Warrap State, South Sudan
March 21, 2022—Motorists in Warap State capital, Kuajok town, are fade up by oil price inflation, decrying the rise in oil prices from 400 SSP to 650 SSP per litre.
In a statement seen by Nyamilepedia, Deng Deng, a motorist in Kuajok, said that the price of a litre of fuel has increased from 400 SSP to 650 SSP in the area.
According to the motorist, their customers are not willing to increase the fare despite that oil prices are rising sharply.
“The increase of fuel prices has affected us because we have not passed the cost on to the passengers. It is bad with us because the first mayor didn’t increase but when we tell our customers to at least increase the fare from 3,000 SSP to 4,000 SSP, they refuse,” Deng said in a statement obtained by Nyamilepedia on Friday.
Kur Junubi, a bodaboda driver, said they are faced by challenges posed by economic meltdown in the country.
” We have many challenges, we pay 1,200 SSP for two litres, and it gets finished within one hour when moving into town. If you charge people higher they refuse.”, Junubi said.
For his part, Kuajok Town Mayor Ayok Chol Ayok confirmed that the prices of fuel are shooting up in the area.
Ayok attributed the problem to the recent fighting between armed groups from Twic and neighboring Ngok Dinka communities.
“The issue of fuel prices is because of conflicts on the roads. The recent fighting in Anet between Twic youth and Ngok Dinka has stopped the traders from bringing fuel from Sudan to Kuajok via Abyei,” he stressed.
Insecurity in the disputed Abyei area and delays in the clearance of Ugandan and Kenyan trucks have created a backlog of haulage trucks at the Nimule border for the last few days.
