Clement Wani Kong's Urging Government To Import Food Item News from Sudan Radio Service 10 June 2011—(Juba) —The speaker of Central Equatoria State Legislative Assembly has warned that the government of Southern Sudan should begin importing food to avoid further increase of food prices.
Napatali Hansen Gale said on Wednesday said the situation might worsen because the countries supplying food are almost in crisis. He made this remarks at the opening of the Assembly third session on Wednesday. [Hansen Napatali] “The countries we are relying on are in crisis almost now. In Kenya, In Uganda, all of them want food and we rely on them for food. What will happen when they bloc their way. We already have the experience of what is happening between us and the northern Sudan. The government should begin to thinks about importing food to supplement the market. For a hungry nation is a weak nation. I urge our government to embark on empowering our local peasants to upgrade them with modern implements which I know they can do to avert such short coming.” Prices of food and non- food items including fuel have shot up in recent weeks following restrictions and insecurity in the north-South border. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
