President Salva Kiir has ordered the Ministers in-charge of security not to subject UN relief items to regular search.

The President told the Minister for Defense, the Minister for Interior and the Minister of National Security to ensure that there are no road blocks put to interrupt humanitarian operations in the country.

Last week, aid agencies complaint to the government that relief items are being thoroughly searched and the UN is asked to pay for passage at different roadblocks.

The Country Director of the World Food Program, Mike Sacket, said that on some routes their drivers encountered more than 50 roadblocks.

Mr. Sacket said UN trucks heading to Unity or Upper Nile states pay up to 16,000 pounds to pass through all the check points.

President Salva Kiir instructed the 3 Ministries in-charge of security to cooperate with aid agencies.

“The Minister of Defense, the Minister of Interior and the Minister for National Security should follow all these directives that there are no road blocks to relief convoys, because when you block the relief convoy and then you demand anything, that means you have derailed the relief work completely and nobody will be saved,” he said.

“I want this thing to stop and I don’t want it to be brought back again by any relief worker or any organization among our development partners who are in South Sudan.”

President Salva Kiir was speaking during the launch of the South Sudan Food Security Council yesterday.