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MONROVIAhe shortage of trained pathologist in post-war Liberia

continues to pose problems for cases on the docket,
forcing the post-war nation to look elsewhere, relying
on pathologists from other countries including Ghana,
Cuba, amongst others for trained individuals to conduct autopsy
in highly profile and complex death cases.
Dr. Isaac Moses, who was Liberias main pathologist for years,
was forced to flee in the aftermath of the September 18, 1997
fighting between former President Charles Taylors forces and
Roosevelt Johnsons troops. Taylor had issued an order that no
one should take photos of corpse at the JFK morque after scores of
people were killed. Dr. Moses was reportedly blamed for allowing
journalists to take photos of the dead and was forced fled into
exile. Some 21 bodies were reportedly dug from mass graves at
the time.
Today, the issue of trained pathologists led to huge controversy in
the murder trial of Hans Williams and Mardea Paykue who were
accused of involvement in the death of fourteen year old Angel
Tokpah. The pair was convicted in a lower court but the Supreme
Court reversed the decision and set them free ending a trial that
lasted more than four years.
The core of the controversy was several different findings of
autopsies conducted by at least three pathologists showing
different results with the first coming from a Liberian, Dr. Anthony
Quaye. Both sides to the trial- the defense and prosecution relied
on either of the autopsy reports for their legal reliance.
With the memory of the trial of Hans and Mardea which was made
complex by autopsy reports still fresh on the minds of many, a
new saga threatens to revisit an old concern with the selection of
a Sierra Leonean pathologist Dr. Simeon Owizz Koroma whose
selection process remains undisclosed as the Maryland County
Bar Association, comprising lawyers hailing from that South
eastern County questioning the credibility of Dr. Koroma.
Dr. Koroma was brought into the country to conduct autopsy on the
corpse of Atty. Michael N. Allison, a whistleblower in an ongoing
investigation by the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission but how
he was contracted to the perform the work and history of his past
performances are yet to be provided even though FrontPageAfrica
has learnt that that the autopsy on the late Allison has already been
concluded.
FPA making an inquiry on the credential of Dr. Koroma was
referred to the Ministry of Justice by Police Director Chris
Massaquoi. Please make request from Justice, Col. Massaquoi
declared in response to FPA inquiry.
On Monday, the general morgue of the John F. Kennedy Medical
center was surrounded by staffers of the Liberia Anti-Corruption
Commission and officers of the Liberia National as Dr. Koroma
assisted by some health workers carried out an autopsy on the
body of the late Allison.
Dressed in Personal Protective Equipment including gloves, facial
masks and boots, the head of the autopsy, Dr. Koroma performed
his work.
Eyewitness Account pointing to Pressure?
Some eyewitnesses who formed part of the small team present
in the room where the autopsy was conducted were heard quietly
conversing with each other that the late Allison died from high
blood pressure.
One senior police source on the scene hinted that there was no foul
play with the body of the late Allison.
We have a picture were there was no scratch on the body, the
crabs, ants ate parts of the body so we cant say the body was
tempered with, said the police source.
It is not known when the Autopsy report will be made public as
many eagerly await the outcome of the process especially amid
doubts over the credentials of Dr. Koroma.
In recent time the Police conducted an investigation on the body
of 12 year old girl who was allegedly raped by Musa Konneh in
Brewerville but up to date the LNP is yet to release the report.
Whos Dr. Koroma?
While the Government of Liberia through the Ministry of
Justice is yet to make public the full identity of the pathologisthis credential and other important details, a FPA investigation
has gathered that Dr. Koroma is the Head of Department of
Histopathology and Morbid Anatomy at the Connaught Teaching
Hospital in Freetown.
According to investigation Dr. Koroma has been conducting
autopsies on several deaths in Sierra Leone, one of those
included an autopsy performed on the late Revolutionary United
Front(RUF) rebel leader Foday Sankoh in August 2003.
Dr. Koroma accordingly conducted an autopsy into the death
of a student, Alhaji Rabo who was a Senior Secondary School
three (SSS3), Commercial One (1) student of the Ansarul Islamic
Secondary School, situated at Guard Street in the East End of
Freetown in 2013.
After the National Police of Sierra Leone reported that the boy
died from blunt object, Dr. Koroma conducted an autopsy and
reported that the boy died from gunshot wound.
The late student according to Dr. Koroma bled to death from a
gunshot wound; with the bullet entering from the back of his left
shoulder.
The student was hit with an object during rioting between students
of his Ansarul School and traders who had spread their wares all
around the perimeter of the school compound.
The riot turned deadly with running battles between the students

Bettie Johnson/ betty.johnson@frontpageafricaonline.com

and traders, forcing the Police to be called in to quell the situation.
Accordingly, the Police claimed they used professional methods
such as tear gas cannisters and insisted they never fired a single
gunshot but the Dr. Koroma autopsy found the otherwise.
Dr. Kormoa according to a local Sierra Leonean Newspaper
-the Spectator conducted another autopsy where he received a
professional service fee of US$10, 000.00 from the Redeemed
Christian Church of God - Sierra Leone that mysteriously lost
its Nigerian Pastor-in-charge, the Pastors wife and three of their
children on the night of December 4, 2014, after they returned
home from a church service.
The sum of US$2,500 was paid for each of the autopsies the
doctor performed on the five deceased as he waived the fee for
the youngest victim not until the churchs negotiating team had
pleaded with him for the umpteenth time to see reason to reduce
the fee on both religious and humanitarian grounds.
He was accused of using the Government facility to perform
the autopsy and the whereabouts of the amount generated was
questioned.
Dr. Koroma was accused of corruption in violation of the Anti
Corpriton law of Sierra Leone which is an economic crime of an
offence under Part IV of the Anti-Corruption Act, 2008 of that
country, and includes: Section 1 (f) the misappropriation of
public funds or property; (h) any offence including dishonesty
in connection with any tax, rate, charge or levy imposed under
any enactment.
Some segments of the Sierra Leonean public demanded to know
whether the US$10, 000.00 which Dr. Koroma received from
the Redeemed Christian Church of God Sierra Leone for the
autopsies was deposited into the Consolidated Fund or to line his
pocket for self-aggrandizement.
Pathologist credentials questioned
There are mounting calls for the autopsy report to be made public
with the president of the Maryland County Bar association of
which the deceased was a part questioning the credibility of the

pathologist.
We are concerned of the credibility and reputation of the
pathologist, from the record we are getting, the first and foremost
thing is the credential of the pathologist before an autopsy is
done. Att. Edwin Martin
Speaking to FPA Atty. Martin said the Liberian people must not
accept the report on grounds that the pathologist is from a country
with broken health system.
The report should not be accepted by the Liberian People, how
this government will bring in someone from Freetown when their
entire health system is broken down, they cant even fight Ebola,
said Atty. Martin.
He suggested that the Government should have hired a pathologist
from another country instead of Sierra Leone.
Why you couldnt go to a recognized country for a pathologist
that is a clever attempt to side brush it under the carpet.
Atty. Martin continued: we are calling on the government to
publish the credential of the pathologist, we want to know his
credibility, and integrity, you cant bring someone to impose him
on us from a country with broken health system like Liberia. You
cant take someone from the slum and bring them on high profile
case.
The lawmaker further said We condemn the work of the pathologist
till we can see his credential and we will not accept the report
until his credential can be known and we need an independent
autopsy report, any report from him will be condemned and will
be challenge by this bar.
He disclosed that the late Atty. Allison was part of the Maryland
bar Association and an active due paying member.
Cllr. Sam Cooper of the Montserrado County Bar Association has
also expressed concerns over the death of Allison.
He said the late Allison being a lawyer; he was also a Liberian
whose death in this manner needs to be investigated.
President of the Montserrado Bar Association told FrontPageAfrica
that the association is watching the police investigation carefully
and promised that if any perpetrator is tracked down by the police
and taken to court, the association would provide lawyers to
prosecute the would-be perpetrators.
LACC boss James Verdier speaking at the opening of the February
2015 Term of Court cited challenges faced by whistleblowers and
people who investigate corruption in Liberia.
Please be aware your honor that in time of prosecution there will
be attempt to bribe judges, lawyers and even jurors, but this is the
time for all of us to stand up and say no to corruption, he said.
Police Director Chris Massaquoi before Monday said a
pathologist has arrived from neighboring Sierra Leone to help in
the investigation.
Investigation by homicide investigators is ongoing and we
have decided to bring in a foreign pathologist and he just arrived
Sunday from Sierra Leone to be able to assist the Liberia National
Police in the investigation, he said.
Massaquoi said the police received no complaint from Allison or
anyone related to him. He said the alleged corruption case had
been taken over by the Liberia Anti-Corruption Bureau.
We absolutely have no record of such complaint. Apparently
this matter was directly handled by the LACC (Liberia AntiCorruption Commission), and the Liberia National Police has not
been a part of the investigation, he said.
The police director said had a threat been brought to the attention
of the police they would have probably assisted in providing
protection to Allison.

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FrontPage COMMENTARY
EDITORIAL PREZ SIRLEAF SAYS: LIBERIA OWES
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$759M
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Commentary

J. Yanqui Zaza, Jyanqui@aol.com , Contributing Writer

Allisons Death Signals New

Trend in Corruption Fight

Fighting corruption in Africa and the world over is a risky

undertaking that some pay for dearly as those engaged in the act
are powerful and go all out to get themselves exonerated even if
it means taking away the lives of others.
Those involved in fighting corruption sometimes do so at the
peril of their life especially when the figures at the core of
investigation are big guns whose characters are at stake.
In countries such as Nigeria and Kenya, deadly trend are
common with street shooting and other secret killings of people
but that has been rare in Liberia, a small country of about four
million people but it seems things are getting nasty now.
Recently the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC)
commenced investigation into US$25,000 payment from the
National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) for legal services
provided to the National Legislature for nationwide Oil
Consultation.
The payment became questionable when the amount paid by
the oil company turned out to be much higher than what was
actually received by the lawyer who provided the legal service.
The LACC subsequently made arrests with Speaker Alex Tyler,
Representative Adolf Lawrence and others at the core of an
investigation along with the lawyer, Cllr. Michael N. Allison.
Within the scope of two months the LACC investigation has
become the most contentious in Liberia in recent time to the
extent of leading to a group of lawmakers using the investigation
to demand that Speaker Tyler steps aside from residing as head
of the National Legislature until his name is clear from the
ongoing probe by the commission.
Speaker Tyler is believed to be harboring a huge political
ambition with an eye on contesting the presidency of Liberia
come 2017 general and presidential elections which makes the
character of the man purportedly contemplating a presidential
run a big deal.
With the LACC probe gaining momentum, the lead witness for
the commission, Cllr. Allison was found dead on the waterway
in Monrovia, sending shock waves around the country.
Circumstances leading to the death of the late Allison are strange
and send alarming bell in Liberia and signals that the country is
heading in the wrong direction.
Revelations by people who lastly interacted with the late Allison
that he was aware of threats on life where he accordingly
received text messages all point to the danger lurking over the
country in fighting corruption.
Liberia is a small country and talking and debating corruption is
the best way forward rather than taking away the lives of others
even though the actual cause of the death of the late Allison
is yet unknown but his death is very strange and sends out a
message that fighting corruption is becoming deadly in Liberia.
While we await the outcome of the police investigation, the
mysterious death of Cllr. Allison is a danger lurking over the
country and sends a bad signal about the country.
Cllr. Allisons death will also lead to fear in those at the frontline
in the fight against corruption, making it a bad and bad deal for
the country.
The death should not be viewed as another incident meant for
police lip service investigation, it is threat hovering over Liberia
and will go a long way in tainting the image of the country.

