POST-ELECTION CRISIS: WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR KENYA?

By Binneh s Minteh

Lieutenant Rtd

After the announcement by Kenya’s Electoral Commission declaring presidential incumbent Kibaki to be the winner of the controversial elections, the dramatic shift in the political landscape has continued to inflict chaos and ethnic violence across this East African nation. President Kibaki's ride to a second term mandate has been marked by defiance coupled with violence, not to mention a widespread national consensus that the ‘official’ election results were a far cry from reality.

“Finance Minister Balla Gaye Has 1.7 Million Pound Sterling At A UK Bank“- Reveals Moro Gaye

Gaye Accused Of Tax evasion

By Moro Gaye, Banjul

Pa,

Since my last article was posted on your online newspaper touching on the present Finance Minister and his adviser, Mr. Geoffrey Renner ,the so-called 'old guards' , I received a steady torrent of ugly email invective from friends and cohorts of Mr. Bala Gaye. I just want to remind those people that as a Gambian and a taxpayer for that matter, it is an issue of principle for all and sundry to tackle graft and cronyism with the simple sword of truth. That truth must be made public especially when Bala Gaye has been championing the fight against corruption immediately following his appointment in 2003. Through his vicious plans many SOSs, Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Public Corporations went before the Paul Commission and suffered untold losses. Some lost their jobs, others landed properties and even valuable possessions. He said then that he did

Vote Buying Reported in Upper Saloum, KMC And Banjul

APRC Accused of Dishing Out Rice in Exchange For Voters Cards.

Mamat Taal Banjul

Some people claiming to be agents of the Ruling APRC has been collecting voters cards in opposition strongholds across the country in exchange for rice, the Freedom Newspaper gathered today. In what appeared to be vote buying ahead of the January Local Government elections, concerned residents in Upper Saloum and some parts of the Greater Banjul Area reported such voter malpractices. The concerned residents who wished not to be identified for fear of being victimized said vote buying has been taking place in the said localities. Although, the Independent Electoral Commission which is mandated to preside over the elections said they were not aware of any vote buying.

IMPUNITY IN THE GAMBIA: CAN THE TINY NATION BECOME A REPLICA OF AN INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MODALITY?

BY BINNEH S MINTEH

Lieutenant Rtd.

In the book titled "International Law and Human rights (1950), at 61", H. LauterPacht argued that "some of the reasons that have prompted changes in the strengthening of International Law, include not only the recognition of the individual as a subject of international rights and the acknowledgment of the worth of human personality as the ultimate unit of all law, but also the realisation of the dangers besetting international peace as the result of the denial of fundamental human rights; and the increased attention paid to those already substantial developments in international law in which not withstanding the traditional dogma, the individual is in fact treated as a subject of international rights