Dear Hamjatta, Ebrima and others:


There is NO reason whatsoever for me to send you a private e mail with a virus. In fact  the same e mail was sent to me couple of weeks ago. No idea where it came from. I suspect it to had been created by couple of Swedes i previously had problems with, becuase of their discriminatory actions ; making fun of Africans by e mail. 

Couple of days after denigrating them, i received an e mail, " Salomon Jawara" with a virus (the same one you guys received). I know that the e mail is actively spreading at present, because everyone in our office had had it, including my own computer at work, even our manager. 

An american friend of mine who is a doctor in Indonesia called me couple of days ago telling me he received my e mail but was infected with a virus. Well, i said, i did not send you any e mail ! 
I do receive my mails on a daily basis, including mails from the Gambia-L, i am afraid likewise distressed that not only you guys  who admitted to have received it did so, but many more will be doing so as well, all under my name.

Even if i were to do such a thing, i would not have let  my name come forth as the sender. This mail is not from me! I would never in life do anything deliberately  to hint at creating maelstrom for anyone. The same wishes and aspires i have for me, myself and i are the ones i have for everyone else on this planet, earth.

We might disagree on issues or our ideas fail to correspond with each others for some reason, let it be historical, experience, education or social back ground, this should not make us enemies. We have to accept our differences, discuss issues and proceed with our lives. 

Hamjatta, I think it is quite absurd by you to take Essa Sey´s  name into account while addressing me. In fact i do not have anything to do with Essa apart from the resemblance in some view-points. Just as you do with Jabou, Ebrima and the like.  My ideas are personally mine with no influence from anybody. I am  an independent adault, studied "modern Management" and very well capable of constituting my personal judgement. 

I am fully aware of the behaviors and characteristics of a good leader. What we still have to understand is the complexity of the situation in Africa, and Gambia in particular. 

I recently completed a course on general knowledge about the United Nations with  specific emphasis on Aid and development, organized by SIDA ( Swedish International  Development Authority) and Linkoping University. My thesis was called " The African dilemma" .  Do you know that the donor countries have in the past six years reduced aid to Africa by over twenty per cent ! Are you aware of the terrible effects that the Globalization has on Africa !  No wonder why not only the Gambia, but the whole African continent suffer from Poverty-Stricken. 

Not long ago when the biggest News paper in Sweden published the extreme poverty that persist in Senegal. We have to assess the situation in the Gambia on a wider perspective. Gambia is one of the world´s most  poorest countries, with very limited  and less important natural resources. Every sector in that country  needs improvement. I do not know where on earth we will find a  so call "perfect leader" to fix our problems for us. 

That search should begin now, at least to obtain one before  send-packing the present one.
Once again, sorry to everyone who happenend to get a private e mail with my name on it. I hope my position is made clear on that. 

Thanks for Sharing!

Saul S.Jawara.

PS. Hamjatta, My genuine  name is Sulayman, Saul or Salomon in Swedish (as Solomon in English). There is nothing that i am trying to hide here. Honesty is my best policy!




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hamjatta Kanteh" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 12:51 AM
Subject: Re: Will The Real 'Kebba Jobe' Please Stand Up.


> Saul,
> 
> As sure as i know my name is Hamjatta Kanteh and i was born in Banju,
> Salomon's e-mail came as a private one. I still have a copy of it here;
> though, i haven't open the attachment as of yet. I dare him to say otherwise
> and i shan't hesitate to provide evidence. Let Salomon come out and contest
> what i'm saying here.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Hamjatta Kanteh
> 
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