The Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption of the Bank found Ngong to have engaged in a fraudulent practice in the context of a consultancy engagement with the institution
The African Development Bank Group on 15 May 2018, announced the debarment of Robert Akika Ngong for a minimum period of 36 months. An investigation conducted by the Bank's Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption established that Ngong engaged in a fraudulent practice in the context of his recruitment as a consultant to the institution's Statistics Department: Ngong misrepresented his contribution to the design of a project in order to avoid disqualification in the implementation of the same project. The debarment renders the consultant ineligible to participate in Bank-financed projects or to work as a consultant to the institution during the debarment period. The debarment qualifies for cross-debarment by other multilateral development banks under the Agreement for Mutual Recognition of Debarment Decisions, including the Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank Group.
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The Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption of the African Development Bank Group is responsible for preventing, deterring and investigating allegations of corruption, fraud and other sanctionable practices in Bank Group-financed operations.
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The investigation by the Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption of the African Development Bank was conducted by Justin Maenje and James Chagona.
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