Gambia-L:

The e-mail below came from a concerned Gambian in the Gambia who is also one
of my sources on the ground.

Ebrima Ceesay

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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Ebrima, you've touched a raw nerve
>Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000
>
>Ebrima,
>
>Who is ranting and raving now? You or the Managing Director of HILO Company
>(Gambia)Ltd.  Keep the pressure on.  KB, Laye Bamba and all the crew in the
>US should expose these people for what they really are.  Gambian farmers
>are sick and tired of being hoodwinked by these fly-by-night operators:
>real cowboys.
>
>Gambians are not opposed to free, fair and open trade. However, they would
>like to see a transparent and accountable system put in place. The Gambian
>people have never been opposed to private enterprise.  In fact, they are
>more commited to it than the Jammeh regime which has been dragging its feet
>for three years over privatisation.  Ask the World Bank and the IMF about
>that. While you parade the charade in Banjul in cyberspace, we will
>continue to expose the Jammeh regime for what it really is : cleptocratic
>bureucratic mess of a deal the Gambian people never sort nor deserve.
>
>Finally, I am really disappointed in the manner the Managing Director of
>HILO is handling himself.  This is not how von Pierer (Siemens), Jack Welch
>(GE) or Jurgen Schrempp (Daimler-Chrysler) would react to questions dealing
>with fundamental corporate governance.
>
>Have a good day and CHEERS!!!!
>

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