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Toposa Juba dwellers want wounded invaders punished

Some Juba-based toposa leaders are calling on the authorities in Eastern Equatoria State to hold accountable over 40 wounded raiders undergoing medical treatment at health facilities in the area.

The suspected raiders reportedly sustained injuries after attacking cattle camps in Kapoeta North County last week.

They are said to be receiving treatment at the Napak and Kimotong Primary Health care centers in Eastern Equatoria State.

Yesterday, Eastern Equatoria State governor, Louise Lobong said, he was organizing for the evacuation of 51 wounded attackers to greater Pibor Administrative Area on a humanitarian ground.

Mr Lobong however, called on the offenders to desist from future attacks and abducting children.

But the Juba-based Toposa Community wants justice to prevail over the matter.

“The Toposa community request the state government to arrest the wounded raiders who are currently receiving medical treatment at Napak and Kimotong Primary Health center in Kimotong payam”, said Paul Napwon Yoane, the Chairperson of Toposa Community Union in Juba.

“And we further request Lafon County administration to do the same and bring the raiders to face justice. The lives of the people killed during the two attacks will not go without justice.”

The community leaders said the latest violence in Kapoeta North undermined the August 2021 Kali community peace conference.

The conference had resolved that the communities of greater Kapoeta and the surrounding areas coexist peacefully.

“We are not for war and we don’t want war but because the whole of South Sudan is bleeding. In fact the only state that there was hope for South Sudan is Eastern Equatoria,

“…but this one now seems to be something organized and it seems to be a kind of proxy war which is very dangerous”, said Napwon.

“So until now we are for peace and if there is any possible way of the government of South Sudan intervening, including the international community, we are for peace.”

The traditional leaders also demanded that the thousands of heads of cattle are recovered and returned to there rightful owners.

President Kiir calls partners to fund crippled peace mechanisms

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has added his voice to IGAD’s call on the donor countries to reconsider their decision to cut support and fund the peace monitoring mechanisms.

On Tuesday, the regional heads of state during an extraordinary assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, revealed that the US government scaled down its support to the South Sudan peace process.

According to the IGAD leaders, the withdrawal of support to South Sudan is crippling the work of critical agreement mechanisms.

The affected mechanisms include the Revitalized Transitional Monitoring and Evaluation Commission, R-JMEC and the Ceasefire Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring Mechanism, CTSAM-VM.

In his state of the nation address last evening for the marking of the country’s 11th Independence Anniversary, President Kiir said his government is concerned with the donors’ funding cut to what he calls vital peace monitoring mechanisms.

“We are concern by the decision taken by our partners to the monitoring mechanisms that is the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (R-JMEC), and the Ceasefire Transitional Security Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (CTSAM-VM)”, he said.

The head of state appealed to the peace partners to reconsider their decision and provide the necessary funding to the mechanisms.

This, he said, will enable the peace bodies to discharge their oversight role in the peace implementation.

“These bodies are vital in proving oversight on the issues arising from the implementation of the revitalized peace agreement,” stated Kiir.

“Given their vital roles played by these institutions, I’m adding my voice to that of IGAD to call our partners to reconsider their decision and provide the necessary fund to these institutions to carry out their functions.”’

Early this year, Kiir’s office appealed to the Joe Biden Administration to support the Unity government in its quest for lasting peace.

According to the press secretary in the office of the President, Ateny Wek Ateny, the government required support of the American people to hold free, fair, timely and peaceful elections.

The country’s transitional period is due to end in February next year, but key provisions of the 2018 peace deal such as putting in place a permanent constitution, holding general elections among other key reforms required, are unaccomplished.

However, the US government has often emphasized it would support the peace process if it sees tangible commitment from the peace leaders.

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