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Gambia: Chief Sues Brother to Chief's Court
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FOROYAA Newspaper (Serrekunda)
28 March 2008
Posted to the web 28 March 2008
The Kombo Central District Authority, headed by the Chief of Kombo Central, has sued Jereba Kullay Bojang to the Kombo Central District Tribunal, which is also headed by the Chief, Dembo Satang Bojang. The dispute is over land, a cattle track to be precise. No evidence has been adduced but the matter is awaiting judgment.
What is clear is that according to a principle of natural justice, no one can judge his/her own case. In other words the principle does not allow X to sue Y to court and judge the case.
Furthermore, according to Section 24 subsection (1) of the constitution: "Any court or other adjudicating authority established by law for the determination of any criminal trial or matter, or for the determination of the existence or extent of any civil right or obligation, shall be independent and impartial; and
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(a) if any person is charged with a criminal offence, then, unless the charge is withdrawn; or
(b) where proceedings are commenced for the determination or the existence of any civil right or obligation, the case shall be afforded a fair hearing within a reasonable time."
The issue of whether a Chief can serve both judicial and administrative functions has come to the fore again. As for the paramount Chief, his administrative functions hardly permit him to sit at court.
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