hen a countrys economic policy is based

on get rich quick mentality, it is difficult
to institute sustainable economic rules
and regulations, even if prior violation
of those same rules and regulations had resulted into
unwarranted results. How should a leadership change
that mindset is Liberias conundrum.
Will Liberia meet the challenge? When the Liberia
National Oil Company (NOCAL), headed by Robert
Sirleaf, President Ellen Johnson Sirleafs son,
spends $138m, 20% of the Liberian National Budget
($138m/$566) without accountability; when President
Sirleaf, guided by the World Bank, allocates $1.2m as
consultancy fees for our lawmakers to perform their
official duties; when President Sirleaf, supervised by the
World Bank, borrows $290 million from the National
Bank of Liberia in violation of the 2009 MPF Budgetary
Law; or when President Sirleaf, guided by the World
Bank, awards sweet heart deals to big business, etc., the
answer is no.
Alternatively, the answer could have been yes, had
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf not embraced the get
rich quick mentality employed by big business and
followed well-established managerial principles. This is
because anti-principles of get rick quick mentality do
encourage superior to recruit independent or non-family
subordinate, institute parity in salary, reduce bribery,
minimize rosy revenue projection or avoid providing
optimistic achievements. These principles would have
also helped us to reduce our $759 million debt, announced
by President Sirleaf.
The 759m debt, which reminds the country about the
debt $4.7b debt, just canceled in 2009, is not good for
Liberia. This is because, in many cases, the totaled debt
is not used for development. For example, in the case
of the $4.7b debt, only the $1.8b received in 1989 was
available for development. Theft, interest, and other
charges accounted for the $2.8b difference because
Liberia became ineligible for loan after the war started in
1989. (World Bank) (http://www.indexmundi.com/facts/
liberia/external-debt-stocks)
Now, let us review few of President Sirleafs managerial
styles in order to understand why some Liberians think
that our debt will continue to go up. Analyzing the
performance, family connection, and inexperience of
her advisers, it is fair to conclude that President Sirleaf
did exercise undue influence over her subordinates. In
short, she did follow the practice of business and appoint
loyal subordinates, rather than independent or patriotic
subordinates.
Hiring subordinates who cannot offer critical views
to their superior is not good for government. This is
because a country and its residents must live with any,
and all mistakes, while big business can relocate, reorganize or dissolve. Rightly so, big business needs loyal
subordinates in order to make huge profit. For example,
it can earn huge profit by keeping its patent secret away
from its competitors, thereby denying its competitors
from imitating it. Additionally, government must operate
in daylight since its policy should protect the interest of
everyone, including big business and its customers.
President Sirleaf has not only hire dependent advisers,
but also pays excessive salaries to her loyal advisers,

another managerial policy employed by big business.

Consequently, budgetary appropriation for wages and
salary related expenditure is now 69% ($363.5 million)
of the totaled expenditure of $517 million. In her own
words, President Sirleaf said wages continues ...to crowd
out the fiscal space required for capital expenditure
Again, while it might be a good idea to reward loyal
advisers with excessive salaries in big business, such
a practice does breed corruption in government. For
instance, Liberia is rampantly corrupt because the
government rewarded excessive salaries to advisers
hoping that the incentives would discourage them from
receiving bribes. Rather, had the government instituted
parity in salaries, our lawmakers might not have sought
additional compensation for performing their duties.
Instead, since attitude is contagious, our lawmakers have
gone beyond appropriating excessive salaries, but are
now searching for consultancy fees.
To the credit of the Liberian lawmakers, a Committee of
the House of Representative tried to discourage President
Sirleaf from going ahead with the idea of paying a few
advisers USD $10,000 to $15,000 per month, but to no
avail. The Liberian local news media carried articles
decrying the idea of paying excessive salaries at a time
Liberia was begging our partners to cancel the $4.7b
debt. Again, the President did not listen.
If the idea behind paying excessive salaries to our
economic advisers was to discourage bribery, then
why did President Sirleaf give each lawmaker a white
pickup on behalf of Mittal Steel? Or why did she direct
Clemenceau Urey to bribe our lawmakers; why did she
approve $1.2m as consultancy fees for our lawmakers to
perform their official duties?
Again, big business or the likes of President Sirleaf,
prefers to use bribes and grease the wheels of business.
The practice is regular and legal in the business world.
This is because big business bribes in order to make huge
profits. For a government, a leader should discourage
bribery in order to create a level playing field for everyone.
Bribing bureaucrats to win favors, inflating revenue
projection or exaggerating deliverables promotes
dishonesty. Instead of discouraging the practice of
misleading, President Sirleafs recent annual speech had
too many inflated reports. For example, the President
stated that Liberia has over 404 public health facilities.
If true, how come our government failed to curb the
Ebola disease? Also, her report on revenue projection
and economic growth was also misleading. For instance,
she said the decline in economic activities resulted
in reduction in domestic revenue collection and,
revenue was revised downwards by US$86 million (from
US$559 million to US$473 million) In the same
speech, she added, In spite of the numerous challenges
revenues of US$517.2 million was collected representing
4 percent increase in Tax Revenue
Sadly, if President Sirleaf continues to inflate optimism
and institute the get rich quick principles (i.e., the
cutthroat principles), Liberia might not create the
economic environment conducive for big business and
ordinary citizens to prosper. This is because Liberia will
become cash-trapped and insolvent to liquidate its debt
since its cash cow, lucrative resources, might have been
mortgaged.

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NOCAL LAWYER
WHISTLEBLOWER IN
25K OIL SAGA DEAD

GEORGE K. FAHNBULLEH TOP COMMENTER

Let me guess, there will be no autopsy. No forensics. No nothing. The
government of Liberia is a Continuing Criminal Enterprise.
GBANAY BAI ROBERTS COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER
AT LIBERIA PETROLEUM REFINING COMPANY
Why should there be an autopsy in this case Fahnbulleh? The cause of
death is very known. He died from drowning. He has gone to swim.
DAH-NU MIANYEN CUTTINGTON UNIVERSITY GRADUATE
SCHOOL
Hmm..... Day will still break! Light overcomes darkness and so will this
case be.
BENJAMEN QUAYE TOP COMMENTER UNIVERSITY OF
LIBERIA
How is this a homicide when an eye witness says he drowned? "...
according to accounts from a woman whose identity is sealed claiming
to be a girl said, she came out with the decease on beach around late
evening hours adding that after a while he [Cllr. Allison] decided to swim
in the ocean. According to the young lady, after few minutes she saw him
drowning adding that she cried out for help and the security next door
came to her aid and called a Brazilian man who had a speed boat to get
him out of the water which they did but he did not survive." Don't get me
wrong. This could have been a homicide if the eye-witness saw people in
the water who inflicted the drowning. Short of that, how have we jumped
from a supposed accidental drowning to an alleged homicide?
SAMUEL COLE TOP COMMENTER WORKS AT UNIVERSITY
OF MINNESOTA MASONIC CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
Exactly, the writer quotes an eyewitness but yet describes it as a murder. I
am confused! Are people reading the story or just commenting.
ALEXANDER TROKON SHELTON TOP COMMENTER
The death of Cllr. Allison should raise more concern at this time then
never before relative to dealing with NOCAL and Legislature. No one
is above the law and if said event have occurred during an ongoing
investigation, it should place both parties concerned in the spotlight. If
our lawmaker and NOCAL will not be transparent at this time were we
at laying the foundation for the discovery of what could be a blessing or
a curse to our country, Liberia this singular to a gray future and we as a
people must do all we can to straighten things now before this plug us into
another civil unrest in the future! WE NEED OPEN TRANSPARENCY
NOT SECRECY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF OUR NATURAL
RESOURCES.
GBANAY BAI ROBERTS COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER
AT LIBERIA PETROLEUM REFINING COMPANY
I am sure that you are not suggesting that NOCAL/ members of the
Legislature Killed the lawyer.
LAR-YOME Z. GOBAH AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL
UNIVERSITY
While we regret this untimely situation, we can only hope that
investigation into his death be made known to the larger society through
a transparent- forensic and investigative process
BENJAMIN ART TOP COMMENTER
This murder like such others before it in recent years will prove to be
a turning point if this government finds any reason, any excuse for not
finding and prosecuting the culprits involved. Otherwise, this would be
the beginning of restoring the mandate of state power to warlords in
Liberia. If law abiding citizens are murdered because of honoring their
civic duties under a civilian government, warlords might find room of
accommodation in the hearts of a scared society. This is very unfortunate!
This is very sad! This is very retrogressive! Watch out, Liberians!
GBANAY BAI ROBERTS COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER
AT LIBERIA PETROLEUM REFINING COMPANY
Is it a murder?
SYLVESTER MOSES TOP COMMENTER WORKS AT SELFEMPLOYED
A homicide is committed. One promising family man had his life snuffed
out violently and prematurely by, or on behalf of, a person or persons who
seemingly believed he was a threat; therefore, his demise should deprive
of a star witness any likely prosecution of the so - called corruption
prosecution. But commonsense wouldve avoided this tragedy; the
case doesnt have a leg to stand on in spite of the noise. It will have
embarrassing unintended consequences.
For the talked about loose ends of the issue is that the whole rigmarole
was a calculated act to frame others. Obviously, poor Cllr. Michael
Allison wasnt a whistleblower, because he didnt expose corruption
between the company that contracted with him, NOCAL, and the named
legislators. Rather he was allegedly a willing participant in the companys
game to bribe, and expose targeted legislators whove been lately proving
difficult to toe their line.

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SECURITY FORCES
The Editor;

hroughout the History of Liberia we hear of CID agents, NBI Agent,

SSS Officers to name but a few. But who were these people and what
led them to become members of the security profession in Liberia.
We hear of men like C Wellington Campbell, Nathaniel Baker Sr.,
E.Sumo Jones, Patrick Mininkon days of the NBI. You had Alexander Bonner,
Spencer Edris. man these were some of the powerful names in those days. But
these men did not operate their respective agencies by themselves. They had
people Liberians working within their organizations and often we do not
hear about these men and women.
Who were they, where did they come from and what inspired them to join
their respective security organizations.
They hailed from all the various counties and from all the various villages and
from all the various chiefdoms. They spoke all dialects and they were from all
ethnic groups. They had one thing in common, and that was they join because
they saw something that they liked something that they wanted to be a
part of. They had no time for ethnic issues. Their job was public safety and
security. Now I know some readers will jump on the bang wagon to start to
talk negatively about the various security forces. But if you keep on reading
these articles you will learn more. I asked several of them about why they
joined their respective organizations and after listening to them I saw within
them a genuine desire to be a
part of something good. They all had their stories- and these are some of
their stories. Join me as we delve into the minds of these men and women so
we can see what drove them to become some of Liberias proudest. In this
article we feature Mr. Marvin Voker Dahn., who had an exclusive interview
with Former Deputy Director Charles E. King. There are others who will be
featured come and learn.
Why did join the LNP?
Growing up as a little boy on the Old road (Sinkor, Monrovia) I was
fascinated by the Untouchable TV movies and all of Lee Marvin movies (he
was my father favorite actor). We didnt have TV, but Ill run over to our
neighbors house one Maj. Stewart of the AFL (an American) to watch their
black and white TV. The next day Ill pretend to be a detective while playing
with my friends.
One July morning 1970, before or after 26 celebrations, the home of a man
called Mr. Jonathan Raeford who was living in the same area where we lived,
was broken into and three CID Officers (cant remember all their names, but
one was called one was Detective Watkins) well dressed in suits arrived on the
scene to investigate. I was so impress with their appearance and the way they
questioned people in the area, that I tried to get their attention, not that I had
anything to contribute, but just to be seen with them was my concern. I dont
know if the case was ever solved but I was happy that Ihad come into contact
with live CID Officers.
With the above stored deep down in my heart, I kept telling my class mates,
relatives and friends that one day Ill become a CID Officer. I wanted be
like Detective Watkins dressed in a nice suit. The first opportunity came one
November (1976) morning while in class at my high school, an older
student who was planning to join the police alerted us that the LNP was
recruiting and there was going be an exam. This guy knew all about the
process. He later guided some of us as to what was expected of us and after
listening to his advice, some of us applied. A few weeks later we took the LNP
exam and 12 boys from our school (Wells Hairston) sat the test. Then came the
news, only three passed the exam and they were David Chair, Joseph Ballah
and of course Marvin V. Dahn!. Off we went to the Police Academy for the
start of a new career. The training lasted for six months. Six months later after
graduation, David Chair went to the traffic division while Ballah and I went
to the CID. At last, MARVIN VOKER. DAHNs dream had become a reality.
Detective Dahn, carrying a badge, with full arrest authority the day had
arrived. My dream had indeed become a reality. Can you imagine the feeling
and emotions? But what was most important as I learned at the police academy
was the great responsibility that the job entailed yet the full impact had
not settled as yet. What would you expect- fresh out of the academy great
expectations.
A 19 years old high school senior in December 1977, dirt poor from the
interior of Nimba County, is being identified with the Liberia National police
as Agent Marvin Dahn. What a dream.

