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SHINY NEW, USELESS MACHINES

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Joy Kirigia

Africa Uncensored

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Africa Uncensored

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Who are we?

Independent Investigative and in-depth media house.

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Our goal

Investigate

Expose

Empower

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Transnational Investigation

Ghana

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Mali

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Nigeria

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Cameroon

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Somalia

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Kenya

The Story

Mysterious contracts and medical

leasing equipment worth

billions of dollars.

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https://africauncensored.online/public-disservice-kenya/

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�� ��� � � Where did it all start?

The IFMIS data leak

(Kenya’s Public Financial Management Portal)

THE DATA

EXCEL

� The Data Set

Over 25,000 payment transactions

between 2014 and February 2018

from 8 government ministries.

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Inside the data set

The Strategy

The Companies of Interest

The Facts

• We had incomplete information in each of these data bases.

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• Not all government entities publish/published through the IFMIS.

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Decoding the data

1. Understanding the subject

Procurement process

Procurement terms

The laws and regulations

Decoding the data

2. “Feeding” the data set

The companies history

Who is involved?

Contact information?

Where is the story?

The Procurement Cycle

What to look for and where to look…

• Planning documents unavailable. (Planning)

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• Vague descriptions of items supplied. (Tender stage)

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• Short notice to bidders (Tender stage)

What to look for and where to look…

• Multiple awards handed out to a single bidder.

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• New bidders that win tenders.

• Supplier addresses

What to look for and where to look…

• Final prize higher than market prices. (contract stage)

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• Contract award amount and final contract amount. (contract stage)

What to look for and where to look…

• Payments made without service delivery.

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• An increase in payment amounts/costs.

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What We Found

• Important documents unavailable

Contracts

Tender document

List of hospitals

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• Change in payment amounts

(USD 1 million to USD 2 million)

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What We Found

• Vague descriptions of items supplied.

“Medical equipment”

“Hired equipment/managed equipment”

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• Final prize higher than market prices.

Cost details unavailable

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• Payments made without service delivery.

Payments done before contracts were signed

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• Timeline of events/process

Everything was rushed

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Investigation Tools and Techniques

TEAM WORK

Why Is It Important?

• To develop story leads

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• Great source of information

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• Identify sources/targets

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Google Search

Tor Browser

Sources/Resources

• Budget reports

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• Audit reports

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• Websites

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• Google Earth

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Sources/Resources

• Media reports

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• Human sources

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• The Data set

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Sources/Resources

• Investigative Dashboard�(OCCRP)

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• ICIJ Offshore Leaks

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• Open Corporates

The Investigation

How Did We Go About It?

1. THE � STORY �PLANNER

• The Story Planner

• Hypothesis
• Weak Link(s)
• Previously Published
• Important Vs. Difficulty

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The Story Planner

• Minimum (Good enough)
• Maximum (Wish list)
• The People
• Perspective

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2. Risk & Threat Assessment

Individual and team assessment

. Risk & Threat Assessment

• The risks

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• Who will be at risk?

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• What are the vulnerable points?

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• The impact

Challenges

• Crucial documents unavailable

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• Trouble getting interviews from government officials involved.

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• Death of a source

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• Emotional & psychological burden

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Solutions

Satellite Images

Timeline estimates

Solutions

Access to information letters

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Our Sources

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The data

Online campaign

THANK YOU!

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