A source in parliament says the embattled Clerk of Parliament, Hon Umar Paran Tarawally; accused of corruption will resume work in the coming days.

It is almost two months when a corruption case against the Clerk of Parliament was made public.

The lawmaker was accused of employing his wife to hold a human resource position but had never gone to work in parliament.

Paran Tarawally was suspended until the investigation finished.

President Maada Bio was said to have intervened in the matter to find an amicable solution.

This medium has been told that the issue against the MP has been settled within the parliament circle.

The source says the case is “done and dusted.”

It could be recalled that the statement by the country’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) was published after immense public outcry both the Clerk of Parliament. It said  Paran Tarawally and his wife Abibatu Paran Tarawally were being investigated for corruption and abuse of office.

“The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) wishes to inform the general public that it had commenced investigation into Corruption allegations against the Clerk of Parliament, Hon. Paran Umar Tarawally and his wife, Mrs. Abibatu Tarawally.”

“The Commission is investigating allegations that the Clerk of Parliament employed his wife without due process and that since the said employment of Mrs Abibatu Tarawally has not been reporting for duties but received salaries. This raises serious questions of Conflict of Interest and abuse of position by the Clerk of Parliament.

“While investigations continue, as a condition of her bail, Mrs Abibatu Tarawally returned the sum of One Hundred and Thirty Thousand (New) Leones (Le 131,000) from the One Hundred and Fifty-Six Thousand (New) Leones (Le156, 000) she received as Salary for the 10 months she was on payroll, according to records obtained from the Account-General. Meanwhile, Hon. Paran Umar Tarawally and Mrs Abibatu Tarawally are on bail pending further investigation,” the ACC release had said.

According to investigations, a pay slip seen by ACC, shows that the wife of the Clerk of Parliament had been employed to work in parliament while receiving state funds falsified by her husband for more than ten months.

Records showed that Mrs Paran had indeed been receiving a monthly net salary of over Twenty-Three Million Leones (23m) from state funds since 2021.

Despite that Abibatu Paran Tarawally was recruited by her husband to work in parliament as a HR Officer she had never showed up for work as he was living a life of luxury at the expense of the poor people of Sierra Leone who are struggling to afford  meal a day.

In addition to her monthly salary, Mrs Paran was also in receipt of state funds to be paid for her medical bills, rent, and utility allowances.

As this happens, many people have blamed ACC of being biased as it tends to be going after opposition politicians.