Kenyan bank to close S. Sudan branches due to war
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May 2, 2017 (JUBA) – Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), East Africa’s
biggest bank by assets, reportedly plans to shut down some of its
branches in South Sudan due to the conflict, devaluation of the
country’s currency and hyperinflation which has greatly affected the
bank.
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An external view of KCB Buluk branch in Juba, South Sudan. Dec. 7, 2011 (ST)
Operational in South Sudan since 2006, KCB with 19 branches in South
Sudan now wants to cut its exposure in Africa’s newest nation where
the bank took a KSh3.4 billion hit due to hyperinflation in 2016.
“KCB Group board of directors has approved the temporary closure of
some branches in South Sudan, driven by logistical and operational
challenges that have made operating some of these branches
unsustainable,” a bank official told Business Daily.
Added the bank official, “A change in the economic situation will lead
to a re-assessment of the viability of branches.”
Inflation rate in war-torn South Sudan hit 830 per cent in late 2016,
and the South Sudanese pound has depreciated against the dollar.
According to the Kenyan bank, the planned closure of branches in South
Sudan will lead to job losses as many workers will be affected.
“Naturally, any branch closures will lead to staff re-assessment but,
as mentioned earlier, this is work in progress and we cannot
therefore, at this time, quantify the number of staff who will be
affected,” the bank said.
In January 2014, KCB shut three branches in the towns of Bor, Bentiu
and Malakal, due to the violent conflict that hit the East African
nation.
(ST)
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3 May 08:32, by Eastern
But Kiir and Taban are implementing peace in Juba what’s the
problem with KCB?
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3 May 08:42, by Kuch
Mr. Eastern, they are implementing the peace. KCB isn’t going
anywhere if you idiots believe in your SUDAN TRIBUNE, RADIO TAMAZUJ
and many of their evil corporate America, their evil juus
propagandists. The current mess in our country is sponsored by the
evil corporate America, their evil juus and some of their creeps in
Banks>>> and So we are way well ahead of these bullshits chap>>>
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3 May 08:48, by Kuch
A lot of Kenyan banks have been infesdted by the evil
corporate America, the UK, their evil juus and some islamic dirty
banks and they are desperate for our resources and influence. Do do
you fools know why a fool like Barack Hussein Obama came to Kenya,
ethiopia and came lectured by the government of South Sudan in font of
Kenyan president, Ugandan president, ethiopia Prime minister, North
Sudan>
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3 May 08:53, by Kuch
foreign minister, Somalia prime minister, Djibouti
prime minister and Rwandan President and some other creeps that were
nothing to do with South Sudanese people’s peace. The greatcoats
charlatan (Barack Obama) was nufged to by his cooperate Ameerica,
British, their evil juus and Arabs banking cartels to come to Africa
to come and show face that he cares about Africa>>>
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3 May 08:58, by Kuch
and African problems. When he Barack Hussein Obama
was the same evil, Hillary Clinton, Susan Paige, Hilde Johnson, Susan
Rice and his bunch of evil juus in the his then state department were
the ones who used their Riek Machar to stage a coup on the 15/15/2013
and poke their evil necks out after their coup failed with their Riek
Machar puppet/stooge>>>
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3 May 09:05, by Kuch
that there was no coup attempted but still
went and dictated their damn so-called compromised peace agreement
(CPA II) in the hotels, brothels and bars of Adis Ababa and tossed it
into the government of South Sudan to sign it force
https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/final_proposed_compromise_agreement_for_south_sudan_conflict.pdf
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3 May 09:11, by Kuch
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article56093
Why can you fools see that this was
nothing to do with the South Sudanese people peace, but the handover
of our country to evil America, the UK, their UN, their evil juus and
some of their criminals in between? Do you fools even understand
comprehensions? I doubt that. Read the damn document letter by letter
and you fools will be surprised that>>>
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3 May 09:20, by Kuch
Do you fools know why the government
of South Sudan refused to sign the damn document in the hotels, bars
and brothels of Adis Ababa and came and signed it later in Juba after
a week? Do you fool know why the governement of South Sudan’s chief
negoitator, Michael Makuei called the likes of Pagan Amuom "sell out"
idiots?>>>>
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3 May 09:26, by Kuch
It was because they just signed
our country away to foreign multinationals and corporations. Do you
fellows understand why a fool like Pagan Amuom has not been back into
South Sudan since his sell out our country in the hotels, brothels and
bars of Adis Ababa? Because the criminal know what he has done to our
country and our people. The fool even took a full time residency of
the then Barack H>>>>
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3 May 09:32, by Kuch
Obama white house. But now he
is (Pagan Amuom) in Colorado, US trying to solicit some military aid
from the US army, with arms. But l doubt the fool will get anything.
Fellows, sharpen your damn spears though. What the evil corporate
America, the UK, their UN, their sleazy NGOs, their evil juus and some
of their evils in between want in our country is not going to end very
well>>>
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3 May 09:37, by Kuch
We don’t the white
Americans, the British people, their evil juus, their UN and some of
their sleazy NGOs in our country. Who says, we don’t want the evil
white people in our country? Who really says?
