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kobo
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 22 Apr 2006 : 01:06:17
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We have not done justice to this speech and I won't allow it to rot. Am gathering enough material and getting ready for a proper brainstorming exercise. Additional readable useful materials culled from AllAfrica,com:-
MATERIAL 1
Gambia: The Challenge of Moving the Gambia Forward
OPINION
April 20, 2006
Posted to the web April 20, 2006
Musa Njameh Touray
The negative effects of blind opposition and corruption should not be underrated by any government and its people.
Genuine opposition within the constitutional bounds of a nation is one of the facets of a true democracy. But not blind opposition which tends to plummet the economy into chaos. This erroneous attitude may stem from tribalism, greed for power, selfishness, conservatism, extremism and their likes. While some of these attributes may be sensible enough for a reform, the extremists and the power-hungry among them will never give up. Their operational mode maybe different but they share one common attitude, as they will never recognise the credibility of their government or its development efforts. Their vicious hearts have blindfolded them and all they can see and try to make people see is dishonesty.
These blind opposition are harmful to say the least since they will not only abstain from supporting any developmental endeavour but use everything at their disposal to hinder it.
Secondly, their attempts to discredit what is evidently creditable to all in most cases exposes them to conscious and patriotic citizens as 'illusionist' but to the simple-minded they may succeed in casting doubts in their minds.
Thirdly, through unfair and tricky means they may succeed in portraying their country to the international community as undemocratic, thus jeopardising its relation with the donor community.
Finally, their sporadic attempts to achieve their ambition through the use of force either by executing their own scheme or serving as facilitators or collaborators to foreign schemes is not safe for a country. Although the above has left no room for doubt that blind opposition is a real threat to a regime and its people, and indeed the worst enemy and by far the most distructive is corruption.
Perhaps, corruption in The Gambia originated from the attitude of some contemporary Gambians towards colonialism. Perhaps seemingly their sweat has been daily drained to foreign lands. If that's the case Gambians should be wise to let it go with colonialism.
However, it is sad to say but corruption has not only stayed but has been masked with the sugar coated local name, dubbed as Wachakeh to hide its sinful, ungodly and deadly nature.
The helmsmen of the former regime whose wanton involvement in corrupt activities earned them the nickname 'Durrmos' ended up in total failure, thanks to the AFPRC regime for ousting that bunch of 'Durrmos'. But it is time you turned more attention on the smaller beast. The destructive nature of corruption is not farfetched. Our work places which should be expanded to counter unemployment are being undermined by dubious activities. It also robbed the regime of the funds it needs to carry out its development commitments. Most women also become easy prey to them resulting to teenage pregnancy and the eventual spread of HIV/Aids.
With their ill-acquired and sinful money also they set the standards in all social activities without a thought to their honest and God-fearing neighbours who may never be able to meet those standards, thus causing these neighbours and their families deprivation, humiliation and discontent.
Another dissatisfaction it can breed is that goods and services will not be acquired through legal channels built only by succumbing to the demands of the service providers. This can leave the poor and the God-fearing who cannot meet their demands very desperate and discontent.
In The Gambia, the perpetrators of such acts, who call themselves Muslims, make one wonder whether they believe that the road of dishonesty will eventually earn them to the displeasure of God.
Therefore, attitudinal change is needed to complement the efforts of our patriotic and dynamic leadership. What all perpetrators need to do and must do before it is too late is to join hands in the fight against corruption.
For its part, the government must come up with stringent and deterrent laws to curb corruption and any treacherous act which could destabilise this beloved country of ours.
Mr Touray teaches at Pirang Lower Basic School.
MATERIAL 2
Gambia: Guarding Our Sovereignty
The Daily Observer (Banjul)
EDITORIAL
April 19, 2006
Posted to the web April 20, 2006
We are really concerned about the implication of Ndumbayland in the March 21 abortive coup.
We are a single nation with her people and we must not hesitate to call on Gambians to shun the empty foolery of people claiming to be the same as us when in their deeds they show that their hearts are far from us.
The Gambia is one people and one nation and nothing else but that. Our people are renowned for their hospitality. Thus, the personality of a Gambian is unique and recognised all over the world.
Therefore, the myth of 'One people two nations' does not fit with the reality of the situation, especially when the powers of Ndumbayland have been found to be involved in this treacherous act of destabilising this peaceful country. The fact, therefore, must be exposed so that all Gambians will see this evil deed as a wake-up call.
We therefore join the solidarity call of President Jammeh to guard our sovereignty jealously. That is the most precious asset we have as a nation and once we lose it, we are doomed.
