Paramount chief arrested for shielding suspected killers in Rumbek East
Authorities of Rumbek East County on Monday confirmed the arrest of Paramount Chief Machuol Makur of Aduel Payam alleged to be protecting suspected killers and cattle thieves in his compound.
The Rumbek East County deputy police commissioner, Brigadier General Makur Dak, said the police on Monday morning went to the house of the chief who was harboring the killers and arrested him.
“We went to his house and arrested the Paramount Chief who was said to be hiding the killers who ambushed and killed people who were traveling on foot with their cows from Naam-cok cattle camp to Amongpiny Payam. He is now under investigation to bring the suspects who killed people in a road ambush, Gen. Makur said.
Rumbek East: Two warring communities make peace, agree to graze cattle together
The two warring communities of Kok-Awac and Pacuer resolved and agreed to coexist peacefully and share the Pulkuc cattle camp in Rumbek East County of Lakes State.
The two sections sat on Monday in a peace and reconciliation dialogue organized by the Peacebuilding Opportunities Fund (POF) and resolved that they will graze their cattle together, confess and forgive each other, avoid songs that incite violence, create an alliance and drink alcohol responsibly.
The peace dialogue also resolved that as the two communities move to the wetlands to graze their animals during the coming dry season, they will coexist peacefully, continue to observe the agreement in letter and spirit and that whoever has ill intentions will be contacted and persuaded individually or dealt with ritually. They settled that this agreement is an opportunity for getting to know each other since the majority of the youth grew up in co