The President can also count on the support of Guinea's plutocrats  notably the construction tycoon Kerfalla Person Camara (KPC)  founder and director of Guicopres  the mining businessman Aboubacar Sampil  whose involvement with the Sable mining debacle does not appear to have dented his friendship with the president and yet another holdover from the Conté era  the businessman Mamadou Sylla (AC Vol 57 No 10  Sable's rich seam of bribes)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     He won a ringing endorsement from Kerfalla Person Camara  the construction baron who is a friend of Condé and the main financier of his party  the Rassemblement du peuple de Guinée (RPG – AC Vol 51 No 11  Votes and the mining houses)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Conakry was spruced up by Guicopres  a company founded and run by the ubiquitous businessman Kerfalla Person Camara   who also prospered under General Sékouba Konaté's regime...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Almost all the work has been contracted to Guinean companies such as Kerfalla Person Camara’s Guicopress and others...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 52 No 14 | 
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	     According to the audit  the junta handed procurement over to private operators  notably to Kerfalla Person Camara  the head of the building conglomerate Guicopress...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	      Alpha Condé’s RPG is largely financed by Kerfalla Person Camara (known as KPC)  boss of the Guicopress company  who is both extremely rich and a good friend of Konaté...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 3 (AAC) No 5 | 
            - GUINEA
 - CHINA
 
        
        
		
        
        
    
        
	
	     This notwithstanding  he has signed several contracts in favour of a personal friend  the Chief Executive of Guicopress  Kerfalla Person Camara...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Kerfalla Camara (who has since died)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The senior officers targeted by their troops were: the Chief of General Staff  General Kerfalla Camara; the Defence Minister and Deputy CGS  Gen...
 Angry troops at Camp Kémé Bourema in the mining town of Kindia looted the stores of arms  uniforms and rice; a house belonging to Kerfalla Camara was pillaged...
  On 12 May  Conté gave in to one of the troops' key demands and sacked Kerfalla Camara  Arafan Camara  Fofana and Condé...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	    Kerfalla Camara  by no means a Conté yes-man  keeps his job...