The fact of the matter is that the powers of Ndumbayland and its people are enviable of the massive development that has taken place in our country within a short time. It is apparent that these people do not want to see us progress. They see us as one people in two nations and thus our progress means retrogress to them. In this regard, they cannot even hide their feelings about the progress we have made over the years. It is indeed an insult for this country to try to dictate to us how to run our internal affairs or try to interfere with our territorial integrity. They have no business with what we do here or how we run our affairs.
What is more disgusting about the whole episode is the jealousy coming from the side of Ndumbayland. It could be recalled that shortly after the announcement of the discovery of our oil reserves by President Yahya Jammeh in 2004, Ndumbayland suddenly bacame so jittery about it so much so that they tried to use some unscrupulous politicians to frustrate our hopes in our newly discovered wealth. With the aid of an opposition newspaper in the country, the said politician published documents that purportedly emanated from Ndumbayland to counter our claims of oil discovery. The document, which showed an obscure landscape, was merely intended to brew tention between us and Ndumbayland as it suggested that the oil, in fact, does not belong to us, but Ndumbayland, giving so-called crossborder oil sources as an argument.
Ndumbayland did not however stop there. When that avenue to destabilise our peace and tranquility failed, this bunch of unscrupulous, unreasonably jealous bunch of so-called friends went ahead to shamelessly indulge in indoctrinating some gullible citizens of this country to stage a coup that is purposely geared towards throwing our beloved and stable country into chaos.
What we have to tell every peace-loving person is that we are hospitable people who at least deserve some gratitude for our hospitality and goodness especially from the people of Ndumbayland who are enjoying every facility of this country.
Source: AllAfrica.com |
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Galo Sowe
Sweden
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Posted - 22 Apr 2006 : 01:13:32
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Originally posted by kassma
oh, okay, so its okay if i have a boyfriend and i called him "my white man" really it doesn't sound right,..
Thats up to you . They don't say "my black man" but "My Gambian man". Just like we say my "Swedish woman" my "Swiss Woman" etc. and there is nothing wrong with that. |
"Soldiers are experts at camouflage but that is on the battle field not the political one, were transparency is the watch word" Kaaniba |
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kobo
United Kingdom
7765 Posts |
Posted - 22 Apr 2006 : 09:53:34
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Do observe that there is duplication of efforts in these topics as follows:-
1. Foroyaa: Jammeh's qualified support for coups - Momodou
2. Are Jammeh speaking to Senegal? Pls read it - mbay
3. Statement by NADD's flagbearer on the 10,000 march - Momodou
4. Jammeh's speeches - Anna
They could be further useful references if they cannot be combined together under this main speech which they refer. |
Edited by - kobo on 22 Apr 2006 12:19:45 |
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royale
Gambia
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Posted - 22 Apr 2006 : 12:45:45
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I'm sorry, but i can't help going on about how far from the topic "Jammeh's Speech" we've gone!
I'm so OVER the "my Gambian man bullcrap" Come on folks(ok, maybe just kassma as she can't seem to get over it ),thats a whole other unnecessary topic which infact, wait,... ain't GAMBIAN POLITICS!!! 
Maybe we should discuss it somewhere else..
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Royale you are absolutely right.Kassma any women can refer to their partners as(my Gambian man)if they want to.we not in the gambia where you have to do what yahya want.No heart feeling we need peace and love not dictatorship in the Bantaba.
oh, okay, so its okay if i have a boyfriend and i called him "my white man" really it doesn't sound right, its like they're trying to remind us Gambians that they do have a right to be on this website since "my Gambian man" said this, and "my Gambian man" said that, its like their little connection to Gambia. if you like bantaba, that's great, but there is not need to be like "my Gambian man". how about my husband, who's Gambian (that sounds so much better), i don't know about you, but that sounds more dignified than "my Gambian man" God forbid i should have a white husband and he refered to me as "my Gambian woman", i swear i would whoop his azz.
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kobo
United Kingdom
7765 Posts |
Posted - 23 Apr 2006 : 01:51:11
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| Just read a very impressive new topic Senegambia needs a mature leadership" by Biraago. Also it is directly related to these issues in Jammeh's speech. Thanks Biraago for a job well done. |
Edited by - kobo on 23 Apr 2006 05:22:30 |
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kobo
United Kingdom
7765 Posts |
Posted - 23 Apr 2006 : 05:51:27
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This is culled from the Point Newspaper to give us an insight of the oppositions' views.
Treat the Opposition with Respect
Juwara Urges Jammeh
Thursday 20th April 2006
By Alhagie Mbye & Momodou Justice Darboe
President Yaya Jammeh has been urged, from now and any other time to come, to treat the members of the other side of the political divide with utmost respect.
Firebrand opposition politician, Lamin Waa Juwara, has in a rather frank and uncompromising tone admonished the Gambian leader to stop using derogatory remarks against the opposition in the country, noting that that style of playing the political ball should now retreat into the museum as it has no place in Gambia’s body-politics.
