Suntou,
You did not need to share these sentiments. There was no issue regarding
JDAM's exemplary character, or indeed the free choice of Gunjur Darboes. I
can assure you that unlike smaller minds, JDAM understood perfectly the
genuflections of my notes. Small minds have a way of latching onto the
insignificant to purvey animus and division among large minds. I have no reason to
grace their gaucherie and I'm sure JDAM does not either.
Haruna. They must first understand English before they can carry on any
conversation with JDAM and myself. In English.
In a message dated 4/4/2010 5:02:08 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:
LJ, your statements are as we all expected. None us an ever be fault due
to the actions of our relatives, anyone who wish to chastise another because
of the actions of a relative is an open transgressor.
Jammeh is the guilty party here, not you or anyone of us. His criminality
is beyond redeeming and if anyone thinks, what the larger Gunjure Darboe
clan did can be use to fault former Magistrate Lamin J Darboe in London, then
those people require help. From what some of us heard about you,
especially freeing Lamin Waa, my uncle Imam Karamo and others, I for one know only a
man with heart of steel and a strong mind for justice will avial such
duties at trying times.
I am sure after it is all over, we will all see eye to eye and smile over
this kind of issues.
Haruna's query as to what your remarks would be to me is not base on
maligning you, but since folks believe in what they read or hear, he is in
essence trying to absolve LJ of any association with what the people back home
did. I know Haruna have folks who will forever disagree with him, but he is
one the most fair people in this forum and for that i hope we respect that.
My highest regards
Suntou Bolonba
On 3 April 2010 23:08, Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]
(mailto:[log in to unmask]) > wrote:
Thank you my brother for this response if delayed. I had no doubt at all
of your mettle and constitution. I was right that you were shocked and
disappointed to the extreme and as always you handled yourself impeccably. I am
comforted that I can call you my brother. In such atmospherics of diffused
and intractable loyalty, it is folk like you and me who stand together in
closed ranks to lend a hand to each other. I did not need the comprehensive
sterilization you shared here but I appreciate it nonetheless because that
is who my brother is. He leaves nothing to erstwhile doubt. I shall be
speaking with you shortly. Thank you for you. I am fully satisfied with you
JDAM. And I love you.
Sincerely, Haruna.
-----Original Message-----
From: Lamin Darbo <[log in to unmask]
(mailto:[log in to unmask]) >
To: [log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask])
Sent: Sat, Apr 3, 2010 11:08 am
Subject: Re: Yahya Jammeh and the Great Gunjure Darboes:
"I hope JDAM can begin to talk before I go crazy. I don't even know if he
recognizes any of this crowd from Gunjur? JDAM, are you awake?"
Haruna Darbo, aka ATT Jr.
ATT Jr.
I am "awake", and yes I "recognise" virtually every member of the "crowd
from Gunjur". How disappointed I am that a discerning creature like yourself
is unsure where JDAM stands on this disgraceful conduct of some members of
the Gunjur Darbo Kunda Clan.
If I must clarify, I urge you to accept that on issues of Gambian public
life touching on the general good, I have no loyalty to my religion, to my
tribe, to my clan, to my family, including my parents, or to any political
party. My unshakable loyalty is to the project of creating a Gambia anchored
in institutionalism within the rule of law, a Gambia where every resident
lives in the dignity attendant to the absence of fear from gratuitous
violence, and especially where that violence emanates from those whose
constitutional responsibility it is to protect all residents of our country.
Was I outraged? Yes!
Did I condemn the State House trip? Yes!
And did I do anything to demonstrate my outrage? Again, yes!
As to what I did, please refer to the email correspondence at the bottom
of this piece. The other party's name and address were deleted to protect
his privacy.
I went further!
All Kabilos in Gunjur embark on recitations of the Quran at this time of
the year. Sunday 04 April 2010 is the turn of Gunjur Darbo Kunda. Although a
keen and proud sponsor over the years, I have sent word of my boycott of
this vital Clan project this year. Very agonising for me, but The Gambia
remains my priority. No tribe, no Clan, no religion, and no family, can
protect me in a Gambia perishing from the lawlessness of ostensible public
authority.
