{"id":24465,"date":"2011-05-29T11:00:20","date_gmt":"2011-05-29T15:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=24465"},"modified":"2011-05-29T11:00:20","modified_gmt":"2011-05-29T15:00:20","slug":"blood-is-thicker-than-water-but-mohamed-jabbie-does-not-deserve-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=24465","title":{"rendered":"Blood is thicker than water, but Mohamed Jabbie does not deserve this"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Blood is thicker than water”<\/strong> is a German proverb (originally:\u00a0Blut ist dicker als Wasser.<\/em>), which is also common in English speaking\u00a0countries. \u00a0It generally means that the\u00a0bonds\u00a0of family and common ancestry are stronger than those bonds between unrelated people (such as friendship). (Photo: Sitta Turay)<\/em><\/p>\n

This very old saying means that, ultimately, family\u00a0ties are more important than anything else. “Family” here means blood or genetic relatives, not in-law\u00a0or even husbands and wives; certainly not friends, however much loved. \u00a0The idea is that, in the last analysis, the only people you can really rely on, and the people to whom you always have a duty no matter what, are those with whom you share\u00a0a genetic inheritance. \u00a0Today the saying is still in use, although in many ways we probably think less in terms of blood relationship\u00a0than we used to, and more in terms of what role a person has played in our lives. \u00a0To give one example, it is quite common for children to regard a stepfather, if he has lived with them for most of their lives, as more their “real\u201d father than their biological one.<\/p>\n

I have chosen this saying in this piece because there is a relationship that has gone bad between two people that are my brothers and my friend. Mohamed Jabbie has been my friend for a very long time. \u00a0He has been my friend in the struggle to restore peace and democracy in my country Sierra Leone. \u00a0He has been the man that I worked with to do all the dirty jobs in the fight to restore democracy in Sierra Leone. \u00a0He is the man that sacrificed his life for the sake of peace and democracy in that country.<\/p>\n

I remember when we were in Conakry, Guinea at one time and the AFRC junta were said to have been doing business with Osman Conteh, the son of Late President Lansana Conteh, it was me and Mohamed Jabbie that volunteered to go on the espionage to see if it were true. \u00a0It was a life risking task but fearlessly Mohamed Jabbie and I voluntarily offered ourselves to do the job and we nearly lost our lives in so doing. \u00a0Jabbie; as he is called is the most dedicated Sierra Leone People\u2019s Party member I have ever come across in my life. \u00a0He will do anything and everything for his party \u2013 SLPP.\u00a0 Jabbie has been the only person that suppresses the trauma of homelessness for the sake of his party. \u00a0As I said earlier he can do anything and everything for his party. He is hot-tempered but stands for the truth and always protects his integrity.<\/p>\n

Jabbie has been in politics for a very long time. \u00a0He is one of the key players in making Harold Hanciles and late Sam-Kpakra members of parliament in the early 80s. \u00a0He will never change his decision in support of someone he has promised to support. \u00a0I remember when his uncle Dr. Kelfala Turay contested against late Sam-Kpakra; Jabbie refused to support his uncle because he had already given his word to Sam-Kpakra for support. \u00a0That is the nature of Jabbie. \u00a0He will never return to his words whenever he has already made his mind. \u00a0Jabbie is living in poverty right now because of his forthrightness and his refusal to be corrupt. \u00a0He is the kind of person that can be trusted with millions of dollars and left with it for several years and nothing will be missing. \u00a0He will not even use it to do business and make profit so that he will return the rest of the money in its place. \u00a0NO HE WILL CERTAINLY NOT DO THAT!<\/p>\n

When I first heard that my brother Kanja Sesay and Mohamed Jabbie are at each other\u2019s throat, I felt so bad that I became sick and for several days could not go to my job. \u00a0I have been following the whole thing that is being posted in the media from both of them and that makes the situation worse. \u00a0I would have loved to talk to both of them but I am refusing because I believe Mohamed Jabbie has been treated the wrong way. \u00a0Jabbie does not deserve what is happening to him right now and that is for the simple fact that he has been sacrificing himself for the good of his party and the people he supports within the party including my brother; Ibrahim Kanja Sesay. \u00a0In actual fact the two of them are cousins and the flow of fraternity should have superseded their political differences. \u00a0I am blaming my brother for the whole episode. \u00a0I am saying that because he ought to have known better. \u00a0He should have known that he is not older than Jabbie but Jabbie has treated himself like a \u201chouse-boy\u201d for him all these while. \u00a0Jabbie has created several enemies for the support he rendered to Kanja Sesay. \u00a0My brother should have also known that he was sitting in an an air conditioned office when Jabbie and others were chased by vicious human beings like Leather Boot and other junta officials. \u00a0Sacrificing one life for the benefit of others is not easy to do but Jabbie has done that since the early days of his political career. \u00a0SLPP will not boast of doing anything to compensate the sacrifices Jabbie has done for both his country and his SLPP. \u00a0My brother has the potential to bring Jabbie down to the level he wants it not in a confrontational pattern. \u00a0This is the truth and it must be said. \u00a0I will stake my neck for the sake of the truth. \u00a0This time the wrong thing has been done to Jabbie.<\/p>\n

My brother should have maintained the respect that has been accorded him throughout these times. \u00a0He has been in very good books of both the media and politicians in that country. \u00a0Nothing should have lead him to water that down. \u00a0He should not have been confrontational with Mohamed Jabbie. \u00a0Hell No!\u00a0 The reason for this is because Jabbie is the type that has gone through the struggle without benefiting from the struggle. \u00a0I am sure I will be misconstrued for this piece but I will not lay asleep if I do not write this words coming from deep my heart. \u00a0I nearly wept when I saw Mohamed Jabbie\u2019s picture being molested in the hands of a system he fought hard to put in place.<\/p>\n

Please leave Jabbie alone and make an apology my brother.\u00a0 This time you are wrong.<\/p>\n

Umaru Sitta Turay, Journalist\/Human Rights Activist, New York, USA<\/em><\/p>\n

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