Mayor McKenzie accuses cell providers
Published:Friday | March 13, 2009 | 9:40 AM
The mayor of Kingston Desmond McKenzie is accusing a cellular phone company of engaging a don to circumvent the law in erecting cell towers.
According to Mr McKenzie, the company has paid US$250,000 to a don in the corporate area to facilitate the erection of a tower.
Mr McKenzie said the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation will not tolerate the illegal erection of cell towers in the municipality.
Mayor McKenzie was speaking last night at a community meeting in Gordon Town, St Andrew.
Earlier he told a Rotary Club meeting in New Kingston that one company has illegally erected 16 cell towers in the corporate area.
He is also serving notice that he will be tabling a motion in the Senate this month for the Government to clampdown down on illegal funeral homes.