As a pluralist, I have no objection to differing political views within
the Clan, or even its constituent households, but what my people did was
immensely compromised by the financial angle to the transaction. They jumped
into waters too deep for their swimming competence, and as expected, the
product that was ultimately released for public consumption was heavily slanted
in favour of His Excellency SHEPAD Yahya A J J Jammeh (the Professor), and
his political project.
As suits the Professor, all the legwork that occurred before the State
House event remains hidden from public knowledge. On watching the video again
(Buharry is fantastic, and I thank him for his great public service),
please listen to speakers 1, and, 2, and analyse what they said in light of the
email at the end of this message. My people were way out of their depth,
and they were chewed raw by the Professor.
Before 1994, an overwhelming majority of the Clan supported Jawara's
government of civilian kleptocrats, and bloated, so-called security chiefs, all
delusional about their significance to national survival. To the great
chagrin of my father, I rejected Jawara's government of incompetents, and
proudly supported the 1994 military intervention.Though the 1994 train
unquestionably left the tracks, I have no philosophical regrets about supporting
the overthrow of a worthless government. What happened in 1994 was right on
the merits, and I still celebrate it.
On issues of Gambian public life, I take no instructions from the
absolutely marginal considerations of Clan and family.
LJDarbo
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LJD's Response to Clan Member
"Thanks, but have you bothered to think about those who were murdered,
maimed, tortured, unjustly arrested, detained, and imprisoned, by President
Jammeh? Have you thought about the mental trauma their loved ones went
through, or are going through as you celebrate a meaningless "normalisation"
between President Jammeh, and Darbo Kunda?
I twice watched the video of the programme and I was shocked beyond
measure!
Although I can forgive the so-called "elders", I am deeply disappointed in
you as an educated person. I am doing everything within my meagre
resources to assist you, but I am in no doubt that should President Jammeh kill me,
you probably wouldn't care.
Do you think I should continue to help you in your educational ambitions
if you have no regard for my personal safety, and for the dignity of your
defenceless fellow citizens?"
Mail from Clan member in The Gambia
--- On Tue, 30/3/10, <..........> wrote:
From: <...........>
Subject: Our relationship with president Jammeh finally normalised
To: "Lamin Darbo" <[log in to unmask]
(mailto:[log in to unmask]) >
Date: Tuesday, 30 March, 2010, 16:24
"Hello Lamin,
I felt it is important to inform you that we were invited by the president
to answer to his call at the state house, which we did and the day was on
the last Tuesday.I was with the elders who grace the ocassion.
The president organised a high reception for us which calvanised with
forgiveness and some pieces of advise given to us.The president praised Bagike
for the assitance he has been given to him in a form of a fuel when he was
a soldier.
Prior to this meeting the president has been sending a high powered
delegation for us to meet him at state house."
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--- On Mon, 29/3/10, Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]
(mailto:[log in to unmask]) > wrote:
From: Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]) >
Subject: Re: Yahya Jammeh and the Great Gunjure Darboes:
To: [log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask])
Date: Monday, 29 March, 2010, 6:12
Buharry,
I don't know what we'd do without you. You're just like friggin Ace. You
don't say much but when you speak, its bankable. Black gold. This broadcast
is long. I'm still watching it. I don't even know where to begin. My first
observation here is that Yahya is not as crazy as I had thought or perhaps
he is being rehabilitated as the years go by. The acquisition of the
Darbokunda clan of Gunjur netted him 4 other clans that I did not know about. Baa
jiki mentioned them but I forget... I think it is Bajo (Bayo) kunda,
Barrowkunda, (Buba, Sumaila, Sano, Bubacarr, Nga hakko boyalye. I didn't
friggin know we're fraternal clans with you idiots), Jatta kunda, what da fu... I
mean what a big mess.
Anyway, I can't fault the Gunjur Darbokunda and their fraternal kundas for
choosing to be with Yahya ( I just wish they wouldn't say its APRC they're
going to). That is their democratic right, regardless of their calculus.
