Mr. Conteh,
If Kebba Dampha is Kebba Jallow, kindly extend my greetings to him. He
has ever been a very good and respectful brother to me.
Thanks
Elhajj.

"[log in to unmask]" skrev:

> Kebba:
>
> Reading your narration, I can now conclude that you are
> Kebba Jallow.  It is disservice to the list members for
> you to hide, while releasing damaging stories.  I welcome
> your criticism of Jammeh, but you will be doing us a favor
> if you come out of the closet.
>
> Be a man and reveal your identity.  You do not have to fear
> anyone, but God.
>
> Naphiyo,
>
> Comrade ML Jassey-Conteh
> Greensboro, NC/Kombo East Constituency
>
> N
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Dampha Kebba [log in to unmask]
> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 10:49:35 -0400
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Bombshell ....Yaya's Corruption
>
> Culled from the Independent
>
> As dollar-for-diplomat status deal is struck External funds for Jammeh's
> election campaign 100 tractors, 5000 Tee shirts, $1million promised
>
> An American referring to himself as The Gambia's Ambassador-At-Large and
> Trade Attaché was quoted in a letter to Buba Baldeh and Baba Jobe as saying
> that his company was on the verge of releasing one million US dollars for
> President Jammeh's election campaign, 5000 campaign Tee-shirts and shipping
> hundred new tractors to the country. A September 4 2001 letter from Mr.
> Enslin bearing the letterhead and official stamp of The Republic of The
> Gambia and addressed to Mr. Baldeh also indicated that "several millions of
> US dollars would be made available to the APRC within weeks". "We will
> expedite the process and get the funds into the account as soon as possible.
>
> The funds are being transferred from our bank in Europe to the Greatmore
> account in Texas and then to New Jersey into Gotham's account and from there
> to your account in New York" Enslin's letter explained. Mr. Enslin also made
> a request to the Gambian Ambassador in Washington "to start looking for a
> new location for the embassy as we would like to purchase the building next
> month". He assured Mr. Baldeh that "money is not a problem". However he was
> also worried over an apparent delay to send them their identification cards
> and contracts from the State Department as employees of the Gambian Embassy
> in New Jersey. He told Mr. Baldeh that he consulted with John P. Bojang the
> Gambian Ambassador to the US who told him (Enslin) that no instruction was
> forthcoming from The Gambia to process their contracts as Trade Attaches.
>
> "It is becoming very difficult for us to plan our trip to The Gambia because
> no one will give us answers to our questions relating to our contracts and
> our identification cards from the State Department" Enslin noted to Mr.
> Baldeh. Meanwhile an earlier letter from the American to one Mansong Jagne
> dated August 27 2001 and bearing The Gambia's official letterhead detailed
> his company's readiness to buy and ship one hundred new tractors to The
> Gambia two weeks later (September 10). The letter referred to a meeting
> Enslin's deputy Big Joe Siderowicz was supposed to have held with the John
> Deere Tractor Company on August 28 to that effect. "We will begin the
> process of releasing the funds this afternoon after we confirm the office of
> protocol has instructions to expedite our credentials" it said.
>
> However it also requested Mr. Jagne to confirm the members of his group's
> appointment as Ambassadors and Trade Attaches and whether they have full
> Gambian diplomatic immunity and status. Another confidential letter Enslin
> addressed to Baba Jobe on August 6 referred to instruction "Gotham of Gambia
> Ltd" issued to its bank to transfer five million dollars to the Central Bank
> of The Gambia for use to set up an Agricultural and Housing Bank here. It
> also quoted Mr. Enslin as thanking Baba Jobe "for your role in helping us
> with our appointments and we intend to deliver whatever we have promised for
> The Gambia". "Also please notify us of your needs with respect to the
> required funding of the presidential campaign in October" the letter pointed
> out, making it clear that as soon as President Jammeh's photograph and full
> colour coat of arms were provided "Gotham Gambia Ltd" would order five
> thousand Tee shirts for the October 18 election campaign.
>
> Mr. Enslin's communiqué also complained about the effort of an undisclosed
> number of people to thwart them from helping The Gambia. It could be
> recalled that The Independent carried a story in March quoting sources as
> saying that Mr. Enslin was "roaming" the sub-region as an ambassador for The
> Gambia. Sources had indicated that Mr. Enslin who was referred to as the
> Chief executive officer of Gotham Financial Group Ltd had promised that his
> organization would be making a monthly deposit of 2 million dollars to The
> Gambia in addition to depositing monthly 2 million dollars to finance The
> Gambia's diplomatic activities at the United Nations. Source said Mr. Enslin
> was hoping to be reciprocated with a diplomatic license to operate around
> West Africa. They claimed he was also offering the same
> dollar-for-diplomatic status deal to Guinea Conakry. Although a Foreign
> Affairs official had earlier confirmed that Mr. Enslin lobbied the
> government for diplomatic status without success the official had also said
> The Gambia never received any money from him and his company in exchange for
> a diplomatic status of any kind.
>
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