Ladies and gentlemen and members of the reading public, here we have an
example of a person who does not complain about where he was born into this
life, but wherever he started he made sure that he did not end there.
He took it upon himself to dive ahead to make a better life for himself and
who was responsible for him taking this giant leap of faith it was Detectives
in the police department who had no idea that their action would one day be
the cause of someone else dreaming of and then becoming a fellow law
enforcement officer.
This is what I have always been saying, that ones action or inaction has an
effect on those who you may never know may never have any idea that you
might have impacted the life of someone else for generations to come. It can
be said that detective Watkins was part of the The Law of Sensitive
Dependence upon Initial conditions, or originally known as known as The
Butterfly Effect. Detective Watkins action had effected generations yet
unborn here we see that Detective Dahn is married, and has children long
after his initial observation of Detective Watkins. So you see the Generation
yet unborn his actions affected?
Mr. Dahn lives in Canada and works in the area of law Enforcement/Security.
Do you young people see what is happening here? Do you all see the need to
be educated and stop listening to small minded people who have very little to
contribute to your own development. Be on the lookout for more such stories
and you may even learn more from Detective Dahn as I bring you his and
other stories in the FrontPage Newspaper. Inside the Liberian Security Forces
starting with the people who made up those services.
Mr. Dahn is also the founder of Empower BOE People, a non-profit
organization. This is one example of the results of the training Mr. Dahn
received from the Police Academy in Liberia. Thank you to our Police
Academy.
Charles E. King Former Deputy Director for Training,
National Public Safety Institute, Republic of Liberia.
Ceking19182@aol.com

GRAND BASSA COUNTY IS BEREAVED-AS SIX

LAC WORKERS DIED OF CHEMICAL EXPLOSION
-BASSA LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS IGNORES

G
The Editor,

rand Bassa County, the second political county, which

gave birth to several counties in the Republic of Liberia,
had lost six of its citizens by chemical explosion during
working hours in the terrain of the Liberia
Agriculture Company. About a month now since the saddened
incident occurred, the leadership of the Bassa legislative has not made
any effort as it relates to this situation. In this same manner, there has
not been any position statement to the citizenry and the Government
of Liberia. This in itself is frustrating and unfortunate!
It was empirically reported that six employees of the Liberia
Agriculture company (LAC) died as a result of this chemical explosion.
Initially, seventeen (17) employees were severely wounded, but six
subsequently died due to refusal from the angles of the Management
of LAC and the Bassa Legislative Caucus to ensure that those victims
seek foreign medical treatment.
Fellow Bassa citizens, I am frustrated and confused about this
tragic. This always happened when voters wrongly gave powers to
those who are insincere, incompetent, egoistic, and do not understand
the modus-operandi and the erudition of contemporary leadership.
Today, as we speak, families of those victims are frustrated, hopeless
and mourning about the saddened lost of their beloved ones. Injustices
are being practiced in Grand Bassa County with the new breed of
leadership; our people have been denied of justice. Silence is the
order of the day; downplaying the interest of the people for self-greed
is the order of the day. Yes! Serious betrayal by the Bassa Legislative
Caucus is being undoubtedly seen by the voters (Bassonians).
To end, let me extend my thanks and appreciation to the President
Protememeritus, Gbehzohngar M. Findley who visited the bereaved
families at the Liberia Agriculture Company rubber processing plant
in District # 3, Grand Bassa County. Bravo! Your sincerity to serve
the Bassa people remains unquestionable.
Coleman J. Payne
colemanpayne56@gmail.com

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Monroviahe resumption of
schools in Liberia
got off to a slow start
Monday, as many
schools in the country did not
reopen as expected.
In Monrovia, most of the Private
schools appeared to have opted
to resume classes on March
2, 2015, the previous date
announced by the government
before it somersaulted less than a
day later to February 16.
Students turned up at the William
V. S. Tubman High School
one of the most prestigious
government-run high schools in
the country in drops.
Many of the students were seen
in colored clothes instead of
uniforms with some wearing flipflops on their feet. They seemed
happy to be back though after the
long break caused by the deadly
Ebola Virus Disease.
Theo Jallah, a student at the
school said he could not be in
school because he only had a
uniform shirt and no trousers.
He said things have been tough
and he lost a lot during the Ebola
Outbreak.
I cannot wear uniform to school
right now because I dont have
it. I have lost many things during
the last year and the Ebola
situation made it worse, he said.
Peter Okoka, a 12th grader says
he is happy to be back in school
because he just sat at home idle
with nothing to do.
I feel so happy because for
some time now we have been
sitting at home and some of
us are getting older and we are
thinking how we can finish grade
school, but now the Ebola has
prevented us for some time from
coming to school. Now we see
ourselves back, Im very happy
to be here, he said.
Weah Diggs, a Student also
in Grade 12, was dressed in
ordinary clothes rather than her
uniform, but says she does not
feel safe, but is tired sitting at
home and not going to school.
It is not really safe because as
you know, we will be interacting
with many students who are
from different homes; meet with
different people, so it wont be
like Im really safe, she said.
So, it is left with me how
I would be able to take the
precautions that our instructors
have given us, like washing our
hands; mainly they stressed on
washing hands.
The United Nations Childrens
Fund (UNICEF) stated that it
has provided just over seven
thousand kits to over four
thousand schools across Liberia
in an effort to help keep students
safe from Ebola.
UNICEF has really helped with
a lot of the School reopening
by providing some of the basic
hygiene kits (if you like) and
these includes buckets, brooms,
gloves,
the
thermometers
that
help
with
checking
temperatures of students as they
enter, said Rukshan Ratnam,
Communications Specialist at
UNICEF in Liberia.
And weve provided big drums
to schools like this, so that
schools can have hand-washing
stations at the entrance and
also close to toilets and other
areas as well. And basically
helping teachers, students and
administrators keep students
safe.
Mr. Alassis N. Goldore,
Principal, William V. S. Tubman
High School, looked elated as
he spoke to students but a bit

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RESUMPTION HAMPERED BY POOR PREPARATION;
UNPREPAREDNESS, LACK OF ANTI-EBOLA GEARS

Wade C. L. Williams, wade.williams@frontpageafricaonline.com & Selma Lomax, Selma.lomax@frontpageafricaonline.com

disappointed to see very few

students turn up on the first day
of schools. During the devotion
inside the schools gymnasium,
Mr. Goldore reminded students
about the importance of
following the Ebola safety
measures and also being mindful
of the time lost to Ebola.
I feel very happy to have our
students back to school, having
wasted seven months because
of the devastation caused by
Ebola, he said.
Continued Mr. Goldore: As they
have come, were happy, my staff
and I are very happy to receive
them. We want them to put more
effort and time to their studies
because were just coming back
and we have 10 months to go, we
need to maximize the ten months
period to do the best they can,
to come every period and score
good grades.
The students are our constituents;
without students, there will be no
school.
Many schools are still sticking
to the March 2, date but even the
few schools that opened Monday
seems not at all fully prepared
for full academic activities.
No Preventive Materials, No
School
In

Gbarnga

Bong

County,

the Campus of the Dolokelen
Gboveh High School looked like
a ghost town on Monday.
Public
School
Teachers
Association in Bong County
directed all members to ignore
the directive issued by the
government for the resumption
of classes.
The teachers say they cannot
return to the classroom unless
they are trained in Ebola
Prevention and the schools
provided with the necessary
preventive equipment to protect

protocols for the safe return

of students and teachers to the
classroom.
The Director of Communication
at the Ministry of Education,
Maxim Bleeten last week told
teachers in Gbarnga, that the
ministry would training them
to handle and prevent Ebola
outbreak
from
spreading
in schools by giving out
thermometers and sanitizers.
The ministry is exerting
all efforts to make sure the
necessary Ebola preventive

themselves and students against

the deadly Ebola Virus Disease.
The Ministry of Education, while
directing all schools to re-open
on February 16, last week stated
that the ministry was exerting
all efforts to ensure that schools
are provided the necessary EVD

materials are provided before the

reopening of schools, Bleeten
told a local radio station in
Gbarnga. But FrontPage Africas
tour of various government-run
schools in the county Monday,
found that all of the schools
were closed to the public. The

head of the teachers union in

the county Joshua Peters, after
meeting on Sunday with public
school head teachers in Gbarnga,
said the decision was to ensure
that government-run schools in
the county were safe for both the
teachers and their pupils.
Peter said: There will be no
school on Monday. They will
open their schools, but teachers
will not be there. This will enable
principals and teachers to receive
adequate training to prevent
Ebola epidemic in schools.
Bearing in mind that children
will be coming from different
homes, it becomes important
that teachers are given the basic
knowledge on how to prevent the
outbreak of the disease, Peters
said.
Peters further said the ministry
has
not
shown
enough
commitment to guaranteeing
the safety of students and
their teachers, adding: The
unpreparedness of the ministry
in providing training for us
(teachers) coupled with the lack
of the necessary preventive and
proactive gadgets
to combat

the EVD in any eventuality has
continued to stall reopening of
schools.
Peters said it had
issued a
seven-day ultimatum to the
Ministry of Education to provide

the necessary EVD materials

and stationeries to schools in the
county.
CATHOLIC-RUN SCHOOL
REOPENS; OTHERS NOT
In Grand Bassa County only
the Catholic system-run school
opened. The St. Peters Claver
High on Monday was the only
school opening its doors to
students in Buchanan City.
Some students were seen in
their uniforms while others wore
ordinary clothes.
Unlike the only Catholic school
in the county, other schools
remain closed although other
activities including registration
and cleaning-up campaigns
went on. Other faith-based and
private-run schools are basically
holding orientation on various
campuses, according to the
President of the Grand Bassa
Private Teachers Association,
Nyenku Glasco.
The campus of the main Public
High School in the port city,
Bassa High, was not expected to
reopen on Monday following the
announcement of governments
new date for schools to reopen.
Schools outside Buchanan are
still waiting to receive Ebola
materials and complete the
training of teachers and PTAs
about the Ebola protocol before
school can resume.
The principal of a private
elementary School in District #3
said they have been orientating
students and faculty about the
Ebola protocols and revealed
that his school would officially
reopen on March 2.
Sabastian Stephany said most
schools in the district are
cleaning up the campuses while
training of teachers on the Ebola
protocols are being held.
Schools run by the Liberian
Agricultural Company based
on its plantation are also closed
and sources confirmed to FPA
that schools would only reopen
per the instruction of the
government.
Alpha Daffae Senkpeni, in
Grand Bassa County, contributed
to this story

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NEWS EXTRA

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

DULY ELECTED:NEC FINALLY CERTIFICATES UNITY PARTY CANDIDATES

SHERMAN, SAYTUMAH
FINALLY IN THE CLEAR
A
Monrovia-

fter
nearly
two
months of legal
wrangling
over
the results of the
senatorial election in Grand
Cape Mount and Bomi Counties,
which led to delay in Cllr. Varney
Sherman and Morris Saytumah
taking up their positions at the
Liberian Senate, the National
Elections Commission (NEC) on
Monday finally certificated the
two as duly-elected senators for
their respective counties.
The
National
Elections
Commission declared the two
candidates winners of the
December 20, 2014 special
senatorial elections following
a go-ahead from the Supreme
Court of Liberia.
Speaking on behalf of the two
certificated senators, Senator
Saytumah
described
their
certification as the entry of
strong men into the senate.
We can assure you that your
hopes will not be in vain. We are
going to the senate as men and
not boys; that is why it took us
long to put our hands in election,
because we want to work with
our other colleagues to make the
senate vibrant, he said.
The Bomi County lawmaker
said the senate needs people of
his caliber because the senate
would be the only institution

