Elders in Western Lakes State on Tuesday appeal to the young people to respect the local peace agreement community leaders recently signed in Rumbek.
Makur Majur Mach condemns killing of innocent people in road ambushes and other people murdered at their houses in revenge, Radio Good News reports.
He encourages the government to send more security forces in to the state to discipline armed youth in the areas.
A citizen in Rumbek, Marial Chol Lual, advises young people to keep good cultural values that can protect the identity of the country.
He decries seeing no change though many people were hoping for and lasting peace countrywide.
The traditional leaders congratulated the national government led by President Salva Kiir for creating more states to bring services closer to people.
Last weekend, three people were reported killed by unknown gunmen in the outskirts of Rumbek town after relative peace returned to the state nearly two months without revenge killing.