Cattle Raiding Creates Tension In Jonglei Two communities in Jonglei’s Pigi County have raised concerns over cattle rustling activities by unknown criminals with cattle moving towards the direction of Nyirol County. 03 December 2013
*By Jacob Achiek Jok* *BOR, 03 December 2013 [Gurtong] –*The Acting Local Government councillor, John Gajang, has said that at least 47 heads of cattle were stolen two weeks ago by criminals suspected to be from Nyirol County. He said that criminals took the cattle towards the direction of Nyirol passing through Khorfulus areas and scattered them in Akabel area. Gajang said after cattle owners tried to pursue the cattle, they suspected that the people of Khorfulus might have collaborated with the cattle raiders. On Sunday, the cattle were stolen from Wunkiir-Anyang, a section of Atar payam by unknown criminals and the youth are still pursuing the criminals and no casualties have been reported. “Last month there was an ambush done between Khorfulus and Nyirol County were two people were wounded, so there are so many evidences showing that our neighbouring counties are the people raiding in our county,” he said. He urges the state government to look in to the case seriously as it is urgent issue creating insecurity in the county. He said that acting commissioner of Pigi County had gone to Atar but the community refused to hand over the cattle as promised. Member of Parliament, Mathew Matiok Lem, said that they are negotiating as county MPs together two chiefs so that the cattle are returned. The MP said that the community has agreed to form a committee headed by the state minster of Local Government, Diing Akol, who is not the member of Pigi County. He said that there is no any politician who has been involved into the community crisis or current cattle raiding, adding that they are working peacefully to calm the situation as the two communities are now working peacefully. Posted in: Home<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/1/Home.aspx>, Governance<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/6/Governance.aspx> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14opn1vskZiwpAfty-QDj%2Bovd6p9ZVrKTAkCTTCUEVawUfA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
