City’s solid waste director accused of forcing worker to accept blame for damaging councillor’s car

City Solid Waste Director Walter Narine has been accused by two of his employees of pressuring them to take responsibility for reportedly damaging a councillor’s vehicle although they say they have no knowledge of any accident.

City Hall’s Personnel Officer Paulette Braithwaite informed the council of the allegation at the last statutory meeting of 2017, where she was commenting on a reported accident involving a car owned by PPP/C Councillor Khame Sharma.

Stabroek News subsequently attempted to obtain a comment from Narine, but he stated that the Mayor and City Council’s public relations officer Debra Lewis should be contacted instead. Attempts were made to contact Lewis but these proved futile.