Mr. Small, Sanusi and all my christian brethren, the subject of this piece
is the caption of a cartoon that regularly appears in the Daily observer
reflecting what most of us here are thinking. IT WAS NOT, IN ANY WAY, MEANT
TO BE BLASPHEMOUS AND IF ANY BODY TAKES ANY OFFENCE FROM IT OR SEES IT AS
BEING BLASPHEMOUS, I OFFER MY SINCEREST APPOLOGY AND ASK FOR YOUR
FORGIVENESS AND THAT OF THE LORD.
Having said that let me try to answer some of the questions Sanusi raised.
Mr. Sanusi, I have stated here on this forum over and over again that my
support of the president and his government DOES NOT IN ANY WAY MEAN THAT I
CONDONE OR SUPPORT EVERTHING THIS GOVERNMENT DOES. I am just exercising my
God given right to think independently and to use my own judgement as I move
along through this world. Yahya's religious believe like that of mine and
anybody else for that matter has absolutely NOTHING TO DO WITH MY PRESENT
POSITION with regards to this regime of ours.
Even though I desire some change in the way this government governs us, I
WILL JUST NOT GO FOR CHANGE FOR THE SAKE OF CHANGE ALONE OR BECAUSE I HATE
YAHYA JAMMEH. In addition to the respect for human rights, I also consider
it the fundamental duty of any government to create us jobs as well as
create an enabling environment to fulfill our desires. The opposition has so
far NOT CONVINCED ME THAT THEY ARE WORTH THAT SIMPLE EFFORT ON MY PART TO
WASTE MY TIME AND VOTE FOR THEM. Period. As I am writing this, there is just
not enough reason or inspiration for me to change allegiance. And come to
think of it, how many of you really do have much faith in our opposition
parties of today? Many of you are ONLY UNITED BY WHAT YOU HATE ABOUT YAHYA
AND HIS COHORTS AND NOT BECAUSE YOU ARE INSPIRED BY ANY OF THE OPPOSITION
PARTIES. Many will deny this but that's the truth! The only party that has
inspired more than any other Gambian political party, past and present, is
the PDOIS. But I SHALL NEVER VOTE FOR THEM IN A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. The
reason is very simple; I SIMPLY HATE THEIR SOCIALIST IDEOLOGIES. Just
imagine their presidential candidate out of principle, which I respect,
deciding, of his own volition, that D7,000.00 was too much for him to live
on and decides to put what he considers excess need in a trust fund for the
common good. That's okay by him. But I just don't share that view. Suppose I
vote for him and he tries to bring in that same nonsensical ideology whereby
he wants every body to make a similar sacrifice for the common good. I say A
BIG NO TO THAT. I deserve to live my my life the way I want it, in peace and
tranquility. Call it selfish or what ever you want but that is my believe.
As for Hamat Bah's party, they have not shown me any good reason why I
should vote for them. As I am writing this I still don't know who comprises
the executive committee of that party.
Similarly, the UDP have simply not explained anything that they want to do
for the country. They just give the impresiion of being a group of very
angry people whose only motivation is to get rid of Yahya and his cohorts.
And for that, there is every indication that they will not stop at anything
to achieve that goal. This intolerant government and its die heart party
supporters are also equally prepared to stop them. And guess what, more
bloodshed and more detentions. The politics of let's free the Janjanburey
and Mile 2 inmates and replace them with another set of prisoners is just
not the right recipe for the development of this country. They have to get
their act together and convince people that they are an honest lot who only
want power to do more to bring sanity, maintain the peace of this country as
well as develop it to the level we can only dream about. Failing that they
might as well disban.
Have a good day and bye 4Now, KB Jobe.
>
>
>
>----Original Message Follows----
>From: Sanusi Owens <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
> ><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: The Lord says let there be light.
>Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 10:03:04 +0100
>
>Modou & Edward
>
>
>Mr Jobe is at it again trying to suggest that Yahya's
>actions were dictated from God-what a load of rubbish.
>Having tried all means to convince us, he decides to
>rely on verses from the Holy Bible to talk about
>Yahya/NAWEC's latest generators. I find it blasphemous
>for Jobe to equate the words of Genisis 1.1 to that of
>Yahya's politics of bribery.
>
>Well Mr Kebba Jobe having heard you cite from the
>Bible, don't you think its my turn as a Christian to
>refer to you the Holy Quran ; How about the following
>verses of the Quran:
>
>(1)Do not kill a soul which Allah has made sacred
>through the due process of law" Sura 6:151
>
>In the light of the Students Massacre of April 200O,
>don't you think its hypocritical for you to support a
>person who kills in the name of "national" security
>and then claiming to be a Muslim?
>
>(2)" Whoever kills as human being without(any reason
>like)manslaughter or corruption on earth, it is as
>though he has killed all mankind...."Sura 5:32
>
>We have just heard Ebou Colly's revelation on the
>November 11 of 1994. How on earth, could you openly
>support a leader like Yahya Jammeh?
>
>(3) "For you the life of the Prophet is a model of
>behaviour" Sura 33:21
>
>Mr Jobe lets face it, Yahya's behaviour towards the
>Gambian people is un-Islamic. He acts with brutality,
>he has used the GRTS to trade insults on peace loving
>of the Gambia. Although, I appear not to be a Muslim,
>but my slight knowledge on Islam, tells me that
>Prophet Muhammed(pubh) was peace loving and
>compassionate.
