This archive report was first published on 11 November 2021.
Published on November 11, 2021, the World Bank has blacklisted a Kenyan consultancy firm, Africa Development Professional Group (ADP), for engaging in fraudulent practices during a bank-funded project in Somalia.
ADP, a Nairobi-based firm that provides consultancy and advisory services, has been debarred for 21 months and will be ineligible to participate in any World Bank-financed projects during the period.
The debarment is part of a settlement agreement under which the company acknowledges responsibility for the underlying sanctionable practices and agrees to meet specified corporate compliance conditions as a condition for release from debarment.
According to the World Bank, the Somalia project was designed to strengthen the staffing and institutional capacity of selected line ministries and central agencies to perform core government functions.
ADP's debarment also qualifies for cross-debarment by other multilateral development banks, including the Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the African Development Bank (AfDB).
ADP has worked with several top government agencies, including Kenya's Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, the Gambian Office of the President, and the Government of Ghana, among others.
