Hamjatta, to you I say " Say not always what you know, but always know what
you say". I thought you were a smart guy, behold you are still as narrow
minded as the Makevelis of cyberspace.

Before feeding us with all this garbage, why don't you for once, use your
head. Quoting Famara Jatta's speech does not in any way debunk what I wrote
on the economy.

The 5.33% average annual growth I quoted is for the period 1995-1999 and not
for the year 2000. What famara Jatta said is this:

"For the year ending December 2000,  real GDP is estimated to grow by 3.44%,
**a fall from the 5.66% recorded in 1999**".

This sentence is telling you that for the year ENDING DECEMBER 2000, real
GDP is ESTIMATED to fall to 3.44%. The sentence is also telling you that
real growth in GDP in 1999 was 5.66%.

For the rest of your gibberish, you may be interested to visit the UNESCO
website as well.

Finally, if you assume for one moment that your vulgarity will scare me away
or win me over to your camp, you must be a bigger idiot than I assumed. It
is people like you, self opionated, extremely intolerant of others views,
arrogant beyond contempt, with your pompous attitudes that Africa is still
ravaged by war. It is precisely the likes of you, who while declaring your
opposition to Jammeh and his government on the pretext of its abysmal human
rights record, would not hesitate to plunge this nation into chaos simply
because you are so full of rage and depair, and want to come to power at any
cost. Those war ravaged countries you listed are in the stage they are in
simply because some self opionated fool believes that without him nothing
would work and apart from him nobody else can think. If you cannot hold a
civil discourse on a forum like this, without resorting to vulgarity, then
you are even worst than Jammeh.

Finally, I am sorry to say this, but the anger in you coupled with your
narrow mindedness is a recipe for disaster and I won't be surprised if I
hear that, either you've gone mad or in your desperation have done something
really stupid. Take up yoga boy or better still visit your shrink for
Heaven's sake.

Have a good day and bye 4Now, KB Jobe


>----Original Message Follows----
>From: Hamjatta Kanteh <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
> ><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Thriving Gambian Economy- Update.
>Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 00:41:23 EDT
>
>In a message dated 29/04/2001 15:25:51 GMT Daylight Time,
> >[log in to unmask]
>writes:
>
>
>People peddling on the L the nonsence that the Gambian **economy >is in
>dire straits** and that **poverty is rampant** just don't know what >they
>are talking about. The economy has registered an average >percentage growth
>in GDP of 5.3% between 1995-1999 and business is >flourishing. Private
>sector confidence is at an all time high and >attitude towards non-white
>collar jobs is changing. To have an idea of >businesses operating in The
>Gambia may visit the GCCI website at (www.gambiachamber.gm). If anyone has
>any evidence contrary to my >assertion that the economy is growing and
>better things are yet to >come can post the evidence.
>
>"Jobe",
>Well, evidence i shall provide to the contrary of the aforesaid brazen
>gloatings of yours. According to your gov'ts own testimony, by way of
> >Famara Jaata's sodding 2001 Budget Speech, growth tendered for year
> >ending December 2000, showed a decline of 2.16% from 5.6% in 1999 to
> >3.44%. So in real terms, a decline in growth has been registered in >the
>Gambian as a whole -  as i said earlier in my piece. I shall quote
> >verbatim the relevant portions of Jaata's sodding Budget that >explicitly
>debunks your lie that the Gambian economy is doing good and >that poverty
>is not on the lurch. Here goes:
>
>III. THE DOMESTIC ECONOMY
>
>I. Real Sector
>Mr. Speaker, Sir,
>18. For the year ending December 2000,  real GDP is estimated to grow >by
>3.44%, **a fall from the 5.66% recorded in 1999**. Growth is >registered in
>almost all the sectors, with the exception of **Trade >and Tourism, which
>are estimated to decline by 3.57% and 6.39% >respectively as a result of
>difficulties experienced in the re-export >trade sector, the cessation of
>the activities of major tour operators >in the tourism sector and the
>problems encountered in the marketing of >groundnuts.
>
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