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did not want to collect the payments, can you say
who that person who you were collecting for?
A:
Mr Lincoln Dennis was the person who they would
have asked to do the contract for that section of
work
.
Q: Do you know the reason why Mr Lincoln Dennis...
A:
It would have been his personal thing. I am not sure
of the personal reason why he would have not wanted
to collect.”
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(OCG Emphasis)
Ms. Keene also indicated, during the referenced hearing, that she was not of the opinion that she had done
anything wrong or improper by facilitating the payment in respect of the mentioned contract. The
following,
inter alia
, was stated:
“A: … I didn't do anything improper or incorrect from my
knowledge. I was just asked to facilitate the
collection of the funds and that's what I did.
Q: You also signed that you did work, which is not true.
When you signed this document, was it a blank form?
A: No, sir.
Q: It was written up?
A:
Yes, sir. If I had known that facilitating the payments
would have been a problem, I would not have done
that.”
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Having regard to the representations of Ms. Keene, and specifically her employment with the Office of
the Member of Parliament South East, St. Ann, it is important that the OCG outlines, hereunder, the
statements which were provided by Ms. Andrea Smith, CDF Consultant, as well as those which were
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Transcript of Hearing dated June 2, 2017, involving Ms. Nicolette Keene. Pgs. 98-99
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Transcript of Hearing dated June 2, 2017, involving Ms. Nicolette Keene. Page 91.