Some residents of Juba town say the current shortage of fuel has disrupted their businesses.

The residents say they are not able to go about their businesses because it is difficult to get fuel for their cars and boda-bodas.

A motorist, who requested anonymity, told Eye Radio that he has not gone to work for two days now because he has been lining up at a filling station.

“It’s a very big problem to us. I’m not going to go to work because I have no fuel,” he said.

Trucks drivers also complained that fuel shortage in Juba has caused them to increase the rental fees of their trucks.

One of them said he is getting fuel from the black market, a price five times that of the pump.

Some boda-bodas say they have stopped the business and parked their motorcycles.

They did so because they cannot afford to buy a one and half liter bottle of fuel at 190 or 200 pounds along the streets.

“A ride from Jebel market to Custom market cost 40SSP now; in the past, it was 10SSP. Now they are no customers taking Boda Boda,” he told Eye Radio.

Some managers of refilling stations say they are not receiving the fuel being distributed by the state oil firm, Nilepet.

Officials at the Nilepet are yet to comment. But in a previous interview, the managing director, Machar Achiek, said something was wrong in the supervision of fuel distribution.

But he said there was nothing he could do if agencies entrusted with the supervision don’t do their part.