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From thebahamasweekly.com - Bahamian Politics
Press Statement By Senator The Hon. Jerome Kennedy Fitzgerald Progressive Liberal Party
Nassau, Bahamas - On Wednesday March 17, 2010 I was alerted to the lead story on the front page of The Tribune. The story which headlined: $500,000 Govt contract probe, sought to report that the Office of the Auditor General is investigating the payment of funds to a Bahamian company - SABL (Bahamas) Ltd., for the training of workers in the operational and technical aspects of solid waste management. I wish to state emphatically that I do not have and never have had any connection or affiliation with SABL (Bahamas) Ltd. What I find perplexing is the fact that I am mentioned in the fourth paragraph of that front-page article. This is despite the fact that SABL (Bahamas) Limited nor its shareholders Judson Wilmott and Prince Wallace, have absolutely no beneficial ownership in BK Holdings Ltd. or any private company in which I have an interest. The obvious inference contained in the text links SABL with BK Holdings of which I am a beneficial owner. The factual reality is that these companies are not linked in any way, shape or form. I can only deduce that the association of my name to this story is clearly designed to link me to a company whose conduct is now being held in question. I interpret it as deliberate mischievousness and an attempt to sully my name. I would hope that this is not the work of those who would seek to detract from the message I am sending about the destruction of our environment, in particular what is happening at Saunders Beach. However they can rest assured that I do not intend to loosen the reins on the Saunders Beach and the Arawak Cay Port Re-development issue. Nor will I become silenced on any issue that negatively impacts my country and its people. I remain committed to the cause for a better Bahamas. © Copyright 2010 by thebahamasweekly.com - |
