Abdou, thanks for this forward.   To my fellow Gambians, is this really a
gift?  How can someone steal from the people, push them to begging and then
turn around to give them trinkets?  What is in essence called a gift is
nothing more that selling our integrety as a nation to the very person that
robbed us blind.  If we want to deal with the alledged theft of 100 bags of
sugar and rice respectively, how about the thief that stole millions from
from the people?  How come that aspect of the stealing circuit is not
covered?  let's do the math here, shall we?  1000 bags of rice at D650 per
bag comes to D650,000, times 2 (assuming a bag of sugar costs the same), it
come to D1,300,000.  That is only in one district and excluding our dear
journalists.  Now, let's say he replicated this feat in 50 other places, it
comes to D65,000,000.  Now, have I got a question for you.  How many years
must Jammeh work at his current salary to cough up D65,000,000?  If his
salary does not justify this expenditure, then where the hell did he get the
money from?  I will leave our journalists with integrety to help us with the
answers to these.  Folks, we are our worst enemy and we are a beggar nation.
  Very sad indeed.

Chi Jaama

Joe

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>Subject: Foni Kansala chief
>Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:27:22 -0800
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>Foni Kansala chief,
>
>Folks I cannot belief the Gug was working in Radio Gambia as the Jolas
>announcer. Something should be wrong with our country. Ir is more than
>tribalism!!!
>
>  others sent to Mile Two
>By Lamin Dibba &
>Chief Manneh
>Nov 10, 2004, 16:23
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>Momodou Lamin Nyassi, the head chief of Foni Kansala District, was Monday
>arrested by personnel of the Gambia National Army stationed at Kanilai and
>sent to Mile Two Prison together with two other villagers for allegedly
>stealing President Jammeh’s Ramadan gift for his district.
>
>Sources yesterday told the Daily Observer that the Foni Kansala District
>was given 1000 bags of sugar and 1000 bags of rice and the chief was
>reported to have sold 100 bags of each in Brikama.
>
>Chief Nyassi, together with the APRC youth leader, Bubai Sanyang and the
>APRC constituency chairman, Ndongo Mboob are said to have sold 18 bags of
>rice to a Mauritanian businessman, Lamin Narr Faal.
>
>The soldiers stormed Bwiam village and arrested five elders including the
>Chief.
>
>They were then taken to Kalagi Police Station where they were questioned.
>Bubai Sanyang and Lamin Narr were later released. The Source further said
>that more arrests were made in the village.
>
>The police spokesman Aziz Bojang could not be reached for comment as he was
>said to be in Canada.
>An insider at the Kalagi Police Station confirmed the story and said: “What
>the chief did is very bad. He should have set a good example. We are very
>much dismayed.”
>
>“This gift should not be used otherwise. A gift is a gift. Some people
>don’t have mercy, not even taking into consideration the month of Ramadan,”
>another Police source said.
>
>Some bags of sugar and rice were said to be recovered from the arrested
>men.
>
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