Although this development will be a private finance initiative, claims by the leader of government business and the port chairman that the government will still own the port facility suggest that the process by which a developer was selected should still have gone through the Central Tendering Committee and not a specially appointed political committee.
The Leader of Government Business declared that he would not be looking for 'one red cent' from the UK and the representative from one of the private sector associations commented to the British Press, 'If we wanted lectures on how to manage our economy, the FCO would be the last body on earth we would approach
As Vice-President, Banda also acted as the leader of government business in the National Assembly; however, following Mwanawasa's stroke, Banda appointed the Minister of Defence, George Mpombo, to lead the government's parliamentary business instead.
Leader of Government Business, Kurt Tibbetts, told the Legislative Assembly that the money will be raised partially by borrowing $182 million over the next three years beginning July 2006.
Speaking at the public meeting held Tuesday night at Mary Miller Hall, Leader of Government Business McKeeva Bush said the Cayman Islands needed to attract investors and explore the possibility of divestment of public assets.
Nine of eleven chairs of the assembly committees are held by SPLM members, as well as the positions for speaker, deputy speaker and leader of government business.
Proposals from three different overseas companies, including one cruise line, have been received by Government to create a cruise ship berthing dock in George Town, according to Leader of Government Business and Minister of Tourism Hon McKeeva Bush, reports Cayman Net News (July 7, 2004).
It was unanimously agreed that the president would be the head of state and head of government and that the prime minister will be the leader of government business in Parliament," Awori told the press conference.
