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KMC CEO delves into revenue assessments

Sep 30, 2024, 10:15 AM | Article By: Ali Jaw

The Kanifing Municipal Council’s CEO, Pa Sait Ceesay, has shed light on revenue assessment reports and a series of other council issues. Ceesay said there were no assessments done at the time he assumed office, requesting time to find out when last KMC conducted revenue assessment.

He was asked about the revenue baseline and the budgets for 2022 and 2023, but again he requested time to be able to provide the information..

Pa Sait said the CEO is the approving authority, and he can approve payments up to D500,000. He added that if the payment is beyond D500,000, the Council will discuss it and pass a resolution approving the payment.

He is the chairperson of the Contracts Committee and the other members are the procurement manager, two experts, two councillors, director of planning and director of administration.

The KM CEO testified that he found an outdated strategic plan of KMC. He told commissioners he does not know whether KMC has a loan policy or not, but stated that the council also gives out salary advances to staff.

He said KMC established two companies called KMT and KMM. He said that he is a member of the board of both companies. He was asked about the other board members but he replied a resolution was passed for the mayor to select and appoint the board members. The Commission requested for the resolution.

The witness was