NY TIMES: UN Monitoring Group standing by its findings

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Somalia: Government Says Report Rebuts Fiscal Mismanagement Charges

Somalia said Friday that a foreign investigative team hired by the government had rebutted allegations of financial mismanagement by United Nations monitors. The United Nations Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea issued a report in July in which it charged that Somalia’s central bank functioned effectively as a “slush fund.” The government report, released Friday but dated Aug. 30, said that the “allegations and purported findings have no basis in fact.” Charges of endemic corruption have made it difficult for Somalia’s year-old government to receive money directly from donors and to reclaim overseas assets. Jarat Chopra, the United Nations group’s coordinator, questioned whether the law firm and the consultancy retained by the government had financial conflicts of interest. “The Monitoring Group is standing by its findings, which are based on the evidence it obtained during its investigations,” said Mr. Chopra.

http://nytimes.com/2013/09/07/world/afr ... ef=eritrea&

[Grant]

Chopra was previously a member of Matt Bryden's group and used the same unverifiable rumors and innuendos that Bryden did:

http://www.tesfanews.net/tag/jarat-chopra/

Rebuttal by Buri M. Hamza:

http://www.hiiraan.com/op4/2013/july/30 ... dence.aspx

[oxymoron]

Chopra was previously a member of Matt Bryden's group and used the same unverifiable rumors and innuendos that Bryden did:

http://www.tesfanews.net/tag/jarat-chopra/

Rebuttal by Buri M. Hamza:

http://www.hiiraan.com/op4/2013/july/30 ... dence.aspx

Horta no one believes the full report it's 500 pages, there is a lot of bs in it, and at the same time portions of the report that are based on facts iyo reality.

For instance: The way the President came to power is Fact! And The Financial mismanagement of Public funds is also Fact!

Everyone knows there is no fully institutionalized Financial system in Somalia, where every cent and dollar can be accounted for and traced.