Senior ex-officials convicted of stealing over 25,000 bags of Saudi-donated rice: Who’s guilty, who’s not guilty?

1) GUITY: Dee-Maxwell Kemayah

The former Minister of Foreign Affairs and former Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amb. Dee-Maxwell Kemayah, has been found GUITY of all five (5) charges against him:

Theft of Property

Economic Sabotage

Misuse of Public Office

Criminal Conspiracy.

Misapplication of Entrusted Property

2) GUILTY: Varney Sirleaf

The former Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr. Varney Sirleaf, has been found GUITY of all five (5) charges against them:

Theft of Property

Economic Sabotage

Misuse of Public Office

Criminal Conspiracy.

Misapplication of Entrusted Property

3) GUILTY: Momolu Johnson

The former Deputy Minister for Administration of Internal Affairs, Mr. Momolu Johnson, has been found GUILTY of all five (5) charges:

Theft of Property

Economic Sabotage

Misuse of Public Office

Criminal Conspiracy.

Misapplication of Entrusted Property

4) GUILTY: Edriss Bility

The former Deputy Director of the General Services Agency (GSA), Mr. Edriss Bility, has been found GUILTY of all five (5) charges against him:

Theft of Property

Economic Sabotage

Misuse of Public Office

Criminal Conspiracy.

Misapplication of Entrusted Property

5) GUILTY: Augustine Kollie

The former Director for Disaster Victims of the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), Mr. Augustine Kollie, has been found GUILITY of three of five charges against him:

Misapplication of Entrusted Property

Abuse of Office

Criminal Conspiracy.

6) GUILTY: Archievego Menneah Doe

The former Communication Director of NDMA, Mr. Archievego Menneah-Doe, has been found GUILTY of three of five (5) charges against him:

Criminal Conspiracy

Abuse of Office

Misapplication of Entrusted Property

7) GUILTY: Henry O. Williams

The former Executive Director of NDMA, Mr. Henry O. Williams, has been found GUILTY of one of five (5) charges against him:

Economic sabotage

8)NOT GUILITY: Thelma Duncan-Sawyer

The former Deputy Foreign Minister, Amb. Thelma Duncan Sawyer, the wife of the late Dr Amos Sawyer, has been found NOT GUILTY of all charges against her.

This case involved the illegal handling and diversion of 29,412 bags of rice donated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in April 2023. The rice was intended to support disaster victims and vulnerable communities across Liberia.

G. Watson Richards
G. Watson Richards
G. Watson Richards is an investigative journalist with long years of experience in judicial reporting. He is a trained fact-checker who is poised to obtain a Bachelor’s degree from the United Methodist University (UMU)
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