The President has sacked two senior officials from his office. Chief administrator Mr Mayen Wol, and the executive director, Yel Luol, were sacked in a decree broadcast on SSTV last evening.

The reason behind the dismissals is unclear and their replacements are yet to be named.

In April 2013, President Kiir suspended Wol and Luol, after huge sums of money in both foreign and local currencies went missing from the office.

The president later formed a committee, headed by the anticorruption commission chairperson, John Gatwec Lul, to investigate the incident.

The inquiry found that the money was stolen as a result of negligence.

“In spite of the gravity of the crime, there was a remarkable indecision from the senior staff in the OoP to report the matter to the authorities or even enhance security on site,” read the report.

However, the men were reinstated four months later.