Kanyi was purportedly appointed by KMC as a dumpsite consultant and debt collector at the same time. He joined the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) in 2018 as a member of the Interim Management appointed by the Executive.
He continued with the Commission even after the new council headed by Talib Bensouda took over and held various positions at KMC, including director of compliance and a consultant for the dump site. He still works at the Bakoteh dumpsite for a company hired by the KMC to manage the dumpsite.
Former acting finance director Sheriff Njie had alleged before the Commission that Kanyi lacked the experience to handle the portfolio of consultant.
During his reappearance on Monday, he was handed a file, dated 1 June 2020, from the KMC containing his employment details. He was referred to a contract, dated 2 March 2020, as a consultant for one year and another contract in April 2020 as a debt recovery officer also for one year.
Kanyi claimed he had never had contracts that overlapped, but the Commission faulted his claim and showed him the two contracts. He was asked about it, but he later said it must have been a mistake for the contracts to overlap.
Kanyi was told that he wrote a letter to the mayor proposing his transfer to the dump site. In his reaction, he said he could not remember. When shown the letter, he confirmed that he was the one who proposed to be moved to the dump site. He confirmed that the letter was from him.
The letter was read by Lead Counsel Patrick Gomez to the hearing of the commissioners. On the basis of the letter, Kanyi claimed he had the experience, made his demands in the letter and was appointed as a dumpsite consultant.
Lead Counsel asked the witness why there were alterations in the demands as contained in his letter. The demands were for consultancy fee, dumpsite allowance, telephone allowance and fuel supply. Kanyi said it was altered because his demands were not rigid and he changed them because he felt that what he was offered was good, and he had to scratch the figures.
The Commission discovered that his payments varied, and a number of times, his payments did not match what was in the contract. However, Kanyi said the figure changed depending on the risks involved and that the allowance was not static and kept on changing based on time. He could not provide an answer when asked why.
According to evidence before the Commission, Kanyi also wrote a letter requesting for gratuity and was paid, although he was not entitled to any.
