Sanusi,

I must first of all apologise for not answering some of the questions you asked me during the past few days much earlier.

You were kidding when you asked me about the government's human rights record, or weren't you? If you were not kidding then you've asked the wrong person. I say this because even though I abhore illegal arrests, detensions, torture etc, I have said it here many times before that I hold some of the socalled victims as being responsible. So you can see if you ask me the same question again my answer would still be the same. And please do not give me any individual cases as I would not deal with specific cases. To sum it all up, the human rights situation in The Gambia could be better but overall, it is acceptable to me.

Concerning the proliferation of computers in government departments, take it from me that a majority of government departments have computers and the number is growing steadily. I personally do not know of any offices at the quadrangle, Parastatals or departments of state or senior seconadry schools without computers. Of course there are many other offices without computers but these are declining gradually. Perhaps when you next visit, the department of immigration would have been provided with some.

Have a good day, Gassa.