Subject: FOR KABS
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Kabs, I am re-posting this message so that you can see it clearly:

Kabs, I think I can detect some hypocrisy in some of what you say and do here. Somebody has been crudely insulting me on this forum and you call it a "decent" thing? I notice you never delete the insults that have been directed at me. Is this part of a sinister plan? So are you saying you support what has been written about me? Let me know and I will react accordingly.You know I am never afarid of a fight.Waiting to hear from you.

Subject: Can we oblige our Liberian guests ?
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I have observed that some Liberians have started joining our debates by posting articles from their country. I believe the reason is that COCORIOKO has been listed as a Liberian newspaper also under international organizations that have listed all online newspapers , e,g WORLD NEWSPAPERS.COM

I would therefore suggest that we acknowledge their presence by debating on some of the issues they paste here. They may need our input (Because I don't think they are posting them for nothing ). After all, what affects Liberia affects Sierra Leone ultimately and vise versa.

We welcome our brothers and sisters to our forum and encourage them to feel free and debate with us.

Subject: Foul water: foe of the poor
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Foul water: foe of the poor

By Scott Canon and Shashank Bengali

McClatchy Newspapers

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HARBEL, Liberia - The quiet, thin 19-year-old is up before 7 a.m. each day to walk about a quarter-mile to a well.

Patience Yarkpawolo totes water for her entire family in the household's sole 6-gallon bucket.

The water must last the day for cooking, cleaning, washing and drinking. For seven people.

Although the town's well is chlorinated twice a month, Yarkpawolo suspects that's not often enough. Her twin 4-year-old sisters often suffer upset stomachs and diarrhea, illnesses she blames partly on the water supply.

"Somehow, they are always getting sick," she said. "We don't know exactly what is the reason. But we are not so sure about the water in the well."

The West African nation has been beset by two decades of civil war and political upheaval that left most of the country's 3.5 million souls to rely on crude wells and boreholes.

Sometimes the cause is war, sometimes just crushing poverty, but the lack of clean water hits the planet's poorest people like nothing else.

"Nothing can more fundamentally change people's lives than a supply of safe water," said Gary White, who heads the Kansas City, Mo.-based Water Partners International. "We take it for granted when we turn on the tap. That's not life for everybody."

Last month the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation sent $10 million to a consortium of aid groups headed by CARE. Water Partners got $3.175 million of that. The Gates dollars marked a windfall not just of money to bring the poor cleaner taps and more sanitary latrines, but recognition in the philanthropy circuit that Water Partners is on to something important.

The organization pieces together plans and systems that can bring clean water to homes, anywhere from fetid slums to remote villages.

A recent United Nations report declared a global water crisis as the world's chief barrier to lifting entire regions out of poverty and identified the absence of clean water as a sure predictor of shortened life expectancy.

And the report's authors said countries rich and poor are doing far too little to fix the problem, investing much more in guns than in plumbing. It noted that more is spent on mineral water on the dining tables of the wealthy than for passable drinking water for the destitute.

The United States spends hundreds of millions each year on the problem, but the money is disproportionately aimed with global political interests in mind - meaning the Middle East gets as much or more help with its water problems as Latin America, or as Africa.

There is some progress. The World Health Organization has had success in pleading with poor families to put a few drops of bleach into their household water supplies, an ad hoc but effective way to keep bacteria in check. A new $3 filtering straw can be worn around the neck and lasts for a year. Many humanitarian aid groups have begun to identify water as the crux of the larger problems they want to attack.

And suddenly, the problem of dirty water is as hip as it is serious.

Popular rapper Jay-Z recently filmed a documentary with MTV in Angola and South Africa to bring attention to the scarcity of safe drinking water. Actor Matt Damon is helping produce a movie about three marathoners crossing the Sahara desert, using the film to draw attention to Africa's water problems and to raise money to make clean water more accessible.

