Small Arms Control Program Launched In Jonglei
The small arms control program has been launched in Jonglei state to educate the citizens on the need to control small arms from circulation in the volatile state. 24 March 2013 By Jacob Achiek Jok BOR, 24 March 2013 [Gurtong] – The community security for small arms program launched the campaign under the theme, “it is a new era where we don’t need guns.” Jonglei State Governor, Kuol Manyang Juuk has appreciated the community security for small arms control together with United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for the launching a campaign on small arms control within the state capital. “This initiative is adding to the effort we are doing, with hope this will have direct impact on the people who will see and carry this forward,” Manyang said. He urges the team to start from the state capital by educating the civil population in because there is circulation of the small arms within the civilian population. “We are not killing our people with heavy machine guns we are killing our people with AK47 and we requested our people to surrender their guns to police authorities because police is here to protect you,” Manyang said. Manyang said that during the launching of the disarmament exercise last year, the government officials, civil societies and chiefs joined hands in the campaign process where guns were handed over to the South Sudan army (SPLA) forces. The governor said that they have tied their level best to convince people to give up their guns but some of the people have ignored to surrender their arms adding that the criminal acts are still high in the state. Speaker Peter Chol Wal said starting from 1983 the youth were born within war times and that they know nothing about peace and that even when the government officials try to talk about peace, the youth don’t understand the meaning of peace. “They were born during the times of war where people were fighting and that is why it is very difficult for us to explain the meaning of peace to the new generation, it not an easy task,” Chol Wal said. Chol said that they need to disseminate this information and launch this peace program which will educate their people and the new generations in all counties of Jonglei state. The speaker said that the state legislative assembly has passed a bill to control firearms and ammunition to support small arms control programs. He said the bill passed was to empower the executive and security forces to control firearms in the hands of civil population. The project was funded by United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and according to the Director, Mr. Aguti Adut Aguti, the team will have 10 days of campaigns in Lou Nuer areas and Pibor will follow later. Posted in: Home, Governance, Foreign Aid/Assistance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
