Unity state: Youth group opposes new commissioner of Mayom county
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By Bonifacio Taban Kuich
March 15, 2011 (BENTIU) - The Bull Nuer community of Mayom county in
Unity state have condemned the appointment of their new county
commissioner as nepotistic, saying that state governor Taban Deng Gai
had not consulted with people from the area.
Mayom Youth Association chairperson Maliah Makuot Garkuoth said that
the recent appointment of Commissioner Charles Machieng Kuol was made
due to personal and family interest and not with what is best for the
community in mind. Machieng is an in-law to the Unity state governor.
He added that “Mayom county is not just a collection of individuals,
but we have always been a community known as Bull”.
Garkuoth said that Mayom leaders would stand up for the human rights
and the sovereignty of South Sudan. He said that the governor’s
decision had shown a serious disregard to the communities of Mayom.
John Madeng Gatduel was replaced by Charles Machieng on 7 March 2011.
Garkuoth said the appointment was in opposition to the entire Bull
Nuer community of Mayom County. He added the step taken by governor is
not fair because they are related by marriage..
He added that the reason the previous commissioner was removed was
because he had never visited Manga village, the home of the governor.
He said that the last commissioner was hard working and always busy in
the county and should not have been replaced.
“The removal of John Madeng Gatduel will bring in some insecurity
again within the county. He was the one who struggled to united all
those clans within Mayom, and we referred to him as peace maker,”
explained Garkuoth.
Garkuoth added that, although the governor removed Gatduel he would
still be remembered for solving differences within the two clans of
the Bull Nuer community. He also played great roles during the
referendum on South Sudan independence, Garkuoth said, by mobilizing
his people and his county to register and vote in the plebiscite which
saw a massive vote in favour of secession.
Kuol, the newly appointed commissioner of Mayom in an interview with
Sudan Tribune on Monday denied the allegations, saying he is not a
close relative of the governor. Kuol, who previously worked on the
South Sudan Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration of Unity
state.
His appointment came on the 7 March 2011 with the degree from the
state governor’s office of Unity state. He took oath his the 9 March
2011.
Mayiandit, State advisor for peace and reconciliation and the state
minister of social development in the state.
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