The cheapest in South Sudan rising prices is coconut fruit; death as development in South Sudan
4 min readBy John Marol Ariech
June 20, 2015 (SSB) — As I follow the situation of South Sudan since 2011 after we have vote for referendum from day one after the announcement of results when South Sudanese were declared to have won the demand of secession. Thing began a rising in the market to the level that is unpredictable at the level of citizens, any item that is not import from the foreign countries is charge at the high price.
The reason is not known by mere person on whether is it because South Sudan has free market or traders have intention of getting rich at easy way ,since we all South Sudanese have in heritage nothing started from our fathers to grandfathers and great grandfathers ,if any person in heritage anything it should be the cows ,and land, nothing like money in the account that mean anybody at this current situation of ours.
We are the beginners of the richness ,which will remain our your children after you have left the world. In this case every person in South Sudan needs money in all ways possible to be called a rich person. According to my understanding that lead to the rising prices even though some goods are obtain on ground ,goats ,cows ,chicken and many other things as you might know readers.
Why I mention coconut fruit as the cheapest, there was time I went around, I got on the street the coconut fruit, when I ask for the price, the two coconut fruit were sold for 1ssp, while in the market, one cup of tea (chai Sada) which was sold at 1 SSP is now range from 2-3 SSP meanwhile cup of milk tea (chai Laban) is sold at 4-5 SSP let forget about prices of other items. Why South Sudan is like this, is the question which cannot get satisfy answer from the day it is ask, will South Sudan be a country where things are bought at cheaper price again ,nobody knows when exactly.
When I look at the situation that our people are facing it is really terrible, when one sack of sorghum is bought at almost 2000SSP, one tin of sorghum (Malau) is 50 SSP, where will the people (vulnerable) who cannot able to get ten pound for the whole month will go yaa jama traders have mercy on your people.
You are looking for richness but after the people are dying because they are not able to buy your goods due to the reason that they are not able to afford them, nobody while buy your goods, and nobody will value your richness because they are going to die Let have mercy on our people this will not be the end of the world, the little that you get is better than the biggest you get at the wrong way, it will not help you.
Death as the cheapest and development in South Sudan, in every minutes or an hour in South Sudan, you can received the report of people being killed either in front-lines, ambush or tribal fight across the country, if you wake up in the morning and you want death you cannot miss but if you want good thing that is provided to you by your government you cannot get whether you do what.
Since 2005 update what have we gain as development than death every day, cause by constant rebellion, tribal clashes so on and so post. Infrastructures and living standard of South Sudanese have not been developed but the ways to death are developed.
John Marol Ariech is concern South Sudanese living in South Sudan to be reach at marolnyirou@ymail.com
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