{"id":1366,"date":"2024-12-05T19:36:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T19:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/?p=1366"},"modified":"2024-12-05T19:37:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T19:37:00","slug":"thousands-of-goods-trucks-stranded-at-nimule-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/?p=1366","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of Goods Trucks Stranded at Nimule Border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>The Nimule border crossing between South Sudan and Uganda has witnessed congestion due to the suspension of thousands of trucks loaded with goods en route to Juba.<br>Officials reported that the South Sudan government imposed new taxes on trucks, prompting their owners to strike.<br>Last week, the newly appointed Chairperson of the South Sudan Revenue Authority (SSRA), Simon Akuei Deng, issued directives to local and international businesses to comply with the new tax system.<br>The chairperson of the truckers&#8217; association, Sudi Kawi Mwatela, told Radio Tamazuj that they were not consulted about the recent tax changes.<br>#Mwatela added that drivers often faced harassment and illegal fees along the Nimule-Juba road, which angered them.<br>,&#8221;We refuse to cross the border due to the challenges. This has been an ongoing problem for a long time. At every checkpoint, there is harassment, especially after the taxes were imposed without consultation.&#8221;. He said<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/trucks-data.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/trucks-data.jpg 640w, https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/trucks-data-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>Daniel Deng, a customs clearing agent at Nimule, confirmed the situation, stating that no trucks carrying goods from Uganda had crossed the border.<br>Deng added that long-haul truck drivers are demanding the immediate removal of illegal roadblocks and a reduction in taxes.<br>Nimule Town Police Inspector, David Gasmiro, told Radio Tamazuj that approximately 1,000 trucks are currently stranded at the Nimule-Uganda border. He also noted that some truck owners, who were supposed to transport goods to South Sudan, offloaded them along the roads out of fear of the high charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nimule border crossing between South Sudan and Uganda has witnessed congestion due to the suspension of thousands of trucks loaded with goods en route to Juba.Officials reported that the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1366"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1369,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1366\/revisions\/1369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}