Luxurious Juba hotel to expel SPLM-IO officials over $4 million unpaid bill

File: SPLM-IO leader and First Vice-President designate Dr. Riek Machar Teny

JUBA – A hotel in Juba has threatened to dislodge members of the main armed opposition group, SPLM-IO over an unpaid $4 million bill, officials said from the South Sudan capital said on Wednesday.

“We have been told to empty and leave out our hotel rooms in 24 hours by the Pyramid Hotel management because they have not been paid by the movement since a few months back,” a senior official of the SPLM-IO told Sudans Post from Juba.

“They said they we owe the around four millions American dollars and will not let us stay for even a minute after the end of the 24 hours,” the official said.

The latest threat against the SPLM-IO is not the first of its kind. Early this year, the same hotel kicked out opposition members over unpaid bills saying the government had not paid the hotel for the guests who have been housed and fed by the hotel.

Later on, the matter was resolved after the government paid half of the bill and promised to pay the rest.