The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has handed over the sum of Le105, 800,000 to authorities of the Aberdeen Women’s Centre. The fund was recovered from staff of the Centre following an investigation into alleged of allegation of misappropriation of Le228,766,494.
The recovered fund was handed to the authorities of the centre in two tranches.
The balance amount of Le:122,966,494 (One Hundred and Twenty-Two Million, Nine Hundred and Sixty Six Thousand, Four Hundred and Forty Nine Leones) will be fully recovered within a year.
Handing over the cash to representatives of the Aberdeen Women Centre, Commissioner of the ACC, Francis Ben Kaifala Esq. assured ACC’s firm commitment to hold all persons accountable for corruption and to recover stolen public and donor funds.
Receiving the recovered cash, Rebecca Larsson, Country Director, and Francis Gitao, Non-Clinical Director, Aberdeen Women Centre, thanked the ACC team for the swift, timely and successful intervention.
The Aberdeen Women Centre is a donor funded facility, which provides free medical and related services to pregnant women, sexual based violence and fistula victims.