Presidency’s Stolen Money: Justice Gatwec Hands Over Findings

The ad hoc committee investigating disappearance of a large sum of money from the office of the President has completed its work, according to an official.

The Chairperson of the Anti-Corruption Commission who also chairs the committee, Justice John Gatwec, told Eye Radio they have handed over the final report to the presidency:

“We have finished the investigation,” said Hon. Gatwec.”We’ve given the report to the President.”

Hon. Gatwec declined to reveal the findings.

“We cannot give it to the public because it is confidential and only the President is the one who can tell the people what was found,” he added.

In March, hundreds of thousands of combined US dollars and South Sudanese pounds were stolen from the office of the President under mysterious circumstances.

The report comes six weeks after President Salva Kiir set up the four-member committee to identify, summon, interview and investigate all the concerned members of the staff involved.

The suspects include the chief administrator at the office of the president, Mayen Wol Jok, executive director, Yel Lual Kur and the controller of accounts, Nhomout Agoth.