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Karamba
United Kingdom
3820 Posts |
 Posted - 01 Apr 2007 : 18:49:44
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Naming and shaming; claims and counter-claims!! |
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Momodou
Denmark
11835 Posts |
Posted - 01 Apr 2007 : 20:00:36
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This company (Code Incorporate) might be professionals at pulling wool over somebody's eyes. I have just checked their website at http://www.codeinc.com
There seems to be no price list of the items in their catalogue (http://www.codeinc.com/catalog.php)and yet it’s possible to add them in the shopping cart. This would be illegal in Denmark.
After adding a few items to the Cart and pressing on the “Submit List for Estimate “, I was taken to a page where I was supposed to enter my details. Here again, it does not state the cost of the materials in the shopping cart.
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A clear conscience fears no accusation - proverb from Sierra Leone |
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Momodou
Denmark
11835 Posts |
Posted - 01 Apr 2007 : 20:00:36
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This company (Code Incorporate) might be professionals at pulling wool over somebody's eyes. I have just checked their website at http://www.codeinc.com
There seems to be no price list of the items in their catalogue (http://www.codeinc.com/catalog.php)and yet it’s possible to add them in the shopping cart. This would be illegal in Denmark.
After adding a few items to the Cart and pressing on the “Submit List for Estimate “, I was taken to a page where I was supposed to enter my details. Here again, it does not state the cost of the materials in the shopping cart.
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A clear conscience fears no accusation - proverb from Sierra Leone |
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Momodou
Denmark
11835 Posts |
Posted - 19 Apr 2007 : 00:52:22
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More update on this on going trial.
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KAWSU CEESAY’S TRIAL
Did The Chairman Approve?
By Bubacarr K. Sowe
Did the Chairman approve the order made by the Chief Electoral Officer, Mr. Kawsu Ceesay, to Code Incorporate, a Canadian company, for the supply of electrical materials to the IEC? This was an issue in the testimony of a former member of the Commission, Mr. Sulayman Sait Mboob at the trial of Mr. Ceesay, charged with forgery, at the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 11 April, 2007.
The prosecution witness Sulayman Sait Mboob said this under cross-examination by Musa Batchilly, counsel for the defence. Mr. Mboob, also a former Secretary of State for Agriculture, told the court that the accused person was instructed to look for the invoices following a decision by commission members in a meeting.
Mr. Mboob said that the accused person Ceesay, initially got an invoice from Code Incorporate of Canada and later on brought another invoice from Land Trade.
He said that he had discussions with the then Chairman, Ndondi Njie and the accused person concerning Code Incorporate. Mboob agreed with the defence that he will be surprised to learn that the ex-chairman, Ndondi Njie denied having discussion with the accused person.
At a commission meeting Mboob said, both the accused person and the ex-chairman were arguing on the approval of the buying of the electoral materials from Code Incorporate.
Formerly, he said, there was no system of procurement at the IEC, until the arrival of the then chairman, Mr. Njie who introduced a procedure for procurement.
Testifying earlier, Mboob said he was working with the IEC from July 2005 to August 2006 and identified the accused person, who he said was the Chief Electoral Officer. During that period he said Ndondi Njie was the chairman of the IEC.
Mboob narrated that he knew the Canadian Company, Code Incorporate through correspondence between the accused person and the company. According to him he was told by the accused person that Code Incorporate was engaged in the supply of electoral materials to the commission.
He said that all the correspondence by the accused person were for the placing of an order for the supply of electoral materials.
Code Incorporate was demanding payment for the order placed by the accused person, he said, while the then chairman of IEC, Ndondi Niie was disputing the approval of the order.
At a commission members’ meeting, Mboob said, which the accused person and the director of administration attended, both the IEC chairman and the accused person were asked to prove their case.
The accused person insisted at the meeting that the chairman gave him a verbal approval to make the order, he said. But on the other hand, Mr. Njie denied ever giving Mr. Ceesay the approval to place an order for the supply of electoral materials from Code Incorporate.
Testifying further, he told the court that at the commission’s meeting Mr. Ceesay was asked to show a written document or a witness to prove that he was given approval. He said the accused person never provided these. Mr. Mboob also told the court that he himself did not see any approval on the supply of electoral materials.
The new procedure at the IEC initiated by Mr. Njie requires that a requisition form need to be filled in by the officials making the request, he told the court. The form, he said, is to be signed by the head of department or the most senior person in that particular department. The form will then be sent to the IEC Chairman to approve it which depends on the amount involved.
