Gambia-L:

The e-mail below, as usual, came from a source in the heart of the
Government. Again, I am sending it unedited.

Ebrima

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>Ebrima,
>A Government circular is out stricting Government purchases of vehicles and
>petrol to Tarik Musa of TKMotors and Tufik Massry Jrn. of Castle Oil
>respectively. All of the brand new vehicles of the top echelon of
>Government are all PAJEROS in accordance with the new dictates of Yahya
>Jammeh and Baba Jobe. Government officials can only purchase fuel from
>Castle Oil. These two businessmen have really greased the wheels of
>government and lined the pockets of Yahya jammeh and his cohorts.  There is
>no more competetion in the market place which is driving genuine investors
>out of the gambia at an alarming rate.  Ebrima, at this rate, the economy
>will take a generation or more to recover to the level attained during the
>former era, when a new government is installed. Basic commodities are
>beginning to disappear from the shelves of super markets and shops. The
>situation is pathetic and needs to be arrested immediately.  The donors
>should deal with the situation even though the government purchases affect
>only those procurement which do not involve external funds.
>

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