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Matur Chut Dhuol Matur Chut Dhuol
- Matur Chuot Dhuol was appointed as caretaker governor of Lakes state in January 2013 (ST)
Name: Matur Chut Dhuol
Position: Caretaker Governor of Lakes State, South Sudan
Rank: Major General
South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir Mayardit has appointed Major General Matur Chut as caretaker Governor of Lakes state on 21 Janaury 2013, a day after removing Governor Chol Tong Mayay.
Kiir initially put Deputy Governor Mabor Achol Kuer in temporary charge. Under South Sudan’s interim constitution an election for a new permanent governor should have been held within 60 days but this deadline passed on 21 March.
Chut is one of the 35 top military officers who were removed from active military service and put on a reserve list “until they are reassigned” in a separate presidential decree on 21 January 2013.
His appointment has been received mixed reactions in Lakes state, with some of his critics fearing that the new Governor will run the state with “an iron fist”.
Mayay was removed after a series of deadly clashes between Lakes state’s cattle herding groups. He was accused of failing to prevent the clashes and address the causes of the violence.
Dhuol introduced a string of tough measures with some residents accusing him of introducing marshal law.
The measures Dhuol has introduced include:
- Creating a military prison on Langcok in the northern of Rumbek Central County.
- Denying those arrested on suspicion of involvement in cattle raiding and inter-communal violence of access to their own lawyers and human rights officials.
- Warning the commissioners of all eight counties that they will be sacked of they fail to confront cattle raiders and bring them to justice.
- Threatening to close the Lakes State’s Legislative Assembly if politicians continue to debate political issues.
- Banning alcohol from being sold in Lakes state apart from at six specific hotels.
- Requiring that all firearms in the state be registered.
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Background
- Wednesday 24 April 2013
April 23, 2013 (RUMBEK) - "Those who are writing negatively about this state government will be crucified like Jesus Christ if we capture them", Lakes state’s deputy governor, Mabor Achol Kuer, said on Sunday. Mabor Achol Kuer, Lakes (...)
- Thursday 31 January 2013
January 30, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Lakes state’s new military caretaker governor, Maj. Gen. Matur Chut Dhuol, has detailed a set of tough new reforms to quell insecurity in the state. Matur Chuot Dhuol was appointed as caretaker governor of (...)
- Friday 1 March 2013
February 28, 2013 (RUMBEK) – The newly appointed governor of South Sudan’s Lakes state, Matur Chut Dhuol has banned the sale of alcohol; a move that will deprive citizens, mostly women of their daily income source.
A woman selling (...)
- Wednesday 1 May 2013
April 30, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Lakes state’s parliament could soon move to impeach the military caretaker Governor if an election is not held as per the young nation’s constitution, an MP warned the South Sudanese government on Tuesday. Matur (...)
- Saturday 13 April 2013
April 13, 2013 (RUMBEK) - The military governor of Lakes state, Maj-Gen Matur Chut Dhuol, has reshuffled his cabinet, county commissioners and advisors for the first time since he replaced Chol Tong Mayay in January. Matur Chuot Dhuol (...)
- Sunday 28 April 2013
April 27, 2013 (RUMBEK) - The head of the United Nations in South Sudan was told by Lakes state MPs on Friday of widespread human rights abuses and constitutional issues with the term limit of the new caretaker military governor. Head (...)
- Tuesday 30 April 2013
April 29, 2013 (RUMBEK) - The government of South Sudan’s Lakes state has released 20 young men on Friday who claim to have been tortured and badly treated during their arbitrary detention in relation inter-communal violent of January. (...)
- Wednesday 17 April 2013
April 16, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Seven new ministers and three commissioners, who were appointed last weekend by Lakes state’s caretaker military Governor were sworn into office on Tuesday but the event was not attended by state MPs angry that (...)
- Monday 4 March 2013
March 3, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Lakes state’s security services carried out an intensive search for alcohol in Rumbek Central market on Saturday just days after the military caretaker governor banned the sale of alcohol in the state. A woman (...)
- Monday 11 March 2013
March 10, 2013 (RUMBEK) - The chairman of the Rumbek Youth Union in Australia, Magang Chol Mathei, has appeal to Lakes state’s leadership to release an Australian citizen who has been arrested and allegedly "tortured" in connection with (...)
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