All mobile telecommunication networks have gone off air in Yei town, the administrative of headquarters of state capital on Friday, according to residents. The cause of the interruption in the network remains unclear. Others attribute it to administrative matters while others are keen to link it to security situation in the area.
John Tombe told Radio Tamazuj that access to communication has currently become a big challenge to communicate with their relatives both within and outside the world.
“I really don’t know what is wrong with the government on its own people. Why it is that communication networks are frequently being switched. Are we not part of this country to also access communication services like other people in other parts of the country?” Tombe questioned.
Tombe says when phone networks are switched off; there is a plan to kill people during brought day and night times. “We don’t want bad things like killings to happen again.”
Meanwhile another resident, Joice Tabu complained that she could no longer access her family relatives in Yei and outside Yei area.
“We all know that mobile phones ease communication and reduce travel costs. Now there is no network again, this means that there will be another killing of innocent lives in the town like what happened sometimes back. We want the Government to ensure that the mobile networks are open so that we can communicate to the police in case of any night attack,” she added.
Another resident who only identifies himself as Moses says there was heavy fighting in the areas of Lasu Payam and Maridi road.
“We have been hearing gun sounds in the sides of Lasu Payam and also along the Yei Maridi road, so we don’t know what is wrong and that might be the cause to the switching off of the mobile network,” he added. Efforts to reach the minister of information to comment on what is happening in Yei could not be successful.