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Piachaud Gardens
KMC Corruption Costs Taxpayers Millions

The Kandy News learns that several major acts of corruption in the Kandy Municipal Council costing the tax payers tens of millions of rupees have come to light in recent investigations carried out by the Municipal authorities. Our key informant who does not want to be identified is of the view that some of these practices have been long standing operations. Read More>>

Piachaud Gardens residents accuse the KMC of bad faith and negligence... Read Full Story>>
Piachaud Gardens Residents Await MMCs Who Ignored Their Pleas

Of late Piachaud Gardens appear to have gone off the radar screen of the KMC says a group of Piachaud Garden residents. The residents who accuse the KMC of bad faith and negligence are waiting to confront candidates who would come to them begging for their votes for the forthcoming municipal elections. Read More>>
Rent Extortion in Kandy Market

Mafia gang charges Rs 45,000 per month and KMC Rs 1,150

The Kandy News can reveal that the Kandy Municipal Council (KMC) is losing a large amount of money from rental income from the Kandy Central Market. Some of the money that is the due of the KMC goes in to the pockets of a virtual Mafia like gang that operates in the Market. But the KMC loses some of its income because of its total failure to regularly revise rents to a realistic level.   Read More>>

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Editorial

Corruption in KMC in Perspective

In this edition of The Kandy News we have reported on some corrupt practices that have come to light in the KMC. They range from a rent scam in the Kandy Central Market to stealing from the Municipal storeroom. Of course nobody will be surprised. Most people view local authorities in Sri Lanka, KMC included, to be dens of corruption.
Before we go any further it is useful to place corruption in KMC and for that matter in Sri Lanka in perspective. Those who follow US political news would know that in the last two months Washington has been rocked by a huge corruption scandal involving bribery and kickbacks to some of the most powerful politicians in the country. It has caused the resignation of the Republican Leader of the House who is a close Bush ally and one of the most powerful men in Washington. President George W. Bush is desperately trying to distance himself from the scandal. Read More>>

 
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