“Fighting Corruption or Recycling It? Questions the Government Must Answer.”

Now that selective and discriminatory arrests are being carried out by those in power, the people of South Sudan must begin asking the real and uncomfortable questions.

If large sums of money are being seized from individuals during these arrests, where exactly is that money going? Who is holding it? Who is accounting for it? And under whose authority is it being kept?

The public deserves clear answers. When the state confiscates money, it must be officially documented, transparently recorded, and deposited into the national treasury or the central bank through proper legal procedures. Anything less than that raises serious suspicion.

Right now, citizens are asking:Who is safeguarding the seized funds?Is the money reaching the national accounts of the state?Or is it quietly passing through the hands of powerful individuals behind closed doors?

If those conducting these operations are themselves viewed by the public as corrupt or untrustworthy, then this entire process must be independently investigated and audited. Otherwise, what is being presented as a fight against corruption may in fact become another organized channel of corruption.

South Sudanese are not blind. The people are watching. Transparency is not optional — it is a duty. Every dollar taken in the name of anti-corruption must be publicly accounted for.

A genuine anti-corruption campaign is not about political theater or selective arrests. It is about justice, accountability, and returning stolen wealth back to the people and the nation.

Without transparency, this so-called fight against corruption will only deepen public distrust and confirm the growing belief that the clever thieves or powerful are simply redistributing stolen wealth among themselves while pretending to clean the system.