Lakes and Unity states promise to deal with cattle raiders Article Comments (1) Email PrintSave --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
By Bonifacio Taban Kuich February 27, 2011 (PAYINJIAR-BENTIU) -The commissioner of Rumbek East County of greater Lake State, David Marial, met with Peter Gai Jaok in Payinjiar county of Unity state on Friday. His visit to the county was to discuss gangs raiders and insecurity. Joak described the visit of his Rumbek East counterpart as a move towards fighting instability between the two counties in terms of cattle raiding. He hoped the meeting would help bring to an end the cattle raids and to improve the relationship between the counties. The two commissioners toured the county, visiting they move to Ganyliel and Nyal districts. Marial said, his mission is to make sure that peace and security are maintained within our borders. The commissioner said that, “he is not a friend to those of cattle raiders”. The Rumbek East County commissioner said his secuoty services had captured 71 cattle raiders. Marial said 41 have been sentenced to 7 years in jail and 30 are still in custody. He told citizens, “we will be working harder to bring to an end this criminal act, and acknowledged comrade Peter Gai, the commissioner is a hard working person and will be bringing peace and development.” Marial expressed his gratitude to the people of Payinjiar County because of the way he was received on his visit. He said that all South Sudanese should work working towards improving the region ahead of its independence in July. Gai welcome his counterpart’s speech and assured the people of Payinjiar that they will not give up fighting criminal activities until they come to an end. He added that the two neighboring counties shall work together to improve insecurity. (ST) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
