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

[Kivuva]

Or you read Confessions of an Economic Hit
Man<http://books.google.co.ke/books/about/Confessions_of_an_Economic_Hit_Man.html?id=b6a4EhZrRi8C&redir_esc=y>

On 16 September 2012 15:22, James Kagwe <kagwejg at gmail.com> wrote:

>  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.
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> On 9/16/2012 2:32 PM, Agosta Liko wrote:
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>  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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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>  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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