Samuda calls for Bell to remove structure at Ocho Rios Transport Centre following IC report

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Member of Parliament for St Ann North Eastern, Matthew Samuda, is calling for Councillor Ian Bell (People’s National Party, Beecher Town Division) to resign from two municipal corporation committees and remove a structure erected at the Ocho Rios Transport Centre, after the Integrity Commission (IC) found he participated in deliberations on his wife’s application for space at the facility.

According to the IC report, the commercial operation proceeded without the required permits and with no evidence of a lease agreement. The report probed allegations of conflict of interest and irregularities surrounding the rental or lease of space at the St Ann facility and the construction of a commercial building there.

Speaking at a meeting at his constituency office, Samuda said the building is not in keeping with the design for the transport centre and will have to be removed.