Disarmament to start in Lakes state
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August 9, 2011 (JUBA) - The government of Lakes state have reported
that preparations to launch a comprehensive civilian disarmament
programme across the eight counties of Lakes state is ready to be
initiated.
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Daniel Ayual Makoi, Juba, July 2011 (ST)
The Lakes state traditional chiefs’ authority and the Gelweng
pastoralist youth leaders are being involved in informing their
respective communities about the exercise of disarmament which will
commence soon.
Lakes state acting governor Daniel Ayual Makoi, said that the
communities are ready to lay down their arms peacefully. He also
warned all those who plan to resist disarmament or hide arms will face
justice.
Ayual said that there have been significant changes in terms of
security across Lakes state since South Sudan gained independence on 9
July.
“After independence, there has been very significant changes. There
has been no inter-community conflict going on.” said Ayual. He
described the traditional chiefs as “ready and prepared” to work with
the government in the disarmament programme.
He noted that state governments have put forward arrangement to
protect civilian from any abuse during disarmament process.
This is not the first time Lakes state civilians have been disarmed
since the Comprehensive Peace Agreement was singed in 2005. A
stipulation of the agreement was the right of the South Sudanese
people to vote in a plebiscite in 2011. They voted overwhelmingly in
favour of secession, which was made official in July. This is first
disarmament programme since secession.
Rumbek has witnessed a spate of cattle raiding and road robberies.
There has been speculation that this is partly due to men who want to
marry being forced out of the market by inflated bride prices – a
result of more competition as South Sudanese men return home to the
villages.
(ST)
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