29/11/2025
IN 1899 (RETH), KING PADIET MARRIED A GIRL FROM DINKA NGOK LUAL YAK FROM A FAMILY CALLED PAGAK. THE GIRL NAME WAS ACHOL, ACHOL GAVE BIRTH TO HER FIRST CHILD SON CALLED (DAK) PADIET.
The child grew up and became the Shilluk king. As a king (Reth), he issued an order to his family to go and stay with his mum family in Pagak. When Pagak people went Eastwards on Sobat River in search of cattle grassing side and land for cultivation, some of them remain behind with the family of their sister; Son Dak in place called now Dolleib Hill, which was called Bur Achol in Dinka.
Some Pagak people remain there and are still in Dolleib till now, and they call themselves Pathworo in Shilluk languge. The Shilluk groups now called them kuajang, which mean they are from Dinka clan. And for the above showed a few examples, these are the reasons to how and why did shilluk come and settle on a Dinka Soil of Lok Jieng meaning Dinka side, the quotes which brought the Shilluk to the East side.
They have no right at all to claim this land unless they want to occupy the Dinka areas, and it will cause a big tension in our peaceful communities who lived together for many years. CDR. Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin and shilluk Elder Council and their MPs are responsible for all consequences happening in our upper Nile communities since 2005 clashed in Malakal stadium through conflicts going on up today.
we advise the Shilluk people to understand and go back to the old cooperation between communities. Dinka Padang is not a violent person, as all of you know. The issues of East Bank of the river Nile will not involve all Shilluk community. But Dr. Lam will never ever stop creating problems among Shilluk themselves and with others as well. He doesn't have sound to live in peace.