By Africa 24 newsman

It is now certain that President Julius Maada Bio has reinstated Hon Paran Tarawally after several months of investigations into alleged conflict of interest by ACC probing. Hon Paran Tarawally on Monday 5th August 2024 resumed his seat as Clerk of Parliament.

Paran Tarawally was alleged to have employed his wife in Parliament and received salaries for months but without working in Parliament.

Paran’s faith was primarily bestowed with President Julius Maada Bio to take actions against him and his wife was banned from taking office for five years.

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

The released said, “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, 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.”

Hon. Paran Umar Tarawally and Mrs. Abibatu Tarawally have been on bail pending further investigation.

Records show that Mrs. Paran had indeed been receiving a net monthly salary of over Twenty-Three Million Leones from state funds, at least since 2021, not ten months as alleged by the ACC in an attempt to falsify the records and minimize the seriousness of the crime.

Although Abibatu Paran Tarawally was recruited by her husband to work in Parliament as HR Officer, she never showed up for work whilst living a life of luxury at the expense of the poor people of Sierra Leone who are struggling to buy plate of meal a day sold, for example, Le 40 in Bonthe town, South of Sierra Leone.