Under the Gambia Public Procurement Authority (GPPA) rules, he said, if the amount involved in the procurement qualifies for a tender, the official making the procurement has to make three invoices from different companies.
He attested that he has neither seen Mr. Ceesay filling in the requisition form nor seen any document purporting the approval of the order by Mr. Njie.
The accused person is expected to re-appear before Magistrate Babucarr Secka on April 24 for continuation.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No. 43/2007, 16 - 17 April, 2007 |
A clear conscience fears no accusation - proverb from Sierra Leone |
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Momodou
Denmark
11835 Posts |
Posted - 19 Apr 2007 : 00:52:22
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More update on this on going trial.
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KAWSU CEESAY’S TRIAL
Did The Chairman Approve?
By Bubacarr K. Sowe
Did the Chairman approve the order made by the Chief Electoral Officer, Mr. Kawsu Ceesay, to Code Incorporate, a Canadian company, for the supply of electrical materials to the IEC? This was an issue in the testimony of a former member of the Commission, Mr. Sulayman Sait Mboob at the trial of Mr. Ceesay, charged with forgery, at the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 11 April, 2007.
The prosecution witness Sulayman Sait Mboob said this under cross-examination by Musa Batchilly, counsel for the defence. Mr. Mboob, also a former Secretary of State for Agriculture, told the court that the accused person was instructed to look for the invoices following a decision by commission members in a meeting.
Mr. Mboob said that the accused person Ceesay, initially got an invoice from Code Incorporate of Canada and later on brought another invoice from Land Trade.
He said that he had discussions with the then Chairman, Ndondi Njie and the accused person concerning Code Incorporate. Mboob agreed with the defence that he will be surprised to learn that the ex-chairman, Ndondi Njie denied having discussion with the accused person.
At a commission meeting Mboob said, both the accused person and the ex-chairman were arguing on the approval of the buying of the electoral materials from Code Incorporate.
Formerly, he said, there was no system of procurement at the IEC, until the arrival of the then chairman, Mr. Njie who introduced a procedure for procurement.
Testifying earlier, Mboob said he was working with the IEC from July 2005 to August 2006 and identified the accused person, who he said was the Chief Electoral Officer. During that period he said Ndondi Njie was the chairman of the IEC.
Mboob narrated that he knew the Canadian Company, Code Incorporate through correspondence between the accused person and the company. According to him he was told by the accused person that Code Incorporate was engaged in the supply of electoral materials to the commission.
He said that all the correspondence by the accused person were for the placing of an order for the supply of electoral materials.
Code Incorporate was demanding payment for the order placed by the accused person, he said, while the then chairman of IEC, Ndondi Niie was disputing the approval of the order.
At a commission members’ meeting, Mboob said, which the accused person and the director of administration attended, both the IEC chairman and the accused person were asked to prove their case.
The accused person insisted at the meeting that the chairman gave him a verbal approval to make the order, he said. But on the other hand, Mr. Njie denied ever giving Mr. Ceesay the approval to place an order for the supply of electoral materials from Code Incorporate.
Testifying further, he told the court that at the commission’s meeting Mr. Ceesay was asked to show a written document or a witness to prove that he was given approval. He said the accused person never provided these. Mr. Mboob also told the court that he himself did not see any approval on the supply of electoral materials.
The new procedure at the IEC initiated by Mr. Njie requires that a requisition form need to be filled in by the officials making the request, he told the court. The form, he said, is to be signed by the head of department or the most senior person in that particular department. The form will then be sent to the IEC Chairman to approve it which depends on the amount involved.
Under the Gambia Public Procurement Authority (GPPA) rules, he said, if the amount involved in the procurement qualifies for a tender, the official making the procurement has to make three invoices from different companies.
He attested that he has neither seen Mr. Ceesay filling in the requisition form nor seen any document purporting the approval of the order by Mr. Njie.
The accused person is expected to re-appear before Magistrate Babucarr Secka on April 24 for continuation.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No. 43/2007, 16 - 17 April, 2007 |
A clear conscience fears no accusation - proverb from Sierra Leone |
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Momodou
Denmark
11835 Posts |
Posted - 26 Apr 2007 : 16:23:11
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KAWSU CEESAY'S TRIAL
More Testimonies
By Bubacarr K. Sowe
Safiatou Njie, Directress of Administration at the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on Tuesday appeared in the six million dalasis forgery trial of Kawsu Ceesay, IEC's Chief Electoral officer.
