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Espace Motors produces files ‘mbalit’ trucks

Oct 11, 2024, 10:26 AM

During his reappearance before the Local Gov’t Inquiry, Jim Gaye, sales and marketing manager at Espace Motors, produced substantive documents he was asked to bring relating to the controversial ‘Mbalit’ Project.

The documents included the Mbalit Project file, Photon agreement with Quantum Net, Quantum/Espace Motor documents, Photon invoice in relation to the Mbalit trucks, and correspondences of Agib, KMC and Espace. The documents were admitted in evidence.

However, he told the inquiry that they had no receipt for receipts for the purchase of the truck. He claimed the payments were done through bank transfers.

However, Counsel Gomez made it clear to Gaye that the Commission needed evidence of payment. “We need that for all the trucks,” Gomez said.

Also, Nyima Camara, the director of planning and development provided the Commission with the list of contracts or projects of the KMC from 2019 to 2022, strategic plan for the KMC from 2019 to 2022, her departmental report for 2018, the annual work plan from 2018 to 2023 and the 2019 activity report of the planning, which were all admitted in evidence.

Dr Alieu Keita, the director of finance of the KMC, also provided several documents, including his employment letter; the contract documents of the private companies hired for debt collection; yearly financial statements during his time; the ‘mbalit’ contracts’ documents; letters recommending for his suspension following the problem pertaining to the D12,000,000 taken from Agib; KMC contracts with some companies, including the debt recovery entities to collect debt on behalf of KMC; list of accounts for KMC and other accounts. They were all admitted in evidence.