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KRL International says all work in Ghana has been transparent and proper

The KRL consultancy claims that the anonymous OSI website is a partisan blog masquerading as an investigative body

KRL International Ltd today denied claims that it had been anything but “transparent and forthright” in its work in Ghana, first on behalf of the then presidential candidate Nana Akufo-Addo and, since June 2017, on behalf of the Government of Ghana under the Ministry of Finance.

KRL said that the transition from campaign work to practical support for an elected government is not uncommon in Ghana, or anywhere else in the world.

In a detailed statement, KRL went through the facts of a representation reported to the US Department of Justice. The firm suggested that the source of the press reports, Open Source Investigations (OSI), had deliberately misrepresented its work to score partisan points in an election year.

Due diligence

According to KRL, the self-styled OSI is a phantom website, established in 2015 to publish largely defamatory content about the then candidate Nana Akufo-Addo and reactivated in 2020 to serve the same mission.

KRL further noted that OSI’s supposed report lacks authors, attribution, fact checking and credibility. Journalists who cite OSI content should conduct due diligence, the consultancy said, or they put their own reputation at risk.

KRL said it is proud of its work in Ghana. It is the same firm that was credited as the “secret weapon” in the 2005 victory of Africa’s first elected female president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia. KRL went on to work with Sirleaf Johnson for two terms and is credited with being instrumental in the country’s post-conflict transformation.

Read today’s statement by KRL here: KRL International statement, 26.8.2020.

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