Monroviaeter
Flomo,
23,
and a handicap, is
determined to get off
the streets but with
little support, he fears he would
be shining shoes for a long
time to come.
Flomo who has been arrested
and detained for four days at
the Central police station upon
the orders of the Monrovia
City Corporation (MCC), says
he desperately wants to get
off the streets. I dont want to
be begging in the street, so I
decided to be polishing people
shoes, but I really wish to
become a shoemaker, he says.
The MCC charged Flomo for
sitting in the open place at
the Free Port on the Bushrod
Island where he polishes shoes
to make a living and fend for a
family of four.
Flomo says he was only a
baby when his Mother died
since 1990, leaving him with
his grandmother.
He said
his grandmother took him to
Gbarnga Bong County, where
they resided for several years.
Flomo complains that since
there is no place for handicaps
in the Liberian society and
nothing else to do, he has been
shining shoes.
Says Flomo: We are not
together, the handicaps in
Liberia are productive but there
is no help from the government,
there is no opportunity for us.
Flomo says the umbrella
organization for disabled
people in the country, the
Group of 77 does not pay

Henry Karmo (0886522495) henrykarmo@frontpageafricaonline.com

election in Bomi and Grand Cape

Mount counties, Chairman
Korkoyah said.
Setting dangerous precedent

with elected individuals in office

in 2017 to run the affairs of the
state when the other elected
officials go for re-election.
The long-awaited certification of
the two Unity Party candidates
in the December 2014 elections
comes days after the Supreme
Court handed its final ruling in
the case growing out of a petition
for a writ of prohibition against
the election of the two by their
opponents.
The Supreme Court halted the
certification of Senators Sherman

and Saytumah after complaints

filed by some candidates who
participated in the process cried
foul.
Prior to the Supreme Court
ruling, the NEC ruled in the
case and stated in its ruling read
by Chairman Cllr. Jerome G.
Korkoyah that the complaints
filed against the Commission
by two defeated candidates,
Professor Fodee Kromah of
Grand Cape Mount County
who contested on the ticket of
the opposition Congress for

Democratic Change (CDC) and

former Senator Lahai Lassanah
of the National Patriotic Party
(NPP) in Bomi County, had no
magnitude and were not backed
by evidence.
In the wake of the NEC
investigation, the members and
Board of Commissioners of the
National Elections Commission
of Liberia, are pleased to declare
Cllr. Sherman and Mr. Morris
Saytumah of Grand Cape Mount
and Bomi counties winners in
the just ended special senatorial

Also speaking at the certification

program, Mr. Wilmot Paye
Secretary General of the UP
expressed disappointment in the
process that denied the senators
of Grand Cape Mount and
Bomi counties the opportunity
to participate in the just ended
election for Senate Pro Temp.
Said Paye: I am not a happy
man today, I have not been happy
since the December 20. I am
disappointed in the process that
unjustifiably and unreasonably
denied the two senators the
opportunity to decide the senate
leadership and that is our
disappointment because up to
now we do not know what the
issues were.
The UP Secretary General also
claimed that the certification of
the two candidates of his party
revalidated something that was
already known, that they won
elections but unfortunately
they had to go through legal
bottlenecks.
He described as worrisome the

decision by the judiciary branch

of government to entertain a
petition that has the propensity
of derailing the stability of the
state.
In 2017 there will be elections
for more than 73 candidates
and in some constituencies
there will be more than five
candidates contesting and one
will have to win. You can see
that the Supreme Court is going
to be burdened with unnecessary
complaints because they have set
a wrong precedent.
In 2014 Secretary General Paye
on behalf of the ruling Party at
a news conference described Mr.
Robert Sirleaf son of the Party
political leader President Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf as a creeping
monster, who he said if not
prevented at the early stage,
could sit at the helm of power
at the detriment of the Liberian
people.
The certification of Senators
Sherman and Saytumah now
takes the Senate to 28 senators
pending the Supreme Court
decision on cases filed against
two other individuals from
Maryland and Margibi counties.

NO
OPPORTUNITY
FOR
US
Disabled Man seeks help for training
Massa F. Kanneh massa.kanneh@frontpageafricaonline.com; 0886848625

cobbler not just a shoe shiner.

With the shoes shining, I
cant afford plenty money to
send my child to school, so if
someone could help sponsor
me learn how to make shoes, I
will be happy and think I can
get more money from that, he
said.
Flomo says getting a wife
was one of the most difficult
experiences for him. He said
his wifes family then decided
that they would not let their
daughter marry him because he
would not be able to fend for
her due to his condition. But
Flomo said since the girl was in
love with him, she was able to
convince her parents to marry
him and since then, he has been
taking care of her and their two
children.
Disable Group offers training

Peter Flomo at the Freeport of Monrovia shining shoes

attention to anyone who is not
in the compound that is for
disabled people.
He says things are even harder
on the compound but believes
that residing on the compound

for disabled would only turn

him into a beggar and begging
will not keep him and his
family happy.
Says Flomo: Most of my
friends are in the streets

begging, and I want to say to

them that they can do something
better than begging, he said.
But Flomo says the government
shares the blame for their
plight. I want them to create

opportunities for the disable

people in the country, there are
no opportunities.
Flomo
says
he
wants
humanitarian and civil society
groups to assist him become a

Isaac Kiba, the training

coordinator of Group of 77 sees
light at the end of the tunnel
for the handicaps and says
there would be opportunities
provided to the disabled
beginning March
under a
program sponsored by Liberia
Opportunity Industrial Center
(LOIC).
He said the LOIC is ready to
provide training in shoemaking
to the disabled community
through Group of 77.

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EBOLA
TRANSPARENCY
Sierra Lone Leads as Liberia Falter

post of Advisor to the Ministry

of Health.
She publicly declared confidence
in the health minister despite the
very poor performance of the
Health Ministry under his watch.
As Ebola wreak havoc on the
people of the three countries,
the World Bank, United Nations
through its related agencies
(WHO), the United States of
America, China, France and
others all steeped up with huge
support to rescue the situation.
Even in the midst of deaths
and suffering, some without
doubt ceased the opportunity to
amass wealth at the detriment
of the suffering people of their
respective countries.
In Liberia there were persistent
complaints of Personal protective
Equipment (PPE) not reaching
health care workers at various
Ebola Treatment units, patients
undergoing treatment at some
ETUs publicly expressed that
they were going without food.
Donated food and non-food
items were ending up in the
market for sale and Finance and
Development Planning Minister
Amara Konneh went public by
saying those caught stealing any
Ebola related funding will be
prosecuted.
Said Minister Konneh Let
me say this loud and clear, any
individual or entity, found to
have abused, the public trust in
the management and operation
of resources given to them to
fight Ebola and at the same
time do their regular business
as a government, would be
prosecuted in accordance with
the law and we will put the
necessary resources, at the
governments disposal, to show
that that happens, said Minister
Konneh in September 2014.

in the use of donations, at least

one of the countries is now known
to be making significant stride in
accounting for donor and local
funding used in the fight against
the virus with the release of audit
reports on expenditure and other
related matters.
In a report on the audit of the
management of Ebola funds,
covering the May to October,
2014, the Auditor General of
Sierra Leone Mrs. Lara TaylorPearce reported via audit
that billions of Leones were
expended without appreciate
documentations, with inadequate
controls over management of
funds meant for fighting Ebola.
Sated the audit report There
were inadequate controls over
the disbursement of funds.
For instance, payments which
exceeded Le14 billion were made
from the Emergency Health
Response and Miscellaneous
Accounts without any supporting
documents to substantiate the
utilisation of such funds. Further
payments
which
exceeded
Le11billion were made from the
same accounts without adequate
supporting documents such
as receipts, invoices, delivery
notes, etc.

audit service noted that due to

the lack of adequate controls,
individuals and organizations
in that country made several
request for funding that were not
properly accounted for.
In the absence of a wellcoordinated sensitisation plan
to raise awareness on Ebola
and its prevention, the auditors
observed an overwhelming
number of requests from various
individuals, Non-Governmental
Organisations, parliamentarians
etc, for sensitisation activities to
be carried out in different parts of
the country. The audit team found
that payments were made to the
Member of Parliament (MP) for
constituency 93 in Goderich to
carry out sensitisation activities
even though an amount had
earlier been paid to all seating
members of parliament for
similar activities. Furthermore,
an amount of Le161 million was
given as loan to Health For All
Coalition (HFAC) for scaling
up of the response to the Ebola
fight. Of utmost concern was
the fact that the total loaned
amount was made in the name
of Charles Mambu instead of
HFAC, the organisation which
he represents. In addition, the
loan was not documented and the
repayment terms were not agreed
between the ministry and HFAC
the audit report also pointed out.
In Liberia Ebola became a hot
cake when lawmakers and others
took on the task of purchasing
buckets and other materials to
create public awareness in their
various districts.
Some lawmakers today stand
accused of mismanaging Ebola
funding in their districts,
an accusation that can be
further authenticated through
comprehensive audit.
The Sierra Leone Audit service
report also observed weaknesses
in the payment of incentives
of health care workers of the
country.
Stated the report Several
weaknesses were observed in
the payment of incentives to
healthcare workers. For instance,
incentive payments to the sum
of Le26 billions were made to
various hospitals in the country
for which returns were not
produced to substantiate that
such payments were made to
healthcare workers.
Auditor General Pearce also
reported withdraws by the
Ministry of Health without

Where is accountability?

Like
Liberia
where
the
outbreak led to individuals
and organizations engaging in
awareness creation programs
and other activities, the audit
conducted by the Sierra Leone

supporting
document,
recommending that documents
be provided or an officer in
charge be made to account for
the amount with a surcharged.

Monroviahe outbreak of the

worse ever Ebola
virus in history in
Guinea, Sierra Leone
and Liberia attracted millions of
dollars of donor funding through
various conduit-cash, material,
human
resources,
amongst
others.
The total dollar value of
donations from the international
community and local sources in
all three countries is yet to be
established since the outbreak
is not yet totally under control
but with the funding comes
accountability haunting the three
countries which are amongst
countries facing problems of
corruption and other forms of
bad governance.
Amnesty international in its
2014 corruption Perceptions
index placed the three countries
in bad position with Sierra Leone
at 119, Liberia-94 and Guinea at
145 out of 174 countries, clearly
showing how all three countries
have a huge task in managing
domestic resources effectively
and efficiently.
From the ranking Liberia is the
better of the three countries in
2014 but the ranking changes
every year.
Countries at the bottom need
to adopt radical anti-corruption
measures in favour of their
people. Countries at the top of
the index should make sure they
dont export corrupt practices to
underdeveloped countries, said
Jos Ugaz, Chair, Transparency
International during the release
of the 2014 report.
In the report the international
watch dog group outlined poorly
equipped schools, counterfeit
medicine and elections decided
by money as some of the
consequences of public sector
corruption in the index.
Bribes and backroom deals
dont just steal resources from
the most vulnerable they
undermine justice and economic
development, and destroy public
trust in government and leaders
TI stated in the raking.
With the huge international
support to the three countries
beginning March in an attempt
to deal with the Ebola epidemic
comes the question of accounting
for the millions infused in these
countries.
Criticisms of the level of
mismanagement of the crisis
have been flagged in all three
countries with the President of
Sierra Leone Ernest Bai Koroma
replacing the Health Minister
based on what he termed the
level of handling of the Ebola
crisis by the dismissed Minister.
Sierra Lone takes first lead
Sierra Leone took an early lead
in the fight to ensure transparent
and proper handling of the Ebola
crisis when President Koroma
dismissed his Health Minister
Miatta Kargbo over her handling
of the epidemic.
A presidency statement said that
Kargbo was removed "to create
a conducive environment for
efficient and effective handling

of the Ebola outbreak".

