Watchdogs say the relevant authorities have done little to trade the money missing money from national coffers and private donations to the state.

It’s estimated that the $14 million misappropriated cost the lives of people infected with the hemorrhagic  virus and  those treating them.

Many victims and those trying to put their lives back together now are suffering without an income.

Special payments to high risk  health workers were often delayed – leading to a strike in late 2014 by specialist burial teams at the Kenema hospital which appears to be heavily hit by the graft.

Sierra Leone’s  auditor general Lara Taylor-Pearce published a damning report on the handling of funds.

Not much has been done to bring those responsible to book.

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