Powerful South Sudan woman MP underground moves exposed – Weekly Citizen

A powerful woman in South Sudan government Martha Nyanuer serving as an MP and chairperson Gender and equality operations in the capital city of Nairobi and back home are raising eyebrows.

Martha Nyanuer is the second wife to sacked former Minister of Petroleum Ezekiel Loi Gatkuoth.

President Salva Kiir sacked Gatkuoth on matters relating to corruption running into millions of US dollars.

Upon his sacking, Gatkuoth was helped by Martha Nyanuer to run into exile and he is now staying in America with children of his late first wife.

Gatkuoth

Martha Nyanuer using her influence among her tribe has been lobbying to have her husband back in government and cabinet.

According to sources, she has brought on her side influential former Generals not comfortable with Kiir style of leadership.

Using her fortunes after being linked to money laundering, Martha Nyanuer has been hosting using proxies, secret meeting in top range Nairobi city hotels to blackmail President Kiir to have her husband reappointed.

Word has it, she is a key player in the current stalemate in South Sudan peace deal involving President Kiir and Riek Machar.

Martha is a spend thrift and leaves large in Nairobi frequenting high-end establishments and hosting high profile people for political mobilization where she bribes them to lobby for her husband’s reappointment to cabinet by President Kiir.

Our investigations reveal she engages into sexual escapades with powerful politicians and businessmen in Kenya.

We have also established the husband did not escape to US but was granted permission by President Kiir to visit the children abroad.

Gatkuoth is still under corruption investigation by committee appointed by Kiir although the loose wife claims she has compromised all committee members to give a clean bill of health so to return to the cabinet.