Subject: JPs restrict Editor’s bail as … Awareness Times publisher ar
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AWOKO NEWS
Thursday, February 8, 2007
JPs restrict Editor’s bail as … Awareness Times publisher arraigned for contempt
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Kelvin
The two Justices of the Peace (JP) Jessie Sharpe and Abdul Wurie sitting in Court No 9 yesterday ordered that Standard Times Editor Philip Neville’s bail is restricted until the case is heard again on Wednesday 7th February 2006.
Earlier at the Central police station where Court No 9 sits, an 8 count indictment was read against the two journalists of Standard Times alleging defamatory libel on Sylvia Blyden.
Lawyer for the journalists Leon Jenkins Johnston made a preliminary objection that Counts 1 to 8 “does not disclose any case for the accused persons to answer.”
He pointed out Count 3 of the particulars of offence which made reference to a story published in the Standard Times captioned “Chief Justice exposes contractgate in the judiciary’ … knowing it to be false.”
He told the JPs that “it will be a fishing expedition if you allow any evidence to be led in this matter”, because the plaintiff’s lawyer has “failed to disclose specific lines or words that they consider to be libelous in all 8 counts.”
He pointed out that all what they have made reference to is the caption of a story and that the words which are alleged to be libelous “have not been set out verbatim” adding that “this is fatal.”
Lawyer Leon Jenkins- Johnston referred the JPs to the 35th edition of Archibald paragraph 36 line 36 under the heading ‘The libel and the innuendoes,’ stating that “the prosecutor must prove the words as laid in the indictment.”
In this case he said “the accused persons do not know what case they have to answer, what they may or may not have written under the several captions referred to in counts 1 to 8.”
He argued further that Act no 6 of the 1991 constitution section 23 (5) stipulates that anyone who is charged with a criminal offence “shall be informed at the time he is charged in the language which he understands and in detail of the nature of the offence charged.”
Lawyer Leon Jenkins Johnston maintained that in this case “the libel has not been disclosed and that is very very fatal’ adding that “this is a very simple straightforward and incurable defect.”
A further breach of the constitution he said is section 23 (5)(b) which makes provision for a person charged with a criminal offence to “be given adequate time and facilities for the preparation of his defence.”
He noted that since no case has been clearly outlined then his clients have not been able to prepare adequately for their defence.
He asked the JPs to immediately dismiss the case and go forward and award costs of five million leones.
Lawyer M.S Turay for Sylvia Blyden stated that lawyer Leon Jenkins-Johnston “has failed to supply this court with authorities to substantiate his arguments that the alleged irregularity complained of is a mere irregularity or an irregularity which is a nullity and as such renders the whole action null and void and of no effect”.
He “agreed without conceding” that an irregularity which is a nullity should immediately be set aside and that the court had no discretion but to set it aside.
A regularity which is not a nullity he said can be amended by a mere application.
He submitted that the action was in no way fatal as complained by lawyer Jenkins- Johnston.
Lawyer Jenkins Johnston then stood up to make a second reply but this was objected to by Lawyer Turay. Lawyer Turay also made representation to the JPs that Standard Times had violated bail conditions set which stipulated that they should not publish anything to do with the plaintiff Sylvia Blyden, but that they had gone ahead and published on the internet articles about the plaintiff.
In reply lawyer Jenkins Johnston also pointed out the Awareness Times publications of Friday and Monday where he alleged the plaintiff had published articles impugning the integrity of Magistrate Fischer and himself Leon Jenkins Johnston and his senior in chambers Blyden Jenkins Johnston, stating that “what is good for the goose must be good for the gander.”
The JPs then rose and went in to their room to consult on their ruling.
After a few minutes they came out and ruled that the Standard Times editor had “inexcusably” flouted the 4th condition of bail and therefore his bail was “restricted until the bench is satisfied” and the matter adjourned to Wednesday 7th February.
Lawyer Jenkins Johnston proceeded to argue further and asked to be recorded but the JPs refused.
Waiting outside for Sylvia Blyden was a woman police officer with a bench warrant for her to appear before Magistrate Fischer.
The drama then shifted to Magistrate Fischer’s court no 1a at the law courts building.
Standing in the box, Magistrate Fischer told Sylvia Blyden that she should show cause why she should not be cited for contempt because of her publication on Friday.
Sylvia Blyden pleaded with Magistrate Fischer to forgive her claiming that she was emotionally troubled and promised that she would do a front page retraction on the Tuesday edition of Awareness Times.
In the dock Sylvia Blyden praised Magistrate Fischer as “the best”.
Subject: AWOKO ELECTION POLL RESULTS
From: Chief Bomborlai
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Date Posted: 12:55:04 02/08/07 ()
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Awoko Newspaper:
Pre-election poll result
Awoko newspaper is monitoring an opinion poll which will end on Friday 09-02-07 with a single question: - “If elections were to be held today who will you vote for? Text APC or SLPP or PMDC to numbers 076-444444 or 030-445566.” The results so far are: PMDC 54%, SLPP 38% APC 8% the others 0%
Subject: Re: AWOKO ELECTION POLL RESULTS
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Brother, Comrade and Patriot, Ngor Margai and the Orange Revolution, are on the way to State House.
Up With Sierra Leone!
Forward to National Rehabilitation.
Nya Mia. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hinduay Enviable
Subject: Re: AWOKO ELECTION POLL RESULTS
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Date Posted: 14:05:09 02/08/07 ()
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OH OH, The jamba don begin perform. Where is Dr. Nahim when we need him. Drug infested brain has started again.
Subject: Re:FOR KABS: AWOKO ELECTION POLL RESULTS
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Date Posted: 14:27:43 02/08/07 ()
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Kabs:
Please take care of this animal on this forum,I think it is getting out of hands.We cannot allow people to keep raining insults on others that they disagree with.
Subject: Interesting Quotes from Vice President SOLO B
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"I have come to present myself to those whose imaginations have been running wild that I am a feeble old man with baldhead and protruded tummy." On his visit to the US.
"Not everyone can be a leader." He was referring to a poor teacher in Pujehun who told his people of his aspirations to become the president. But when Berewa asked the people if the poor teacher had what it takes to be a president, he condescendingly told his audience that the people made fun of the teacher and told the teacher to go away: "You cannot be our president."
" When you want a husband, you don't tell people to just bring you any man from Sawpit to become your husband because you need a husband….. Similarly, when you need a wife, you don’t tell people to go down to Susan's Bay and just get any woman from there to come and be your wife. on why he should be elected
“Sierra Leonean teachers are paid on time every month to the point where some teachers are now refusing to take their salaries because they have enough money in their hands.”
"Whether you like it or not, I am the vice president of Sierra Leone,"
“Na mi dae go clean you back yard.” when asked about the sanitation problem in Sierra Leone.
“May be you don’t know how to address your letters.” “ When asked why mails from the diaspora hardly reach their owners in Sierra Leone.
"Some lawyers are not as eloquent as U. N. S. Jah," Sept. 18, fund-raising trip to the United States
Subject: Why is Philip Neville so stupid ?
From: Sylvanus Fynncountry
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Date Posted: 11:57:21 02/08/07 ()
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Why not sue Sylvia Blyden too ?
Subject: REPLY TO STEVEN ROGERS RE PAUL KAMARA'S DEFAMATION IN 1988
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"Also, I do not know him to discredit or lend credence to what you have said about him."
That is why it was I, who knows Mohm Jalloh, who told you what I know about him regarding all the other instances where he has always displayed the ingenuity that you admitted you observed in him in the "single instance (in which) in (your) opinion, his response was ingenuous."
Subject: A Friend Becomes A Twin
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A Friend Becomes A Twin
The special link bonding Hastings East Sussex with its namesake town in Sierra Leone will become stronger next week, as the two Hastings are formally twinned. The special ceremony will take place on 14h February in Hastings Sierra Leone, and will involve leaders of both communities :- and local brew, and Carr Taylor wine from Westfield.
OFFICIAL TWINNING OF HASTINGS, EAST SUSSEX, U.K.
AND HASTINGS - SIERRA LEONE
WEDNESDAY 14TH FEBRUARY 2007
EVENT TIME
1. Lining of school and cultural group 8:00am
2. Arrival of guests 8:30am - 9:00am
3. Arrival of invitees and Delegates 9:00am - 10:00am
4. Prayers 10:00am - 10:10am
5. Introduction of Chairman 10:10am - 10:15am
6. Chairman's Opening Remarks 10:15am - 10:20am
7. General Introduction of both Parties 10:20am - 10:45am
8. Blessing of Cake 10:45am - 10:50am
9. Pouring of Libation & placing of time capsule
on the Complex Foundation 10:50am - 11:00am
10. Statement from Hastings Assoc. S.L. President 11:00am - 11:10am
11. Responses from U.K. Delegates 11:10am - 11:20am
12.Twinning Ceremony of the Township 11:20am - 11:35am
13. Statement from H.E. The President 11:35am - 11:45am
14. Response from other Delegates 11:45am - 12:10pm
15. Vote of Thanks 12:15pm - 12:20pm
16. Chairman's Closing Remarks 12:20pm - 12:30pm
17. Closing Prayers 12:30pm - 12:35pm
18. Interview and Refreshment 12:35pm - 1:35pm
19. Cultural Performance 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Over the past few years, LOAF, a local Christian charity raised £30,000 to replace thirteen bridges in Hastings Sierra Leone which had been damaged or destroyed during the Civil War there. They were designed by local engineer Derek Tomblin, who is now chair of the Twinning Group. Links have also been established between seven schools in the West African Hastings and Hastings, East Sussex, and links are also developing between medical agencies, the Police, and Fire service in the namesake towns.
LOAF is now over half way towards raising funds for a Resource Centre , expected to cost around £100 000. This will include a Post Office, Bank, IT Training suite and various offices, etc. At the moment people have to walk around fifteen miles for their mail or to get to a Bank and there are no computer facilities in the town for adults or children. The foundation stone for this building will be laid at the formal twinning ceremony.
Council Leader Peter Pragnell said :- "The formal twinning with Hastings Sierra Leone marks an important new development in the link between our two towns, which grows ever stronger.
"I think the stronger bond will benefit both towns :- the people of Hastings Sierra Leone will see more work being undertaken as the work of the existing Friendship Link is built upon, and we in England will see the cultural links strengthen. I also hope that exchanges can take place, to our mutual benefit."
Former Council Leader Jeremy Birch added :- "I am pleased that the work started under our administration has been seen through. I think both communities can learn a lot from each other, and I think it is particularly fitting for the ceremony to take place this year, the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade."
The ceremony will take place at 10am on Wednesday 14 February, and the Mayor, Cllr Maureen Charlesworth, will be holding a special coffee morning in Hastings Town Hall, to mark the twinning.
08 February 2007
Subject: Please keep to your handles
From: KABS KANU
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Date Posted: 09:23:54 02/08/07 ()
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King Jeppeh Londoh has complained that somebody is using his handle.I want to kindly appeal to forumites to stick to their handles.
Also,Ahmed Koroma (STOKES) does not belong to this forum. He is against people to him attributing posts made by Oreilly . He wrote me to dissociate himself from participants on this forum he is being linked with.
Subject: Re: Please keep to your handles
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Also,Ahmed Koroma (STOKES) does not belong to this forum. He is against people to him attributing posts made by Oreilly . He wrote me to dissociate himself from participants on this forum he is being linked with.
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Rev. Kabbs, sometimes you are so, so, naive.
Do you expect the cowards who use lie-lie monikers on this forum to openly admit to their true identities? Bo lef, Revo. If they were that honest, bra, they would not hide behind lie-lie names in the first place!
Think smart, bra, and don't let liars who are cowards make a liar out of you!
Nar you go eat brade for lieman lek Ahmed Koroma (Stokes), Revo?
Subject: Re: Please keep to your handles
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Bra you na honest en funnyman.You tell Rev. tru
Subject: Re: Please keep to your handles
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Its really bad when other are using others handles to cause havoc to other people.I support to ask for a stop.
Subject: The danger of allowing a non-trained Journalist to publish
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Sierra Leone: Mutual Hostility Between Newspaper Executives Leads to One Arrest
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Reporters sans Frontières (Paris)
PRESS RELEASE
February 7, 2007
Posted to the web February 8, 2007
Reporters Without Borders has voiced concern about the mutual hostility between Sylvia Blyden, a government ally and publisher of the privately-owned daily "Awareness Times", and Philip Neville, the executive editor of the privately-owned daily "Standard Times", which led to Neville's arrest in Freetown on 6 February 2007, on a charge of libelling Blyden.
"This regrettable case shows that Sierra Leone lacks effective mechanisms for regulating the media," the press freedom organisation said. "Throwing Neville in prison serves only to punish him in a disproportionate manner and portray the judicial system as one that takes orders from government associates."
Reporters Without Borders added: "We urge Blyden to withdraw her libel suit so that there can be a serious debate about reform of the defamation law, which President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah promised in 2005."
After a dispute lasting several weeks in which the two newspaper executives swapped accusations and insults, Blyden filed a criminal libel accusation against Neville, who is also vice-president of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ), the country's leading journalists' union. A warrant for Neville's arrest was issued on 5 February and he was arrested on 6 February while in hiding in Freetown.
Blyden, who owns several companies, is a controversial figure and was described by one journalist as a "self-proclaimed press spokesperson for government ministers and people in power." A close associate of Vice-President Solomon Berewa, a possible successor to President Kabbah, she has often attacked journalists working for the privately-owned press, especially Neville.
When Neville was elected SLAJ vice-president, "Awareness Times" ran a front-page photo of him with the caption "A Reckless Fool." The "Standard Times" launched a smear campaign against Blyden last December, with accusations about her past, her intentions and her family background, and insinuating that she used the newspaper to settle scores with her former lovers.
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The campaign culminated last month with the publication of a photomontage showing a nude Blyden in a lewd pose alongside the former head of the RUF rebels, Foday Sankoh, whose eyes were fixed on her lower abdomen.
Following a seminar in October 2005 on the role of the media, Bernadette Cole, the head of the Independent Media Commission (a regulatory body), announced that she had received a letter from President Kabbah in which he requested a reform of the criminal defamation law, known as the Public Order Act.
During a subsequent meeting with journalists, the president's spokesman confirmed this desire, attributing it to "President Kabbah's new way of thinking about free speech and press freedom." But since then, nothing has been done. A presidential election is due to be held in July.
Subject: Re: The danger of allowing a non-trained Journalist to publish
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Date Posted: 11:20:54 02/08/07 ()
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There's always a danger when non-trained persons are allowed to practice job demanding trained professional skills.
Since the exodus of hundreds of qualified Sierra Leoneans, unscrupulous people have been donning false titles in a bid to take chances on the local market out there.
Sylvia Blyden is one of them and should be closely watched before she wreaks an even larger havoc than the fraud online Ninja newspaper she was running on Foday Sankoh's payroll.
She is now claiming to be a doctor when she's far from being one, and practicing journalism in a country where the mechanics of professional standards are in total disarray.
Instead of urging Blyden to withdraw her libel suit, why not urge Neville to file a counter libel one so they can tug it out in the courts?
Subject: Forum Handle--- for the person who posted as "Jepeh Londo"
From: King Jeppeh Londoh (Original)
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Date Posted: 04:26:02 02/08/07 ()
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In your response to a post from Birds of the Same Feather you wrote "your name seems to tell it all. I will assume you are like the person you are strenuously defending on this forum. I have been reading the postings on this subject and my conclusion is that you are either stupid, or cannot afford to be intellegent. Mr. Rogers has tried to put some sense into your head, but seems to have been falling on deaf ears.
I think you should start by writing good english before you begin your defense. I am assming that you probably benefited from Mr. Jalloh's alleged SLPMB money. Mr. Rogers, please do me a favor - do not respond to this chicken-livered moron who keeps changing names.
"...source http://www.hwforums.com/2179/messages/21052.html
Would you kindly stop using a handle which is similar to mine in future?
In Peace
KJL aka K. Jeppeh Londoh
Subject: Re: Forum Handle--- for the person who posted as "Jepeh Londo"
From: FARRAH MARRAH
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Date Posted: 11:30:56 02/08/07 ()
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Chief KJL,
Dakae Bisseh (absolve the spelling)!
It seems as if you will never refrain from the discourse, my MOYAMBA BRETHREN.
Subject: Re: Forum Handle--- for the person who posted as "Jepeh Londo"
From: FARRAH MARRAH
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Chief KJL,
Dahkae Bisseh (absolve the spelling)!
I am aware that you cannot refrain from the discourse my MOYAMBA BRETHREN.
Note of caution "Wherever there is smoke there is FIRE".
Subject: Re: Forum Handle--- for the person who posted as "Jepeh Londo"
From: Birds of the Same Feather
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Date Posted: 06:10:29 02/08/07 ()
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KJL, we who know your upright character from the old days know that it was NOT you who posted the compost heap rant fronted by the rude, crude tribalist whose inferiority complex is now legendary on this forum.
Can there be a more conclusive proof of this forum's most notorious tribalistic churl's inferiority complex than his using the handle of a widely respected gentleman like you in a blatantly immoral scheme to fraudulently wrap his self-consciously discredited character in false credibility?
Clearly, no depth is too low for Cocorioko's internationally notorious rude, crude -- and now, fraudulent -- tribalist to sink.
No wonder that he compulsively supports the internationally notorious corrupt SLPP regime of President Ahmad Kabbah and Vice President Solomon Berewa. After all, we all know that frauds, being of the same immoral feather, naturally flock together.
Subject: Re: Forum Handle--- for the person who posted as "Jepeh Londo"
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"Clearly, no depth is too low for Cocorioko's internationally notorious rude, crude -- and now, fraudulent -- tribalist to sink."
SO TRUE.
Subject: AFRICA AND THE WAR ON TERROR
From: BRA ENVIABLE
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Date Posted: 16:04:58 02/07/07 ()
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A few days ago, I talked about Africa's global vulnerability in response to a question posed by Yaya Fanusie. The discussion revolved around Africa's geopolitical weakness, and the tendency of Western governments to treat Africa with disrespect. As recent history has shown, Western governments see Africa as a suitable playground that can be used and abandoned at will. The Cold War should remind us that Africa can be used, and discarded, like useless jetsam aboard a ship. Africa was simply abandoned after the West triumphed over Communism. In the absence of a meaningful relationship, the continent got one prescr1ption after another in the form of IMF "advisers" who sought to implement economic policies no one in Washington or London thought of trying in post-war Europe. This was followed by official lectures from Number 10 Downing Street and the White House on the importance of democracy. Africa's relationship with the West is simply one of mistreatment, broken promises and racist gestures at very turn.
The Pentagon has just announced that a Strategic Command Center will be established in Africa to help fight the war on terror. How should Africa react to the war on terror in the first place? In the confrontation between fanatical Islam and Western civilization, can Africa {rightly} choose to be an actor or aloof observer? Africa is home to millions of Muslims. However, it must not be forgotten that both Islam and Westernization have hurt Africa either one time or the other. Caucasians are no more racist than Arabs. From the perspective of the oppressed African, the war on terror is simply a confrontation between two abusers, Westernization and Islam. Islam sees nothing wrong with enslaving Africans in Mauritania and Darfur, just as Westernization is racist enough to treat Africa with well-seated contempt.
Given the above analysis, is it in Africa's favour to provide bases from which US forces can operate to fight the war on terror? What should be Africa's stance in the war between the crazed forces of Islam and our traditional exploiters?
Subject: Re: AFRICA AND THE WAR ON TERROR
From: Sengbe Big Axe
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Date Posted: 19:52:06 02/07/07 ()
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The rude boys are now fast asleep, so the forum can get back to the discussion of serious issues.
Bra E asks, and I quote:
"...Given the above analysis, is it in Africa's favour to provide bases from which US forces can operate to fight the war on terror?..."
Bra e let me try to answer your question with a question:
Is it in the interest / favour of / for Britain, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, the Phillipines, and elsewhere to provide bases from which US forces can operate if provoked to act? Afterall, the USA has had bases in Germany, Britain, South Korea for over forty years with no adverse effects. Do you not want my / your adopted homeland to remain the only superpower?
"...What should be Africa's stance in the war between the crazed forces of Islam and our traditional exploiters?..."
We must go with the US of A for our survival in the future. The USA can no longer exploit us in Africa as the Brits, Portuguese, and Spaniards did from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries - slavery and stealing of natural resources. Oprah and Co. will NOT allow that.
It is a new day, Bra E.
Subject: Re: AFRICA AND THE WAR ON TERROR
From: BRA ENVIABLE
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Date Posted: 01:53:19 02/08/07 ()
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Sengbe, I agree that we need the US. However, SOME of the examples you gave--Germany, South Korea, Kuwait--are very special cases. Those countries have tremendously enjoyed American sopport in an incomparable way. US forces in South are there to defend Seoul against Pyongyang. In fact, the US lost thousands of its finest sons defending South Korea against the Communist North. The case is similarly true with Kuwait. Germany was rebuilt by US capital after the Second World War.
Compare those instances to, say, Liberia in West Africa. For years, some Liberians reveled in the illusion that their country was America's "traditional friend." When Liberia eventually caught fire in the form of bloodletting, the US did not raise a finger to help its "traditional ally" stabilize itself. US marines were actually dispatched to rescue American citizens, only to briefly dock and watch the killings from battle ships docked in Liberia's territorial waters! Let us not forget, Liberia was {reportedly} a CIA outpost in West Africa for much of the Cold War. Only RACISM can explain America's contemptuous indifference to Liberia, a country that came close to being Washington's version of an African colony.
We need the US. Equally true, African leaders must no longer be naive in dealing with Western governments. The racism in International Politics is palpable, and Africa has always felt it.
Subject: Re: AFRICA AND THE WAR ON TERROR
From: Sengbe Big Axe
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Date Posted: 10:48:14 02/08/07 ()
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Bra E, even though I'd like to agree that a certain amount of "racism" plays a part in the USA not coming to the aid of Liberians in Liberia for a considerable part of their "struggle" during Charles Taylor's wars of plunder (in Liberia and Sa Lon), but I hesitate to do so on the basis of two facts:
The relationship between Liberia, and the USA is NOT symbiotic.
What has Liberia got to offer the USA in return, compared to the level of symbiosis that exists in the relationship between the US and, say, Germany, South Korea, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia? Merely providing space for a CIA outpost in your country for Uncle Sam to listen up on the REDS and others does not mean that you are some sort of God-child for my uncle. You've got to bring more to the table than that.
They've got rubber, iron-ore, bauxite, gold, and diamonds, but what would they do with it in Liberia if outsiders do/did not come in to exploit those resources? and pay them a pittance, to the outsiders' advantage.
There is no such thing as something for nothing in this dunia, my brother.
The Germans, Koreans, Saudis, etc. have something to offer my uncle, beneficially, on an equally-travelled two-sided highway. We (in Africa) do not, as of yet, anyway. So they would take us for a ride whenever they wish to do so. We have a one-lane highway in this analogy - always putting our hands out for assistance. I hope you understand what I mean. Under these circumstances, my uncle, and 'them', will never take us seriously / respectfully.
You are told you've got natural resources but you don't know what to do with those resources to become wealthty and self-sufficient. Ain't that a bleep?
Remember also that in Liberia, it was brother/sister brutally fighting against brother/sister in a senseless war of plunder. And if you couple that fact with the humiliation imposed on my uncle in Somalia, there is/was no motivation for my uncle to come to your aid when y'alls start killing each other in a stupid civil war. Does Rwanda come to mind, as well?
Based on the above, those countries that have a special relationship with my uncle deserve his support as they are "worth dying for" in this regard.
"...For years, some Liberians reveled in the illusion that their country was America's "traditional friend..."
Indeed that is the case with many of them even at the present time. They fail to understand their history, which is the basis of the "racism in international politics" you have so eloquently alluded to.
Bra E, some partners are MORE EQUAL than others in these global relationships. Let us resolve to change our current fate as it relates to this kind of politics.
Subject: Geo Strategic Afrika!!!
From: KLA
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Date Posted: 15:21:20 02/07/07 ()
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How Strategic is Afrika to the Rest of the Global Economy? Well, Earth Scientist Claim that "Geology is destiny".....OIL in the Middle East,Oil and scandalous
amounts of Minerals on the Afrikan Continent....Do
we get the drift?
Strategic Importance of Africa
"Africa is no longer a distant region that can be ignored by the U.S. As articulated in the National Security Strategy, the need to expand and ensure America's access to energy resources, prevent the spread of terrorism in weak or broken states, and address transnational health and environmental concerns has transformed Africa from a strategic backwater into a priority region for U.S. economic, political, and military interests.[2] America has become increasingly involved in the region since the end of the Cold War, with over 20 U.S. military operations in Africa between 1990 and 2000 and another 10 since 2000.[3] These concerns and operations, combined with a rising expectation by many in America and other countries that the U.S. should intervene in internal and regional African conflicts more frequently and actively, assure that the U.S. will become more involved in the region in coming years."....Heritage foundation.
One must not be misled into thinking that the Strategic Importance of Afrika is a Nouveau Idea.
Afrika has contributed to the Global Economy and civilization for EONS.!! One hopes that the current crop of Afrikan leadership gets Jolted from an Apparent slumber of inaction to counter what looks like a strong arm SCRAMBLE FOR AFRIKA.!!
Di World nor level for true!!
TSTM
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Subject: Re: Geo Strategic Afrika!!!
From: BRA ENVIABLE
To: All
Date Posted: 16:16:50 02/07/07 ()
Email Address:
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KLA, Is Africa "strategic" enough to merit an appreciable treatment that opens the continent to fair, international trade?
Have we become strategic beyond the buying of African resources on the terms of our Western buyers?
Indeed, have we become strategic enough to make Washington use its influence in helping stop a Rwandan-type genocide? "Ethnic Cleansing" in Europe was largely contained by NATO. Africa received expressions of "regret" for the West's inablity to intervene in Rwanda.
We need to be sensitized enough to see beyond the sweet official statements that often accompany the signing of deals.
Subject: Re: Geo Strategic Afrika!!!
From: KLA
To: All
Date Posted: 19:42:00 02/07/07 ()
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"KLA, Is Africa "strategic" enough to merit an appreciable treatment that opens the continent to fair, international trade?"....Bra E
Bra E... This is an excellent question. Africa is strategic enough to merit "appreciable" treatment in International trade. This level of treatment, must be demanded in our dealings with our trade partners of every persuassion.
The Geographic locat1on and size of the World's second largest Continent,centered between the ATLANTIC and Indian oceans, underscores her importance to marine commerce. Afrika must define her Importance and not let others do this for her. How you sell yusef, nah so di World go buy you.
