560,000 dollars: A VIP Donation to Dr. Marial Benjamin

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corruption in RSS — A “Donations to VIP personalities.”?

A finance ministry document obtained by Radio Tamazuj from an anonymous source authorized Barnaba to cash a cheque for the amount of $560,000. The authorization letter signed by Finance Ministry Undersecretary Wani Buyu and Acting Director General Makur Makuer says that the purpose of the payment was “Donations to VIP personalities.” No further explanation was provided in the letter, which was stamped and signed by finance ministry and central bank officials. Another document provided by the same source indicates payments to Lual Yiech Deng, whom the source said was a staff of Barnaba, including $155,000 to be cashed with a cheque from the South Sudanese embassy account 1107176255 at Kenya Commercial Bank Sarit Centre, dated 10 December 2015. A second cheque from the same account, dated 12 December 2015, was issued for the amount of $155,000, also to be cashed.

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