By Arret Jatta
Karamo Ceesay, the Councillor of Tallinding South and the Chairman of the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) Finance Committee on Thursday 24th October 2024 informed the Local Government Commission of Inquiry (LGCI) that the investigation into the deleted financial records was abandoned.
When he was asked by Lead Counsel Patrick Gomez about the deleted records of the transactions for the rates unit, he responded that he was part of the investigation, but the matter was not concluded, and until now, the amount of D297,941.43 remains unaccounted as the investigation was abandoned.
“No one was held responsible for the missing records and funds as no one was indicted or found wanting,” the witness said.
The witness was asked about the disbursements made to the wards by the KMC.
He said each year, from 2019 to 2023, KMC allocates D200,000 to each ward development committee to use the money for light projects, specifically on roads.
He explained that the only year the funds were not transferred to the ward accounts was 2019. That year, the wards identified the projects, and the council implemented them directly.
He added that the reason that the council implemented projects directly was because none of the wards had a ward development account for the funds to be transferred in.