Fair, International trade with our Trade Partners, must be a desired OBJECTIVE. We must, however be al3rt to the fact that the rules of International trade, have not been Models of fairness to the so called "Third World Nations".
The current deliberations of the World Trade Organization, are directed towards resolving what the developing Nations,Africa included,consider as UNFAIR TRADE practices from the Developed Economies.
"Indeed, have we become strategic enough to make Washington use its influence in helping stop a Rwandan-type genocide? "Ethnic Cleansing" in Europe was largely contained by NATO. Africa received expressions of "regret" for the West's inablity to intervene in Rwanda." Bra E.
The Rwandan Genocide was indeed, a truly unfortunate event. A more robust intervention from the Global community could have checkmated the Blood lust, ensuing in maybe a different outcome.
Hope the World never experiences another Rwanda type
Genocide.
Tstm
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Subject: Sesay: Still going strong
From: ABDULAI DECOX SESAY
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Date Posted: 15:05:17 02/07/07 ()
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BBC
Sesay: Still going strong
Abdulai Sesay is still playing after three decdes in the game.
Abdulai Sesay is still lost for words reflecting on his three-decades of playing football at the highest level.
Sesay was shot in the left leg aboard a fishing boat in 1991 and along with many Sierra Leoneans, believed he would never play again.
The longest-serving captain of Sierra Leone club Ports Authority proved his doubters wrong.
Not only did he return to competitive football after an operation in Germany, he went onto play at the 1994 Nations Cup in Tunisia.
And he's still going strong - this weekend the former international defender is expected to play for Ports in the Confederation Cup second-leg encounter against Malian side AS Bamako in which he will line up as probably the oldest player in the African club competitions this year.
I never realised that I would last this long, especially after I was shot in the leg
Abdulai Sesay
Four years after making his debut in the league with Freetown United as a right winger, Sesay made his first appearance in continental football for Ports in a Wafu Cup game against Horoya of Guinea in 1984.
His first international cap at any level was the Olympic qualifier against Tunisia in 1987.
Sesay, who only resumed training two months ago, after his four year break, explains the reasons for his longevity in the game.
"I don't drink alcohol or smoke," he said. "I don't do most of the things which are bad for my health.
"I never realised that I would last this long because after I was shot, I was under medical attention for six months in Germany.
"When I returned many did not believe I will be able to resume playing.
"The doctors were optimistic, though, that I could play again. I took the chance and was called up for the national team to play in the Amilcar Cabral tournament in 1993 and the Nations Cup in Tunisia the following year."
Abdulai Sesay is renowned for his tough tackling.
Married with five children, Sesay, who comes from a family of 10, has played against some of the greatest attackers in African football.
At the high point of his career he tackled Ivorian Joel Tiehi and Zambia?s Kalusha Bwalya at the African Nations Cup in Tunisia.
He also played against George Weah of Liberia and was responsible for stopping Cameroonian Francois Omam-Biyick in a Nations Cup qualifier.
Ports coach Diamond Toes, a former team mate of Sesay, is delighted that the defender will lend his experience to the side in the Confederation Cup.
"I?ve defended Abdulai's case up to management level because I am convinced he still has something to offer," Toes said.
"I am the one who persuaded him to return to the game since 2002.
"It is true that he may not have the same pace and fitness but I am sure the new players will learn something from him."
Sierra Leone assistant coach, Joseph Toby, another former international team mate, speaks highly of Sesay.
"I love his diving headers. He makes sure his attacker is always under pressure instead of the other way round," Toby said.
"He is always the most humble player in camp."
Sesay says he is ready to be in the national team if he is invited but Toby says that will be a challenge as huge as his recovery from his gun shot injury.
Subject: Re: Sesay: Still going strong
From: Leone Stars
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Date Posted: 15:34:54 02/07/07 ()
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How old is he?50?...cause I remember him playing active soccer when I was in high school,I can clearly remember his diving headers and he would also sacrifice his body during free kicks agains his team.This guy is durable,super human indeed.He is definitely bound for the history books.
Subject: Re: Sesay: Still going strong
From: RUBBER DUCK
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Date Posted: 08:44:18 02/08/07 ()
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IS this the same fellow we used to call KAKA DEBUL of Victoria and Parade grounds fame If its him he should be in his sixties
Subject: Re: Sesay: Still going strong
From: Yaya Fanusie
To: All
Date Posted: 11:45:06 02/08/07 ()
Email Address: futatoro@gmail.com
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Rubber Duck,
I was thinking the same. Kaka Debul should be about 63/4.
I was a Model School with him 1956. We are all friends with George Brown, Jabez Thompson, Alieu B Kamara, Jatu,
Alusine Jenner Kamara, Mohamed Awolo Conteh, a Porter,
Yaya Fanusie
Subject: Re: Sesay: Still going strong
From: RUBBER DUCK
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Date Posted: 12:25:00 02/08/07 ()
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You are right Yaya I could only remember George Brown he was the brother of Tom Brown of Geraldo Pino(Gerald Pyne) fame and you .We then went to MBHS in Kissy. Good old days Remember the Palm wine we used to raid. Don't want to give too much away as not to be identified
RUBBER DUCK
Subject: The coming of the Americans (USA)
From: AHMED OJULLAH BANGURA
To: All
Date Posted: 14:06:16 02/07/07 ()
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The coming of the Americans (USA) The USA is coming gradually to African under the cover of military training and war on terror. The idea of a US military base in Africa is a bad and sad adventure and must be stopped. It will bring disaster economically, socially and politically now and for unknown number of years.
There is a saying in our traditional African society that ‘when you draw the rope, it comes with the bush, and that bush comes with the leopard to town. I am bringing this issue as a strong condemnation to any US military presence in Africa. The question we need to ask ourselves is: why now? Make no mistake, USA will never allow Africa to be as great as they in economic and military might.
They will come to promote the dependency theory in the continent, activate the long term ‘mental syndrome’ and control our destiny. If USA is genuine in promoting peace and development in Africa, they should have supported the proposal of the AU military force or an African regional force.
They are not but rather spending and requesting billions of dollars to further provoke war in Iraq. We must not allow the USA to open another door of hell in our beloved continent. Where was the USA when Somalia was bleeding and lawless? Where was the USA when Rwanda needed help most but instead left to flood the land with blood? Where was the USA when Sierra Leone (my mother land) had tears of blood? Where was the USA when diamonds from Sierra Leone became weapons of destruction?
Where was the USA when the agricultural lands in Ethiopia, Sudan and Chad were dry and barren? Where was the USA when the children and women of Black Africa were raped and killed? Where was the USA when black Africans still suffer in slavery in North African countries? What is the USA doing in Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean? The people of that Island (majority Blacks) were forcefully removed by the UK government in the 1970s and given to the US as a military base.
Why is the USA that is preaching democracy and Human Rights and security not practising it in their door step? Think twice Africans and examine the evil intension of the USA in Africa. We must reject religious extremism and any form of western imperialism in African in this 21st century onwards. USA is in Africa for two key issues: (i) to control our natural resources. It wants to turn away from the middle-east oil reserves and exploit our new oil discoveries under the cover of ‘war on terror’; (ii) set up puppet regimes. It is sensing the emancipation of Africans from colonialism, imperialism and ‘mental slavery’ that was preached against by famous Africans like Nkwame Nkrumah, Marcus Garvey, and Patrice Lumumba etc.
Instead of bringing investment like China is doing in Africa, it is distracting our minds from development and instead brings us arms to fight ourselves and promote coups. The USA was behind the coup that toppled Nkrumah in Ghana and many subversive activities in Africa and other developing countries.
US do not want to compete with China in Africa in development but rather drive away china by their conspiracy theory ‘war on terror and human rights. My African brothers and sisters in the struggle for our identity and dignity, is the USA practising what it preaches on Human Rights.
How is it different from China? The only difference is on the victims. Whilst China violates the human rights of its people as claimed by the ‘West’, the USA is violating the human rights of millions if not billions of people in third world countries.
Who is worse between the two? The USA is having its military base in Diego Garcia in the Indian ocean. It is the natural birth place of people expelled and deprived to exist there but rather substituted for military hardware. They value the military capacity more than human beings. Is this the type of country Africa is giving a place to execute its hidden agenda under the era of A WAR MONGER?
Don’t forget that our ancestors were enslaved, physically and sexually abused but none of the countries involved, except France has openly acknowledged its regret. Colonialism bastardised Africa and yet they point fingers at us as relatives of apes. They took our grandfathers to liberate Europe from the Nazis but never mentioned them during their so called ‘World War II victory celebrations. Do you want to forget soon?
Do not hate the USA or any western citizen but never allow the same mistakes to reoccur. Rise up now and resist any imperialism and military base from the USA. Note that the US is the champion of any long term western plans in Africa.
I end my concern with another African saying that ‘cut off the snake’s head and the rest of the body becomes useless’.
Ahmed Ojullah Banguraaob205@exeter.ac.ukUK _________________________________________________________________
Subject: STOP THE NONSENSE NOW
From: CUT IT OUT
To: All
Date Posted: 09:46:13 02/07/07 ()
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BOB MARLEY and BRA ENVIABLE need to stop it now.
You guys need to move on to sensible discussions.
Subject: Re: STOP THE NONSENSE NOW
From: ANOTHER SENGBE WATCHER
To: All
Date Posted: 10:09:39 02/07/07 ()
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Sengbe and Alpha Saidu Bnagura are the worst on this forum. The tribalists are at work again.
Sengbe and Saidu Bangura need to be ashmed of themselves.
Subject: Re: STOP THE NONSENSE NOW
From: True
To: All
Date Posted: 10:10:37 02/07/07 ()
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Sebgbe the tribalist may be the worse of the two
Subject: Re: STOP THE NONSENSE NOW
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 09:58:50 02/07/07 ()
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Actually you should speak to the fellow calling himself Bob Marley rather than Bra Enviable. Bra E's comments were worth discussing and it took BM to throw a monkey wrench into the fray and cause a scene. I think that Bob Marley should be blocked from postintg on this forum. He is a very divisive person and appears to be quite unintelligent. He is the person who has been making defamatory statements about Bra Enviable and I would advise Bra enviable to seek to get his IP number from Kabbs and the moderator so that he can file suit for defamation.
Blame it all on Bob
Subject: Re: STOP THE NONSENSE NOW
From: BOOB MARLEY
To: All
Date Posted: 10:05:14 02/07/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ac202-050.resnet.stonybrook.edu at 130.245.202.50
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Alieu,
You are another shameless man. My IP? You nor get shame. Look at who is asking about IP. The master of fake handles on cocorioco. You are one shameless character.
Subject: Re: STOP THE NONSENSE NOW
From: Sengbe Watcher
To: All
Date Posted: 10:01:22 02/07/07 ()
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"Actually you should speak to the fellow calling himself Bob Marley rather than Bra Enviable."
Than fellow is none other than the notorious rude, crude, tribalist with the incurable inferiority complex that compulsively causes him to try to PullDown his betters.
Subject: Re: STOP THE NONSENSE NOW
From: Joker Koker
To: All
Date Posted: 09:57:05 02/07/07 ()
Email Address:
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Stop using false names, Edmund Koker, to insult your betters. Instead of advising others to stop their nonsense, YOU stop your tribalistic, crude, rude displays for which you are notorious on this forum, first. Lonta!
Subject: SIERRA-LEONE: RECORING FROM YEARS OF CONFLICT
From: WORLD BANK REPORT 2007
To: All
Date Posted: 09:43:41 02/07/07 ()
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The latestr report by the IDA-world Bank on salone's recovery process. Click the link below:
Subject: Re: SIERRA-LEONE: RECORING FROM YEARS OF CONFLICT
From: CADMUS
To: All
Date Posted: 09:31:42 02/08/07 ()
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I wonder why there were no takers on this important topic posted here by the World bank.
Sierra leone is recovering from years of conflict very nicely....I am sure we will continue to do even better when SOLO B takes over.
Subject: Re: SIERRA-LEONE: RECORING FROM YEARS OF CONFLICT
From: Not Worth the Paper its Written on
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Date Posted: 10:09:56 02/08/07 ()
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"I wonder why there were no takers on this important topic posted here by the World bank."
Probably becos no one who knows the World Bank's record of cooking its reports would take them seriously.
"Much of the World Bank’s voluminous research is of little worth, and relies on questionable evidence to advance its policy goals, according to a hard-hitting evaluation by outside experts. The study, overseen by four world-leading experts in international development, looked at nearly 4,000 papers, books and reports issued by the World Bank (WB) from 1998 to 2005 and found “some outstanding work”. [See link for MORE]
Subject: APC Spokesman for Ernest Koroma in Sierra Leone
From: kroobaymom
To: All
Date Posted: 09:05:12 02/07/07 ()
Email Address: kroobaymom@yahoo.com
Entered From: at 206.113.148.2
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Awareness Times Newspaper in Freetown, Sierra Leone
By Sayoh Kamara
Feb 6, 2007, 16:36
The opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party yesterday made public the appointed of a Spokesman for its Flag bearer and Presidential Candidate, Hon. Ernest Bai Koroma in the person of Hon. Alpha Kanu, otherwise popularly known as Alpha Khan. The decision, according to reliable sources within the APC hierarchy was said to have been made by the Leader and Presidential Candidate himself, Hon. Ernest Bai Koroma prior to his recent trip abroad. His recent destination was however not disclosed. This is the first time in the history of the APC, for a Presidential Candidate to appoint an official Spokesman to act in his stead in his dealings with the wider public.
Hon. Alpha Kanu: To speak for and on behalf of Honourable Ernest Bai Koroma
Disclosing the news to Awareness Times late yesterday evening, the National Publicity Officer of the APC, William Juana Smith said it is the prerogative of the Presidential Candidate to appoint any person of his choice for the post.
"Like it is the case for the Running Mate, which is the sole prerogative of the Presidential Candidate, the appointment of a Spokesman for the Running Mate is likewise his prerogative," Mr. Smith stated.
His Terms of Reference according to Mr. Smith include, speaking for and on behalf of the Presidential Candidate at any official function and taking interviews.
"What ever he would be saying in that capacity should be seen as representing the views of the Presidential Candidate," Mr. Smith asserted.
Hon. Alpha Kanu, Mr. Smith went on to disclose, would be performing his first official function today, when he would be representing Hon. Ernest Bai Koroma in a live BBC Radio programme, ‘Africa have your say’. The programme according to competent sources is expected to feature the Leader and Presidential Candidate of the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), Vice President, Solomon Ekuma Berewa, the Leader and Presidential Candidate of the People’s Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC), Mr. Charles Francis Margai.
Hon. Alpha Kanu is Member of Parliament representing Lokomasama in the Port Loko, and has being in that capacity since 2002. He holds a Degree in Geology from the Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone and a Post Graduate Degree in Mining Engineering.
Mr. Smith describes Hon. Kanu as "one of the best Members of Parliament" the APC and he is "clever and very articulate". Hon. Kanu according to the APC Publicity man is expected to be in his new post until the Presidential election in July this year
Subject: Re: APC Spokesman for Ernest Koroma in Sierra Leone
From: brokeoseminister
To: All
Date Posted: 10:38:17 02/07/07 ()
Email Address: brokeoseminister@yahoo.com
Entered From: at 206.113.148.2
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Alpha Kanu's choice is immensely appealing. His background as a teacher, mining engineer, businessman and politician is impressive. He is a relentless campaigner, an ardent advocate for the youth and the aged. A self made man like Mr. Kah, is the vision for the new Sierra Leone, one where successful businessmen with repute and intergrity can manage our economy prudently and with the social interest of the people at heart. Teachers now have a voice that will speak for them.
Ernest has made an excellent choice and as Allieu said, this choice reflects his wisdom and leadership qualities.
JJ Blood's background and political learning curve is no match for the maestro. He will be simply outdone by the competition.
RIP JJ!!!!!!
Subject: Re: APC Spokesman for Ernest Koroma in Sierra Leone
From: business
To: All
Date Posted: 15:50:10 02/07/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: nwplpf.nwpl.ca at 204.239.156.10
Message:
now let's have this spokesman's phone number to bombard him with questions. his phone should be available to the public.
Subject: Re: APC Spokesman for Ernest Koroma in Sierra Leone
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 20:44:19 02/07/07 ()
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I think that he is entitled to a right of privacy. If you ahve any questions that you may want to "bombard" him with post them on the website and somehow he would get it and respond.
Subject: Re: APC Spokesman for Ernest Koroma in Sierra Leone
From: PORT LOKO CITIZEN
To: All
Date Posted: 10:43:07 02/07/07 ()
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Can you tell me what your man has done for his constituency(Lokomasama-Port Loko) since he was elected to parliament in 2002?
Subject: Re: My very own high schol Teacher
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 09:54:49 02/07/07 ()
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one of the best Members of Parliament" the APC and he is "clever and very articulate".
And I am very proud to say that Mr. Ka was one of my teachers in school and one of the people I have the utmost respect for. To say that he is brilliant is an understatement. The idea to have an official spokesperson for the presidential is one I had floated with Ernest Koroma in one of my numerous meetings with him. He could not have appointed a more able leader and spokesperson. If it took him this long to appoint one it speaks to the issue that Ernest Bai Koroma does give thought to good ideas.
So what does Mr. Ka have to deal with on the SLPP side? JJ Blood!!! Help I am laughing very hard. JJ BLood wil be vanquished, he lacks the tact that Mr. Ka has had all of his years and his ability to deal with sticky situations and people.
God Bles Sierra Leone and its people
Subject: Deputy British Prime Minister to pay State visit
From: LEGALIZE IT
To: All
Date Posted: 08:50:39 02/07/07 ()
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Deputy British Prime Minister to pay State visit
The Independent Observer, sourcing the State Lodge, reports that the Deputy Prime minister of Britain, Mr. John Prescott is due to arrive in the country on the weekend.
The visiting statesman would reportedly hold discussions with the Head of State in furtherance of the bilateral relationship of the two countries. More details of the visit will be released by State Lodge in due course. The event was confirmed by the British High Commission in Freetown
Subject: HOW PAUL KAMARA'S DEFAMATION WAS EXPOSED IN 1988
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
To: All
Date Posted: 05:40:34 02/07/07 ()
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Offbeat System wrote on February 06, 2007:
"Please post your Observer reply to Paul Kamara's defamation. We who want to know the truth want to read it."
Here it is:
EXCERPTED FROM "THE OBSERVER"
Freetown, 26 January, 1988, page 6
PRESS RELEASE
CORRECTION OF FALSE REPORT
Dear Editor:
I write in regard to a scr1pt that appeared in a certain local "newspaper," (For Di People), on October 21, 1987, and feel obliged to correct the transparent falsehoods contained therein, for the benefit only of those readers who may have been misled into taking the mischievous tract seriously.
Those readers may wish to be informed that, contrary to the claims of the publisher of the scr1pt referred to above, I was invited to the United States of America by the U.S. government, upon the recommendation of the government of Sierra Leone, to pursue post-graduate studies under the African Graduate Fellowship programme (AFGRAD), a joint venture between the U.S. government and the government of Sierra Leone.
This information is not only readily available from the Ministry of Education in Freetown, but it was widely publicised on the Ministry's notice boards since the nomination process for the 1986/87 AFGRAD awards was initiated in 1986. Other agencies from which the same information could have been obtained in Freetown include the U.S. embassy, the AFGRAD Representative and SLPMB. Therefore, the failure of the publisher of the tale referred to above to obtain the facts concerning my well-publicised departure to the U.S. can reasonably be attributed to a lack of journalistic training and/or minimal or poor education.
This fact was borne out most vividly in the wild claim aired in the culprit scr1pt regarding the withdrawal of my passport. No doubt, even given his apparent low intellect, the publisher could hardly fail to understand that I could not have left Sierra Leone without a passport. So, having fabricated a withdrawal of my passport, the publisher found himself obliged to invent its magical retrieval by, in his own words, "persons unknown!" In a word, ridiculous -- but in present day Sierra Leone, journalistic excellence.
However, for the benefit of readers, I wish to categorically affirm that the government of Sierra Leone -- the only authority, incidentally, empowered to withhold, grant, or withdraw Sierra Leone passports -- at no time gave an order to withdraw my passport. This should not be surprising -- except perhaps to the author of the tale in question -- since, as I stated above, the government of Sierra Leone is a co-sponsor of my educational programme in the U.S.
With regard to the attempt by the author of the culprit scr1pt to falsify the evaluation of my testimony to the Committee on Parastatals etc., my only comment is to refer readers to the enclosed copy of he letter from the Committee dated 30 July, 1987, confirming the Committee's acknowledgment of SLPMB's application for my release on study leave to the U.S. and the Committee's agreement to the release.
Regarding the unsubstantiated rumor about my purported involvement in a mythical embezzlement of funds at SLPMB together with "top officials at both SLPMB and government," I must say that this is the surest indication that the author of the mentioned story is not only ignorant of the operations of SLPMB, but also of my professional record at SLPMB and the esteem which I have earned from national and international organizations of unquestionable repute.
I would like to end, therefore, by advising the unnamed writer and/or publisher of the above-mentioned fable that no gratuitous attack resulting from abysmal journalistic incompetence and moral decadence can blemish my professional record, which is as clean as a whistle.
Yours Sincerely,
M. A. JALLOH
Head, Economic Planning Dept, SLPMB
SH/CPIO/2
30th July, 1987
The Deputy Managing Director,
SLPMB
Cline Town
CLEARANCE TO PROCEED ON COURSE OF STUDY
I wish to refer to your letter reference No. HO/G.M./Conf./F dated 17th July 1987 and our letter of even reference dated 23rd July, 1987 and to inform you that the Committee has interviewed Mr. Jalloh and it is pleased to release him for his study leave to the United States of America.
[Signed] B. J. SERRY
Secretary
cc. The Managing Director, SLPMB
Mr. M. A. Jalloh, Head of Economic Department
EDITOR'S COMMENT
Mr. Jalloh is currently studying for a combined M.B.A. and M.Sc (Accounting) degree at the University of Washington State, USA.
Subject: Re: HOW PAUL KAMARA'S DEFAMATION WAS EXPOSED IN 1988
From: Patriot
To: All
Date Posted: 09:54:28 02/07/07 ()
Email Address:
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Mohm,
I am really proud of you for educating the world during the past 2 days here about what really went on in Sa Lon during an important stage of our country's history -- the era of the APC governments of President Siaka Stevens and Momoh.
Yesterday, you exposed the lie that the shameless SLPP crowd has been peddling -- that the APC was the only party which destroyed Sa Lon. You reminded the world that the APC of the late 1970s through the early 1990s was in fact an SLPP-APC coalition, made up of many cross-carpet SLPP leaders who had joined forces with the APC to wreak havoc on Sa Lon. You even named some of those top SLPP two-mot-pen-knef wreckers -- SLPP leader Salia Jusu-Sheriff and Francis Mannah -- who became APC members for their totally selfish reasons.
Now, you have exposed the notorious charlattan who has been masquerading as a journalist, Paul Kamara, as being not even a journalist -- since journalists do not make a habit of publishing LIES about people, and refuse to apologize and retract their lies.
Mohm, you are doing a great service to our country. You are helping to write the true history of Sa Lon by giving us these FACTs -- because, as you always do, you provide documentary and other evidence for whatever you write or publish.
Those unpatriotic Sierra Leoneans who are forever condemned to not understanding anything they attempt to read would be forgiven for thinking that by exposing Sa Lon's historical crooks,charlattans, and other societal misfist who have wreacked our country, you are defending yourself. Ignore the rude fools.
Just concentrate upon dishing up the facts about the identity and the roles of those unpatriotic ones who destroyed -- and in some cases, continue to destroy -- our sweet Sa Lon.
Subject: Re: HOW PAUL KAMARA'S DEFAMATION WAS EXPOSED IN 1988
From: Truth
To: All
Date Posted: 08:25:44 02/07/07 ()
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Message:
[Signed] B. J. SERRY
Secretary
-----------------------------------------------------------
Prof
So HAPPY TO NOTE THAT THE ABOVE WAS A SIGNATORY TO YOUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS. BJ SERRY IS NOW AN OLD MAN AND WOULD BE DELIGHTED IF YOUR CURRENT SUCCESS COULD HELP HIS SON - OSMAN - WHO RECENTLY WON THE AMERICAN VISA LOTTERY - AND IS NOW IN MARYLAND. HE REALLY NEEDS HELP. AS OUR COUNTRY IS INCAPABLE OF HELPING OUR YOUNG MINDS OF TOMORROW - SOME OF US SHOULD SHARE THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES. IF YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN HELPING HIM - I WILL BE HAPPY TO FORWARD HIS EMAIL ADDRESS TO YOU. HE DESPERATELY NEEDS HELP.
Subject: Re: HOW PAUL KAMARA'S DEFAMATION WAS EXPOSED IN 1988
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
To: All
Date Posted: 08:43:05 02/07/07 ()
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Message:
My friend, you marred your appeal for help by basing it on the wrong premise.
I do not provide bribes to civil servants -- either before or after the fact -- for doing what they are already paid to do via the salary they receive in the course of their regular employment.
So, in as much as I wish the alleged son of Mr. Serry the best in his alleged educational endeavors, there is no basis for your opinion that his alleged father contributed to my education. On the contrary, Mr. B. J. Serry was doing no more or less than the job which he was paid to do as Secretary to the Committee, when he wrote the letter in 1987 in response to a request from SLPMB's Deputy Managing Director.
Therefore, there is no basis to your opinion that I owe him or his alleged son a favor for his having done his job as an employee of the government of SL in 1987.
Still, as I would do for any other S/Leonean of good character and credible promise, I would be happy to take a look at his alleged son's situation to see if there is anything I can do to help him advance his education.
Subject: Re: HOW PAUL KAMARA'S DEFAMATION WAS EXPOSED IN 1988
From: Steven N Rogers
To: All
Date Posted: 09:14:22 02/07/07 ()
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Message:
What an apt response. We need this kind of attitude in Sierra Leone. And let me just say this, we personally owe nobody anything for doing their job. We all owe it to our country and ourselves to do our civic duty diligently.
Subject: Re: HOW PAUL KAMARA'S DEFAMATION WAS EXPOSED IN 1988
From: Patriot
To: All
Date Posted: 09:31:35 02/07/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
"What an apt response. We need this kind of attitude in Sierra Leone. And let me just say this, we personally owe nobody anything for doing their job. We all owe it to our country and ourselves to do our civic duty diligently."
Steven, you have just witnessed a small bit of the Mohamed Jalloh that those of us who knew him in Freetown observed every day in his dealings with the public.
