Joe, Ma ngee laka >From: Joe Sambou <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Eid Mubarak >Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 19:14:19 +0000 > >Beran, thanks for your response and pledge to a more constructive >engagement. I'm sure Yus will reciprocate in kind. Both of you are an >asset to our nation and please do not loose sight of that. Naaka Yaapu >Harr >Bi? > >Chi Jaama > >Joe Sambou > > >>From: Beran jeng <[log in to unmask]> >>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list >><[log in to unmask]> >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: Re: Eid Mubarak >>Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 13:24:12 -0500 >> >>Halima & Joe, >> >>I decided to use a different subject heading to respond to your appeal.The >>intension is to reiterate my commitment to you and all on this list that I >>will refrain from contributing to negative exchanges >>be rest assured that the recent posting will not make me break that pledge >>to you.I introduce computers in The Gambia and popularize its use.I have >>on >>several occaisons pick a high school graduate off the streets and train >>them >>and get them a job using computers and a whole >>lot more.When Allan Goodrige,the then accountant general approached me >>to assist the government to automate the payroll and pensions required >>by the world bank and IMF,without which the government will not get >>funds.I >>considered it and concluded that I'm obligated to assist my country and >>not >>only that,by computerizing the government payroll and pension will help in >>minimizing the ghost that existed and therby contributing to reducing the >>rampant corruption that existed.I mortgage my compound and use that money >>to >>team up with my Ghanian counter parts >>to develop the payroll from scratch using cobol.In 1989,computer >>application >>packages was not available off the shelf as it is today.It has to be >>develop >>and was expensive to develop.The standard charges ranged from $100 per >>hour >>and can you Imagine for almost 2 years. >>After all this sacrifice,under the previous regime,because I was not a >>party >>supporter or sympathizer and also by me refusing to dish out money >>under the table to get my money,I was not paid only given a token >>advance.When the current regime came into power,I was called to the Algali >>commission,the press was there,I submitted a claim of $1.5 million which >>was >>forwarded to the accountant general but still not paid.From accountant >>general,I automated G.U.C curbing the corruption in the billing and metre >>allocations,then to exams council,post office. >>I also serviced US Emabassy Banjul and British High commission and more. >>I don't mean to bore you with all these details but I thought it will be >>usefull to whomever is interested in finding out about my work in the >>Gambia.Sixteen years on the ground working in The Gambia is not easy >>especially,when you are not politivally connected. >> >>I wish all of you a happy tobaski and would like to inform you that I can >>provide you with a lamb upgrade from Pentium II lamb to a pentium IV >>lamb.Please don't worry about the slaughtering because my "Kongkareh" >>is readily available to serve that function.In the event that you have a >>dead computer,bring it to the halal and I will gladly swap the dead part >>with lamb part and vice versa if your lamb happens to die. >> >>I wish all an EID mubarak. >> >>Beran >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>From: "Malanding S. Jaiteh" <[log in to unmask]> >>>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list >>><[log in to unmask]> >>>To: [log in to unmask] >>>Subject: Eid Mubarak >>>Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 10:43:26 -0500 >>> >>>Eid Mubarak to you all, >>>A surgeon general warning to Drammeh, Fofana Kanyi, Sidibeh kunda kollu >>>and >>>all those food-loving folks, eating too much Banna Salli subo (meat from >>>sacrificial lamb) can be bad for your stomach. >>> >>>JAITEH KUNDA >>> >>> >>><<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> >>> >>>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] >>> >>><<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> >> >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com >> >><<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> >> >>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] >> >><<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > ><<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> > >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] > ><<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> 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] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>