Gassama,
misplaced priorities indeed.

Do Gambian teachers have the ability to teach in the dark? if so why the
jubilation in the City on the arrival of the Generator?

Isn't it electricity that power the pumps to provide clean drinking water,
equipment in the hospitals etc. and foster an atmosphere for private sector
development?

I hope you would agree with me that Electricity had a higher priority
contrary to your ranking.   Having seen the pictures on the jammeh2001
website only helps to strengthen the contents of my previous posting.

You have been caught out on this one.  I have the feeling that you are very
much in the dark about the APRC's position on many issues but you
give the impression of some one in the know.  Perhaps you are suffering from
illusions of grandeur or something unquantified and want to use the keyboard
to the position of MD as was mentioned by one subscriber sometime ago.

Because someone else done it behind the wheel of a cab (Mr. Le Directeur),
you think you can do it in cyber space. Oh my! such sophistication although
may be otherwise too late.

peace

Mohin
>From: Jungle Sunrise <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: 7 years of Darkness
>Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 11:54:54 +0000
>
>Mohinder,
>
>You wrote:
>
>"Is the generator business a cheap ploy to boost the Kanilai Butcher's
>electoral chances.  What one cannot understand is why now not earlier?
>
>Would you agree with me that the commissioning of generators should have
>been given a higher priority than that stupid Arch 22 edifice.
>
>You mentioned in your posting on this matter that "30 years of darkness".
>Wasn't it right then to have made the availability of electricity supply
>the
>No 1. priority in 1994.  But no, then the Butcher and his cohorts were busy
>milking the Gambia dry".
>
>From your name I am note sure if you are a man or a woman and would not
>therefore address you you as Mr. or Madam. I also seem to have the
>impression that you are not a Gambian, atleast by descent, and that you
>live
>abroad. Based on these assumptions, I will try to tell you my own believes.
>To solve our electricity problem, though a neccessity, could not have been
>the "NO 1. priority" in 1994. In 1994 and up to date, our "No. 1 priority"
>is to provide access to education for our kids, provide safe drinking water
>for our rural folks, provide access to health facilities for our people,
>provide access to communications, provide watering holes for our livestock,
>re-orientate our youths, give our youths hope and teach them to be self
>reliant, create an enabling environment for the private sector to develop,
>etc., etc. Now the question to ask is how far have we achieved these broad
>objectives.
>
>Have a good day, Gassa.
>
>>From: Mohinder Bains <[log in to unmask]>
>>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
>><[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: 7 years of Darkness
>>Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 15:00:40 +0000
>>
>>Jungle sunset,
>>Is the generator business a cheap ploy to boost the Kanilai Butcher's
>>electoral chances.  What one cannot understand is why now not earlier?
>>
>>Would you agree with me that the commissioning of generators should have
>>been given a higher priority than that stupid Arch 22 edifice.
>>
>>You mentioned in your posting on this matter that "30 years of darkness".
>>Wasn't it right then to have made the availability of electricity supply
>>the
>>No 1. priority in 1994.  But no, then the Butcher and his cohorts were
>>busy
>>milking the Gambia dry.
>>
>>I would deign to add that during all this time, Kanilai was enjoying
>>constant supply of electricity.  Had the Butcher been as patriotic as he
>>is
>>portraying, he would not have resorted to being cocooned with all mod coms
>>at his disposal whilst ordinary gambians were suffering.
>>
>>Your hypocrisy is now manifested to the full.  Have you for once, even
>>commented on this scenario.  I hope you dare not ! Because if you did,
>>you
>>would not see sunset for a long time to come.  Such is the Dictators
>>pronouncement of Accountability, Probity and Transparency that even his
>>own
>>supporters dare not speak of any of his frailties for fear of a visit by
>>the
>>NIA. I can surmise that what you are posting to G_L is done out of fear
>>for
>>the Butcher and NIA and not for provoking debate on gambian issues. Yet
>>let
>>me warn you! the Dictator's type are not easily appeased!  remember Saja
>>Taal, Cheyassin Secka etc. for each of this their Sun is set and so shall
>>your Sunset arrived.
>>
>>I hope Mr. Le Directeur is reflecting on these thoughts as well.
>>
>>Peace
>>Mohin
>>
>>
>>>From: Mohinder Bains <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
>>><[log in to unmask]>
>>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>>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]>
>>>>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
>>>><[log in to unmask]>
>>>>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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