Whether Mohm Jalloh was at his desk at SLPMB or writing in the pages of We Yone, or speaking from the podium at Fourah Bay College's Mary Kingsley Auditorium, he was always a study in patriotism -- disciplined, fair, and unbiased in his supreme dedication to the interest of his country above all else. As his published articles and his public lectures prove, Mohm Jalloh feared no one -- not Siaka Stevesn, Jospeh Momoh or any other public servant.
On top of all that, as his friends from FBC never tire of telling him, there was no one in Sa Lon like Mohm who understood economics and could simplify it for laymen to understand. So, wlecome to Mohm's ever expanding fan club, Steven!
Subject: Re: HOW PAUL KAMARA'S DEFAMATION WAS EXPOSED IN 1988
From: Steven N Rogers
To: All
Date Posted: 10:39:40 02/07/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Mr. Patroit:
I wasnt applying for membership to a fan club. I was only addressing a single instance and in my opinion, his response was ingenuous.
I am not an economist, and do not plan to be one. Also, I do not know him to discredit or lend credence to what you have said about him. I was only addressing a situation in isolation, and I hope I am not assumed to be his fan in the future.
And by the way, I am also looking for fans.
Steve.
Subject: Re: HOW PAUL KAMARA'S DEFAMATION WAS EXPOSED IN 1988
From: Patriot
To: All
Date Posted: 11:07:13 02/08/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
"Also, I do not know him to discredit or lend credence to what you have said about him."
That is why it was I, who knows him, who told you what I know about him regarding all the other instances where he has always displayed the ingenuity that you admitted you observed in him in the "single instance (in which) in (your) opinion, his response was ingenuous."
Subject: AFRICA AND THE WAR ON TERROR
From: BRA ENVIABLE
To: All
Date Posted: 04:36:19 02/07/07 ()
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A few days ago, I talked about Africa's global vulnerability in response to a question posed by Yaya Fanusie. The discussion revolved around Africa's geopolitical weakness, and the tendency of Western governments to treat Africa with disrespect. As recent history has shown, Western governments see Africa as a suitable playground that can be used and abandoned at will. The Cold War should remind us that Africa can be used, and discarded, like useless jetsam aboard a ship. Africa was simply abandoned after the West triumphed over Communism. In the absence of a meaningful relationship, the continent got one prescr1ption after another in the form of IMF "advisers" who sought to implement economic policies no one in Washington or London thought of trying in post-war Europe. This was followed by official lectures from Number 10 Downing Street and the White House on the importance of democracy. Africa's relationship with the West is simply one of mistreatment, broken promises and racist gestures at very turn.
The Pentagon has just announced that a Strategic Command Center will be established in Africa to help fight the war on terror. How should Africa react to the war on terror in the first place? In the confrontation between fanatical Islam and Western civilization, can Africa {rightly} choose to be an actor or aloof observer? Africa is home to millions of Muslims. However, it must not be forgotten that both Islam and Westernization have hurt Africa either one time or the other. Caucasians are no more racist than Arabs. From the perspective of the oppressed African, the war on terror is simply a confrontation between two abusers, Westernization and Islam. Islam sees nothing wrong with enslaving Africans in Mauritania and Darfur, just as Westernization is racist enough to treat Africa with well-seated contempt.
Given the above analysis, is it in Africa's favour to provide bases from which US forces can operate to fight the war on terror? What should be Africa's stance in the war between the crazed forces of Islam and our traditional exploiters?
Subject: Re: AFRICA AND THE WAR ON TERROR
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 07:27:25 02/07/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
I am begining to see you as one of the foremost pan africanists of our era. You are indeed a brother politically speaking.
Stay Blessed
Subject: Re: AFRICA AND THE WAR ON TERROR
From: BOB MARLEY
To: All
Date Posted: 07:31:13 02/07/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ac202-050.resnet.stonybrook.edu at 130.245.202.50
Message:
A panafricanist worrking his ass in America. This man has been parading the western world for more than 20 years now, he is no bloody panafricanist. The best people like him and his likes can do is open their loud mouth to shout about what should be done. Bloody hypocrtes. Indeed, Panafricanism by REMOTE CONTROL.
Subject: Re: AFRICA AND THE WAR ON TERROR
From: SENGBE WATCHER
To: All
Date Posted: 08:05:14 02/07/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
I GUESS ITS IN YOUR WRITING STYLE AND MOOD SWINGS. BUT IT IS BECOMING AS CLER AS THE DAY LIGHT YOU ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE. WHY NOT USE A HANDLE THAT REALLY PRESENTS WHO YOU ARE, A NEGATIVE, PUTDOWN ARTIST TYPE OF MAN. I AM ASHAMED TO SAY THAT I KNOW YOU FROM SCHOOL DAYS. YOU ARE A LIABILITY TO THE FUTURE OF SIERRA LEONE. MUST YOU PUT DOWN EVERYONE WHO COMES UP WITH A GOOD IDEA OR GOOD THOUGHTS?
RELAX MAN SIERRA LEONE BELONGS TO ALL OF US NOT JUST YOU AND THE SLPP.
Subject: Re: AFRICA AND THE WAR ON TERROR
From: BRA ENVIABLE
To: All
Date Posted: 07:51:18 02/07/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
BOB MARLEY,
I am actually no angel myself. I am simply trying to properly behave in public. Otherwise, I can go down the gutter with you and shove every nastiness back into your ass, and possibly into the smelly hole you came out of! It's amazing how you judge a man you don't even know. If I have spent 20 years in America, then, most of those twenty years were spent FUCKING YOUR MAMA, doggy style!
Let it flow. And do I care what the fuck any one says?
Over to you.
Signed,
BRA ENVIABLE
Subject: Re: AFRICA AND THE WAR ON TERROR
From: BOB MARLEY
To: All
Date Posted: 08:03:56 02/07/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ac202-050.resnet.stonybrook.edu at 130.245.202.50
Message:
HAHAHAH, you see how nasty this so called panafricanist is? This is what jamba and drugs do to people. You jamba head don reach en limit. You lack simple decency, and you sink to the lowest ebb. You are a disgrace to your mum(if you have one), and your dad.
You are a gutter child. At close to 50 years or more, you are still an unkempt idiot smoking weed. You nar sorry excuse for a human waste. You are a disgrace to salone. Drug addicts lek you kin lead people astray. No mammy cuss from my side. I am too decent to go down that route with you. You came from a home and a family that lacks simple decency, so you can embarrass yourself in public.
Your shallow and drug infested brain has gone out of hands. You need help, you drug and jamba infested unkempt dummy. Doctor Nahim dae wait nar crase yard for you. Shame on you.
Subject: Re: AFRICA AND THE WAR ON TERROR
From: BRA ENVIABLE
To: All
Date Posted: 09:20:00 02/07/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Bra BOB MARLEY, Let's look at the differences between us. My "jamba brain" is quite capable of making constructive arguments. You are such a mental midget that I am yet to see a sound rebuttal from you. Why not make rubbish of my opinions with sound arguments?
I guess a BASTARD like you IS INCAPABLE OF THINKING. At least my "jamba brain" can think and put forward a constructive argumet.
Alaki dog lekeh you. I am glad to have spent 20 YEARS GEING GRATIFIED BY GIVING YOUR MAMA DOggy style. The last time I checked, she was begging to give me a BLOW JOB. Tell her I am tired of getting my dick sucked.
Signed,
BRA ENVIABLE.
Subject: Re: AFRICA AND THE WAR ON TERROR
From: BOB MARLEY
To: All
Date Posted: 09:23:54 02/07/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Hahahahaha. You have lost it. If you think talking trash on cocorico proves that you are an academic or an educated rata-ta, then you are living in a cage. Your drug infested brain done don pata pata. You nar shameful man. Disgraceful drug addicts. Hehehehehehee, udat born das alaki drug infested gutter pikin? You are not fit to be a human being. You are a disgrace and a sorry excuse for a human waste.
You nor get shame. Big big idiotic man, look how ee dae behave.Drugs nor good oh, me people den. Enviable bet jamba nar cool farm. heheheheheehehehee
Subject: Re: AFRICA AND THE WAR ON TERROR
From: BRA ENVIABLE
To: All
Date Posted: 09:32:25 02/07/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
HAHAHA.
Nar you go say artendah.
Before I go to work,
let me remind you about
the fact that bastards
like you feel proud
to talk to me.
As you enjoy the
privilege of talking
to me, do not forget to wash off your
basta pikin smell.
You must be feeling quite gratified
as a bastard talking talking to
your overlord.
Feeling honoured that I used to fuck your mama?
Subject: Re: AFRICA AND THE WAR ON TERROR
From: BOB MARLEY
To: All
Date Posted: 09:35:21 02/07/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ac202-050.resnet.stonybrook.edu at 130.245.202.50
Message:
HAHAHAH. Ar mek you disgrace you sef na ya. You are a disgrace, jamba brain. Hehehehe, you bet dog nar cline town. I am having fun missing with your jamba brain. the jamba brain of this close to 50 years old man nor dae funstion properly again. Rata ta man. Again, oodat born dis alaki jamba brain pikin? Nar KATAKUMBE DEN DELIVER YOU. HEHEHEEHEHEHEHE JAMBA MAN.
Subject: Re: AFRICA AND THE WAR ON TERROR
From: JAMBA SMOKER
To: All
Date Posted: 08:23:25 02/07/07 ()
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Message:
yYou making a mistake dread. The herb is a brain drug, en if you not on it den you dun dun rasta. you see i and i see you is a ball head, en a skiamp. u haf te roll up a spliff en mek you dwitt. Sellassi I, wan love ehn.
bot I no se you nor speak in the spirit of the great Robert Nesta Marley, becos him a cali man en a cali no speak like a ball ead.
you drink blood dread
Subject: Re: AFRICA AND THE WAR ON TERROR
From: BOB MARLEY
To: All
Date Posted: 08:32:21 02/07/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ac202-050.resnet.stonybrook.edu at 130.245.202.50
Message:
JS,
No offense meant. It is your right to smoke weed. But Enviable kin passmark de tin. You nor wan smoke am in excess. You see watin the tin de do the man? Na so so mammy cyss ee dae lego. Moderation is needed, JS. Weed and othere dangerous drugs have destroed this man. The man is a drug addicts. He needs help now.
Subject: Re: AFRICA AND THE WAR ON TERROR
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 08:00:53 02/07/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Bra E,
You need'nt have gone down that road with Bob Marley who is not the true Bob Marley. The true Bob Marley could have seen the pan africanism in your post and uplifted it rather than downgraded it.
True pan africanism lies in our ability to uplift each other and by extension our continent and its peoples.
Still stay Blessed
Subject: Re: AFRICA AND THE WAR ON TERROR
From: BRA ENVIABLE
To: All
Date Posted: 09:24:07 02/07/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Alphaa Alieu, some people are so insecure that the presence of other men make them feel insignificant. The man feels unmanned when I am on this forum.
As you rightly said, a veritable Bob Marley will reverse my arguments with counterpoints.
He simply hijacked the central issue in my posting by writing trash from his rat-brain.
Subject: Allieu , call me now ASAP
From: KABS KANU
To: All
Date Posted: 22:57:25 02/06/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ac819b76.ipt.aol.com at 172.129.155.118
Message:
If you don't know my number, write me.
Subject: Re: Allieu , call me now ASAP
From: Liko for Rev. Kanu
To: All
Date Posted: 07:42:51 02/07/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cpe-024-211-229-243.nc.res.rr.com at 24.211.229.243
Message:
Rev. Kanu, I wrote you last week. I was wondering if you received my email. If not, please let me know how you could be reached.
Subject: GHANA TRASH NIGERIA IN LONDON
From: THE BLACK STARS
To: All
Date Posted: 21:47:52 02/06/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
LONDON - Ghana Black Stars beat Nigeria's Super Eagles 4-1 in an international friendly match at Griffin Park in London on Tiesday.
All five goals come in the second half. Laryea Kingston 50min, Sulley Muntari 53min, Junior Agogo 60min made it 3-0 for the stars. Taiwo Taye pulled one back for Nigeria in the 65 minute through a penalty kick, before substitute, JoeTex Frimpong, put the result beyond doubt with a fouth goal in the 74min.
This is the first time Ghana has beaten Nigeria since 1992 .... More details later
Ghana lineup: Richard Kingston, Hans Adu Sarpei, Habib Mohammed(46' John Paintsil), John Mensah, Shilla Illiasu, Michael Essien(D. Asamoah), Laryea Kingson, Stephen Appiah, Sulley Muntari, Asamoah Gyan(Joe Tex Frimpong) and Junior Agogo(Eric Addo).
Substitutes not used: Sammy Adjei, Francis Dickoh
Nigeria: Vincent Enyeama, George Abbey, Taye Taiwo, Seyi Olofinjana, Obinna Nwaneri, Joseph Yobo, John Utaka, Mikel Obi, Christian Obodo, Yakubu Aiyegbeni Aghahowa
Subject: I Have been wondering about these issues
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 09:34:52 02/06/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up every two hours?
If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing?
Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are flat?
Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when they know there is not enough?
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection?
Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?
Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
Whose idea was it to put an "S" in the word "lisp"?
Are there specially reserved parking spaces for "normal" people at the Special Olympics?
If the temperature is zero outside today and it's going to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold will it be?
If it's true that we are here to help others, what are the others doing here?
How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?
Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?
Did you ever stop and wonder......
Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these pink dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?"
Who was the first person to say, "See that chicken there... I'm gonna eat the next thing that comes outta it's bum."
Why do toasters always have a setting so high that could burn the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat?
Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?
Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don't point to their bum when they ask where the bathroom is?
Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs !
Can blind people see their dreams? Do they dream ??
If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests? (This one kills me !!!!)
If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then what is baby oil made from ?
If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons ?
Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?
Stop singing and read on . . . . . . . . . .
Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?
Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?
Does pushing the elevator button more than once make it arrive faster?
Subject: Re: I Have been wondering about these issues
From: CADMUS
To: All
Date Posted: 10:18:28 02/07/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 193.63.81.123
Message:
Alieu, very interesting,
Can you please tell me why is it that in America you
'RUN' for Office while in England we 'STAND' for office, In england we go on a 'Journey', but in America you Take a 'TRIP'?There are lots more. I have been wondering about this since I was in primary school.My English teachers were not able to explain.
Subject: Re: I Have been wondering about these issues
From: TAPLIMA
To: All
Date Posted: 11:09:12 02/07/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ca07-ch01-bl03.va-ashburn0.sa.earthlink.net at 207.69.138.135
Message:
"My English teachers were not able to explain."
Now I can understand where your lack of comprehension comes from,Mr.Wanballs Cadmus.
Subject: Re: I Have been wondering about these issues
From: CADMUS
To: All
Date Posted: 09:07:45 02/08/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 82.198.250.72
Message:
So, Mr TAPLIMA, since you know it all, why did you not answer my question.( It was all light hearted anyway)Lesson no one, you do not answer question with an insult.
You do not even understand a joke or have a sense of humour. I don't have time for a low life like you, so go away.
Subject: Re: I Have been wondering about these issues
From: FORREST GUMP
To: All
Date Posted: 07:51:32 02/08/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Do you have to be rude to your superiors. Tu-pit
FORREST
Subject: Re: I Have been wondering about these issues
From: Njai
To: All
Date Posted: 11:21:13 02/06/07 ()
Email Address: njai@comcast.net
Entered From: static-70-20-197-79.phil.east.verizon.net at 70.20.197.79
Message:
A'fa,
Are you on winterbreak or there is no court hearing for you today?
Subject: Re: I Have been wondering about these issues
From: Waraba
To: All
Date Posted: 23:56:20 02/06/07 ()
Email Address: futatoro@gmail.com
Entered From: adsl-75-20-217-32.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net at 75.20.217.32
Message:
Njai,
Alieu was in language class today. Intensive couse in being fluent in Mende in few hours.
Waraba
Subject: Re: I Have been wondering about these issues
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 07:23:30 02/07/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Yes indeed yaya, I learnt the meaning of the word "tokwami". You been doing a lot of that lately. I hear it means working with your fingers on a computer key board writing nonsense.
My mende is much better than I lead people to believe. So when I am in mende company I act dumb and then I listen to every they say and they dont know I know what they are saying.
Subject: Re: I Have been wondering about these issues
From: Waraba
To: All
Date Posted: 12:22:49 02/07/07 ()
Email Address: Futatoro@gmail.com
Entered From: adsl-75-19-134-235.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net at 75.19.134.235
Message:
Brah Yu dey react like Berewa. You don't have a funny bone?
Yu wanabe comedian!
Waraba
Subject: Re: I Have been wondering about these issues
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 22:07:37 02/06/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
both. LOL
Subject: Gambay juju
From: Kenneth Neville
To: All
Date Posted: 08:33:26 02/06/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 71.250.218.196
Message:
"Dr. Sylvia Blyden who flies out of Sierra Leone early tomorrow morning on a short international trip is expected back in Freetown late Thursday night." AWARENESS TIMES.
Dr, are you going to Banjul to 'worship'because of the case between you and Philip.Suspicious trip.
Subject: Re: Gambay juju
From: Ninja Worwor
To: All
Date Posted: 11:31:52 02/06/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 71.250.218.196
Message:
Iam going to bury 1 goat and 1 sheep alive so Neville can go out of his mind.
Subject: LAST WORDS OF THE LATE MRS BEREWA AT THE AIRPORT
From: BUFORD HWY
To: All
Date Posted: 08:02:14 02/06/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: adsl-074-228-219-218.sip.asm.bellsouth.net at 74.228.219.218
Message:
Rumours are circulating in the Atlanta Community that the Late Mrs Berewa had advised her children (Solomon Jr,Martin,Annie) at the Hartsfield-Jackson Airport that they should tell their father to stay away from RUNNING from the HIGHEST OFFICE OF THE LAND,because he is DISHONEST,HIGH TEMPERED and VINDICTIVE.It has been learnt that Mrs Berewa left Sierra Leone to come to AMERICA,because of the MALICIOUS TREATMENT that she suffered from her HUSBAND Solomon Berewa,but was called upon to go back home inorder to CALVANIZE the KRIO VOTES which the SLPP government has LOST,because of the way they (KRIOS) are been treated under the CURRENT REGIME.The Late woman(RIP) who did not want to leave was convinced by PA KABBAH,so with that in her MIND,she had a HEART ATTACK at the AIRPORT on her way back to SALONE.It is also an open secret that the REVEREND SON OF SOLOMON BEREWA IS IN DISAGREEMENT ON HIS BID FOR THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN SIERRA LEONE.STAY TUNE.
Subject: Re: LAST WORDS OF THE LATE MRS BEREWA AT THE AIRPORT
From: Moijue
To: All
Date Posted: 10:45:18 02/06/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Politics aside REV. i believe u must put this contribution down.WE must let the dead lie in peace.Whosoever sent this must be ashamed of he or herself.
Subject: Re: LAST WORDS OF THE LATE MRS BEREWA AT THE AIRPORT
From: babybob
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Date Posted: 10:56:57 02/06/07 ()
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Moijuie you are another hypocrite to the cause of the truth. The truth is that Pa Berewah ILLTREATED his wife and when she was at the atlanta airport she callled to find out if his girlfriend was still at the house. She had a heart attack when she realised that the girl was still at the house.
Subject: Re: LAST WORDS OF THE LATE MRS BEREWA AT THE AIRPORT
From: ok dok
To: All
Date Posted: 10:33:13 02/07/07 ()
Email Address: okdok@yahoo.com
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Babybob,moijui is only intrested in politics as a last hope.H e recall the name of any Berewa just to talk about them and later enter into political discussion.
Subject: Re: LAST WORDS OF THE LATE MRS BEREWA AT THE AIRPORT
From: Moijue
To: All
Date Posted: 09:05:49 02/07/07 ()
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Call me Hyprocrite but let the dead lie in peace.
Subject: Re: LAST WORDS OF THE LATE MRS BEREWA AT THE AIRPORT
From: Njai
To: All
Date Posted: 08:12:34 02/06/07 ()
Email Address: njai@comcast.net
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This nonsense is getting out of control. Can someone put a stop to it. Over to you Kabs.
Subject: Re: LAST WORDS OF THE LATE MRS BEREWA AT THE AIRPORT
From: KABS KANU
To: All
Date Posted: 08:27:51 02/06/07 ()
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You are right. We have to be careful that we do not unnecessarily defame public officials on this forum. I DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS KIND OF UNSUBSTANTIATED POSTING.
When Mrs. Berewa died, I was in very close contact with the family and there was nothing to indicate what you are saying here. Besides it is insensitive to bring up such an issue when dealing with the death of a loved one. It is antithetical to our culture. Mr. moderator , kindly delete this post.
Subject: Re: LAST WORDS OF THE LATE MRS BEREWA AT THE AIRPORT
From: FAIR MAN
To: All
Date Posted: 11:28:36 02/07/07 ()
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It is antithetical to our culture. Mr. moderator , kindly delete this post.Rev Kabs
Really? Is it your four Nil drubbing of Tottenham on Sunday that has gone up your head? It would be greatly appreciated if you could clarify the point which was stated against Berewa, that you consider antithetical.Because as far as am concern there is nothing in BUFORDS post that is demeaning to your so called "CLOSE" contact BEREWA family.
You are quick to CONDEMNED and instruct the moderator to delete BUFORDS post.But you have not said a single word about that nasty piece that was written about Mr. Koromas by that scum Saidu. Is this how a man of god should behave? Why haven't you condemn what saidu said? Are you afraid of upsetting your "CLOSE" Berewa family by condemning their mouthpiece.Or are you afraid of Saidu the scum telling us some thing he may know about you because just like his Smelly Mum he is the number one rumour monger who knows every prominent person who had lived in Makeni?
If a man of God can see Evil and be afraid to challenge it and work away from fairness then SA. LONE DON PWELL KPATA KPATA. Because what saidu the scum said about Mr koroma is EVIL. And what you have just done is very unfair to Mr. Koroma and his entire family.
Do you know how Mr Koroma would feel when his kids come home and tell him what they've heard?
Do you know what those Children will be going through? Do you know what his gran children if his got any will be going through in the play ground?Becuase children could be very terrible to each other in the play ground you know?
Do you know what damage this has done to the entire Koroma family some of whom may not even be interested in politics?
Had saidu the scum said that about you, do you know what your kids would have been going through in there school play ground in New Jersey where you live?
If Saidu thinks that he can insult people especially our leaders and get away with it then he needs his head tested
Gone are the days when a Politicians like SIAKA STEVENS, SI and their THUGS like Saidu the scum will round up their opponents and break their necks like what they did to Dr Fornah and fourteen others. And all Sierra Leoneans in the diaspora could do is to take a few PLACARDS to their embassy and cause noises. Saidu the scum and his SLPP should know that they are now dealing with a different set of Sierra Leoneans, some of whom are not PLACARDS PROTESTERS.
SO IF SAIDU DIS EN LIE PAN WE LEADER DEN, EE NOR GO GET AWAY WITH AM, AR LEK EE GO HIDE BETWEEN EE MAMIE EE STINKING WERI WERI OR WHO EVER DAE PUT AM UP EE CRUTCH. WE GO WERR GLOVES EN TAKE FOURTY FEET POLE, PULL AM COMOT DAE EN SHOW AM THE HONEST TRUTH.
Subject: Re: LAST WORDS OF THE LATE MRS BEREWA AT THE AIRPORT
From: BUFORD HWY
To: All
Date Posted: 10:17:16 02/06/07 ()
Email Address:
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Kabbs wrote,"When Mrs Berewa died,I was in verry close contact with the Family and there was nothing to indicate what you are saying here."
Rev,please becareful as a man of the Lord,you do not know THE WHOLE TRUTH,and being in contact does not preview you to all the informations in the family.I will causion you to stop showing your BAISNESS towards the SUN and PMDC parties.When SAIDU BANGURA wrote a very distasteful article about our leader you did not ask MR MODERATOR to delete his posting,but when we decided to respond you started crying foul.I respect you,but plaese do not go over board.Since you know everything that happens in the BEREWA CLAN please tell us what happened at the FUNERAL SERVICES IN FREETOWN when Solomon Berewa told sympathesizers that he is the BRAIN OF THE FAMILY,TELL US THE REPLY THE SON REVEREND BEREWA gave to his FATHER?
Subject: Re: LAST WORDS OF THE LATE MRS BEREWA AT THE AIRPORT
From: I 'm ALL EARS IN ATLANTA
To: All
Date Posted: 08:51:16 02/06/07 ()
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Whats so distasteful about this post Kabbs. You better stop playing politics here. It is word around town thyat Ma Berewah did not want her husband to run for president for the same reasons that Buford has talked about. You delete the post and we will delete ourselves from your forum and very soon yours will become like that other forum thas looking for people to post on it and couldnt find credible people. Go there and check the last post and see how many follow up posts are there. You wanna know why? Its because we all know that it is a partisan forum.
Leave us to speak the truth Joh
Subject: Re: LAST WORDS OF THE LATE MRS BEREWA AT THE AIRPORT
From: WAW
To: All
Date Posted: 14:40:23 02/07/07 ()
Email Address:
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"You delete the post and we will delete ourselves from your forum"
Please hurry up. Good riddance to you all. Kabs, please do your job and delete postings that insult the legacy of the dead.
Subject: Re: LAST WORDS OF THE LATE MRS BEREWA AT THE AIRPORT
From: CADMUS
To: All
Date Posted: 10:27:58 02/07/07 ()
Email Address:
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Like Moijoi said, give respect and peace to the dead.
Further, were you present? have you ever personaly heard this been said? Infact do you have hard evidence to support what you are saying? This is not just second hand hear hearsay, it is more that that it is 10th hand hearsay.Not worth replying to.This is what is bringing Sa Lone Down, becarful my friends.
Subject: Re: LAST WORDS OF THE LATE MRS BEREWA AT THE AIRPORT
From: BUFORD HWY
To: All
Date Posted: 11:21:26 02/07/07 ()
Email Address:
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CADMUS wrote "Like Moijoi said,give respect and peace to the dead"
You are absolutely right,but WHERE were you when SAIDU BANGURA WROTE about ERNEST KOROMA'S dead BIOLOGICAL FATHER? So according to you,it is OK to talk about the APC LEADER'S DEAD FATHER,but Mr Berewa's dead wife is out of bounce?That is plain HYPOCRECY.
"Further, more were you present?"
ASK FINDA THE OLD MAN'S(BEREWA)GIRLFRIEND IN GEORGIA.
Subject: Re: LAST WORDS OF THE LATE MRS BEREWA AT THE AIRPORT
From: TAPLIMA
To: All
Date Posted: 11:14:45 02/07/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
"Like Moijoi said, give respect and peace to the dead."
