Lakes State: Yirol West and Mvolo clashes back under control?
By Manyang Mayom
March 24, 2011 (RUMBEK) – The commissioner of Yirol West county of Lakes state, Makur Kulang Liei said that clashes between pastoralists of Mapuordit payam (district) and those in Mvolo county in Western Equatoria state are back under control after the county authorities intensified efforts to control the situation.
However, Kulang said that his counterpart in Mvolo has abandoned talks with him over the phone. He added that there is no need to advance into “baseless conflict” with Western Equatoria state and that the “Government will investigate these clashes and my youth are going to be found not guilty”.
Kulang said that “my last message is to my counterpart – the commissioner of Mvolo that what is happening is really baseless – let us sit down with youth from both side of Mvolo and Yirol West county to bring this conflict to an end, because the people from one government, one party and one constitution cannot just go to unnecessary war”. He called upon GoSS to “provide full security to community”.
He explained that, “I tried to contact him one day and I told him that I wanted to meet to discuss this situation because clashes are alarming. The Mvolo commissioner replied that he does not have time to talk to us: neither me nor commissioner of Rumbek East county.” Kulang explained that Makur went on to arrange a meeting in Rumbek at which he “did not need to meet Rumbek East county commissioner”.
Lakes state security advisor, Santo Domic revealed that the Commissioner of Yirol West county had failed to establish communication with his Mvolo county counterpart, admitting that the situation remains challenging and that the revenge attacks may escalate if not tackled by the top government officials from Lakes and Western Equatoria states.
Dominic affirmed his office had only gathered information from Yirol West county, explaining that there are currently no efforts being made to get intelligence on how the clashes have affected Mvolo.
He noted that Lakes government has asked Yirol West Commissioner to establish a base at Mapuordit to be monitor to the situation and to make every effort to re-establish communication with the Commissioner of Mvolo.
South Sudan is due to become independent in July after a referendum as part of a peace deal that ended decades of conflict between north and south.
Despite the deal the South remains heavily armed both in organised forces, militias and civilians. Conflict over cattle raiding and banditry are common in some parts of the south.
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Fearless man
Lakes State: Yirol West and Mvolo clashes back under control?
What is wrong with our people now days? This time should be the time of no death cause by man because we lost agreat number of our people during the war.
The govrnment of south sudan must also have a look on this issues of trible fighting the south.
No bad comment today
God bless freedom fighter like me and other brother who fought for freedom of today war
Jeti
Lakes State: Yirol West and Mvolo clashes back under control?
Congratulation commissioner Makur Kulang for bringing peace to the two counties. We want such people like you in the South. Peace is what we believe in not war. Keep doing that.
Malek Maker
Lakes State: Yirol West and Mvolo clashes back under control?
Congratulation Kulang! Nothing can bring peace rather than peace talk or dialogue between two conflicting parties.
Our Mvolo Commissioner if don’t accept peace talks then you’re pursuing the youth to keep the spirit of fight yet they are of the same nationality – people of the same government. Please discourage the aimless or baseless fighting by accepting peace talk.
Let’s just campaign against fighting ourselves – let’s stop killing one another and start building our country now!!!!
amon
Lakes State: Yirol West and Mvolo clashes back under control?
what is happening in Mvolo County of WES just shows how ignorant some people are and how noisy and lousy neighbors can disturb your peace and freedom. Let the leaders of animals tell animals to eat grasses and not crops.
Why can’t we people listen and learn how to live in peace and hormone with neighbors.
marie
Lakes State: Yirol West and Mvolo clashes back under control?
The misunderstanding between the Mvolo people and Yirol East is because the youth from Yirol roam with their cattle to destroy their crops. The allegations that the problem stemmed from cattle rustling is a big lie. The people of Mvolo are not cattle keepers and would never want to rear cattle as they have surpassed that stage of human evolution. They are basically agrarian community.
There is strange mentality among cattle rears not only from the Dinkas but all the tribes in Sudan a whole. They do not have consideration for people farm.
A man spends three or more months toiling the soil, planting and weeding his farm, just to be destroy by cattle in a matter of minutes is ridiculous.
These guys need to grow up and start using their brains to discern right from wrong. The government of those states should develop ways of improving cattle rearing for their locals. Water wells should be initiated in those areas and even the grass in those areas to be sustained due to the overgrazing because of large number per square Km.
There is a lot of work to be done to educate the cattle rearers to raise their cattle for economic value, first for themselves and secondly for the society.
How would a cattle keeper feel if someone goes around with a weapon and start killing his herd that he worked so hard to rear, I am sure he would be offended and would react. This is what most of these guys do not understand.
The cattle we rear in South Sudan is of no economic value. People spend their lives rearing those animals just for marriage. People kill themselves over those animals while our people in South Sudan import cattle from the neighbouring countries for consumption, how dumb is that?
Even the educated still buy cattle to be kept in Kraal just for pride.