Seven years of darkness? I thought we were talking of 30 years of darkness.
The good news is that with the arrival of the second of three brand new
generators and the imminent rural electrification project, the future can
only be brighter. This is a government of doers and not dreamers!

Have a good day, Gassa.

>From: Mohinder Bains <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: 7 years of Darkness
>Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 12:43:04 +0000
>
>So much for transparency, accountability and probity.  For seven good years
>all gambians were and are still in the dark as to how President Jammeh has
>acquired his so called wealth.  I think he must be the greatest Businessman
>on earth to turn a monthly salary of around D26,000 dalasis to millions of
>Dollars with little or no visible action of work done, or is this the case?
>HeHe HeHe He ! as ambassador Sey  tends to quip. Anyway, posterity will
>shed
>light on this.
>
>Seven Years in the Dark!
>Alas! another generator is on the way. With the resources that was at our
>disposal Seven years ago, Any leader worth his salt would have done it
>within six months of coming to power.
>
>But instead the fool was so entranced with the trappings of power, busy
>filling his pockets in order to suffer poverty again forever .  Now that
>every hiding places is bulging with loot, he decided to go for cheap
>popularity and reward the gambian people for according him the opportunity.
>
>Seven Dark years!
>Was there any necessity for a ban.  Why rejoice for lifting something which
>should not have been in place at all.  This is like punishing a child for a
>misdemeanour only to give him a sweet afterwards asking him to be grateful
>for your kindness. However, who is responsible for enacting laws in the
>gambia? President Jammeh or Parliament.
>
>Seven Years of darkness!
>All this pronouncements(i.e. projects like the arch, airport etc) by jammeh
>supporters should be taken at face value. Any development stride achieve
>should not be a cause for rejoincing. Isn't it a  governments duty to
>provide a platform for development. How could this  be regarded as the
>benevolence of one individual.  If one's duty is being mistaken as a
>benevolent act on his behalf, then definitely that individual sense of duty
>and patriotism is very much lacking and demeaning.
>
>Mr Le directeur! I was hoping to see your posting on my proposal but
>instead
>you have stooped very low indeed.  Your exaltations like those posted below
>shows how gullible jammmeh supporters are.  The attitude portrayed by you
>and Rising Sun gassama speaks volumes for your consideration of fellow
>gambians who are not as privilege as you two.
>This only proves how selfish and corrupt minded our well- fed and contented
>functionaries in the Jammeh Government despised the common man.  Thanks to
>the acountability of President Jammeh.
>
>
>One thing you must remember.  As the sun rises so shall it dawn.  But it
>appears that Mr Sunrise's leave never ends.
>
>Peace
>
>Mohin
>
>
>
>>From: TOMBONG SAIDY <[log in to unmask]>
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>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Lamin Gets 2 Million Dalasi Project
>>Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 03:49:14 -0500
>>
>
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