1. Is East International credible and capable of implementing a US$101m Road Project?
2. Does East International have net assets of even up to US$5 million? What is their net worth?
3. Is East International insured or indemnified just in case of losses or if it defaults?
4. Is this company capable of acquiring an insurance bond or a performance bond of up to US$100 million? Or can they capable of security a material integrity bond? If yes, from whom?
5. In case of default or damages, who pays or bears such liability especially when East is not liquidated enough to cover up?
6. What and where is East Record of Performance? Does it have a resume to prove its technical experience and professional capacity?
7. Does East International have a Website or Blog for us to investigate its past history of work in this area of building roads especially asphalt pavements?
8. Did GOL conduct any open competitive bidding process which is required by Law (Part 5 Section 47 of the PPCC Law?
9. How was this contract awarded to East International when there was no bidding process?
10. Who approved East’s Contract and on what basis was it approved? 
11. How will this project be funded? From whom will East International source funding?
12. What capacity does East have in terms of manpower, logistics, partnership, and technical ability to do this project?
13. Can this project be achieved in 3 years with East International as Construction? Does East International have equipment of its own?
14. What and where are the credentials of engineers working with East International?
15.  Does East International have a subsidiary or parent company?
16.  Does East International have a “Sovereign Guarantee” from GOL? In case of default on any potential loan agreement entered into by East International, who takes responsibility or covers up for such contingent liability?
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a. The East International Group Incorporated (EIGI) is a former Building Material Store. This mafia company came to Liberia in 2010 and it was located right at SD Cooper Junction Road in Paynesville City. East is not credible and capable of implementing this 45km 4-lane RIA–ELWA Road.

1. East International does not meet these basic standards which are required for a company to obtain a road project or contract of over US$50 million:
2. Open Competitive Bidding
3. Bank Balance of at least US$50 million
4. Asphalt Plant
5. Asphalt Pavers (at least 2)
6. D66 Front–End Loader
7. Motor Graders and Compactors
8. At least 5 Certified International Engineers including bridge, civil, and structural engineers.
9. Be registered and have a 5-year experience of working on highways
   
   a. East International Group International (EIGI) does not have equipment of its own. The few trucks and old yellow machines that were advertised or displayed during the groundbreaking ceremony on February 20, 2020, are owned by MDMC Construction Company. The owner of MDMC is Mr. John Youboty who is currently serving as the Treasurer of the ruling Coalition of Democratic Change (CDC).

b. EIGI is a joint venture (Chinese-Liberian Company).

The General Manager of East International is a Liberian who has been fronting for two (2) elderly Chinese men since 2013. His name is Mr. Jakona Kelvin Buima. Kelvin attended the South China University of Technology. He was deported from China along with with the son of the former NSA Director Fumba Sirleaf and two (2) others in 2012 after their involvement in an alleged gang rape case. Kelvin has had a closed link with former Public Works Deputy Minister Victor Smith and former Minister Gyude Moore. He is now closely connected to Min. Nathaniel McGill, Min. Samuel Tweah, and Min. Mabutu Nyenpan. This is a criminal syndicate – a network intended to rob Liberia of millions.

Through dubious schemes and without any regard for the 2010 PPCC Law, East International was awarded a whopping US$59.5 million Pre-Financing Loan Agreement with Sovereign Guarantee in 2017 to build 31 feeder roads in Montserrado and its environs. When this SCAM was ongoing, I raised alarm in 2017 through a number of analyses. East failed to build these roads up to date. A few of the road East International should have built according to this Pre-Financing Agreement are:

1. The 24.5km road from Klay to DC Clarke Road on Bomi Highway
2. And a 51km stretch of Road in selected neighborhoods and communities in Monrovia and its environs including St. Michael Road, Chocolate City Road, VOA Road, Bilima Road, Batter Factory Road, etc.

1. The Contract to hire EIGI was done in Min. Nathaniel McGill’s office without the knowledge of the engineers at the Ministry of Public Works. The Deputy Minister for Technical Services of Public Works, Claude Langley, is even threatening to resign because he does not know how East International was even hired.

1. Through another criminal deal, East International managed to have secured a US$25 million loan from an unknown creditor. Based on the instruction of Pres. Weah and Min. McGill, this was how the money was used:
2. US$4m was used to pave Thinker’s Village Road;
3. US$3m for the road leading to Min. McGill’s Compound on RIA Highway;
4. US$6m for the road leading to President Weah’s Duplexes and Jamaica Lodge on RIA Highway;
5. US$1.5 million was used to pave Benson Hospital which was later condemned by MPW engineers;  
6. The remaining was shared with East International as profit/workmanship and with “corrupt shareholders of EIGI” including Pres. Weah, Min. McGill, Min. Tweah, Min. Mobutu Nyenpan, etc.

i. This so-called Construction Company was unable to do a 2.4km road in Gbarnga City after being hired by local authorities of Bong County in 2016. Another US$1.35 million of tax dollars was wasted. East International even messed up on the Gbarnga Broad Street Road. Follow this link and read: (https://bushchicken.com/citizens-accuse-gbarnga-street-pavement-contractor-of-substandard-work/);

ii. I vehemently raised alarm against this HOAX of a Construction Company in 2017. I wrote a series of analyses and communications to key functionaries of our government but no one could listen. Follow these links to read my analyses about this fraudulent company in East International. I wrote these analyses in 2017 warning Pres. EJS and her government not to consider East International Group Incorporated for any contract because it was not a credible company but they could not listen:

a., In May of 2019, East International was hired to pave the Benson Hospital Road. After 2 months of working on this road, the crushed rock on this road started showing and residents began to complain. The engineers at the Ministry of Public Works (MPW) had to compel EIGI to redo this road. EIGI broke the concrete pavement and reconstructed the road in January 2020. There are photos to prove which I have also attached.

b. Some of the roads East International has messed up include but not limited to: The Redemption Road behind the Executive Mansion (it is not only slippery but two cars cannot pass in the curve at the same time), the ELWA Market Road, etc. On almost all of these roads, East International hired casual laborers to build roads with shovels and wheelbarrows. They do not even have basic equipment;

c. This fraudulent company has never done any “Highway Road” before. It does not have any experience or performance record of pavement highways. East International has no record of working on any road outside of Liberia. East International sometimes rent equipment and hire engineers from Liberian-owned companies. A few of the Liberian-owned companies that are far better than East International in terms of manpower, technical know-how, and logistical capacity are:

d. Liberia-owned Companies have been sidelined under President George M. Weah and his confidants because his government has chosen to prioritize these Chinese and Lebanese Companies, which they have shares in:

1. Sidani Construction Company (Lebanese)
2. BMC Construction Company (Lebanese)
3. East International Group Incorporated (Chinese)
4. MDMC Construction Company (Treasurer of CDC)

1. https://www.theperspective.org/2017/0802201701.php
2. https://bushchicken.com/citizens-accuse-gbarnga-street-pavement-contractor-of-substandard-work/
3. https://allafrica.com/stories/201706071056.html
4. https://bushchicken.com/after-delay-with-funding-gbarnga-streets-pavement-resumes/
5. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1387058268051982&id=100002434674327
6. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1440732936017848&id=100002434674327;
7. https://frontpageafricaonline.com/news/liberia-company-with-tainted-track-record-to-gets-contract-for-ria-highway-expansion/
8. http://gnnliberia.com/2019/10/14/liberia-senate-rejects-president-weahs-request-to-allow-east-intl-group-to-reconstruct-ria-road-construction/