Hey Wanballs CADMUS:
What is good for the goose is good for the Gander.If we are to give respect to the dead then you should never mention the names of Siaka Stevens and J S Momoh on this forum because their family might be offended.GOT IT!!MR.LIEYER.
Subject: REPLY TO BROKEOSE: PAUL KAMARA IS AN UNREPENTANT DEFAMER
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
To: All
Date Posted: 23:45:52 02/05/07 ()
Email Address:
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brokeoseminister wrote on February 05, 2007:
"Gentlemen, dont forget that it was the same issue of corruption and mismanegement at the SLPMB that got For Di People's Paul Kamara a 4 year sentence. So nar for talk haf lef haf! "
My friend, Paul Kamara has no moral standing to castigate anyone about corruption.
On October 21, 1987, it was the same Paul Kamara who used his apology for a newspaper, For Di People, to defame me by publishing the blatant falsehood that I had run away from SL after the government had seized my passport during its alleged investigation of my purported involvement in a mythical embezzlement of funds at SLPMB with "top officials at SLPMB and government," whom he failed to identify.
Which, of course, would surprise no one who is familiar with Paul Kamara's penchant for malicious defamation.
The question that the serial defamer, Paul Kamara, has been running away from since I posed it to him in my reply published on January 26, 1988 in "The Observer" newspaper in Freetown is:
If, as the self-styled journalist, Paul Kamara had claimed, the SL government had been looking for me in 1987 in connection with corruption, why, then, did the very same SL government pay for my airline ticket and obtain a visa for me (through its Ministry of Education) from the U.S. embassy in SL, in order to enable me to travel to the U.S. in August 1987 in order to take up my AFGRAD scholarship that was sponsored by the very same government jointly with the government of the USA?
Nearly 20 years after I had posed that question to the notorious serial defamer, Paul Kamara, I am still waiting for his answer.
I have no doubt that he will never answer that question, since doing so would bring him face to face with the truth
Subject: Re: REPLY TO BROKEOSE: PAUL KAMARA IS AN UNREPENTANT DEFAMER
From: Speak Up
To: All
Date Posted: 10:15:44 02/06/07 ()
Email Address:
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"If, as the self-styled journalist, Paul Kamara had claimed, the SL government had been looking for me in 1987 in connection with corruption, why, then, did the very same SL government pay for my airline ticket and obtain a visa for me (through its Ministry of Education) from the U.S. embassy in SL, in order to enable me to travel to the U.S. in August 1987 in order to take up my AFGRAD scholarship that was sponsored by the very same government jointly with the government of the USA?"
Nar dae now. Bra Jalloh, I say, a very good question. Over to you Paul Kamara and all Paul Kamara defenders, MohmJ has challenged you gbangba oday. We are waiting for your answer, Paul.
Subject: Re: REPLY TO BROKEOSE: PAUL KAMARA IS AN UNREPENTANT DEFAMER
From: Steven N Rogers
To: All
Date Posted: 11:28:18 02/06/07 ()
Email Address:
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Mr. Jalloh: You sound so much like Abass Bundu. Equal analogy - both of you were found wanting ( he was indicted and you fled), both of you allegedly fled the country, came back with the same government approval. While you had your air ticket paid from taxpayers' money, Abass Bundu's press conference was co-sponsored by the SL govt.
The Facts: Both governments ( the current SLPP and the one that was then in power) have credibility issues. No one trusts them. Therefore, just because they sponsored you does not imply that you were not guilty of the allegation. Abass Bundu sold our passports, incited rebels to overthrow our government and to kill helpless civilians, but today, he is a bossom pal of that same government, seeking another pillar for exploitation.
Paul Kamara in my opinion is a reputable journalist. He has had his pet peeves with series of governments on one platform - corruption. His credibility is almost unquestionable based on his track record. Therefore, the burden of proof will have to be on you to let us know that you are innocent of what you have been accused of. Paul has nothing to prove, because he has enough track record that he can run on.
Now tell us why you think you were not corrupt. I guess thats a better angle to approach from.
Steven
Subject: Re: REPLY TO BROKEOSE: PAUL KAMARA IS AN UNREPENTANT DEFAMER
From: Speak Up
To: All
Date Posted: 14:31:18 02/06/07 ()
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Mr. Jalloh: You sound so much like Abass Bundu. Equal analogy - both of you were found wanting ( he was indicted and you fled)..,"
Steven N Rogers:
I do not hold a brief for Mr. jalloh. But your argument is so nonsensical that it makes me wonder how you could take yourself seriously.
As much as you appear to want to believe that it is not so, the FACT is that Jalloh NEVER fled Salone. So, where do you come from with that loony lie? Where is your evidence?
It pains me to say this, but try too hard to sound like a fool, Mr. Rogers: If Jalloh did NOT flee how does that make him sound like Abass Bundu, as you stated? Only a fool would think so.
Again, if Jalloh was NOT indicted, how does that make him sound like Abass Bundu who was indicted, as you stated? Again, only a fool would think so.
So, we should not be surprised that you find Paul Kamara, a convicted defamer, as Jalloh stated, to be "a reputable journalist" in your opinion. What you need to learn, Mr. Rogers, is that whether Kamara is a reputable journalist or not is a question of FACT.
That means, Kamara must be able to truthfully answer "yes" to the question whether he has ever committed acts which a reputable journalist would NEVER do. Given Jalloh's unrebutted proof that Kamara published LIES about him in 1987, Kamara can NOT make that claim. Therefore, Kamara can not accurately claim to be a journalist, much less a reputable journalist. So, your opinion that he is a reputable journalist only proves that your opinion is worthless.
You also proved yourself to be ignorant with your statement that "Therefore, the burden of proof will have to be on [Jalloh] to let us know that you are innocent of what you have been accused of.." Seriously, Steven Rogers, are you retarded? In non-retarded societies, people do NOT prove themselves innocent. It is up to their accuser to prove them guilty! So, Steven Rogers, I am sorry to say that your statement reeks of total ignorance!
Only your next statement is more ignorant: "Paul has nothing to prove, because he has enough track record that he can run on." Again, Steven Rogers, your ignorance is showing!
Jalloh did not accuse Paul Kamara of not having "enough track record." Jalloh actually proved that Kamara LIED about a specific act -- the circumstances of Jalloh's departure from Sa Lon in 1987. He proved that Kamara published a false allegation that Jalloh had run away from the Sa Lon government in 1987. Jalloh's reply is to ask Paul Kamara how could he (Jalloh) have run away from the Sa Lon govt., when that same govt. had actually arranged for his departure from Sa Lon?
Paul Kamara has been dodging that question for nearly 20 years! Now, it appears that you have joined him in his flight from the truth about his lack of good character. Which is not surprising, at all, because, by your own admission, you admire liars -- as Kamara has been shown to be by Jalloh's EVIDENCE.
Instead of offering us your baseless and clearly biased opinions, why don't you show us Paul Kamara's evidence that Jalloh ran away from the same govt that actually facilitated his departure?
You are simply nuts, Mr. Rogers!
Subject: Re: REPLY TO BROKEOSE: PAUL KAMARA IS AN UNREPENTANT DEFAMER
From: Steven Rogers
To: All
Date Posted: 23:32:35 02/06/07 ()
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Young man!!! (For lack of a proper identity):
In your defense for your dear friend (or yourself), you come into sight as knowing more about the “facts” of the case than any mere peeper on this forum. Hence, you do not sound credible. I was going to ask you to reread my response before recklessly attempting to emit unwarranted opprobrium and venom. I would assume that your naivety and paucity of proper schooling probably rendered you vulnerable to misunderstanding basic English language. A second or third reading could have probably yielded a better result.
Making a comparison to Abass Bundu does not necessarily amount to transforming Jalloh into Abass. I thought I was clear on that, until I read your lame duck ill-conceived moron “response”. I did not say that Mr. Jalloh was indicted or fled the country, simply because I do not know the facts of the issue. I was giving my analysis of an individual I consider credible, and whose standing has been brought to book. I was talking about a man who has stood the test of the moment and whose trustworthiness can be validated through documentary evidence on a very long range. I was dilating on a fearless Paul kamara whose critical stance against corruption has doubtlessly made him government/corruption enemy # 1, and a universally acclaimed journalist.
I normally use benchmarks to make a point. In deductive reasoning, your premise has to be valid for your conclusion to be the same. You start from the general to the particular. The general is what is known. Therefore, like I told mr. Jalloh, Paul kamara been a good journalist is my premise because it is true and certain. It is a fact that is given. I don’t know anything about Jalloh. Mr jalloh therefore needs to prove that he is not corrupt, and cannot begin his defense by attempting to discredit a noble man.
Talking about “non-retarded societies”, it really depends on what you mean by that, although the last time I checked, there is no such phraseology – except in your narrow-minded psyche. Again, I understand where you coming from. But for the sake of passing on knowledge, there are so many societies where the burden of innocence lies squarely on the accused. The military court is an example. Also, if you plead guilty by virtue of insanity, the burden of proof automatically moves to you the accused. As a general rule, the only reason why defenders hire attorneys is to prove that they are not guilty for the charges brought against them.
Young man, I was going to dwell on my Abass Bundu parallel, but I grasped that it would not be helpful, because your lay-man perception of the issues renders this discussion irrelevant at this stage. I will advise that you attempt to communicate better in your future writing. I won’t elaborate on that -- assuming that you know what I mean.
Subject: Re: REPLY TO BROKEOSE: PAUL KAMARA IS AN UNREPENTANT DEFAMER
From: Birds of the Same Feather
To: All
Date Posted: 01:31:32 02/07/07 ()
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"I did not say that Mr. Jalloh was indicted or fled the country, simply because I do not know the facts of the issue." [Posted by Steven Rogers on February 06, 2007 at 23:32:35:]
Yet, the same Steven Rogers had said the exact opposite earlier in the day:
"Mr. Jalloh: You sound so much like Abass Bundu. Equal analogy - both of you were found wanting ( he was indicted and you fled), ..." [Posted by Steven Rogers on February 06, 2007 at 11:28:18:]
Why should anyone be surprised that Steven Rogers admires a proven liar like the Paul Kamara? They are both birds of the same feather! Like Paul Kamara, the self-styled journalist, Steven N. Rogers, the self-admitted admirer of a proven liar, has been exposed as an unrepentant liar!
Mr. Rogers, as Speak Up proved yesterday, you are simply ignorant. Your subsequent admission that "I don’t know anything about Jalloh." is just telling us what we already know. You are preaching to the choir, Mr. Rogers!
It is time for you to learn a simple fact: Ignorance is not an excuse in matters where you hold yourself as knowledgeable.
So, my lying friend, your self-admitted ignorance of the easily accessible and well-known facts about Mr. Jalloh's departure for the U.S. on an AFGRAD scholarship in 1987 is no more an excuse for your lying about it than your unacknowledged ignorance of the rules of society (aka the law) is an excuse for you to lie about how the system of justice works in civilized societies.
That means, Mr. Rogers, that a person who is not a liar would not assert a fact ["Mr. Jalloh: You sound so much like Abass Bundu. Equal analogy - both of you were found wanting ( he was indicted and you fled), ..."] about a matter of which he admits to being ignorant ["I don’t know anything about Jalloh."]
But you did -- as your own words prove above. Therefore, Mr. Rogers, you are a proven liar -- just as Paul Kamara (whom you admire, naturally) was proved to be a liar by Jalloh almost 20 years ago.
In that respect, Mr. Rogers, you and Paul Kamara are birds of the same feather -- serial defamers, as Jalloh would put it correctly.
Subject: Re: REPLY TO BROKEOSE: PAUL KAMARA IS AN UNREPENTANT DEFAMER
From: Jepeh Londo
To: All
Date Posted: 07:09:18 02/07/07 ()
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Birds of same feather:
your name seems to tell it all. I will assume you are like the person you are strenuously defending on this forum. I have been reading the postings on this subject and my conclusion is that you are either stupid, or cannot afford to be intellegent. Mr. Rogers has tried to put some sense into your head, but seems to have been falling on deaf ears.
I think you should start by writing good english before you begin your defense. I am assming that you probably benefited from Mr. Jalloh's alleged SLPMB money. Mr. Rogers, please do me a favor - do not respond to this chicken-livered moron who keeps changing names.
Subject: Re: REPLY TO BROKEOSE: PAUL KAMARA IS AN UNREPENTANT DEFAMER
From: Birds of the Same Feather
To: All
Date Posted: 07:18:36 02/07/07 ()
Email Address:
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"Mr. Rogers has tried to put some sense into your head, but seems to have been falling on deaf ears."
Please tell us HOW you think (assuming you can think) a man who has been proved to be a liar can possibly have been trying to put sense into anyone's head during his lying binge.
Of course, you may well be the same proven liar masquerading under a different false name -- after all, you clearly share the same addiction to defamation that the like-minded Paul Kamara and Steven Rogers have been shown to suffer from.
As CHIEF-IN-EXILE would say: Do I hear someone say you are all birds of the same feather? LOL
Subject: Re: REPLY TO BROKEOSE: PAUL KAMARA IS AN UNREPENTANT DEFAMER
From: Jepeh Londo
To: All
Date Posted: 07:57:36 02/07/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Just like I thought, an ill-mannered response to a very simple request. Now trying to blackmail everyone under de same casada soup. Me man, go eat garri ehn cham casada brade. u too idle.
By de way, define "defamation". and Pick some examples from any of your previous postings Mr Monkey of the same casada soup.
Subject: Re: REPLY TO BROKEOSE: PAUL KAMARA IS AN UNREPENTANT DEFAMER
From: Bone Collector
To: All
Date Posted: 08:21:35 02/07/07 ()
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Message:
Mr. Jepeh Londo:
The name "Birds fo the same feather" should have rung a bell by now. This is Mr. Jalloh himself, and not even his spokesman. just look at the thread and the level of articulation or inarticulation. I think Mr. Rogers said it all. I wouldnt even dignify his stupour with a response. He should be swimming in his stench after the SLPMB deal hangover. eevery response fromhim comes with collosal ignorance and ignonimity. Lets sit and see what he is going to say next.
The Bone.
Subject: Re: REPLY TO BROKEOSE: PAUL KAMARA IS AN UNREPENTANT DEFAMER
From: Birds of the Same Feather
To: All
Date Posted: 08:30:16 02/07/07 ()
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What does it matter, Man of Many False Names, who you think (if you can think) has proved that Paul Kamara and his self-admitted admirer, Steven Rogers are liars and unrepenatant defamers?
Address the ISSUES of the self-styled journalist, Paul Kamara's proven addiction to defamation, goiong back nearly 20 years, or that of Steven Rogers' proven admiration for a proven liar, in addition to his own proven reputation as a liar.
Subject: Re: REPLY TO BROKEOSE: PAUL KAMARA IS AN UNREPENTANT DEFAMER
From: Birds of the Same Feather
To: All
Date Posted: 08:53:06 02/07/07 ()
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To repeat, since you appear slow in comprehension:
Address the ISSUES of the self-styled journalist, Paul Kamara's proven addiction to defamation, goiong back nearly 20 years, or that of Steven Rogers' proven admiration for a proven liar, in addition to his own proven reputation as a liar.
Subject: Re: REPLY TO BROKEOSE: PAUL KAMARA IS AN UNREPENTANT DEFAMER
From: Bone Collector
To: All
Date Posted: 08:48:34 02/07/07 ()
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Message:
Birds of whatever feather:
you sound like a self defeatist! It is pathetic that you continue to wager in your "mango mango" response. Listen man, you are Mr. Jalloh. I know you. And I know somebody who even knew you from across our workshop where you use to live in Freetown. You are now becoming notorious for making palava with virtually anybody who contributes on this forum. Now get a life and live with your SLPMB brouhaha stigma. It is your past. you cannot change, you can only amend for the future. I advise that you contribute 80% of your income to charity in Pendembu as an atonement for your selfishness to your country.
The Bone
Subject: Re: REPLY TO BROKEOSE: PAUL KAMARA IS AN UNREPENTANT DEFAMER
From: Birds of the Same Feather
To: All
Date Posted: 08:54:20 02/07/07 ()
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To repeat, since you appear slow in comprehension:
Address the ISSUES of the self-styled journalist, Paul Kamara's proven addiction to defamation, goiong back nearly 20 years, or that of Steven Rogers' proven admiration for a proven liar, in addition to his own proven reputation as a liar.
Subject: Re: REPLY TO BROKEOSE: PAUL KAMARA IS AN UNREPENTANT DEFAMER
From: Bone Collector
To: All
Date Posted: 09:07:23 02/07/07 ()
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Birds of whatever feather:
you continue to sound like a self defeatist! It is pathetic that you continue to wager in your "mango mango" response. Listen man, you are Mr. Jalloh. I know you. And I know somebody who even knew you from across our workshop where you use to live in Freetown. You are now becoming notorious for making palava with virtually anybody who contributes on this forum. Now get a life and live with your SLPMB brouhaha stigma. It is your past. you cannot change, you can only amend for the future. I advise that you contribute 80% of your income to charity in Pendembu as an atonement for your selfishness to your country. You cheated the people of Sierra Leone. You disappointed them and in return you got a scholarship to study with their money. Now you sit here and tell them that they are not worth anything. Listen, I dont know Paul Kamara or Steven Rodgers, but I know you and I know the facts about you.
First, you are on record for the most palava oncocorioko. Also, you are known for parading as an economist while you are only a buffon. Come out of the closet man and lets discuss frankly. Straight talk.
The Bone
Subject: Re: REPLY TO BROKEOSE: PAUL KAMARA IS AN UNREPENTANT DEFAMER
From: Joker Koker
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Date Posted: 10:09:41 02/07/07 ()
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" Listen, I dont know Paul Kamara or Steven Rodgers, but I know you and I know the facts about you."
Keep on dreaming your tribalistic dreams. The reality that has escaped you, as usual, is this:
While you may lie that you don't know Paul Kamara or Steven Rogers, WE know YOU.
So, we know that you are nothing but a rude, extremely crude, tribalist whose incurable inferiority complex drives you to such desperation that you try to Pull Down Your betters. And, when you don't succeed (as always),guess what your inferiority complex drives you into depsrately doing? Like a crazed lunatic, you try the same crude under-hand trick again -- and again, and again!
Truly pathetic.
Subject: Re: REPLY TO BROKEOSE: PAUL KAMARA IS AN UNREPENTANT DEFAMER
From: Joker Koker
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Date Posted: 09:21:02 02/07/07 ()
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Birds of the Same Feather,
I would not bother responding to the Man of Many False Names whom we all know too well to be a notorious tribalist. Clearly, he does not undertand English. So, why expect him to respond to the issues, as you were obliged to instruct him repeatedly?
Sometimes, it is enough to let rude, crude, tribalists, as Mr. jalloh correctly described him not so long ago, to find their level among their fellow defamers, liars, tribalists, and dense patisan comrades.
Small wonder that Alieu Iscandari is his medecine -- Alieu knows how to wash the filthy mouth (if not the filthy mind)of this forum's notoriously cowardly rude, crude, tribalist with the incurabel inferiority complex.
Subject: Re: REPLY TO BROKEOSE: PAUL KAMARA IS AN UNREPENTANT DEFAMER
From: Birds of the Same Feather
To: All
Date Posted: 08:20:30 02/07/07 ()
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"Just like I thought, an ill-mannered response to a very simple request"
Since you clearly do not know the meaning of the word, ill-mannered, let me show you a typical example from your defamatory rants:
"Mr. Rogers, please do me a favor - do not respond to this chicken-livered moron" -- Posted by Jepeh Londo on February 07, 2007 at 07:09:18:
Do you now see yourself for the ill-mannered person you have shown yourself to be?
As for your request for me to teach you English vocabulary ["By de way, define "defamation".], my only response is to ask you this question:
Have you so swiftly come down in the world from being a self-styled expert in English a mere hour or so ago ["I think you should start by writing good english before you begin your defense."] to the lowly state of now begging for clearly-needed lessons in English comprehension ["By de way, define "defamation".]?
Truly self-revealing, even if no one expects you to see that very obvious fact!
Subject: Re: REPLY TO BROKEOSE: PAUL KAMARA IS AN UNREPENTANT DEFAMER
From: SYSTEM
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Date Posted: 03:57:06 02/06/07 ()
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Mohamed, how many people do you quarrel with every day? There is not a day you do not have an enemy to fight with. Why not get a life?
Subject: Re: REPLY TO BROKEOSE: PAUL KAMARA IS AN UNREPENTANT DEFAMER
From: Offbeat System
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Date Posted: 10:27:25 02/06/07 ()
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System, you guys have no shame. It was not long ago some of you were saying that Paul Kamara had "exposed" Mohm for corruption at SLPMB. I never once believed your lies, becos I happen to know Mohm. He is the last person who would ever steal anything, believe me.
Now wae Mohm don pull Paul Kamara een behen nar doe, oonu wan change di talk?
Me say, Mohm, don't fall for their diversionary tactics. Please post your Observer reply to Paul Kamara's defamation. We who want to know the truth want to read it. Way to go, bra. Nar for pull lie pan dem bella ya. Den pass mark.
Subject: Re: REPLY TO BROKEOSE: PAUL KAMARA IS AN UNREPENTANT DEFAMER
From: Leonenetter
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Date Posted: 10:55:27 02/06/07 ()
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Nar for pull lie pan dem bella ya. Den pass mark.
I remember when MohmJ did the same thing to the people known as rooftop amplifiers on Leonenet.
Mohm waited for them to expose themselves by lying that he had built a house from stolen SLPMB money. The dumb guys did not know Mohm. Those who did were not surprised when Mohm came back with his evidence proving that his house was built with a regular staff housing loan. So, what did the bellas do? THEY RAN FOR COVER.
You should have seen Mohm's lying detractors -- Sourie Turay, Ahmed "Stokes" Koroma, P.K. Muana, Maarda Mustapha, Kayode Robbin Coker -- stumble over each other as they desperately fled from Leonenet, chased by Mohm's evidence of their vicious lies. Oh, boy, it was a riot, believe me. But they all deserved their public exposure as envious liars.
And so it is for Paul Kamara, the serial defamer, as Mohm called him. He deserves what he gets for lying about innocent people.
Subject: Re: REPLY TO BROKEOSE: PAUL KAMARA IS AN UNREPENTANT DEFAMER
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
To: All
Date Posted: 05:55:04 02/06/07 ()
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My friend, don't try to change the subject willy nilly. It will not work.
Subject: WHO ARE THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR SLPMB'S COLLAPSE?
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
To: All
Date Posted: 22:46:43 02/05/07 ()
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Researcher Not a Seasoned Economist writes on February 05, 2007, quoting a 1992 piece in "West Africa" by Jens Horluck of Washington, DC:
"In a memo, which was addressed to the SLPMB's Board of Directors and the permanent secretary at the ministry of trade and industry, Jalloh predicted the imminent collapse of SLPMB unless immediate steps were taken to address the problems he had identified."
Researcher:
Indeed, I still have a copy of that memo, as well as hundreds of others which I had retained for my records, including one which I was obliged to post on Leonenet in 2001, in response to the usual malicious defamation of those few among us whose lack of logical reasoning skills is matched only by their rapacious capacity for malice. Needless to say, it sent the erthswhile rooftop amplifiers of wild charges (as the learned John L. Musa, Esq., unerringly diagnosed them on Leonenet in 2001), scurrying for the nearest exit gfrom Leonenet, like so many rats, in a futile bid to escape the truth about their immmoral characters.
In the memo to the SLPMB Board of Directors and the Ministry of Trade and Industry, which I had written upon my examination of SLPMB's finances, following my return to SLPMB from a 3-year absence on study leave under the African Graduate Fellowship Program (AFGRAD) here in the U.S., I had actually predicted the collapse of SLPMB within 6 months of that memo.
However, the SL government, following my memo (I do not know whether its action was a reaction to the memo), paid about Le 100 million it then owed to SLPMB due to losses arising from the government's earlier insistence in the 1980s on subsidizing rice sold by the SLPMB to the likes of the SL army, police, APC ministers, etc. The payment of that Le 100 million was made under the direct supervision of Hon. Thomas Kargbo who was then the minister of trade and industry, SLPMB's supervising ministry. (It was the same Mr. Kargbo who, a few years later, would be appointed SL's ambassador to the US in the early 1990s, following the overthrow of the APC government by the NPRC junta in which his son reportedly was a senior member).
The money that the government paid to SLPMB was expressly meant to be used to resume the purchases of produce from farmers. However, in a brazen act of public immorality -- which, of course, I duly documented, as I did all the matters that I became aware of during more my than ten-year tenure at SLPMB -- a significant proportion of that money was diverted by the political appointee who had then been installed as managing director of SLPMB by the APC government of Joseph Momoh during my absence from SL on study leave.
The question that the managing director has still not answered is a simple one, namely: What sense did it make for SLPMB to divert tens of millions of Leones meant to pay farmers for produce that provided exports needed to sustain SLPMB's operations, to the purchase of totally unnecessary, used (second-hand) lorries when SLPMB already owned more than 20 lorries that had remained idle due to SLPMB's inability to buy produce?
Nearly 17 years later, I am still awaiting the answer to that question that I had posed to the SLPMB managing director in late 1990.
SLPMB's inability to pay cash to farmers for their produce was itself the result of the APC government's earlier depletion of SLPMB's cash reserves through the government's ill-advised rice subsidization policies mentioned in the above-quoted West Africa magazine piece by Jens Horluck.
There are no prizes for guessing why the top management of SLPMB -- which was already on the throes of its last breath as a result of monumental management and governmental incompetence -- would dissipate its last chance to save what used to be one of the nation's largest foreign exchange earner, by brazenly diverting more than Le 100 million given to it to resume paying farmers for their produce, to the purchase of what was later proved to be derelict used vehicles that SLPMB did not even need. The resulting scandal which I helped expose via my written memos to the SLPMB managing director opposing the unnecessary lorry deal eventually made it into the local SL press in a matter that featured one of Freetown's well-known lawyers, now deceased.
SLPMB collapsed during that period in 1991 -- only a few months shy of the 6-month deadline that I had predicted in my 1990 memo to its board of directors and its supervising ministry of trade and industry.
Subject: Re: WHO ARE THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR SLPMB'S COLLAPSE?
From: Patriot
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Date Posted: 11:07:36 02/06/07 ()
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Mr. jalloh, this is fascinating reading. You would do the Sa Lon people a big favour if you write about all that happened to the SLPMB in Sa Lon newspapers. It is one for the history books and future generations to read about those who destroyed our country.
Subject: Re: WHO ARE THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR SLPMB'S COLLAPSE?
