The Citizens’ Power Against Bribery and Corruption organisation yesterday (11) filed a complaint with the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), calling for an investigation into alleged corruption, fraud, and financial mismanagement during an agriculture project carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture, between 2018 and 2024, under US funding worth USD 68 million.
The complaint alleges irregularities in several initiatives under the project, including an illegal acquisition of 25 acres from the Galaboda Estate, in Nawalapitiya, under political influence, the launch of a chilli cultivation project at Galaboda, the initiation of a gas aliper project, a high-tech polytunnel project, with 75 tunnels for vegetable seed production in the Kandy District, a mango cultivation programme in Laggala, and the construction of a climate data centre in the Dambulla Wewa area.
CPABC, Jamuni Kamantha Tushara, along with other representatives, submitted the complaint.
By Sujeewa Thathsara 