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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>The national parliament\u2019s Third Deputy Speaker has called on the Luo community to ignore \u201cagents of disunity\u201d and live peacefully with their fellow communities in Western Bahe el Ghazal state.<\/p>\n

Kornelio Kon \u2013 who hails from the Luo community \u2013 called on them to accept the disputed naming of a local bridge, adding that the biggest priority should be peace in the state.<\/p>\n

His remarks come after the recent controversies over the naming of Jur River bridge, after Clement Boro, allegedly by the national government.<\/p>\n

Following several petitions, the national government sent a committee to the state capital Wau to collect public views over the matter.<\/p>\n

Kon, who headed the investigation team, said the people of Western Bahr el Ghazal should remember the historical peaceful coexistence among themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to tell our people not to listen to those who cause misunderstanding to disunite the community, like what is happening in some states,\u201d said Kon.<\/p>\n

He was speaking to Eye Radio at the sidelines of Luo community meeting in Juba on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t want this in Western Bahr el Ghazal. That\u2019s why I said as politicians from the area who are concerned, we should go to Wau and talk to people, if we didn\u2019t go there the situation might have intensified among the communities, just because of the naming of the bridge.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy message to Luo community and all the communities in WBGs, unite and avoid hate speeches. Don\u2019t listen to those who incite communities using social media, let\u2019s live as one people, avoid hate speech on social media.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWBGs is one of the best states when it comes to peaceful coexistence among the communities, but there are those who don\u2019t like that, they want to disunite us. That\u2019s why we should not listen to such people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jur River County youth had protested the naming of the life-link bridge after late veteran politician Clement Mboro, who once served on two ministerial positions in the Sudanese government.<\/p>\n

The Luo youth argued that the bridge naming was a land grabbing strategy and would jeopardize their cultural heritage and encourage land grabbing.<\/p>\n

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