I have been knee deep in paper work and will be 'til the FY officially
closes. But, I simply could not get on without commenting on the action of
these women. What's up with them? Hypocrisy?, misplaced loyalties?
(definitely!!), hypocrisy?, self expediency?, misplaced priorities? - where
were they when the butcher unleashed his gun toting, trigger happy killer
zombies on our kids? Where were they when Ebrima Barry's mother was
mourning the murder of HER son? Where were they when a young DAUGHTER of
Gambia was raped and nothing came of it? Where were they when the mothers
and wives of those held on trumped up charges of treason were calling for
help? Where were they when Radio One FM, it's proprietor and workers were
attacked with the clear intention to kill them? I can go on with the list
of criminal acts by this criminal government that these women could have
come out to protest.
These women ought to be ashamed of themselves. What kind of development
will KMC see when our children have no hope, no prospects, no opportunities,
no freedoms? Here is another tired but 'will make it come true' cliché -
what goes around comes around. The time that we have allowed the beasts of
power to destroy Gambia has and should be instructive to all sober Gambians
that never again will we allow these leeches to stick, much more burrow deep
enough to wreak the kind of havoc we are witnessing.
The struggle continues!! (thanks Ndey)
Soffie
-----Original Message-----
From: joe sambou [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 4:15 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: What Goes Up Must Come Down
Folks, there is chaos in the house that Jammeh built.
Culled from the
Observer Newspaper:
Wednesday, September 27, 2000
KMC'S CONTEH SUSPENDED
"Early Monday afternoon, the chairman of the Kanifing
Municipal Council,
Abdoulai Conteh, was given a terse three-sentence letter
suspending him from
office indefinitely.
The reason for his indefinite suspension was not publicly
announced but
sources said the decision was provoked by differences
between the KMC
chairman and the secretary of state for Local Government
over "certain
projects" in the municipality.
As a result, the president was said to have instructed the
department of
state for Local Government to write to Lt Col (Rtd) Conteh,
ordering him to
proceed on immediate indefinite leave. Following the spread
of the news of
Conteh's suspension, a group of women from the municipality
and staff of the
KMC yesterday afternoon boarded eight mini-vans and picketed
State House to
lobby the president to reinstate Abdoulai Conteh.
Some of the protesters displayed banners reading, 'We Need
Lai Conteh
Because of His Dedication to the Development of KMC', 'We
need Lai Conteh
for his foresight in trying to make KMC a model which could
be compared to
any municipality in developing countries', 'We need Lai
Conteh for his
political maturity and love for his municipality', and so
on. At 3.30pm,
after three hours of camping outside State House, the
president dispatched
the commander of State Guard, Captain Lang Tombong Tamba,
assistant
secretary, Office of the President, Baba Jobe, and three
other security
personnel attached to the Close Protection Unit of the
Presidential Guard,
to meet the group.
Narrating their grievances to Tamba and others, a
spokeswoman for the group,
said, "We are here today to express our utmost
dissatisfaction with the
handing of an indefinite suspension letter to Lai Conteh
yesterday. We came
to appeal to the president to rescind his decision, with due
respect.
We are all behind him and the APRC and shall remain so
forever. But we want
to explain to him that we have started a process with Lai
Conteh and if he
is removed from office especially with the coming local
government election,
those ends may not be met. Lai Conteh is very hard-working
and we are not
here to blow his trumpet but to give His Excellency a
firsthand indication
of our mutual feeling about this matter. We are here
representing hundreds
of others who feel exactly the same but cannot make it here
due to other
pressing engagements.
We are not saying that Lai Conteh is indispensable, but
replacing him means
taking us back to square one." In response, Captain Tamba
urged the group to
remain calm and return home to re-direct their grievances
"through peaceful
channels. We know how you feel but please do take things
easy. You are right
to show your unhappiness but this you could have done with
less commotion.
Just go home and identify representatives who can have
audience with the
president on your behalf." Baba Jobe added, "We know you are
all loyal to
the president and the APRC, so let us treat this as an
in-house matter if
the opposition are not to say there is infighting within us.
Your face,
(referring to a woman with tears running down her cheeks) is
familiar to me
and I am certain that you will die for President Jammeh but
as the commander
has just told you, everything can be solved through
appropriate channels.
Take things easy to avoid worsening the situation."
Following this
statement, the sombre crowd dispersed, with a number of the
protesters
deigning to leave immediately. Others burst into tears as
they slowly
marched towards the Quadrangle. Both the municipal clerk of
the KMC,
Mustapha Njie, and the PRO, Aminata Hydara, declined to
comment on the issue
when they were contacted yesterday morning at their offices.
Mr Njie referred our reporter to the department of state for
Local
Government and PRO Hydara said she was not officially
notified about the
suspension of the chairman. The secretary of state for local
government,
Momodou Nai Ceesay, and his permanent secretary both
declined to comment on
the issue, saying they were "very busy." Sources have
reported that
lobbyists, including SoS Yankuba Touray, Susan Waffa-Ogoo
and Dr Sarja Taal
met the president to plead for a reconsideration of Lai
Conteh's suspension.
Meanwhile, former police chief and commissioner of Western
Division, Famara
RI Jammeh, was tipped to replace Lai Conteh as KMC chairman.
Up to press
time, no official reason was given for Conteh's suspension
and his official
car, KMC 1, was seen parked in the KMC parking lot. Lai
Conteh has been the
KMC chairman since the change of government in 1994. Alieu
Badara Ceesay,
Lamin Sagnia, Augustus Mendy contributed to this story."
Is this not the same Lie Conteh that Jammeh recently
decorated for
outstanding service and all that claptrap. In the company
of crocs everyone
is a potential meal. Well, Lie can now join the company of
Dominic Mendy,
Henry Baldeh, Musa Mbenga and a host of early retirees.
Next!! On a more
serious note, I am still puzzled why many intelligent
brothers and sisters
associate with this rabid dog called Jammeh, only to be
infected, used,
abused, and then jettisoned when they are most vulnerable.
You know the
remaining steaks for Jammeh's barbeque have already died
several times
within the day of this announcement, for they know their
number could be up
any minute. Lie and his predecessors did not see the
missile that hit them,
even though they saw it happen to the ones before them.
Yahya is now tied
with Caligula Caesar in the neurotic category. This guy is
a star, the same
door that enforcers Tombong Tamba (The Hyena) and Baba Skunk
Jobe exited,
whence came Pimps Yankuba, Susan, and Sarja. Talk about the
parade of, for,
and by idiots. The band plays on... Stay tuned, more
roasts to come - ribs
anyone!
Joe Sambou
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