BREAKING: South Sudan Officials At Mombasa Port Accused of Smuggling Illegal Substance Into Kenya

[Elisabeth Janaina]

BREAKING: South Sudan Officials At Mombasa Port Accused of Smuggling
Illegal Substance Into Kenya
September 17, 2017 Nyamilepedia Leave a comment

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Sept 17, 2017(Nyamilepedia) —– Two South Sudan’s custom officials at
Mombasa Port in Kenya are accused of aiding smuggling of illegal
substance and helping Kenyan traders avoid paying millions of Kenya
Shillings in taxes to Kenya Revenue Authority.

A latest investigation, shared with Nyamilepedia by private
investigators, Joe and Davis, who prefer to be known by their first
names due to fear of reprisal, reveals the two South Sudan’s Custom
Officials as Arop Deng Kuol, the Chief Custom Officer and his deputy
Officer, Mr. Emmanuel Sukole.

The investigation details that Arop and Sukole allow Kenyan traders of
high risk substances to label their containers as products destined to
Juba, South Sudan in order to sneak them into the country without
paying taxes and without being intercepted by the Kenyan police.

“Disguised as potential customers, we were able to interview many
illegal substances suppliers on how they smuggled their products into
the country without being caught at the custom” said Davis and Joe in
their report.

“They said usually their products[drugs] are received by their
“colleagues” from South Sudan, these men are of high authority in
South Sudan government and no one dare to touch such goods” Reads part
of the report.

In return, Arop and Sukole are paid half or whole of what the illegal
traders would have paid in taxes if they are lucky to escape without
being dragged to jail by Kenyan Custom authority.

Mr. Arop and Sukole are believe to have done such risky business and
made billions of Kenyan shillings within the last two years.

According to a different report, which was released last month by
Kenya’s Business Today, the South Sudanese Custom officials help
cartels to smuggle in their products to any destination within Kenya
without paying taxes.

“There’s a cartel in Mombasa that specializes in smuggling of goods
across the borders. This group is being facilitated by South Sudanese
custom officials. The two custom officials arranged for diversions and
changing of destinations using South Sudan name. This arrangement
enables smugglers to sell their products in any market without paying
taxes,” Read part of Kenyatoday report.

READ: South Sudan customs official in tax evasion syndicate at Mombasa port

Although the Kenya Port authority are yet to comment on the matter,
it’s believed that KPA does very little to know what such products
could be and whether they are being shipped to South Sudan as
indicated on containers.

“Kenyan port authorities can’t do anything because the goods are
declared as headed to South Sudan, and so their hands are tied because
they can’t meddle in the affairs of another sovereign state,” the
person said.

The South Sudanese officials Arop and Sukole, who make thousands of
dollar every months, handle luxurious vehicles and containers that are
not properly identified at the Kenyan port of Mombasa.