This is soooo sad. May her soul rest in peace.
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>Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 19:12:47 +0200
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> The Independent Published Monday, April 23, 2001
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> New twist to murder of Gambian woman in UK
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> With reference to our lead story of Friday captioned; Ex-Prisons
>Commissioner faces murder charges in UK, we have been reliably informed by
>relatives of the dead woman that she actually died of stab wounds instead
>of gunshots as was indicated in our story.
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> According to a brother of Mrs. Fatou Jawo-Ceesay (deceased), Momodou
>Ceesay the husband allegedly stabbed her on the chest, leading to her
>instant death.He said it happened on Thursday 5th April but that it was not
>discovered until the following Monday 9th April.
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> He added that when Ceesay allegedly stabbed and killed her, he
>locked the house and went away with their one-year-old baby. According to
>Fatou's brother, it was only when Momodou Ceesay attempted to leave the
>baby in a children's home claiming that the mother had traveled that
>people's suspicion was aroused, prompting the police to be alerted. He said
>when the police accompanied the ex-Prisons Commissioner to the house the
>following Monday, they were welcomed by the stench of Fatou's decomposing
>body. It was there that Ceesay was arrested, he said.
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> President Jammeh and the gifts
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> Foroyaa in its issue No. 32/2001 tabulated the amount of money and
>other gifts dished out by President Jammeh in a space of less than a month.
>We found it to be a very interesting food for thought for all Gambians and
>herewith reproduce some excerpts of the report: Foroyaa reported in our
>issue of No. 29/2001 that between 16th March and 4th April the President
>has given over D675, 000 plus a Pajero and Mitsubishi Pick Up as gifts. We
>argued that with a salary and allowance of D26, 000 per month, the
>president is expected to earn at least D312, 000 a year or one million,
>five hundred thousand Dalasis in five years. D675, 000 is close to half of
>the president's salary (for that period). It is important for the sovereign
>Gambian people to know what is expected of their president irrespective of
>which personality is in office. The role of the president of The Gambia is
>not one of a benevolent monarch who dishes out money to citizens. Section
>68 of the constitution makes it quite clear what the attitude of the
>president should be to businesses and wealth. The president should not rely
>on his or her office to make financial gain. He is not supposed to run any
>company while being president and can only participate in agriculture such
>as farming. Section 68 (4) clearly states that "The president shall not-
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> a) while he or she continues in office as president, hold any other
>office of profit or emolument whether public or private, occupy any other
>position carrying the right to remuneration for the rendering of services,
>or directly or indirectly carry on any trade, business or other
>undertaking; Provided that the president may undertake and carry on any
>agricultural business including farming, horticulture, livestock rearing
>and artesanal fishing;
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> (b) undertake any activity inconsistent with his or her official
>position or expose himself to any situation, which carries with it the risk
>of a conflict developing between his or (her) official concerns and his or
>her private interests;
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> (c) use his or her position as such or use information entrusted to
>or received by him or her in an official position directly or indirectly to
>enrich himself or herself or any other person." Subsection 5 adds: "Where
>the president was engaged in any trade, business or other undertaking
>before assuming the office of president, he or she shall, if he or she
>wishes to continue such trade, business or other undertaking, do so under a
>trusteeship."
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> The president's declaration of assets in the next presidential
>election in comparison to his declaration before the last presidential
>election would be interesting and closely watched. What is however
>important is for the people to realize that they are the taxpayers. Their
>money is utilized to pay representatives.
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> What they should expect from a government are just laws, which
>promote their welfare and ensure the environment that would enable them to
>earn an income and survive in dignity. The farmers, especially the women
>without markets, need guarantees for their produce or sale of their crops
>and more facilities to remove them from earning less than two thousand
>Dalasis per annum.
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> The unemployed need more companies or cooperatives to find
>employment. Over 130, 000 children will be out of school in ten years to
>join those who are already in the streest. What does the future hold for
>such young people? Are their problems going to be solved by cash donations
>from a benevolent president?
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