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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Turkana and Toposa Leaders Met Today To Discuss Kenya-South Sudan Boarder Issue

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Today Turkana and Toposa leaders had a bilateral consultative meeting on South Sudan -Kenya boarders. 

The meeting was chaired by Turkana County Governor H.E Josephat Nanok and Kapoeta State Governor H.E Luis Lobong Lojore. 

The consultative meeting was held as a result of the agreement between H.E president Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya and H.E President Salva Kiir of the republic of South Sudan to fast track the implementation of the MOU on boundary delimination and demarcation between Kenya and South Sudan signed on 17th June 2019 in Nairobi.

During the deliberations that were held in a cordial and transparent atmosphere ,the leaders recognised the common heritage,good relations and interdependence between the people of Kenya and south Sudan and committed to deepen and strengthen existing friendly bilateral relations.

Further to this,The leaders and heads of subnational governments agreed to pacify respective border communities to facilitate both governments to realize the objects of the MOU/framework for addressing the longstanding border issue.

More to follow shortly... 

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