Dear readers: The unedited e-mail below came from an impeccable source at State House in Banjul. Ebrima ____________________________________________________________________ >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: A(F)PRC and the Gambian Economy >Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 > >Hello Coach, > >Jammeh is the economy and the economy is Jammeh. Period. This is for the >benefit of those in the Diaspora who are fully aware of how Yahya Jammeh >and his Gang of Six have transformed a once liberal economy into an >oligarchy. The Hajj operation is only one of many areas that the Gang of >Six is involved in. For instance, you cannot invest in The Gambia without >having Yahya and/or the other members of the Gang as partners. It is only >recently that Amadou Samba decided to direct investors to other >less-connected businessmen and women because he is now running scared of >the level of open hostility directed towards him and his fellow Gang >members. > >It is nearly impossible for government departments and parastatals to buy >any other vehicle besides a Pajero from Tarik Musa. That's a standing order >from the Office of the President and, in fact, the President's Office is >responsible for the purchase of all vehicles. Jammeh's government is more >centralized than the government of the old Soviet Union. > >Contracts are awarded personally by Jammeh without resort to tender. For >example, the Mandinaba-Soma road project was awarded personally by Jammeh >without going to tender. This is a multi-million dollar, 150 Km road >project which should have been tendered internationally. He was able to get >away with it for a short while at least because he sought pre-financing >from the contractor. It is one of many deals which occurs in the road >construction sector since AFPRC seized power. The World Bank and the IMF >are now asking questions about the source of financing from Yahya Jammeh >who awarded the contract. > >A title deed to your property used to be a guarantee to ownership. Not any >more under Jammeh. Property has even been seized illegally from a retired >nurse who has served this country for number of years and 'given' to Baba >Jobe's brother. The nurse had already built a 'boy quarter' and had >started the main building. > >Importation of rice cannot be effected without going through Baaba Jobe. >The same goes for petroleum. And the list goes on and on. These people >and their madness MUST and WILL be stopped SOON. _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~