Gambia-L:

The unedited e-mail below came from a source in the Gambia. Just to add that
we also appreciate/acknowledge the good work the Independent media is doing
in the Gambia. I just finished reading an excellent editorial in the
Independent newspaper in the Gambia. So special thanks to Deyda Hydara,
Ebrima Sillah, Yorro Jallow, George Christenson, Baboucarr Gaye, Ablie Sey,
Pap Saine and who will forget the frank and sincere Demba Jawo? Long live
the Independent Media in the Gambia.

Ebrima

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>Subject: GAMBIA-L :THE GAMBIA DEPENDS ON YOU
>Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001
>
>Ebrima,
>
>I must say that these past few weeks have been quite a productive period
>for the Gambia-L in terms of the revelations about the Jammeh regime.  It
>is because of the L that Gambians are aware of Dr. Stovall and the
>circumstances surrounding the invitation of Yankuba Touray and Tombong
>Saidy to Rust College and its subsequent withdrawal and we thank the
>administration of Rust College and Comrades Jasseh-Conteh and Kebba Jallow
>for their dedication to the cause. It is because of the L that Gambians
>became aware of the shaddy dealings between "Sir Allan Colins" and the now
>infamous HILO company who are still buying farmer's groundnuts on credit,
>contrary to their initial declared intention. It is because of the L that
>Gambians became aware of Jammeh's intention to appoint Mama Kinsa Jawara as
>the next Secretary General leading to the appointment being shelved for
>now, at least. (The appointmant letter had already been written waiting for
>Jammeh's signature.  It is because of the L that Gambians appreciate the
>financial and moral implications of the planned World Conference of Mayors'
>(a self-serving Organisation, if you ask me) Annual Meeting in Banjul. It
>is because of the L that Gambians became aware of the "emptiness" of the
>2001 Budget Speech which was designed to be palatable to the international
>donor community. It was because of the L that Gambians became aware of the
>the intent of Government to dip further into the Pension Funds of ordinary
>Gambian worker to buy a back-up Banjul-Barra ferry which will further
>threatens the solvency/financial integrity of the Social Security and
>Housing Finance Corporation. It is because of the L that the World Bank and
>the IMF are looking further into the accounting methods of the Government
>of Yahya Jammeh and the Central Bank.  It was because of the L that
>Gambians became aware of the serious nature of the financial position of
>Government and the depleted foreign exchange reserves which the Central
>Bank tried desperately through an advertisement they took out in the local
>papers saying the contrary. It is because of the L that Gambians are
>continually reminded of the cold-blooded murder of our children on April
>10-11, 2000. Thanks to KB and others.  It is because of the L that Gambians
>refused to be hood-winked into thinking that the Commission of Inquiry's
>Report into the Murder of Our Children is the end of the story.  It is
>because of the L that Gambians are aware of the fact that City Limits Radio
>Station belongs to Yahya Jammeh, even before it became operational, and he
>intends to use it against his opponents in the upcoming months. (We have
>since then stayed tuned.) It is because of the L that Yahya Jammeh became a
>registered member of the L so that he will get to know what ordinary
>Gambians already know about him and his treacherous, and illegal
>Government.
>The Gambia-L has single-handedly taken an entire Government machinery, with
>all the ammunition at its disposal, to task, rendering it disfunctional.
>We know, because we are on the ground.  We, therefore, implore every
>Gambian, especially Members of the L, to remain vigilant and continue to
>apply pressure, follow-up and provide critical analysis of postings as KB,
>Hamjatta, Jabou, Katim, Kabir, Makavelli (I always have problem with this
>name, I prefer George Sarr- Sarra Mbundu), Sigga, Soffie, Saiks Samateh,
>Ndey Jorbateh, Dagamar and the rest of the Christensen family, Saul
>Saidy-Khan, Drs Saine and Janneh, Obrien-Coker, Ous Ngum, Alpha, Mboge
>Comrade Jasseh-Conteh and Karamba, just to name a few. The Movement for
>Restoration of Democracy in The Gambia both US and UK branches are being
>commended for their tenacious and dogged trailing of the eye of "Hurricane
>Yahya". The Gambia depends on decent Gambians like yourselves to provide
>them with reliable information and critical analysis of "Hurricane Yahya's"
>malfeasance. The trail of devastation (both human and material) left in its
>wake will be forever remembered by every Gambian which will be used as
>material evidence against Yahya Jammeh and his cohorts in the not too
>distant future, by the Grace of God. We can assure Yahya and his henchmen
>and women of that. HAVE A GOOD DAY, EVERYBODY.
>

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