She was replaced by her deputy
Dr. Abubakarr Fofanah.
Liberia too, had its fair share of
the criticisms from the public
on the slow response by the
government from the onset of the
outbreak when the country could
not even boast of more than four
functional ambulances to take
the sick for treatment.
With millions pumped in the
health sector of Liberia over the
last eight years, the health care
delivery system of the country
crumbled to Ebola as they were
all shut down, resulting to people
dying from common diseases
such as malaria, typhoid and
others.
UK aid, a British based aid
organization in a development
tracker report stated that it has
spent 605,704 in Liberia from
2007 to the last time Project data
was updated on May 5, 2014.
In the summary of the funding,
UK aid stated that the funding
are being used for the capacity of
the MoH & SW in Liberia to be
enhanced at community, county
and national levels such that it
can deliver the basic essential
package of health care with less
direct support from external
agencies.
The United States Agency for
International
development
(USAID) one of the major
donors to the health sector of
Liberia is also reporting that
millions have been spent on the
health care system of Liberia
since the elections of 2005.
Liberians blame corruption in the
health sector for the nightmare
created by Ebola and there was
growing calls for the resignation
of Health Minister Dr. Walter
Gwenigale who was also blamed
for badly managing the health
sector.
Unlike President Koroma who
dismissed his health Minister,
President Sirleaf maintained
confidence in her long term
associate, Minister Gwenigale
and only repositioned him to the

Against the backdrop of

assurances from the Ebola
affected
countries
about
transparency and accountability

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The Auditor General of Sierra

Leone furthered Withdrawals
which amounted to Le15,
815,495,120 from the Health
Emergency Response Account
(A/C:003001014138030145)
and Le453, 571,500 from
MoHS Miscellaneous Account
(A/C:003001115131030175)
held at the Sierra Leone
Commercial Bank were without
any supporting documents. See
Appendices A1 and A2
respectively for details.
In recommendation, the AG
stressed The Director of
Financial Resources (DFR)
should ensure that payments
from initiation to completion
are supported by the relevant
supporting documents; and
these should be numbered and
cross referenced so that in cases
of missing documents, such
documents can be easily traced,
the AG further recommend The
DFR should ensure that the
relevant supporting documents
are submitted within seven
(7) days of the receipt of this
report. Otherwise the whole
amount should be disallowed
and surcharged in accordance
with Section 12 (b) of the Audit
Service Act of 2014.
Still awaiting audit
Liberia is yet to make public any
audit report on the expenditure
of Ebola related donations
even though Finance Minister
Konneh had earlier vowed that
the government will ensure
an independent audit of all
activities.
Minister Konneh in time past
admitted that lack of trust in
Government by citizens is a key
reason why the deadly Ebola
outbreak escalated, something
he blamed on widespread
corruption of public funds by
some officials trusted with the
responsibility to perform.
In October 2014, the MDFP
in a statement declared that
Government of Liberia through
the Ministry has commenced
the process for the selection and
appointment of an independent
Fiduciary Agent to assist the
government with the financial
management of the Ebola Trust
Fund.
According to the Ministry
the
decision
to
contract
an
independent
financial
management firm was intended
to uphold the governments
commitment to full transparency
and accountability as announced
by Minister Konneh.
According to the Minister
Konneh, the firm selected to
provide the fiduciary service
would manage the fund and
supervise accounting related
services, under the direction
of the Minister of Finance and
Development Planning, under
the multi-donor governance
structure.
The government of Liberia
started the Ebola fight with the
creation of a account with an
initial US$5 million injection
through a loan facility from the
Central Bank of Liberia.
As of October, the Ministry
disclosed that raised over 10
million dollars, with more
donations
expected
from
foreign partners and friendly
governments. The government
announced at the time that it
needed US $ 375 million to
effectively fund its National
Ebola Response and Restoration
of Basic Health Services strategy.

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LIBERIA PETROLEUM REFINING COMPANY

INVITATION FOR PREQUALIFICATION
(PROCUREMENT OF WORKS)

P.O. Box 10-0090

1000 Monrovia 10
Liberia, West Africa
Tel: 077-859-002
www.lprclib.com

MONROVIA OFFICE:
20TH STREET, SINKOR
P.O.BOX 10-1419
1000 MONROVIA 10
LIBERIA WEST AFRICA

FOR THE
PRODUCT STORAGE TERMINAL (PST) EXPANSION PROJECT

TEL.: (231) 886-513 430

PLANTATION
NEAR DISTR.COMP.#3A
GRAND BASSA COUNTY
TEL.L
OFFICE:
MOBILE:(231)-777 896 683

(IFB No. LPRC/ICB/001/2015)

The Government of Liberia through the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) intends to
apply funds allocated in its 2015 Fiscal Budget to finance the Expansion of the Product Storage
Terminal Project.
LPRC intends to prequalify interested Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management
(EPCM) companies that will participate in the subsequent bidding process for the execution of all
work components outlined in the Scope of Works.
LPRC now invites interested companies to participate in the prequalification proceeding, for the
short listing of competent firms that will be issued the bidding document for the actual procurement.
Bidding will be conducted through the prequalification procedures enshrined in the Public
Procurement and Concessions Act (PPCA) of the Republic of Liberia.
The contractor will among other requirements be responsible to implement the following in line
with project Scope of Work (SOW):

Install new Supply Pipeline from the main Oil Jetty to the existing Tank Farms

Construct new Storage Tanks in the existing Tanks farm

Install all new Piping Network within the Tanks Farm

Construct new Tank Truck Loading Racks and Pumping facilities

Construct Environmental Protection Facilities for the Tanks farm

Install all new Fire Protection System

Install new Power Generation System and lighting facilities

Install new Security System

Complete construction of newly installed Tanks

Completion of the Tank farms Dikes

In addition to other requirements, interested companies must show proof of the following in order
to be considered:
Past Performance Records of implementing similar projects for atleast 10 years
Listing of key personnel and their qualification in Project Manager/Supervisor & Project Engineers
with Minimum Masters Degree in Mechanical or Civil Engineering
Legal Capacity including article of incorporation
Financial Capacity to implement the project including audited financial statements for the last two
years & indicate minimum annual turnover for the last five year
Provide proof of engineering and professional standards association certification and license

Current history of litigation

Current work commitments
Companies that meet the prequalification requirements will be shortlisted to participate in the
bidding process for the project.
Interested companies are requested to submit their prequalification information in a sealed envelope
in the prescribed format to the address below no later than February 20, 2015 at 12:00 noon GMT.
Prequalification envelopes will be opened in the presence of companies representatives who choose
to attend on February 20, 2015 at 12:00 noon in the LPRC Training Hall located at the Product
Storage Terminal on the Bushrod Island, Monrovia, Liberia. Prequalification information must be
submitted in six (6) sets. One original and five sets.
Any prequalification information submitted after the above date and time WILL NOT BE
ACCEPTED.
The detailed prequalification document is herewith attached to this invitation or interested companies
may obtain the detailed document from the below address beginning January 12, 2015 from 10:00
am to 2:30 pm daily.
Mr. Prince W. Kieh
Procurement Manager
Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC)
Product Storage Terminal (PST)
Bushrod Island
Monrovia, Liberia
Mobile number: +231886523397
E-mail: pkieh@lprclib.com
Web: www.lprclib.com
The prequalification document may also be found and downloaded from the following websites:
www.lprclib.com
www.dgmarket.com
www.ppcc.gov.lr
www.liberianobserver.com
www.allafrica.com
www.monroviainquirer.com
www.tlcafrica.com
www.emansion.gov.lr
For inquiries, please contact Mr. Prince W. Kieh, Procurement Manager on mobile +23186523397;
email: pkieh@lprclib.com or Mr. James Johnson, Engineer on mobile +231886437480; email:
jjohnson@cjconstructioninc.com
Signed:

________________________________________________
Managing Director/Chairman Procurement Committee

February 15, 2015

Press Statement
Attention of the Management of the Liberian Agricultural Company, LAC,
has been drawn to a communication being circulated on the social media,
implication it to the alleged disbursement of funds to two government
ministers and others for their respective roles in resolving situations at the
plantation.
The memo allegedly written by the Human Resource and Administration
Manager, Mr. Harry Attoh, among other things, is reported to seek
permission from the General Manger for disbursements to Internal Affairs
Minister Morris Dukuly, Labor Minister Neto Zaza Leighe and others for
thief positive roles that restored calm after workers went on go-slow action.
It can be recalled workers staged go-slow action following a recent
explosion of a condensate tank in the rubber-processing factory, which led
to the unfortunate death of six of our workers and the injury to eleven others.
However, the eleven injured have recovered and reunited with their families.
The Management wishes to categorically state that at no time did the Human
Resource and Administration Manager, request for any financial support to
the two ministers or any government representative or entity in whatever
manner and form from the Company.
LAC Management also wishes to indicate that it has at no time disbursed
any money to government officer, lest to say the two ministers and others
mentioned in connection with their roles in settling the situation involving
LAC Workers Union.
LAC Management further states that the format and style of its internal
memos are far different form what is being posted on social media. This is
a fabrication of those who are bent on tarnishing the hard earned reputation
of others and jeopardize the outcome of the pending investigation into the
cause of the explosion which will be carried out by a team of international
experts and the Liberian government.
Mr. Harry Attoh, who is being mentioned categorically refutes the claims
and wishes to state that signature presented on the communication is not his.
The Management of LAC wishes to apologize to the Ministers and others
implicated int this matter, for harm caused to their respective hard earned
reputations. LAC will do its utmost t identify the persons behind this spread
of misinformation on social media and bring them to book.
Again, we wish to assure all workers of LAC of the fullest cooperation to
address the concerns to promote industrial harmony.

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UNICEF PROVIDES 7,000 EBOLA

PREVENTION KITS TO AID SAFE SCHOOLS

Kits distributed to 4,000 schools, as 1 million children begin returning to their classrooms across Liberia

MONROVIAs schools begin

reopening
in
Liberia
today,
thousands of kits
containing
basic
hygiene
items and thermometers are
helping parents, staff and other
community members keep
children safe from infection
from Ebola.
In partnership with the US
Agency
for
International
Development
(USAID),
UNICEF has provided over
7,000 kits, which partners
have been distributing to over
4,000 schools in all 98 school
districts.
School
normally
resume
academic
activities
in
September, but had remained
closed because of Ebola.
The Ebola outbreak has had
a devastating effect on our
health and education systems
and our way of life in Liberia.
We have managed to beat back
the spread of the virus through
collective efforts, said Hon.

Etmonia D. Tarpeh, Liberias

Minister
of
Education.
Reopening and getting our
children back to school is an
important aspect of ensuring
childrens education is not
further interrupted, she added.

With the support of UNICEF,

and other international partners,
the Government of Liberia has
developed protocols for the
safe re-opening of schools.
Among other steps, these
protocols call for setting

POLICE NEED TIME TO PROBE ALLISON

DEATH, COUNTY BAR CHIEF SAYS

up hand-washing stations,
checking the temperature of
anyone entering the school,
establishing an isolation area
for children and staff who may
fall ill, and having in place a
system of referral to the nearest

health facility.
The
infection
prevention
kits, as well as training on
the protocols provided by
UNICEF, will help schools,
parent-teacher
associations
(PTAs), and communities
further minimize the risk of
infection from Ebola.
UNICEF
is
supporting
the Ministries of Education
and Health in our common
goal of seeing all Liberian
children back in school as
soon as possible and as safely
as possible. The provision
of thousands of these kits,
and ongoing training on
the protocols is part of our
commitment to the children
of Liberia said Sheldon Yett,
UNICEF Representative in
Liberia.
Over 30 partner organizations
are currently delivering the kits,
which contain thermometers,
buckets with faucets, chlorine,
soap, brooms and brushes,
rubber boots and gloves.
We
urge
community

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members, teachers and staff

at schools, and students
themselves to ensure that the
protocols are implemented, to
keep students, communities
and families safe, said Hon.
Tolbert Nyenswah , Assistant
Minister of Health and Chair
of the Incident Management
System, the national body for
the technical coordination of
the Ebola response in Liberia.
UNICEF is also supporting
awareness-raising
efforts
on how to implement the
protocols and help keep
schools safe, including training
District Education Officers
(DEOs),
Environmental
Health Technicians, District
Health Officers (DHOs), NGO
partners, and religious leaders,
who will in turn be conducting
similar trainings on the
infection prevention protocols
in all 15 counties.
This is part of the broader
support we are providing to
the Government of Liberia
in its fight against the Ebola
outbreak added Yett. We are
committed to continue working
with the Government and
people of Liberia in eradicating
Ebola from the country, and
supporting efforts that benefit
the children and women of
Liberia in the years to come.

Vacancy Announcement
I. Organizational Context
The UN Women (UNW), grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations,
works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the
achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human
rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.
UN Women in the Liberia CO is seeking a qualified national candidate to fill a staff position of Driver (SC2). Under the guidance of the Operations Manager and supervision of the Administrative Associate ,the
Driver provides reliable and safe driving services to UN Women and other high-ranking UN officials and
visitors ensuring highest standards of discretion and integrity, sense of responsibility, excellent knowledge
of protocol and security issues. The Driver also demonstrates a client-oriented approach, courtesy, tact and
ability to work with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.

