COMPANIES FEEL THE PINCH OF POLLING EXTENSION

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Airlines, restaurants and other service industries are affected by the two more days of polling, added by the National Elections Commission yesterday.

Voters stay longer in their rural home areas to cast their ballots. It causes shops and offices to remain closed and supplies to be erratic.

Eunice Restaurant, run by the Sacred Heart Sisters is normally busy place around lunch time.

But this week most of the tables are empty. The manager of the restaurant, Sister Jane, predicts losses for the enterprise.

Sr. Jane said tomatoes cost double, and there are no greens and fresh meat on sale.

Although the restaurant was not making any profits at the moment, sister Jane promised it would have no implications for the staff.

Kenyan Airline 748 that connects some major towns in South Sudan has to keep its airplanes on the ground.

Mr. William Manyel of the booking office in Juba, explained what the extension of the elections means that the flying schedul will resume later.

Streets and premises are mainly empty in Juba, the otherwise noisy and busy city.