Official Accused Of Selling Alcohol Illegally

This article was last updated on May 25, 2022

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On Friday, residents of Wulu County accused the office manager of Wulu County, John Sunday Ajac, of loading a private mini bus with beer bought from Mvolo County of Western Equatoria State.

Residents said that one bottle of beer is sold at 10 South Sudanese pounds and the office manager turned his own private house into a secret bar.

One man who requested anonymity said senior government officials who have several connections with big hotels sell their beer but communities are denied to sell their beer or local brews made from cassava.

The resident also said that Ajac converted a private house as secret bar but county authorities are silent about it.

John Sunday Ajac was not available to comment on the allegations.

In June, Lakes state military caretaker Governor Maj-Gen Matur Chut Dhuol ordered the banning of local brew and sell of beer across eight counties of Lakes state.

Women across the state are complaining that the ban on alcohol introduced by the military caretaker governor has deprived them of their livelihood, meaning that they are unable to feed their children or pay school fees.

Some widows said they have been forced to feed their children with wild fruits collected from the forest.

Governor Duol ordered the alcohol ban after a series of violent clashes between rival cattle raiding groups but it has been resisted by some bar owners with political connections.

However, women without connections in the government have complained that they have no other option but the government has so far overlooked their concerns.

In March, Lakes state’s security services carried out an intensive search for alcohol in Rumbek Central market just days after the military caretaker governor banned the sale of alcohol in the state.

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 those who lost their husbands during the long civil war with Sudan, have protested the governor’s decision to ban their alcohol brewing businesses in the state.

Since January, Lakes state government had introduce harsh security measure reforms where youth have been targeted for detention at the military prison located in Langcok, Pulkuc and Ajakangau (Ngatinka).

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