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3 May 09:43, by Kuch
Our country has been
taken hostage by our restate enemies like the then Hong Kong with the
mainland China
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/the-opium-wars-the-bloody-conflicts-destroyed-imperial-china-17212
And there is what
another vague intrigue called "the great game"
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/south-asia/1980-03-01/great-game-asia
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3 May 10:36, by jubaone
Kuch,
Instead of wasting
your godammn jienge time writing nonsensicals, just go bomb these juus
or whatever crap you think out of Juba. They are there to stay, with
you or without. Or at most you can lick their a**es, they dont give a
shit.
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3 May 14:53, by Kuch
Mr. Jubaone,
did you say the evil corporate America criminals, the British, their
evil juus, their UN, their sleazy NGOs and some of their sleazy
criminals are here to stay in Juba? What part of Juba is that chap? Or
South Sudan is that? Chap, be very careful. Game is over. There is no
way under the sun we will allow the evils into our country, never
ever.
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3 May 08:49, by South South
Eastern,
I don’t see any problem with KCB. Even in USA where you live,
bank are closed when they are doing well. Banks are sold when they are
not doing well. It’s normal and could happen anywhere. Kiir and Taban
are implementing peace in South Sudan, not in Juba, that why UN forces
arrived from Rwanda and UK, part of the peace agreement, right?
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3 May 09:51, by Eyez
Eastern
Let these goons chock on their own vile and slime, they
are arrogant and thick headed. To argue with them is useless, because,
like their corrupted failed Jienge leaders, they are ’stuck on stupid’
and their brains are full of cow dunk.
Soon the government will be forced to abide by law and
implement the signed peace agreement, the bogus JCE and Kiir’s
National Dialogue is screwed.
X1
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3 May 09:59, by South South
Eyez,
I want someone in this forum to tell me which one is
the best for human being to use, cow dung or monkey poop? Our
government is abiding by laws and implementing peace is our priority.
UN forces from Rwanda and UK are on the ground to make sure that our
country is moving on smoothly. You are welcome to come back to South
Sudan if you wish. Kiir is your president and dialogue will go on.
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3 May 12:00, by Eyez
South South
Forgive me for lowering myself to your level, but
I’m only gonna do it once.
Firstly, what sort of Jienge retard are you...huh?
Anyway, that ’Monkey poop’ thing is so lame,
childish and foolish, because no one breeds Monkeys, but MTN’s are
cattle herders and they eat, breathe, think and sleep like COWS.
You will be headed to your luaks and a life of
forging and toiling, ya MTN ita.
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3 May 14:03, by South South
Eyez,
You are already very low and if you lower
yourself more, then the monkeys you eat are much, much, much better
than you. Dinka is the largest tribe in South Sudan. They own cows
which is the best thing on the face of earth for any human being to
have. Unlike your uncles who own rats and snakes for food.
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3 May 10:05, by Kuch
Eyez, when are you going to bring on in here fellows.
This is South Sudan. We are going to bomb masters if you are banking
on them. Just watch out fellows. We are here fellows. Do fellows, that
South Sudan and the north Sudan are Dinkas./Jienges countries. Mr.
Eyez, don’t let your balls carry you idiots away. Watch this space
fellows.
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3 May 11:37, by Eyez
Kuach
Your stupidity is beyond reasoning, probably due
to your incapacitated brains, or maybe just from naturally being born
a Jienge, either way, you are screwed.
How long will your Mathiang Anyoors malitia
protect you MTN’s against the people, the armed opposition and the
International Community for?
You people sound like Sadam and Gaddafi before
they succumbed to their demise.
X1
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3 May 13:15, by jubaone
Eyez,
These jienge scoundrels have become an
"Equatorian Burden". The jellaba and Bashir must be thanking Allah,
now that these "hashrat" are gone. All filth and "Koror" have now been
dumped in Equatoria and we MUST rid ourselves from them by all means
available. We salute our boys cos now they (MTN) have been reduced to
GEMTEL In Equatoria. Pls tell all our youth that Nimule MUST be freed
soon.
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3 May 13:19, by jubaone
Kuch,
Just hang some bomb around your jienge waist, go
to Juba and take some "juus" or whatever crap you like to describe and
commit suicide instead of talking jienge bullshit all the time. Where
is your courage, ya coward? Bla..bla.. the same nonsense everyday,
malu?
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3 May 10:32, by jubaone
Eastern,
These scoundrels thought, war was that easy and they would own
everything cos they "liberated " the South. Greed, incapacitation,
illiteracy and savagery are their characteristics. They could NOT do
anything for their luaks and will NEVER do anything. The once bragging
"born to rule" are indeed the "eternal losers": Only capable of
savagery and fighting. They´´re there cos we are there.
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3 May 16:29, by jur_likang_a_ likan’g
Eastern, it is called Kenya commercial bank and not jieng
commercial bank for your information. If the security of a person is
worthless in Jieng nation why should a Kenyan owned business risk the
lives of their citizen in an animal like governed nation? They should
be allowed to pack because sectarianism has taken over the nation.
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3 May 09:23, by Don-Don Malith Rual
Mr K. Enock. I just understand your frustration, you sound lije
soneone who have been in the west before and of course you are!
