CHOLLO LAND CASE

Daer All,

I have come to understand that my initiative to let us petition the court regarding this issue is unpopular among the majority of our people. There are other options suggested like the ICC and military confrontation with Jango including the SPLA if it comes in support of occupation of our land.

The rejection of my initiative is based on the fear that the courts in the South Sudan are predominantly run by Jango and therefore a waste of time and money as we may not get justice in our favor. I thought going to the court is the cheapest.

My main fear is that the Transitional Constitution has been tabled on the floor of the SSLA and will have to be passed before the 9th July, 2011.I have had the experience of how Constitutions and other laws are dealt with by parliaments and in fact I worked as a member of a Constitution Commission and also on the Local Government Law Commission. I am dead sure that the Transitional Constitution will be passed by the SSLA in a package together with other laws especially the Local Government Act which will give the President the power to decree Warrants of Establishment of the various Counties in our new country. HE Kiir told me that there were already 80 counties and there were some 65 applications more.

I gave him my opinion based on my experience on the Local Government Law Commission. Of course Piji and Akoka had already been announced and were among the 80 in existence, although being contested by us. The good thing is that all the 80 counties in existence do not have warrants of establishments up to this date. So why do we not give an alarm to both the SSLA and the court that we have a point of contention over certain counties established by the government which are affecting us, but without consulting with us?. If the SSLA passes this package of the Constitution and other laws they will become law of the country and game up for the Nyikango Kingdom .

My sense now is that any person who may continue to ask me IFS and Buts on this case has a different agenda and not the Chollo Land . I am just asking for money and I will complete the rest with the lawyers. After all if I die today you will definitely take my remains home at a charge much more compared to the amount I am asking you for the court.

Thank You

James Ogilo Agor e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.