Ukal Kawang Julu Mutho was born in 1964 at Lafon, Torit District, in the then Southern Sudan. He attended Primary School at Lafon in 1971; Torit one intermediate in 1978; Joined Juba Commercial Secondary School in 1979: studied in the University of Juba in 1986 and graduated with a Bachelor degree in Accounting. In 2003, he studied for pst Graduate Diploma in Sudanese and African languages in the Institute of African and Asian Studies (IAAS) University of Khartoum and graduated in 2004. Served as a teacher at El Gaderif commercial Secondary school in 1995; St. Mary Minor Secondary Khartoum in 1998; worked as senior Accountant with the Nile Commercial Bank Pic, in2006-9. Worked with the South Sudan Investment Authority as Director of Investor service; Acting Director-General with the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment (GOSS); served as Chief Administrator for Lafon Area in 2010 and became the first commissioner for Lafon county in 2016. Ukal is the author of P¿ri Alphabet Book, and The Pari Storybook; He is married and has children. Contents: Geography and the people: Cradle land and Migrations: P¿ri Clans P¿ri contacts with Outside World: Formation of Age group Political institutions and Authority: Institutions of Power, Relational Linkages and Justice. Marriage, Beliefs and Customs, Traditional burial Customs Epilogue.