{"id":204356,"date":"2021-10-07T15:46:02","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T13:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afdb.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/african-development-bank-debars-express-automation-limited-for-36-months-for-fraudulent-practices?lang=en"},"modified":"2021-10-07T15:46:02","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T13:46:02","slug":"african-development-bank-debars-express-automation-limited-for-36-months-for-fraudulent-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/african-development-bank-debars-express-automation-limited-for-36-months-for-fraudulent-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"African Development Bank debars Express Automation Limited for 36 months for fraudulent practices"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The African Development Bank Group (AfDB.org<\/a>), on 7 October 2021, announces the 36-month debarment of Express Automation Limited with effect from 18 August 2021. Express Automation Limited is a limited liability company registered under the laws of the Republic of Kenya.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

An investigation conducted by the Bank’s Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption established that Express Automation Limited engaged in fraudulent practices during a tender for the Technical Security Upgrade to the Bank’s Eastern Africa Regional Centre<\/em>.<\/p>\n

During the debarment period, Express Automation Limited and its affiliates will be ineligible to participate in Bank Group-financed projects. Additionally, the debarment qualifies for cross-debarment by other multilateral development banks under the Agreement for Mutual Enforcement of Debarment Decisions, including the Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank Group.<\/p>\n

At the expiry of the debarment period, Express Automation Limited will only be eligible to resume participation in African Development Bank Group-financed projects after it implements an integrity compliance program consistent with the Bank’s guidelines.<\/p>\n

The Technical Security Upgrade was aimed at upgrading the existing security system in the Bank’s Eastern Africa Regional Centre in Nairobi, Kenya.<\/p>\n

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of African Development Bank Group (AfDB).<\/i><\/p>\n

Media Contact: <\/strong>
\nAmba Mpoke-Bigg
\nCommunication and External Relations Department
\nAfrican Development Bank
\nEmail: a.mpoke-bigg@afdb.org<\/a> <\/p>\n

Technical Contact: <\/strong>
\nChimene Clarisse Comoe
\nOffice of Integrity and Anti-Corruption (PIAC)
\nEmail: c.comoe@afdb.org<\/a> <\/p>\n

About the Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption: <\/strong>
\nThe Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption of the African Development Bank Group is responsible for preventing, deterring and investigating allegations of corruption, fraud and other sanctionable practices in Bank Group-financed operations.<\/p>\n

For more information visit https:\/\/bit.ly\/3DkRCCh<\/a><\/p>\n

African Development Bank staff and the general public can use secured hotlines of the Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption to report sanctionable practices within the Bank or operations financed by the Bank Group.<\/p>\n

Secured telephone: +1 (770) 776-5658     
\nSecured email address: investigations@iacd-afdb.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Mail correspondence should be marked “CONFIDENTIAL” and sent to:<\/p>\n

African Development Bank <\/strong>
\nOffice of Integrity and Anti-Corruption (PIAC)
\nImmeuble du Centre de commerce International d’Abidjan (CCIA)
\nAvenue Jean-Paul II
\n01 BP 1387
\nAbidjan 01, Côte d'Ivoire<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source: Africa Newsroom – APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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