>Mr Jobe the onus now lies on you to tell us whether
>Yahya is genuine muslim based on the human rights
>abuses taken place in the Gambia.
>
>I therefore await your response.
>
>
>Have a wonderful day
>
>Sanusi
>
>
>
>
>
>--- Pa Modou Jobe <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Mr
>Jobe
> Are you suggetsting that the Lord decreed that there
> be light because Yaya
> Jammeh is the president? Don't be an idiot!!! The
> Good Lord decreed light
> long before Yaya was and would have decreed light
> whether or not Yaya is
> existing. All the developments you higlight are due
> less to Yaya's
> presidency and more to the dynamics of international
> politics and economics,
> and to the Gambia being a nation within the
> international political system.
> Moreover, freedom in poverty is better than wealth
> in bondage. Yaya's
> government may be achieving some success in
> burdenning the country with more
> debts that may be useful to Gambians. But what about
> his kidnapping of the
> Gambian people? What about his refusal to limit the
> number of times he can
> run for president? What about our right to a
> peaceful and orderly change of
> leadership? What about his propensity to behave as
> if he owns The Gambia?
> What about the existence of draconian decrees which
> continue to represent an
> insult to our national intelligence and dignity?
> Give us a break Mr Jobe. You are not communicating
> to a group of simple
> minded individuals who could be taken in by a list
> of so-called economic
> achievements. We look at the whole picture:
> Socio-economic and political.
> Yaya Jammeh, whether you like it or not, is one of
> Africa's worst dictators
> and will one day be relegtated to the stinking
> dustbin of history and be
> eternally added to Africa's list of shame alongside
> Sani Abacha, Samuel Doe,
> Mobutu Sese Seko, Idi Amin, Siad Bare, Robert Mugabe
> and Jean Bedel Bokasa,
> among others. You cannot fool history Mr Jobe. Yaya
> must reap what he has
> sown.
> Pa Modou Jobe
>
>
>
> >From: Kebba Jobe <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing
> list
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: The Lord says let there be light.
> >Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 14:52:29 -0000
> >
> >TWO NEW GENERATORS FOR NAWEC.
> >
> >When the Lord said let there be light few believed
> that this solemn command
> >will be defied by our various utility companies.
> We’ve lived in perpetual
> >darkness for the best part of two decades. Well it
> seems that things are to
> >change for the better.
> >
> >It has been announced that 2 new 6.5 Megawaatt
> generators are on their way
> >to the Gambia and these will be commissioned during
> July. An order for
> >another new generator will be placed in October of
> this year.
> >
> >NEW SOLAR PANEL FACTORY.
> >
> >The Italian government is to help provide a $5
> million (D80 million) solar
> >energy appliance factory in the Gambia.
> >
> >This was reveled by the Gambia’s Consul-General in
> Italy, Francesco
> >Cristina, after a meeting with president Yahya
> Jammeh at state house last
> >Friday. Dr Cristina told reporters that his visit
> was a follow-up to an
> >earlier one to discuss the solar energy project.
> The project is to be
> >financed by the Italian government and the United
> Nations Industrial
> >Development Organization (UNIDO) and the production
> of solar panels for
> >sale
> >in the country and beyond is expected to begin
> towards the end of the
> >year.Who says the Lord’s command can be denied the
> Gambian people
> >indefinitely?
> >
> >SCHOOL TEXT BOOKS.
> >
> >The government of the Gambia under its 3rd IDA
> education project is
> >inviting tenders for the procurement of:
> >Lot1 – 210,000 text books for grade 5.
> >Lot2 – 147,000 text books for grade 6.
> >Lot3 – 274,000 text books for grade 9.
> >For more information contact the DOSE by phone on
> (220) 227880 or by fax on
> >(220) 225066.
> >
> >(Culled from the Daily Observer) Sedat Jobe Signs
> ECOWAS Agreement
> >
> >GAMBIA TO HOUSE ECOWAS OBSERVATORY BUREAU
> >
> >According to GRTS radio, the Secretary of State for
> Foreign Affairs Sedat
> >Jobe and ECOWAS Executive Secretary Lansana Kuyateh
> yesterday signed the
> >ECOWAS mechanism for Conflict Prevention,
> Management, Resolution, Peace
> >Keeping and Security in West Africa. The mechanism
> is aimed at promoting
> >peace and security in the subregion.
> >Under the agreement, four regional observatory
> bureaus will be set up to
> >supervise and provide information on matters
> relating to conflicts. One of
> >the observatory bureaus will be based in Banjul and
> will oversee Senegal,
> >Guinea Bissau, Mauritania and Cape Verde. Speaking
> at the signing ceremony
> >at his office, the Secretary of State for Foreign
> Affair Dr. Momodou Lamin
> >Sedat Jobe dilated on the aims of the agreement and
> thanked the ECOWAS
> >Secretary for his commitment to peace and security.
> >In his speech, Mr. Lansana Kuyate also thanked the
> Gambia Government for
> >its
> >cooperation and determination to ensure lasting
> peace and security in the
> >sub-region. He said the agreement shows that Africa
> is in transition
> >politically, socially and economically. The
> Secretary of State for Trade
> >and
> >Industry Musa Sillah, the Interior and Religious
> Affairs Secretary, Ousman
> >Badjie and the Permanent Secretary of Defence Essa
> Khan witnessed the
> >signing ceremony.
> >
> >Have a good day and bye 4Now, KB Jobe.
> >
>
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