POST ANALYSIS - RONNIE KNIGHT FOUND GUILTY OF MISCONDUCT IN OFFICE.
By BRYAN KRAMER Leadership Tribunal on Friday (20/3/15) handed down its ruling finding Member for Manus Open Ronnie Knight guilty of four out of the five allegations of misconduct in office against him. The first allegation was dropped for being similar as the third allegation that was sustained or upheld. Mr. Knight was referred to the Leadership Tribunal by Public Prosecutor acting on the referral and findings by the Ombudsman Commission (OC). The allegations were in relation to the purchase of a Vessel MV Manus Trader Star at a inflated price of K2.5m. Knight was found guilty of misconduct in office centred around the following issues during January 2013 and August 2013: 1) misappropriating K650,000 belonging to the Manus District Services Improvement (DSIP) Fund to purchase an outdated and unsuitable vessel that was 44 years old which was earlier negotiated by Mr. Knight and priced at K1.85m. Tribunal found that that Mr. Knight withheld vital informati