Jonglei Governor Urges Civilians to Maintain Peace
By Heskey Deng
Bor-in his generosity Christmas messages, the Jonglei State Governor Kuol Manyang Juuk, have urged entire citizens of his hot-blooded state to continue maintain and praying for peace.
“We need to live in peace” Kuol said, and if we have peace in the state, then our state will be the best and it will fetch many people from the countryside, Governor said, while he is addressing twenty two thousand and three hundred and forty six (22,346) congregations, who turn out for praying on Tuesday 25th, at St. Andrew Cathedral Church, apart from more than ten churches in Bor town, Jonglei State.
The largest State is well-known worldwide for its inter-communal conflicts and rebel threatened, but this year {Christmas} is more peacefully than the previous year, although there are many cattle raiding and rebels clashing with South Sudan Army {SPLA}, according to the Governor.
“There are no more inter-tribes and clans, nepotism and tribalism in the Bor town that means; peace has drawn closer in our heart and also in the State in general, Juuk assure, and urging believers not give up, but to continue praying for peace and stability.
However, Kuol cited that, Yau’s forces will not be a threat any more in his State, while calling civilians to return to their residences and produce their own food than rely on foreigner product, let use our muscles for cultivation or agricultural project, and building our land or state for a better place to attract other southerners to come than uses it to raids and killing innocent people, which scare people in the nation and worldwide.
Governor, in his statement, it seems that, his insecurity state will be stability and peacefully next year, while urges citizens to abandon their ancestors’ life and cope up today day modernization life, life of no tribes, nepotism and tribalism but life one people,one states and one country in general with one love.
Moreover, on the same Christmas messages, Michael Makuei Lueth, Minister for Parliamentary Affair, urges citizens to be calm, “not to lose hope but hope”, in what he foreseeing that the coming year will be peace year.
More so, Michael call on the migrant citizens to go home and cultivating, make their own food, “let feeding ourselves with our hands” as independent than to be co-dependent, he said this in reference to the delayed of oil flowing due to Khartoum government refusal, he seen only way for means of surviving is on the edges of hoes.
Meanwhile, Bor County Commissioner Agoot Alier Leek describes the Christmas day, as a day for peace in the worldwide, forgive one another and repent, to be happy because Jesus was born once again in your heart and thank God, who forgive and washing our sins that why you {we} witnessed the day, Agoot concluded.
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