Pending matters:
Release of Chief Ebrima Manneh without prejudice.
Release of Kanyibaa Kanyi without prejudice.
Dropping all charges and release of Fatou Jaw Manneh without prejudice.
Prosecuting Deyda Hydara's murder.
Prosecuting Koro Ceesay's murder.
Prosecuting Lawyer Ousman Sillah's attempted murder and maiming.
It is a beautiful day here in the US. I trust it is even more beautiful in
Gambia as you prepare to forgive those who have trespassed against you in
honour iof Eidul Adha.
I take this opportunity to wish you and the people of Gambia Eid Mubarak.
May Allah continue to guide you in execution of your duties as President. I will
be remiss if I do not congratulate you on the birth of your son recently. I
wish the first lady well and prayers are due you. You will enjoy your new
bundle of joy. He is Allah's blessing to you and your family and many thanks are
due him for the honour. May Allah fill your heart with joy and consideration
as he has moved the Saudi King to reconsider punishment for muslim women in
Saudia.
My son is having a rough time adjusting to this daylight saving time because
he tells me we the people stole an hour of playtime from him. Kids. Haroun
Bin Haroun is the funniest human ever born and he shows signs of immense
mental endowment. Don't expose your son to Churaye or other incense because an
inordinate concentration of it in the air he breathes can injure his delicate
respiratory organs or leave him vulnerable to asthmatic conditions later.
I want to commend your government for renewed vigour in providing services
and for renewed zeal in administering the affairs of the nation. High
commendation goes to your new Secretary of state for works and infrastructure, Hon.
Lamin Bojang. He has set the tone for harnessing value for Gambia and I am
particularly pleased with his recent focus on the River. We must all give him
our support and encouragement. I understand he has challenged Gambians to assist
in the rebirth of River Transport and I just might take him up on the offer.
I would however like to share this advice with you and the Hon. Bojang. I
hope you take it into advisement:
Like you, I think the River is the single most significant asset to Gambia.
The river defines our nationhood and without it, there would not have been a
Gambia. Its sustainable development should therefore be the priority of state
as the hon. Bojang has expressed. I would like, in support of you and Bojang,
to set up a Department of Transportation with its Secretary of state. This
will bring further focus to the values of the River and indeed all land, sea,
and air transport for Gambia. The department for works and infrastructure
risks being overwhelmingly burdened with transportation and the new values Hon.
Bojang foresees in the River. Perhaps once formed, you could allow Hon.
Bojang to head that transportation department, and promote one of his able
under-secretaries to Secretary for Works and infrastructure. The two departments
will then work hand in hand to realize your vision of a vibrant economy. I think
Hon. Bojang's hard work and industry is likely to rub off on the remainder
of your administration, and that can only be good for you and the nation. In
this permutation, the department of transport will be responsible for
standards and policies related to transport, research into modes of transport and
their alternatives, tarrifs, licenses, permits, and development policy. The
infrastructure department will be responsible for construction, repair, and
maintenance of transport and other non-transport infrastructure. That task, when
properly executed, is enormous and complementary to all departments of state.
I would like you to consider offering Hydrology, Hydraulics, and
Transportation at the University of Gambia to support the departments of
Hydrometeorology, works & infrastructure, and Transportation respectively.
I want to commend the Jammeh foundation for their philanthropic work
throughout the year and Mr. Jammeh deserves high commendation. One thing that always
bothers me is that even though the foundation is doing good work and your
heart was in the right place to have set it up, it has always been
unconstitutional. Its good work therefore is burdened with unlawful coorporation. I have
been thinking of ways you could make it legal without interrupting the good
work it is doing but at every invention I stumble on ethical considerations
that suggest the following:
1. You may gift the foundation to your wife and Mr. Jammeh and remove your
name from it. In effect, it will be reconstituted in-situ. Then allow Mr.
Jammeh to operate it with his team as non-profit charitable foundation as was its
aim to join the family of NGOs in the Gambia. I think that will be
magnanimous of you. You may donate to it from your earnings anytime you desire and the
public will be free (without coercion) to support its good works.
2. Or you could disband it totally and merge it into your family farm in
Kanilai. The work that the foundation is currently doing is basically
subsidising what your administrative departments ought to be doing. You may supplement
your departments' efforts by donating to specific projects aimed at assisting
the sick, the indigent, and the dis-eased.
The reason I advise due-diligence in this matter is that I so admire the
work the foundation is doing and I was considering partnerships between the
Foundation and The Global Democracy Project, but my conscience cannot allow such
partnership with the current structure of the foundation. Should you desire
the 1st advice, I will be free and encouraged to begin partnership with Mr.
Jammeh and his foundation. Should you desire the second advice, I promise that
The Global Democracy Project will replace the work the foundation is currently
engaged in and more.
We will be seeking to constitute legally in Gambia very shortly and I wish
to encourage you to afford our officers a cordial and conducive operating
environment to yield a good turn for democratic life in Gambia. We will send our
Resident Director for Gambia to present our incorporation papers to your good
offices as a gesture of goodwill and partnership toward the common goal of
Gambia's development. Please allow him/her all necessary facilities that are
allowed all Non-governmental organisations. I shall telephone you and send you
official introduction and greetings at the appropriate time. Here, I merely
present the vision in conjunction with my two advices to you for the Jammeh
Foundation. May Allah continue to bless you and Gambia.
Sincerely,
Haruna Darbo.
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