"Development doesn't happen unless you have clean drinking water and sanitation. There's no getting around it," said David Douglas, president of Water Advocates, which lobbies on the issue. "I'm a little wary of the longevity of celebrity interest in the issue. It needs to bring a long-term payoff."

The statistics are numbing: Today, 1.1 billion people lack access to clean drinking water. (A U.N. analyst has said that's a "polite way of saying that people draw water for drinking, cooking and washing from rivers, lakes, ditches and drains fouled with human and animal excrement.")

Roughly 2 billion people lack access to sanitary latrines. In the next year, an estimated 3 billion people will fall ill to waterborne diseases. Of those, between 2 million and 5 million will die during the year. Half the world's hospital beds are occupied by people sickened by dirty water.

Part of the difficulty comes from booming populations in developing countries and the rush of the poor to overcrowded cities, said Daniel Epstein of the World Health Organization.

"You have these large cities ringed by more and more slums that just pop up," he said. "There's not enough money for more water treatment systems, and there's illegal taps into water supply that can cause contamination."

Dirty water is expensive. The U.N. estimates the economic toll - lost labor, added medical bills, girls kept from school so they can carry water - at $38 billion a year. In sub-Saharan Africa alone, the cost is guessed at $15 billion, equal to 60 percent of international aid flowing to the region.

Sometimes, the solution lies simply in smarts. Water fixes need to fit the locale.

Consider what Gary White came across deep in the Amazon in 2001 while scouting a potential aid project: After a one-hour flight in a six-seater plane, followed by an hourlong trip in a dugout canoe and a 45-minute walk into the Ecuador jungle, he found the gas-powered well pump of Kapawi Village.

"Back there, there's not much gasoline," said White, the executive director of Water Partners International.

So half the time the pump sat idle and villagers drew water straight from a river teeming with disease. A simple hand pump would have made more sense.

White first began to comprehend the problem of water in developing countries while researching his master's thesis in Honduras. He was frustrated at the impracticality of so many projects, at how unsustainable they seemed. In 1990 he held his first fundraiser for a Honduran project. Three years later Water Partners was formed, and it has subsequently given out $2.5 million in grants and loans.

The Water Partners works with aid groups based in Bangladesh, India, Ethiopia, Kenya and Honduras to establish clean and practical water systems where they are desperately needed.

In other places, the nonprofit group lends money to residents to hook up to a local water system. That means more money for improvements to the local utility, and an investment by the local community in a water system it can keep going. The approach aims to avoid the impractically gas-powered pump in the Amazon rain forest. The paid-off loans then provide more money for other water projects - things like simply made latrines that don't stink.

"The approach has always been that poor people are too poor to play a role. We have seen evidence that people are able to bring resources to the problem from the bottom up," White said. "Water is so important, they make it happen."

A U.N. report issued in September concluded that unclean water is a greater danger to life than even war. And it faulted both rich and poor countries for doing too little about the problem.

Wealthy countries like the United States have not followed through on all the pledges made at the G-8 summit in France three years ago. The majority of governments of sub-Saharan Africa spend less than 0.5 percent of their budgets on water and sanitation. Ethiopia's military spending is 10 times what the government devotes to clean water and sanitation. Pakistan spends 47 times as much on war machinery as on clean water and sewers.

Donor countries now give about 0.25 percent of their gross income in various forms of humanitarian aid, even though they regularly pledge to almost triple that amount.

The U.N. report said the world needs to increase spending by $10 billion a year to reach the Millennium Development Goals - standards set by world leaders to, among other things, cut in half the number of people lacking clean water by 2015. That's not cheap, but the U.N. noted that the figure equals less than a week's global military spending.

By spending that much money, said Worldwatch Institute researcher Hilary French, analyses suggest the world would get back about $80 billion in economic output.

"You can't get that return on your investment many places," French said.

The fixes are not always expensive. Sanitary toilets can be installed for as little as $40 per home. Between 1990 and 2002, according to the Worldwatch Institute, more than 1 billion people got sanitation services for the first time.

"It's such a solvable problem," said John Kayser, a spokesman for Water for People. "We're just not spending enough money."