Waa said yesterday in a marathon interview that derogatory remarks should be expunged from the country’s body-politics. To Juwara, politics of slander, character assassination and mudslinging must be done away with as these run contrary to the letter and spirit of the Memorandum of Understanding signed by all the political parties in the country presided over by President Olusegun Obasanjo in the presence of President Jammeh himself.
For the Niamina Dankunku ex-parliamentarian in the deposed PPP regime, the status quo in The Gambia should be handled with utmost maturity, adding that NADD will continue to promote unity, democracy and development.
Waa posited:“ We accept that the government of the Gambia is the government of The Gambia, but we are a legally constituted opposition that is an alternative to the current government if we receive the mandate of the Gambian people.”
Reacting to Yankuba Touray’s attack on the opposition for ‘failing’ to partake in the 10,000 Man March to denounce coups in The Gambia and by extension the African continent last Saturday, Juwara maintained that the solidarity march was partisan rather than nationalistic in nature.
According to Mr Juwara, any unconstitutional change of government or attempt to do so should be condemned.
He went on to say that a coup is unconstitutional whether it is successful or otherwise.
“We condemn all coups in principle and if the solidarity march was organised in this spirit, I would grace the occasion. But we are suspicious that the organisers had a partisan agenda instead of national one,” said Mr Juwara.
He therefore noted that it would have been out of place if the opposition attended the occasion.
“We are still and will continue to uphold democracy and our democratic agenda is untainted. We call on all Gambians to give peace a chance, and allow the democratic process to take its course,” he concluded |
Edited by - kobo on 23 Apr 2006 05:52:33 |
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kobo
United Kingdom
7765 Posts |
Posted - 24 Apr 2006 : 01:03:42
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| Hi My brothers especially Kayaata and Bamba, why are you sleeping in slumber on this critical topic? Can't you help us out? I really need your assistance guys. |
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kobo
United Kingdom
7765 Posts |
Posted - 24 Apr 2006 : 07:56:46
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| I must state that cheap talk could be an expensive lesson. |
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jambo
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Posted - 24 Apr 2006 : 15:39:57
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Kobo how do you know what is "cheap talk", i assume you are not in Gambia at present dealing with the daily issues of life and the situation that is happening there!!, is this correct.
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kobo
United Kingdom
7765 Posts |
Posted - 24 Apr 2006 : 15:47:43
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| Jambo don't deviate from the issues on Jammeh's speech. Let's work on it together as I tend to remind some of us to beware of our statements we make in public, like Jammeh did in this bloody stupid speech. |
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bamba
Sweden
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Posted - 24 Apr 2006 : 16:05:26
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Jambo, we have a fish in gambia called Kobo, am sure u know. It belongs to the herring species. Usually, it's a cheap fish with a very tasty flesh, one of the tastiest.But that's where it stops. The fish is so difficult to handle because of its small bones.
In wolof, we say u always have most of the characters of your name sake. I want to think this is the problem with our Kobo here in this forum. He's nice but very problematic, just like his name sake. |
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kobo
United Kingdom
7765 Posts |
Posted - 24 Apr 2006 : 16:17:22
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| Bamba and others can we focus and share our thoughts on "Jammeh's speech" please. Looking forward to hear from you with a different outlook. You are very intelligent to help your nation in this political dilema. |
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kayjatta
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Posted - 24 Apr 2006 : 16:37:14
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Kobo :
I have earlier expressed my opinion about Jammeh's speech.
It is mainly a bluff (exagerated power), grudges he harbors for neighboring countries like Senegal, and self-justification for his ouster of PPP in 1994.All of these are unnecessary and very radical at this time.But of that speech adds up to tell us once again who Jammeh is: a self-acclaimed mystic who always hide behind God and supernaturalism instead of confronting the reality.His economic policy, foreign(and military) policy, and his entire leadership attitude is rooted in this mis-guided spiritualism.
Let us not take Bamba and others too seriously for their light hearted jokes, it makes live interesting and not boring. I happen to take live too seriously , may be you are like me , so if someone throws in a few jokes and funny stuff i love it.
I 'll probably come back to this topic later. |
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 24 Apr 2006 : 16:43:29
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| Sering Bamba I plea for your wisdom and source of inspiration. Your namesake was humble who never quarrel or make people feel low and castigated. Seringbi, please pour out more from his blessed treasures as your parents made you to be proud of who Bamba is as you are one his treasures and blessed to be called Bamba. |
Edited by - kobo on 24 Apr 2006 17:00:10 |
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jambo
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Posted - 24 Apr 2006 : 17:03:55
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| bamba thank you for the information, it helps. i shall this discussion to kobo. bye bye |
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