Three Day Peace Workshop Opens in Morobo / PHOTO: County Press
(MOROBO COUNTY) – A three day peace retreat has opened in Morobo County, bringing together church denominations, local authorities, chiefs, women and security agencies to seek lasting peace in an area of Central Equatoria badly affected by the 2016 civil conflict.
The retreat is organised by PARARA MISION, a church based organisation that partners with all church denominations in Morobo. It offers health services, Bible teachings and peace and reconciliation programmes in the county.
Trainers from Uganda and Kajo Keji are facilitating the workshop at the invitation of the Diocesan Bishop of Panyana. Stakeholders in Morobo County have been pushing for ways to restore peace within the county through all possible means.
In his welcoming remarks, Rt. Rev Seme Nigo Abuida of the Episcopal Diocese of Panyana thanked the County Commissioner for setting aside his daily duties and giving his time to the local peace and reconciliation efforts.
He said the initiatives are driven to pursue lasting peace in response to the cry of the people of Morobo.
Commissioner Joseph Mawa urged the people of Panyana Diocese and Morobo County as a whole to be peace ambassadors. He pledged to support peace and reconciliation efforts.
He also praised PARARA MISION and the administration of the Diocese of Panyana for their efforts aimed at bringing peace to the people of Morobo:
The retreat follows a consultative peacemaking meeting held a day earlier at St. Joseph Cathedral of the Diocese of Morobo. In his closing remarks at that meeting, Commissioner Mawa said no one should fear talking to their brothers in the bush as long as the talks are about peace.“Peace can be attained when people work together as stakeholders,” he said.
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