Suntu, please stop.... I know u are the only one who pays school fees and take care of all of rural Gambia. For me, I am too Americanized, so I don't care about Gambia.
I thought you matured out of this inferiority complex - that the rich and certain groups are in control. Please refrain from such inclinations. I believe you do give a hoot that UDP gets at least one seat; just admit that both you and Daffeh were so shocked at UDP performance that u abandoned the online forums, resurfacing months after the dust settled. As an advice to UDP, please join pdois, that is your ultimate savior. Pdois is the only credible opposition, and by next elections I predict they will outperform UDP.... If you guys are too big to join pdois, then with all due respect to Mr. Darbo, he should hand the baton to nyassi or peters. Just some advice!

On Wednesday, March 7, 2012, Demba Baldeh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> "We are aware that life is not easy on ordinary Gambians, but that problem cannot be solved overnight"
>  
> Fankung cum Cherno... it's been 17 years?  How much longer do yah guys want to prioritize the basic needs of the people???
>  
> Makes me wonder what vision 2020 is base on and how can it be achieved? The closer we get the more revelation that things are not going right... Shall we make a list
>  
> - Dalasis devaluation - due to artificial imposition of inflated exchange rate
> - Massive tax evasion from top to bottom due to collection inefficiencies
> - 70% Crop failure - due to neglect and poor governance
> etc etc...
>  
> This is why when you try your best and you can't improve the lot, give way to others to try and don't impose your narrow vision to nowhere....
>  
> Thanks
> Demba
>
> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 1:20 PM, suntou touray <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Kebbeh
> May be you are focusing too much on enjoying your Hamburger to caring
> what is going on in the Gambia. Some of us who actually take care of
> electricity bills, bags of rice, cooking oil, school fees and the
> likes knows, eating meat is more than a luxury to the average Gambian.
> The last time I went to Tanje beach to buy fish 3 years ago, I was
> shock at the prices. Yet it is mainly the puffed up rich who drive to
> the fishing boat buying the good ones. No wonder, the protein in
> Chaarlo that, our poor upcountry people use to enjoy is dry up.
> talking about the elections, if the system is a complete joke, who
> cares what anyone have to say?
> In a dictatorship, the price is the Presidency, hence, I don't give a
> damn about the parliamentray elections or who has anything to say
> about it. I want a 100% APRC MPs in there, so that, the joke for what
> the electoral system is can be cemented for loppy Gambians like you.
> A single egg in the Gambia cost close to D10, one onion is D5, a bag
> of rice, the lowest quality is D800, meat on bone, let me say, only
> bones a kilo is nearly D100.
> When people are talking about a Dollar a day, it means living on
> nothing because $1 equals D27 which just the fare to Serrekunda
> market, not even for the food. Or by the way, the french bread in
> Coventry cost 70 pence, and also by the way, you get that free plus a
> whole weeks food from the state, if you earn zero, plus house rent,
> electricity bill, medical bill and etc. Don't even go there.
> Get intouch more with your folks and stop self delusion, the Gambia is
> not a joke or a comedic issue, it is about live and death for many
> people.
> Suntou
>
> On 3/6/12, C. Omar Kebbeh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Suntu, you are not serious.... can you tell me how much a loaf of bread
>> cost in Coventry... I tell you Washington DC, a loaf French bread (Sen
>> Furr) is about $1.99; you tell me where in the Gambia does a loaf of bread
>> cost even D25.
>>
>> We are aware that life is not easy on ordinary Gambians, but that problem
>> cannot be solved overnight. In addition, please stop this nonsense cry
>> about rural areas. You are not the only one with relatives there... We all
>> send a few dollars there, and are cognizant of their problems.
>>
>> By the way, I am yet to see Lawyer Darbo's economic blue print that will
>> allow all the peopple in the Gambia to eat "beeftake" with a bottle of Coke
>> with their meals. If any, I think he needs to join PDOIS and Hamat in the
>> parliamentary elections. How sad that we didn't even hear him comment on
>> the elections.
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 12:38 PM, suntou touray <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> If Joe Sambou, Haruna, Dr Jaiteh, Kabir, Chonghan, LJ Darboe and
>>> Sanusi should put aside all their monthly Beeftake ration for a whole
>>> month and put it in a container, Baabili Mansa will have some help
>>> with nutritionally balancing the meals of our people.
>>> A hundred Dalasis can barely afford the women folk any serious protein
>>> let alone other side goodies. Therefore, when you think seriously
>>> about $1 a day, you will actually stop eating and take a stroll.
>>> Because what it means is that, when Haruna or Bambalaye are on their
>>> way to work, they will spend ten Dollars just on less weighty meals.
>>> On a serious note, we are way behind.
>>> Haruna, imagine the amount chicken Fye Samateh, Demba Baldeh and
>>> father Mose have comsume over the years, any consideration will help
>>> Baabili Mansa cater for the poverty reductions. Building bridges cost
>>> lost you know.
>>> Suntou
>>> On 3/5/12, C. Omar Kebbeh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> > Laye, this is not an economist point  of view... but  a personal point
>>> > of
>>> > view .... u missing the big picture, it will be nice to have $5 a day or
>>> > even $10 a day...., but that will just be a dream. Plus, I referenced
>>> those
>>> > countries (guineas, sierra leone).. my comparison was with Sengal and
>>> > Ghana,
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, Ma
>
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