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‘No development for Opposition supporters’
Thursday, 15 July 2010 00:20
By Kemo ChamSince I left Gambia some 10 months back I have never come so close to feeling good about President Yahya Jammeh’s government as I did in the early hours of this morning, Wednesday 14 July, 2010. But little did I know that this feeling of glee would be short lived. Such is the routine when you affiliate with Yahya Jammeh. Don’t get me wrong, there are indeed a lot of good attributes about the man, but… Anyway, there is this proverb that goes: ‘Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow.’
The reason for my short-lived delight was the sight of the photo of the newly constructed Sankulay Kunda Bridge on the front page of the Daily Observer newspaper. No doubt it is a remarkable achievement for the government.
But the major gaffe of the day on my part was that I did not read the content of any of the articles on the day’s edition of the pro-government paper. As a matter of fact, that has been a habit even while I worked there. Some of the stories are so unbearably bizarre that reading through them only set off soreness in your consciousness.
This is how I failed to notice Yahya Jammeh’s statement declaring no development for communities that support the opposition. It makes one wonder if this is not the same Yahya Jammeh who swore on the Holy Qur’an that he will govern “without fair or favor…”
"I will never work for any opposition in this country anymore and I will not beg you…whether you join the APRC or not I will win," Jammeh told thousands of supporters who had gathered under the burning sun to welcome him.
Let’s assume Yahya Jammeh has a genuine reason to be angry for not getting the support he desires. But those people who gathered out under the burning sun, don’t they deserve better than the insults they got for only coming out to receive him?
We read that Jammeh got a rousing welcome in North Bank. If that is so, then why does he sound so obviously disappointed with the people of the region?
"…whether you vote for me or not, I will win and I will not beg you the people of North Bank Region, especially Salikene and Njaba Kunda to vote for me. If you want development you have to join the majority and support me but if any area chooses to be with the opposition, let them go ahead and expect no benefit from my government.”
It makes me want to ask the question: how would you win, Mr President, if Gambians do not vote for you?
But hold on, if you have been following Gambian politics for some time now these words wouldn’t come to you as a surprise as it has been Jammeh’s policy from the word go, and he never misses an opportunity to reiterate it.
But one thing we must put at the back of our mind is this sentence of his: “I will not campaign for 2011 election.”
We shall see if Yahya Jammeh is a man of his words… 2011 is right at the corner.
I will close with another proverb: "what soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals."
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Totally useless
Still laughing God Bless Gambian's
Whoaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaa
Hey Dida...classic example of the British taking the piss and Gambian's thinking I said something completely different.
Don't forget to look under the bed before you go to sleep.?
da bogey man will get ya !!!!!!!!!!!
Must throw some salt over my left shoulder quick...
The medi evil English believed that if you sneezed you were possessed by the devil....so you threw salt over your left shoulder to blind him....
Whaoooooooooo
Because you support Yahya Jammeh on TRIBAL GROUNDS.
BUT FOR US TO know what type (I DONT THINK YOU ARE GAMBIAN TRIBE)
you are, answer this question. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT YAHYA JAMMEH HAS DEVELOPED AND CAN CURE HIV AND ASHMA?
You say: "If Gambian's believe that Mr Jammeh overcame all those evil spirits to build a bridge.Observer...You all deserve each other". Mikey, educating your brothers and sisters includes helping them stop this superstitious nonsense ... indulging the ignorance of the superstitious is abusing them! BAJAW, elsewhere on this site you commend me for seeing the light - at last. Thank you, but all I can say is that thinks are not always as clear cut as they are at the moment. I came out strongly on the Tamba 2009 Treason Trial because the case was as clear as spring water - absolutely no evidence. Kind regards all, Halake
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Mike you don’t believe yaya overcame/banished evil spirits when constructing the bridge? Well, yaya ‘own some devils’ according to horse’s mouth on GRTS, some of whom ‘escaped his custody & got lost’; he still looks out to ‘recapture them’ & some time back on a personal appearance on GRTS, solicited Gambians masses to pay hid, to be mindful at /between ‘dusk & dawn’ when the devils can harm the defenceless population? So you can see what issue Gambians have at hand in terms of a psychiatrically challenged & morality at helm in charge of affairs of Gambian state??? This is from a modern day ‘AIDS cure professor;’ what madness & hallucinations’ !!!!
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Mike it’s a case of ‘buy one get one free'. Only feeble minded like yaya & his worshippers will buy this crap; as if the foreign CSE contractors are so naive about business for profits which sustains any reliable companies, whilst there are reports of yaya having undeclared shares/back kicks from such companies due to nature of disclosed awarding of such projects at tender which are never genuinely/openly bid as required by law/constitution.
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So he constructed the bridge for D5 million & got another on discount?!!! Can yaya explain/respond to allegations that one reason why he kept the Construction Ministry to himself/why no one appointed stays long on that Ministry’s that there are back-handing/kick backs involved in much if not all of these projects? Why is it that MOST of those projects are not publicly tendered to genuinely bidden instead of awarded in closed doors?
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Mike ALL right thinking Gambians & friends know development has NOTHING to do with banishing devils. Yaya indulged in such fake manoeuvres like ‘his cure for AIDS’ JUST to ‘mystify’ himself. If he can do as he claims why the need for bullet proof under vests he wore & bullet proof vehicles? Sane people read between lines.
...cont...
Then I say well done to The Observer...and well done to those Gambian's who think Mr Jammeh can " walk on water "...You all deserve each other.
The Australian aborigines..call this "dreamtime"
Quote; President L.B.Johnson.. about President Gerald Ford...
"He is the only man I know who can fart and chew gum at the same time."
Some "believers" should try this...
I find it quite difficult?
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