By James innocent<\/p>\n
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Returnees who had fled to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have started settling in Senema Sub-Boma, Otogo Payam of Yei River County, despite facing numerous challenges.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Authorities of Yei River County visited the returnees on Friday, accompanied by the Head Chief of Ombasi and the Director for Otago Payam.<\/p>\n The returnees were forced to leave the DRC due to restrictions imposed by the Congolese authorities, who demanded a lot of money for migration that the returnees could not afford. As a result, they voluntarily returned to South Sudan.<\/p>\n Yei River County Commissioner, Aggrey Cyrus Kanyikwa, expressed his appreciation for the returnees’ courage in deciding to come back home, and their resilience during the difficult process of resettlement.<\/p>\n “Because of your decision today, you have seen positive responses from Humanitarian Agencies as I see you receiving non-food items today,” he said.<\/p>\n The Commissioner emphasized the need to provide the returnees with essential services, such as healthcare, including measles and OV vaccination, rehabilitation of clean water points, and education for the children.<\/p>\n SSPDF Commander in the county Brigadier John Lual Tong Awan Commissioner Kanyikwa Brigadier Tong also reiterated the army’s commitment to protecting the civilians and their properties.<\/p>\n He called on those still carrying guns in the bushes to come back home and engage in a dialogue with the government to find a peaceful solution.<\/p>\n The Commissioner’s visit aimed to strengthen the security situation and inspect the poor condition of the road to Senema, which has been hindering humanitarian efforts.<\/p>\n During the visit, the M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF), a humanitarian agency, was distributing non-food items to the returnees, including shelters, utensils, and water containers.<\/p>\n Most of the returnees have already set up shelters and are preparing their land for cultivation in the second season.<\/p>\n However, the conditions remain dire as their numbers increase, and the food provided by the Governor and County Authorities is running low.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By James innocent Returnees who had fled to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have started settling in Senema Sub-Boma, Otogo Payam of Yei River County, despite facing numerous challenges. Authorities of Yei River County visited the returnees on Friday, accompanied by the Head Chief of Ombasi and the[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110,80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-central-equatoria-state","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Returnees.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25775","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=25775"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25777,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25775\/revisions\/25777"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}