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Nyarikangbanna
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 19 Nov 2011 : 00:22:02
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Papa Ousainu, My Dad
To many of you, he is the leader of the United Democratic Party. To me, he is a father, a great dad for that matter. He is also a dedicated husband, uncle, brother, cousin and grandfather to other members of my family. He is Papa Ousainu Numukunda Darboe, the guy you all affectionately call Lawyer Darboe.
I remember, in the summer of 1996 while he was in US in his capacity as vice president of the Gambia National Olympics and Sports Committee, attending the summer Olympics in Atlanta, he called a family meeting to discuss with us about running for president. He told us he was approached by people in The Gambia to run against the military turned civilian, Yahya Jammeh and his AFPRC/APRC government. He had a very frank discussion with us and made it clear that running against the military junta presents lots of risks to himself and the family including being arrested, maimed or even killed but nonetheless posited that he was up to the challenge. Everyone agrees with him and supported his decision to challenge the Junta. I became one of his strongest political supporters since then.
What our country needs right now, after 17 years of Jammeh’s misrule, is a strong, responsible, compassionate, open-minded, and forward thinking president with excellent morals; someone who values people’s power and potentials. I believe my father has all these qualities.
My dad has six children but I grew up in a household where it was hard to differentiate between my biological siblings and his adopted kids. He helped educate countless children by paying for their school fees including the nieces and nephews of Pap Cheyassin Secka. He is a man of great moral character who respects and values his culture.
Growing up, he would send us to Bansang and Dobo every summer so that we could spend time with our family in the province. As a young child, I wanted to stay in Banjul but I am forever grateful to him for making my provincial visits his priority as I would not otherwise have known my immediate and extended family in Bansang and Dobo. I moved to the US as a teenager.
My dad is a very open-minded individual. He never forces his beliefs on anyone including his children. Most of my siblings are very soft spoken like him but I am quite the opposite. This made me the likely person to follow his footsteps to become a lawyer. I, however, took a different career path and pursued a degree in public health. Though he was a little disappointed that I did not follow his career path, he was always supportive of my decision. He listens to my concerns about family matters and takes no offense to anything I said.
My dad is a man who values people and nurtures relationships. He still has the same secretary, the same driver and the same house keeper since my early childhood days. I am now married with two children of my own.
Dad’s staff members are no longer workers but family members as they have been with him and our family for almost 30 years. My dad doesn’t burn bridges along the way, he builds them.
As most of you know, my dad gave up a lucrative and successful legal career to fight for the voiceless. For those who think he is a coward, I say to you “my dad is very FEARLESS”, he might not yell, he does not have an aggressive demeanor but he has spent all his life fighting for the less fortunate and the oppressed. This includes his defending of individuals charged with treason in the after math of the 1981 abortive coup and those detained under the various emergency powers promulgated by the then PPP government in relation to the same abortive coup.
My dad is a dedicated, generous, considerate, loving, and humble person. I urge you all to call your family and friends in The Gambia and ask them to vote for CHANGE and to vote for the UDP/PPP/GMC alliance for development with dignity.
In my dad, Gambia will have a relentless, compassionate and fair leader. Its citizens will not be falsely charged of crimes they haven’t committed; they will not be abused or refused of rights that are inalienable to them. Instead, they’ll have a leader who has an unwavering dedication to serve the Gambian people and one who respects and believes in every individual’s right to pursue happiness and the desire to develop their potentials to the maximum. Gambians deserve better! Gambians deserve change! Gambians deserve development with dignity!
Love you, Daddy (Papa Ousainu), and wish you all the best in your fight for liberation and development with dignity for all Gambians.
Mariama Darboe-Janneh
Taxas, USA
Source; www.udpgambia.com
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Edited by - Nyarikangbanna on 19 Nov 2011 00:22:48 |
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Karamba
United Kingdom
3820 Posts |
Posted - 19 Nov 2011 : 01:46:09
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| Very touching and revealing. There is good deal of relationship management. Lot of leadership quality. |
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toubab1020
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Posted - 19 Nov 2011 : 12:01:05
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Seems like a great Dad  |
"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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Dalton1
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Posted - 19 Nov 2011 : 15:00:54
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The piece is very nice. It is very thoughtful of a daughter to be able to tribute a living dad. The relation between a father and daughter is very unique. I love this piece!