From: Question
To: All
Date Posted: 10:35:50 02/06/07 ()
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"There are no prizes for guessing why the top management of SLPMB -- which was already on the throes of its last breath as a result of monumental management and governmental incompetence -- would dissipate its last chance to save what used to be one of the nation's largest foreign exchange earner, by brazenly diverting more than Le 100 million given to it to resume paying farmers for their produce, to the purchase of what was later proved to be derelict used vehicles that SLPMB did not even need."
What if the SLPMB top management involved in the deal wanted their 10% "morkofay" from the supplier of the rotten trucks?
Subject: Re: WHO ARE THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR SLPMB'S COLLAPSE?
From: Ojumiri Cole
To: All
Date Posted: 10:21:20 02/06/07 ()
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"The question that the managing director has still not answered is a simple one, namely: What sense did it make for SLPMB to divert tens of millions of Leones meant to pay farmers for produce that provided exports needed to sustain SLPMB's operations, to the purchase of totally unnecessary, used (second-hand) lorries when SLPMB already owned more than 20 lorries that had remained idle due to SLPMB's inability to buy produce?"
Mr. Jalloh, if you don't mind, I want to add your question to the one I said yesterday the salone govt. must ask the IMF.
Bra, keep asking these kinds of questions. If those you ask answer, we will soon know the people who ruined our sweet salone for we.
Subject: SIERRA LEONE HEROES, LET US HONOR THE PAST
From: Dr. Michel Sho- Sawyer
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Date Posted: 21:04:59 02/05/07 ()
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Y S L I
YOUTH FOR SIERRA LEONE IMPROVEMENT
Youthforsierraleone.com/ Email:YSLI@Youthforsierraleone.com
As we celebrate Black History Month, YSLI ask that we remember those Sierra Leoneans whose shoulders we now stand upon. Let us remember their sacrifice by starting to serve our nation and continue to serve her peacefully. These are men and women who have dedicated their lives to the service of their country and fellow men. YSLI will be honoring these individual in recognition of Back History Month.
JOHN AKAR
(1927-1975)
AMBASSADOR OF CULTURE AND VERSATILE ENTERTAINER
John Joseph Akar was born in 1927 at Rotifunk, Bumpe Chiefdom in what is today Moyamba District, where he attended the E.U.B. school. Subsequently he went on to the Albert Academy before proceeding to the United States and Britain to continue his studies. During his sojourn abroad, he distinguished himself as a good scholar and a versatile communicator and entertainer. He studied commercial radio and television in America, Britain, France and the West Indies, and appeared on television and in films.
In 1960, he was appointed the first indigenous Director of Broadcasting, and during his tenure he brought creative programme leadership to the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service. Through him, Sierra Leone broadcasting was raised to the highest professional standards that became the envy of the region. His aim was to get the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service to reflect more and more the true image of the country, its music, its songs and its talent. His influence was clearly distinctive in these area — he was the writer of the music of the Sierra Leone National Anthem.
He founded the National Dance Troupe and used it as a vehicle to encourage Sierra Leoneans to be proud of their rich cultural heritage. He led the troupe on many successful performances around the world. After the troupe's participation in the 1964 New York World's Fair, the following report was made: "This talented folk dance troupe imposed a vivid image of Sierra Leone on the minds of thousands of Americans when it took the New York World's Fair by storm in 1964." In fact, it was voted the best dance ensemble at the fair, and was presented with a gold plaque. In 1965, the troupe performed at the Commonwealth Arts Festival in London, where it had a great success. The following year, the troupe performed at the Festival of Negro Arts in Dakar, after which they did a four month tour of Western Europe.
The pioneering role played by John Akar awakened cultural consciousness among rural as well as urban populations, and firmly established Sierra Leone's place on the world cultural map. The immense potentialities of our indigenous cultures to rouse the people to action, cement national unity, and to open out to the wonderful realities of our times lay dormant, and if there is one things that John Akar achieved for his countrymen, it was to instill in them a sense of pride, a love for country and an awareness of their rich cultural heritage.
EBENEZER CALENDAR
(1912-1985)
POPULAR CULTURAL MUSICIAN
Ebenezer Calendar was a cultural musician, historian and social commentator who used his popular maringa music to entertain and educate his fellow countrymen.
He was born in Freetown on November 19, 1912 of a Jamaican father and a Sierra Leonean mother. Calendar had an interrupted primary school career, attending Bishop Edwin Tabernacle and U.B.C. primary schools. According to some sources, this was the result of the hard times which the family experienced after the death of Calendar's father. Calendar left school at the age of fifteen because his mother could not afford to pay his way through secondary school. Other sources, however, suggest that Calendar dropped out of school of his own free will, influenced largely by his young friends. He joined the Public Works Department (P.W.D.) in 1927 as an apprentice carpenter. By 1930, he had become a qualified carpenter, and he was employed by Pa Alimamy Boungie, an undertaker at Kissy Street. Pa Boungie's undertaker shop used to conduct wake-keeping ceremonies for bereaved families. Thus Calendar would learn coffin-making during the day, and at night he would be among the men Pa Boungie would send to sing at wake-keeping ceremonies.
About this time, Calendar and two of his friends formed a small musical group. They practiced on open grounds, and on-lookers would sometimes give them money. Later, they began getting invitations to perform at weddings, parties and other festive occasions. All this was just part-time, reserved for evenings, as Calendar continued working for Pa Boungie. Before finally embarking on a full-time musical career, Calendar worked for some time with the Sierra Leone Railway, opened and ran an undertaker shop, and then was employed as cabinet-maker for the United African Company Limited (U.A.C.).
A versatile musician, Calendar learnt to play several different musical instruments, including the mandolin, the cornet, rhythm guitar and the trumpet. Calendar's group in the 1940s and 1950s relied upon a combination of locally-produced instruments like the bata (hand drum) and the triangle, and Western instruments like the guitar and the tambourine to produce his distinctive maringa rhythm. In 1951, he was commissioned by DECCA Recording Company to record a song commemorating the launching of the newly-introduced double-decker buses. The tune was an instant success, and Calendar established his reputation as a popular songwriter/musician celebrating contemporary events of the period. From this point of view, he can be looked upon as a social historian, commenting on contemporary happenings.
Calendar's early songs formed part of the dance music of the fifties and sixties, and most of his compatriots will remember the swinging rhythm of the hit song "Fire, Fire." As he grew older, his music became more philosophical, and he began to consider himself more as a teacher with the responsibility of imparting the lessons he gained from life to a younger generation. Wrapped in delightful music, Calendar preached the morality of a Krio-Christian society, with the rhythm making it easy for the people to identify with him and the values he advocated.
Ebenezer Calendar also helped popularise the radio when he joined the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service in 1952 as a programme officer. He performed with the Sierra Leone National Dance Troup at the Commonwealth Arts Festival in 1965 and 1966. On April 19, 1983 he was awarded the Certificate of Honour by the President of Sierra Leone for his meritorious service in the field of indigenous music. When he died in 1985, music groups from all over Freetown converged on his home at the foot of Mt. Aureol and played his songs continuously for twenty-four hours. Thousands gathered to remember the man they all loved and admired.
Ebenezer Calendar's place in Sierra Leone's history is assured because of his significant contribution to the development of a distinctively Sierra Leonean musical tradition.
SALIA KOROMA
(1903-)
MINSTREL POET
Salia Koroma was born in Segbwema although his parents had come from Kpa-Mende country. As a young man, Salia's father left him in the care of his mother while he went to seek his fortune elsewhere. Salia was anxious to go to school but his uncles, who were responsible for him in the absence of his father, did not feel disposed to send him to school. Rather, they sent their own children. The young Salia therefore went in search of his father whom he finally found at Boajibu in the Sembaru Chiefdom. He expressed his desire for education and his father promised that he would indeed "send him to school." He then proceeded to give young Salia an accordion and said, "This is your school."
Salia was bitterly disappointed at first, but on the insistence of his father he settled down to playing the accordion "to the warriors and not for Europeans." From then on, Salia took his "education" seriously. Through hard work, determination and an innate poetic talent, he taught himself to play the accordion. Although his father was a renowned accordionist himself, Salia learnt by his own experience. He spoilt many accordions in the process but his father always bought him a new one.
Gradually, Salia's reputation began to spread, first in Mendeland and later all over Sierra Leone. He travelled from place to place entertaining chiefs and people with his stories and songs. After serving several chiefs, he moved to Rotifunk where he was court entertainer to Chief Albert Caulker for some time. After his stay in Rotifunk, he moved to Moyamba to work for the famous Chief Julius Gulama.
Always searching for knowledge and true to the spirit of minstrels, Salia was constantly on the move. He eventually ended up in Freetown where he joined the Sierra Leone Police Force until the outbreak of the Second World War. Up to this day, Salia remembers distinctly that his number in the police force was 377. His police duties did not stop him from playing the accordion.
Salia has composed hundreds of songs and entertained people in all walks of life all over the country. He has been a symbol of the artist in our traditional society, and he has spent all his life trying to establish the fact that there is dignity in art — especially indigenous art. He is disappointed that Sierra Leone does not give enough appreciation to the efforts of indigenous artists. But he remains optimistic, and believes that even in his old age, he can still contribute to his art and to the nation's cultural development.
Subject: Re: SIERRA LEONE HEROES, LET US HONOR THE PAST
From: BRA ENVIABLE
To: All
Date Posted: 21:39:14 02/05/07 ()
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Salia Koroma is loved,
admired and even adored.
God Bless Kinee Salia.
On every occasion I went
to Segbwema, I couldn'help but
realize that Kaamor Salia's
image proved so undying that
Elvis' Graceland will
look like a joke.
Salia Kho'ma {Typical Mende way of saying Koroma} lives on.
Indeed, Salia Kho'ma will forever live on!
Subject: President’s 4-1-9 Sends House Of Rep In Disarray
From: PRESIDENT
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Date Posted: 19:24:44 02/05/07 ()
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Govt Cracks On Rocks
President’s 4-1-9 Sends House Of Rep In Disarray
Executive At Loggerheads With Supreme Court
How Long Shall Pres. Sirleaf Continue With This?
The clouds in the political sky are telling doom for Liberia ’s young democracy and fledgling peace. The nation’s legislature, the 52nd, is in tatters, infested by what seems to be an incurable virus. The Supreme Court, which is the macrocosm of nation’s political and legal morality, is defied and defiled, not only leaving it a laughing stock in the public realm but also a toothless bulldog. There are indications that the Executive Branch of Government, headed by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, is the mastermind, the debilitating virus, wrecking the nation’s political fabric. With the government crawling on its belly in the aftermath of the disintegration of the Legislature and vilification of the Supreme Court, some analysts ask what the true intent of President Sirleaf could be, and whether the political devastation inflicted on the Legislature and Supreme Court will not catch up with Sirleaf herself at the end of the day. Political Editor Sherman C. Seequeh draws into perspective the ongoing debacle, the possible hand President Sirleaf may have in this entire affair and how it could negatively impact on the administration in the future.
Presidential April Fool
Intentionally or unintentionally, President Sirleaf on January 9, 2007, wrote the embattled Speaker of House of Representatives authorizing the use of the Centennial Memorial Pavilion on Ashmun Street , Monrovia , by the House following their return from their agriculture break.
In response to Snowe’s letter of request for official space for legislative work in the wake of the rehabilitation of the Capitol Building, the official seat of the National Legislature, President Sirleaf wrote, “Accordingly, I am instructing that the Centennial Memorial Pavilion to be made available to accommodate the Legislature during the renovation of the Capitol Building.”
The letter further said: “As you may be aware, I have directed that resources from the Budget of the Executive Mansion be made available to the Ministry of Public Works for the renovation of one of the buildings behind the Executive Mansion to be used as temporary shared offices for members of the Legislature during the renovation of the Capitol building.”
Little did the recipient, Snowe, know that this letter of authority coming from the operation manager of Government would delve a demoralizing blow to his political authority and image.
Whether or not a group of other lawmakers opposing Snowe’s leadership got another presidential letter of authority to use the Unity Center Conference outside Monrovia for legislative work, the President chose to leave Snowe in the cool by going to the Virginia venue of the House to deliver her State of the Nation Address.
The President’s cover or face-saving justification was a resolution hurriedly brokered by the Senate and the breakaway lawmakers, described in other sections as renegades or rebels.
When the resolution was yet to be carved and pronounced, the president had kept mute or remained on the fence as the debate raged over which of the venues, Pavilion or Conference Center, was legitimate on the basis of the President’s letter to Snowe and Supreme Court’s decision.
It is this silence of President Sirleaf, in spite of her expressed permission for use of the Pavilion that gives some analysts reasons to suspect that she had intended the letter to Snowe as a scheme or 4-1-9 for the Speaker’s subversion
“One major reason I owe the President culpable for the conflict in the House is her apparent refusal to deny or confirm her authority to Snowe to use the Centennial Pavilion,” said Martin C. Sarwee, Jr., a Political Science student. “Her silence during the heat of the conflict either means she made a mistake authorizing Snowe to use the Pavilion or it is just a deliberate ploy to create confusion that would lead to the unseating of Edwin Snowe. The only way she could have made herself blameless in the conflict is by either withdrawing the Snowe letter or discouraging the breakaway lawmakers from using the Conference Center .”
Like Sarwee, other analysts, including social worker Prince Jackson, believe President Sirleaf’s apparent double-dealing as manifested in her letter to Snowe and endorsement of Unity Center Conference is a complete April Fool or, as others put it, 4-1-9, of which Snowe is a victim.
“I don’t expect this sort of thing from a woman like Sirleaf who is supposed to be a model for African women and for all female politicians in the world,” Jackson asserted. “At her stature, I thought Sirleaf will eschew divisive and deceptive politics.”
Executive At Loggerheads with Supreme Court
The Legislative saga has brought out the true political and moral deportment of Sirleaf and her Government to the fore. The Legislature has been fragmented by the conflict. Initially, the House of Senate was as fragmented as the House of Representatives, when about ten Senators opposed the Unity Conference Center venue. But it was not long when external interests and/or magnanimous spirit amongst the senators calmed the Senate conflict.
In fact there are some analysts who believe that the Senate is the target of the Executive schemers; the House of Legislature is.
Had the House of Senate being a target of disintegration, some analysts say, the fomenters and plotters of political chaos would have given all the political and logistical supports to the belligerent camp of their choice to defeat the other.
“The determination of the Executive to wreck the Lower House and at the end succeed in the removal of Snowe is seen in the flouting of Supreme Court prohibition by President Sirleaf as we saw in the delivery of her Annual Message at the Unity Conference Center in Virginia ,” said Kilo Teswen, a secondary school teacher. “Firstly, the Supreme, in response to Edwin Snowe’s petition, declared that the Virginia legislators of the Lower House return to the status quo ante, and secondly, it was clear later that the Nation’s final arbiter of justice would uphold the Snowe plea. As soon as the decision got so clearer, the Executive Mansion rushed to the Conference Center for the Annual Message in an apparent move to seal the doom of Speaker Snowe.”
To stamp its disapproval for the Unity Conference Center , the Supreme Court’s full bench boycotted the President’s annual message, since it had declared null and void legislative sessions at or the occupancy of the Center by the breakaway lawmakers.
Though it is not clear what the next steps of the Supreme Court would be in the next days to come, it is crystal clear that the Executive and Judicial branches of Government are on a collision course. While the Executive is replicating the old order, replete with justice jungle and political dominance by the President, the Judiciary or Supreme Court is in pursuit of the rule of law.
Confirming Snowe’s Subversion Allegations
Just as Speaker Snowe took the seat of Speakership for the House than he began his persistent allegation that President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was the chief ideologue of subversion against his leadership.
Snowe had charged that the Executive Branch of Liberia of Government, principally President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, was fighting tooth and nail to dilute the potency of the Legislature and to remove him as Speaker.
Snowe had said repeatedly that there were attempts by the Executive to render the Legislature rubberstamp, to which he would never succumb. And this is why, he consistently said, President Sirleaf was allegedly engineering his removal.
President Sirleaf has concurrently denied subversion against Snowe. The President and her protégé have consistently said there were too many state engagements and responsibility to tackle and to meet than to waste valuable time scheming the removal of someone who poses no threat to the presidential agenda.
They have said Snowe must face his embattlement which is squarely legislative and must stop scapegoating.
Some of Snowe’s opponents in the House have also countered his allegations against President Sirleaf, saying that he was diverting attention to the issues haunting him by looking for sacred cows. The Snowe opponents have said they are mature, experienced and enlightened to submit to external instigation, and that Snowe must see his embattlement as product of his own misdemeanors and ineptness.
Recent imbroglio rocking the House is leaving many political commentators and some ordinary citizens to believe that the President is proving Snowe’s allegation true.
The Schemes Could Turn Suicidal
Even besides the widespread suspicion that President Sirleaf must be masterminding the fracas in the Lower House, there are other allegations or suspicions that the legislative conflict is one big scheme of several that the President has engaged into to disintegrate all and every credible opposition against her administration.
There have been reports, which the President however persistently denies, that the Executive Mansion campaigned against the ambition of Snowe for the House Speakership and President Sirleaf has since loathed the speaker and allaying, if not instigating forces, to have him dethroned.
While Snowe battles against the imperial claws of the Executive Mansion , there have also been widespread insinuations that shadow of the President was impairing the traditional activist roles of other civil society groups in the country.
There is the instance with the Civil Service Association of Liberia, the largest Liberian trade union organization, which is currently split or rendered inactive between two groups, one led by the longtime chairman, Jefferson Elliot, and another led by Mr. Brown Slewion, believed to be co-opted by the Executive Mansion as a means of crippling the advocatory independence of the Association particularly against Sirleaf and her Government.
Another instance is the Press Union of Liberia, the umbrella organization of Liberians journalists, which up to this point, was critical of Government, particularly President Sirleaf. Prior to its recently held elections, there was war of words between the Press Union of Liberia and President Sirleaf on a variety of issues. When the elections time came, there abounded allegations particularly from the camp of Alphosus Zeon who was regarded as been overly critical of the President, that the Executive Mansion was interfering and intruding.
Yet still, there is the Liberia Marketing Association, which Government bulldozed with the installation of what some observers called a proxy leadership.
One commentator said in an interview that in spite of denials of Government that it maintains clean hands in these developments within civil society organizations, Hon. Snowe’s allegations followed the a great tumult resulting into his announced deposal, are good reasons to ponder.
And there are analysts who believe that Sirleaf’s alleged crippling of activist forces could turn suicidal when the people rise up against the scheme or if the bigger democracies, such as the United States or the West in general, finds out that she is no different from past autocrats and kleptocrats whose scheme of things invited upon them directly and Liberians in general political situations in which they got burnt.
Subject: SLPP National Secretariat Debunks False & Unsubstantiated Re
From: CHIEF BORBORLIELIE
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SLPP National Secretariat Debunks False & Unsubstantiated Report in Sierra Leone
By Awareness Times
Feb 5, 2007, 10:27 Email this article
On Friday 2nd February 2007, the Standard Times newspaper carried a lead story titled "SLPP Secretary-General in financial scandal". The National Secretariat of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) wishes to inform the public that all aspects of the story are patently false, unsubstantiated, malicious and politically motivated. The Secretariat therefore wishes to establish the following:
JJ Saffa
1. This administration has clear financial rules and regulations that guide the management of the party's finances.
2. Daily transactions including registration, subscr1ptions, donations and expenses of all categories are recorded and monthly financial statements and bank reconciliations are prepared. There are ongoing reforms to further strengthen the administration and financial management of the Party.
3. Roles and responsibilities for managing funds are clear. There is the National Treasurer, National Financial Secretary and Finance Officers. The National Secretary-General does not. keep money and only approves expenditure in his capacity as vote controller.
4. The amount of $65,000 referred in the story is false.
5. This administration has never taken an overdraft of Le100,000,000 from any bank.
6. There was no request for contribution for the official opening of the Party Office. The hall was rehabilitated and refurbished by' Party members, specifically the Council of Patrons which this executive established. This generous support from party patrons, among other things, negates the lies in the story that Party members are unwilling to contribute.
7. The National Secretary-General will not give in to any blackmail journalism perpetuated by people either from within or outside the Party.
8. The National Secretary-General will remain focused and will not be detracted by negative and false press reports.
The public is invited to the Party Office to see for themselves how the Party is managed now.
Subject: (TRAGEDY) Sierra leonean male kills his girl in Ohio
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
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Date Posted: 18:26:03 02/05/07 ()
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Feb 03 2007 7:50 PM
Columbus police officers checking on the welfare of a young mother Saturday morning said they were met at the door by a man who said: "I killed her. She's in the bedroom."
When uniformed officers arrived at 4851 Kingshill Drive at 10:33 am, they found N'Dora Serry-Kamal, 25, lying on the bedroom floor. She appeared to have been stabbed, according to police.
Columbus Division of Fire paramedics pronounced Serry-Kamal dead at 10:49 am.
Police officers took George Aruna into custody and arrested him on one count of murder. Aruna, 32, is the person who answered the door and led officers to the woman's body, police said.
Relatives were clearly upset at learning of Serry-Kamal's death.
It's horrible because she was a great person, her cousin Ola Thomas told 10TV. She always stuck up for the people she loved. That was my cousin, and she is really going to be missed.
Thomas said her cousin had a one-month-old child fathered by Aruna.
Her death was the fifth homicide reported in Columbus for 2007.
Subject: FROM HOWARD UNIVERSITY 1991 YEAR BOOK. DID THINGS GOT BETTER
From: CHIEF IN EXILE
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Date Posted: 17:20:33 02/05/07 ()
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FIGURES INCREASE
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
Jamaica, Puerto Rico, London, and Hong Kong...The list reads more like a vacation brochure than four of the 109 countries students travel from to attend Howard University.
Of the estimated 12,506 students enrolled, nearly 2000 are international students. During the 1990-91 academic year, international students made up 15.1% of Howard University community. Of the 1,892 international pupils, 39.8% were from the Caribbean, 36.1% from Africa, 8.8% from North, Central or South America, and 15.3% were from the Far East and Pacific region, the Near and Middle East and Europe.
Unlike the Average student, international students dealt with more than sharing a closet-sized space with a stranger or adjusting to a new academic demands. He or she must adjust to a new culture.
Christine Dunbar, a native Jamaican, said a big problem has been mingling with American students. "They don't know anything about the Caribbean. There are a lot of misconceptions about the West Indies." She felt that most American students , "don't think about the Caribbean as they think of New York or Washington"
African Students Association President Charles Curtis-Thomas agreed, "the Americans are more lacking in knowledge about Africans than the Africans are lacking of Americans.
Curtis-Thomas, from Sierra Leone , added that Howard is a great place educationally and socially, "despite the problems international Student and American students may have coeexisting on the Yard."
The education of international students is being threatened by the ten percent tuition increase that went into effect during the 1990-91 academic year. This percentage is slated to increrase until it reaches fifty percent. Continued increases may severely lower internationl enrollment which has declined by more than 400 students since 1985.
By Dara Jackson and Alicia Dickson.
Subject: WHO WILL LISTEN TO CITY MAYOR
From: STANDARD TIMES
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STANDARD TIMES
WHO WILL LISTEN TO CITY MAYOR
Bee only wonders if there is any sober Sierra Leonean who will actually listen to the rattle of the city father, Mayor Bankole Johnson.
Sierra Leoneans are no longer interested in party politics. What people are now interested in is who will endeavour to ginger up progress in this country no matter what nationality, tribe, colour or otherwise.
One of the Mayor’s failure for which this country has got international condemnation for is filthiness (dirty city) as most investors are afraid to come to the country because of poor sanitation and health facilities.
Why are you against the present government decision to give the cleaning exercise to GTZ?
Mind you, you have been in the seat for over three years but can really not point fingers at anything as development.
The only thing that you can boast of is the ceaseless infighting that has torn the rising sun party.
Your are receiving nearly fifty million leones monthly from taxes collected from business people, yet you are always crying that there is no money in your city council coffers to do the cleaning exercise.
Mind you most people do not know that since the devolution exercise began cleaning of the city is your responsibility.
Bee and his Beelets know that you are not happy with the good job that GTZ is doing, but then shame on you!!
Subject: Re: WHO WILL LISTEN TO CITY MAYOR
From: Sengbe Big Axe
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Dem nor able serve the simplest function under the power way the peeple of Freetong gee dem - for hep keep the Capital City clean at all times - now dem wan for run the nation.
BETTTTTTTTTTTTTTEEHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
SHEEOORRRR!!! Morneh oh!!!!
Oose fool porsin go gee dem da chance day again in July 2007, based on dem present / past record of 24-years of gross misrule of the nation.
Subject: Analogy
From: Bambay Lans Kamara
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Date Posted: 15:59:48 02/05/07 ()
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Analogy is either the cognitive process of transferring information from a particular subject (the analogue or source) to another particular subject (the target), or a linguistic expression corresponding to such a process. In a narrower sense, analogy is an inference or an argument from a particular to another particular, as opposed to deduction, induction, and abduction, where at least one of the premises or the conclusion is general. The word analogy can also refer to the relation between the source and the target themselves, which is often, though not necessarily, a similarity, as in the biological notion of analogy.
Niels Bohr's model of the atom made an analogy between the atom and the solar system.Analogy plays a significant role in problem solving, decision making, perception, memory, creativity, emotion, explanation and communication. It lies behind basic tasks such as the identification of places, objects and people, for example, in face perception and facial recognition systems. It has been argued that analogy is "the core of cognition" (Hofstadter in Gentner et al. 2001). Specific analogical language comprises exemplification, comparisons, metaphors, similes, allegories, and parables, but not metonymy. Phrases like and so on, and the like, as if, and the very word like also rely on an analogical understanding by the receiver of a message including them. Analogy is important not only in ordinary language and common sense, where proverbs and idioms give many examples of its application, but also in science, philosophy and the humanities. The concepts of association, comparison, correspondence, mathematical and morphological homology, homomorphism, iconicity, isomorphism, metaphor, resemblance, and similarity are closely related to analogy. In cognitive linguistics, the notion of conceptual metaphor may be equivalent to that of analogy.
Analogy has been studied and discussed since classical antiquity by philosophers, scientists and lawyers. The last few decades have shown a renewed interest in analogy, most notable in cognitive science.
Subject: Lords Prayer
From: Campala
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This prayer was forwarded to me by a friend.
LORD'S PRAYER -SIERRA LEONE
The Lord Tejan Kabbah is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in darkness at Freetown with impunity:
he leadeth me beside broken infrastructure of dusty roads and over the new bridge on the still waters of the estuary to Lungi.
