Jonglei denies expelling northern traders
Philip Thon Aleu
March 9, 2009 (BOR TOWN) – Jonglei State never expelled traders from northern Sudan as reported by Khartoum based newspaper – Al-Intibah. This claim officials say is an “agitation with hidden agenda.”
“Al-Intibah is against the Unity of Sudan, is against SPLM and the development in southern Sudan” Deputy Governor Hussein Mar Nyuot told reporters here on Monday. Nyuot was reacting to a publication of a news article by a pro-National Congress daily, Al-Intibah that officials in Jonglei State have expulsed traders from northern Sudan.
A committee comprised of representatives from public security, national security, police and traders union carried out a survey in February, 2008. According to the conclusions of this assessment 29 traders from the North are dealing in mobile rectors and donkeys’ carriage.
14 traders comply with Jonglei regulations and registered but 15 others refused on ground that they have license from northern Sudan state of Kosti. They decided to go back to Khartoum, Nyuot says adding that “we never ordered them to leave.”
According to the committee’s report – also seen by the Sudan tribune, 75% of 570 shops in Marol Main Market are owned by northern Sudanese. The other percentage is shared by traders from Uganda, Kenya, Somalia and southern Sudan.
The survey also included residential homes rented by foreigners and found that 10 to 12 people sleep in a room. Most traders from northern Sudan use business license they came with, according to the report. “So we told them to register in order to comply with the law but the decided to go on their own. We did not chase them,” Jonglei State head of Public Security Panchol Jongkuch told reporters on Monday.
Al-Intibah allegedly quoted traders as saying they were forcefully deported, robbed of their belongings and others detained at security garrisons in Bor Town. Hussein Mar says the report is aiming at dividing the country and has a political agenda.
“This is an agitation to the government of the State. But I am not surprised at all by Al-Intibah reports. They write irresponsibly. They have their own hidden agenda to cause conflict between the North and the South. They are against the unity of the country but must do it peacefully without causing more problems,” Mar warned.
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Moses Kuocgoor
Jonglei denies expelling northern traders
I love Jonglei State for its vigilance responsibility on law enforcement. Every citizen is asset to the State he lives in no matter what a person was born or originated. Jonglei keeps up the good example so that all nine States of Southern Sudan will cope with it.
Lual Garang De Lual
Jonglei denies expelling northern traders
To my surprise, did I hear that the daily newspaper of Al Intibaha inciting that Jonglei government had deported the Northern traders in the state. So, what if our people houses are being demolished in Khatoum for relocation to the South then there should be tit for tat.
Can I ask the editor of Al Intibaha daily newspaper the following questions; What do you think can be done if these arrogant Northerners refused to register with the state authorities? If you are today put as a governor. Do you think that your arrogancy of not beleiving in what southerners is a mistake? I mean if you put yourself into that position and your traders are refusing to register claiming their registration that was done in Kosti as if is Southern Sudan. It is clear in the constitution that Southern has a right to control its borders iether being land,sea and air as a normal government does. There is no complain about that, if you like it you register with us no!to registration done in Northern Sudan as you usually do with our businessmen in Northern Sudan.
Kur
Jonglei denies expelling northern traders
Who cares whether they were chased away or left on their own. These people are not traders but spies sent by the NCP to gather information in the South. As a matter of fact, they never build permenant houses or shops in the South because they want to take the money and information to be used in creating instability in the South.
So, Mr. Mar is right as there is a hidden agenda behind the publication of this devil managed newspaper. Let them go to hell with their report. They know very well that there are still some northern traders in Jonglei at this time because they chose to comply with the state’s rules of trading, but those who chose to leave did it on their own accord.
Kur
mamero
Jonglei denies expelling northern traders
That is true to expelled all those traders from northern sudan as we know ,they don,t desrve some sort of force to silence us on our regions,states and our current gov,t of south sudan,On other hand, Who is Khartoum based newspaper to intimidated us?Furthermore,Arabs do not still understand that southerners could be traders, as they are assumming things out of their mind,i know is because of interim constitution but norethern traders did not learn a lesson of mass violences,otherwise they can be all stoned as they are exploiting the mass and thanks;
BY MAMERO
kuduhal
Jonglei denies expelling northern traders
In referrence to the above article,iam particularly express my deep concerns over Jongulei authority about chaotic system created by arab traders to insult state authorities.
For any state arround the world it got some rules and regulation governing the affairs of people, it is not
embarrasing for jongulei to asked for business liecening or
cars registration,merely to identify traders who are not in the trading system and also for business purpose
Northern sudan get market system to be follow by traders so south should have their way of knowning illegle trorries operation in the state
no one would perpare in south sudan for worst.
MA minus opportunity.