[SDI-Africa] Ethiopia: Commission arrests senior officials in alleged real estate fraud

[Kate Lance]

this kind of article isn't the kind of press the GIS community needs!
also, the rhetoric that GIS/SDI will increase good governance & transparency probably should be toned done.... since technology alone is not going to change deeply rooted behavior....  
 
http://allafrica.com/stories/printable/200711060668.html
Ethiopia: Commission arrests senior officials in alleged real estate fraud
Two weeks after it embarked on its investigations of alleged fraud in Addis Abeba's real estate business, the Federal Ethics and Anticorruption Commission (FEACC) last week suspended the Geographical Information System (GIS) bureaus in the 10 districts and the municipality from rendering services.
The Commission also apprehened senior city officials; Kassa Hailu, general manager of the Land Development and Administration Authority (LDAA), as well as Fekade Woldu, lease implementation department acting head.
GIS, a computerised plot indicator, is used to authenticate title deeds, verify ownership and identify illegal constructions. However, district land administration bureaus have stopped functioning after the suspension, sources told Fortune.
[Source: allafrica.com, Addis Fortune (Addis Ababa), 6 November 2007]


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