Echom was said to be part of the group of state government members opposed to Governor Aloisio Emor Ojetuk.
[2] In October 2008 he called on the Government of South Sudan to provide trained medical personnel so that the Referral Hospital in Kapoeta could be opened.
[3] In October 2009 there were clashes between Toposa raiders dressed in Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) uniforms and Kenyan police at the border post of Nadapal.
[4] In May 2011 Dinka Bor cattle herders trespassed into the Nimule and Mugali areas of the Madi people in Magwi County of Eastern Equatoria State, causing massive crop damage.
Speaking at this event, Echom called for tree planting and conservation and condemned the recent killing of an elephant by poachers in the state.