This is soooo sad. May her soul rest in peace. >From: ADAMA NJIE <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 19:12:47 +0200 > > The Independent Published Monday, April 23, 2001 > > New twist to murder of Gambian woman in UK > > Email > [log in to unmask] > > > > 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. > > 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. > > 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. > > > > President Jammeh and the gifts > > 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- > > > > > 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; > > > (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; > > (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." > > 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. > > 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. > > 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? > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >You may also send subscription requests to >[log in to unmask] >if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your >full name and e-mail address. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------