Nineteen '19' year old woman committed suicide in Lakes State, Rumbek East County

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  The local police of Lakes State confirmed that a 19 year old woman committed suicide in the County of Rumbek East in the village of Meen-Wal and the police withheld the deceased name for unknown reason.  This is not the first time for the young girls to commit suicide in the State, the first case was reported to the authorities  two days ago after a young girl committed suicide in Wulu County.  While speaking to the Media, Police Spokesperson Maj. Elijah Mabor Makwach said that, the police are conducting thorough investigation on why there is a rampant rise of suicide amongst girls in Lakes State.  “We have recorded several cases of suicide with the most recent being a 19-year-old girl who committed a suicide in Meen-wal village in Rumbek East County and the investigation is still ongoing to identify the cause of the suicide because the cases are rising. Last week alone, two suicide cases were reported,” Maj. Mabor said.  Lakes State Police Spokesperson further said that, they have b
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South Sudanese are the leading Miraa (KHAT) Chewers in Kakuma Refugee Camp.

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Kakuma Refugee Miraa chewers initially are people from the Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya origins but recently South Sudanese Miraa chewers have overtaken both Somalia and Ethiopia to become the number one Miraa Chewers in the camp.

According to one of our correspondent who has been in the camp for more than (15) fifteen years he said that “The number started increasing from the year 2010 and now in the year 2019 the number is too high.” By 2 PM that is exactly the time, Miraa (KHAT) is brought to the camp via Lodwar.

South Sudanese Children will be seen around 1PM loitering Somalia or Ethiopian Market waiting for Miraa. This has in fact affected their afternoon classes instead of going for the afternoon classes they will be seen waiting for Miraa anxiously.

Miraa also known as Khat is a stimulant drug, which can cause loss of appetite and euphoria. Miraa contains Alkaloid and Cathinone. According to the study, it is still unclear if the consumption of Miraa can directly affect the mental health of a user.

The chewing of Miraa among the South Sudanese has led to a lot of theft cases in the community since the chewers had to steal in order to buy the Miraa. Miraa is expensive, one surba is around 350ksh.

The World Health Organization (WHO) considers that Miraa addiction to be not seriously problematic. In other countries, it is not allowed like Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom. In Yemen, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Kenya are the major consumers of Miraa. 

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