{"id":22895,"date":"2025-08-05T20:28:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T20:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/?p=22895"},"modified":"2025-08-05T20:28:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T20:28:55","slug":"south-sudan-killing-innocent-people-will-not-solve-grievances-bishop-of-yei-laments-killing-of-a-kenyan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/05\/south-sudan-killing-innocent-people-will-not-solve-grievances-bishop-of-yei-laments-killing-of-a-kenyan\/","title":{"rendered":"SOUTH SUDAN: \u201cKilling Innocent People Will Not Solve Grievances,\u201d Bishop of Yei Laments Killing of a Kenyan"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: Ginaba Lino<\/em><\/p>\n

The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Yei, Rt. Rev. Alex Lodiong Sakor Eyobo has strongly condemned the brutal killing of James Kariuki, a Kenyan civil engineer, who was shot dead while driving toward Koboko, Uganda. The incident, believed to have been carried out by armed assailants, has drawn outrage and renewed calls for an end to violence against civilians.<\/p>\n

Engineer Kariuki had been contracted by the Missionary Society of the Salesians of Don Bosco to reconstruct the Priests\u2019 Residence at Holy Trinity Parish in Morobo County, Central Equatoria State in South Sudan. He was killed in an ambush on the road, a location where armed groups have previously been active.<\/p>\n

Bishop Lodiong described the murder as senseless and emphasized that such attacks only worsen the grievances that drive conflict in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cViolent attacks on presumed targets out of fear, anger, or a desire to loot are purposeless. They do not solve the problems that disappoint or anger us,\u201d The bishop stated in a press release addressing whoever has cravings for violent attacks because of disappointment and pain.<\/p>\n

Instead, the Bishop said,\u00a0\u201cLet us catch the bull by its horns and not the calf instead.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Bishop Lodiong, local security forces believe that those responsible for the killing belong to armed opposition groups operating in the greater Yei area. However, as has often been the case in South Sudan, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.<\/p>\n

Despite the tragedy, Bishop Lodiong reaffirmed the Church\u2019s commitment to its mission in the region, assuring the people that, \u201cGod is the ultimate witness, because the innocent blood of James Kariuki is crying to Him from the ground.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe violent murder of Engineer James does not intimidate or threaten our pastoral and missionary work. We will continue to offer pastoral and social services to all people wherever they are, as much as our resources allow. This is our calling, following Christ\u2019s example of serving others.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also issued a heartfelt appeal to all South Sudanese, especially those in armed groups, saying, \u201cI appeal to my fellow South Sudanese\u2014whether in opposition or government circles\u2014violence against innocent civilians, whether nationals or foreigners, will not bring solutions. It only adds to the pain and suffering of our people.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Bishop urged both the government and armed groups to pursue peace through dialogue and reason, addressing the nation\u2019s ongoing political, social, and ethnic issues.<\/p>\n

The Salesians of Don Bosco have been responsible for pastoral care at Holy Trinity Parish since 2014. However, due to the 2016 conflict, they were forced to temporarily leave the parish. The reconstruction project was intended to facilitate their return and resume services to the local faithful.<\/p>\n

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By: Ginaba Lino The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Yei, Rt. Rev. Alex Lodiong…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22896,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amecea-news","category-sudansouth-sudan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22895"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22897,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22895\/revisions\/22897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}