Lainya County
Lainya is a county in Central Equatoria State, South Sudan.central Equatoria State,
South Sudan
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; It was a former local administrator head for current Yei river county. The name (Mukaya) originated from
Hill
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Terminology
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located about in central of the Mukaya geographical land, which is around 9 to 12 miles north of
Yei
Yei is a medium-sized city in South Sudan's southwest. It lies close to the borders of two of the country's trading partners, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is a business hub, attracting traders and customers from all three ...
river
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County
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. The Mukaya differentiates into smaller clans of Dimo (1), Dimo (2), Dimo na Godo, Rume, Kendire, Goromba, Mingale, Jolobong, Mijikango, Dongbong, Pisak, Piyasuk, Bori, Yondoru, Sowaka, Ligi, Girim, Yensot, Migibura, Bono, Muresuku, Morsak, Gokoni, Malari, Worokosuk, Bujang, Mika, Warijang, Gori, Kobo, Nyori, Morsak, Bonga, Mikatom, Jubor, and a few other smaller ones. The population of the Mukaya Payam is estimated to be 15,000 persons.
Mukaya Bomas
Environment, economy and natural resources
The environment in Mukaya Payam is typically tropical but the weather regime is fast changing; becoming arid with less rain and long dry spells. Mukaya economy is predominantly agrarian. Locally Mukaya Payam contributes 10% of food to the Yei river county economy. The majority of people are
peasant
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agriculture
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in which the main crops are
cassava
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maize
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, simsim, groundnut, cow peas etc. The people in Mukaya Payam keeps
goats
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,
sheep
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and few
cattle
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but the prevalence of
tsetse fly
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has rendered cattle herding difficult. There are thick local
forests
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around the hill of Mukaya which is the reason for the tsetse fly's existence. Beside the local thick forests there is also agro forestry.
Mythology and history
Mukaya is original known to current Pojulu of Mukaya Payam, the people and their relation to the Bari and other Bari-speaking ethnic communities in Central Equatoria State, South Sudan.
Education
List of schools in Mukaya Payam
Economic activities
Subsistence agriculture is the main economic activity in the Payam, as is the case with most South Sudan payams.
James Elioba Sururu
Eliaba James Surur (21 November 1930 Mongalla - 17 August 2014 Kampala) was a politician in Sudan. He was the founder and chairman of the now defunct political party, Union of Sudan African Parties 2 (USAP)
Surur was born in Mukaya Payam in La ...
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Lainya county
Lainya is a county in Central Equatoria State, South Sudan.Pojulu Tribe
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Yei, South Sudan
Yei is a medium-sized city in South Sudan's southwest. It lies close to the borders of two of the country's trading partners, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is a business hub, attracting traders and customers from all three c ...