Friends, 
how can the gambian people keeps an eye on the presidential and governmental
assets, accounts and grants and appropriations in the coming future ? Too
many examples how  leaders has put billions of money away in foreign
accounts got me to think how is the control in The Gambia, that the
politicians can only operate according to budgets and as authorized, and
nothing else. 
In the future I certainly don´t want to see history repeat, that some
leaders has operated more than his/hers own salaries. Who is in control with
the state-budget ? Is there an independent auditing investigation
permanently running ?
When I spend holidays in The Gambia last december, I think that the media
had  stories/news how an auditors records has shown that there has only been
very few improvements (if any) in the present administration according to
similar records of the former (Jawara-administration).  F in. Foroya had
some articles on that.
 And specially now when it is said , that the situation is tense in the
government, where heads of ministries , departments and institutions are
going in and out of office very frequently

 (the problems so well described by Dagmar Christensen "The Gambian Civil
Service is in shambles. There is no rhyme or reason to the incessant firing
and hiring. It is a sorry shame to sit and watch the institution that many
of our parents worked tirelessly to mold and maintain over decades be
reduced to a tool of political exploitation").

Just curious as usual.

Asbjørn Nordam

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