Dear Dr. Agot Alier,
Congratulations on your appointment to the new office. I believe you are going to have alot of challenges as well as some huge support from your friends and family. There was alot of triump during the appointment of Maker Lual replacing Jok Aring four years ago. I was one of those who applauded Maker to be the best man for the post of Commissionership. The reason of my support for Maker was his ability to resist false allegations and being consistence with his statements. We thought that Bor County and it surroundings will see alot of improvement in term of development and growth. I expected the roads leading to the six Payams to be opened to ease the transportation within the county. The roads within the town to be repaired and water channels to be made. None of the above was accomplished. It might have been the difficulty of this job or lack of resources or both.
Maker Lual did a lot in term of security and peace negotiations beween the neighboring counties of Pibor and Terekaka. Although the peace accord between Bor County and her neighboring Pibor County is always a short live.
The major area Maker did not do well was the issue of land. The land talks have been a huge disappointment for the Residents. Either for the shop owners or the residential homes. The recent demolitions of shops in Marol Two Market was once of the scariest thing Bor residents have ever witnessed since independence. They shop owners lost alot of money worth of goods and services. This exercise of demolition should have been done during the dry season instead. Such an act by the government is inhumane to the public that is struggling to put their lives together after two long decades of civil war. Can we imagine those widows and orphans being bulldozed down in the rainny season which is always cool and wet in Mading! It is a heartbreaking scenario. It is very easy to buy or sell land in Bor than to be alloted one.
My advice to you here sir is not to get your self tied to this issue of the land. Someone somewhere is seeing your appointment to this post as an opportunity to spoil your good credential with this controversial land issue. You saw the way people came out in their numbers to celebrate your swearing in ceremony . They love you and need alot of help from your new administration. You should appoint a land committee which will be independent from the town administration and with powers that can't be overridden even by the governor. By so doing the committee will oversee the allotment and land policies. This will help you and the people of Bor County to perserve their Pride and dignity. We believe that you are the only person who can deliver the services which are badly needed in this town. May God Bless and shower you with his blessings in order to serve his people.
Thank you,
Makuei Mach Aleu.