Former Commissioner Says His Sacking Politically Motivated The former Duk County Commissioner, Jacob Akech Deng has accused individuals in Jonglei State government of trying to block peace in the State calling them the enemies of peace in the country. 26 June 2015
By Daniel Angok M DUK, 26th June 2015 [Gurtong] -Jonglei State Caretaker Governor appointed former Duk County Commissioner, Jacob Akech Deng and relieved him barely five months later allegedly for mismanagement of office. He was replaced by Malual Wuor as the new Commissioner of Duk County in Jonglei State. However, Jacob Akech says his sacking was politically motivated. “It was the Governor with those who don’t want peace in Jonglei State. They convinced Governor John Kong to relieve me and am sure I did nothing but standing with peace among ethnic tribes of Jonglei” he said. “It is upon the government to appoint and relieve someone. But what I want to say is that, that is not the issue but what have I done. When I was appointed as a Commissioner, I brought peace to Duk County and its neighbors like Greater Lou, Pangak and Greater Bor and I saw my work on the level of national policy not on local level” Akec added. “If I did wrong my name should have not appeared to him two times after he ( the Governor) asked Duk members to send names of the new Commissioner of Duk after I was sacked” adding that “we cannot be the leaders of dead people and that was why I stand with peace and I bring different back grounds together.” However, he congratulated his successor and wished him well. “I believed Hon Malual Wuor was the right person in the right position and I will support him as a member of the community in Duk.” Bookmark and Share 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/CAJb14orN-VCTbpFf%2B8tgC62bfcysqbVCB0hwVUh1S8p%2B%2Bi%3DRCA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
