Laye, thanks for your contributions. Sorry you are a bit handicapped today.
It was no imposition at all to forward the message for you. You just cost me
one out of my daily quota of six. Thanks a lot. But with the kind of message
your post carried, I do not think I will be needing all my six postings. You
raised a great point about controls. What we have back home is a zoo. No
transparency or accountability. Can you believe that when this illegal
government got the Taiwan millions it was brought to the country in
suitcases filled with cash? I wonder how these moneys were booked at the
Central Bank. Brother, you are right that the next government has a mammoth
task in waiting. To cleanse ourselves off of the corruption of these vermin
will need some serious work. I look forward to your take on the necessary
controls we need to put in place.

I would also like to take this opportunity to respond to the valid concern
raised by Sanyang about the 'logistics needed to win the elections'. As far
as I am concerned, the ball is in the court of the leaders on the ground as
far as forming a coalition is concerned. We also tackled the issue about the
voter re-registration process. The jury is still out on that. I thought it
was a natural progression to silence our critics by giving them our plans
for the future. I am sure Sanyang has heard on numerous occasions APRC
cronies saying that the Opposition are just a bunch of haters with no plans
for the country. Well, part of the strategy to win the elections should
include articulating to our constituents the plan we have for them
post-Yaya. This however does not mean that we discontinue the fundraising
drive or our calls to our leaders to form a coalition to fight the October
elections or place our eyes off the shenanigans of these criminals vis-a-vis
the registration process. All these things can go on simultaneously.

So that Kebba Jobe does not feel left out, I will acknowledge his posting
and his 'criticism'. Frankly though I must say that I find it difficult to
grasp his argument. Ever had the feeling of encountering a skinny kid, kid
does something wrong to you, you want to beat the living daylights out of
the kid, but you look at him and there is nothing to hit; i.e. the kid is so
skinny that you cannot lay your hands on him? That is how I feel about the
emptiness of Jobe's piece. Of course I am NOT going to judge Yaya when we
put him in the dock for his crimes. A judge has to be impartial. I hate the
vermin so much that I CANNOT be impartial. So, Jobe's mocking tone is
addressed to the wrong person. I painstakingly discussed how the burden of
proof needs to be handled. I said one or two of our current Gambian judges
need to do this. Again, Jobe is totally off the wall talking about stuff no
one can make sense of. I give up. This is all I can do to his empty piece.

Laye and Sanyang, thanks again for your contributions. Jobe, thanks also for
nothing.
KB



>From: Dampha Kebba <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Fwd: Moving Forward - Asset Recoveries
>Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 11:17:09 -0400
>
>Forwarding the Message below from Bamba Laye.
>KB
>
>
>
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>>
>>KB,
>>
>>Keep up the great in job pre-empting what could be an enormous task for
>>our next leaders.  Recovering all assets stashed away by the culprits we
>>have for a leadership today can become a complicated task to accomplish if
>>our would be leaders do not start rolling up their sleeves from today. The
>>UDP, as I understand, is doing a good job tracking all clandestine
>>activities. I commend them and Hamat Bah's NRP for their efforts in
>>disclosing any monkey business that comes to their attention. I think the
>>opposition should double their efforts in the counter-intelligence to
>>gather evidence while things are happening and attempt to stop them by all
>>means necessary. By voicing out some of the things they are doing, the
>>opposition will eventually make it harder for the culprits involved in
>>these activities. In the long run, we are better of deterring them now
>>rather having to try to recover from them later on.
>>I think we should also call on all well meaning Gambians in positions of
>>trust through which these activities are channeled to desist in aiding
>>these tyrants. The opposition through secret operatives should constantly
>>monitor activities at the central bank. Knowing how some of these
>>knuckleheads carry on their "business" of looting, it could be relatively
>>easy to bust them in the act. Sensitization is the key.
>>
>>Another weighty area that needs to be looked at is the controls. It is one
>>thing to be able to recover looted assets but it is another to set proper
>>controls to prevent the looting in the first place. When a new government
>>is put in place, it must make it a priority to set proper controls where
>>necessary. This task is not going to be easy considering the fact that it
>>might mean desensitizing everyone involved in light of the changes.
>>Workshops and training sessions should be held in every ministry to
>>reiterate the concept of public trust and responsibility. Civil servants
>>must be motivated to enjoy every aspect of their job. This is very
>>important in making sure that a sense of honesty in line with proper
>>control of public assets exists.
>>
>>Due to time constraints at work, I will cut this short for now. I shall
>>pick this up again when time allows. Keep the fire burning and enjoy your
>>day.
>>
>>Abdoulie Jallow
>>
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>>
>>
>>Abdoulie A. Jallow
>>Medicare Audit
>>Ext: 5687
>
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