Traders at Nyamlel in Aweil West County have met yesterday to discuss how they will supply markets with goods.
This comes amid reports that some commodities imported from East African countries such as Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia are completely disappearing from the market with residents complaining that prices of available food items are three times than before.
Traders’ Union chairperson Deng Wol in an interview with Radio Tamazuj today explained that the war in the country has made it difficult for the business people to go to East Africa and import goods.
“Clashes that erupted in Juba make things to become difficult here because there is no way for us to go to Uganda and import goods and the roads from Sudan are closed as well. This is one of the reason we sit yesterday as business community to discuss the way forward and we resolve that if the situation will come back to normal in Juba then we shall go to Uganda and bring goods so that we rescue the situation of our citizens,” Deng said.
He said the few goods remaining in the market will not last even one month, citing the current price of 1kg of sugar at 120 SSP, bags of sugar cost 4500 SSP, 50kg wheat flour at 3700 SSP, 50 kg maize flour at 2700 SSP and a gallon of sorghum has gone to 200 SSP last week but is now reduce to 180 SSP and the kilo of beef is 50 SSP.
Nyirou Deng Mayar a resident of Marol Akoon and a mother of six children, expressed that some weeks remain to harvest new crops.
“Actually the government should do something for us we ordinary citizens and if there is no immediate action taken, then I think some people will not survive because everything in the market is expensive. Am worried on what I can do for our children,” she said.
She called on traders to have sympathy on their own people rather than making a profit.