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and that the persons actually do work in the area?
Can you speak to that?
A:
The process is that Mr Alwyn Brown who is the person
who engages the contractor on behalf of the Parish
Council, he would contract the person, assign the work
to him, when the work is completed he would have
checked to make sure it is completed. The officer above
Mr Brown would be the Deputy Superintendent or the
Superintendent would do random checks at various
points to ensure that what is on paper is what has been
done. The internal auditors are independent, they can
take voucher, take a program and look at it and go
independently, or they can ask the office supt., please
send me the officer who implemented these programs to
take me to all the sites so that I can do some random
checks to satisfy myself. The internal auditors are
independent, that is their responsibility or a part of their
responsibility.
Q
Were you aware, Mr Graham, that this sort of thing was
happening in terms of the group payments, that people
were actually signing the contracts saying they did work
when they didn’t do work in certain areas. Were you
aware of that?
A:
No.
Q:
Because even when you look at the face of the contract,
it says meters: 1900; rate: $250; and she admits that,
Miss Hanniford, ‘I did not do work in all these areas’.
So she went on further, that the money she got she gave
it to Councillor Lydia Richards and she got back
$25,000. That’s all she got, $25,000. She hands the
money to Councillor Lydia Richards; she doesn’t know
what happens to the rest.