By Gladys Fred<\/p>\n
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National Land Commission blames insecurity across the country as a driving factor for land grabbing in Juba City, as citizens flee villages for safety, to settle in a peaceful environment.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Mr. Robert Ladu Lwoki, Chairperson of National Land Commission said that cases of land, that they sometimes hear, are not actually land grabbing but need for secure settlement.<\/p>\n He made the remarks during media briefing after a session between officials from Ministry of Lands, Housing, and Urban Development, with partners.<\/p>\n The session presented an invaluable opportunity for insights into collaborative efforts and developments, on land.<\/p>\n Lwoki argued that there is enough land to accommodate everyone in the country, but that insecurity pushes people to scramble for settlement in Juba.<\/p>\n \u201cWe sometimes hear of land grabbing; people are not grabbing land; there\u2019s plenty of land in South Sudan, but what people are actually grabbing for is security,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n According to Ladu, people are just looking for a suitable place for settlement where there is proper security and employment, so they can make ends meet.<\/p>\n \u201cThey come to Juba not because they want to come and stay in this hot weather; there are better places to live than Juba, but people run here and grab land because of a lack of employment; all the industries, all job opportunities, and security are all found in Juba,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n The land commission boss stressed that farming in the villages has become a risky venture for the local populace.<\/p>\n \u201cYou go outside and cultivate your farm three miles away; you will cultivate, but you will never harvest your crops; somebody else will come with his gun and harvest on your behalf,\u201d he lamented.<\/p>\n Ladu explained that all these issues are related to peace; that\u2019s why land and peace go together, citing that in their land commission unit, they\u2019re working very hard to look into these matters.<\/p>\n The issue of land grabbing has been a persistent problem, despite attempts by the government to address it.<\/p>\n Last month, at least thirteen individuals, including SSPDF officers, were arrested, and later sentenced to two months in prison, and fined 250,000 SSP each for land grabbing and malicious damage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Gladys Fred National Land Commission blames insecurity across the country as a driving factor for land grabbing in Juba City, as citizens flee villages for safety, to settle in a peaceful environment. Mr. Robert Ladu Lwoki, Chairperson of National Land Commission said that cases of land, that they[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Robert-Ladu-Lwoki-chairperson-of-National-Land-Commission.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23807"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23809,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23807\/revisions\/23809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}