Mr. Ceesay is accused of forging the signature of the then Chairman of the IEC, Mr. Ndondi Njie for the approval of the purchase of electoral materials from Code Incorporate, a Canadian firm.
Testifying before Magistrate Babucarr Secka of the Kanifing Magistrates Court, Mrs. Njie said she knows Code Inc as the company IEC used to order electoral materials from.
She went on to say that, in March 2006. Mr. Ndondi Njie told the commissioners that he received emails and telephone calls from Code Inc regarding IEC's order of electoral materials which she said the IEC had already cancelled after making a firm order.
She added that this was related to her while at the ex-Chairman's (Njie) office with other commission members including the accused person, who also attended the meeting.
Mrs. Njie went on to say that at that meeting, Mr. Njie informed them that he never gave approval while Mr. Ceesay argued that it was Mr. Njie who gave him the green light to order for the electoral materials.
She narrated that during the argument between Messrs Njie and Ceesay, no document was produced on the purported approval.
Mrs. Njie told the court that she was surprised when she was shown the approval document between July and August, 2006, after Mr. Njie's removal from office as IEC's Chairman.
Under cross-examination with defence counsel Musa Batchilly, she said that nothing in a memo (exhibit) given to her in court indicates that Mr. Ceesay was asking for approval.
She agreed that Ceesay was instructed by the IEC to look for invoices for electoral materials and that he got an invoice from Code Inc.
She also said that Ceesay had maintained that he was given verbal instruction by Njie, but Njie also argued that he could not do so since there was no fund to pay for the order made.
She also said she is not aware if IEC has ever investigated the matter.
Mrs. Njie finally said that IEC has been ordering electoral materials from Code Inc. in the past, adding that she is not aware of any order made by the IEC to Code Inc after Njie's tenure of office.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No. 47/2007, 25 - 26 April, 2007 |
A clear conscience fears no accusation - proverb from Sierra Leone |
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Momodou
Denmark
11835 Posts |
Posted - 26 Apr 2007 : 16:23:11
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KAWSU CEESAY'S TRIAL
More Testimonies
By Bubacarr K. Sowe
Safiatou Njie, Directress of Administration at the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on Tuesday appeared in the six million dalasis forgery trial of Kawsu Ceesay, IEC's Chief Electoral officer.
Mr. Ceesay is accused of forging the signature of the then Chairman of the IEC, Mr. Ndondi Njie for the approval of the purchase of electoral materials from Code Incorporate, a Canadian firm.
Testifying before Magistrate Babucarr Secka of the Kanifing Magistrates Court, Mrs. Njie said she knows Code Inc as the company IEC used to order electoral materials from.
She went on to say that, in March 2006. Mr. Ndondi Njie told the commissioners that he received emails and telephone calls from Code Inc regarding IEC's order of electoral materials which she said the IEC had already cancelled after making a firm order.
She added that this was related to her while at the ex-Chairman's (Njie) office with other commission members including the accused person, who also attended the meeting.
Mrs. Njie went on to say that at that meeting, Mr. Njie informed them that he never gave approval while Mr. Ceesay argued that it was Mr. Njie who gave him the green light to order for the electoral materials.
She narrated that during the argument between Messrs Njie and Ceesay, no document was produced on the purported approval.
Mrs. Njie told the court that she was surprised when she was shown the approval document between July and August, 2006, after Mr. Njie's removal from office as IEC's Chairman.
Under cross-examination with defence counsel Musa Batchilly, she said that nothing in a memo (exhibit) given to her in court indicates that Mr. Ceesay was asking for approval.
She agreed that Ceesay was instructed by the IEC to look for invoices for electoral materials and that he got an invoice from Code Inc.
She also said that Ceesay had maintained that he was given verbal instruction by Njie, but Njie also argued that he could not do so since there was no fund to pay for the order made.
She also said she is not aware if IEC has ever investigated the matter.
Mrs. Njie finally said that IEC has been ordering electoral materials from Code Inc. in the past, adding that she is not aware of any order made by the IEC to Code Inc after Njie's tenure of office.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No. 47/2007, 25 - 26 April, 2007 |
A clear conscience fears no accusation - proverb from Sierra Leone |
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