Gambia-L: The e-mail below, as usual, came form one of my sources in the Gambia. However, because of limited access to the Net these days, I am sending it unedited. So please, just ignore the spelling/typographical mistakes if there are any. Ebrima Ceesay ___________________________________________________________________ >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Jammeh violates the "exclusivity" clause in the ESKOM contract > >Ebrima, >Concerning the electricity problems of the Gambia, we will continue to >suffer from the lack of electricity for some time to come despite the >numerous pronouncements and assurances of Jammeh which he dispense as >liberally as dictated by this whims and caprices. What amazes me about >Yahya Jammeh is that while assuring the population that electicity will be >available to a large majority in the next twleve months and doing it with a >straight face, he acts in the opposite direction. While assuring his Youth >Action Group, which is the same as the July 22 Movement, he is applying >pressure to the NAWEC Management to award two contracts to Sam Sarr to >generate 12 megawatts of electricity . The arrangement is a joint venture >company under the Chairmanship of none other than Sam Sarr. While all this >is going on, he had already instructed the current Managing Director of >NAWEC to sign a contract with ESKOM which was the subject of one of your >postings yesterday. A clause in the ESKOM contract clearly states that >"Neither Party(ESKOM and NAWEC) shall, for the duration of this Agreement, >enter into negotiations with any other Party with regard to the >establishment of a new business partnership to be incorporated as a joint >company relating to the provision of electricity, water and sewerage as >integrated services in The Gambia." There are several nuances to the >contract which is raising eyebrows in NAWEC and other quarters. Firstly, >the contract was signed by the MD of NAWEC on behalf of Department of Trade >and witnessed by its Permanent Secretary >Previous contracts, including the BASAM contract, were signed by the >Secretary of State for Trade. Why this one had to be signed by the Managing >Director? If I were the MD, I should start packing my bags because he will >end up carrying the can should something go wrong, and there's ample >evidence that the contract will either be abbrogated or cancel any plans to >award Sam Sarr contracts to produce electricity. Given Yahya's >unsurmontable problems posed by the Crude Oil Saga, he will rather go with >Sam Sarr for now than to honour the ESCOM contract. Secondly, why knowingly >mislead ESCOM that you will not enter into any other contract while theirs >is still in effect? The NAWEC staff are at a loss and I will tell Yahya >that they are aware of what's going on. A copy of the ESCOM contract, >including the other draft contracts, are in their possession which will be >produced when the time comes to answer to the Gambian people. Ebrima, I >will end here as far the electricity problems of this country are concerned >and I hope that those responsible to continually misappropriating the >limited resources of this country will be brought to book soon. Like Kebba >Dampha, there will be no mercy for these characters who continue to treat >the Gambian population with contempt. "Acting under orders" will not wash >when you will be called upon to account for your evil deeds. > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------