{"id":43099,"date":"2023-09-05T16:18:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T16:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/jonglei-spla-io-receives-eight-defectors-from-gen-olonys-kit-gwang-faction"},"modified":"2023-09-05T16:18:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T16:18:11","slug":"jonglei-spla-io-receives-eight-defectors-from-gen-olonys-kit-gwang-faction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/jonglei-spla-io-receives-eight-defectors-from-gen-olonys-kit-gwang-faction","title":{"rendered":"Jonglei: SPLA-IO receives eight defectors from Gen. Olony\u2019s Kit-Gwang faction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>The opposition SPLA-IO under First Vice President Riek Machar on Monday received eight army officers who defected from Gen. Johnson Olony\u2019s SPLA-IO Kit-Gwang faction, an armed group technically integrated into the army.<\/p>\n

The defecting group was led by Lt. Col. Kuol Thon Kur.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Monday evening, Lt. Col. Thon said that he abandoned his base near Malakal, where he was deployed at the army\u2019s intelligence unit over poor administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cI defected and decided to join SPLA-IO in Jonglei State because we had some administrative differences. Again, the talk in Juba is that people are for peace and that we have been integrated into the army but we don\u2019t see it that way on the ground,\u201d Thon said. \u201cI decided to join SPLA-IO because everyone chooses where they feel comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n

For his part, Brig. Gen. Peter Gatkek Tolchek, the SPLA-IO\u2019s sector three brigade commander, said they had received the defectors.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have received an army lieutenant colonel with seven soldiers. We welcomed him because he may have seen something bad there and now he feels comfortable with us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Lt. Col. Khor Nyang Mabor, the SPLA-IO sector tree spokesperson, said arrangements are going on to have the defectors reintegrated into the SPLA-IO. \u201cHe left a base in Owac and came all the way through Malakal road and he is now with us at the headquarters in Langkien. We welcomed him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

This development highlights the complexities of the ongoing integration efforts within South Sudan\u2019s military landscape.<\/p>\n

Under the September 2018 peace agreement, South Sudan is supposed to train, graduate and deploy 83,000 personnel from the various armed forces to take charge of security during the current transitional period.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Sudan<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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