PaanLuel Wël Media Ltd – South Sudan

By Abel Majur Leek, Jonglei State, South Sudan

Corruption in South Sudan

June 24th 2016 (SSB) — Among other social issues in South Sudan, corruption has received serious and consistent attention from South Sudanese and non-South Sudanese. Many commentaries have been passed, several journals, newspaper and magazine volumes have been published on corruption related issues, sermons and teachings have been preached in various religious centers, some academic institutions have held public lectures, symposium and conferences on corruption, numerous non-governmental organizations have championed strong advocacy against corruption, surprisingly, the more attention it receives, the more resilient it becomes. Corruption has stayed so long in the South Sudan society to the extent that it has become intrinsic and seen as a way of life.

Queues at gas stations and public offices can be easily boycotted when you give bribe to the officer in charge, traffic rules can be disobeyed relaxingly with zero consequence when you give money to traffic wardens from time to time, you can be a youth corps and abscond from your primary assignment if you can share your monthly allowance with the zonal inspector, you can commit a crime and go free if you are influential enough, you can get admission into colleges, polytechnics and universities without merit if you can lobby through money or relationship with a top official, recruitment requirements can be overlooked for an influential person’s offspring, an airline can cancel others’ bookings if you bring a higher monetary bargain to table to mention a few.

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Open Letter to Hon. Dak Duop Bichok, Minister of Petroleum, on the Ongoing Fuel Crisis in Republic of South Sudan

By Abel Majur Leek, Bor, Jonglei State

shortage of fuel in juba

Dear Sir

May 20, 2016 (SSB) — With humility and sense of responsibility as a citizen of the Republic of South Sudan, I write to intimate you with my concern, disappointment and anger just like millions of South Sudanese over the present shameful nationwide fuel crisis and its attendant economic and social dislocation of businesses and movement of persons, goods and services.

Sir, it’s a known fact it imperative for individuals and corporate bodies to generally resort to the use of fuel to power their generators to supply electricity to homes, businesses and as well ensure movement of persons, goods and services.

However, in the last few days,  people been subjected to untold hardship, pain and agony as a result of lack of fuel which is an indictment on your office as the Minister of  petroleum because your responsibility is to ensure efficient and effective running of the oil industry for national development.

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By Abel Majur Leek, Bor, Jonglei State

shortage of fuel in juba

April 23rd 2016 (SSB) —-  The issue of fuel crisis is one out of the many societal problems bedeviling the South Sudanese states and which requires utmost concern of patriots, because of its debilitating effect on the economy and the health of the people.

Apart from the economic dislocation caused by the perennial fuel scarcity nationwide, South Sudanese are also subjected to the psychological trauma of having to spend endless hours on fuel queues, traffic jams, needless injuries, damage to limbs, loss of properties and deaths as a result of the fuel crisis which seems to defy solution.

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