He restoreth my soul in anti-corruption investigations against small peccant men, while the Swegbehs and Borbor Bellehs prosper:
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake at the Special Court, to redeem the bungling at Lome as a fig leaf to cover RUF routs in the theatre of conflict;
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, with no food security, and disease pervasive in me, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me;
Thy World Bank and thy IMF multi-lateral organizations, they comfort my poverty reduction and the donor countries buffet me into debt relief; for it shall come to pass that I shall have no national programme of my own in economic progress;
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies in the APC and PMDC in the electoral process, a looming doom hanging over me but I will not rig the elections before the United Nations even if Christian Thorpe remains a gadfly at NEC, she is no James Jonah;:
Thou anointest my head with distortions, and propaganda on the campaign trail:
Siaka Stevens will return if the APC wins. Charles Margai will ascend the throne at the imperial Palace in Bo, becoming King Charles Francis Margai III in the Kingdom of Sierra Leone, after the monarchies of Sir Milton Strieby Margai I of Bonthe and Sir Albert Michael Margai II of Gbangbatok;
My cup runneth over into the 2007 elections, although I still coveth my place at the bottom of the UN Human Development Index perennially because a gang of mealy-mouth sycophants applaud and serenade me in spite of my 10-year record of retrogression;
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the one, country, among one people in one-party for ever because democracy tolerates only membership of the ruling party.
Subject: Re: Lords Prayer
From: Sengbe
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A parody on PSALM 23, don turn to the Lord's Prayer-Sierra Leone?
Eh bo!!! Lie-lie norto good ting.
Na Pa Kabbah ee harkeh so.
Subject: IS JOHN LEIGH A FLIP FLOPPER?YOU BE THE JUDGE
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Is John Leigh a Flip-flopper?
Edie Vandy 26/5/2006
Reading through the piece written by Sahid V. Vandy of Awareness Times in his May 15, 2006 article captioned: ‘John Leigh Goes Berserk again in Sierra Leone,' I couldn't help but laugh aloud, when the writer said, and I quote”.... out of the whole host of dignitaries, the loudest and most vociferous of all those who were asking the people of Port Loko to give their fullest support and vote in 2007 for what he termed as ‘the able leadership of Solomon Ekuma Berewa' was John Ernest Leigh”.
There could be a mistake, as this could not be the John Leigh, who has made the world believe that he was above such nonsense; the only man standing today and equipped to clean up the administration's political wreckage and avert chaos; the man with 35 years of experience in economic development, and according to him has the ability to create national wealth and knows how to circulate money to the grassroots. These are his words, not mine. He has maintained and sharpened this line of attack, considered harsh by many but nevertheless accepted by his supporters. Not any more. The question that we should be asking is, “why the sudden u turn of mind”?
John Leigh's hypocrisy is noted in his criticism (April 11, 2005) of defenders of the current administration and leadership triage of Dr. Sama Banya, Vice President Berewa and President Kabbah as heroes, refereeing to it as spirited and misplaced defense. In his eyes, they are no heroes. Today, he adores and courts them, and has become the advocate and mouthpiece, and quoting his exact words in his conversation with the Awareness Times reporter:
"The momentum for this SLPP Party is growing everyday. SLPP Government, Tejan Kabbah and Solomon Berewa cannot satisfy everybody all at once but they are doing their level best by targeting the most needed areas.” A complete irony and policy shift in his position. What were you thinking, Mr. Leigh, when you had this to say on the failed policies of President Kabbah and his SLPP led administration: "Since his inception, there has not been any policy adopted that has benefited the ordinary man. They are benefiting just themselves while the majority of the people are living deplorable lives."
Did you not say that the government's economic policy was static and cannot be sustained? How are you going to reconcile these two positions? These are mixed messages you are sending. Did I hear somebody say, you've metamorphosed overnight as the PR for a man you considered less fit to be the leader and President of our beloved nation; the man you said is a lawyer and knows nothing about administration? This is the same man you're now clapping for and dancing to his tunes, and like the reporter puts it; “he clapped and danced so hard that he sweated profusely all over the light blue shirt he was wearing”. Oh poor John Leigh. Desperation and frustration can force people to be jokers.
Let's face it: every politician at one time or another will have to change his announced position to meet a changed situation. They all flip-flop, like we all do sometimes in this changing world. Here it is unique, as John Leigh the brave, the bold has been caught with his pants down. The photos were shocking revelations of how people can fall so low in their quest for power, recognition, and water down their moral dignity, which is priceless. As a public figure, and nation builder (as he claims) and when placed in context with his political ranting and ego bashing all over the media , this flip-flop and flim-flam from him cannot go unnoticed.
Yesterday, it was JB Duada who lambasted the VP, as the most corrupt person he has known only to turn around and kneel for power, and he got what he went for; Special Assistant to the President. Moral decadence has caught up with that generation in their zealousness for power, and it is about time that the civilized community takes a stand to correct this decay and deceitful politicking and hold accountable people like John Leigh, Abass Bundu and JB Dauda for such shameless acts. Like my favorite radio talk show always says, we are in a “savage nation” and heading for doom, if men and women with sound mind do not cage these flip-floppers in the political zoo.
Let me move you through virtual memory of John Leigh's in-depth view of the so-called failed administration he is now bedding and dining with? In his response to John Manah in the article: ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE FOR NATION-BUILDING-April 11, 2005, he wrote:
“People such as Mr. Mannah ought to realize that there is a major distinction between us, the purported marginalized but productive Party members and workers, on the one hand; and on the other hand, the failed LEADERSHIP of ungratefulness, greed, selfishness, lies, kahlow-kahlowness, vindictiveness, marginalization, incompetence, tiredness; piss-stink-and-stench; heaps of garbage in public thoroughfares and market areas; stagnant and smelly polluted fluids and garbage in public drains; persistent blackouts; bold, ubiquitous disease-carrying flies buzzing all over; blood-sucking unopposed mosquitoes injecting debilitating killer diseases into people including farmers, mothers, children and babies. Then there is the same LEADERSHIP of persistent cronyism, nepotism, favoritism, willfulness and failure”.
And on the VP, John Leigh's cynical words are many and varied, and using his exact words amongst others has said about Berewa: “What has Berewa ever done for the SLPP and, if any, when?
He has not only questioned the VP's membership, but his commitment and loyalty as well. We knew about Berewa's non-refusal to make financial contributions, through John Leigh, and his infamous remark ‘How, nah all Mende man day join SLPP? Bo lef me yah!'.
Leigh has said that Berewa “thinks a whole lot about his so-called presidential apprenticeship that he received from someone who himself never underwent any presidential apprenticeship and who was never a president-in-waiting”.
Continuing in the same vein, he has lambasted the VP about his perceived cronyism, nepotism, favoritism, and his woeful inadequacies in the area of economics, finance, business, international affairs and management. In short, the VP is not qualified to lead him, not alone the nation.
Putting two and two together, and after careful analysis of current events, there seems a connection between the present position statement of John Leigh and his recent remarks in the media for which he was slammed and scorned by the PMDC loyalists (and other well meaning compatriots) after reference to their base and supporters as mostly low grade noisemakers - san san boys, Honda drivers, ex-combatants, carwash boys etc.
Perhaps his purported countrywide tour might have been a clandestine peace mission conducted to roller coast with the VP on his 2007 victory cruise ship??? Like Abass Bundu, John Leigh knows that his political comeback can only be guaranteed with a Berewa ticket. Getting on board now is better than being late, as the gate is closing down on their type, and he follows in the footstep of Abbas Bundu, who at least had the nerve to face the nation and pour out his destiny, past and present with the party.
Do Sierra Leoneans deserve at least the same too from John Leigh, on his flip-flop, his bickering and of course the sudden u turn? This is a hunch, which is deep seated: that outside the SLPP, John Leigh cannot command a voting bloc in any given constituency, and I want to challenge him to prove me wrong by contesting for a constituency election. He would be defeated hands down by one of these “san san boys”, he decries and looks down upon. Talk and say what you may, write the usual 21 pages edition to refute these insinuations, but pretty much right meaning Sierra Leoneans really do not care and give a damn on those ego shots. It just doesn't have the same ring anymore. John Leigh's political career path is history, like Karefa Smart's.
Serious Sierra Leoneans at some point believed in John Leigh, thinking that he could just be that person who would do things differently. His words and his vibes particularly during the interregnum period and his push for the restoration of constitionality (but not with the lion share of the burden as he put it) spoke for itself.
I remember when some sections of the press and his opponents were right on his heels as a whistle blower on the administration in the infamous NOPEC Oil Deal in April 2001; some of us stood behind him, knowing that he was doing the right thing and putting nationhood first before cronyism.
Those were the good old days, when John Leigh was the one many came to revere. His inconsistency, and rhetoric now lack conviction, particularly before and after the convention, heightened in the light of the Awareness Times publication of his shasa dance with the VP.
His vociferous defense of a man he had chastised, condemned and accused in every aspect, is a colossal political mistake. Where are your principles John Leigh? Let me hear your ranting and defense on this matter. Sierra Leoneans deserve to know. Mending fences with the VP is very laudable but to be frank, you put yourself on the spot by your blaa blaa, and bashing of a man whom many hailed as hero. You were out and about in the media all day long. See what you have got yourself into?
Remember, Sierra Leoneans who had your interests at heart cautioned and threw in a few words of advice to consolidate efforts and work with the other leadership contenders, to ensure an all out victory against the incumbency, who was tough to beat. What did you say?
Overconfidence and your ego got the better judgment of you, brow beating all who meant good for you. You had nothing good to say of your fellow contenders. Name bashing was the campaign tool. And now, you are back to square one buddy, tailgating the VP and coasting for recognition and a taste of the pie. TIME OUT, Mr. Leigh. The VP knows you right through. He knows about your diabolical plans, and mark these words; you will be used and dumped just like the Pa did. When you cry wolf, nobody will come around this time.
Please don't tell the nation that you are wooing the SLPP and Solo Bee for another lucrative deal, position or even the hotly contested VP position still out for grabs. What a good conduit to recoup the few thousands bucks spent on the party leadership bid, and to recover those hard earned money $90,231.81 the Kabbah Administration owes him since September 2002. John Leigh in his entire pronouncement has been hammering on monies spent on the party. Your bet is as good as mine; he wants it all back, maybe not.
Check this one out; a self proclaimed champion of democracy, free speech and the media is now running away from the media, those very institutions he had used as PR machinery, to launch his political bid for the highest office. John Leigh has scorn for the media particularly papers that challenge him. There is no exit from this ugly situation. This is a man who doesn't like a contrary view, and once expressed as long as it goes against his own, will counter and fume with lyrics and vibes. He took on John Mannah, Karamoh Kabbah and many others.
A bitter John Leigh (though he asserts he has never been bitter in his life, and I beg to differ) following a failed leadership bid and without a nomination, said this on the “ conbention” as he puts it, on the elected choice as “thoroughly unpopular, and a brutal imposition”, that will be difficult to market.
Records have shown that you've been bitter all the time, just like we all have one way or the other. Don't even say that you have not been bitter when things fall apart and do not go as planned. Were you not bitter in your descr1ption of the SLPP administration (just before the conbention) as "too kalokalo and full of swegbeh policies and tactics" which in your own words, "have got people disgusted."
The monies you spent for which you continue to roar are not free lunch, as there is no free lunch anywhere. These are monies spent to buy your way to power and the sweets of office that follow it. This is for personal gain. Had you stayed the course and held upright on your principles, then it would have been a different matter. Just maybe, nobody would have been bitter. I am not bitter because of your support for the VP, or the SLPP party. I am bitter simply by taking you on your words. Period. Do you want to know why I care? National duty and vigilance, just like every other well-meaning compatriots.
People never learn from mistakes. Read my lips, just like the SLPP folks, rudely insulted him in March 2002 in the party naming convention, John Leigh is going to be going to be disgraced one more time, like it happens for all failing politicians, who've outlived their usefulness. So dust off those flip-flop sandals of yours and come straight and square with the nation. We demand answers and an apology for those words against the VP and the SLPP as a party, and all that believed in you before.
Subject: Response for Mr. Ojumiri Cole (the I.M.F.)
From: Bambay Lans Kamara
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Date Posted: 14:55:25 02/05/07 ()
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Greetings my brothers and sisters. Mr. Ojumiri Cole , I am honored or rather flabbergasted at the following response: "Now let us look at the way this specific debate is handled. Let us look at the caption:
The caption is "AN OPEN CHALLENGE TO THE IMF AND THE WORLD BANK."
Here we have digressed from the core of the matter to personalized attack."
I am sorry, Mr. Bambay Kamara, but I disagree. A challenge is not a personal attack if it it is directed at the VIEWS -- and not the person -- of the challengee.
I said Sierra Leoneans must challenge the IMF and the World bank to respond to Jalloh's VIEW that the devaluation the IMF got Bandele Stevens' APC to bring to Saline is bad. That is not a personal attack, bra, so the mistake is yours."
Mr. Cole, English is equivocal to those who equivocate it. By that I mean, most people in their use of English
allow the possibility of several different meanings, as a word or phrase, esp. with intent to deceive or misguide; susceptible of double interpretation; deliberately ambiguous: an equivocal answer.
Most in their use of English are of of doubtful nature or character; questionable; dubious;suspicious
3. of uncertain significance; not determined: an equivocal attitude.
by those who: " use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate or hedge: e.g. "When asked directly for his position on disarmament, the candidate only equivocated."
Your position might be different. It might be a mere misconception of what I was alluding to.
For the sake of clarity, let me re-post your response, where you stated: "."Now let us look at the way this specific debate is handled. Let us look at the caption:
The caption is "AN OPEN CHALLENGE TO THE IMF AND THE WORLD BANK."
Here we have digressed from the core of the matter to personalized attack."
I am sorry, Mr. Bambay Kamara, but I disagree. A challenge is not a personal attack if it it is directed at the VIEWS -- and not the person -- of the challengee.
I said Sierra Leoneans must challenge the IMF and the World bank to respond to Jalloh's VIEW that the devaluation the IMF got Bandele Stevens' APC to bring to Salone is bad. That is not a personal attack, bra, so the mistake is yours."
Mr. Cole the stament, " Here we have digressed from the core of the matter to personalized attack" is self explanatory. The core of the matter is discussing how and why we should challenge the IMF but rather people attacked you.
To avoid personalization, let me humbly request that you go through all the postings, which might leverage the opportunity for you to grasp what I was making reference to. My view is not in any way shape or form antagonizing your request, viz-a-viz the caption nor the subject for discussion. Rather, I am pinpointing the fact that though the subject to be discussed affects all Sierra Leoneans yet, fellow participants in this debate have turned their backs on the significance of the matter to attacking your personal character. I believe, I have support in making such an observation by way of the contributor's remark who categorically used the acronym " DEBATE NOR TO CUSS" meaning: debate is not insult. Apparently he/she was admonishing contributors about the essence of debate. And as most intelligent people do not come out to tell individuals of the wrong they do, being polite, they make references to similarities to what these wrong doers do. You have often than not heard the saying:"he who has ears let them hear." This is what the contributor was saying. But as I said, English is equivocal to those who equivocate it, which is why certain people deliberately give self-serving meanings to what others say to suit themselves or spread malicious propaganda; others just cannot relate and others are just slow period! Teachers do know the difference between slow learners and fast learners. This is why most people are patient. However, I definately believe that this does not apply to you. Your mistake is writing before reading and thinking. Again, I am sorry if I seem harsh but that is my observation. The page is long, you read few lines and assumed that I was refuting or kicking against your idea to challenge the IMF. As democratically minded as I am, I always like a good debate, which gives people the ability to acquire and dispense knowledge. This is why in every civilized country, where there is Freedom of Speech, one hardly sees uprisings. We learn more when we discuss issues rather than arrogate.
I hope I am clearer.
Subject: Re: Response for Mr. Ojumiri Cole (the I.M.F.)
From: Bambay Lans Kamara
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Date Posted: 15:28:30 02/05/07 ()
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Mr. Cole, in English Language or English Literature we have what is called: Figure of speech, we have what is called Simile and Metaphor.
In poetry, it's sometimes the simile or metaphor which starts the poem off in the first place. The unexpected angle making a familiar thing look different, the observation that something looks, sounds, feels or behaves like something else, the juxtaposition of two unrelated experiences which suddenly have something in common: they may all leap out of the subconscious as simile or metaphor. So what's the difference between them?
SIMILE
When you say "the rugby ball was like a giant egg, which he held carefully while he ran" or "the cat leapt onto my shoulder and her claws, like thistle spines, pricked my skin painfully", you are using simile. 'Simile' literally means 'like' or 'the same as'.
METAPHOR
On the other hand, if you say "the rugby player cradled the giant egg ball" or "thistle spines pierced my skin when the cat leapt up", you are using metaphor. You are describing something as though it is actually something else. In one of my poems I call a dark cloud "a raven's wing". That's metaphor. I don't say the cloud is like a raven's wing. I wrote a poem called Silken Things which is full of metaphor because the things are none of them actually made of silk.
USING SIMILE & METAPHOR
There are no rules about when you should one and not the other. It depends on the effect you are trying to achieve, the way the poem scans, what comes before and after. But they are powerful tools in the poet's pen. They conjure up images, and are more instantly descr1ptive than a yard of prose.
If you think of the rough and tumble of a rugby football game, and then conjure up the image of the ball being a giant egg, I think you can immediately sense the delicacy and nimbleness of the runner and the awful smashing of the egg at touch.
If you've ever trodden on a thistle with a bare foot, you can immediately sense the pain of the cat's claws.
Writers use simile and metaphor in prose too, to bring life and richness to what they have to say.
There is also a Conceptual metaphor: In cognitive linguistics, metaphor is defined as understanding one conceptual domain in terms of another conceptual domain; for example, using one person's life experience to understand a different person's experience. A conceptual domain can be any coherent organization of experience.
This idea, and a detailed examination of the underlying processes, was first extensively explored by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson in Metaphors We Live By. Other cognitive scientists study subjects similar to conceptual metaphor under the labels "analogy" and "conceptual blending."
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Therefore, lets say an incident involving a Black man in America is being discussed and The President, Congress, Senate, T.V. host, Anchor give a situation of a similar incident. They do so to allow people to use their brain : cognitive domain, to understand that though they might be doing what they are doing yet, they want the listener to use his or her brain to understand that the very bad thing they are doing must be changed because as the examples they are giving, the way they, the above named functionaries were displeased with the example they are giving and the penalties those involved in the wrong they have mentioned is the same penalty one who is currently doing the unsaid wrong deserves.
If they mention savage people and one's act is similar to the acts of people in the savage era, then without questioning, one should understand that one's act is savage.
What is civility?
Well, let us see the meaning in the immediate link:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/civility
Cannot read over.
Subject: “Salone Women like me”…Berewa
From: Mrs. VIVAT MARGAI
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Date Posted: 14:11:02 02/05/07 ()
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CONCORD TIMES
“Salone Women like me”…Berewa
Mariama Kandeh 5/2/2007
Vice President and flag bearer of the ruling Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP), Solomon Ekuma Berewa Saturday charged that the women of Sierra Leone like him. VP Berewa who was addressing SLPP women's group at the launch of the Women's Campaign and Empowerment Fund at the Bintumani Hotel said, “I have been espousing the course of women since I was Attorney General and Minister of Justice.”
“President Kabbah has set the pace for me and the SLPP. Therefore, I want to pledge to the women of Sierra Leone that I will continue to give them more support. The party will change the country for better,” Berewa assured the women.Berewa pledged to use affirmative actions towards women representation in politics. He stated that his recent trip to Libya has nothing to do with the SLPP as was reported in the press.
“I went to represent President Kabbah at the 26 th African Union (AU) summit. I am being train as an Acting President, so that I will find the job easy when I become president”, he said.President Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah affirmed that women are even more intelligent and cleverer than men.
“Women are our mothers and our first teachers. Men should support their women for the betterment of this nation”, he pointed out noting that some traditions have obliged some men to embrace the attitude of putting women behind.He warned against traditional practices that put women at the back. The programme was organized by the National Women's wing of the SLPP and was themed: Improving Women's Economic Empowerment for Increased Participation in Democratic Governance.
Subject: Re: “Salone Women like me”…Berewa
From: Sengbe
To: All
Date Posted: 14:54:33 02/05/07 ()
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According to Solo B:
"...“Women are our mothers and our first teachers. Men should support their women for the betterment of this nation”..."
In that case why don't you choose a WOMAN as your running mate soon. Time is of the essence, you know.
I nominated Zainab Bangura a few months ago, but any woman of substance, upholding our diversity, would be welcome.
Aunty Shirley, perhaps? I know no one else.
BabySista???? Nah! Ee too jangray for da position day.
Subject: COMMON SENSE AND BROTHER ALPHA SAIDU BANGURA
From: BRA ENVIABLE
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Date Posted: 10:36:04 02/05/07 ()
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Bra Saidu Bangura,
I have a couple of questions for you. Are you a permanently unhappy man that sees nothing but doom and gloom? The other day, you were huffing and puffing over the opinion that Charles margai should not be killed by the Sierra Leone government. That thing which is NEVER common, but called COMMON SENSE, leaves people with the suspicion that Charles Margai's death at the hands of the Sierra Leone government is quite conceivable. Do you really have common sense? Few people have pounded the PMDC more than John Leigh. Admirably--and to John Leigh's credit---the latter has never taken leave of common sense by suggesting the elimination of a political opponent. By saying that there is no need to kill Margai, you are in fact implying that the government of Sierra Leone--which you apparently supports---has the inclinations to kill Mr. Margai.
Political warfare is fought with ideas and logic grounded in intelligence. You apparently possess none of the aforementioned traits. The SLPP may cherish your support, but the party is sure to look at your illogical arguments with a lot of derision. Little wonder Napoleon was once quoted as saying that "a smart enemy is preferable to a stupid ally." The logic behind this saying lies in the fact that a smart enemy can be countered with equally devious tactics. A stupid ally is dangerous because he is within the ranks of the army he unconsciously subverts. Sierra Leone cannot afford assassinations at this time, or any time, for that matter. We are barely heaving a sigh of relief after a long war that pitted brother against brother. Assassinations will actually roll back every little gain made in the name of peace. I do not think the SLPP wants to liquidate Margai as you unconsciously suggested. Search within yourself for some common sense, and spare us the loony opinions gushing out of your brain.
Subject: Re: COMMON SENSE AND BROTHER ALPHA SAIDU BANGURA
From: BOB MARLEY
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Date Posted: 11:13:02 02/05/07 ()
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Enviable,
Although what you said about Saidu is true, I have never seen you say similar things to the stupid PMDC supporters all over the place. Are you an hypocrite. A party that forged signatures of detainees to fool the people? Where is your condemnation? Bo lap with you hypocrite en go smoke you jamba.
Subject: Re: COMMON SENSE AND BROTHER ALPHA SAIDU BANGURA
From: Dopey Conquerer
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Date Posted: 11:29:25 02/05/07 ()
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whats the relationship between supposed forgfed signatures and an outright mention of political assasination? You are the one on Dope. Dopey conqueror
Subject: Re: COMMON SENSE AND BROTHER ALPHA SAIDU BANGURA
From: BRA ENVIABLE
To: All
Date Posted: 12:26:07 02/05/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: jeeves.gsu.edu at 131.96.2.208
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The PMDC is above board!!!!!!!!
Subject: Re: COMMON SENSE AND BROTHER ALPHA SAIDU BANGURA
From: HERO WORSHIPPING
To: All
Date Posted: 12:35:31 02/05/07 ()
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YEAH IRIGHT. IN YOUR DREAMS. HREO WORSHIPPING. LOSERS
Subject: Re: COMMON SENSE AND BROTHER ALPHA SAIDU BANGURA
From: Bambay Lans Kamara
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Date Posted: 15:49:38 02/05/07 ()
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I would only hope that our political sphere is one day leaned towards intelectual consciousness rather than damnation of such consciousness as constantly demonstrated on this forum. This forum to some degree, is a replica of the Sierra Leonean politics and Sierra Leonean community. Talk to me about it if I am wrong.
Can you join me to stand for the TRUTH no matter what?
Subject: FOR ECONOMIST - An Open Challenge to the IMF and World Bank
From: Correction
To: All
Date Posted: 09:52:04 02/05/07 ()
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Posted by Correction on February 05, 2007 at 09:47:56:
In Reply to: Re: AN OPEN CHALLENGE TO THE IMF AND THE WORLD BANK posted by Economist on February 03, 2007 at 09:10:08:
"As previous debates on this forum and elsewhere have proven, there are many Sierra Leoneans who do not agree with Jalloh's logic."
Bra, I see you tried to corect Cole, but you are the one who needs correction. I have been on salone forums since 1994 when the old Leonenet started at MIT. I first read Mohamed Jalloh's devaluation argument on Leonenet around 1996. Very few people disagreed with his analysis.
Those few -- and I mean no more than 5 or 6 -- who diasgreed, did NOT attack Jalloh's argument. Rather, they attacked Jalloh, the man, himself (something we saw so many times on Leonenet, here on Cocorioko and elsewhere, whenever Jalloh's logic became too much for them to overcome).
So, bra, what you should have said is: "As previous debates on this forum and elsewhere have proven, there are VERY FEW Sierra Leoneans who do not agree with Jalloh's logic."
Subject: Re: FOR ECONOMIST - An Open Challenge to the IMF and World Bank
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 14:31:14 02/05/07 ()
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Correction writes on February 05, 2007:
"Those few -- and I mean no more than 5 or 6 -- who diasgreed, did NOT attack Jalloh's argument. Rather, they attacked Jalloh, the man, himself (something we saw so many times on Leonenet, here on Cocorioko and elsewhere, whenever Jalloh's logic became too much for them to overcome)."
You are absolutely right. Indeed, as those here who read the erudite John L. Musa, Esq.,'s 2001 Leonenet posting in 2001 responding to those miscreants, which I was obliged to post here last month in response to a similar shameless act of ad hominem by a like-minded culprit, there was a name for them on Leonenet: Rooftop amplifiers.
That was a short-cut reference to Mr. Musa's memorable diagnosis of a tendency common to those few shameless defamers.
Specifically, no sooner would one of them run into the implacable wall of my logical arguments on Leonenet than he would desperately float transparently malicious, wild charges against me. Then, like a chorus from a rooftop, as John put it, the culprit's like-minded cohorts would amplify the defamatory rant at the top of their lungs, making up for volume what they lacked in value.
You are also correct in noting that we have seen them indulge their defamatory addiction on this forum and elsewhere. That should not be surprising, since this forum is open to the same culprits.
Subject: Re: FOR ECONOMIST - An Open Challenge to the IMF and World Bank
From: Good Point
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Date Posted: 10:04:38 02/05/07 ()
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So, bra, what you should have said is: "As previous debates on this forum and elsewhere have proven, there are VERY FEW Sierra Leoneans who do not agree with Jalloh's logic."
