Aunty jabou,
In a message dated 7/6/01 7:37:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
writes:


> Therefore, it stands to logic then that everyone who calls themselves a
> citizen of that country should be entitled to acquire land there and the
> acquisition of such land should be uniform, either everyone buys land, or
> everyone can make claim to some land without buying it. Any other method is
> unfair and inequitable.
> There cannot be some of the people who say the land is their's just because
> they got there first, and their ancestors cut down the trees. It would be
> total chaos in the whole World if this were the case.
>
> I have been trying not to join this discussion, but I am unable to see what
> you are trying to make, or may be I just cannot agree with you. Are you
> implying that the first settlers of any land cannot claim ownership to it?
> Are you saying that any incoming settlers should be able to claim a land a
> previous settler cleaned and farmed on for decades if not centuries?
> I certainly do not condone the way land is distributed in most parts of the
> Gambia, but brushing off the previous owners for developmental issues needs
> to be done in such a way that all could benefit. It has to be reciprocal. I
> am not sure what transpired in this particular issue, and pointing all
> fingers to the government when the business men are using the system to get
> to their selfish gains tells a lot about our system.
> If the government is guilty of any underhand thing here, TAF is equally
> guilty of. And this implies to any businessman.
>
>

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