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office to determine persons who have
been paid.
MINISTER LISA HANNA:
Yes. Auhm, random calls are made
by me to find out if they were paid
and if they don't I get called, and one
or two roads get blocked and I have
to go up there and deal with it
.”
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Similarly, the OCG required that Ms. Andrea Smith account for all persons engaged as well as the manner in
which payments were made in respect of each “grouped” contract/cheque. Ms. Smith, by way of
correspondence to the OCG which was dated April 15, 2016, stated,
inter alia
, as follows:
“
A request was made by the OCG for a list of all labourers the
amount they received and their contacts
[sic]
that were
contracted to each contractor from periods 2012 to 2014. I am
unable to fulfull that request as my records would indicate I
was in contact with only the contactors
[sic]
. I don’t know the
persons who were employed to each contractor.
However, I
had requested the above request from Ms. Lisa Hanna based on
the fact that I was investigative leave and I would not have had
the resources to compile such large document.
…
It is not my intension
[sic]
to obstruct the OCG investigation I
have been nothing but cooperative with the OCG investigation.
Whatever documents that were in my possession and was
requested I have submitted to the OCG.”
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(OCG Emphasis)
The OCG highlights, at this juncture, that Mr. Alfred Graham, former Secretary Manager, St. Ann Municipal
Corporation was required to appear before the Contractor General on June 1, 2017 and provided the
following responses to questions which were posed by the Contractor General:
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Transcript of Hearing involving Ms. Lisa Hanna which was dated December 10, 2015. Pg. 109.
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Correspondence which was sent to the OCG by Ms. Andrea Smith which was dated April 15, 2016.