Lakes state protesters close road between Yirol and Rumbek towns
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June 29, 2015 (RUMBEK) - Yirol West county youth of Lakes state have
blocked the road linking Rumbek town to Yirol counties as communities
protest over diversion of roads construction that was supposed to
connect their areas.
Hundreds of cars have stranded on the road as youth group prevented
them from crossing into Rumbek town or from Rumbek town to Yirol West
county. All passengers coming all the way to pass by Rumbek have
remained stranded on the road since Saturday.
According to Yirol West county protesting youth spokesman, Mark Deng
Dut, the youth of Aluakluak, Mapuordit and Ngop as well entire Yirol
West communities were unhappy with a decision of caretaker governor
Matur Chut Dhuol to divert the feeder roads construction to Cueibet
county.
“The reason for the protest was that military caretaker governor Matur
Chut Dhuol has diverted our community development feeder roads to
Abiriu, Cueibet county. This feeder road construction would be from
Aluakluak payam, Mapuordit payam to Ngop payam as agreed by the
community of that area,” he said.
He said the road project was initially meant to link payams
[sub-districts] of Aluakluak, Mapuordit, Ngop and Yirol West town but
the governor decided to divert the roads to Cueibet county in the
state.
Dut claimed that greater Yirol West county chiefs contributed cows to
buy fuel for the roads project, adding that even UN-OPS accepted to
contribute to the project by brining trucks to transport construction
materials.
He accused the governor’s administration of allegedly neglecting
greater Yirol community in favour of the other Cueibet community. Both
Cueibet and Yirol West counties are inhabited by rival ethnic Dinka
clans in the troubled state.
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30 June 11:25, by Mayom County Boy
I know Agaar communities are not good people in term of government .
why protesting and blocking roads from Yirol to Rumbek ?
Is that a decision that can remove care taker governor Major
General Matur Chut Dhoal from power ?
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