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Duganafi Gaenana Falaeh: Another nail in our judicial coffin…
Monday, 09 August 2010 01:05
In this edition of Duganafi Gaenana Falaeh, Mr. Peters talks about his dad’s failed appeal, on ‘virgins,’ salutes
a half a century old athlete, ‘plots’ a wedding, questions Naomi’s intelligence and…Hahatai.Another nail in our judicial coffin…
‘I lost faith in Gambian justice when, ten years ago this week, students were gunned down and it was left at that.
Forget me being caught that day and given a pasting my dad has never given me, which resulted in a bad knee I will take to my grave.
My dad being banged up for exercising his right as a citizen leaves a bad taste in the mouth of any sane individual.’
The above is an extract from an article called ‘a miscarriage of justice’ I wrote when my dad was jailed in April. That piece, published in most Gambian online media houses, was the first I had ever written with a rush of blood and with good reason.
When my dad’s appeal was set for August 5th, honestly, I wasn’t expecting much. A mercenary judge executing justice for once? Yeah and God will lower a ladder and we all scurry up to heaven.
The whole appeal process was a cat and mouse game. Any person with their wits about them could see right through it.
It was never going to be successful because of my dad’s political affiliation and the fact that the mercenary judges are puppeted from State House.
We all know that like we all know Tuesday follows Monday.
If Judge Emmanuel Amadi could sentence Tamba and co to death, what do you think he would do to a politician’s appeal, who beg to differ with his boss?
In eight months, God willing, my dad would be home. I won’t hold my breath on that, though. Don’t put it past a mercenary judge to add another year for ‘sedition’ and ‘tarnishing the image of the country’ and any charges their flea-brained minds could dream up.
As long as we have a narcissistic nerd in State House, justice will be ‘justice.’
You can take that to the bank.
Covering one lie with another
A growing number of Asian brides are having ‘virginity repair’ operations before marriage, I read in the papers.
The NHS, it went on, carried out 116 hymen replacement operations between 2005 and 2009.
I don’t get the purpose of this ‘operation’ at all. If your culture practices no sex before marriage, seal your legs till you swap your surname for someone else’s.
To further do my dome in, a DoH spokesperson stated that the operations were done ‘to secure physical and psychological health.’
In other words, re-sealing a woman’s you-know-what would do their health and sanity the world of good.
You couldn’t make it up if you tried.
On one hand, one is starting marriage life on a sealed-and-delivered lie.
On the other, a husband will think all his birthdays came at once to have a wife who he was her first and who knows her way between the sheets.
Thanks to the all-purpose NHS.
Arise, Dame Merlene Ottey
Reaching the age of fifty is a landmark in anyone’s life. It is reaching the half century mark and, add ten more years to it; you qualify to travel free on London transport.
It is an age to take things slow as your body starts developing a mind of its own, I’m told.
Well, someone certainly forgot to tell Merlene Ottey to slow down as the track queen is still flying off starting blocks at the young age of, you guess it, fifty.
Ottey, who started her athletics career when I was in pampers and is still at it when I’m old and rusty.
She competed at the recently ended European Championships in Barcelona having taken up Slovenian citizenship.
Ottey has the most Olympic appearance, seven, most World Championship medal, fourteen, and, of course, the oldest track medallist ever at a championship.
I don’t fancy my chance with Ottey on the track as I got a reputation to keep.
On a serious note, I watched an interview of her on telly and she looked thirty and I wasn’t drunk or on anything. I could happily buy her a drink at a club, thinking I’ll get lucky not knowing she was doing her thing when I was filling up my pampers.
That’s why I’m executing the role of the Queen when I say, ‘arise, Dame Marlene Ottey.’
Just you wait!
A friend of mine sent me a very nasty text last weekend as I was getting ready for church. The content of the text? Chelsea Clinton has gotten married and I should give it up.Now, all who know me knows Bill’s only child is my girlfriend and we were meant to marry.
Everyone knows this expect her, that is.
I text my friend back that the marriage never happened and Chelsea and I, happily married, will come over for dinner next weekend.
Last I checked, it wasn’t a crime for a man to dream big…
Under what rock were you hiding, Naomi?
