Mr Nyang,
I read your contribution on the unfolding Brufut land
dispute and i still cannot understand how tribalsim is
playing a factor here. The Mannehkunda kabilo as far
as am can see have no problem with Taf as an
individual but the issuing authority...our government
which compose of all the tribes in this country. It is
very unfortunate that in our today's Gambia one cannot
speak against injustice without being label as a
trabilist. The fact of the matter Mr Nyang is that the
Gambia government treated the people of Brufut with
serious contempt and therfore the local poeple have
have done what they are suppose to do....petition the
government to reconsider it decision. Some of us who
are the customary land owners of the various parts of
the Kombos have indeed every course to complain.
Right now in my own village of Jambur all lands in the
area are declared state land...now we are competing
with wealthy businessmen who are engage in speculative
land grabbing with a tacit support from the
government. So you expect us to sit and watch this
unfolding dramma go unchallenged? Be reminded that
this has nothing to do with tribalism but the
unquestioned rights of the people of Brufut and the
unsuspecting people of the Kombos in general to put a
stop to this. The situation is very serious Mr Nyang
and if we still continue to keep mute over this, will
surely bring about cummunial tensions very soon.
Having known you for sometimes now i personally
believe that you are a mature and enlightened person
whose preoccupations go beyond this narrow tribalistic
sentiments that our government is always trumpeting to
divide friends and people who have been living
together for a long time,but honestly i believe your
this other claim is extream and unexpected.
E Sillah.
--- Kutubo Manneh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Mr Nyang,
> With all due respect,i think your
> comments are uncall for and to
> say the least very distasteful!Like any
> community,one does not fold your
> arms when your inheritantance is being taken away
> from you without due
> compensation.This particular place has been
> transformed into its present
> state through the back breaking labour of our grand
> fathers,fathers and
> ourselves and i must say no power,be it individual
> or government has the
> right to take it away from us!! JUST PUT YOURSELVE
> IN OUR POSITION FOR A
> MINUTE!
> And to bring in that TRIBAL COMMENT,is the most
> distasteful of your
> piece,being a member of that KABILO,i have cousins
> who are WOLLOFS AND
> FULLAS and anybody who knows BRUFUT wll tell you
> that it is the most
> "tribally blind" town in the kombos!My brother
> please we are in the twenty
> first century and let us take this TRIBAL NONSENSE
> from our lives.
> But fight we will for OUR LAND,EVEN IF IT WILL TAKE
> A 100 YEARS!!
> Kind regards.
> KUTS
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Lamin Manneh PF <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 10:53 AM
> Subject: Re: Mr. Nyang: TAF has got the BUG too!!!!!
>
>
> > Mr. Nyang, i think Taf is not a smart businessman.
> I will not make a multi
> > million Dallasi housing project in somebody's
> bonafide property. If he
> > succeeded against the will of the legitimate
> owners in Brufut(because
> > government backed him), be assured that another
> government can avert the
> > executive order of this government and Taf will be
> the big looser at the
> > end. Remember, what the government is saying is
> not a law but a cabinet
> > decision which is unfair to the coastline
> Kombokas.
> > Being a son of Manneh Kunda Kabilo in Brufut, i
> support any kind of
> > development efforts in Brufut whether it is
> government or private sector
> > investments but such development initiatives must
> follow certain protocols
> > and traditional regiments. I think Taf and
> government are overlooking
> these
> > realities. Mr. Nyang, this is a very simple
> matter- Taf can simply go to
> > Manneh Kunda, asked the size of land he want and
> buy it from them. He
> could
> > have put in the millions of Dallasis allegedly
> used to bribe government
> > officials to purchase atleast some part of the
> land by now. Businesses
> don't
> > prosper or last longer in Africa mainly because of
> the corrupt way they
> > started.
> > Finally, i think your idea of tribalism is very
> misleading and unfair to
> the
> > Manneh Kunda Kabilo. Taf is not rejected because
> he is a Wollof but mainly
> > his unscrupulous and dubious manner of acquiring
> the land of poor farmers.
> > Hey, we host Ghanaians in Ghana Town and give a
> vast area of land to them
> > free. How would you describe that? We have
> Wollofs, Karoninkas, Jolas,
> > Fullas, Lebou(from Senegal), Ghanaians Shriffs etc
> in our Kabilou and they
> > are all united in this struggle.
> >
> > Please withdraw your ugly comments
> > See you all in Atlanta
> > Lamin PF Manneh
> >
> >
> > >From: Dave Manneh <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing
> list
> > ><[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >Subject: TAF has got the BUG too!!!!!
> > >Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 05:50:12 +0100
> > >
> > >Culled from the Observer.
> > >
> > >Makes an interesting reading as it seems that TAF
> Njie too has got the "
> > >BUG". That disease of greed that unfortunately
> seems to be gripping the
> > >Gambian Business community.
> > >Just because The Gambia is unfortunate to be
> lumbered with a bunch of
> > >idiots as a government should not warranty the
> few Gambian Businesses we
> > >all look up to, to become self-obsessed with
> making millions whilst
> > >trampling on the rights of poor innocent
> citizens.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> Tuesday, July 3, 2001
> > > BRUFUT
> ELDERS PETITION
> > > JAMMEH OVER
> TAF LAND
> > >
> ALLOCATION
> > >
> > > The elders and people of
> Brufut, Manneh Kunda Kabilo,
> > >last week
> > > petitioned President Jammeh
> over the allocation of a
> > >swathe of
> > > land which they claimed
> belonged to the community of
> > >Manneh
> > > Kunda Kabilo in Brufut to Taf
> Construction by the
> > >Department of
> > > State for Local Government and
> Lands. The petition
> > >which was
> > > signed and thumbprinted by
> Kajali Manneh, Kijera
> > >Manneh,
> > > Amadou Manneh, Kebba Musa
> Manneh, Omar Manneh and
> > > Kebba Jatta was also sent to
> all secretaries of state,
> > >commissioner,
> > > Western Division, director of
> lands and surveys, seyfo
> > >of Kombo
> > > North and the alkalo of Brufut.
> > >
> > > Below is the full text of the
> petition: Your
> > >Excellency, We feel
> > > deeply honoured to bring to
> your attention a serious
> > >land problem
> > > currently taking place between
> the Manneh Kunda Kabilo
> > >of
> > > Brufut and the local government
> authorities. The past
> > >few weeks
> > > have witnessed serious
> confrontations between the
> > >people of
> > > Manneh Kunda Kabilo, local
> government authorities and
> > > Mustapha Njie of Taf
> Construction. After the
> > >controversial
> > > housing scheme called Operation
> House the Nation at
> > >Bakau
> > > failed, Taf Construction has
> again been allocated a
> > >vast stretch of
> > > our land in Brufut by the local
> government authorities.
> > >We learnt
> > > of this allocation by
> demarcation pegs without any
> > >prior
> > > consultation between the
> relevant authorities and
> > >traditional
> > > landowners.
> > >
> > > On seeing the pegs, we made
> appointments and met first
> > >with the
> > > director of lands and surveys
> and then with the
> > >secretary of state
> > > for local government and lands
> on February 26, 2001. At
>
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