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Liberia: Inside the U.S.$53m Supplementary Budget
Details emerging from the US$53 million supplementary budget reveal significant allocations, including funding for ELWA Hospital's payroll and the nationwide deployment of "yellow machines" to counties, amid renewed allegations of corruption and kickbacks.Presenting a summary of the Joint Committee report during the weekend plenary, Bong County Senator Prince Kermue Moye, Sr., Chair on Ways, Means, Finance, and Budget, noted that lawmakers initially received a draft supplementary budget in the amount of US$45 million. While the committee was scrutinizing the proposal, Liberia's fiscal authorities informed them that the World Bank had committed an additional US$8 million, bringing the total envelope to US$53 million. [...]