[kictanet] 'Poverty barons' who make a fortune from taxpayer-funded aid budget

[James Kagwe]

Just in case you haven't buy and read the following book Lords of 
Poverty 
<http://books.google.co.ke/books/about/The_Lords_of_Poverty.html?id=5bHvTtNmsikC&redir_esc=y> 
and you're see how these guys operate.




On 9/16/2012 2:32 PM, Agosta Liko wrote:
>
> The Department for International Development (DFID) paid almost 
> £500million last year to consultants, mostly British, many of whom 
> earn six, even seven-figure incomes, courtesy of the taxpayer.
>
> DFID also funds dozens of foreign consultancy firms. It is paying 
> £6million to the University of Cape Town to investigate mental health 
> issues in southern Africa and millions of pounds to US-based 
> organisations, including the Clinton Foundation, the International 
> Food Policy Research Institute and Family Health Inter-national.
>
> It is paying a Washington-based group, Search for Common Ground, 
> £3.9million to "support the electoral cycle in Sierra Leone". 
> Consultancy firms in India and Uganda are also receiving large sums.
>
>
> read on 
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9545584/Poverty-barons-who-make-a-fortune-from-taxpayer-funded-aid-budget.html
>
>
>
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