II. Functions / Key Results Expected

Summary of Key Functions:
Provision of reliable and secure driving services
Proper use of vehicle
Day-to-day maintenance of the assigned vehicle
Availability of documents/ supplies
Other functions to ensure smooth operations of the country office

Monrovia he President of the

Montserrado
Bar
Association
Cllr.
Sam Cooper told
FrontPageAfrica that there is
no record on file that states the
legal bar the late lawyer was a
member of.
He said Monday, that upon
hearing the news about the
death of the lawyer, the
organization began to do its
research to find out which of
the local bar the late Allison
was a member of.
As
President
of
the
Montserrado County Bar since
2008 there is no record on the

late Allison on our file, but

information gathered is that
he belongs to the Maryland
County Bar Association.
He said besides the late
Allison being a lawyer, he was
also a Liberian whose death
in this manner needs to be
investigated.
For now, Cooper stated that the
police needs time to investigate
and establish the cause of
death.
Cllr.
Cooper
said
the
association is watching the
police investigation carefully
and that if any perpetrator is
tracked down by the police and
taken to court, the association

would provide lawyers to

prosecute
the
would-be
perpetrators.
LACC boss James Verdier
speaking at the opening of
the February 2015 Term of
Court cited challenges faced
by whistleblowers and people
who investigate corruption in
Liberia.
Please be aware your honor
that in time of prosecution
there will be attempt to bribe
judges, lawyers and even
jurors, but this is the time for
all of us to stand up and say no
to corruption, he said.

1.

Ensures provision of reliable and safe driving services by a) driving office vehicles for the
transport of UN Women staff, high-ranking officials and visitors and delivery and collection of
mail, documents and other items, and b) meeting official personnel and visitors at the airport
including visa and customs formalities arrangement when required

2.

Ensures cost-savings through proper use of vehicle through accurate maintenance of daily
vehicle logs, provision of inputs to preparation of the vehicle maintenance plans and reports.

3.

Ensures proper day-to-day maintenance of the assigned vehicle through timely minor repairs,
arrangements for major repairs, timely changes of oil, check of tires, brakes, car washing, etc.

4.

Ensures availability of all the required documents/supplies including vehicle insurance, vehicle
logs, office directory, map of the city/country, first aid kit, and necessary spare parts in the assigned
vehicle.

5.

Ensures that all immediate actions required by rules and regulations are taken in case of
involvement in accidents.
Provides other support as requested by the direct supervisor including provision of photocopies,
document scanning and other services to ensure more efficient operations within the country office.

6.

III. Recruitment Qualifications

Education and certification:
Experience:
Language Requirements:

Secondary Education required, Valid Drivers License

2 Years work experience as a driver, safe driving record, knowledge
of the following: a) Administrative Manual, b) Driving Principles , c)
UNDSS Guidelines, d) Local Driving Law
Fluency in English

All interested applicants must submit an application letter, CV with a UN standard personal history form
and send to: sourcing.liberia@unwomen.org . Please download the P11 form from
http://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment. The deadline for application is March 2, 2015 at 17:00.
We will only consider applications with complete P11 attached. UN Women will only be able to respond to
those applicants in whom UN Women has a further interest. UN Women does not solicit or screen for
information in respect of HIV or AIDS and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.
Women are strongly encouraged to apply.

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IN BRIEF

MCCAIN SPEAKS
OUT ABOUT KAYLA
MUELLER SAGA

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP)

en. John McCain said
Friday that he considers
the death of American
Kayla
Mueller
by
Islamic State militants one of the
saddest moments of his life as he
looked back on his work in trying
to secure her freedom and the
government's policy of not paying
ransom to terrorists.
McCain discussed the Mueller
saga during a news conference in
Phoenix after a week that saw him
take a spot on the national defense
stage yet again following the
confirmation of Mueller's death.
McCain, himself a prisoner of war
during the Vietnam War, worked
to get Mueller set free over the
last 18 months after she was
captured in Syria in August 2013.
At one point, the Islamic State
group demanded money for her
release, but the U.S. has a policy
of not paying ransom in hostage
situations.

AUTOPSY SHOWS NEW

YORK TIMES WRITER CARR
DIED OF LUNG CANCER

NEW YORK (AP)

ew York Times media
columnist David Carr
died of complications
from metastatic lung
cancer, according to autopsy
results released Saturday.
Julie Bolcer (BOHL-suhr), a
spokeswoman for the New York
City medical examiner's office,
said the autopsy shows heart
disease also contributed to his
death.
Carr, 58, collapsed at the
newspaper's headquarters and died
on Thursday.
He wrote the newspaper's Media
Equation column and penned
a memoir about his fight with
drug addiction. He was lauded as
"the finest media reporter of his
generation" by Times' Executive
Editor Dean Baquet.

POLICE KILL MAN BELIEVED BEHIND

2 SHOOTINGS IN COPENHAGEN

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP)

anish police shot and
killed a man early
Sunday suspected of
carrying out shooting
attacks at a free speech event and
then at a Copenhagen synagogue,
killing two men, including a
member of Denmark's Jewish
community. Five police officers
were also wounded in the attacks.
Officials have not identified the
perpetrator but say it is possible
he was imitating the terror attacks
last month in Paris in which Islamic
radicals carried out a massacre
at the Charlie Hebdo newsroom
followed by an attack on Jews at a
kosher grocery store.

Maiduguri (Nigeria) (AFP) massive crowd of

cheering supporters
mobbed Nigerian
opposition leader
Muhammadu Buhari in the
embattled northeast city of
Maiduguri on Monday, as the
candidate vowed tough action
against Boko Haram if elected.
People flooded the streets
surrounding the airport in the
Borno state capital before
Buhari's
arrival,
defying
security fears in a city
repeatedly attacked by the
Islamist militants.
Boko Haram was founded
in Maiduguri in 2002 but
since the movement turned
violent in 2009, the once
bustling trading hub has been
devastated.
Markets have been bombed
regularly and scores of
civilians shot dead in their
homes.
All Progressives Congress
(APC)
party
candidate
Buhari, a former military
ruler, pledged to reverse the
perceived failures of President
Goodluck Jonathan in tackling
the rebel uprising.
"If we get the people's
mandate... Nigerians will
begin to see a government
that really care(s)," he told the
crowd after visiting the area's
top Islamic cleric, the Shehu
of Borno.
"It is not going to be easy,
tackling the insurgency, but
we are determined to face it
squarely," he said.
- Packed streets -

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RONT

WORLD NEWS

BUHARI BOOST
Huge crowds welcome Nigeria opposition leader to ravaged city

Buhari's drive from the airport

to the Shehu's palace -- which
normally takes 10 minutes
-- lasted more than two hours
as people thronged the streets
seeking a glimpse of the
presidential hopeful.
Jonathan,
who
visited
Maiduguri last month, has
come under intense criticism
in the region for his perceived
lethargy in dealing with the
Boko Haram insurgency.
Three years of relentless
attacks in Borno prompted a
state of emergency and the

promise of decisive military

action.
But the offensive appeared
to achieve nothing, and
reports suggested that troops
sent to Borno often lacked
ammunition
and
basic
communication
equipment
as the insurgents seized large
swathes of territory.
The military has however
claimed significant gains in
Borno this month following
the launch of a joint operation
with Nigeria's neighbours.
Buhari has not articulated

EX-PROSTITUTES DROP CIVIL ACTION

AGAINST DSK IN PIMPING TRIAL

Lille (France) (AFP) wo

ex-prostitutes
on Monday dropped
a civil suit against
former IMF chief
Dominique Strauss-Kahn who
is standing trial for pimping in
France, their lawyer said.
The former prostitutes -- Jade
and Mounia -- had delivered
dramatic testimony during the
trial of how they felt powerless
to say no to Strauss-Kahn
sodomising them during sex
parties.
But their lawyer said they felt
unable to prove that the former
political heavyweight knew the
women were prostitutes and
they were dropping their civil
case against him.
"We are convinced that Mr
Strauss-Kahn had full and
complete knowledge of the
prostitutes' status, but just
holding that belief certainly
does not prove that a law was
broken," said lawyer Gilles
Maton.
The Action Team Against

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Pimping, an NGO, also

withdrew their civil case.
Strauss-Kahn showed little
reaction as the statements were
made in the courtroom in Lille,
northern France.
Their civil cases were running
in parallel to the criminal trial
in which Strauss-Kahn and
13 others are charged with
pimping and could face up to
10 years in prison.
The trial has entered its third
and final week, with lawyers
and prosecutors set to sum up
their cases after a fortnight of
often lurid accounts about the
orgies.
One of the ex-prostitutes, Jade,
said the forced sodomy carried
out by Strauss-Kahn was
proof he knew he was with a
prostitute.
The former head of the IMF
has claimed he lives the life of
a "libertine".
"I experienced a penetration
without my permission. If I
was a libertine, I would at least
have been asked if I wanted to

do that," she told the court last

week.
But Strauss-Kahn argued he
was not on trial for "deviant
sexual practices" and was
"horrified at the practice of
using prostitutes."
At the hearing on Monday,
a lawyer for another antiprostitution
NGO,
the
Mouvement de Nid, welcomed
the fact that the trial had
boosted their cause.
"It is not only the trial of these
14 people, not only of pimping
and prostitution -- it's a trial of
our society," said Emmanuel
Daoud.
He pointed to the fact that
parliament will take a fresh
look at prostitution laws in
France at the end of March as a
positive result of the trial.
Prostitution is legal in France,
although pimping or even
encouraging prostitution is
illegal.
Maton, the lawyer for the
former prostitutes, said his
purpose in bringing the case
to trial was to give a voice to
people who are rarely heard.
"Our objective in coming here
was to have their voices taken
into consideration -- as real
people, not as 'material' or
'dossiers'," he said, referring to
codenames used in intercepted
messages by some of the
defendants when organising
the sex parties.

a detailed plan to crush the

uprising but has repeatedly
promised to get troops
proper equipment to fight
an increasingly well-armed
extremist movement.
- Huge gathering After meeting the Shehu,
Buhari attempted to move
to the nearby Ramat square
to address a campaign rally
but again his movements
were slowed by a mass of
supporters.
An AFP reporter said the trip,
which normally takes five

minutes, took more than an

hour and that the crowd at
Ramat was perhaps the largest
ever gathering in Maiduguri.
The boisterous crowd virtually
drowned out the candidate's
speech, the reporter added.
Buhari,
like
most
in
Maiduguri, is a northernborn Muslim, giving him a
clear political edge in the city
over Jonathan, from Nigeria's
mainly Christian south.
But Buhari is also an ethnic
Hausa, a group that has a long
history of tension with the
Kanuri of Borno, the dominant
ethnic group in Boko Haram.
Experts say his support in the
area likely runs deeper than
religion and tribe.
The economic breakdown
caused by the unrest, as well
as school closures, travel
restrictions and widespread
bloodshed has left the
community clamouring for
change, experts say.
Many see Buhari, partly
because of his military
background, as better placed
to stamp out the raging
insurgency.
The vote, expected to be the
closest ever in Nigeria, had
been scheduled for February
14, but security fears forced a
six-week delay to March 28.

ISRAELI ELECTION CHIEF

PUTS CURBS ON NETANYAHU
SPEECH TO CONGRESS
JERUSALEM (Reuters) between Iran and six big

he head of Israel's
election commission
acted on Monday to
limit any pre-election
boost Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu may get from a
March 3 speech to the U.S.
Congress, in which he will
warn of the threat from Iran's
nuclear programme.
The speech has caused
controversy in Israel and
the United States, where
Democrats and the White
House are angry that the
Republican Speaker of the
House of Representatives, John
Boehner, invited Netanyahu
to speak at a sensitive time
in the nuclear negotiations

powers including Washington,

and only two weeks before
Israel's closely fought March
17 election.
Following complaints from
opposition parties, election
chief Salim Joubran decided
that
Netanyahu's
address
should be broadcast with a fiveminute delay in Israel, giving
news editors time to cut any
statements deemed partisan.
"Editors-in-chief of broadcast
channels will watch and make
sure that nothing the prime
minister says can be construed
as election campaigning,"
Joubran said in a statement.
"Any campaigning will be
omitted from the broadcast."

