Africa-Press – South-Sudan. A group of lawmakers in the Eastern Equatoria State Transitional Legislative Assembly are calling on the national government to address the border issue with Kenya.
Hundreds of residents in Kapoeta East County took to the streets last week to protest what they termed the illegal deployment of security forces by Kenya, in the Nakodok area.
The protest came after Kenya allegedly claimed that Nakodok is the border with South Sudan. A section of South Sudanese claimed the border is in Lokichogio.
James Natabo, MP for Kapoeta East County in the state parliament, is now calling on the national government to immediately intervene and solve the border issue.
“The Nadapal issue has become chronic and has never been solved since 2009 and the national government is keeping silence,” said Jeff Longoria Lokidi, who hails from Kapoeta South.
He further added that such silence “is jeopardising the integrity of the territorial claims of this country.”
He urged the national government to make use of its international border committee, saying they were expecting the government to use the mechanism to address the issues of international borders.
Hellen Worasio, another Member of Parliament, called on the national government to address the issue once and for all.
“Let them (politicians) come and solve the problem right away because we don’t want to fight but rather have peace with our neighbours.”
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