The National Assembly in South Sudan's capital city Juba yesterday adjourned a sitting prematurely because the parliament did not have enough fuel for its own generator, which is used to provide electricity for the building where MPs meet.

The lawmakers were ready to conduct business, but were frustrated when they were informed that there was no fuel to run the generators for the public address system and air conditioning, Radio Miraya reported.

MP Thomas Wani Kundu explained, “Due to economic crisis all over the country which has led to scarcity of most of essential commodities like fuel. The National Legislative Assembly was supposed to deliberate on the Convention on Protection and Promotion of Diversity of Cultural Expression 2005 which is one of the UNESCO conventions, but due to the lack of fuel, the sitting has been called off for tomorrow.”

“The issue of fuel is common to all of us. We, as a government institution, are also affected like any other common people. NilePet is one of the institutions to be investigated. It is given Letters of Credit. Where is it taking the fuel? It is one of the institutions we are targeting. Where is the fuel going to?”