declare their personal income and assets to the South Sudan
Anti-Corruption Commission (SSACC) on Thursday,although like previous
declarationsthe results were not made public.
The policy was reintroduced by a presidential decree, after the
previous attempt had failed, calling on all the constitutional post
holders, senior civil servants and officers from the organised forces
to declare their income andassets before the 31 March. Any official
who fails to submit the form before the deadline will be asked to
resign.
Two weeks ago the vice president Riek Machar declared his income and
assets to the commission, although his net wealth and assetshave not
been made public. Machar urged his colleagues to follow suit. The
army's top generals were also issued with thedeclaration forms and
expressed their readiness to declare their wealth.
The most high profile of the latestbatch of officials to declare their
assets was Rebecca Nyandeng Garang de Mabior , a presidential Advisor
on gender and human rights. Upon receiving a certificateon Thursday
verifying she had declared all her assets and liabilities to SSACC she
denied rumours that her family owns a beer company in Juba.
Speaking to reporters after receiving her certificate of declaration
on Thursday, Nyandeng thanked the anti-graft commission. She said it
was appropriate for officials to declaretheir wealth and assets so the
public knew what was happening to the country's resources.
In a statement on national television, Nyandeng explained that she
filled all her income , assets and liabilities clearly. She said that
most of her assets were from an insurance payout after the death of
her husband the former chairman of Sudan People's Liberation Movement
(SPLM), John Garang de Mabior . Garang died in a helicopter crash in
2005 just weeks after becoming the first vice president of Sudan and
the President of South Sudan as part of the north-South peace deal.
Nyandeng denied and condemned the rumours and allegations that she
owns the White Bull Company, which makesbeer. She told state TV and
radio that she did not know who ownedthe company, stressing that if
the company belonged to her family, she would have declared it like
other assets she had declared .
Other officials including minister of information and broadcasting,
Barnaba Marial Benjamin and water resources and irrigation, Paul Mayom
Akec declared their assets at the same time.
The declaration forms are South Sudan's latest attempt to root out
corruption, which is rife in the young country. Billions of dollars of
public funds have gone missing since the SPLM took power in Juba in
2005 following apeace deal with the Sudanese government in Khartoum.
In July last year South Sudan became independent but the world's
youngest country faces a host of problems including humanitarian
emergencies and security issues as well as corruption.
On Thursday the chairperson of South Sudan's workers trade and union
also joined the top government officials in declaring his assets and
liabilities to the SSACC.
Meanwhile the minister for information and broadcasting, Dr Barnaba
Marial Benjamin urged all the ministers and top officials of the
government to be transparent in the exercise saying everybody should
be accountable.
At the same time, the minster for water resources and irrigation, Paul
Mayom Akech asserted that they will assist the commission take tougher
decisions to reduce corruption vowing that they did not fight to
embezzle public funds.
On his part, the chairperson of theAnti-Corruption Commission, Justice
John Gatwech Lul announced that whoever fills the form without
declaring all the assets and later discovered will forfeit the assets
which will then be transferred into government account.
There are concerns that some officials may have banked stolen money
under different names, making it difficult to trace.
The SSACC boss however earlier said he was mobilising expertise from
Europe and America who will employ the latest techniques of tracing
and detecting "stolen" money from financial institutions around the
world.
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