[3] The county is administratively divided into the Natinga, Narus, Mogos, Jie, Kauto, Naita hills and Katodori payams.

It as intended as a model to show that the different peoples of the area including Toposa, Jiye/Jie, Murle, Nyangatom and Kachipo could live and work together in harmony.

The village has attracted considerable attention from aid organizations, with construction of a school, grinding mill, primary health care center etc.

In 2011, long lasting mosquito nets were being distributed to women and children under the age of five by Population Services International - Sudan, an NGO.

[12] The Catholic Diocese of Torit operates a primary health care center in Narus with 25 beds for in-patients.

[13] The diocese also operates a primary health care center at Nanyangachor, towards the Ethiopian border in the east of the county.

By July 2011 the Kapoeta East county commissioner Titus Lokwacuma reported that the situation was much calmer than it had been in the past.

[17] In July 2008 the border crossing road was closed after Kenyan police prevented truckers from bringing arms into their country.

[18] In July 2011 the South Sudan government imposed a ban on entry of Somali people to the country, forcing hundreds of traders and truck drivers to camp at the Nadapal border.

After a two-week delay the government relaxed the rule, saying that Somalis of Kenyan origin could enter as long as they produced their national identity cards or passports.