Brain trust reacts to Kamto’s alleged involvement in drafting of criminal code bill

MauriseKamto

Brain Trust Consulting & Business Inc. (SARL) is a limited liability company (LLC) founded in October 1994 whose manager since its inception is Professor GegoryJiogue. Their areas of expertise are: consulting and legal studies, text writing, contracts etc.

                The Brain Trust firm, which patiently built its reputation on its professionalism and the exceptional quality of its customer portfolio, has recently been under scandalous, defamatory and ridiculous attacks carefully orchestrated and maintained in the national and international opinion by individuals and the media whose objectives are not ignored by anyone.

                Indeed, with rare courage, some individuals, who claim to be opinion leaders, declared and tried to demonstrate by ludicrous gymnastics that Brain Trust pocketed the staggering amount o FCFA 14 billion for some, and FCFA 28 billion for others, for the drafting of the Cameroonian criminal code.

                Purposely ignoring the fact that Brain Trust won the contract for the drafting of three codes as the result of a public tender, these individuals argued that it is thanks to the support of one of its founders, the then minister delegate at the ministry of justice that this contract was obligingly awarded to them.

                Some of them, more imaginative, who present themselves to the public as “investigative journalists” claim abruptly, shamelessly and without any evidence that the contract was for the amount of CFAF 28 billion and that Brain Trust redistributed half of its profits to the highest state authorities.

                It is important to remember that Brain Trust responded to a call for expressions of interest published, as usual, in Cameroon Tribune. Following this call for expressions of interest, three consulting firms were shortlisted for the tender whose purpose was: updating the criminal code, the production of a bilingual civil code and a bilingual civil and commercial procedures code.

                At the end of the review of technical and financial proposals of bidders by the procurement commission, Brain Trust was awarded the contract. After filing the preliminary draft civil code, the contracting authority asked Brain Trust to merge that draft to the draft code of persons and the family which was already available.

                Brain Trust was legally awarded the contract for the drafting of those codes only on the basis of the quality of its consultants both national and international, of its financial and technical proposals and its track record in Cameroon and abroad. In addition, the cofounder of the Brain Trust firm was neither the firm’s manager nor a member of the procurement commission of the ministry of justice.

                These facts can be confirmed with authorities and competent bodies, who were in charge of the various stages of the procurement process, but also with the then minister of justice, by the media and all those who wish to disseminate the right information and not to pose as hateful slanderers.

                However, for the sake of transparency that, so far, justifies the trust of its customers, domestic and foreign partners, so that the public opinion realizes that behind this nauseating campaign lies an unstated objective, Brain Trust publishes below extracts from documents relating to the award and the amount of the famous codes contract.

                Brain Trust regrets that some national and international media, which have never sought to have any clarifications, with a disconcerting amateurism, disseminated an alleged “information” on a contract of FCFA 14 billion for some and FCFA 28 billion for others pocketed by Brain Trust.

                Brain Trust hopes that for the sake of their credibility in the public opinion, the media and some so-called “investigative journalists” will apologize to their readers and listeners as soon as they read this documented declaration.

                Brain Trust also thanks its partners and customers, domestic and foreign, who have re-affirmed their support during this long smear and defamatory campaign.

                Brain Trust nevertheless reserves the right to identify and file a complaint for defamation against those who have published or continue to disseminate fale information on its activities.