Local Brews, Shisha To Be Prohibited Bor Town Municipality Mayor, Nhial Majak Nhial, has reiterated plans to ban locally brewed alcohol and shisha to protect the lives of the youth addicted to drinking. 30 September 2013
*By Jacob Achiek Jok* *BOR, 30 September 2013 [Gurtong] –* The mayor said that if youth or whoever needs to drink is authorized to buy beer and drink which has been licensed by the government and issued the warning over the local radio. The mayor has also banned illegal rooming of livestock in and around the town centre so that all the cattle owners should take care of their livestock in town and in the villages. Nhial said that there is a grazing land for both the goats, sheep and cows and not to be left to move on the roads. Lual Thuraya, a resident in Bor said that he has no job and reverts to drinking so as not to worry about unemployment. Lual said that he was a. Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) soldier but unfortunately he left the army due to poor pay. “My salaries were very little to feed the family, I better live it and come back to Bor for a job and from here I found colleagues in this business of drinking,” said Thuraya. In January this year, Nhial inspected public places and issued an order to close down Bars and Lodges that are being used by commercial sexual-workers in Bor town, the capital of Jonglei state. Nhail last week inspected all the restaurants, hotels and lodges to prove the hygiene and sanitation situations and said that the place is very dirty and they will do something as the residents of Bor town to clean the town. He said that they will issue a local order prohibiting loitering and practicing of prostitution in Bor which are unaccepted behaviours in the town. “Seriously there is going to be enforcement of the law, fist of all we will make the people aware of their mistake, the next will be on spot fine for the same finding and if you don’t comply with the fine given to you, you will be given direct warrant of arrest,” the Mayor said. Majak Nhail said anyone that will throw a bottle anyhow in the town will be fined at 100 South Sudanese pounds. He also said bar and lodge owners who allow their primacy being used for commercial sex shall face closedown or their license will be withdrawn indefinitely. He said many of the lodges in Bor town are being used for prostitution not only by the foreigners but by both foreigners and South Sudanese girls under the age of 17 which has been worrying their parents. Posted in: Home<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/1/Home.aspx>, Business<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/2/Business.aspx>, Governance<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/6/Governance.aspx> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14ophZ0u1xZ%3DdOUNPeAt_Q_19C5NQz5OJ0WSyf-yaz829oA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