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"There is no god but Allah (SWT); and Muhammad (SAW)is His last messenger." shahadah. Fear & Worship Allah (SWT) Alone! (:
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Janyanfara
Tanzania
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Posted - 20 Nov 2011 : 02:03:30
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My dead sister Yama is indeed a true daughter of a very loving father and my dear leader.
Thank you Yama for comming up with wjhat we might not know about Ousainou.
The intimacy between father and child is too secred only the two can reveal it true feeling.
Dabo has all the votes from my family my mum, brothers/sisters/ nephews/Uncles/Aunts.
Any body who bears my family name would vote Ousainou Darboe including seven of my nephews who are voting for the first time on thursday.
Each has taken a family pledge and that no one dares break soi therefore am sure Yahya Jammeh has 0 vote from us. Am so happy
Because last election tis monster tried to distroy my family by forcing one of my first cousins to stand for criminal APRC.
This time even that guys father has asked him not to stand ever again because that MP's own cousin is in exile in Senegal whose mother shares the same mum and dad with his father.
I hope every family would follow our footstep to end this madness. |
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Ebra
Gambia
268 Posts |
Posted - 20 Nov 2011 : 05:45:35
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Jayanfara, I wonder how BaFaye campaigned in Barrow Kunda and won the hearts and minds of them when Basiru Barrow comes from just few compounds from Saidykhan Kunda. I assume that this village should be a no no go area for Aprc
Same thing for the people of Jarra Bureng where late LT. Momodou (Suso) Darboe comes from. I think there too APRC won in 1996 election and a candidate of APRC Ousman Darboe's birth compound is exactly opposite from LT. Darboe's birth compound.
Coming to another village Jassong where Kanyiba Kanyi comes from and yet the Mum and Dad were dieheart supporters of Jammeh. How can others have sympathy for them when they themselves are opportunist.
At Karantaba, we've seen Baba Jobe's brother Momodou Soma Darboe with APRC when Baba was imprisoned. At the far end of Jarra in Pakaliba, Fabuu Ceesay campaigned for Ousman Darboe in 1996 whilst his blood brother Ebou Ceesay was contesting under the banners of PDOIS |
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Ebra
Gambia
268 Posts |
Posted - 20 Nov 2011 : 06:41:21
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| I think those baboons from Jabisa should intervene and cajole the Jarrankas to wake up and vote no to APRC. I am writing a script about the MP of Jarra East concerning his high school days at Armitage High School and his gang of rogue boys who were smoking more marijuana from Ginack than the amount of time spent on studying thus repeating so many classes. Wonder how that person becomes an MP. |
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 20 Nov 2011 : 20:44:31
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MAAFANTA.COM WITH FAMILY PHOTO ON
Papa Ousainu, My Dad
GAINAKO WITH DAD ON COSY SEAT, SAME SWEET WORDS OF WISDOM AS CAMPAIGN BOILS ON PERSONALITY TRAITS;
Meet the Real Papa Ousainu, My Dad
In addition to brilliant records, honesty, integrity, credibility; thumbs up to a blessed daughter for this brilliant piece to support his dad adding value on his courage, responsible father and a person who guards, protects and preserves.
"The conventional wisdom, is that personalities don't matter in politics, that what really counts are the "issues". But it's not true. Personalities do matter. They are in fact the way we human beings understand and process politics." Likewise, treating leadership as a “right” or as family property is no longer a viable strategy.
RESPECT FOR THIS SWEET DAD AND THE BLESSED DAUGHTER SHARING LOVE AND BONDING! |
Edited by - kobo on 20 Nov 2011 21:18:39 |
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kobo
United Kingdom
7765 Posts |
Posted - 23 Nov 2011 : 03:39:01
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JOLLOF ON-LINE NEWS WITH ARTICLE AND COMMENTS FROM ITS TWEETERS;
MAAFANTA.COM WITH ANOTHER FAMILY SUPPORT LETTER;
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Edited by - kobo on 23 Nov 2011 04:16:26 |
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