Beran, thanks for your response and pledge to a more constructive
engagement.  I'm sure Yus will reciprocate in kind.  Both of you are an
asset to our nation and please do not loose sight of that.  Naaka Yaapu Harr
Bi?

Chi Jaama

Joe Sambou


>From: Beran jeng <[log in to unmask]>
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Eid Mubarak
>Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 13:24:12 -0500
>
>Halima & Joe,
>
>I decided to use a different subject heading to respond to your appeal.The
>intension is to reiterate my commitment to you and all on this list that I
>will refrain from contributing to negative exchanges
>be rest assured that the recent posting will not make me break that pledge
>to you.I introduce computers in The Gambia and popularize its use.I have on
>several occaisons pick a high school graduate off the streets and train
>them
>and get them a job using computers and a whole
>lot more.When Allan Goodrige,the then accountant general approached me
>to assist the government to automate the payroll and pensions required
>by the world bank and IMF,without which the government will not get funds.I
>considered it and concluded that I'm obligated to assist my country and not
>only that,by computerizing the government payroll and pension will help in
>minimizing the ghost that existed and therby contributing to reducing the
>rampant corruption that existed.I mortgage my compound and use that money
>to
>team up with my Ghanian counter parts
>to develop the payroll from scratch using cobol.In 1989,computer
>application
>packages was not available off the shelf as it is today.It has to be
>develop
>and was expensive to develop.The standard charges ranged from $100 per hour
>and can you Imagine for almost 2 years.
>After all this sacrifice,under the previous regime,because I was not a
>party
>supporter or sympathizer and also by me refusing to dish out money
>under the table to get my money,I was not paid only given a token
>advance.When the current regime came into power,I was called to the Algali
>commission,the press was there,I submitted a claim of $1.5 million which
>was
>forwarded to the accountant general but still not paid.From accountant
>general,I automated G.U.C curbing the corruption in the billing and metre
>allocations,then to exams council,post office.
>I also serviced US Emabassy Banjul and British High commission and more.
>I don't mean to bore you with all these details but I thought it will be
>usefull to whomever is interested in finding out about my work in the
>Gambia.Sixteen years on the ground working in The Gambia is not easy
>especially,when you are not politivally connected.
>
>I wish all of you a happy tobaski and would like to inform you that I can
>provide you with a lamb upgrade from Pentium II lamb to a pentium IV
>lamb.Please don't worry about the slaughtering because my "Kongkareh"
>is readily available to serve that function.In the event that you have a
>dead computer,bring it to the halal and I will gladly swap the dead part
>with lamb part and vice versa if your lamb happens to die.
>
>I wish all an EID mubarak.
>
>Beran
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>>From: "Malanding S. Jaiteh" <[log in to unmask]>
>>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
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>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Eid Mubarak
>>Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 10:43:26 -0500
>>
>>Eid Mubarak to you all,
>>A surgeon general warning to Drammeh, Fofana Kanyi, Sidibeh kunda kollu
>>and
>>all those food-loving folks, eating too much Banna Salli subo (meat from
>>sacrificial lamb) can be bad for your stomach.
>>
>>JAITEH KUNDA
>>
>>
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