The Unity State Community Association in Kenya has pledged to support the Khartoum peace agreement signed by the government and opposition parties last week.

In a statement extended to Radio Tamazuj on Tuesday, Dak Buoth the chairperson of the association said despite the presence of pending issues, they saw a need to rally behind the leaders who signed the agreement.

“We shall keep encouraging each other to turn down social media rhetoric and use of such platforms to propagate for peace knowing very well that those who want peace must be too prepared for war. We shall try our best to lobby for the quickest implementation of the Khartoum peace agreement knowing that the signing of the peace agreement is one thing and implementation of the same is another,” reads the statement in part.

Bouth further noted that they would reach out to other local communities for dialogue and reconciliation to ensure that the agreement holds.

The association further stated that they would ensure peace prevails for the sake of the suffering masses in South Sudan.

“We shall do it for the sake of our people who yearn for peace. As matter of fact, the people of South Sudan are weeping from the internally displaced camps and elsewhere calling for a break from war. We must listen to their voices.

They also expressed appreciation to leaders for what they called, “We thank our leaders who have heard their cry by signing the Khartoum peace agreement on the aforesaid date. Were it not for our leaders who had shown political good will and compromise, the Khartoum peace agreement would have not been signed. We also thanked everyone who fought bravely and tirelessly for this peace to come not forgetting the mediators who spend sleepless night writing those papers.”

The Unity State Community Association was established in 2010.