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INSIGHT THE CHAMPION LEAGUE

SPORTS

RODGERS SETS SIGHTS

ON LIVERPOOL WINNING
EUROPA LEAGUE

repeatedly decisive. Inter were

on the verge of elimination in the
group stages as they trailed to
Dinamo Kiev on matchday four
with just minutes remaining.
The striker then equalised and
assisted the winner, before
striking in every knockout
round including the pivotal
third goal in the famous semifinal triumph over a seemingly
unbeatable Barcelona.
Ronaldo may have scored
168 goals in three seasons,
yet like Ibrahimovic, Drogba
and Diego Costa, he never got
close to winning the Champions
League
under
Mourinho.
Technically and physically,
Milito is no match for any of
these other strikers. But in terms
of his individual importance,
Mourinho will never coach a
striker who contributed as much
as Milito did in 2009-10.

he biggest tie of the

Champions League
last 16 will take place
on Tuesday at Parc
des Princes as Paris SaintGermain host Premier League
leaders Chelsea.
The clash will see Blues boss
Jose Mourinho come face to
face with one of the best players
he has ever managed in Zlatan
Ibrahimovic. The Swede is just
one of a number of star strikers
that the Portuguese coach has
taught during his career, with
current Chelsea forwards Diego
Costa and Didier Drogba two
more of his students.
So who is Mourinhos greatest
ever striker? Below, five Goal
writers argue the case for a
different frontman you can
have your say in the comments
box and vote in our poll.
Please note that only firststrikers have been considered,
so second strikers and widemen
like Eden Hazard and Arjen
Robben do not qualify. Also the
strikers are judged only on their
performances under Mourinho,
and not for their entire career.

Diego Milito, Wesley Sneijder

and Thiago Motta, who would
become vital components of the
treble-winning outfit, Zlatans
move to Spain happened despite
Mourinhos lengthy attempts to
persuade the striker to stay.
And it is easy to see why. In his
first season in charge, Mou had a
lot to thank Ibrahimovic for. He
was the leagues top goalscorer
for the first time, netting 25
times as Inter won the Serie A
title by 10 points.
A string of key wins were
secured at the boot or head of
Zlatan, who started the season
on fire and only became more
important thereafter. Goals out
of nothing particularly that
stunner against Bologna bailed
Mourinho out at key times.
It is one of the trophy-laden
coachs biggest regrets that
he couldnt deliver an elusive
Champions League title for one
of the most talented players of
this generation.
'CHELSEA'S

'IBRAHIMOVIC
BAILED
JOSE OUT & PAVED WAY
FOR SUCCESS'
Twelve months before he
was spotted sobbing into
Marco Materazzis arms as
he said his goodbyes to Inter,
Jose Mourinho had been left
similarly
devastated.
The
departure of Zlatan Ibrahimovic
to Barcelona was considered
by the Portuguese to be a huge
blow as he looked to build a
Champions
League-winning
side.
While his 69.5 million exit
helped the Nerazzurri to pay
for the likes of Samuel Etoo,

win the Champions League.

Ronaldo is not the typical
Mourinho striker either. A
forward who cuts in from the
left flank, Cristiano is not in the
mould of a Didier Drogba or a
Diego Costa. But he was the
undoubted leader of a Madrid
team that raised their game
considerably in the three years
Mourinho spent at the Santiago
Bernabeu, a shift in mentality
which helped his successor
Carlo Ancelotti to win trophies
last season.
Perhaps the lack of titles or
the fact that Ronaldo is not
an orthodox centre-forward
will mean Drogba, Costa or
even Diego Milito are seen as
Mourinhos greatest striker by
some, but Cristiano is along
with Barcas Lionel Messi
the games greatest goalscorer
and his 168 goals in 164 games
under Mourinho makes the
30-year-old Joses special one
in attack.

GREATEST

AN UNSTOPPABLE FORCE
OF NATURE'

in two FA Cup finals and

countless crucial goals as he led
the line in three Premier League
title triumphs. It was always the
big man who defined the big
moments.
At his best, Drogba was an
unstoppable force of nature.
The best defenders in the world
would bounce off him as he
used his superhuman speed and
power to score and create goals,
while his touch and technique
was massively underrated.
In his first spell, Drogba scored
157 goals in 341 appearances
and even in a bit-part role,
the 36-year-old has still made
his mark this season with
crucial strikes against the likes
of Manchester United and
Tottenham.
Two years ago, Drogba was
voted Chelseas greatest player
of all time by the club's fans. It
would take a brave man to argue
that hes not Mourinhos best
ever too.

Jose Mourinho has always

refused to answer questions
on the best player hes worked
with, but he came close last
month when he described
Drogba as the best value
signing in Chelsea's history. It
is clear what Mourinho means
given the impact the Ivorian has
made during the most successful
period in the clubs history.
It culminated with his heroics in
the Champions League final in
2012 (albeit under Roberto Di
Matteo) the last-gasp equaliser
and the winning penalty with
what appeared at the time to be
his last ever kick for Chelsea.
Before that there were winners

"NO STRIKER IN HISTORY

AS DECISIVE AS MILITO
IN 2009-10"

"RONALDO'S
MOST
PROLIFIC YEARS WERE
UNDER JOSE"
Cristiano Ronaldo took his
goalscoring to a new level under
Jose Mourinho. The Portuguese
partnership at Real Madrid
brought 53 goals for the forward
in 2010-11, 60 in 2011-12 and
55 in 2012-13 the three most
prolific seasons in the career
of the three-time Ballon dOr
winner.
Together,
Mourinho
and
Ronaldo won one Liga title, a
Copa del Rey and a Spanish
Supercopa in three seasons
at the Santiago Bernabeu,
something of a scant return
considering the current Chelsea
coach was brought in to end
Barcelonas dominance and to

No player in history has ever

scored more big-game goals
in a single club season than
Diego Milito did during Jose
Mourinhos
treble-winning
campaign with Inter in 2009-10.
The prolific Argentine fired
home the only goal on the last
day of the Serie A season against
Siena to steal the Scudetto
from Romas grasp. He hit the
winner in the Coppa Italia final
and also bagged both goals in
the Champions League final
triumph over Bayern Munich
as Inter lifted Europes most
prestigious trophy for the first
time in 45 years.
On the road to glory, Milito was

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iverpool
manager
Brendan
Rodgers
stands
by
his
ambition to win a
trophy this season and believes
the Europa League presents the
ideal opportunity to do so.
The Anfield outfit, who are
also into the FA Cup quarterfinals following a victory over
Crystal Palace at the weekend,
face Besiktas in the Europa
League's last 32, beginning
with Thursday's first leg at
home.

'DIEGO
COSTA
EVERYTHING MOURINHO
EVER WANTED'

AC MILAN DENY THAI

TAKEOVER TALK

It might be tempting to wonder

what a striker who has played
just 24 games and won no
trophies under Jose Mourinho is
doing in this conversation. But
Diego Costa deserves his place,
not least because long before he
ever worked under the Special
One, it was clear he was the
quintessential Mourinho striker.
When Chelseas Premier League
title challenge fell apart in the
absence of an elite goalscorer
last season, Mourinho had only
one name on his list of potential
solutions. It was the man who
had spearheaded an Atletico
Madrid side he admired above
all others to unfathomable
heights.
There has been no period of
adaptation for Costa at Stamford
Bridge because, as Mourinho
said back in September, the
team had been waiting for a
player of his dimension
Chelseas system required a
muscular but mobile frontman
capable of adding a clinical
touch to an attacking unit
bursting with creativity and
leading the team in terms of
intensity and aggression. Costa
ticks every box.
Bustlingly brilliant and brutish
in equal measure, he fights for
everything Mourinho represents
on the pitch; a big reason why
Mourinho has fought so hard
for him off it during this recent
three-game suspension. An
impressive 17 goals have been
plundered so far and there can
be no doubt that further glory
and silverware will follow.
By: Ben Hayward;
Greg Stobart;
Kris Voakes

C
Milan
have
denied reports that
Silvio Berlusconi's
holding company,
Fininvest, has any interest in
selling a majority stake in the
Serie A club.
Reports in Thailand earlier in
the day stated that Thai investor
Bee Taechaubol had lodged
an offer of 1 billion for a
controlling stake of the seventime European champions.

DOUMBIA: I'LL MAKE THE

ROMA BOO-BOYS APPLAUD

ew Roma signing
Seydou Doumbia
has vowed to get
the club's fans back
behind the team again after their
disappointing recent form.
Rudi Garcia's men were held
at the Stadio Olimpico at the
weekend by a troubled Parma
side - who sit six points adrift
at the foot of the league while
also contending with financial
difficulties - leading to jeers
from some supporters.
With leaders Juventus only
able to draw with Cesena later
on Sunday, Roma remain
seven points off top spot, and
Doumbia is determined to help
fire them back into Scudetto
contention having returned
from the Africa Cup of Nations.
"My first few days here have
gone really well," the striker
told reporters on Monday.

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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

IN ATTY. MICHAEL ALLISONS DEATH,

CIVIL SOCIETY EYES SPEEDY PROBE
Stephen D. Kollie, atephen.kollie@frontpageafricaonline.com 0776329124

Monrovian the aftermath of the

mysterious death of
former
whistleblower
Atty. Michael Allison,
several
civil
society
organizations and individuals
are
alarming
over
the
circumstances surrounding the
incident.
Three
civil
society
organizations and two political
analysts have called on the
Government of Liberia to
conduct a speedy investigation
into the mysterious death of
Atty. Allison, who was found
dead Friday morning on a
beach in Monrovia.
Vandalark Patricks, Head of
the Campaigners for Change
told reporters at a joint news
conference
Monday,
that
the fight against corruption
remains a major challenge
to all Liberians, noting that
the mysterious death of Atty.
Allison is troubling.
Said Patricks: It can be
recalled that the late Fayiah
Gbollie, one of the political
actors in our country was
gruesomely murdered in Congo
town, Montserrado County.
One of the whistleblowers at
the National Port Authority
also died and we are yet to get
any investigative report. In
2011 a Chinese national was
gruesomely murdered at the

great wall hotel on Tenth Street.

A South African was also
murdered on Randall Street.
These mysterious murders of
individuals within our country
especially under a regime that
is democratic, we think there
is a need for the government to
beef up its investigation.
Mr. Patrick said the death of
Atty. Allison sends a signal to
civil society activists that their
lives are threatened adding that
they [civil society activists],
will not remain silent and allow
the continuous mysterious
death of people in the country.
Continued Patrick: We do not
want to preempt that something
happened but Atty. Allison

complained to government
that since he blew the whistle
regarding corruption that took
place within our republic his
life was threatened.
Government did nothing
to protect him. Today he
has gone and its about time
that the government speaks
to the people of Liberia to
give an account, to launch
an investigation that the
perpetrators will be brought to
justice. Justice delay is Justice
denied!
Considering
the
critical
cases that whistleblowers are
associated with, Mr. Patrick
maintained that whistleblowers
must be protected at all times

by the government of Liberia.

He said the government
of Liberia must ensure a
speedy investigation into the
matter and findings from the
investigation must not be
swept under the carpet as has
been done with several cases
previously.
We will not sit here and allow
people to be murdered in cold
blood. We are not preempting
or suggesting that somebody
is responsible but all we are
asking the government is to
launch a full scale investigation
because this man was a state
witness, he noted.
For his part, the Executive
Director of the Movement
for the Defense of the
Downtrodden Mr.
Alfred Togbah, urged the
government to come up with
its investigation in a couple of
weeks.
He said Atty. Allison was a
peaceful citizen and that he
should not have died in the
various circumstances that are
being alleged.
You dont need to be a rocket
scientist to know that there was
a foul play in this mans death.
And thats why we are saying
the government of Liberia who
has the sole responsibility to do
this investigation should do it
thoroughly and speedily, he
said.

