The commissioner of Twic East County in South Sudan’s Jonglei State has complained that prices of consumer goods are soaring.
Commissioner Dau Akoi Jurkuch told Radio Tamazuj on Tuesday that the county is witnessing increasing prices of commodities at the market after the central bank decided to float the South Sudan Pound against the dollar.
He said residents were affected by the decision because they are underpaid. “The price of a bottle of water reached 7 SSP, a cup of sugar costs 25, whereas a bottle of Pepsi increased from 6 SSP TO 15 SSP,” said the commissioner.
“The sack of flour now costs 700 SSP,” he added.
The county official explained the ordinary citizens who don’t have access to US dollars are immensely suffering as the economic situation hasn’t improved.