{"id":12700,"date":"2023-04-03T06:09:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T06:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onecitizendaily.com\/?p=12700"},"modified":"2023-04-03T06:09:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T06:09:25","slug":"cattle-herders-must-go-minister-makuei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/03\/cattle-herders-must-go-minister-makuei\/","title":{"rendered":"Cattle herders must go – Minister Makuei"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Ephraim Modi Duku Sokiri<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Minister of Information, Communication and Postal Service Michael Makuei Lueth has emphasized on the return of the cattle herders, saying that the cattle keepers will have to go back to their places of origin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking to the media on Saturday, Minister Makuei expressed that the cattle keepers who have been causing chaos to farmers in Equatoria region are returning to their home of origin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn the issue of the return of the cattle, well, of course, these cattle are moving, they are going to their respective home areas and those cattle when they come (came) here, they did not just come voluntarily, they came because of certain circumstances that forced them and up to now even though these circumstances have not subsided\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNevertheless, they have to go and those who have not arrived, are on their way moving and most of them have arrived now in their home areas\u201d Makuei said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A report published in March 2022, indicated that violent clashes between farming communities and cattle herders broke out in Eastern Equatoria State. It was the latest incident in months of cattle-related violence in the area, which is in the country\u2019s southern region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cattle herders alleged to be from the neighbouring Jonglei State were pushed south into Eastern Equatoria\u2019s Magwi County after floods submerged grazing lands. In just days, however, farmer-herder conflict displaced more than 14,000 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Equatoria region hosts South Sudan\u2019s capital, Juba. It is inhabited by more than 30 different ethnic groups, most of them farmers. It was the birthplace of the southern rebellion against Sudan\u2019s Khartoum. Economically, it is the strongest region of South Sudan, with immense agricultural potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the militarisation of cattle raiding since the 1990s has led to frequent eruptions of violence. These raids were originally regulated by cultural authorities. But political elites have armed ethnic groups to advance their interests, leading to a proliferation of guns in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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