Residents of Morobo and Keya towns in South Sudan’s Yei River State have accused government forces and rebel troops of committing human rights violations in the two areas, causing mass exodus of people into neighboring Congo and Uganda.
The locals said during a consultative meeting with the chairperson of the national dialogue subcommittee and presidential adviser on special affairs, Clement Wani Konga recently.
The complaining residents claimed that majority of the local youth were killed, while women and young girls were raped in the two border towns.
“We planted a lot of crops but today soldiers are looting and selling for us our own food, so these are some of the problems facing and paining us in Morobo County” said one of the women.
“The bad thing is that people are being killed, especially the youth that’s why we ran to Uganda. We are hungry no food, no hospitals, and no houses all these have been destroyed and burnt down,” said another resident.
The residents also accused the national government of poor governance, while recommending federalism as the only system of government that can bring about peace and equality in South Sudan
For his part, Presidential Adviser Clement Wani Konga said the grievances raised by Morobo and Kaya residents will be documented and presented to the national dialogue team for peace to prevail in South Sudan.