After the Creation of the 28 states of South Sudan on 2 October 2015,Kwajieno County was initially established of 8 Counties in Wau State which were created Elias Waya in April 2016 the populous county No one has ever been "at home" in Wau. It is surrounded by a host of disorganized and diverse peoples . . . It was and remains a town belonging to no single ethnic group, deriving its importance only from its position as a commercial and administrative center . . . Located in the midst of the vast Nilotic plain hundreds of miles from nowhere, it was miserable under the best of circumstances . . .
Kwajieno county was divided into Three Payam, which are Kwajieno, Alur and Mbilli