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- 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
- Tuesday 12 March 2013
March 10, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Lakes state parliament on Thursday has voted to approve a loan requested by Lakes state caretaker military governor worth 1.1 million
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- Wednesday 6 February 2013
February 5, 2013 (RUMBEK) - The Lakes state branch of South Sudan’s ruling party - the SPLM - has controversially appointed Mabor Ater Dhuol as the new acting party secretary on Tuesday, as senior figures boycotted the swearing in (...)
- Wednesday 30 January 2013
January 29, 2013 (RUMBEK) – The newly appointed caretaker governor of South Sudan’s Lakes state, Major Gen. Matur Chuot Dhuol has embarked on a tour of all counties, putting security reform as his top priority.
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- Tuesday 29 January 2013
January 28, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan’s parliament has backed a presidential decree removing Lakes state governor Chol Tong Mayay and appointing military officer Major General Matur Chut as interim governor until further arrangements (...)
- Saturday 23 March 2013
March 22, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Lakes state’s caretaker military governor, Maj-Gen Matur Chut Dhuol, has given owners of guns in Rumbek town seven days to register their firearms or face three years in prison. Matur Chuot Dhuol was appointed (...)
- Thursday 14 February 2013
February 13, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Authorities in Lake state’s Rumbek North county (Maper) say four people have been killed and another wounded in attacks carried out by suspected cattle raiders from Unity state.
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- 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. (...)
- Saturday 23 March 2013
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- Sunday 17 February 2013
February 16, 2013 (RUMBEK) - The newly-appointed caretaker Governor of South Sudan’s Lakes state, Major Gen. Matur Chut Dhuol has initiated a policy licensing all firearms in the region. Matur Chuot Dhuol was appointed as caretaker (...)
- Wednesday 27 March 2013
March 26, 2013 (RUMBEK) – Students from South Sudan Lakes state, concerned by the increasing level of lawlessness in the region, have asked authorities to adhere to the country’s transitional constitution while governing citizens.
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