The Kajo-Keji community on Wednesday commended the Central Equatoria State government’s decision to commemorate this year’s Independence Day anniversary celebrations in Kajo-Keji town.
This comes after the Kajo-Keji community, led by their chairperson, Aggrey Tisa Sabuni, held a meeting with Governor Emmanuel Adil Anthony in Juba. The meeting was also attended by Mariam Aguli Alex, the chairperson of the state’s high-level committee which is tasked with preparing for the celebrations.
Speaking to the press after the meeting, Tisa described the state’s decision of choosing the county to host this year’s celebrations as a good sign towards fostering sustainable peace, and development and that it will encourage the return of refugees.
“The Kajo-Keji community appreciates the state’s decision this time around to celebrate the twelfth Independence Day in the county,” he said. “The community feels it is an extremely good decision and it is one way of highlighting kajo-keji and exposing the county which is now stable for the people to return home.”
According to Tisa, Kajo-Keji County played a big role in the independence of South Sudan through successive political armed movements in history. He noted that the county has been in the media for the wrong reasons recently.
“Of late Kajo-Keji has been in the news for the wrong reasons, calamities, problems, deaths, and so on but this is a good occasion to celebrate the national Independence Day,” he said. “The Kajo-Keji people, as history will recall, have always been at the forefront in the fight for the independence of South Sudan going back to the 1950s and 60s, the Anyanya Movement, and now we have the Republic of South Sudan.”
Some Kajo-Keji inhabitants who Radio Tamazuj sounded out said they were elated by the state government’s decision.
Meanwhile, Governor Emmanuel Adil directed the state’s high-level committee tasked with preparing the celebrations to work closely with the locally instituted sub-committee in Kajo-Keji to streamline the effective mobilization of resources.
The governor also appealed to the Kajo-Keji community leadership to use their position to propagate messages of unity and to urge refugees to return home.