I agree with you. Economist should answer Ojumiri Cole's question, too.
Subject: PMDC IN MARYLAND IS IN DISARRAY.
From: ALPHA SAIDU BANGURA
To: All
Date Posted: 09:50:06 02/05/07 ()
Email Address: SAIDUBANGSO@AOL.COM
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On Sat.Feb.3rd.2007,I went to a friend along Riverdale Rd.MD,and met a cross section of the PMDC membership having a meeting.I am saw Dr.Sorie Kamara and Mr.Lamin Kondeh among the group of members.Later,I was made to understand that, at that same time another group of PMDC members(including Mr.Dauda Bangura and Mr.Tejan Savage)were having another meeting at Mr.Savage's place.
I was also told that the Dr.Sorie Kamara group wants some members be expelled from the party.
I was not surprised because I know with all degree of certainty that the PMDC under the leadership of Mr. Charles Margai will always be in segments.
Subject: Re: PMDC IN MARYLAND IS IN DISARRAY.
From: COBRA
To: All
Date Posted: 11:42:28 02/07/07 ()
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Later,I was made to understand that, at that same time another group of PMDC members(including Mr.Dauda Bangura and Mr.Tejan Savage)were having another meeting at Mr.Savage's place.Saidu
AND WHERE WAS YOUR MUM WHEN ALL THIS WAS HAPPENING? WELL I WILL TELL YOU PRECISELY WERE SHE WAS. SHE WAS IN QUARRY BIAFRA IN CASSELL FARM. FOR YOUR INFO BIAFRA NAR DE ONLY GHETTO NAR DE HOL WORLD OOSAI GYAL DEN DAE SHOOT FOR BARH.EN MAN DEN DAE FEED DEM TWO.HOW DID I KNOW? WELL I WENT THERE AS AN INVESTIGATOR NOT AS A PUNTER. YOU MAMIE EE NICK NAME NAR CHICK WAE NOR EASY. THERE WERE ALSO GYALS LIKE FREDERICA,YERMINDAE, BLACK MAMA, YELLOW BABY AND THE MAIN KADIE MASTER WAS A FELLOW CALL COBRA. JUST ASK PEOPLE WHO CAME FROM THAT AREA.THEY WILL TELL YOU IF AM LYING. DEN EVIN GEH SING FOR YOUR MAMA AND THIS HOW IT GOES.
AR SHOOT WAN BARH? SHOOOOT
Saidu ee mama nar chick wae nor easy
wae net cam ee werr in crubombor
wae doe clean ee werr ee fashing druss
how for call am, fashing druss o o smell waise.
SAIDI EE MAMIE PUSSY CLOT O O BLOOD CLOT
SAIDU EE MAMIE STKING BLOOD CLOT OO SMELL WAISE
Subject: Re: PMDC IN MARYLAND IS IN DISARRAY.
From: LIGHT OUT
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Date Posted: 11:15:17 02/06/07 ()
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you notice no one responds to your stupid posts anymore, its because you re an as78h56e and everyone has figured that out. You have had your 15 fuc^ing minutes of fame and your candle is out of light. You light dae cam ot jisnor. lafing my as8 off is Hotlanta
Subject: Ambassador Tejan-Jalloh Should Explain...We Deserve to Know
From: Culled From Christian Monitor
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Date Posted: 09:29:26 02/05/07 ()
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GOTCHA! Where’s the £800,000 Pounds STJ?
News - National
Saturday, 03 February 2007
As the fallout over the sale of government properties in London continues we reveal exclusively the extent of the concealment of the actual events by former High Commissioner to the UK, Sulaiman Tejan Jalloh. How he had received an out of court settlement in excess of eight hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling following the illegal sale of government property at 33 Portland Place London. He promised to use that money to buy a freehold property for our mission in that country. Now in 2007 he is telling us he had to sell three more government properties to purchase the same property he told us he had money to buy in 2004, deliberately failing to mention what he had done with the money he had for the same purpose in the first place.
In March 2004, the Sierra Leone High Commission in the UK issued a statement regarding the illegal sale, and the subsequent settlement out of court, of our chancery in that country part of which reads: “a consent judgement was entered on the 15th March in the High Court in London…with an award in excess of £800, 000 (Eight Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling) being made in favour of the government.” The statement concluded unequivocally “ with the judgement sum now available, government will proceed to acquire appropriate freehold property to house the High Commission in London.”
Just over two years from that statement, we are now being told in another statement that: “Government requested our former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Alhaji Sulaiman Tejan Jalloh to identify a suitable accommodation for a Chancery and arrange for a valuation of the Sierra Leone State Lottery property at 54 Southward Bridge Road and 70/72 Union Street London SE.1 and the SLPMB property situated at 37 Topsham Road London SW17 with a view to selling these assets and use the proceeds of the sale to reduce the mortgage facility which was to be obtained from a first class UK Commercial Bank to facilitate the purchase of the new Chancery”.
Instead of the purchase of a freehold property as suggested in the first statement, this one talks about mortgage facility, which means another debt burden. Anyway it continued, “ Jalloh identified a property at 41 Eagle Street, London WC1 which was considered suitable for a chancery at a cost of £1.55 million”. The property in question is nowhere near the diplomatic district of London and it is narrow and small compared to the illegally sold property at 33 Portland Place. The price it was bought for raises questions that we may have to deal with later.
Further more, “The net proceeds from the sale of the Sierra Leone State Lottery property at Union Street and 54 Southwark Bridge Road London amounted to £481,703.53 and those for SLPMB property at 37 Topsham Road amounted to £262,987.19. Of the total proceeds of £744,690.53 the High Commissioner was authorised by Government to use £700,000 to reduce the HSBC mortgage facility from £1.55m to £800,000. This balance has been reduced further by subsequent payments.” And it concludes, "the transactions relating to the disposal of the SLPMB and State Lottery properties and the utilisation of their sale proceeds Government is satisfied that all the transactions were authorised, transparent and above board”.
We are publishing the releases verbatim and we ask our readers to judge for themselves whether these sales and purchase of a chancery in London are above board. First of all we must ask ourselves, where is the £800,000 pounds out of court settlement received in 2004 for the purchase of a chancery? Is somebody or the government covering up some illegality here? This is a case for the Anti-Corruption Commission if there is anything left of it, the international community that continues to pamper the government and most importantly the people of Sierra Leone to decide whether there had been dishonesty, fraud and cover-up.
See our notices page for the two contradictory releases.
Press Release from the Government of Sierra Leone on Assets in the United Kingdom
By Office of the President
Jan 24, 2007, 23:59
Government wishes to draw the attention of the public to the issues relating to the sale of the Sierra Leone State Lottery (SLSL) assets in London and the purchase of the New Chancery Building at 41 Eagle Street, London.
1. The former Sierra Leone High Commission Chancery situated on top of the Oxford Circus tube station was not a well appointed address and consequently, Government requested our former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Alhaji Sulaiman Tejan Jalloh to identify a suitable accommodation for a Chancery and arrange for a valuation of the Sierra Leone State Lottery property at 54 Southward Bridge Road and 70/72 Union Street London SE.1 and the SLPMB property situated at 37 Topsham Road London SW17 with a view to selling these assets and use the proceeds of the sale to reduce the mortgage facility which was to be obtained from a first class UK Commercial Bank to facilitate the purchase of the new Chancery.
2. Alhaji Sulaiman Tejan Jalloh identified a property at 41 Eagle Street London W.C.1 which was considered suitable as a Chancery at a cost of £1.55m. He successfully then approached HSBC, the UK's leading Commercial Bank, for a mortgage facility of £1.55m to finance the purchase of 41 Eagle Street. However to secure the mortgage facility it was necessary for HSBC to take a charge on 41 Eagle Street and 3 Ingram Avenue, the High Commissioner's residence which was then valued at £3.5m but the freehold of which, was purchased by the High Commissioner for the Sierra Leone Government for only £15,000.
3. Saunders & Co at 10 Maltraverse Street London WC2 UK Solicitors for the Sierra Leone High Commission, arranged for Bernard Marcus and Wilmotts, two leading real estate valuers, to carry out the valuation of and put on the market the SLPMB and Sierra Leone State Lottery properties respectively. The net proceeds from the sale of the Sierra Leone State Lottery property at Union Street and 54 Southwark Bridge Road London amounted to £481,703.53 and those for SLPMB property at 37 Topsham Road amounted to £262,987.19. Of the total proceeds of £744,690.53 the High Commissioner was authorised by Government to use £700,000 to reduce the HSBC mortgage facility from £1.55m to £800,000. This balance has been reduced further by subsequent payments.
4. Contrary to recent reports by the Standard Times on the nature of all the transactions relating to the disposal of the SLPMB and State Lottery properties and the utilisation of their sale proceeds Government is satisfied that all the transactions were authorised, transparent and above board. Furthermore, Government wishes to state that all Government institutions concerned with these properties were fully appraised of its action prior to their disposal.
Issued on 23rd January 2007 by the Office of the President
Notices - Announcements
It will be recalled that in 2000 the Government of Sierra Leone commenced legal proceedings in London to recover the Chancery Building and premises housing the Sierra Leone High Commission at 33, Portland Place, London. The initial action was against Edward Davenport and his Company, Capricorn Financial Investments and the former High Commissioner for Sierra Leone in London and Donald George who acted as legal Adviser to the High Commissioner. The Government’s claim against the last two defendants was wholly abandoned because of the intervention of circumstances which rendered the discontinuance of the case against them advisable. No further action is intended to be taken against these two defendants personally or against their estate.
The Government has now accepted an offer from the other two defendants, Davenport and Capricorn, for the settlement of the matter out of court on terms which are acceptable to the Government. As a result, a Consent Judgement was entered on the 15th March in the High Court in London and this brings the matter to an end with an award in excess of £800,000 (Eight Hundred Thousand Pounds sterling) being made in favour of the Government.
The material terms of the Consent Judgement are given as follows: a) The sum of £140,000 (One Hundred and forty thousand pounds sterling) paid by the Government as security for costs is to be paid back to the Government with all interests accrued on it. b) The Defendants, Davenport and Capricorn, are to pay to Government £720,000 (Seven Hundred and twenty pounds sterling) as judgement sum. c) The Defendants, Davenport and Capricorn are to pay the sum of £80,000 (eighty thousand pounds sterling) when the Government vacates Oxford Circus House No. 245 Oxford Street, London within six months of the date of the Consent Judgement.
d) The Government can use the premises at No. 245 Oxford Street as the Chancery for the London High Commission rent-free for a period of six months commencing from the judgement date.
No Order was made as to costs on either side.
It will be recalled that Government decided to commence this action as it did not accept the propriety relating to the transaction resulting in the assignment of the premises at No. 33 Portland Place to Edward Davenport and Capricorn Financial Investments. Government’s position has now been vindicated by the outcome of the case.
It will be recalled that Government’s original claim was for the repossession of the premises in question. The position was abandoned and the terms of the settlement out of court were accepted having regard to – a. The protracted period that the action would have taken if the original claim was pursued to its logical conclusion, and
b. The fact that the Government only had leasehold interest in that property which was to revert to the owner at the end of the lease.
With the Judgement sum now available, Government will proceed to acquire appropriate freehold property to house the High Commission in London.
Subject: Re: Ambassador Tejan-Jalloh Should Explain...We Deserve to Know
From: STJ tiff man
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Date Posted: 14:29:16 02/05/07 ()
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Message:
STJ nar big tiff man....he was the guy who conived with the German Capt Frederich to chop millions from Ports Authority.when he was Transport minister
Subject: Re: Ambassador Tejan-Jalloh Should Explain...We Deserve to Know
From: NAR U SABI
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Date Posted: 04:26:29 02/06/07 ()
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NAR U SABI
Subject: SLPMB'S DEMISE
From: Researcher Not a Seasoned Economist
To: All
Date Posted: 09:27:56 02/05/07 ()
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CULLED FROM "WEST AFRICA"
31 August - 6 September 1992
YOUR RECENT REPORT on the closure of the Sierra Leone Produce Marketing Board (SLPMB) brought back vivid memories of a discussion I had with a brilliant Sierra Leonean during a field research trip I took to Sierra Leone back in late 1990.
His name was Mohamed A. Jalloh. During our conversation, he identified four reasons for the deterioration of SLPMB, which he stated had begun in 1984/1985.
(i) Deficiencies in SLPMB's management policies in the period 1987 to 1990 which he blamed on the poor calibre of key members of SLPMB's management.
(ii) Counter-trade arrangements made between 1988 and 1989 by the Sierra Leone government, with no direct benefit to SLPMB but which saddled SLPMB with debts of over $9 million.
(iii) Rice subsidization policies implemented by the government in 1985.86 which drained over Le 600 million from SLPMB's coffers and rendered SLPMB incapable of paying cash to buy agricultural produce from Sierra Leone farmers.
(iv) The unfortunate timing of the Sierra Leone government's produce liberalisation policy that was implemented in 1987. That policy faced SLPMB with strong competition private produce exporters at precisely the time when SLPMB's ability to operate efficiently had been devastated by poor management policies and severe depletion of cash resources.
In a memo, which was addressed to the SLPMB's Board of Directors and the permanent secretary at the ministry of trade and industry, Jalloh predicted the imminent collapse of SLPMB unless immediate steps were taken to address the problems he had identified.
JENS HORLUCK
Washington, US
Subject: Re: SLPMB'S DEMISE
From: Eye Opening
To: All
Date Posted: 10:01:45 02/05/07 ()
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This makes compelling reading. To actually have evidence that the collapse of SLPMB had been predicted is news to me!
I want to ask the salone government for an explanation as to why it did not take steps to prevent the demise of SLPMB in 1990, when someone had told them that it was about to happen. Oh salone, we sorry.
Subject: Re: SLPMB'S DEMISE
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
To: All
Date Posted: 14:12:48 02/05/07 ()
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Eye Opening writes on February 05, 2007:
"I want to ask the salone government for an explanation as to why it did not take steps to prevent the demise of SLPMB in 1990, when someone had told them that it was about to happen."
A good question. You will find, if you ever get a truthful answer, that it is because the very SL government (under the APC regime of the late President Joseph Momoh) was in fact complicit in the events that led to SLPMB's collapse in 1992 (you had misstated the date above as 1990).
As confirmation that the problems of SL are rooted in a small but disproportionately harmful group of recycled individuals who jump from one party to another in their selfish rampage through the fortunes of the people of SL, consider this fact: A lot of the characters in the APC government of the late 1980s and early 1990s whose actions I documented as responsible for SLPMB's collapse are now senior members of the SLPP regime of President Tejan Kabbah.
Is it any wonder, then, it does not matter what particular political party is in power -- the fate of SL as a corrupt country never changes! So, also is the unchanging, predictable, perverse fate of S/Leoneans as the poorest people in the world despite their titular ownership of more natural resources per capita than virtually any other country in the world.
Subject: Re: SLPMB'S DEMISE
From: Recycled Politicians
To: All
Date Posted: 15:22:54 02/05/07 ()
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You are absolutely right, Jalloh. They are like 'a new wine in an old wine skin' as rightly noted by Christ. If you put a new wine in an old wine skin, the skin will certainly give way. Or they are like a white wash tomb which is beautiful outside but full of rotten bones inside. This is how we term the recycled politicians; be here with APC today; gone with SLPP tomorrow. Be that as it may, it is almost impossible for SLPP to effectively improve the welfare of Sierra Leoneans.
Subject: Re: SLPMB'S DEMISE
From: brokeoseminister
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Date Posted: 22:13:01 02/05/07 ()
Email Address: brokeoseminister@yahoo.com
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Gentlemen, dont forget that it was the same issue of corruption and mismanegement at the SLPMB that got For Di People's Paul Kamara a 4 year sentence. So nar for talk haf lef haf!
Subject: Re: SLPMB'S DEMISE
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 23:26:07 02/05/07 ()
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brokeoseminister wrote on February 05, 2007:
"Gentlemen, dont forget that it was the same issue of corruption and mismanegement at the SLPMB that got For Di People's Paul Kamara a 4 year sentence. So nar for talk haf lef haf! "
My friend, Paul Kamara has no moral standing to castigate anyone about corruption.
On October 21, 1987, it was the same Paul Kamara who used his apology for a newspaper, For Di People, to defame me by publishing the blatant falsehood that I had run away from SL after the government had seized my passport during its alleged investigation of my purported involvement in a mythical embezzlement of funds at SLPMB with "top officials at SLPMB and government," whom he failed to identify.
Which, of course, would surprise no one who is familiar with Paul Kamara's penchant for malicious defamation.
The question that the serial defamer, Paul Kamara, has been running away from since I posed it to him in my reply published on January 26, 1988 in "The Observer" newspaper in Freetown is:
If, as the self-styled journalist, Paul Kamara had claimed, the SL government had been looking for me in 1987 in connection with corruption, why, then, did the very same SL government pay for my airline ticket and obtain a visa for me (through its Ministry of Education) from the U.S. embassy in SL, in order to enable me to travel to the U.S. in August 1987 in order to take up my AFGRAD scholarship that was sponsored by the very same government jointly with the government of the USA?
Nearly 20 years after I had posed that question to the notorious serial defamer, Paul Kamara, I am still waiting for his answer.
I have no doubt that he will never answer that question, since doing so would bring him face to face with the truth about his defamatory character.
Subject: Re: SLPMB'S DEMISE
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 16:08:05 02/05/07 ()
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Recycled Politicians writes on February 05, 2007:
"This is how we term the recycled politicians; be here with APC today; gone with SLPP tomorrow. Be that as it may, it is almost impossible for SLPP to effectively improve the welfare of Sierra Leoneans."
My friend, you speak the truth! Do you remember leading SLPP politicians such as Salia Jusu-Sheriff, Francis Minah, among many others, crossing the carpet, as it were, in the early 1980s to join late President Siaka Stevens' APC government?
In fact, when I wrote my 1979 article, "Devaluation: A Rich Man's Cure," in which I argued against the IMF-instigated devaluation of our country's currency, it was the former SLPP leader, Jusu Sheriff, who was the APC Minister of Finance under Siaka Stevens! Guess what he did after the APC paper, "We Yone" had published my article (because I had never mentioned the APC in my criticism, limiting myself to criticizing only the theory of devaluation)? He went right ahead and devalued the Leone!
Let me repeat that: It was the same former SLPP leader, Jusu-Sheriff, who chaperoned the first ever devaluation of the Leone in 1979. He followed that, shortly, with his so-called "two-tier" exchange rate system that effectively saw the Leone devalued by 100% back in 1979/80. As you may recall, that triggered a depreciation of the Leone that now stands, nearly 30 years later, at a staggering 375,000%! The result: Unprecedented impoverishment for millions of S/Leoneans.
So, when SLPP partisans now shamelessly try to blame the equally culpable APC regime for the problems in SL that BOTH parties contributed to, I just shake my head at their blatant dishonesty. So, I have to agree with your statement that "it is almost impossible for SLPP to effectively improve the welfare of Sierra Leoneans."
Reason: The SLPP, through their members who had been APC government officials, are part of our country's problem -- not the solution.
Subject: SOCIAL SAFETY NET SCHEME
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STATE HOUSE
PRESS RELEASE
FRIDAY, 2ND FEBRUARY 2007
SOCIAL SAFETY NET SCHEME
1. It will be recalled that the Social Safety Net within NASSIT was launched by His Excellency the President Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah on 29th June 2006. The basic aim of the Social Safety Net is to provide sustenance to our citizens, aged 60 years and over, who have no regular income or support from any source, including members from the extended family. This valuable support from government to citizens at this vulnerable stage of their existence will help them enjoy a minimum standard of life in the closing years of their life.
2. In this regard, Government has accumulated funds to the tune of Le5.7 billion, cumulative amount from the initial seed money invested by NASSIT to make the Social Safety Net sustainable. The long and medium term aim of the Social Safety Net is to have old peoples homes in every district and headquarter town where shelter and food can be provided for people who meet the age and income qualification to benefit from the Social Safety Net Scheme.
3. Meanwhile, Government through NASSIT and the Ministry of Labour has started giving cash benefits to eligible beneficiaries in some parts of the country. These cash benefits will be extended to all eligible persons in all parts of the country.
4. Intensive sensitization is being undertaken all over the country to ensure eligible Sierra Leoneans are familiar on how to access this government facility. The Ministry of Labour, NASSIT and Provincial Offices in Headquarter Towns including the Western Area are the contact points for the Social Safety Net.
5. To ensure transparency, fairness, equity and accountability in the implementation of the Social Safety Net, Local Committees, consisting of Paramount Chiefs or their representatives, Local Council Representative(s), an NGO Representative, operating in the area, Youth and Women Representatives, a representative of Civil Society (who have agreed to do this as a national service free of cost) have been established in the 149 chiefdoms in the Provinces and the 21 Communities in the Western Area, to verify and confirm those Sierra Leoneans who are eligible to benefit from the scheme.
6. It should be stressed that all applicants for Social Safety Net benefits must provide full proof to show that they are 60 years or over because this is essentially a facility to benefit our aged citizens.
7. Government assures you of its continuing determination to address poverty in Sierra Leone.
Subject: Kabbah, a case of misplaced leadership
From: Ba
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Date Posted: 05:58:04 02/05/07 ()
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If Tejan Kabbah and his SLPP government will instigate the execution of his compatriots because he accused them of collaborating with the AFRC government, what moral clout Kabbah has to dine with Gaddafi who sponsored the RUF to unleash mayhem in Sierra Leone?
Are we going to wait after the demise of Kabbah,before we point fingers at him for all the blunders he made?
Why will Kabbah continue to controlthe mindset of the people in Sierra Leone. Do the people of Sierra Leone know that this SLPP administration has received millions of dollars from the International Community than any previous governments in the Country?
Are the people of Sierra Leone so dumb to allow Annie Lansana unveiling donors projects as a pretext for the SLPP government. Why the religious leaders are reticent in not challenging the bad policies of the Country, knowing fully well that a nasty war was fought? Why does Sierra Leone's civil society groups is be run by SLPP activists.Are there no moralistic Sierra leoneans left to query the government about how it appoints individuals to important positions?
Why oes INEC can fill its commisioners with SLPP activists?. I think INEC has missed the cue by not putting somene with a Northern background to manage INEC programmes in the South and vice visa?
Why on earth someone or civil society groups question the appointment of Peter Tucker to review our constitution. Something he has done from time immemorial and it is still a document that leaders are being usrped and full of misplaced statutes.
Are there not young Sierra Leoneans who are capable to do it?
These over head questions do not in any way to cast aspersions on the ordinary people but, to draw their attention to challenge unscrupulous politicians and their backers from retarding Sierra Leone's effort to prosper.
Both the APC and the PMDC provide an alternattive options to pull Sierra Leone from the abyss ofdarkness.
Those who will point a finger at the APC for past misdeameanour must be living in an illusive world, because the current government has all the characteristics of the old APC and it is those who sabotaged the APC are at the front of the SLPP for the past twelve years.
The argument is not the APC but individuals who refuse to accept to live in a moralistic society. Individuals that seek personal gratification instead of selflessness.
The SLPP by all estimation has pitched tants with undesirable elements that played an active role to destroy Sierra leone. Why is the fussing of the APC. Those of us who were following the develpments in the Country, will attest taht the Siaka Stevens led APC did a marvellous work for Sierra Leone. Siaka Stevens did have shortcomings but, we all know how he made a lots of poor children gained education by studying in the former Soviet Union anmd in the West.
His contribution among the poor in the western area, Bo, kenema, makeni, Port Loko , Tonkolili is immense.
Unlike ,e there are many on this forum also and in different fields in andaround the World who directly beneifited from Stevens generosity.
By far, Siaka Stevens was a humanitarian oriented gentleman who gave real food to the hungred.Tejan Kabbah everyone knows that he is a miser. He gives stone for bread and it is hiskith and kin that are benifiting from him.If Siaka Stevens is still being castigated in some quarters, knowing Sierra Leoneans, Kabbah will never have a peace. people will point fingers at him after his demise.
The notion of contiuity is an insult to ordinary Sierra Leoneans.
Subject: JJ BLOOD AGAIN.....CORRUPTION SCANDAL !!!!
From: Chief Bomborlai
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Date Posted: 02:33:03 02/05/07 ()
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NEWS
SLPP Stalwarts Wants Sec Gen To Account For $65,000
Posted by on Feb 3, 2007, 15:17
The Secretary General of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party(SLPP), Jacob Jusu Saffa alias J.J Blood is currently in a big financial predicament, fighting to come out from the scandal that has almost dented his World Bank fame. Senior members of the party are reportedly pressurizing him at the same time demanding that he gives proper financial account of the party to the tune of sixty five thousand united states dollars raised during the official visit of some senior party members including the leader and presidential flag bearer Hon. vice president Solomon Berewa to the United Kingdom and the United States of America last year.
This amount of money according to reports was allegedly handed over to Mr. Saffa to be deposited into the party bank account.
Further, it is reported that Mr. Jacob Saffa since he took over from Dr. Prince Harding as Secretary General of the party, he has put aside transparency and accountability in all financial affairs of the party. This has led to wide range of suspicion among members of the party who has viewed the party financial arrangement of Jacob Saffa as not in the interest of the SLPP.
In addition, senior party members, this reporter interviewed have alleged that a total of about one hundred million Leones overdraft from the commercial bank is still dangling with no adequate and convincing explanation from the party Secretary General.
Also, financial donations made to the party by various party members in and out of the country cannot be accounted for, only a vehicle donated by Dr.Harding is alive which is currently used by an executive member.
A very senior party member confided to this reporter during an interview that party members are now reluctant to pay their monthly dues because of fear that it would not be used for the development of the party or its membership. ‘We only make contributions when the need arise, as in the case of the official re-opening of the party office few weeks back” he said, and went, there is no more money to give to Jacob Saffa for the party” he concluded.
However, most party members are in sympathy with Mr. Saffa since there is no source of making money for himself as a party secretary compared to a world bank employee with a lot of project around him that he can make money from either directly or indirectly. “ The word bank is far different from a party secretariat, despite it is the ruling party” A veteran SLPP member opined, “We must forgive him for whatever financial misappropriation he may have involved himself in, but that notwithstanding he should be very careful when handling public money” he cautioned.
When standard times contacted Mr. Saffa, he denied the allegations and explained that money meant for the SLPP is properly protected “I will not allow anyone to tempt me to dip my hand into my party finances and spend it like that” he said, and went on, “I know that my detractors are giving all types of unfounded, baseless and bias information about me to the press just to discredit me” Mr.Saffa growled.
