By Jerromie S. Walters
Former GSA Director General Mary Broh, ex-Foreign Minister Dee Maxwell Kemayah and National Disaster Management Agency head Henry O. Williams were arrested early Thursday, June 26, 2025, and taken to the Criminal Court C at the Temple of Justice on corruption charges linked to the alleged diversion of 25,000 bags of rice donated in April 2023 by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center
The rice, part of a 29,412-bag consignment worth $425,918, was meant for disaster victims but was allegedly siphoned off for personal and political gain during ex-President George Weah’s administration. The trio faces charges of theft, economic sabotage, and misuse of office after months of investigation.
Before her arrest, Broh had vowed to sue President Boakai’s Assets Recovery Taskforce, accusing it of defamation and political witch hunts. In April of this year, she claimed full cooperation with investigators, providing documents to prove her innocence.
“It is so laughable, it is so sad that you have an appointed agency by the president of the Republic of Liberia, witch hunting. This is the last person they will find corrupt. You can take it to the bank and at the end of the day I will sue somebody,” she said. Broh suggested that the task force was overstepping its mandate, targeting individuals without proper evidence. “You need to see the letter they have been sending me, and I warned them, They don’t know what they are doing, and if they are not careful, people will sue them,” she added.
President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, in early 2024, issued an Executive Order, purposely to identify and recover corruptly acquired looted public resources by Liberian leaders, especially during the presidency of George Weah. The enforcement of Executive Order #126 was temporarily interrupted by a Supreme Court stay order.
The case arose from a petition by Madam Finda Bundoo, former President Weah’s Chief of Protocol, challenging the constitutionality of the Executive Order. Bundoo is also the owner of the controversial Gracious Ride Incorporated, (petitioner), a transport services provider—whose fleet of vehicles the task force tried to seize—prompting the legal tussle that halted the activities of the taskforce.
However, the Supreme Court on Tuesday, February 18, handed the government of President Joseph Boakai a major victory, ruling unanimously that his Executive Order #126 creating the office of the Assets Recovery does not violate any constitutional provision.
