The rampant death in Lakes state: what are the root causes?
3 min readBy Bol Khan
The issue of rampant death in Lakes State should be taken seriously. The death tolls in that state are rising in every single day. You can’t find a day on which there are no people reported dead. About 200 people reported last week by various news outlets to have been killed in tribal/inter-tribal clashes and disputes.
Is that an inter-tribal—civilian’s conflict or something else? The National Government in Juba should intervene. By seeing to it that why people are dying in Lakes state every day. Dinka, Atuot tribes etc in the state have to solve their internal problem amicably.
The former elected Governor, Chol Tong, was removed due to his failure in prevention of the conflicts escalation. But the conflicts had been increasingly escalating much, more than it was during Eng. Chol Tong.
The root causes of these rampant conflicts in Lakes state need to be out by now and set the stakeholders of Lakes state to address them. The political ought to be deploying in order to save the lives of the people. Voices which say that there were no roots causes are not logically true. There must be roots causes. Those roots causes might be either social or political. This is undeniable. As it says, there shouldn’t be a smoke without fire. The state people and Youths cannot fight themselves for nothing.
Government officials might have secretly involved in one way or the other. If these officials do not involve politically, the problem would have been solved. The world understands two things. The conflicts were between General M. Chut, the imposed military Governor’s supporters. And those who were angered by the unconstitutional removal of elected Governor, Eng. Chol Tong’s supporters. These must be true. It is a logical argument.
But these people should understand the level of situations the state is in. On the other hand if the current military governor becomes an obstacle then the President should also intervene.
What a hundreds of people being reported dead in Lakes state could do to the state isn’t equal to what one person can do to say state. The rampant deaths in Lakes have reached the melt point. State people shouldn’t be let to die like chickens among themselves at the watch of the governments.
Therefore, we are saying the governments should immediately intervene and find out the roots causes of that inter-or tribal fighting in Lakes State. So that those roots causes can be amicably addressed in order to end more deaths in the state.
The author can be reached on bolkhan39@yahoo.com
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