Whether the SLPP Secretary General was telling the truth or not is hard to comprehend. What is clear to most of the membership is that the party is financially handicapped and whether it is as a result of the Secretary General’s manner of spending that he has been used to or as a result of poor record keeping of the finances is not known.
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Subject: Re: JJ BLOOD AGAIN.....CORRUPTION SCANDAL !!!!
From: CHIEF BORBOR LIE LIE
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Date Posted: 13:52:24 02/05/07 ()
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“ SLPP has a clear financial rules and regulations”….JJ Saffa
Ibrahim Seibure 5/2/2007
Secretary General of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) Jacob Jusu Saffa has in a statement issued Friday denounced newspaper report that he has siphoned US$65,000 purported to be monies contributed to the party during their tour to Europe and the United States of America . Saffa noted that the SLPP has a clear financial rules and regulations that guide the management of the party's finances.
“Daily transactions including registration, subscr1ptions, donations and expenses of all categories are recorded and monthly financial statements and bank reconciliations are prepared. There are ongoing reforms to further strengthen the administration and financial management of the party,” Saffa stated and noted that the US$65,000 and the Le100, 000,000 overdraft reported in the press is fake.
“Roles and responsibilities for managing funds are clear. There is the National Treasurer, the National Financial Secretary and the Finance officer. The National Secretary General does not keep the money and approves expenditure in his capacity as vote controller,” he stated. Saffa maintain that he will remain focused for the better of the SLPP.
Subject: On ways to transform or end Africa's Neo-colonial Status
From: Yaya Fanusie
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Date Posted: 23:04:53 02/04/07 ()
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Bra Enviable:
I requested in an previous postting that you list 10 steps/actions you feel is necessary to end the Neo-colonial status of Africa? you and the rest who deal with the issue ignore my request.
Please answer the qluestion
Yaya Fanusie
Subject: Re: On ways to transform or end Africa's Neo-colonial Status
From: BRA ENVIABLE
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Date Posted: 23:51:49 02/04/07 ()
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Bra Yaya, how you tranga yease so?
Here are the IMMEDIATE points that will ensure a TRULY independent Africa. These are SUMMARIZED facts.
{1} A truly independent Africa is one that is in absolute control of its resources. This refers to an African continent that can price the resources she sells to the world without having to enter into lopsided contracts suggested by the buyer. In this case, the buyer is either a Western government, or a Western, multilateral company. You are never an equal partner as long as you cannot negotiate, let alone price, what you produce.
{2} A Neo-colonial free Africa is one that has the means for self-pacification. Simply put, an African continent with the organizational means to resolve conflicts that require economic and military contributions from within Africa is surely on the road to putting its house in order. Relying on the UN, or expecting previous colonizers to fund peace-keeping forces for Africa's pacification, suggests a Neo-Colonial dependence that reinforces the racist view that Africans are incapable of self-rule.
{3} A Neo-Colonial free Africa is one equipped with an efficient financial institution, preferably a central bank powerful enough to influence the financial world that rudely decides stock tradings, currrency values and the ebb and flow of international trade. You are never free as long as the former colonizers continue to determine from London, Washington and Paris what constitutes international trade. We are part of the international system, but financially speaking, we do NOT exist. We only become topical when it's time to accpet debts from the colonizers. That is the economic aspect of imperialism.
{4} A Neo-colonial free Africa is one that is militarily capable of defending every inch of the continent from foreign subversion the same way a strong African central bank could defend against economic imperialism. The war on terror has bases in Djibouti and a few outposts elsewhere. Remember, they are there to defend "Western civilization" from inside Africa. That shows pathetic African weakness. We cannot defend Sierra Leone from bases in Colorado because the US is too powerful to allow foreign forces on its soil in the name of defending an external entity.
The above factors are the most immediate for a Neo-colonial, free Africa. They may seem overly ambitious, but with African unity, they are VERY POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE. If anything, the most difficult thing is African unity. With a united Africa, the above can be achieved. That's where my HERO, Osagyefo comes in. He saw it coming, worked hard to prevent it, but few Africans at the time could see what he foresaw.
Yaya, nar me yone version of anti-imperialism dis oh. Mende man say Keh ta mia.
Subject: SABABU Education Project: Invitation For Bid
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Date Posted: 18:14:33 02/04/07 ()
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SABABU Education Project: Invitation For Bid
Posted by on Feb 3, 2007, 01:27
SABABU Education Project
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING
INVITATIONS FOR BIDS (IFB)
Date of issuance: February 1, 2007
Contract Identification Number: BCSL/SP/NCB/01/01/2007
Bank/Fund Loan Number: 2100150006965
Bank/Fund Loan Name: GOSL/ADB/IDA Education Project
1.The Government of Sierra Leone has received a loan and a grant from the African Development Bank towards the cost of GOSL/IDA/ADB Education Project and intends to apply part of the funds to cover the eligible payments under the contract for civil works in the Bombali District.
2 The Baptist Convention Sierra Leone, (the Employer’s
Agent’s hereinafter called the Service Provider) acting on behalf of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (herein called the Employer).
3 Following:
Lot
# Name of school Chiefdom locat1on Scope of civil works Quantity Bid Security
Amount (Le)
Construction of 6 classroom block 1
Construction of Administrative block 1
Construction of Duplex and 2 compartment
1 Magbayamba
JSS Magbayamba
N’dowahun Kagberie VIP latrine with 2 washrooms
Construction of 6 – compartment latrine
Construction of water well & installation
of pump
1
1
1
6,000,000
2 WCSL Primary
School Gbendembu
Ngowanhun Kalanga Construction of 3 classroom block with
office and store
Construction of 6 – compartment VIP
Latrine
Construction of water well & installation of pump
1
1
1
3,500,000
3 BDEC Primary Sanda
Tendaren Rogboreh Construction of 3 classroom block with office and store
Construction of Duplex with 2
Compartment VIP latrine and 2 washrooms
Construction of 6 – compartment VIP
Latrine
Construction of water well & installation
of pump
1
1
1
1
4,500,000.00
4 BDEC Primary Magbayamba
N’dowahun Wangay Construction of 3 classroom block with office and store
Construction of 6 – compartment VIP
Latrine
Construction of water well & installation
of pump
1
1
1
3,500,000
Bidders may bid for one or more lots. Bidders quoting for an incomplete lot shall be considered non responsive. Completion period beyond 4 months is not acceptable. To be qualified for the award of contract, the successful bidder must be registered with the Ministry of Works and Technical Maintenance with a financial class 2 or above.
4 Bidding documents (and additional copies) may be obtained at Baptist Convention Sierra Leone, 33 Garrison Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone, or at: Baptist Convention Vocational Centre, Makama/Makeni Town, Bombali District, Northern Region Sierra Leone, for a non-refundable fee of Le150,000.00 per lot upon submission of a written request. Interested bidders may obtain further information at the same office.
5 Bids shall be valid for a period of 90 days after Bid Opening and must be accompanied by security as specified in the above table. Bids shall be delivered at Baptist Convention, Baptist Convention Vocational Centre Makama/Makeni Town, Bombali district, Northern Region Sierra Leone, on or before 10:00 am, 19th March, 2007, at which time they will be opened at the same venue in the presence of the bidders who wish to attend.
The Bid Security shall be in the form of a Bank Guarantee
Signed
Baptist Convention
Subject: Invitation for Bids :Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service
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Date Posted: 18:13:38 02/04/07 ()
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Invitation for Bids :Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service
Posted by on Feb 3, 2007, 01:29
Procurement and Installation of State of the Art Transmitter with Associated Studio Equipment and Test Gear
Procurement Number: SLBS/ICB/2007/001
The Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service (SLBS) has received funds from the Government of Sierra Leone for the Procurement of State of the Art Transmitter with associated Studio Equipment and Test Gear and now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the supply of the following:
Lot No. Descr1ption of item required Qty Amount of Bid Security Required (USD) Delivery
/Completion
Period
1 Transmitter and Test
Equipment 1 set
$5,900 Six Weeks
2 Studio Equipment Various $3000 Six Weeks
3 Control Room Equipment Various $1,500 Six Weeks
4 Field Equipment Various $1,000 Six Weeks
5 4WD Vehicle
Motor Bike 1
1 $1,000 Four Weeks
6 Construction of Studio,
Transmitter and Generator House 1 $700 Eight Weeks
Bidders may quote for one or more lots. Lot(s) quotation should include all items listed under the lot(s). Partial quotation shall be declared non responsive.
Bidding is open to all suppliers who can produce:
• The bid security amount required and in a form provided in the bidding documents
• A valid Business Licence
• A valid Business Registration Certificate
• NRA Tax Clearance
• NASSIT Clearance
Interested bidders may obtain further information and inspect the bidding documents at the address below between 10:00 am to 4:00 pm from Monday to Friday. Bidding documents may be purchased upon payment of a non-refundable fee of three hundred thousand Leones (Le300,000.00).
Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before the 16th March 2007 at 12 Noon. All Bids must be accompanied by the appropriate Bid Security .
Bids will be opened on 16th March 2007 at 12 noon, in the Conference Room of the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service, in the presence of bidders or their representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids will be rejected and returned unopened to bidders.
Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service (SLBS)
Procurement Manager
New England
Freetown
Subject: TV IN MAKENI SOON. TV NOW IN F/T, BO AND KENEMA
From: SLPP POWER
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Date Posted: 18:10:19 02/04/07 ()
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Was it not the APC that destroyed the TV station in Freetown. In the APC days, the the SLBS TV station in Freetown was completely destroyed. Pathectic party. Now, there is a SLBS TV station in Freetown, Bo, and Kenema. Thank you.
Information Minister Talks About Makeni TV Station
Posted by Mohamed Konneh on Jan 31, 2007, 01:57
The much talked about Makeni Television Station is now in the finalization stage of work according to the Minister of Information, contrary to earlier assertions that the ministry has cancelled the project, which should have reached completion since last year.
The allegations had also accused the minister of siphoning the funds for the project onto another project, thereby depriving the people of the North.
Speaking to the Minister of Information Professor Septimus Kaikai at his Youyi building office in Freetown, he said government’s priority is taking information to the most remote parts in this country, adding that people who are taking all sorts of negative comments about the country do not love their country.
Makeni, the professor said, is among the government’s priority areas for any developmental program, noting that this government cannot think of depriving people in any area of the country with regards development.
Final work for the completion of the Makeni Television station will soon commence, he disclosed, noting that the consultant, Mr. Alusine Sesay has almost completed the works.
The bidding process, he said, has been completed and those who won the bids have started importing equipment for the commencement and completion of the project.
The work was delayed, he said, due to the unavailability of electricity in that part of the country, but now that the problem has been solved the work will recommence soon.
The technicians are presently working in Makeni for the completion of the first phase.
Subject: Re: TV IN MAKENI SOON. TV NOW IN F/T, BO AND KENEMA
From: Uncle Bob
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Date Posted: 01:20:01 02/05/07 ()
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The work was delayed, he said, due to the unavailability of electricity in that part of the country, but now that the problem has been solved the work will recommence soon.
What problem has been solved makeni now has electricity? You lying BASTARDS
Subject: Re: TV IN MAKENI SOON. TV NOW IN F/T, BO AND KENEMA
From: YOU ARE THE BASTARD
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Date Posted: 06:49:33 02/05/07 ()
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"At the regional level, the Bo-Kenema Power Station (BKPS) is been rehabilitated to extend electricity to towns and villages in and around the Bo/Kenema vicinity. Also, a 500 KVA generating plant with associated transmission and distribution network has been installed and commissioned in Pujehun district.
Furthermore, an IMW generating plant to provide electricity for residents in Makeni has been installed while the associated transmission and distribution network is been rehabilitated"
Subject: BROKEOSEMINISTER ON THE EMPLOYMENT PROBLEM: MY RESPONSE
From: John E. Leigh
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Date Posted: 17:35:41 02/04/07 ()
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In a posting on February 2, Mr. Brokeoseminister quoted the APC presidential candidate, Mr. Koroma, as having declared in parliament, in part, as follows:
"............ As you go around the city, you will see (for those not suffering from power blindness), many youths with vacant looks on their faces sitting around wondering where the next loaf of bread will come from......."
But why is this so?
In my view, the seeds of our country's catastrophic unemployment situation can be accurately traced to the rubbish economic and management policies enforced by the APC during its 24 long years in power. And the problem created then is so huge that it will take years to tame the situation.
Apart from the wasteful squander of its electoral credits in the Western Area by Mayor DoNothing and his 28-to-4 City Council majoprity, together with Mr. Koroma's mishandling of a relatively minor political tussle within the party's top echelon, a far more troubling problem for the APC is its bad governance reputation (especially in the economic area) that it earned during almost a quarter century of incumbency.
Small wonder, therefore, that when Gen. Momoh fled to Guinea and the NPRC took over in the early nineties, jubilation and euphoria were nationwide,including Ekutay areas!
During APC’S 24-year uninterrupted rule, our society deteriorated to last place and became the country with the most uncivilized living conditions in the world. Such is a far cry from Sir Milton's day when Sierra Leone was the second most developed and prosperous country in Anglo-West Africa.
APC's incumbency was a period when the KDDA tribal marginalizers reigned supreme; deep poverty spread nationwide; semi-illiterates held high office; the railroad was dug up, sold for scarp and replaced with crap. The post office, the judiciary, the medical service, the civil service, etc., were all left to deteriorate and degrade. Meanwhile, Ekutay insiders were enjoying themselves non-stop!
President Stevens delinked the national currency from the pound sterling. The APC government squandered our external reserves and rendered our currency non-convertible.
Henceforth, our foreign exchange reserves were nationalized and centralized at the Bank of Sierra Leone. All foreign currencies in private hands locally were required to be turned in for non-convertible leones. Sierra Leoneans used to have to travel overseas with only a few pounds or dollars in their pockets. Travelers would arrive in London with only ten pounds in their pockets. British Airways soon shut down its operations.
The nation's convertible currency and external reserves (earned from minerals and produce exports)were regularly abusively managed systematically on the basis of favoritism, nepotism and corruption. Thus if you lacked corrupt access to the powers that be, your business would dry up because of the inability to pay external bills for imports.
On the other hand, if you have the political contact you will have access to all the convertible currency you needlessly want, such as to buy houses overseas, do travel junkets as you like and shop abroad to your heart's content.
In short, crooked politically-connected consumers and politicians could access funds abroad while legitimate producers at home were deliberately starved of convertible currencies.
Consequently, employment-producing and the tax-paying international sector – UAC, PZ, CFAO, SCOA, UTC, Leventis, GB Olivant, Stavely Motors, Messrs J. Milheim & Co., Rawlinson, DELCO, SLST, ABC Textiles, Texaco, AGIP, British Petroleum, Peat Marwick, Chartered Accountants and several other corporations -divested and abandoned Sierra Leone.
This divestment plus the closure of the railroad and the degradation of the Road Transport Corporation, PWD, etc. threw our then huge work force into an unemployment tailspin from which it has never recovered.
Capricious corruption was commonplace and proudly so under the APC and the new cultural creed unashamedly became: who sye den tie cow, nar dey he go eat grass!
As a youth in Sierra Leone, people used to be sent to prison for acting on such a creed but under the APC the destructive creed became the law of the land.
Our country's downward descent was now in full swing.
During the 70s, British Petroleum increased its presence in Sierra Leone and went into diamond mining. But it was forced to sell to a political big wig the very first sizeable gemstone it mined. It thereafter packed up and left. Now we have a run-down NP.
In time, Siaka Stevens surrendered the DIMINCO keys and safe combination to Sahid Jamil Mohamed in a long partnership of capricious corruption. Annual diamonds exports that had grown to about 1,200,000 carats of gemstones under SLPP governments subsequently declined to about 150,000 carats of industrial stones by the time Gen. Momoh was ousted by the NPRC in 1991.
Unemployment and living conditions in our country were so miserable that when the NPRC boys stepped in, joyous street celebrations erupted spontaneously nationwide.
Much earlier, the SLPMB was put under an APC party member from a non-producing district and the Board was systematically bled of its revenues, enriching a few crooks. Producing farmers were not paid most of the time. Here was a typical monkey wok babu eat situation that was allowed to fester for long, long years under the APC.
The international damage to our country's reputation and the bad blood caused in Europe by the above-described stupid conduct of our then government, among other problems, are prime reasons for lack of sustainable economic investment and growth in our country. Hence, massive unemployment problem.
The concerns Mr. Koroma expressed about a few jobs in government-owned parastatals show he is not focusing on where the real problems and solutions lay.
I am one of those who believe that an APC government will merely exacerbate an already extremely difficult problem. In fact, no one has emerged within the APC to provide the leadership necessary to overcome such a diabolic record.
Additionally, there is nothing in the background of the other non-SLPP presidential candidates that could give me the confidence that they have the slightest clue as to how to go about addressing this huge problem with any reasonable likelihood of success.
In the meanwhile, the current administration has taken the very first step in addressing this problem. A National Youth Corps has been set up and foreign investment inflows are being targeted.
But the real solution is to make our country business-investment friendly, extend a welcoming hand to the huge Diaspora as well as put in place a government that would earn deep international and national respect by serving the people, not just the elite.
Thank you for your attention. - JL
Subject: Re: BROKEOSEMINISTER ON THE EMPLOYMENT PROBLEM: MY RESPONSE
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
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Date Posted: 01:29:45 02/05/07 ()
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During APC’S 24-year uninterrupted rule, our society deteriorated to last place and became the country with the most uncivilized living conditions in the world."
And during the slpp supported RUF war o overthrow the APC, we sank even lower and are still sinking ten years after the war under the weight of the most corrupt government sierra leone has ever known. John there is a saying in America, " when you point one finger, you have 4 more pointing at you. I know in my heart that you mean well for sierra leone, but you dont get the slpp votes by claiming that the APC was bad so people must vote for the SLPP. You are starting to sound like a bad 45 record stuck on the grove. Youve got to do better than what you have been doing so far my dear senior brother.
"The nation's convertible currency and external reserves (earned from minerals and produce exports)were regularly abusively managed systematically on the basis of favoritism, nepotism and corruption. Thus if you lacked corrupt access to the powers that be, your business would dry up because of the inability to pay external bills for imports"
So tel me John JJ Blood has announced that if the SLPP wins he would only provide jobs for those who are supporters of the SLPP. Can you comment on that in light of the above quote from your writing?
Subject: Re: BROKEOSEMINISTER ON THE EMPLOYMENT PROBLEM: MY RESPONSE
From: John E. Leigh
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Date Posted: 16:58:47 02/05/07 ()
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Atty. Iscandari wrote as follows:
"....... when you point one finger, you have 4 more pointing at you. I know in my heart that you mean well for sierra leone, but you dont get the slpp votes by claiming that the APC was bad so people must vote for the SLPP."
Al, who says I point with only one finger? I don't. I always point with all five fingers forward whenever I point, aiming right for the ball yiey of my target or I don't point fingers at all.
I, too, believe that you want the very best for SLeone but let us face the simple truth: you are not going to accomplish much with the party you've chosen to associate with. APC is going nowhere. The future is bleak because tribal hegemony is an intractable problem. APC's KDDA/Ekutay owners will never give up their ownership claim, if I understand their primitive mentality.
The rest of the heavy baggage dragging down your party include: a 24-year lunatic governance record that has condemned our country to extreme poverty, the extreme marginalization of the common man and a long barbaric war.
Additionally, your party is disunited; the leadership is substandard in my humble opinion and on the whole it has an unintelligent public image. It is excessively tribalistic in the public view. The few Western Area natives in the party because of Siaka Stevens and Nancy Steel are not enough to overcome its parochial image.
Finally, the one great chance the party had in 2004 in the Western Area has now been fully squandered by Mr. Mayor DoNothing and his one-sided 28-to-4 City Council empty-headed majority. What a shame!
SLPP does not get vote by hitting APC. Hitting APC on this occasion is merely my own idea, not SLPP's. As I told you, I am my own man; I speak for no one and my opinions in this forum are entirely my own.
I probably would not have written the piece you responded to had not Brokeose minister opened the door with Mr. Koroma's simple-minded approach to a huge problem - which problem was brought about by APC's insane economic policies when it governed during those 24 years. So, please do not blame SLPP for hitting APC. Blame me. I am guilty.
As for JJ Blood's statements and activities, please contact him. I am not qualified to speak for him or any other SLPP official.
Al, please do not feel bad. Its the truth. The point is me and you belong in the same reform group.- Thank you. - JL
Subject: Re: BROKEOSEMINISTER ON THE EMPLOYMENT PROBLEM: MY RESPONSE
From: DR. DENNIS BRIGHT
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Date Posted: 18:06:33 02/04/07 ()
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Six Hundred Youths Get Jobs In Freetown
Posted by Mohamed Konneh on Jan 31, 2007, 00:51
Six hundred youths in the western area have been gainfully employed under the Youth Employment Scheme (YES) of the Ministry of Youth and Sports. Each of the employed youth will receive the sum of two hundred thousand Leones (Le 200,000) at the end of the month. They will start work effective 1st February this year.
Speaking at the ceremony held at the Atlantic hall, national stadium in Freetown, the Minister of Youth and Sport, Dr. Denis Bright told the youth that, this has been his dream since the inception of the Ministry. “The gathering here today gives me hope that this country will move forward and that youths play a vital role in the development of a country”, Dr. Bright said.
“In 2002, when this ministry was created, we had a vision of creating a youth policy. Thank God it was successfully launched in 2003. Besides, because it was factor in the PRSP it was able to attract donors to support the youths of this country. Dr. Bright thanked the UNDP for supporting the ministry with the creation of a youth secretariat within the ministry.
The secretariat was created in order to look at the problems of youths in the country and coordinate their activities. The youth scheme, which has provided jobs today, was set up with the aim of creating various jobs for the youths of this country. Explaining further Dr. Bright noted that agriculture, public works, youth enterprises are the priority areas and that this particular employment is focused on public works.
He appealed to the newly employed youths to be sober minded and work towards the development of the country.
The chairman of the occasion, Mr. Anthony Koroma, who is also the director of youth, said the scheme that was launched last year has today yielded fruits. “The training of youths today to take up jobs is a step in the right direction”, Mr. Koroma said, adding that the program trains youths for the implementation of youth action community.
Mr. Al-Sankoh Conteh, western area youth leader in his brief statement said “before now the youths of this country were looked upon as bad boys, drop-outs who had no future. These youths, over the years, had wanted to work but there was no work to do”. The launching of the youth scheme has again brought life to youth activities and that the youths of today will no more be looked down upon. “This program”, Mr. Sankoh continued, “is specially designed to clean our country and that these youths are ready to clean Freetown and its environs. He advised that all other youth need to come on board and help develop themselves. All youth programs according to him should be channeled through the youth ministry as this will help the youths greatly.
Subject: Re: BROKEOSEMINISTER ON THE EMPLOYMENT PROBLEM: MY RESPONSE
From: Olu Beckley
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Date Posted: 19:26:46 02/04/07 ()
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Deniss,
This is a good move and as a classmate, I am just curious to know the following:
1. Are these civil service jobs or are they project based?
2. What skill development and career advancement opportunities exist and how do you see these youths climbing their way out of poverty.
3. What types of jobs are we talking about? Le.200,000 seems a lot of money, and how do these compare with salaries in the civil service?
4. What are the chances for sustainability and replicability.
Just curious.
Subject: Re: BROKEOSEMINISTER ON THE EMPLOYMENT PROBLEM: MY RESPONSE
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
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Date Posted: 09:33:01 02/05/07 ()
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Le.200,000 seems a lot of money"
Sorry Olu its not a lot of money. Its about 78 dollars
Subject: Re: BROKEOSEMINISTER ON THE EMPLOYMENT PROBLEM: MY RESPONSE
From: ISMAEL ALSANKOH-CONTEH
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Date Posted: 19:40:36 02/04/07 ()
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Respite for youths... Sierra Leone Gov’t, UN launch Youth Employment Scheme on Monday
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The Ministry of Youths and Sports in collaboration with donor partners, the UN Country Team and other government Ministries and Departments, will on Monday, 9th October, 2006 launch the Youth Employment Scheme.
It would be launched at the Miatta Conference Centre and the launching ceremony would be done by the Vice President, Mr. Solomon Ekuma Berewa. Mr. Victor Angelo, the UNDP Resident Representative and other stakeholders including Youth groups and civil society are expected to grace and make remarks.
The National Youth Empowerment Scheme has been prepared by government in line with the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP). The scheme will address the short, medium and long term job creation plan for youths in a sustainable manner, targeting thousands of jobs nationwide.
According to information, the scheme consists of four components which are as follows; youth agricultural engagement, youth enterprise development and public works scheme.
The specific objectives of the scheme include; to provide rapid employment opportunities and income generating activities for the young people; strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Youth and Sports at the national and local levels that will facilitate the participation of young people in decision making process, and to mainstream youth employment into all national policies and development initiatives.
It is assured that the scheme will build on successful on-going youth projects as well as implement pilot initiatives for the purpose of providing immediate employment simultaneously as developing a medium and long-term strategy for tackling youth unemployment.
The programme would be funded from the ‘Basket funding mechanism’ to be managed by the UNDP and implemented collaboratively with government, UN agencies, youth networks, NGOs, CBOs, etc with technical support from the UNDP Peace and Development Unit.
Subject: Re: BROKEOSEMINISTER ON THE EMPLOYMENT PROBLEM: MY RESPONSE
From: Olu Beckley
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Date Posted: 19:49:26 02/04/07 ()
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Ishmael, thanks for your posting, and for referring me to an old article dated Oct 6, 2006.
I was hoping to get a response with current updates from the Hon. Minister, who happens to be a former classmate at the Albert Academy.
Subject: Re: BROKEOSEMINISTER ON THE EMPLOYMENT PROBLEM: MY RESPONSE
From: WAKE UP AND PRAY
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Date Posted: 19:53:43 02/04/07 ()
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Do you really think it is Dr. Dennis Bright posting here? You must be dreaming. It is just someone using the man's name. Wake up.
Subject: Re: BROKEOSEMINISTER ON THE EMPLOYMENT PROBLEM: MY RESPONSE
From: Olu Beckley
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Date Posted: 20:04:40 02/04/07 ()
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Let's wait and see. Maybe H.E. Leigh might provide a response on behalf of the Minister. I saw his earlier posting on the issue.
Subject: Re: BROKEOSEMINISTER ON THE EMPLOYMENT PROBLEM: MY RESPONSE
From: Waraba
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Date Posted: 22:52:43 02/04/07 ()
Email Address: Futatoro@gmail.com
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Brah Beckley,
Mi dun tyah for listen to Berewa's Polly(Parrot)-John Leigh. So noh enkohrage am for talk more.
Waraba