K.D. Knight

Contractor General Greg Christie is to face the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament for the second time to give members an opportunity to ask questions in relation to his report on the Sandals White-house project.

At its last sitting, Government member and attorney-at-law K.D. Knight sought to ascertain whether the Contractor General had exhausted the available channels to obtain information from the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), one of the entities accused of gross mismanagement of the project, which resulted in cost overruns of more than US$43 million.

Incomplete report

Mr. Knight and other Government members accused Mr. Christie of submitting an incomplete report to Parliament.

There were intense exchanges during the discussion when Mr. Knight took on the role of a defence lawyer posing a number of questions to the Contractor General, who asked whether he was being cross examined.

However, Mr. Christie defended his report, noting that "... The fact that somebody or someone raises a concern does not mean that the report is incomplete."

The Contractor General further informed the committee that he would be presenting an addendum to his report to Parliament within the next three weeks. He said this would address concerns raised by those partners involved in the project and questions raised by members of the public.