In this volatile situation of our beloved country, Let us stop puzzling each other and face the facts that some of the discussions on the forum are really baseless. As a primary school product, I will be grateful seeing a good few of the intellectuals tirelessly putting some effort to enlighten us about building better Gambia than provoking each other. Lately, there have been a step forward contribution by Mr.. Jaiteh and Karamba whose piece, in my opinion, are worth discussing. Mr.. jaiteh stated that part of the problems endangering our progresses in our continent was due to the western influences while karamba, on the other hand, disagree by saying that gambians are corrupt lazy and incompetent, "if I am not mistaking." I think on one hand, that the west have some roles to play regarding the backwardness of our country hence they are aware of the fact that the caretakers are corrupt yet they are pumping in physical cash for them to have something to spend and at the end of the day, rope is tighten on every citizen’s neck. If I for once sent money to the gambia to build a house that myself and the entire family can live in, instead the money was use for selfish deeds, should i continue sending money? Of cause not. I rather be present to co-ordinate the project than to sent the money. On the other hand, If i lend the money, With or without using the money on the right purposes, it will be paid anyway, therefore, I will not mind but still complaining about the corrupt practices deterring out progresses. Do I care at the first place? On the other hand, The politicians should not take this as granted to enrich themselves. Those monies are for the entire population and it should be use as it was given for. Secondly, party politics is also playing significant role in our society’s destruction and endangering our productivity due to the different tribal factions which the politician are using to put themselves on top of the corruption line. To be candid, incompetence and lazy is also something that you can find by visiting the offices in the Gambia, no changes took place since the previous government era. This i guess is due to the competent and capable ones who are loosing their jobs everyday for reasons I don’t know. However, problems like these is what one should addressed and debate on towards the new Gambia. If a caretaker did something wrong, to just dismiss them will not help, they should be put into trial to show the general public the person’s incompetency not politically motivated. This have been a tradition in the Gambia politic if the civil servants are dismissed, the motives are always hiding from the general public "WHY"? At the end of the day, those same people start driving expensive cars and building mansions. Is that fair? Karamba have a point in his argument that incompetency and laziness of the caretakers have as well a share of the piece of the cake to eat. I am sure, if the caretakers knew the fact that they will be publicize, as well running to foreign country will not change their problems hence they will be repelled if they play incompetent in their bestowed posts.They will change their attitudes, especially if a lesson is demonstrated. Is the people that contribute value to the government on revenue they generate overtime, relative to the cost to acquire and serve them. If is accepted that people are assets to the government, the value equation should change dramatically ansd seriously affect how the people is treated by the government. The vision of the new Gambia should include changing the traditional habits and believes of our caretakers and respect the employees for the provision of better services.Employees should be able to create people's value by making on the spot, timely decisions instead of waiting for a problem solving hero to arrive on the scene. If the internal structure is not properly integrated, will result to external destruction. In other wards, if a right tool for the right job is always sidelined for the wrong, the job will be stagnant like a lake. The general public will have to be sensitized on every aspects not only the traveling of the caretakers but also the spending of the foreign aide to each and every department and even show the items on television and discuss the emplimentation of those funds.In this way can trust be overwhelmed. As i said earlier, my education is so primary and I wish the intellectuals to forgive me in any inconvenience. However, curiosity kills the cat, then again, I don’t mine to be kill by speaking my mind and thoughts on issues of my beloved Gambia. Edi _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>