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UGANDA: Fuel shortage hits aid work in north

GULU Thursday, November 06, 2008 (IRIN) - Aid workers in northern Uganda could scale down operations if a fuel shortage persists, officials told IRIN. "Our operations for the past two weeks have been severely affected, we can't get all our staff to work locations because of the fuel shortage," Alex Otim, Gulu district local government secretary for works and rehabilitation, said. He said the shortage had affected the delivery of aid to hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons...

Police Nab Three NAWEC Staff

Three revenue collectors of the National Water andElectricity Company NAWEC are currently helping the police in theirinvestigations this paper has been reliably informed.According to information reaching this paper, the threeNAWEC employees were arrested amid allegations of involvement in a financialscam at their various places of posting. Yaya Gibba, who was stationed in the Upper River Region, wasreported of involvement in financial scam worth D190, 320. Ansu Jarju, who wasstationed in the...

Right Choice Supermarket Staff Convicted

Following aplea bargain made by defence counsel Tambedou with the prosecution, SulaymanNdure, Ousman Dibba, Babucarr Ceesay, Ousman Ndure and Muhamed Ceesay pleadedguilty to the offence of stealing items of goods at the Right ChoiceSupermarket. Senior Magistrate Abdoulie Mbackeh, of the Kanifing Magistrates’Court, convicted the accused persons and sentenced them to a fine of D5, 000each in default to serve four months imprisonment. In theirplea of mitigation, the accused persons craved the...

Right Choice Supermarket Staff Arraigned

Sulayman Ndure, Baboucarr Ceesay, Ousman-Dibba, Ousman Ndureand Muhammed Ceesay, both employees of Right Choice Supermarket, were on the 6thNovember 2008arraigned for stealing before Senior Magistrate Abdoulie Mbackeh of theKanifing Magistrates’ Court.According to the charge sheet, Sulayman Ndure, BaboucarrCeesay and Ousman Dibba on the 18thOctober 2008,on Count 1 jointly stole items of goods at the Right Choice Supermarket, valuedat D315, 226, property of the said supermarket. Count 2, states...

Two Uncle Sam Security Staff, One Accomplice Arraigned

Tijan Jawoand Sarjo Bah, both employees of Uncle Sam Security, and one Kalipha Jallow, anemployee of Comfort Natural Mineral Water, were on Friday 31stOctober 2008 arraigned before Magistrate SainabouWadda- Ceesay of the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court for stealing.Accordingto the charge sheet, the accused persons on October 2008 jointly stole eightbundles of aluminium profile valued at D332, 000, being the property of ComfortNatural Mineral Water Company. KaliphaJallow and Sarjo Bah pleaded...

UNICEF staff member killed in Southern Somalia

UNICEF today strongly condemned the killing of a Somali staff member who was shot on Sunday, 19 October, in Huddur, southern Somalia. Water engineer, Mukhtar Mohammed Hassan, was shot at close range as he walked in town with friends after attending the mosque. According to reports, three gunmen shot into the air to disperse the crowd and then directly targeted Mukhtar. Mukhtar worked with UNICEF providing technical supervision for UNICEF-supported water, sanitation and hygiene activities in...

American Embassy Staff Ramadan Gift Reaches the Needy

The staffof the American Embassy in Banjul on Friday 26 September 2008 joined the many Samaritans to share the spirit of the Muslim month ofRamadan, by giving five kilos of rice to the most needy people at PipelineMosque along the Kairaba Avenue. Among the beneficiaries were thesick, the old and the needy people who queued at the gates of the PipelineMosque for Friday prayers.Speaking tothe journalists at the occasion, the US ambassador to The Gambia, Mr BarryWells clearly explained that the...

Principals Scramble for Teachers

As new School academic year began for Regions Two to Six on Monday September 8th while Region One will re-open on September 22nd 2008. Many principals at Upper Basic, Senior Secondary and BasicCycleSchools from Regions One to Six especially principals within Regions One and Two are scrambling for new teaching staff in their different subject areas. The rapidly expanding education sector has been putting pressure on school administrators to fill vacant positions in their various institutions in...

Obituary notice

The Government, Management, Staff and Volunteers of The Gambia Red Cross Society regret to announce the sudden death of their colleague and friend Marian Jatta who died on Sunday the 24th of August 2008. Prayers will be held on Friday 29th August at her residence in Pipeline and Funeral services will take place on Saturday 30th August 2008 at 4:00 pm at St Therese Church Kanifing This sad news is extended to all family members, relatives and Red Cross family in the Gambia and abroad May her...

Two GRTS Staff Convicted of Theft

Abdoulie Kujabi and Ebrima Gomez, both employees of Gambia Radio and Television Services (GRTS), were on Monday convicted and sentenced to a fine of D1000 each, in default to serve four months in prison. The conviction came after the accused persons’ plea of guilt to a charge of attempted theft after being found in possession of 20 empty gallons belonging to GRTS, for the purpose of stealing gaz oil from the GRTS fuel tank. In handing down judgement, Senior Magistrate Abdoulie Mbackeh said...