Witness Krubally told the commission that he had no knowledge about the Green Vision issues. However, he stated that there was a time when the Director of Finance at the Basse Area Council, Lamin Suso, requested his savings account number on 17 July 2021.
The witness admitted giving his account details and was promised a transfer of money into his account for which he was later asked to visit Vista Bank. He added that he went there with his account passbook and found out that there was a deposit of D300,000 into his account from Green Vision.
Krubally continued to testify that he withdrew the money and gave it to the director of finance, and Finance Director Suso and the CEO confirmed receipt of the money and stated it was meant for a refund of 1/6 (one-by-six).
Asked if there was a pre-finance of one-by-six priority to the payment made by Suso, he replied in the negative and accepted that what Suso wanted the money for was not true.
“The director said that the money was for kick-back, which means a reward going to someone for the work he/she did,” he said.
Asked if Green Vision did any work for the council, he replied that the company did a road construction job for the council at Baja Kunda. On subsequent payments to Green Vision, he said the payments were by instalments, stating that he couldn’t remember writing any cheques for the company regarding that particular contract.
He confirmed not being aware of or having seen a contract agreement between Green Vision and the council, adding that he didn’t know how much was paid to them. The counsel read that the audit report revealed an overpayment of D2,064,295, adding that while reviewing the contract documents of Basse Area Council, the audit noted that the council awarded a contract to Green Vision for the construction of a road at Baja Kunda at an amount of D3,928,405.
“However, the review of the council’s bank statement revealed that D5,992,700 was paid to Green Vision, yet Green Vision is claiming an arrears of over D300,000,” the counsel stated, adding: “The issue regarding the D300,000, Green Vision gave evidence to the commission that it was supposed to be a charity as fulfilment of their corporate social responsibility to dig boreholes.”
