Juba, South Sudan
March 11, 2022 — The communities of Leer, Mayiandit, and Koch Counties of Unity State have embarked on a two-day peace and reconciliation dialogue in the capital, Juba.
The conference was organized by the Universal Intervention and Development Organization (UNIDOR), a national nongovernmental organization and facilitated by religious leaders, Rev. James Kuong Ninrew and Rev. Thomas Manyol Riek.
According to the facilitators, the Community Reconciliation Dialogue was attended by 125 participants, who were mostly representatives of Leer, Mayiandit and Koch counties.
Speaking to the media, the Executive Director of the Universal Intervention and Development Organization, James Keah Ninrew, said the two-day conference was a continuation of a peace dialogue that was funded by the USAID through Shejah Salam and it was aimed to engage the two communities of Leer and Maiyandit to find an everlasting peace in their communities.
“The program is a dialogue between the communities of Mayiandit, Leer and Koch and this is a continuation of a peace dialogue which was supported by USAID through Shejah Salam as a donor and the reason is to engage the two communities of Leer and Maiyandit so that they can have a long lasting peace that will enable them to stay in peace at the community level.”, The Executive Director of UNIDOR, Keah Ninrew said.
According to Ninrew, the conference could have been organized at the grassroots in Leer and Mayiandit counties, respectively; unfortunately, that did not happen because of fragile security in the area among others.
In response, UNIDOR decided to organize the conference in the capital, Juba, with hopes that the participants will help to mobilize their communities to live in peace and harmony.
“We feel as an organization that if we can engage the communities in Juba, they will also be able to help us advocate for the conference to take place in Mayiandit and Leer.” the Executive Direct, James Keah Ninrew said.
“We have this gathering to dialogue on the cause of the conflict and how the communities can be able to resolve them. So that is actually the objective of today’s function in Juba.”, he added.
According to the facilitators, the initiate also aimed to normalize the on-going hostilities between the two sisterly communities to mitigate armed youth conflicts in the three counties
Recent incidents in Koch, Leer and Mayiandit counties, which included an attack on aid workers, drew International condemnation and calls for a government investigation into alleged human rights violations; however, president Kiir’s government paid a deaf ear to such calls.
The two-day peace initiative brought together political leaders, youth, women and as well as other stakeholders.
The initiative has been welcomed with open arms by the three communities and intellectuals such as Ruot George, a journalist and a former correspondent for Nyamilepedia, who appreciates the facilitators for organizing the event.
“Many thank you to Universal Intervention and Development Organisation – UNIDOR, a national nongovernmental organization for the initiative of Community Reconciliation Dialogue that brought together 125 participants from Leer and Mayiandit. Some people could not believe that it will succeed but with God, everything is possible.” Ruot George said.
According to Ruot George, the three communities agreed that there is no conflict between Leer, Mayiandit and Koch counties but just a few incidents between disgruntled individuals whose lands and other properties were affected by the new border between Mayiandit and Leer.
“Some of the major problem identified include insecurity due to poor governance, land disputes due to lack of formal agreement when Mayiandit was splitted from Leer in 2001” Ruot George said,
“What is happening currently is the war between owners of properties and those who want to loot the properties.” He added.
Towards the end of the conference the participants agreed to repatriate their loved ones and friends to where they belong in order to mitigate conflicts and to advocate for peaceful co-existence between the three counties and also within Unity State as a whole.
On their part, women leaders, who attended the conference, called on the three commissioners of the three counties to resign and allow women to lead, saying that men have failed to address community issues and therefore, women should be given a chance to come in to resolve them.
Lastly, the participants have agreed to conduct another dialogue in the counties and decided that two members of parliament and five community members from each of the counties will be delegated to visit their respective counties to join the peace dialogue on the ground.
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“Leer, Mayiandit, and Koch Counties Initiate Community Reconciliation Dialogue in Juba”
Our Nuers ke nyantoc, You better go and reconciliation in your where peace to supposed brought to. And of course, wean yourself about anything to do with US, the UK, the UN and NGOs, The USAID, Oxfam and others organizations are one keeping South Sudan and the South Sudanese people. When are you Nuers going to learn to stop depending on free things from other countries?