So I, Haruna Darbo, still consider BaNfansu, Gunjur Darbokunda and all their
fraternal clans to still be in UDP. Nobody fools me. I will consider them
to be with Yahya but still in UDP. They need to make that clear in the
coming days. Because if they corrected one mistake, they're likely to have as
many mistakes yet to be corrected. God forbid what they call a correction
is the vrai commission of a mistake. Yahya makes me sick smirking, that
knucklehead. Olfactor you think I'm a knucklehead, you ought to watch this
video. Men, how do these Darbos and attendant clans know they are not making
the mistake by joining Yahya?? I'm just saying. They said they have been in
error all these years and finally corrected that error by rejoining Yahya.
Well how do they know they were'nt right all the time and just now
committed the error of their lives??? I'm glad I'm not friggin related to them. Or
am I?
No wonder JDAM has been quiet. I think he is in shock. I mean am I related
to any of these people???
So Suntou it seems like they were not forced or coerced into joining
Yahya. All indications are that this was voluntary. There may be an undercurrent
of intraclan disdains which we cannot readily discern, but even if there
were such, we cannot blame this positive choice on that. That would have
been cutting your nose to spite your face and if I know anything about the
darbos, they don't make silly decisions and they love life. Also, Yahya
himself admitted that the elder Jiki Darbo has been doing favors for him long
before he became President (Jiki used to own a gas station where yahya
benefitted from free Gas) and after 1994, Jiki was always with APRC. It was his
son Nfansu who was in UDP. I suppose Nfansu was disenchanted with the
lethargic UDP and he now considers his fortunes to be with Yahya like Waa before
him. I hope he didn't take his friggin clues from the friggin Juwaras.
Suntou, more than anything, this ought to serve as a defibrilator for UDP. I
think this ought to light a match under you guys' feet. Vat is zis? Your
base support is slowly but surely eroding. Pretty soon you'll be like BuDois
Sek. I'm not sure about this Buharry. He was kinda quick in recording this
video and he was quiet all these years. And he brings us tourist pictures.
You wouldn't suppose Buharry is now APRC and I'm thinking he's BuDois Sek
all this time. I'm watching him. Veeeery closely.
I stopped viewing when Yahya passed that blue grocery bag full of
something. I don't even know what that contained. Would that be the $300,000.00 you
mentioned???? From what I know, it is a quid pro quo but these people
don't understand what that means. I mean did you get the context of this
friggin meeting? These dinosaurs were talking about Njell benn meeting, Sanawyaa,
clanism, and all sorts of idiocy that does not remotely conjure up
quid-quo conscience. This made me sick just watching it. They even made me
pleased with Yahya for a moment. I couldn't help but giggle at this idiot's story
about "even the snakes of Gunjur know he is developping Gambia, because
instead of jaysliding like they're used to, these reptiles spring to cross
the kombo coastal road". Can you believe Yahya can come up with such
intellectual comedy????? I think the Darbo intelligence is rubbing off him.
Correct me if I'm wrong, didn't you share that Yahya cannot speak Mandingo???
This idiot?? I gotta admit I did laugh even though I had my teeth clenched. I
just don't know what to be mad at. Probably because the idiots at GRTS
wasted a whole friggin hour on this propaganda at the expense of the
conscientious Darbokunda of Gunjur.
I do admire the fact that Jiki suggested Yahya should not have gifted any
non-descript items. That he should have demonstrated his obvious delight by
just kolanuts. I mean how can Yahya be aware of no electricity and no
water for the community all these years and only promise to do something about
those after the people switched their allegiance, and Yahya and the Veep
idiot kept saying Yahya works for Allah and the people and that he doesn't
look at whether a community supports him or not.
I have to recover from my temporary insanity and come back. My plea still
stands that if it was $300,000.00 or any money in those cheap bags (a la
Wade), the Gunjur Darboes ought to return it somehow or forward it to a
community that will accept it. I hope JDAM can begin to talk before I go crazy.
I don't even know if he recognizes any of this crowd from Gunjur? JDAM, are
you awake?
I must not forget to thank Buharry, APRC or not. I'll be back later today.
Haruna.
-----Original Message-----
From: M. Gassama <[log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]) >
To: [log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask])
Sent: Sun, Mar 28, 2010 10:53 pm
Subject: Re: Yahya Jammeh and the Great Gunjure Darboes:
Hi Suntou and Haruna! I recorded the Darboes' Jammeh visit. Please find the
link below:
_http://raaki.com/darboe_ (http://raaki.com/darboe)
Have a good night.