REBRANDING
THE SENATE

Monroviahe Newly elected President Pro-Tempore of the Liberian

Senate Senator Armah Jallah (Gbarpolu-NPP) has
promised to rebrand the senate under his gavel.
The Pro-Tempore assured his colleagues that the august
body would experience a paradigm shift to improve its image
during his tenure.
Pro-Tempore Jallah promised to work with all members of the
Senate in ensuring that his vision for the body and people of
Liberia is implemented.
Pro-Tempt Jallah has also called on religious leaders and members
of the public to continuously pray for the senate under his
leadership.
He said prayers from the people could achieve more in redirecting
the focus of the senate toward a people driven agenda.
The President Pro-Tempore said the agenda adopted would
meet the needs of special segments of the public, including the
vulnerable and disadvantaged.
Senator Jallah thanked his friends, his campaign committee and
members of the Senate for electing him as President Pro-Tempore.
Pro-Tempt Jallah attributes his success to the resilience, fortitude
and steadfastness of his campaign team.
Without such team of erudite grassroot politicians of exceptional
will and great prowess in campaign management strategies, my
dream would have been shattered, Pro-Tempt Jallah said.
Jallah said his team has won his heart promising that he will
exemplify a servant-driven posture characterized by shared
leadership and collaborative teamwork.
Senator Jallah emerged winner of the senate Pro-Tempore
elections replacing defeated former Senator Gbezhongar Findley
of Grand Bassa who lost re-election in December 20 special
senatorial election.
Senator Jallah won the election with 13 votes, two votes more
than his major contender Senator Joseph Nagbe (ADPL-Sinoe
County), while Senator Oscar Cooper acquired three votes of the
total votes of 27cast.

LAWMAKERS TIGHTLIPPED ON WHISTLEBLOWER ALLISONS DEATH

Henry Karmo (0886522495)
henrykarmo@frontpageafricaonline.com

Monroviaawmakers
from
the
House
of
Representatives
remain
tightlipped
on the death of Cllr. Michael
Allison, a key witness in an
ongoing Liberia Anti-Corruption
Commission
investigation
involving two of their colleagues:
House Speaker Alex Tyler and
Representative Adolf Lawrence.
Cllr. Allison
died
under
mysterious circumstances with
his body found Friday morning
on a local beach in Monrovia, as
the LACC is still investigating
some members of the legislature
into a US$25,000 transaction.
Some lawmakers who spoke
to FrontPageAfrica on basis of
anonymity are describing
the

issue as sensitive while refusing

to provide official comments.
I cannot say anything right now
because this case is not a small
case. The mysterious death of
Atty. Allison comes in the wake
of the ongoing investigation
of the Legislature into a 25K,
so it is better to investigate and
get the actual story behind his
mysterious death, one lawmaker
said on the basis of anonymity.
Another
lawmaker,
who
also asked not to be named,
described the death of Cllr.
Allison as scaring; something
he said could hamper the fight
against corruption and silence
whistleblowers. The lawmaker
claimed that it is too early to
start calling names into the death
of Cllr. Allison.

Speaker Tyler (UP-Bomi) and

Rep. Lawrence (IndependentDistrict
#15
Montserrado
County) are the two main
characters in the US$25,000
saga, but both lawmakers have
denied any wrongdoing.
It was reported that the late
Allison was invited by a member
of the legislature to collect
money as legal fees for services
provided the Legislature during
the nationwide consultation
on the petroleum law, but he
decided to inform the National
Security Agency (NSA).
Rep. Lawrence, Chairman of
the House of Representatives
Committee
on
Mineral
Resources, claimed in a statement
that he was sent by Speaker Tyler
to go along with the late Allison

to collect the money from Eco

Bank in Monrovia, but was
apprehended by officers of the
NSA who were already on the
alert by the late Allison.
Days after the incident, the
District 15 lawmaker at a press
conference said, he was acting
on orders of the speaker and that
he had nothing to do with the
money.
At another press conference
Speaker Tyler said, he prefinanced the legal fees paid to
Cllr. Allison and therefore asked
Rep. Lawrence to go along with
Allison to collect the amount
used to pre-finance payment
to him (Alison) as per the
agreement between Allison and
the legislature.

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

W
Monrovia-

ith government
and
its
international
partners
yet
to declare Liberia free of
the deadly Ebola virus, the
Gbowee Peace Foundation
Africa (GPFA) headed by
Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah
Gbowee, is working out
modalities to ensure that the
deadly virus is kicked-out of
the country.
The Foundation has held its
fifth hour-long workshop
with several communitybased organizations, which
have
initially
undergone
training under the auspices
of the foundation to sensitize
community residents across
the country against the deadly
Ebola virus. Ebola has claimed
several lives in the country
since an outbreak spread over
from neighboring Guinea in
late March 2014.
With the decline in the number
of Ebola cases in the country
as pronounced by government
and its international partners
involved in the fight against the
virus, the Executive Director
of the Gbowee Foundation
Madam Piso Saydee Tarr
said that though there has
been significant reduction in
the cases of the virus in the
country, community based
organizations working with the
GPFA cannot be complacent as
the virus is still around.
She stated that the foundation
is interested in ensuring
that
community
based
organizations
continue
working with (GPFA) through
sensitization, campaign to
go from door to door in their
respective communities to
sensitize the people.
There is the need that you
reach out to the marketers, the
carboys, pehn-pehn riders with

Frontpage

GBOWEE FOUNDATION HOLDS FIFTH

EBOLA AWARENESS WORKSHOP
Kennedy l. Yangian kennedylyangian@frontpageafricaonline.com 0777296781

the message because these are

people who interact with lots of
people, said Tarr.
GPFA Executive Director
Tarr indicated that funding for
the current Ebola awareness
campaign was provided by
the American Jewish World
Service (AJWS) and called on
rural media outlets working
with the foundation to play a

cardinal role in the process by

informing and educating the
people through their respective
outlets about Ebola. She called
on the rural media to emphasize
on the vernacular, so the
people who dont understand
the English language can
understand the message.
Madam Tarr called on
the
community
based

organizations receiving funds

from the foundation to see the
need to file in their various
reports on these funds provided
them by the foundation adding
that if reports from these
organizations are presented on
time donors will be impressed.
Samuel Massalley from Radio
Cape Mount who spoke
on behalf of the rural radio

stations at the workshop stated

that with the series of Ebola
cases that have surfaced in
Grand Cape Mount County in
recent time for now in the last
21-days there has been no new
cases, the statement from him
rose a lot of applauses in the
hall.
Let me inform you that with
the outbreak of new Ebola

WHO NEEDS PUBLIC WORKS?

Youth Group Seeks Support to Continue Drainage Project
Massa F. Kanneh massa.kanneh@frontpageafricaonline.com ;0886848625

D
Monrovia-

uring the rainy

season,
several
alleys
and
waterways
are

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usually clogged causing heavy

flood in some communities.
Logan town is one of the
places noted for constant
flooding during the rainy

season. With the rainy season

approaching, a youth group,
the Concern Youth for Peace
and Development has decided
to undertake an initiative to

open up the clogged drainages

on the Bushrod Island starting
with Logan Town.
The Chairman of the group,
Mohammed Kromah said

that the youth of Logan town

decided to undertake the
project to clear the way for the
water because they dont want
to wait until the rain comes.
He said the group wants to
help the community, which has
experienced Floods in the past
years because of the constant
erection of structures in the
passageways.
We will not wait every year
for public works to come or
government to come, normally
before they come to our
aid, the damage has already
been done, he said. We are
the ones who are normally
affected, so our organization
thought it wise to do this. We
dont have any sponsors; we
are doing it all by ourselves.
Normally public works comes
but by the time the rain has
already caused damages, the
flood has already occurred,
so at that time we dont need
them, so this is the best time
to clean the drainages, when
the rain comes, we will not be
able to do a better job Kromah
added.
With the building on the ally
and drainage way Kromah said
he is hoping to work with the
district leaders to see how best

cases in Grand Cape CapeMount County in recent time

the story is now different as in
the last 21-days there has been
no new case in Grand CapeMount County, said the rural
journalist amid applause from
the participants.
Massalley said a crucial issue in
the fight against the Ebola virus
in the county, is stigmatization
of Ebola survivors, which he
said sets a bad precedent for
tolerance of people who have
survived the deadly virus.
Martina Brooks of the United
Nations
Radio
UNMIL
who spoke on behalf of the
local media outlets also reemphasized the need for
Liberians to do away with
stigmatizing survivors of Ebola
virus as doing so could cause
the individuals trauma.
There is the need for all of
us to continue this Ebola fight
but what remains the major
challenge that we continue to
hear and there is a need to stop
it is stigmatizing people who
survived from Ebola, said
Brooks.
Since the outbreak of the Ebola
Virus in the country in late 2014,
the Gbowee Peace Foundation
Africa
(GPFA)
headed
by Nobel Peace Laureate
Gbowee has been working
with
several
community
based organizations across the
country by providing grants to
sensitize community dwellers,
about preventive measures that
could help them against further
spread of the disease.
those problems can be solved.
We cannot wait for Public
Works because they come
when it is too late and we dont
need them. They come when
the damage is already done.
Now we can do a better work
since the rain has not started,
this is the best time that we
have he said.
Request for tools and support
to continue
Kromah said it is from their
own initiative and community
support that the group has been
able to carry out the work on
the gutters adding that neither
the Public works ministry nor
any other government entity is
rendering support to the group.
He said the group is willing to
extend its drainage project to
other communities provided
there are tools and food for the
men that will be at work.
You know we just started,
and we are willing to extend it
to other communities, but the
problem is that, we dont have
tools and we need more tools
and food for the young men,
he said.
Kromah said the organization
has engaged the community to
support them by making small
contributions to the effort.

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A WEEKEND OF MIXED RESULTS

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2015

VOL 9 NO.31

arrack Young Controllers

(BYC) survived a late scare
in Gambia to draw 1-1 with
Real de Banjul in the Caf
Champions League on Saturday in
Gambia.
It took just three minutes for Lamine
Jabateh to silence the home supporters
with a wonderful strike at the KG5
Mini-Stadium in Banjul.
Real launched a wave of attacks and
were rewarded in the 76th minute
when substitute Modou Lamin Sahos
spectacular free kick caught goalie
Nathaniel Sherman unaware.
Sherman had a fine performance
except that he was yellow-carded for
time wasting in the 73rd minute.
BYC head coach Robert Lartey said
the result was a relief for his side, who
will host the return leg in two weeks.
Real technical director Frank De Valde
described the early goal as a lack of
concentration.
BYC will not play the return leg in
Monrovia due to a ban impose by Caf
on Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone
due to Ebola.
They will need at least a goalless
draw in the return leg in Bamako,
Mali where FC Fassell, Liberias other
representative, lost 0-1 to AC Horoya
in the Confederation Cup on Sunday.
The Guineans scored the only goal of
the match after a lack of concentration
among the defensive quartet of Musa
Dagbason, Bill Gayflor, Momo
Golafalay and Aloysius Samujaela.
The return leg will also be played at the
March 26 Stadium in Bamako, Mali.
Elsewhere, South Africas Mamelodi
Sundowns forced St Michel to a 1-1
in the Champions League at the Stade
Linite on Saturday.
Pitso Mosimane's men came from a
goal down to secure a valuable point
in the Seychelles and will now be
confident of progressing to the next
round with a positive result on home
soil.
St Michel, who have won close to 40
domestic titles in their short history,

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opened the scoring in the 65th

minute to the delight of the home
supporters.
The Brazilians missed a catalogue
of chances before Zimbabwean
Khama Billiat continued his fine
run of form by scoring the equalizer
seven minutes
from time.
It was a good result for the South
African champions, who will be
favorites to progress having netted
a valuable away goal.
Former Liberia captain Anthony
Laffor was again in the starting
eleven and played the entire match.
Kenya-based
Liberian
center
defender Dirkir Glay debuted in
the Champions League with Gor
Mahai, who beat Madagascar
champions CNASP Sports 1-0 in
Nairobi

Ali Abondo, who was fouled in the

sixth yard box, recovered to score
the resultant penalty.
The match was proven to be tough
one for both team who were unable
to get a goal in the first half.
Tanzania-based
Liberia
international Kpah Sherman was in
the thick of things as Young African
Sports Club beat Botswanas
Defence Force 2-0 in Dares Salem
on Saturday.
Burundi
international
Hamis
Tambwe secured all three points
with a brace ahead of the return leg.
Sherman, who nearly joined
Africans rivals Simba SC, moved
to Tanzania from Cypriot club
Centinkaya in the small November/
December window on a two-year
contract.
The 22-year-old, Yangas third

signing, joined Brazilian midfielder

Emerson de Oliviera Roque and
Rwandan striker Danny Davis in a multinational squad.
And he debuted (named in the first

eleven) in an entertaining 2-2 draw in

a premier league encounter with rivals
Azam FC at the Benjamin Mkapa
National Stadium in Dar-es-Salaam.

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