Dampha, I concur with your position regarding the deteriorating state of our
nation. I hope our countrymen/women within and without The Gambia realize
that we have a common problem of theft and thugry by the APRC. We cannot
see our struggle in piecemeal - farmers; students; unemployed; poverty, etc.
We have to see the missing links of the train called Gambia in totality
and address them as a group. Then and then alone can we diffuse this time
bomb. It is not going to be handed in a silver platter. No! No! We've got
to take it. There is no tyrant that has been driven away through dialogue
alone. We have appealed to the conscience of Jammeh and the APRC for seven
years and he still is stuck on ignorance. Well, do we blame him and his
chorus? No, because it's serving them well. You see, serious dictators use
killing to gauge the heart beat of those upon whom they wished to prey on.
Given the histories of the militaries in Africa especially, Jammeh et al
understand the hate relationship between the military and the people, so
smoking some of their own kind to anchor their ship would not cause any
alarm from the people. The danger of ignoring these executions is what
brought us to our current situation. Why, because with every killing, the
killer gets bolder and his level of adventure is elevated. Thus, Koro
Ceesay and other civilians are an appropriate benchmark in that thought
process. Well, since we the people did not act against those brutalities,
Jammeh began to sense the fear in us. Yes, that is why he made the six feet
threats and he acted upon it on April 10 with the kids, because he believed
that the adults are not going to do a darn thing about it, and we still have
not done anything about it. Like Patrick Henry said, "Give Me Liberty or
Give Me Death". No one is going to liberate us but us. The first stage of
that liberation is for each of us to stamp out the word "Bugaaye",
translating, opportunistic from our culture. This is what is keeping us in
our situation in addition to the fear that has weaken our bones. People, we
owe this to ourselves and future generations. Keep up the good job.
Chi Jaama
Joe Sambou
Chi Jaama
Joe Sambou
>From: Dampha Kebba <[log in to unmask]>
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Fwd: Observer on the Dumo case
>Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 11:23:22 -0500
>
>Joe, you are absolutely right that fair-minded Gambians should protest this
>INJUSTICE being meted on Dumo et al. This can only happen in a Dictatorship
>like the one we live in. I wished Gambians saw this lawlessness the same
>way
>you see it; i.e. this is NOT the problem of these defenseless captives
>alone. This is a problem for the whole society. When this injustice first
>started we told people that Yaya and his cohorts have just lowered the
>threshold again. All it now takes for an innocent Gambian to be railroaded
>(abducted and jailed, incommunicado) is for an Italian rat to tell LIES
>about you. This man could have lied about any Gambian. For instance, he
>LIED
>about Gambians from different works of Life. Gambians that NEVER knew each
>other before this incident. What we should have fought and what we should
>be
>fighting for is for the laws of the land to be applied such that innocent
>citizens are NOT jailed for crimes they NEVER committed in the first place.
>That is the principle we should fight for irrespective of whether Dumo is
>our family member or friend or we know the other accused persons. It is
>WRONG to jail innocent people. Period. It is just mind-boggling to think
>that we have citizens in the country that have been jailed for more than a
>year over some spurious and bogus accusations from an Italian rat.
>
>But Joe, this INJUSTICE comes as no surprise to a lot of people. I dare say
>that Dumo et al can count themselves somewhat lucky. I say that because I
>know of numerous others that have been summarily executed in that country
>simply because some dubious LIAR accused them of plotting a coup. It might
>have missed many the other day when that ex-soldier (Kejau) said that his
>life was once saved by Sam Sarr. Had the man gone ahead and explained what
>he meant, you will realize the kind of sick society we live in and how
>paranoid the vermin are. You will then realize how precarious people’s
>lives
>are, in the hands of the thugs at the NIA. Kejau is right to say that he
>would have been history by now, had others not intervene to put reason in
>Yaya’s thick and paranoid skull. The sad thing though is that had he been
>slaughtered or jailed, not even his own family members will stand up to
>fight for his murderers to face justice. This appeasement of tyrants has to
>stop. You are right that people will not receive anything on a plate from
>the Dictatorship. People have to fight for what is theirs; starting with
>people like Kejau that are directly affected by the Dictatorship.
>
>Finally, I think it was also timely to try and appeal to the politicians
>back home. I must admit that I have not been following political happenings
>thoroughly, but I understand that Local Government elections are in the
>horizon. This is yet another opportunity for the Parties to come together
>and explore means of getting rid of the Dictatorship. As always, I am for
>the removal of the Dictatorship by any means necessary. If it takes Local
>Government elections, so be it. Let’s just get rid of the vermin. We do NOT
>need people that abduct innocent citizens, murder children and loot
>government coffers.
>KB
>
>
>
>>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: Fwd: Observer on the Dumo case
>>Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 21:42:50 +0000
>>
>>Another sad chapter to the misery of our people. Mrs. Saho we are with
>>you
>>in spirit and please stay firm. And who said the judiciary is not
>>controlled by the dictator? Justice denied to anyone is justice denied to
>>all of us. However, as long as we see this travesty of justice as a Dumo
>>et
>>al problem, then justice will forever be denied to us. Any just minded
>>Gambian should be disgusted with the willful disregard for the rights of
>>the
>>accused. Since when does an AG detain folks then begin to scratch his
>>head
>>as to what charges to make up years down the line? The AG and Yaya do not
>>have a case and are embarrassed to admit that. A dictator never gives you
>>anything by just asking, but by demanding and forcing him to leave his
>>ground.
>
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