Years ago, an Asian co-worker of mine told me he never heard of Bob Marley. I had never been so upset before!
To rub it in, another doesn’t know David Beckham.
Then, I would have thumped those guys for doing a Rip Van Winkle.
Now, Naomi Campbell is playing the same never-heard-of-it game.
She appeared at the War Tribunal in The Hague where she admitted accepting a pouch of diamonds from then Liberian president Charles Taylor back in 1997.
Prior to receiving the gift, the model stated she had never heard of Charles Taylor, Liberia or blood diamonds.
I find that hard to take in that Naomi doesn’t watch the news and keep up with world events. I don’t believe if brains were made of chocolate, a model won’t have enough to fill a smartie, either.
Naomi simply did what most people do to wriggle out of tight spots: lie.
Pity she did it after she swore to tell the truth.
Hahatai…
I can’t remember how old I was but we were on a day out and we, well, my dad was trying to charter a taxi from Senegambia to Banjul.
He got in the car, spoke to the driver and must have been charged a fortune as he slid out, slammed the door, fuming.
‘One more word from him and I would have slapped him!’ he growled
I spent the whole trip back home in another taxi, of course, aching not to laugh.
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Not forgetting Femi...he is the apple of any good fathers eye.
Peace.
- technology’s given us opportunity not only to live with them -
should read
- technology’s given us opportunity not only to live without them -
Mike you’ve done the work already answering yourself; technology’s given us opportunity not only to live with them but also pull all feathers of deceit which helped beefed them & make them appear thick. Who in the world today doesn’t know about depositions going about in world? Evidences which help incriminate & prosecute them in end. Technology have enabled masses to educate, communicate & mobilised actions against treachery such as in Gambia under yaya jammeh today. Whilst he can command ‘robots’ remotely controlled to harass, arrest, kidnap, torture, maim, kill/cage others, technology’s helped blown off his feathers lately; like a chicken in skin ready to be ‘KFCed’!
Ooops!
...cont...
Governments are supposed to be an extension of the people. As FJM said...
You get the government you deserve?
Myself....I think...government has outgrown its usefullness.
We now have the technology...to live without them.
What do you say?
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Mike, you don’t have to live in same insomnia like your ‘mad-friend’ yaya jammeh. Your wife’s comments were meant to spice your love-life up in her sense of humour; NOT to scare you at all. What’s wrong if she can ‘swallow’ you up & have you all to herself to keep other women’s preying eyes away? Ha ha ha! In a Mandinka adage “the monkeys keeps all their nuts in cheek to keep it safe”. You legally belong to her anyway. You are literally her food to feed on; if you get me. So continue to sleep as usual for you are in her safe hands; especially away from the murderous despot in Gambia. Cheers!
Pity she did it after she swore to tell the truth...”
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The above quotes are true & realistic as stated especially for ungodly persons most fitting & precisely our LIAR cum sheikh-professor yaya jammeh, whose lying transcends all boundaries & strata of the sphere & beyond to the worlds of demons & jinns. Yaya’s so consumed into ‘his world’ of sycophants, I for one won’t be surprised if he adds a claim of prophet-hood to his elongated lies of titles & bogus achievements of so-called AIDs cure, devil/demon/jinn control, & all what’s not? And the most pathetic aspect of all, there are some lunatics out there, including some commenting here, who buys/subscribes to yaya’s mad false self mystifications as true. Only time will tell for God’s a patient ONE but rewards accordingly.
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Everybody else isn’t surprised for the outcome the appeal on Mr Peters illegal caging especially with the dodgy excuses forwarded prior to holding the appeal. Our fervent prayers & unflinching supports are with your dad & family & the whole of the Gambian community. His issue isn’t entirely about his person but about the freedom of all Gambians & friends within & without our borders. How we all wish for yaya’s day, to arrive inevitably fast enough soon.
Countess Draculaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaa.
opps shes here with fangs....Bye... Laugh !!!!
Lol be careful around ur wifey peeps. U need to sleep with ur eyes open or u will wake up drained of all blood lol.
Im more of a chicken n beef man. I dont fancy fish that much.
Love sunday roast. The next best thing since Benechin :)
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