The integrity and stainless records of Sierra Leone’s Parliament will be put to the test as a dubious and shady mining and leasing agreement proposal will be tabled before Members of Parliament for its approval after Cabinet acting upon legal advise from the office of the Attorney General has given the green light for the mafia mining and leasing proposals of ARISE Integrated Industrial platform to be actualized.
The heinous and controversial ARISE IIP Leasing Agreement which will be tabled before Parliament for its approval has the tenacity and propensity to put into shame the hard earned integrity and reputation of the current Parliament is currently at stake. Some political commentators have described the scene as the opening of Pandora’s Box when many unscrupulous agreements by the cunning and mafia Mines Minister will be unearthed.
It has behooved the public to draw the attention of the Speaker of Parliament Dr. Chrenor Abass Bundu to kindly ensure that a proper background check is done on the CEO of ARISE IIP, Gagan Gupta and his family, because their operations are allegedly marred with fraud, widespread corrupt practices, money laundering, rail and port scandal et al. Moreover, there are wide spread rumors and allegations that ARISE IIP has strong connection with Frank Timis, the rogue and dishonest Australian-Romania business magnate who during former President Koroma’s regime succeeded in fraudulently robbing the nation’s precious minerals resources under the guise of African Minerals Limited as it was headed by late Moseray Fadika as the company’s CEO.
The citizenry is also calling on Parliament to look thoroughly into the legality of the ARISE IIP Lease Agreement for the Port and Rail services, more so when there is still in existence agreement of the same nature signed by the Government and Kingho Railway and Port Company Limited who has already served the Government with a notice of Lawsuit. Many have said the Lawsuit filed by Kingho Railway and Port Company Limited will lead to potential economic burden on a Government that cannot provide the citizens with their basic social amenities therefore creating more looming crisis.
Confirmed and reliable sources have intimated to this press that despite not been approved by Parliament yet, ARISE IIP has already put up advertisement on the internet seeking for a potential candidate to operate the rail and port service only in Sierra Leone, therefore excluding other investment areas.
According to these sources, the internet advertisement by ARISE IIP will skillfully usher in Frank Timis into the entire operation under a new name of his mining company to continue operating the Pepel rail and port services. Rumors are that Frank Timis is likely to be awarded the contract because of his vast knowledge and experience in Sierra Leone’s rail and port operations.
However, this has exposed the mafia and shady mining and leasing agreement by the inexperienced Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources Timothy Kabba, ARISE IIP and the rogue and dishonest Frank Timis who is busily busy putting his corrupt agenda together to come again to Sierra Leone to pilfer the nation’s wealth under the leadership of Rtd.Brig.Dr. Julius Maada Bio.
It has also been disclosed that ARISE IIP is solely limited in identifying industrial gaps in African countries and design tailor-made solutions to enable the sustainable and local transformation of raw materials, boost exports, promote and create trade and lack the capability to operate the rail and port service on its own.
It has been revealed as at press time that there is an ongoing high profile negotiation with the hierarchy of Parliament on the said mafia deal and the Africa24 will closely monitor development in relation to the agreement in Parliament.