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Monday, 01 December 2008
Heads are expected to roll at the Jamaican Urban Transit Company (JUTC) this week, after shocking details of corruption and alleged criminal conduct were exposed in an investigative report issued last week by the Office of the Contractor General (OCG).
Transport Minister Mike Henry has summoned board members of the JUTC to an emergency meeting this week to discuss the findings in the OCG report.
The report claimed massive procurement breaches during the tenure of the late JUTC chairman Douglas Chambers who allegedly offered his own company a contract, approved it and told the board about it afterwards.
The Contract General pointed to, among other things, criminal conduct after stating that misleading information was forwarded to his office by the late chairman and Bindley Sangster, who chaired the finance committee before being appointed acting head of the bus company.
Mike Henry said he is now analyzing the 104 page report and is preparing a response.
The Minister's communication's consultant Reginald Allen told RJR News that Mr. Henry is anticipating that the issue will be properly ventilated.
"The minister is awaiting advice from the Attorney General Office and intends to write the Director of Public Prosecutions to request a keen review of the report so that we can move forward in terms of the board. The board has to operate and the report from the OCG made certain assertions which need to be clarified," said Mr. Allen.
Minister Henry has also taken issue with how the report was delivered to him noting that the document was delivered to his ministry on November 26 without a cover of urgency.
He said at that time the contents of the report were all over the media without him having a chance to read it.
Additionally the Transport Minister is seeking advice from the Attorney General's Office claiming that the OCG's report ended up being tabled in the Upper House of Parliament ahead of the House of Representatives.
He said this contradicts the normal chain of parliamentary practice and raises concerns about procedures being employed by the OCG.
http://www.radiojamaica.com/content/view/13693/26/
Heads are expected to roll at the Jamaican Urban Transit Company (JUTC) this week, after shocking details of corruption and alleged criminal conduct were exposed in an investigative report issued last week by the Office of the Contractor General (OCG).
Transport Minister Mike Henry has summoned board members of the JUTC to an emergency meeting this week to discuss the findings in the OCG report.
The report claimed massive procurement breaches during the tenure of the late JUTC chairman Douglas Chambers who allegedly offered his own company a contract, approved it and told the board about it afterwards.
The Contract General pointed to, among other things, criminal conduct after stating that misleading information was forwarded to his office by the late chairman and Bindley Sangster, who chaired the finance committee before being appointed acting head of the bus company.
Mike Henry said he is now analyzing the 104 page report and is preparing a response.
The Minister's communication's consultant Reginald Allen told RJR News that Mr. Henry is anticipating that the issue will be properly ventilated.
"The minister is awaiting advice from the Attorney General Office and intends to write the Director of Public Prosecutions to request a keen review of the report so that we can move forward in terms of the board. The board has to operate and the report from the OCG made certain assertions which need to be clarified," said Mr. Allen.
Minister Henry has also taken issue with how the report was delivered to him noting that the document was delivered to his ministry on November 26 without a cover of urgency.
He said at that time the contents of the report were all over the media without him having a chance to read it.
Additionally the Transport Minister is seeking advice from the Attorney General's Office claiming that the OCG's report ended up being tabled in the Upper House of Parliament ahead of the House of Representatives.
He said this contradicts the normal chain of parliamentary practice and raises concerns about procedures being employed by the OCG.
http://www.radiojamaica.com/content/view/13693/26/