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John Gatwech Lul, Judge John Gatwech Lul, Judge
Name: John Gatwech Lul
Title: Judge
Position: Chairperson of the South Sudan Anti Corruption Commission (SSACC).
Background
Gatwech was appointed by South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit in November 2011.
Before heading the SSACC Gatwech was a member of the Supreme Court of South Sudan and was one of the nine judges that served in the constitutional court in Khartoum before South Sudan seceded from Sudan in July 2011.
Gatwech’s appointment to the SSACC in 2011 appeared to be an attempt to improve South Sudan’s poor track record at fighting corruption.
- Dr. Pauline Riak, chairperson of Southern Sudan Anti-Corruption Commission from 2006 until November 2011 (ST)
His predecessor Pauline Riak, headed the commission from 2006 until 2011 but no government official was been prosecuted for corruption during that period.
- Monday 15 April 2013
April 14, 2013 (JUBA) - The head of South Sudan’s anti corruption commission, John Gatwech Lul, said Sunday vowed to find the truth behind the disappearance of thousands South Sudanese pounds and dollars from the office of the (...)
- Friday 8 February 2013
February 4, 2013 (JUBA) - Austerity measures have left South Sudan’s Anti-Corruption Commission (SSACC) short of money and having to cut back its activities investigating graft in the young nation. A man from South Sudan displays new (...)
- Saturday 3 March 2012
March 2, 2012 (JUBA) - More constitutional post holders in South Sudan declare their personal income and assets to the South Sudan Anti-Corruption Commission (SSACC) on Thursday, although like previous declarations the results were not (...)
- Saturday 17 March 2012
March 17, 2012 (JUBA) – The eight month old independent state of South Sudan has criminalised money laundering as part of an ongoing effort to arrest the rampant corruption in the country. Government of South Sudan cabinet meeting (ST) (...)
- Monday 27 February 2012
February 27, 2012 (JUBA) – Top generals of the South Sudan army, the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), have been asked by the South Sudan Anti-Corruption Commission (SSACC) to declare their income and assets, in the latest effort to (...)
- Tuesday 29 May 2012
May 28, 2012 (JUBA) - The South Sudan Anti-Corruption Commission (SSACC) on Monday dismissed allegations suggesting senior members of the commission had conspired against the previous head of the anti-graft organisation, Pauline Riak. (...)
- Monday 2 July 2012
July 1, 2012 (ABYEI) - South Sudan’s Anti Corruption Commission on Sunday said it is seeking public support to fight against all forms of malpractice, and explaining that it intends to catch all the suspects regardless of their (...)
- Saturday 12 November 2011
November 11, 2011 (JUBA) – The President of the Republic of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, has fired the head of the anti-corruption commission, Pauline Riak, and replaced her with a judge from the Supreme Court. Dr. Pauline Riak, (...)
- Sunday 27 May 2012
May 26, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan’s anti corruption commission on Friday claimed it recovered more than $60 million, allegedly taken by top level government officials, resulting into suspension and subsequent dismissal of some members, (...)
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