The Council of Ministers resolved in today’s seating to recover the money lost in the infamous dura scandal where companies were paid millions of dollars for grain they did not deliver.
Acting government spokesperson Madut Biar Yel told the reporters that companies that received money will have to explain themselves to the legal personnel in the Ministry of Justice.
He explained that the Government created a colour code for companies involved in the dura scandal: white, gray and black.
Seven white companies delivered the services they were paid for.
One hundred and fifty four gray companies delivered some services.
Six hundred and twenty nine black companies received money but did not honour the contacts.
Mr Biar said companies in the gray list will be investigated and those proved innocent will go to the white list and those who do not return the money will become black.
The spokesperson said the Cabinet resolved to bring to books the companies in the black list if they fail to return the money they got for the contacts they did not honour.
These decisions were taken after the Ministry of Finance presented a memo to the Cabinet with the findings of a company hired to investigate the dura scandal.
Contacts to supply dura and other cereals to South Sudan were awarded since 2008 to create a food reserve for times of famine. Most of the grain paid for never arrived in South Sudan.