Juba — The South Sudanese presidency has threatened punitive actions against finance ministry officials who extort bribes from companies before contract awards, an aide said.
"The office of the president is filled with reports that there are people at the ministry of finance who extort bribes. If you have a government approved project requiring funding by the government, you must be made to pay to get approval of the concerned departments," a presidential aide who spoke on condition of anonymity told Sudan Tribune.
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