President Kiir rebukes the Jonglei Cow Emblem Tuesday, 13 March 2012 09:27 South Sudan >>> .South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit has rebuked the emblem of the Jonglei State government for inciting violent killings and cattle rustling.
The troubled state has a cow as its emblem which the president blamed for being the cause of a series of inter-communal killings since last year in the state. Speaking during the launch of disarmament operation at the state capital Bor on Monday, President Kiir said that the symbol of a cow on Jonglei's state flag should be removed, if cattle rustling persists. "This picture of a cow on your flag should be changed. This is cow is killing you," he lamented. "Are you the only ones who have cows in the South? Cows are in many places, why die for these only," the president asked. "If you don't stop this, we shall discuss and make a decree to change this flag. You sing good songs, you're Jonglei that you love you're Jonglei. Do you love Jonglei when you are killing yourselves? Who will remain"? The Jonglei crisis has been on since August last year in which scores of people mainly women and children have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced. Cattle raiding to pay for dowry and revenge against each other have been identified as some of the factors fueling the attacks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" 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/SouthSudanKob?hl=en.
