying.
The inadequacy to apprehending government, Jonglei maintains, is caused by lack of all seasons road.
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Mr Famous Big_Logic_Boy
US official visits Jonglei to assess peace progress
I hope those junglese will gain a genuine knowledge for better policy to ran with their state,because this single state of jungle has become a big matter to us,it’s a state with a heighest number of corrupters,arms every where,low level of security and poor management in all levels of Goss and NGO,for instance last time the governor had chased an NGO in his state complaing that the NGO was not doing enough on it’s side,but in reality it was not true,he chased the NGO because the NGO was not in good contrate with him means there is not implemention of blackmail to the governor.But if they are wise enought let them stick to the US policy and they will see how good they will change the devasted state into a wonderful state.I recommand that they must befort “money” let them beleive in building their state,otherwise fooling after money will keep the corruptiuon in place and poor improvement in all area.
NB:- Am not jealous nor against anyone,it is a piece of advice to the people of jungle and junglese in general.