Corruption watchdog renews calls for Kiir to remove Nilepet chief

JUBA – A local South Sudan corruption watchdog is reiterating calls for President Salva Kiir Mayardit to remove the Managing Director of the state oil firm, Nile Petroleum Corporation, Bol Ring Muorwel, over alleged corruption practices saying the head of the important government body is looting public resources which it said should be used in crucial governmental projects that can benefit the public.

“Bol Ring Muorwel is selling government shares in Nilepet and takes money for his own use. This is a free kind of corruption that South Sudanese can’t tolerate his management in the next few months and President must know this,” the South Sudan Anti-Corruption Forum (SSACF) said in a statement extended to Sudans Post on Tuesday.

“He has taken $12 million in advance from DPOC, GPOC and SPOC in case he is removed from the position of the Nilepet Managing Director. It’s so funny that one comes to office for self enrichment first than service delivery expected of him or her. Bol Ring Muorwel must go if we are fixing South Sudan,” the strong-worded statement reads in part.

Beside employing relatives, the SSACF also accused Bol of illegally selling fuel meant for government-operated petroleum stations in Juba that subsidized the amount of money paid for the fuel by the citizen, something that launched by Dr. Chol Deng who was removed to be replaced by Muorwel last year.

“Bol Ring Muorwel has taken fuel from suppliers with total of $35 million and sold it in the black market without paying the suppliers. This is a disgrace the government’s company to enter and cheat agreements,” it said, adding : “Bol must face the law.”

“He has employed 300 staff from his clan (Padhieu) people since September 2020 and are being promoted to the higher grades on daily, weekly and monthly basis. This is a fact finding report which we need our President to response to the call for removal of Bol Ring Muorwel.”