Therefore my advice to you is that,change your ideologies to ward the
westerners,no country will not have bilateral alliances, Foreign
countries are free to invest as long as they abides to international
laws
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3 May 09:31, by Don-Don Malith Rual
My fellow brothers the Kenyan; excuse themselves beco3 the
republic of south sudan ran out of hard currencies and SS pounds is of
no valued to them, therefore they should wait for
The country to go back on track🤗
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3 May 09:29, by Dengda
@ Kush and South Sudan, denying fact is the main factor which push
this country to the edges of collapsing and I doubt National Dialogues
will work if we don’t admit mistake and right.
KCB incites the following:
1. is closing branches because of war and conflicts
2. hyperinflation and valueless pound
Why don’t comment on this lines?
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3 May 09:51, by South South
Dengda,
I am not South Sudan, I am South South. Please look carefully
how I spell my name. South Sudan is another person in this forum. Let
me make it very clear to you about that. KCB is closing some of its
branches because of bad economy South Sudan is facing. it has nothing
to with war. If it’s because of War, KCB would close all 19 branches
in South Sudan. Get it very straight from me.
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3 May 12:32, by Eastern
South South,
I did not expect you to show your STUPIDITY on this forum.
I can now confirm that Kiir has filled up his government with people
of your calibre - well dressed idiots!!! What has befallen KCB, Equity
and other foreign banks and companies is the direct impact of the war
on the economy of South Sudan! At the expense of productivity, Kiir
has tupidly chosen to wage war with rebels he has
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3 May 12:35, by Eastern
Cont...
Kiir does not know who are bankrolling those fighting
him and he has stupidly put out the little South Sudan could scratch
from the oil sale to fund war. Within just 3 years where’s the SSP in
the market? Tell me what will befall Kiir and Kiirland in the next 6
months. Morons!
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3 May 14:08, by South South
Eastern,
Iam not stupid like you. Iam your boss, please talk
nice to me because I am working very hard to find a room for you in
South Sudan. You Want South Sudan to fail, well, you can stay in
America for another 250 years, but South Sudan will be there. Please
try to learn to act like human being, your chances are getting smaller
and smaller in South Sudan.
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3 May 13:07, by jubaone
South South,
How stupid must one be not to read what the article says.
KCB is winding some of its branches in SS due to war, the notoriously
dull numbskull South South goes around to twist facts and says the
contrary. Why then is KCB cutting down? Poor economy mismanaged by
bandits and savages? These luakfools know how to fight but not to
think and write. Hopeless losers!
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3 May 14:14, by South South
Jubaone,
Don’t be silly and stupid. I do not believe any shit
Sudan Tribune is writing, only people who very desperate like you
reach to Sudan Tribune hoping to find something bad about South Sudan.
I was in Nigeria this year, Naira last year was 199 Naira to USD, but
this your 510 Naira is equal to USD. All the countries rely on oil in
the world are facing hardship, but shit people see SS only
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3 May 10:00, by Kuch
Mr. Dengda, I am not called Kush, but Kuch. I asked you before
if you were the same Dengda who wanted his mother to be in
Mingkaman/Guol Yar Atong, and then you would be sending her a few
pounds for her soup, weren’t you mister? I then asked you then, did
you get a job Mr. Dengda? Mr. I am from Bor, Kolnyang Country, l even
once, as a little baby lived in Guol Yar Atong/Mingkaman before l
joined>>
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3 May 12:40, by Fair Man
Kuch and South South
We want your real name as they appear on your documents so that we
can begin taking your statement seriously. Be brave enough and give us
your contacts and addresses so that we meet face to face around
Malakia Police Station or along Jebel Market. We need to talk face to
face and I will sponsor your drinks and delicious lunch, given
terrible hunger facing you. Don’t fear!!
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3 May 13:56, by Kuch
Mr. Fair Man, my real name is "Garang Daniel Kuch" I am the
one who helped bombed your so-called cloned arabs of out of Yei,
Lainya, some other little towns town and villages in your own
Equatoria and even my home state of Jonglei. I was injured very badly
in the battle of Kapoeta in 2002. Stop your aimless armed rebellions
because we are to going bomb you with your masters fools>>>
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3 May 14:01, by Kuch
Mr. Fair Man, we are here chap. South Sudan is a
Jienges/Dinkas country and even North Sudan if you fools don’t know.
Don’t your Equatorians elders tell you fellows stories of who own your
country?
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3 May 17:12, by Don-Don Malith Rual
Mr Fair man you need Dinka anti Allergic medications
for your Dinka allergy treatments! If not anti chronicles medications
to help with your post depression Dinka mentsl disorders,Counseling a
lone wouldn’t help you. For more information on your treatments follow
up do not hesitate to contact myself. Ask Eastern and Eyez they will
tell u
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3 May 14:41, by South South
Fair Man,
Talk like a human being please. Please re-read what you wrote
above. What you need to do now is this, post your contacts here
immediately. You will be contacted in private. Ia m waiting.
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3 May 12:55, by Sunday Junup
Let them fuck off, they really looted our country
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