masoud.our country is experiencing an influx of foriegn investors in the land industry.from reggae musicians to whites .the lands in the kombos are slowly falling in the hands of the frequent tourist.some of this toursit are buying big lands for retirement homes.from sukuta to gunjure ,from sanyang to kukujang mariama ,the tourist are buying most of the farm lands.
it is making me wonder about the future .people are freely selling lands that they need for their future generation .the zimbabwe situation may befall us.jamaican reggae stars are buying heavily in the gunjure region.i was shown a land owned by buju banton .the area they say is a government TDA (tourism development area).but land dealers sold the lands to unsuspecting foriegn buyers including buju .
how can the trend of land selling be coube ? there is demand but what about family expansion for the kombo people ? i am no kombonka but i feel for them .
the other sector of foriegn investment is the banking industry.we now have ACCESS BANK,QUARANTEE TRUST BANK,FIRST INTERNATIONAL BANK,AND THREE MORE ON THERE WAY INTO TINY GAMBIA.
the banks are easily handing loans to civil sevants and business men.the competition is very high.what is going to be the implications for this loan repayments ? the interest rates are in the region of 25% .
is the gambia morgaging itself to foriegn banks ? i wonder .
Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
The bane of a circus is comedy. I am pleased you're taking it all in stride.
If birds could speak to us!!!
Masoud. Haroun. MQDT. Al Mutawakkil.
In a message dated 11/10/2007 12:23:01 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
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THANKS HARUNA.i have taken a couple of pictures although am no expert in
taking photos.i am also very careful since the nia syndrome is every were.among
taxi drivers,students,every one.but i am careful with my activities.the big
man is not as secure as he make it out to be.one funny thing in the gambia
which make me laugh all the time is the LOVE OF UNIFORM.you see military uniform
,police,para,custom,and some other funny looking uniforms that i have never
seen before.the country is a bunch of uniform lovers.i also show the army
execisng in the middle of the main streets singing SONA MARIAMA .can you
remember sona mariana song ? .lang tombong himself leading the his men with old
folk songs.
our people are very relax.the airport staff are so greedy ,they wish to make
every visitor pay for all the small things.i have to pay more than twenty
pounds on few cell phones and even text books get charged by customs.
they rumage through my bags ,i have to get angry before they realise it is
my job to empty my suit case .every one is asking for some thing .
but over all ,politics aside ,the gambia is still a paradise .i felt
tranquil and happy .love to every one.
Haruna Darbo wrote:
We wish you all the best suntou and take a bunch of pictures of those
potholes and more. I thought that Sukuta road was resurfaced recently? I
think
Yahya should get with MAKharafe and sons or whoever did that work to
mitigate
ASAP. Roads generally should have a life-span of 30 years, or in Gambia 15
years
because the contractors cut corners on subgrade material or bitumen
emulsions
or concrete strength and re-bars. I understand that if the folk at works and
infrastructure don't have a clue what they are buying or inspect the work of
contractors, such development is untenable and unsustainable. Maybe we
should solicit bids for roads of hay and mud instead of asphalt and
concrete. This
is really shameful. And please don't blame it on the rains. Ghana and
senegal experience more extremes of temperature and precipitation than
Gambia.
Oh, don't forget to give Yahya my message. If you're not able to see his
motorcade, just give it to baboucarr Jatta for onward transmission.
Haroun Masoud. MQDT. Darbo. Al Mutawakkil.
In a message dated 11/9/2007 10:39:15 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,
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i am suffering from heavy cold due to the dusty roads and heat.when i
arrived in banjul two weeks ago ,my fear was malaria but then the mosquitos
are not
as bad as they are in raining reasoning.
i visited banjul six times but i couldn't see yahya's motor cade once.i show
ousanou darboe opposite islamic bank and the police head quaters on the 5th
on nov with modou manneh.the people are now more and more talking without
fearing too much from the nia men.i hear of the arrest of one mr conta from
sweden last week .i visited radio gambia to see one staff .
the roads are like being in a planet of not were.from west field to sukuta
is all deep holes and cuts every where.
men things are some how bad.but the gambina spirit of ''leave it to god ''
is still alive.
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