Binneh,
Thank you for painting the picture on the wall again. It`s always great to hear from you! I am listening the " Bopou Kogne " on-line. Keep up the good work!
Elhadj.
----- Original Message -----
From: Binneh S Minteh
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 6:09 PM
Subject: WHY TALKING ABOUT YAHYA'S NEPOTISM AND TRIBALISM SAVES THE GAMBIA.
WHY TALKING ABOUT YAHYA'S NEPOTISM AND TRIBALISM SAVES THE GAMBIA.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OPTV is back revisiting the "taboo" in the minds of those who hear the word "tribalism" or "ethnocentricism" with one ear and refuse to grind the reason behind the debate in their minds before rejecting or accepting the purpose behind the notion at hand.
Talking about Yahya's tribalism and nepotism helps save the country from a sudden volcanic eruption.
Yahya has "onion" layers around him.
Circle one...is composed of Yahya's own feelings that he uses to threaten people and then mystifying his being as someone who possesses super natural abilities,then his wife's and daughter's demands(which is normal for every person),however in Yahya's case those demands are to be watched because he is the leader(he claims to be).The second layer in circle one are his closest kins.
The Mom,the Mom's sister,the guards like(Bekai Bojang-Jola),Kausu Bojang-his uncle Jola-an attendant to the Mom).Then next is Abdoulie Kujabi,former director NIA and now commissioner Western Division-jola,James Mustafa Kujabi-deputy chief of protocol-jola. Yahya's own driver is jola,his chief cook is jola.Some of those who serve him were hand picked from the Atlantic Hotel.
Then you have his marabouts within and without Gambia,Casamance in a village near Buduk Senegal.Yahya's former driver,Wullinding Sanneh the one who stole Jawara's generator is also jola.The one who controls his garden,buffaloes and other infrastructure at Dobong, Kanilai and then the caravan is also jola-Siaka Kujabi(Abdoulie's own brother).Then you have Ansumana Kujabi the half brother of Abdoulie Kujabi,also Jola.Then next on line as far as close kins are concerned is Manlafy Jarju,also Jola.
The above consists of close members of the house hold,please remember that this is the house hold of someone some people call a president of the Republic.
In the zoo those who are doing the dirty job are Sgt Baldeh(a fula and a member of the armed forces!).Baldeh is paid by the people's taxes and then servng Jammeh at his zoo.Two wrongs cannot make a right good citizens!
Anyone attempting to cover Yahya be it on line or elsewhere may not really know who Yahya is or he or she maybe doing so for a hidden purpose.
Do not blame Joe that much maybe he does not know why some people are calling Yahya a tribalist?!!!
Let us visit...
Circle two...Officially Yahya has the following people in key positions and they are all jolas.
The Army Chief of staff-Baboucarr Jatta,jola
The Inspector General of Police-Landing(13)Badjie,jola
The second in command in the army-Momodou Badjie(former commissioner),jola
The secretary of state(again) of Local Government and Lands-Manlafy Jarju,jola
Commissioner Western Division and former director of National Intelligence Agency-Abdoulie Kujabi(Jammeh's uncle),jola
Susan Wafa Ogoo-secretary of state for natural resources and environment(and the longest serving sos under Jammeh who has never ever been fired or demoted),jola and she grew up with Jammeh at Pa Tamba's place in Banjul.
Famara Jatta former SOS finance and Economic Affairs and now governor central bank,jola
Magaret Keita former Accountant general and now next to Famara at the central bank,jola
Anne Therese Ndong Jatta(originally claims to be serer) but look at the maiden name and tell us about the family geography back home.
John Paul Bojang-Gambia's Ambassador to the Republic of China-Taiwan(Yahya's own unlce who taught him at Bwiam and virtually brought him up),jola.
Manlafy Sanyang a senior police officer traffic unit(who until recently was the head of the state guard drivers),jola.
Here we are just touching on the closer layers in order to be able to give facts to the UN and other bodies that we have contacted to show that another Rwanda is in the making in The Gambia.
What about the armed forces. ALmost all commisioned and non- commisioned officers in the armed forces are all JOLA. Yahya have promoted all his kinsmen in the army and they all handle strategic positions. OPTV can put a list of the command structure of the Gambian Armed forces out in this forum. Many of this MFDC fighters are integrated into our armed forces as well and they are all JOLA'S from Cassamance.This has caused and is currently causing many soldiers resign. Fellow Gambians what does this tell about YAhya?
Now Gambians can see where we are coming from knowing that every society has inherited some things and we must avoid playing with the harmful stuff if we want to live together in peace.Yahya A "JAIL" "JAIL" JAMMEH and his cronies want to tell us that no other Gambians are qualified to do these jobs? Politics is not prostitution,it is an art. If Switzerland can use the balancing factors to bring all there cantons together by forming a federal gvt (where a council of ministers rules) and each minister becomes a head of state every twelve months,whats stopping Yahya from playing the cards in a more decent way?
In every gvt that looks like Yahya's we all know that Vice Presidents are more ceremonial than functional,so who cares if Yahya turns around telling us Isatou Njie Saidy is fula or wolof? Is Isatou even identifying herself as one after all?
OPTV works on facts and figures and we will send here more statistics to justify that our aim is to call Yahya's attention to why we oppose him with full force.Yahya is not only an ethnocentrist! He uses nepotism through ethnic feelings that is even more dangerous.Yahya cannot cause a rift between Mandingkos like Ousainou Darboe and Jolas like Shyngle Nyassi!!!!!!!!!!!
Never ever!!! But he can link up trailers and opportunists behind his wagon and pull them towards a bloody destination.
When people talk about ethnic cleansing or ethnic conflicts it is not the number that counts near a dictator,no! it is the strategic positions and access to the harmful and powerful machinery that matters period!
Even if Yahya has one or two jolas near him and they have access to the most important and powerful infrastructures that can harm the 1.3 million Gambians by using ethnic feelings then that is a cause for concern.
An elected president should even try and avoid appointing or exposing his closest family members in his or her gvt! In the Gambia we have a gangsta who threatens people and then laughs shamelessly saying that:"Gambians know who Yahya Jammeh is! whenI give you and assignment just let them know the order is from Kanilai!"
Yahya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Step down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Believe me Yahya! Step down because if you fail to do so,you will swim and drown in a sea of blood that you are creating around you.
Binneh S Minteh
New York University.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l
To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to:
[log in to unmask]
To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface
at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
