South Sudan government has expelled at least 1,000 Ugandan drivers and taxi conductors doing public transport.
Juba government ordered that such jobs be reserved for their nationals.
The chairperson of Ugandan traders in South Sudan, Mr William Ntege, told media in Uganda that this is the second time Uganda’s northern neighbour is issuing similar arbitrary declarations without considering the amount of investment Ugandan traders have injected into developing the transport industry in the young nation.
In 2013 alone about 1,600 Ugandans involved in motorcycle taxi transport business were banned from operating after the Juba government declared that such trade should be a preserve of South Sudanese.
“When we (Ugandan traders) first ventured here (in South Sudan) there was no viable means of transport. So we invested in taxis and boda bodas, but it seems we are now being punished for doing that —developing the transport industry,” Mr Ntege said in an interview yesterday.
NMG
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