The communities of Baari and Omorwo in Torit county of South Sudan’s Torit State have started the process of compensating the deaths of more than 40 people killed from both sides in the last 5 years.
The compensation in form of 12 cows for each person killed and 6 cows for traditional funeral services were among resolutions of the peace and reconciliation conference held at Osito village Bur Payam of Torit County in June.
Mr. Jimmy Kilang Selverious, the Country Director for Solidarity Association for Rehabilitation and Recovery Affairs or SARRA last Friday told the state government that relative peace has returned to both villages after there was a series of dialogues amongst them.
“Thre is a compromise agreement between the perpetrators and the family of the deceased for the issue of compensation after the dialogues,” Kilang noted.
Torit state minister for gender and child welfare Ongejuk Vitale who witnessed the commitment of the communities to compensate each other expressed hopes that peace will hold this time.
“They were really talking by themselves that means this is the peace that has come from their hearts and I know the peace will last, they will not go back to conflict,” he said.
The Baari and Omorwo communities of Bur Payam fought over land for cultivation in April 2013, leading to a series of revenge attacks that claimed more than 40 lives including women and children.
Other resolutions of the peace conference included ending the inter-communal conflict, and establishment of a truth-telling committee.