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Consultancy firm says CMU still owes it money

OPTIMUM Customer Service Consultancy has rejected a request from the CMU to provide answers in relation to activities under the Career Advancement Programme (CAP) Youth Empowerment Services (YES), which the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has been digging into over the past few months.

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