Readers: As usual, the unedited e-mail below came from a State House insider. Ebrima __________________________________________________________________ >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Government vehicles converted to Private ownership >Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 > >Coach, > >Yahya Jammeh has now answered those critical of his government's >unquenching thirst for big, fast and expensive cars: REGISTER THEM PRIVATE. >Yes, most government vehicles purchased in the last couple of years have >been registered as private vehicles in the name of the user with the >exception of vehicles purchased using donor funds. So this way, it will be >almost impossible to distinguish the private from the public property. Our >taxes are being used to purchase assets rightfully belonging to us. When >the official is fired, the car is either recovered and allocated to a >sycophant, or retained by the officer if he/she is considered a friend of >the government. Many government vehicles have been sold, because they have >been registered as private vehicles in the name of army officers, senior >civil servants or ordinary NIA goons. Another criminal act of a desperate >government that is about to fall. >I PLAN TO COMPILE A 'LIST OF SHAME' COMPRISING THE NAMES OF ALL THOSE >OFFICIALS CURRENTLY RUNNING AROUND TOWN IN VEHICLES UNDER THIS CATEGORY. >WATCH THIS SPACE. _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8 is here: Try it free* for 2 months http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~