Sister F, did you say that the one and only Tijan Masaneh Ceesay is the
mobilizer of the APRC in Washington D.C.?  I also understand that he is on
the payroll at The Gambian Embassy in D.C.  Could you please let us know
under what capacity, since that position is tax funded?  I'm surprised that
as loud as TJ is that not many people know that he is active with the APRC.
Not that he does not have the right to join any party of his choosing, but
why hide his affiliation?  Don't you think that you guys are not getting the
most from your trade-off with him (Embassy position for APRC mobilizer)?  Is
there also a connection between Mafy Jarju's SOS position and TJ's new
position?  Mafy and TJ are close you know, and I just can't help but see a
link between their promotions within the ranks of the APRC.  As some folks
on this list already know, I know both TJ and Mafy and we have been good
friends over the years.  However, this is a matter of national concern and
we are all stake holders in matters that concern Gambia.

I therefore, move to nominate Mr. D.A. Jawo for position of Psychic
Extraorinaire for his timely posting of Jammeh's dilema.  Following is an
excerpt:

"It appears that President Jammeh is beginning to be confronted with the
reality that it is not easy to run a government through the use of political
patronage, as it seems to have been the practice in his administration.
While he may be the richest head of state in the sub-region, he has to
realise that the running of a government is much more than the frequent
dishing out of money and material gifts as well as the distribution of
public service positions to party loyalists and praise singers. Such a
situation is not only expensive and unsustainable but there are not also
enough public service positions to go round to all those who kow-tow
afterhim. Therefore, the only reasonable thing to do is to appoint the right
people in the right places, regardless of their political affiliation or
social status.The frequent sacking of public service employees, apparently
for being suspected of sympathising with the opposition is no doubt part of
the scheme to create more jobs for the party loyalists and praise-singers.
That in itself is not only unsustainable but is also having a negative
impact on productivity within the public service. The situation is so bad
that the public service is now less than half as productive as it had been
before the coup in 1994. One possible reason for that is because most of the
seasoned professionals within the public service have been replaced by
mediocres whose most important qualifications had been their loyalty to
President Jammeh and the APRC.

While President Jammeh may have the best intentions for the progress of this
country and the 'sky is the limit' for his intention to make this country
into a model in Africa, but unless he gets the right calibre of people to
man the various sectors of his administration and help him implement his
Vision 2020 dream, he cannot make a headway. Therefore, it is time that he
realised the futility of encouraging political patronage and instead start
to encourage every well meaning Gambian with the necessary talents and
skills to participate in nation building, regardless of their political
inclinations. He should therefore disregard all the bad advices he had been
receiving from his praise-singers and cronies, most of whom are only
interested in their own personal aggrandizement."  Uh! Uh! UH!

I hope we Gambians are not saying we do not know what Mr. Jawo is talking
about.  One more thing F, did you throw your hat in the ring?  If so what
happened?  If not, then why?

Sis, please help me with some answers here.

