Gambia-L:
The unedited e-mail below came from a source in the heart of the Gambian
Government.
Alan Collins: Like Kebba Dampha once said on the L, I also do take Gambia-L
seriously and, as such, I do always spell check my postings and at times,
even go as far as checking the meaning of certain words in the Dictionary.
The reason why you do find, at times, typographical errors or spelling
mistakes in some of my sources' e-mails is because most of time, their
e-mails to me, are sent or written in a hurry. And I am sure the Gambia-L
readers would understand.
In the past, I would edit the e-mails from my sources , but unfortunately,
nowadays time does not permit me to do so! This is why I make it loud and
clear in my postings, that my sources' e-mails are being sent to Gambia-L
(by me) unedited. In fact, there were instances, in the past, when I would
do a postscript to my sources' e-mails, telling the Gambia-L readers that
they should just IGNORE the spelling mistakes or typographical errors in my
sources' e-mails. So, Mr Collins, I hope this explanation will help you.
Ebrima Ceesay
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: HILO Company (Gambia) Ltd (Amended version)
>Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000
>
>Ebrima,
>Use this one which has been slightly amended. Thanks. I tried calling but
>I keep getting the message box. Later
>___________________________________________________________________
>
>Ebrima,
>
>I cannot help but respond to additional points raised by Mr. Alan D.
>Collins, Managing Director, HILO Trading (Gambia) Ltd. in his message to
>you.
>
>Firstly, Collins' claim that the the recent "agreement"(his quotes, not
>mine) "reached between the parties represents a significant profit for
>Alimenta, far, far more than they ever achieved during their operations
>within The Gambia " is utter nonsense. The "agreement" entails the 'out of
>arbitration' settlement I referred to earlier which amounts to approx. $12
>million is for damages caused to illegally seizing the property that
>rightfully and legally belongs to Alimenta. It has nothing to do with
>profits for Alimenta. How can you realise profit when your assets have been
>illegally seized and the company cease to operate. Again, it is Baba Jobe,
>Yahya Jammeh and the countless number of Attorney Generals that have
>brought us this mess which is now being taken advantage of by these
>unscrupulous wheeler-dealers. Mr. Collins, please do not continue to insult
>our intelligence. The agreement has nothing to do will operational
>activities but rather Government being required to pay for damages for
>illegally seizing the assets of Alimenta.
>
>Secondly, why is it so hard for you, Mr. Collins to simply state the name
>of the parent Company? what do you mean by "as an offshoot from its
>American Company? Is it the one that is headquartered in Roswell, Ga.
>which registered a total sale of $10,062,938 and a net worth of $127,250?
>Ebrima, you see I was generous in my estimation of the net worth of the
>company when I placed the figure at $130,000.
>
>Thirdly, your claim the " EU in reality...is truly trying to monopolise The
>Gambia, as it insidiously spreads its tentacles here and over an
>increasingly large slice of the globe" is completely out of place and you
>owe the EU an apology. The geopolitical strategy of the European Union is
>not what is at issue here. It is however interesting that this statement
>is coming from you - a British-American. It is also interesting from the
>stand point that the sentiments you expressed are exactly the same as those
>coming from the Jammeh regime concerning the EU operations in The Gambia.
>So if members of the L suggest that you are a mouth piece for the murderous
>Jammeh regime, there is credibility to such a claim because neither a
>responsible and respectable British nor an American would utter such a
>statement about a political entity that both the US and Britain have vested
>interest. It shows folks the caliber of an individual we are dealing with
>here.
>
>Fourthly, you claim that HILO TRADING INC. USA is a US$23 million a year
>merchant company, formed in 1993. Again, the same question as those above.
>Is Hilo Trading Inc, USA headquartered in Roswell, GA.? A simple 'yes' or
>'no' answer would do.
>
>Fifthly, you are entitled to your views as regards the Jammeh regime but
>when you claim that the problems of the groundnut sub sector is no fault of
>Government, then I respectfully refer you to the IMF and World Bank web
>sites, look under The Gambia and read for yourself. May I ask your
>educational background, qualification etc. if I may. By the way, you were
>not the one being referred to as the Software Engineer and there is
>certainly nothing derogatory about the profession. Go back and read the
>message carefully, it referred to Software Engineer working for an Airline
>company. If the shoe fits, then please be my guest.
>
>Finally, nobody spoke of communism. Where do you come from, Mars? What we
>have been insisting all along has been a free, fair and open competition
>FULL STOP. There is no transparent mechanism within Government that can
>guarantee equal treatment under a set of procurement rules. HILO came in
>through the back door, and through the back door you shall return whence
>you came. Why are you afraid of competition? It beat the daylights out of
>me reading such gutter language from an American-British CEO who claims to
>enjoy both American and British resources and protection. There are
>Gambian-Americans on this list, Mr. Collins. There are Gambian-British on
>this List, Mr Collins. There are Gambian-Norwegians on this List, not to
>speak of the other Scandinavian countries, Mr. Collins. There are
>Gambian-Gambians on this List, Mr. Collins. We are the least impress with
>your dual nationality. In fact, it is insulting to all Gambians being
>branded as illegal aliens. As it has been amply demonstrated by the number
>of Gambians who have responded thus far to your allegations, insinuations
>and outright RACIST remarks about the legal status of Gambians abroad. Have
>a good day, Mr Managing Director and looking forward to some straight
>forward answers to my questions.
>
>
>
>
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