Whistleblowers have exposed a deep crisis inside South Sudan’s Nile Petroleum Corporation (Nilepet), reaching out to Activist Cyprian Is Nyakundi with serious allegations against CEO Eng. Ayuel Ngor Ayuel Kacgor. They accuse him of financial mismanagement, delaying staff salaries for up to four months, and laundering money through the purchase of a luxurious mansion in Kenya.
Under Kacgor’s leadership, Nilepet has collapsed into chaos. Employees have gone months without salaries, leading to frustration and anger. Many staff members are struggling to survive, while the CEO is accused of using the company’s money for personal gain.
These salary delays point to a deeper problem of financial mismanagement that threatens Nilepet’s operations and the economy of South Sudan, which depends heavily on oil revenues.
Whistleblowers say Kacgor, who was appointed in October 2024 with promises of reform, has instead made the situation worse. Instead of fixing the company’s problems, he allegedly focused on looting it. Reports claim that Kacgor bought a $2 million mansion in Nairobi’s Karen suburb.
The property is registered under his wife’s name, Mrs. Yar Oka, raising suspicions of deliberate attempts to hide stolen money. The insider who contacted Cyprian Is Nyakundi pleaded for the matter to be exposed, asking him to push Kenya’s Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) to investigate Kacgor’s dealings.
According to the source, corrupt South Sudanese officials are using Kenya as a safe haven to hide assets stolen from their struggling country. The purchase of such an expensive property while workers go unpaid clearly points to money laundering and theft of public resources.
Given that Nilepet is critical to South Sudan’s survival, these allegations must not be ignored. South Sudan’s Anti-Corruption Commission and the Ministry of Finance should immediately launch a thorough investigation.
A full audit of Nilepet’s finances must be carried out to expose how much money has been lost and who benefited.The Kenyan authorities must also move quickly to investigate the mansion purchase in Karen. Assets linked to corruption must be frozen and recovered. Registration of properties under family members’ names is a common trick used by corrupt officials to hide dirty money, and this case fits that pattern perfectly.
International organizations like the United Nations, Transparency International, and the World Bank must apply pressure on South Sudan to take real action.
Billions in aid are sent to South Sudan every year, and allowing this kind of theft to continue makes a mockery of those efforts.
The workers of Nilepet deserve justice. The South Sudanese people deserve to know the truth about where their oil money is going.
Allowing corruption to continue unpunished only worsens the poverty and suffering in a country that has already endured so much.
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