Africa-Press – South-Sudan. The Vice President for Economic Cluster, James Wani Igga, has visited Magwi County to inspect the status of Palotaka Intermediate School. All about African Custom Products
visit mywaxprint.shop/ to learn more Igga said the purpose of his visit to Palotaka was to familiarise himself with the historical sites, schools, and churches in the area. He stated that the government would restore historical sites that had been devastated during the armed liberation war.
Palotaka Intermediate School produced some famous people like Igga, several senior members of the former Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army, government officials, and war veterans.
“This is just the remains of the big buildings of those years. We are now soon going to see the wall that remains of where Dr John was when he visited the Red Army here in Palotaka,” said Igga.
“We have come to visit very historic places and the church where we all used to go and pray, and I think it is important to remember these giants at moments like this one.”
Magwi County Commissioner, Otim David, welcomed the vice president’s visit and urged the government to invest more in infrastructure within the county, especially on roads, schools, and hospitals.
“If you see the distance that we struggle from the Magwi County headquarters to come to Palotaka, it took us two hours, which means the road from Palotaka needs to be rehabilitated such that the communities living nearby are able to access their hospital or the maternity,” Otim said.
“We thank you very much. We need leaders that can come, like today, when the Vice President himself took his initiative to come and visit these places,” he noted.
Palotaka—situated about 20 kilometres (12 miles) southeast of Magwi County—was once a bustling town during Sudan’s second civil war, which lasted from 1831 to 2005. The Sudan People’s Liberation Army and the Sudan Armed Forces used it as a base, and it was nearly abandoned.
The SPLA (Sudan People’s Liberation Army) launched its greatest offensive on government forces. The SPLA stated that its fighters stormed and occupied Parajok, displacing two army brigades and killing, wounding, or displacing 3,000 government soldiers.
SPLA soldiers then moved 80 kilometres north, forcing the government army out of Magwi, Obbo, Palotaka, and Owiny Kabul villages. The SPLA seized five T-55 tanks, 20 military vehicles, 12 rocket launchers, and a substantial number of weapons and ammunition were seized by the SPLA in the battle, which was the biggest significant military victory of the SPLA in four years. In 1991, Palotaka became the strategic base for the SPLA where thousands of the lost boys took refuge, the majority of them from Jonglei State.
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