Aguok Community Conference adjourned Members of the Aguok community from Gogrial West County in Warrap State, have accused top intellectuals from Juba of turning the community peace and development convention into a power struggle among the locals. 05 January 2015 Aguok Community Conference adjourned Salva Mathok Gengdit Speaking to the Press [Photo| Ariik Atekdit ]
By Ariik Atekdit JUBA, 5 January 2015 [GURTONG] – Member participating in the meeting which started on December 27 last year say the convention has been turned into politics leaving the local population quarreling over whom to be appointed as the next chairman to replace Hon. Achiec Kuot Kuot. The Aguok Community is administered under four Payams, Alek West, Gogrial Payam, Alek North and Alek South Payams . The leadership has employed a system of rotational headship among the four Payams of to prevent any power struggle. The row between the communities came as a result of the nomination of Makiir Gai from the Aguok-baar. Makiir's candidacy is being challenged, because he belongs to the section of the outgoing chairman a reason as to why the Aguok-chiek sub-section withdrew from the conference on December 28. The outgoing head is said to hail from the Aguok-baar subsection and that the chance of leadership should now be from the Aguok-chiek sub-section. Chan Peei, a member of the Aguok-baar community says that the leadership is being imposed as opposed to following the system already in place. "Our Conference has been going on well without any problem but only until our big brothers coming from Juba imposed on us a leader we don't want. We knew that it was Aguok-chiek to nominate a leader this time but to our surprise, the Juba delegations have said that Makiir must be the leader, and for that we withdraw." He said that a committee composing of local chiefs and an executive director has been formed to establish a way forward. Lodivoko Lual Aken has been nominated by the Aguok-chiek community to be the leader for the next tenure. Meanwhile, the Apuk Giir Community of Gogrial East County has delayed the community conference which was scheduled to take place during the festive season at Yiik-ador village due to scarcity of funds. Salva Mathok Gengdit, the former Interior Deputy Minister who now is the areas’ Member of Parliament said that the conference has been pushed to mid- January of 2015. He explained the purpose of the community conference. "This is a community sitting that we initiated in 2008 to bring our people to advocate for peace and development as well as touching issues to do with the insecurity at Gogrial East - Mayom County borders of Warrap and Unity States. This time, we will discuss a variety of topics including health and education." Posted in: Home -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oq8nruaasZ9Y5n25kctfTCAppw1Nh-geTuqWfquskpJWA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
