Folks, the clocking of a sad decade for Gambia in ticking, presided by criminals. You have the IMF and UN tribunal following the money as the thieves and criminals run for cover. However, the criminals are not going down easy and have embarked on a scorched earth con, by lavishing the loot in rediculous style, crowned with the circus below, presided by none other than Injustice Paul, The Magistrate Pirate. All, part of grand con and theft. But, we the people, can do something about this. Let us channell our anger by mobilizing our resources to get rid of this cancer in our system. Folks, you got to contribute financially to the Democracy Project to Save the Gambia. It is the STGDP that made the bulk of the sponsorship of the Alliance to defeat the APRC in Jarra West. To those that did not believe, the Alliance themselves told you that they were financed by you, the people. In order for us to kill off this serpent that is Yaya and the APRC, we need each and everyone of you to help liberate Gambia. We cannot just sit and complain endlessly, when we can pool our resources together and send these criminals packing. On this day of mourning for the Gambian Nation (July 22, 2004), I ask you to really reflect on the Gambian situation and evaluate yourself (rich or poor, young or old, and male or female). What have you done and are you doing for your country at her hour of distress? If you feel that you stood up and are counted in word and in deed in her rescue, then bless your soul and continue to stand up to save her. However, if you have been sitting down all along, then it is not too late to stand up and join those who stood up all along. We need each fibre of you and that is what it will take to save Gambia. We are counting on you and Gambia is going to be liberated by none, but you and I. To our fellow citizens on the ground, please boycott from attending your own funeral. When $3,000,000 is wasted while 70% of your fellow citizens struggle for one meal a day, 365 days of the year, what are you celebrating? Why would you march in front of the very person that ruined the lives of you and your children? How would this wasting of our megre resources help your life, a day after the clown parade? Please join the Alternative and show your disgust by staying at home. Let the women/Men/Children show Yaya that we are not going to help him drown us as a nation. Chi Jaama Joe DAY 2 of PAUL COMMISSION SoS Jahumpa, Faal testify By Ousman Darboe & Lamin Dibba Jul 21, 2004, 09:48 Email this article Printer friendly page On the second day of the Paul Commission sitting at the conference hall of the department of state for Trade, Industry and Employment, Bala Garba Jahumpa and Samba Faal, secretaries of state for Works, Construction and Infrastructure, and Youth and Sports respectively, have made public disclosures of their assets and properties. In his testimony, SoS Jahumpa told the commission that he has a fixed deposit account with D704,000 savings. This account, he said, was opened on 6 February 1995 after his appointment by the Gambia Government. SoS Jahumpa said in 1997, he made an investment of D84,000 on Central Bank treasury bills. The statement of the account was produced, tendered and marked as exhibit. He told the commission that he also has a current account and fixed deposit accounts at the Trust Bank. "I did not close any of my accounts except the one in Cuba. I was an Ambassador both in Cuba and the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2003. I closed this account when I was called back and since then I do not hold any foreign account, likewise my wife," he explained. Asked by Counsel Emmanuel Fanbenle what was his official remuneration, SoS Jahumpa replied: "About D12,000 plus monthly. When I was an ambassador, I was receiving US$1,675 [monthly]. I don’t have any other source of income. I have applied for a plot of land once. I was allocated one plot on October 1, 2003 and I have already spent D20,000 fencing it. I have not given any land to my wife and I don’t have any farm land. The only property I have is my private car. I am presently living in a hotel. I am trying to secure housing from Social Security and Housing Finance." SoS Jahumpa further explained that he has a Toyota Lexus car which was given to him by the Malian millionaire, Babanding Futanka Sissokho in October 1996. "The car is a gift from my friend and is still in good condition. I have not bought any car for my wife. I do not have any items of jewellery; gold or any other thing and I am not investing in the insurance scheme. I was offered a three bedroom house by Social Security and Housing Finance at a price of D600,000 or with a mandatory down payment of D151,000," he stated. SoS Jahumpa then produced the letter of offer from SSFHC dated 16 February 2004 and three receipts of payments made. He said the property has not yet been released to him. SoS Jahumpa also tendered documents of his overseas official travelling expenses and allowances from October 2003 and promised to submit records of his official trips from 1994 to October 2003 and that he has never received imprest, only per diems. "I do not pay for anybody’s overseas school fees. My daily overhead expenses are D200 to D300 and I only pay for food at the hotel I am staying at," SoS Jahumpa concluded. Lawyer Amie Joof-Conteh appeared for Mr Jahumpa. Samba Faal In his testimony, Mr Samba Faal said he was appointed secretary of state on 28 March 2002 and that between 1994 and 1996, he worked as a town clerk at the Banjul City Council and was paid D60,000 per annum. As mayor from 1996 to 2002, he said he received D120,000 per annum. SoS Faal said his wife is employed as the head of business studies at the Gambia Technical Training Institute and she receives D5,300 per month. "She has a shop where she sells drinks and many other condiments and gets about D180,000 per annum on the sales and returns of her goods," he said. Asked by counsel Fanbenle whether he knew Abdoulie Faal, SoS Faal answered in the positive. "He is my brother and he is in Germany. I would like to add on the declaration form that I got the sum of D46,000 when my father died after selling his property. It is only once that I applied officially for a plot of land and it was allocated to me in 1990. From 1994 to now, I have not been allocated with any," he explained. SoS Faal said he lives in his compound and that he took a loan from the BCC, which he paid in monthly instalments, to build it. Personal items, he said he acquired from 1994 are two television sets, one computer, one VCR, a library, freezer, a refrigerator and an electricity generator costing D3,200. SoS Faal added that he has a 4x4 wheel Nissan Terrano vehicle which was given to him as a gift by his brother in Germany. He said he paid a customs duty of D42,000 on it. "I have an account with Standard Chartered Bank but it was open before July 1994. I have another dormant account with the International Bank for Commerce (IBC) in Serrekunda and also one with the Arab Islamic Bank. My wife and I also have an account for each of my three children and they are educational trust fund accounts. I will provide the commission with the statements of the accounts. I do not have any account outside the country. I also have one educational endowment insurance for my daughter at Gamstar. I pay D250 per month and so far made a contribution of D4,200." SoS Faal said he has not taken any loan from the Gambia government and no contract has been awarded to him. He said he is a political scientist by training. "During the Commonwealth Games, as a secretary of state and head of the Gambian delegation, I was entitled to go with one person, be it my wife or anybody, so I decided to go with my eight-year-old son, Sering Alieu Faal. I paid for his expenses from my per diem of 130 pounds sterling per day for three weeks." SoS Faal did not make any reference to any note and was not represented by a lawyer. 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