{"id":45190,"date":"2023-10-08T09:13:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T09:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/anti-corruption-commission-is-broke-says-chairperson"},"modified":"2023-10-08T09:36:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T09:36:57","slug":"anti-corruption-commission-is-broke-says-chairperson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/anti-corruption-commission-is-broke-says-chairperson","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Corruption Commission is broke \u2013 says chairperson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>The Chairperson of South Sudan Anti-Corruption Commission has warned that the institution is on the verge of collapse and could be evicted from its headquarters anytime due to a lack of funding.<\/p>\n<p>Ngor Kolong Ngor raised the concern during the deliberation of the Commission\u2019s Amendment Bill which was eventually passed into law on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>He said the institution has been underfunded for the last three years, leading to the accumulation of an unspecified amount of rent arrears.<\/p>\n<p>Kolong called on the August House to support the institution in fighting corruption in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not funded. The Anti-Corruption is collapsing because of funds. Now we have more than 3 years, we didn\u2019t pay the rent for our offices, we don\u2019t have anything,\u201d he testified.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow our Deputy Chairperson doesn\u2019t have a car, there are many things we are going through. What we need from you people, we need to pass this law and we need your support because without your support, fighting corruption is not easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In June 2022, the landlord of the Anti-corruption Commission locked the institution\u2019s premises after the anti-graft body failed to pay more than seven million pounds in rent arrears.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\">South-Sudan<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. 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