Buharry.
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----Original Message----
From: [log in to unmask]
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Date: 2010-03-27 20:09
To: <[log in to unmask]
(http:[log in to unmask]) >
Subj: Re: Yahya Jammeh and the Great Gunjure Darboes:
Haruna, your objections to the sudden interest of Yahya in the Gunure
Darboes is understandable. What we have to bear in mind here is the
fact
that, Yahya's propaganda team invented a sophistigated lie in the whole
episoud. The truth of the matter is that, the Gunure Darboes don't
require
Yahya money/ They have been doing ok without hus dine. What he is doing
is
weaken the opposition further in a strategic town like Gunjure. His
elaborated machinery involved allwoing his alies to forcely take the
lands
of the Darboe kunda folks. Then he put his sinister plot in motion by
saying
that, the Jammeh's and the Darboes are cousins. This cousin-yaa became
a
fake relationship. he said the Gunjure Darboes has ancestry that is a
Duwajabo (there prayers are answered). They have a place were his cows
escape to, meaning he require their help. Anyhow, have to go. yahya is
a
dangerous creature. The moeny is unimportant here, it is his antic, how
can
the Darboes do away with his mafia interest?
Suntou
On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]
(http:[log in to unmask]) >
wrote:
> Suntou,
>
> I will be very disappointed if the Gunjur Darboes accepted this
monetary
> gift from Yahya knowing that Presidents don't gift to citizens or
select
> families. I hope if they had accepted this gift, they return it
immediately.
> One thing though I would like to share is that there are some Darboes
who
> are Jola. They generally hail from the Cassamance area. Just to share
the
> varied nature of surnames/last names in Gambia. WHether they are
Sarahule,
> Mandingo, jahanke, Jola, Wolof, Aku, Fula, or Njago, or Tukuleur,
they will
> have utterly disappointed me (sharing the same surname) if they were
to have
> accepted and or not returned this odious gift. I hope JDAM can help
clarify
> this matter and if possible assist in the good return of the money.
If they
> cannot return the gift once accepted due to traditional fancy, then
at least
> they can transfer to gift to other aversed families of Brufut (Taf-
Taf
> bereft of Gardens theft of Brufut land comes to mind... The Manneh
and
> Sanneh families of Brufut) and my friend Roberts promises to help me
raise
> funds for the Gunjur Darboes should they need D300,000.00. It is
> unconscionable in Islam to receive such a gift.
>
> Maa Kaana Ibraaheema yahoodiyyan walaa nasraaniyyan walaakin kaana
haneefan
> muslimann wamaa kaana minal mushrikeena.
>
> Haruna.
>
> In a message dated 3/27/2010 4:10:04 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask]
(http:[log in to unmask]) writes:
>
> The sudden interest of Yahya Jammeh in the ancient traditional
heritage
> site of the Gunjure Darboes have become a major political ball game
for
> eccentric Gambian leader. The Gunjure Darboes like many of our
ancestor use
> to have places of traditional interest, however, with Islamisation
and
> Christianisation, many of those holy places became areas of
abandonment.
> The Gunjure Darboes have no more interest in that location in terms
of
> worship. Yet, Gambia's Sheik Professor, a man who perform Ummrah
nearly
> every year want to reignite a place of ancient worship for politics.
The
> story emanating from the Gambia is bizarre and crazy.
> The Gunjure Darboes are known for their independent and strong
mindedness
> in terms of politics. They are among the first settlers in Gunjure,
hence
> their influence. Yahya want to offer them a carrot and stick at the
same
> time. The latest news is that, he give the extended family over D300,
000,
> just like he gave the Brufut people D3million. Where are all these
monies
> coming from? Why is Yahya selectively handing out cash?
> The good thing is that, the Gunjure Darboes knows Yahya has no
interest the
> so call holy site, his intention is to break the spirits of the
family by
> inducement, thereby damaging their will to back a party of thier
choice.
> Time will tell. The dignity of the Gunjure Darboes remain intact.
> Suntou
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