“If the value of an individual wealth is greater than the value of their lawfully acquired wealth, it is an unexplained wealth”. That is said to be the case of former secretary to President Julius Maada Bio, Dennis Vandi. Many Sierra Leoneans deem the Dorwaila Inn & Suites Hotel investment of Dennis Vandi as an “unexplained wealth”. “Dorwaila Inn & Suites Hotel must be the subject of an ACC investigation”, one retired senior public official demands. The investment is worth approximately $11 million, according to someone who is familiar with the investment. The massive ultra-modern Suites Hotel owned by a former public official, once accused of corruption and who was sacked a record three times in less than five years under President Bio, raises a lot of questions about checks and balances on public officials’ wealth. According to a well-placed source, the former Agriculture and Finance Minister is under serious pressure to explain how he attained so much money to put up such a massive ultra-modern Suites Hotel structure situated on the stunning historical Dorwaila Falls, near the Kamboi Hills in the Eastern District of Kenema.
Dennis Vandi could not be reached for comment. More about the hotel in subsequent editions. ***