Chi Jaama

Joe Sambou




>From: Fatu Jahumpa Cessay <[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 Thuggry Continues
>Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 00:24:50 +0000
>
>Hi Bro J,
>What happen to your sister Jabou Joh,or she is now APRC(laugh).
>Please kindly let me know.
>Best Wishes,
>Sis Hon. FJC
>
>Joe Sambou wrote:
>
> > Bambalaye, you are right on the money and everyman/woman has a
>inalienable
> > right to self defense.  Thus, if these thugs come to administer their
> > thuggry in any neighborhood, then it should not only be the business of
>his
> > family alone to run these thugs down but all well meaning persons in the
> > neighborhood.  The courts are not going to do a darn thing about it.
>This
> > abuse persists because we are too consumed with the self to the point
>that a
> > whole compound of twenty or more individuals would stand and watch 3 to
>5
> > thugs come and yank one of their members without just cause, beat them
>to a
> > pulp and disappear with them without a flinch from their relatives,
> > neighbors, and friends alike.  Gambians know who these thugs are but
>they
> > chose to look the other way.  You do not have to be educated to know
>that
> > wrong is wrong.  If these thugs get a beating of their life once, twice,
> > etc., this abuse would stop over night.  But as long as we have this
>"Not My
> > Problem" attitude, then we are going to see a continuation of this
>thuggry.
> > These thugs have a mandate from the top and anyone who thinks that
>Jammeh is
> > ignorant of these events in really delusional.  This is an extension of
>the
> > "Machine" and all tyrants worth their salt would have one - Rwalins,
>Doe,
> > Amin, Habre, Mobutu, etc.  These thugs are what keeps the "Fear Factor"
> > alive and they do not need a special event to remind the public that
>they
> > are around and watching.  But characteristic of our attitude, Gambians
>want
> > a "sacrificial Lamb" before they can act, just like what happened in
>1981,
> > with the Kukoi, rampage.   That event showed what some of our people are
> > capable of.  These thugs were dormant because the environment was not
> > conducive for them prior to Jammeh and the tone from the top was not
> > supportive of them.  However, we saw tid bits with the then CID and
>Police
> > thugs.  Remember that outfit, with Lie Joof (Mooti), Nickola Kujabi
>(Mooti
> > Saharr), Tex Khan and others.  What we call the NIA today is nothing but
>the
> > new and improved CID with a tyrant's blessing.  What Dumo is going
>through
> > with the NIA is the same thing he and countless others experienced with
>the
> > CID.  Growing up, I cannot count the number of times Dumo was arrested
>for
> > extended periods, with no just cause by the above listed individuals and
> > their colleagues.  Now, they do not arrest you with bogus warrants, but
> > would kidnap you to some dingy place some where until their bestiality
>is
> > satisfied and just let you loose at any street corner of their choice
>and
> > Gambians just go on their business.
> >
> > Fear killed many a persons before their death.  Our people need to stop
> > complaining and start defending themselves.  No one wants violence, but
>if
> > violence is the only way we can defend ourselves from these thugs, then
>that
> > we must do and it is a universal human law.  Folks need to stand up for
> > their fellow countryman/woman if the courts and law enforcers would not
>do
> > their jobs, for the life you save my be your very own, the next time
>around.
> >   Keep the faith.
> >
> > Chi Jaama
> >
> > Joe Sambou
> >
> > >From: BambaLaye <[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 Thuggry Continues
> > >Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 22:33:22 -0500
> > >
> > >Joe,
> > >
> > >It is unfortunate that we continue to see and hear these forces of
>crude
> > >thuggery at work. I have said it before that the maintenance of civil
>order
> > >and social democracy cum tranquility is in the hands of the masses. The
> > >people of Gambia. It has been there since the advent of the
>constitution of
> > >the republic. It was never anywhere else. We are bordering onto naivety
>and
> > >laziness by believing that anything remotely affecting our individual
> > >rights can be safely entrusted to criminals and thugs through any
>process
> > >that resembles the rule of law.
> > >Self-defense against individual criminals – or criminals sanctioned by
>the
> > >APRC – can no more be delegated to some body else, like the judges in
>those
> > >courts than eating can, or sleeping, or any other natural function.
>These
> > >stories of disruptions of legally certified gatherings, abductions and
> > >torture should warn us that delegated responsibility becomes power and
>that
> > >power becomes inevitably abused when in the wrong hands. If civil order
>and
> > >social democracy are to be upheld in the Gambia, the emphasis must be
>on
> > >finding a definite and absolute way towards enforcing the basic human
> > >rights as entrenched in the constitution – the constitutional
>enforcement.
> > >We must find a way to take that power out of the hands that are abusing
>it
> > >and break it down. We must break the power down into units so small
>that it
> > >cannot be called power, but simply “responsibility”, which unlike
>power,
> > >comes not from the barrel of a gun, but from the mind and heart of the
> > >human behind that gun.
> > >A refusal to see the obvious, a failure to question the doubtful, if
> > >grossly evident, may provide proof leading to an inference of
>collaboration
> > >and gross abuse of power so as to impose responsibility for abuse
>suffered
> > >by those who rely on the laws. In other words, heedlessness and
>reckless
> > >disregard of consequences may take the place of deliberate intentions.
>We
> > >must be weary of such. We must stand up to do the best we can to revert
> > >this cycle of abuse. It is clearly taking its toll in bits and pieces,
>here
> > >and there, today and perhaps tomorrow.
> > >
> > >(BambaLaye)
> > >Abdoulie A. Jallow
> > >==============================================
> > >"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that
>matter."
> > >-Martin Luther King Jr.
> > >
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