South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has given out orders to the police to shoot dead criminals who engage in robberies, including those who break into shops at night in the country.
The president made the statement at a police gathering over the weekend in the capital Juba, while urging the police to provide security and protection to the citizens, local media Sudan Tribune reports.
“Your job as police is to eliminate the thieves who break into shops at night, shoot them whenever you see them trying to break into shops,” the report quotes Kiir say.
Crime has been high in the young nation’ capital Juba since conflict broke out in 2013.
Kiir reaffirmed his commitment to implement the 2015 peace agreement fully, despite reiterating reservations on specific areas, saying those who designed the deal cannot implement it themselves if it were given to them.
Salva Kiir on the other hand described the agreement as “bad” and “complicated”.
“I said it before that the peace agreement I have signed is a bad agreement. Even those who designed the agreement cannot implement it, and this is why we are not able to implement this agreement all this time because it is very complicated,” he said.
“Although we have not marketed ourselves to the international community about what we were doing, we are sure that we are doing correct things. We will continue to do those things, and nobody will talk to us again,” he added.
Kiir declared ceasefire and launched a national dialogue body last month to organise a national peace dialogue which is expected to include the armed opposition to address the root causes of the conflict.
