{"id":3908,"date":"2025-12-18T19:46:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T19:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/?p=3908"},"modified":"2025-12-18T22:27:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T22:27:26","slug":"breaking-spate-of-unexplained-fire-outbreaks-paralyses-juba-businesses-joseph-m-nyieth-demands-robust-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directtopic.com\/jubaglobal.com\/breaking-spate-of-unexplained-fire-outbreaks-paralyses-juba-businesses-joseph-m-nyieth-demands-robust-inquiry\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Spate of Unexplained Fire Outbreaks Paralyses Juba Businesses, Joseph M. Nyieth Demands Robust Inquiry!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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JUBA, South Sudan \u2013 Following a string of devastating fires that have ravaged major business districts in Juba over the past few weeks, Joseph M. Nyieth is calling for an immediate and thorough investigation amid fears that these incidents are not spontaneous ignitions but rather the work of coordinated arsonists.
The capital has been under attack by fires for a couple of days. There were large fires in Custom Market, Jebel Market and the Sherikat area including an attacked on Youth Mama Church. These fires have burnt hundreds of shops, businesses and adjacent residential houses to the ground and robbed many families of means for a living with people up in economic hard times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


A Pattern of Economic Sabotage
Though officials have tentatively blamed some of the crashes on electrical problems, enough fires \ufffd and serious ones at that \ufffd have broken out to alarm local leaders and business owners.
The chairman of the Patriotic People’s Party (PPP), Joseph M. Nyieth, a strong political commentator, has said that kind of timing and type of fire looks like “foul play”.
“These are not coincidences. We are in fact, seeing our economic jugular being systematically targeted,” Nyieth said in a statement issued today. “If businesses and residential houses keep burning in succession within a few weeks, we should not just explain it away as ‘electrical faults’. There is foul play involved here \u2013 arsonists determined to destroy this local economy and put fear into the traders.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The Human Cost
The destruction has been catastrophic. In the Custom Market alone, traders stocked up with anticipation of a busy festive season were wiped out in minutes. The blazes have not been confined only to market stalls but have extended to nearby residential areas, leaving families homeless and homes in ruins.
“The burning of the businesses is an attack on the lives of South Sudanese families,” Nyieth said. “When a market burns, it is not only merchandise that we lose \u2014 school fees, medical funds and the daily bread of our people goes up in flames. And none of this is even recognizing the absolute deafening silence around the source of these fires.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Call for a Proper Investigation
Nyieth is calling for more than just standard inquiries by the government and Juba City Council to probe the outbreaks, instead calling for forensic investigations. He added that if there is any truth to the arsonists claim, they should be arrested and thrown in jail until their trials are over so a good example can be set for those anarchists not yet caught.
His pronouncement set forth three “tests”:<\/p>\n\n\n\n