Maka Angola reports Angola's tax authority shared draft tender terms with the company that won its Kz3.15bn contract, then hired the bid coordinator, who faces a money-laundering complaint, as a consultant.
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Maka Angola reports that Angola's General Tax Administration (AGT) awarded a communications tender to In Pressionante Kianda, incorporated in Luanda on 7 June 2023, with cumulative contract value now Kz3.15bn after addenda. Messages reviewed by the outlet show the bidder saw the tender documents and proposed changes before publication, and one financial threshold fell from Kz300m to Kz15m. Bid coordinator Carla Trindade wrote to shareholders, "We were the ones who drafted the tender rules." Kianda had only two workers with active social-security registrations, though it sought to present 20 staff profiles. Separately, AGT and the Finance Ministry gave Trindade two consultancy contracts totalling 551 million kwanzas (Nov 2024 and June 2026); a contract clause gives the consultant access to protected information, which the article's author argues likely breaches taxpayer confidentiality. A private criminal complaint alleging money laundering was filed against Trindade on 17 October 2024; she is presumed innocent and denies a direct relationship with Kianda. AGT's then-chairman José Leiria and a board member did not answer Maka Angola's questions; Leiria was sworn in as State Secretary for Tax Affairs on 10 September 2026.
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AGT and the Ministry of Finance awarded Carla Trindade two consultancy contracts worth 551 million kwanzas despite a pending criminal complaint against her for suspected money laundering
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