While the #Gabon coup is ongoing, a quick reminder that Ali #Bongo and his clan currently own real estate in the US, Canada and France, worth US$40 millions.
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In Washington DC, the Bongo family and allies own seven properties worth US$4.2 million.
This includes a $1.5m townhouse purchased with cash by the head of the Supreme Court, Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo.
Remember the World Bank study that cut water from poor households in Nairobi, just to see if they'd pay?
I requested its ethical approval (IRB). The Bank carefully avoided giving me a straight answer so that I couldn't appeal (Kafka was employee of the month in Oct).
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I appealed & appealed. The Committee ignored my complaint, so I skipped them and went to the Appeal Board.
Yesterday, the Board stated "Bank and the AIC fell far short of what is required by their own policies and procedures in handling the request."
