The Commission of Inquiry which is widely coined by the media as Janneh Commission, has decided to extend its duration to 10 January 2019 to enable it complete its mandate, according to a media advisory. It added that the commission finds it necessary to extend its duration to complete public hearings and the compilation and […]
The Janneh Commission is yet to resume. Their last sitting was on the 25th October, 2018. The secretary to the commission told journalists that there would be no sitting on the 31st October,2018, until further notice, when they were expected to sit. The commission was set up by the new government to probe into the […]
Colonel Musa Jammeh of the Gambia Armed Forces yesterday on behalf of the Chief of Defence Staff, Lt. General Masanneh Kinteh, appeared before the Janneh Commission in connection to salaries and allowances paid to former army officers. According to Jammeh, retired Captain Edward Singhateh received the sum of over D249, 000 from 1st May, 1994, […]
Natalie Gomez-Ceesay, former Protocol Officer, office of the former president, has appeared before the Janneh Commission and revealed that the former president, Yahya Jammeh, told her that he would transfer a land situated at Kololi to her. She was summoned in connection to the said land. She testified that she was a protocol officer attached […]
Prince Ibrahim Sanyang, a business tycoon, appeared before the Janneh Commission in connection to companies he operated or was about to operate in the country. Prior to dwelling on the subject matter, he was asked to explain how he got the title of prince. In response, he said he was traditionally crowned as a prince. […]
Lamin Touray, Registrar of Companies, also appeared before the Janneh Commission in connection to properties belonging to the former president and his wife respectively. He was supposed to submit the rest of the files of the said properties as requested by the commission. However, he told the commission that they continued to search and discovered […]
Mary Samba, attorney for Mr.Amadou Samba, yesterday addressed the Janneh Commission and said that the former president, Yahya Jammeh, became the supreme law of the land and not the constitution. She was addressing the commission on wide range of issues affecting her client. She said that Mr. Samba testified concerning his financial dealings, noting that […]
Ms. Mary Samba, counsel for Mr.Amadou Samba, yesterday urged the Janneh Commission to discharge the interim order against Mr.Amadou Samba. She was continuing her address on issues affecting her client. She said Mr. Samba exclusively owns the companies she cited earlier. According to her, the business tycoon, Mr. Samba, testified before the commission that the […]
Malick Mba’I , counsel for Mr.Bala Jassey, telecom expert and proprietor of Mobicel Company, addressing the Janneh Commission on behalf of his client stated that Mr.Jassey was not a close associate of the former president. Lawyer Mba’I, in his address, told the commission that his client was summoned on 31 January, 2018, and testified before […]
Laly Diab one of the proprietors of Emporium Constructions, also reappeared before the Janneh Commission in connection to a contract awarded to their company to refurbish and renovate Ocean Bay Hotel According to her, Emporium was invited by SSHFC to submit a bid for the renovation of the hotel, noting that she could not confirm […]