Forwarding the Message below from Bamba Laye. KB >---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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 > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >Abdoulie A. Jallow >Medicare Audit >Ext: 5687 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.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 and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------