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The search resulted in all shop selling beers being affected by decision where the beers and all types of alcoholic drinks were destroyed on the main public road.
“All my beer in the shop were collected out in the shop and were being destroyed in the main market. All bottles were broken. They destroyed everything that contained alcohol and those security people told me nothing. No compensation to all that they did to my shop,” said Joseph Lemi, a businessman selling beer in Rumbek.
Lakes State Caretaker Governor Matur Chut Dhuol had issued an extra order banning the selling of alcohol in the market except at some designated hotels in the town.
The order also had banned selling vegetables, boda boda operators, and garages from operating inside main market and he directed them to be stationed at Malith market which three kilometres away from the town centre.
Rumbek Central County Commissioner Abraham Mayen Kuc was also ordered to closely monitor the smoking of shisha as it was banned.
Last Friday, the governor ordered the immediate arrest of pastoralist youth involved in the inter-communal fights in Rumbek East County where six people were killed.
Dhuol also instructed members of the security forces to arrest on sight anyone found drinking, either in town or in the cattle camps.
Several women groups, mainly comprising of widows who lost their husbands during the long civil war protested the governor’s decision to ban their alcohol brewing businesses in the state.
Many said that life had worsened in the state, citing the arbitrary arrest of youth by security forces and restrictions posed on movement.
The governor has put in place a number of security reforms to restore peace and stability the state prone to conflicts and cattle raids.
The Rumbek East County authorities have issued a ban on drinking of alcohol in social gatherings and ceremonies to curb the rising levels of insecurity in the area.
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