There are no free things on this planet earth. The reasons why the evils in the US, the UK, their UN and shifty have badly attached themselves to our country and our people. Is simply, because low lives in Nuer, Shilluk (Chollo) and some communities, just want free things. We have all the lands we need, but you lives would bring the devils and into our country and over our people. And this is our cloned so-called Arabs of North Sudan encroached into country slowly by slowly,
Ou Nuers ke nyantoc you have been a big pain in South Sudan and a snag a south Sudan people progress and starting your fake PhD doctor Mr. Riek Machar.
You were asked in 2014 to stop your aimless rebellion and come back to Juba for national dialogue and reconcialtion, but you refused, your gat Machar and his allies, were simply taken hostage by the US, the UK, Norway, their lackeys in the IGAD, the African Union (the AU), the UN and the NGOs——then so-called ‘IGAD-PLUS) in the hotels, bars and brothels of the Abesh (so-called ethioopia) prostitute, Nairobi, Kenya, by Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga, Arusha Tanzania, by then Tanzanian president, Mr. Jakaya Kikwete (what a damn name?!), Former South Africa president and his former, Mr. Jacob Xuma, former South president, Mr. Thabo Mbeki who was even brought here by his European, Americans, gulf Arab states financiers and his secret societies criminals to come and convince us to live sides by sides, his Bantuses low lives, Abeshas (so-called ethiiopian) prostitutes, our cloned so-calle Arabs of North Sudan, evil juus (so-called israelis) attack dogs, white Americans, English people, Portaguese, Italians, Indians, Pakistanis, Nepalese, Bangladeshis, Sri Lankans, like the way the Bantuses live sides by sides with these vermins/parasites/viruses/pests in South Africa, Namibia, Zimbawe, Lesotho, Eswani, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, Angola, Mozambique, Kenya and evils are even scheming to haul their arses into Uganda.
But the vermins/parasites/viruses/pests are wasting their damn times. Uganda is the one who always fight wars on behave of South Sudan?, Uganda and North Sudan are considered be the ones, taken care of South Sudan people with our arch enemy, the cloned so-called Arabs North Sudan. Yeah, and Nuers ke nyantoc. Let any piece of rubbish ever ever againg, to bring our cloned Arabs of North Sudan, Abeshas (so-called ethiopians), Bantuses, the gulf Arab states terror exporters, the evil white Americans, English people, Irish people their evil juus (so-called israelis) attack dogs, their UN, their sleazy NGOs or UNMISS of Indians, Pakistanis, Nepalese, Bangladeshis, Sri Lankans, Roman Catholic (society of Jesuits), Anglicans, Voodoos, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Baptist Church, Muslims, Hindus, Shammans and evil Jews in name of rebuilding South Sudan, like in 2005. And that piece South Sudan low life will be as good as dead, reasons pure HATRED an d RACISM.
Your gat Machar has long since gone to William Deng Nhial Battalion in 2016, He didn’t go to Democratic republic of Congo (D.R.C) national park, we killed him. Your gat Machar was a terrorist. Do you remember Emma McCune and her war in Southern Sudan. We killed her on Ngong Road i, Nairibi, Kenya in1994. She was an NGO prostitute, we don’t coonsider people and vampires anything.
You been warned time and time again, that grow the damn up and the Jaangs/Muonyjiengs/Jiengs/Jenges/Dinkas of the Sudan and Egypt, are not playing games with you some of these days. You are not being treated with kid gloves some and your masters these days. Reasons, pure HATRED and RACISM. You been warned to grow the damn up, but all you wretches always after is just to try to bring down other people to your messy-children-like lifestyles.
You were given your damn filthy states, in 32 states, but you don’t want your filthy states, you want to be with Jaangs/Muonyjiengs/Jiengs/Jenges/Jaangs states, and then we will be like you. try again>>>>