Körgulu community in Yei River County on Wednesday staged a peaceful strike protesting lack of benefits from the ongoing teak exploitation by companies.
One of the community members Bosco Khemis told Easter Radio on Thursday that the demonstration aimed at alerting the government to fulfil their needs.
He said they do not benefit from the “finishing teak forests” while schools, hospitals remain poor and the area lacks basic services including proper water source to provide clean drinking water to residents.
The community complained that the companies operating in the Teak plantation use foreign labourers than the locals.
Yei River Forest Administrator Ezideo Taban said most workers in companies were from the local community.
The community member and the forest official spoke on Thursday after peaceful strike that halted the Companies’ forest operation for two days.