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Unity State citizens in oil producing areas are worried about the pollution causing infant deformities, miscarriage, and death during delivery as well as death of their livestock.

During my visit to oil field in Unity State, Budang, Unity and Kaikang 2,000-barrel leak had been contained in which I have seen a river used by residents of three counties had been heavily polluted.

Budang, Koch and Kaijang --one of the affected areas by oil pollution Unity State- that oil boosts the country's economy, but it has a bad impact on the citizens living around oil fields, Now in Unity State there are many cases of deformities, miscarriage, death during delivery on daily basis, having a serious negative impact on people, especially on reproduction rates, the drinking water is also sometimes polluted by oil, and there are two cases of birth defects since the beginning of August alone adding that they were born with no limbs, toes, hands and vision due to the effects of oil pollution.

Since 2017 they have recorded 267 miscarriage cases, whereas the number of babies born deformed or with disabilities is 10 and the number of death during labor is 12. These figures do not include those who live in remote areas with no hospitals and roads to connect them with state headquarters, said by  community member I met in  Unity oil Field

South Sudan's petroleum ministry warned more oil spills from poorly maintained facilities, after a pipeline leaked 2,000 barrels of oil in the north of the country.

As Human right Defender i have long warned of the consequences to residents and the environment from oil spills in the area, where facilities have been battered by war and some lay dormant for years until a peace deal was signed in 2018.

Petroleum Minister told journalists that 2,000 barrels of oil had leaked two weeks ago from a pipeline in the Unity Oil Fields, managed by a consortium of Chinese, Malaysian, Indian and local oil companies.

He said the leak had been contained and "what is left for us now to clean is the soil in that area."

"Of course we know that the production has been down for the last five years and the pipeline was empty and probably was filled with water (that) can expedite the process of corrosion within the pipeline,"

In this matter a figure it out with Henry Odwar October 4, 2012 said, a few months before South Sudan seceded  some years  back, Henry Odwar drove to a Juba hotel to confront the men who would be at the heart of the new country’s economy.

Scores of delegates from the Chinese, Malaysian and Indian firms that pumped Sudan’s oil had flown in to see the southern capital and shake hands with the government officials who were about to inherit billions of dollars of petroleum from Khartoum in the north.

As head of the southern parliament’s energy committee, Odwar thought it was time to clear the air with the companies. Many southerners blame them for providing money and infrastructure that Khartoum used to crush southern rebels and wipe out entire villages during a civil war which killed more than 2 million people.

Odwar said companies in South Sudan tended to go straight to top officials with plans, often bypassing the law, an arrangement many politicians and businessmen seemed comfortable with. “That is exactly what has been happening in Khartoum, and this is what people want to adapt here,” he said.

Pressure from Western donors and from the country’s nascent civil society could reverse this trend. Many of South Sudan’s roughly 8 million people are aware oil makes their country one of the region’s wealthiest per person on paper but that few have the income to show for it.

A host of southern technocrats have returned from Sudan to work in the new country’s oil industry, many versed in global standards and inclined to publish figures like oil output and revenue, which some politicians consider too important to reveal. That is why we will all suspect that ruptures will happen from time to time. The area in question is remote and the extent of the spill difficult to verify.

While I mentioned only an area of 800 square metres was impacted, local officials told me a river used by residents of three counties has been heavily polluted.

"It affected all three counties of greater Rubkona that is Guit, Koch East Rubkona, Budang County, and Bentiu and the oil has polluted the main river

During my visit to area I was with Hon Gatiek Both, the commissioner of Budang county, confirmed steps have been taken to control the leak leakage but said the impact was devastating.

"This spill is badly affecting the area. Trees and the grass are dying and fish and some animals because it is rainy here, the water washes the oil into water sources where there are fish and animals."

South Sudan has been wracked by conflict since 2013 due to political rivalry among the ruling elite, and fighting devastated the oil sector—its main earner.

Concerns have mounted over the health impact of the oil fields to surrounding communities, after decades of companies flouting environmental regulations in the war-torn nation.

A 2014 study by Cordaid reported that: "Oil production pollutants are suspected by communities to have caused many new health problems, such as increased infertility in women, a higher number of miscarriages, and eye and skin problems."

NNGOs will not be mention to due high threat, which has investigated the impact of oil pollution in the country; estimates as many as 900,000 people may be affected.

Government was not busy investigating the effects of oil pollution in the area.At its peak, oil production in South Sudan was at 350,000 barrels a day. Since the signing of the peace deal production has gone from 135,000 to 178,000 barrels a day.