No Muhammad Bai Drammeh 

    On Sunday, 30 April 2017, 14:05, Burama Jammeh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 

 Readers here is what I said abut concerns been raised about politics in Foni
'THE FONI/KANILAI PROBLEM: For me this is perceived and not a real one. However unless properly address we could all get dirty in it. Well before the Sibanor and Kanilai incidents I suggested in one of my postings how the new government should educate Gambians and particularly Foni about political dispensation in a democracy and rule of law. I suggested Barrow asked the Governor at Brikama under which Foni falls to summon all the chiefs, Alikalis and some prominent people of the area to his office. To avoid stigmatization other areas can do it too. To explain the concepts of Independence, Republic, Democratic dispensation, Freedom of Expression and Association and Rule of Law. That the old order of unlawfully targeting/favoring members of one political group over others was wrong, unlawful and the new government will treat everyone equally under our laws. Period! Mai Fatty’s summons at Sibanor covered some of the above but it also vied into party politics. That were inappropriate when he's on (public) our times and costs. Mai Fatty was I Sibanor as Minister of Interior and Chief Law Enforcement Officer and not a politician canvassing votes for one group or another. As a general matter we have to learn to separate public from party/private, etc. interests.”
I don’t know if this or something else prompted your advise on Foni. Yes or know I don’t think my views on treating all Gambians equally regardless of their politics and/or tribe/ethnicity is any different from the points of your message. Let me know if/where different. 
However tribe/ethnicity/race are real to mankind and particularly in The Gambia. That’s not to say 1 tribe/race/ethnic group is better and/or deserving than the others. We’re defined in many ways by our race/tribe/ethnic upbringing that even affect our public service - sometimes good and/or bad. I also know ethnicity is not defined by last name or residency or language. Probably they are components of the definition and/or influence.
Herein I paste 1 lexicon definition: “the fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition.”
ONENESS OF GAMBIA: This should be the less worrying problem of any government of Gambia. There is no Gambian territory in indispose and there are no Gambian group(s) targeted/favored for any reason. If there are any problem - it will only be a politically fabricated problem. Yahya created one. He used Foni against his opposition. Yet, I didn’t advise revenge and/or hostility. I only suggested a proactive stand to call Gambians at Governors Office to explain what is a nation and how democracy works and that each one is free to express and associate.  I did that not knowing there will be a political brawl in Sibanor and/or firefighting in Kanilai. But I know what happened the past 22 years.
In short politicians/governments are sources of our problems. They create manufactured problems to advantage their political causes. I hope Barrow’s One Nation One People remain just a slogan. We’re already 1 nation and 1 people - I hope we keep it that way. It doesn’t mean we are not in tribes/races//ethnicities. Races/tribes/ethnicities are only frowned when it comes to government jobs and resources allocation. Anywhere outside is only traditional. I am Mandinka and was married to Jola. Ethnicity is/was never a topic in my household. As a rough guess probably 85% our households are mixed tribes/ethnicities.
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