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jambo
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Santanfara
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 Posted - 20 Jun 2007 : 11:21:19
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| jambo , all his men will end up there .time will tell .if people join together in oppressing the weak ,they will undoubtly get their day .here or some where. but for us we rather they fry here to act as a catalyst for our future leaders in the madiba's ,kondo , dalton's, karambas ,kobo's etc. they need to be thought a lesson that you cannot dehumanise masses of people for stupidity . why would you throw away your dignity and harrase your fellow country men for a nonentity like jilanka himself ? one by one they will fall . even tamba will be betrayed by yahya ,just look and wait . |
Surah- Ar-Rum 30-22
"And among His signs is the creation of heavens and the earth, and the difference of your languages and colours. verily, in that are indeed signs for men of sound knowledge." Qu'ran
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jambo
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Posted - 20 Jun 2007 : 12:35:20
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santanfara, the question is will people band together |
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 20 Jun 2007 : 21:18:58
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AZIZ TAMBA AND CO JAILED FOR 14 YEARS
By Fabakary B. Ceesay
Magistrate Pa Harry Jammeh of the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court on Monday convicted and sentenced three employees of the Kanilai Farm, namely Aziz Tamba, Famara Colley and Mustapha Bojang to a Jail term of fourteen years. Famara Colley, the former Assistant Manager, Mustapha Bojang and Aziz Tamba, the former Farm Manager, were found guilty on two counts.
In delivering his judgment, Magistrate Jammeh told the crowded court that the prosecution has a duty to prove its case against the accused persons beyond reasonable doubt. He said the prosecution has called five witnesses against the accused persons. He noted that the prosecution tendered receipts, invoices, cautionary and voluntary statements of the accused persons and the audit report from the farm, between 2005-2006, to prove their case. He asserted that the accused persons also testified to defend themselves, but they did not call witnesses to prove their innocence. Magistrate Jammeh indicated that, Yankuba Jatta, the farm’s accountant, indicated that Aziz Tamba normally comes to the office and collect money for the president without any clear documents and that Mustapha Bojang also did the same thing by collecting money from the accountant on the pretext that he was going to buy materials for Kanilai Farm, without giving any receipts. Jammeh indicated that the accountant also added that the money kept in the Farm’s account is in the custody of Famara Colley. “The accused persons occupied the three most senior positions in the Farm. Their relationship was characterised by informalities; they played diverse roles which characterised their personalities,” said Jammeh.
Magistrate Jammeh stressed that the auditors had a problem in getting relevant documents to audit the Farm. Jammeh noted that some auditing documents indicted that, labourers at the farm were paid at one point D10,000 and a tip for staff D3,100 without signatures and that went on continuously. He said Aziz Tamba was at one point given D5, 000 for personal use, D10,000 for Tobaski expenses and D150,000 for vehicle repairing without signatures. “The name of president Jammeh and Kanilai Farm provides them with the password to access the finances of the farm, the common denominator in all of you is greediness and madness at spending money.” “As for Aziz and Mustapha, they are ignorant, but for Famara, he is educated. You believed that the finance well would never run dry. On the totality of the evidence before the court, I hereby find the three of you guilty, as charged in count one and count two, as well. In count one, the law says you can be sentenced to seven years and on count two for ten years, which means seventeen (17) years. What do you have to beg the court to temper justice with mercy on you,” said Jammeh. Famara Colley, the former Farm Treasurer, said he is a family man and that his wife is expecting a baby any moment. He further lamented: “I don’t know how they can survive this in my absence.” He added that he had never been convicted before any court of law, “My fate is in your hands.” Mustapha Bojang, the former Assistant Manager also said he has a family of four kids and that his mother is very sick at the moment and is being fed by a machine at the hospital. He urged the court to forgive him. For Aziz Tamba, the former Manager, said he had been convicted on similar offences at a different court which he is serving, adding, “At present I don’t know my family’s whereabout, I beg the court in God’s name to forgive me, look at my appearance and my condition, please forgive me.” Passing the sentence, Magistrate Jammeh, said, “I have noted what you have said, I have also understood your predicaments, but D19 million is not a small amount even though the audit report indicates D18 million. You don’t expect me to let you go scot free, that rice was brought to be sold cheaply to help Gambians. Therefore, for count one, I hereby sentence you all to seven years, and on count two to seven years and both sentences are to run consecutively.” Magistrate Jammeh instructed that the IGP should mount an investigation into their assets and any valuable thing found should be seized. The trio were whisked away in a waiting police van. It could be recalled that Aziz Tamba, Mustapha Bojang and Famara Colley were standing trial on two counts. Count one indicates: between 17 June and 23 August 2005, the three conspired to commit felony; count two: the three being employees of the Kanilai Farm, between August 2005-2006, jointly stole by clerk or by servant an amount of D19,598,779.34, contrary to the criminal code, laws of The Gambia.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No.71/2007, June 20 – 21 June 2007 |
A clear conscience fears no accusation - proverb from Sierra Leone |
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Karamba
United Kingdom
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Posted - 21 Jun 2007 : 00:39:26
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Jailing of Aziz Tamba and co, is it to do with stealing from a private agric enterprise (Kanilai Farm) or state enterprise? Are people jailed more severe when the crime relates offending Jammeh or offending the STATE (Gambia)? |
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