A decision on the way forward for the contentious $300M USAID Leadership and Democracy (LEAD) project is likely to be announced today as Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon and United States Ambassador Brendt Hardt are to brief the media this morning.
“The Cabinet Secretary and the US Ambassador have agreed to jointly appear before the invited media to make representations on an update on this LEAD project,” Luncheon told a press conference yesterday.
While he would not go into details of the press conference, the Cabinet Secretary, when asked about the nature of today’s meeting said “I am not anxious to steal the thunder of the Cabinet Secretary and the US Ambassador …this fuming period of unsettled business would be settled shortly …I think you can say that both sides have agreed on what would be disclosed tomorrow”.
Although he took jibes at the US Ambassador, Luncheon said that that while government has revoked the work permit
