Gambia-L: Another e-mail from a source in the Gambia. Again, I am sending it unedited. Ebrima _________________________________________________________ >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Tinkering will not solve your problem, Mr. NFamara Jatta >Date: > >Ebrima, >The Secretary of State for Finance is once more tinkering with the Custom >tariffs instead of doing a complete overhaul of the economy which is in its >worse shape since Independence. Fiddling with the Customs bands from 8 to >3 is nothing more than window dressing in an attempt to entice the private >businessmen to import. They will not, no matter how frequently they tinker >with instruments which are peripheral to the REAL PROBLEM: GOVERNANCE AT >THE HIGHEST LEVEL. >The Janka*** of Kanilai must keep his mouth shot. You expect investors to >put their money in the gambia when the political climate is as uncertain as >it is today. the head of State threatening his own people with turture and >death and one expects to carry on with business as usual? the business >climate is not right for investors to come in. Gambian businessmen are >fleeing to Guinea-Bissau, Senegal and the sub-region and you expect foreign >investors to put their money in a country whose president is a psychopathic >murderer and as unpredictable as a weather cock? >Kidnappings must stop. Intimidations must stop. Businesses must be allowed >to operate freely without hinderance. Stop extorting legitimate >businessmen.The NIA chaps are having a field day with businessmen because >they see Yahya doing it, SoSs doing it, everbody doing it.The level of >corruption must be curbed if you expect investors to return. BIVAC must GO >and MUST GO NOW. In short, you must commence reassuring the investors who >have fled the country. On second thought, do what you do best; tinker, and >leave the serious work of managing the economy to the incoming Government >to handle. > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface ----------------------------------------------------------------------------