Subject: Sia Tiyaama Calls Margai a Dictator Wana-Be --- You Decide!
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DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP OR DICTATORSHIP FOR SIERRA LEONE?

By Sia Tiyaama (Maryland, USA)

One of the most debilitating diseases in the political arena is what Americans have referred to as “foot-in-the-mouth” disease. It seems as if the interim leader of the newly formed PMDC party, Mr. Charles Margai is suffering from that ailment and his prognosis looks bleak. It is understandable that the closer we get to the elections the more outrageous the statements from politicians would become. Politicians will promise almost anything to get the votes. Smart politicians most times promise attractive policies to be implemented. It is therefore very strange that a politician would have the audacity of promising the destruction of democracy and usher in a dictatorship. That is a classic example of “foot-in-the-mouth” disease. Any presidential aspirant who advocates dictatorship in Sierra Leone must be kept far away from the reins of power as possible. It is on account of the foregoing that I have become convinced that Charles Margai is bad for Sierra Leone.

During his visits to the USA and UK, Charles Margai did not only threaten violence in the event of his PMDC losing elections, he has proclaimed unequivocally that he would be a “benevolent” dictator should the people of Sierra Leone make the fatal mistake of voting him in as president. Two things are most probably at play here: either Charles Margai truly believes in dictatorship as a way of governance, or he does not have a clue what he is talking about. Where ever we decide to place him, he has succeeded in exhibiting his unfitness for the leadership of that country with his effervescent lack of political nous. For the good of the country, it is important to lay out the dangers inherent in having a dictator, even one who claims to be “benevolent”.

Benevolent Dictator

The term “benevolent dictator” originates from Plato’s perception of an ideal state as argued in The Republic. In Plato’s Republic, the ideal society will be divided into classes with the rulers being Philosopher Kings who should have absolute authority while assuming they will govern in the interest of the people. The problem with such analysis is the fact that the society is based on class and the common people are assumed ignorant. Thus the leadership should make all decisions with little or no input from the governed. This type of society from which the idea of benevolent dictatorship evolved is very undemocratic.

But in modern times, the term “benevolent dictator” generally refers to a leader who is considered absolutist, autocratic and who invariably assumes sweeping powers over the state and its citizenry. In contemporary times, dictators have almost always emerged out of a chaotic situation. Some of these chaotic situations either inadvertently present themselves or are created by the dictators with the sole aim of taking the reins of state through a coup. In addition, dictators can also assume power through legal means (election). Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini are examples of leaders who after gaining power through legal means bastardized their countries’ constitutions and embarked on violent dictatorships.

A benevolent dictator is nothing more than a despot who considers him/herself enlightened and therefore knows all the solution to a country’s problems. In most cases, these dictators claim to have the interest of the people at heart. They, at the end of the day, use such a claim to become absolute rulers. More importantly, such leaders are almost always very quick in labeling people who questions their actions as enemies of the progress of the people. Leaders who have labeled themselves benevolent dictators are more likely to look at democracy as a waste of time, inefficient, and as a mode of practice that enhances corruption. As a result, they would make, as in the case of Hitler, very convincing arguments as to why the people should give them absolute powers. Sometimes these arguments are based on deliberate misinformation geared towards creating a personality cult around the leader.

Traits of a Dictator
Given the above explanation of what a benevolent dictator is, my wish is that Charles Margai was genuinely ignorant of its meaning when he told the interviewer on BBC Focus on Africa that he would become one. Otherwise, it is imperative on all Sierra Leoneans who love our country and that includes PMDC supporters to make sure the self-declared dictator never goes near being president of Sierra Leone. The PMDC leader has all the traits of a dictator.

Personality Cult- Charles Margai to win a no contest PMDC convention
Charles Margai comes across as very charismatic. He is well spoken and very fluent, and even at his age has very good looks. But this also masks a political past that he is now pretending to disown. He often uses multiple syllable words just for the sake of using them, and he has managed to win the support of a small but very loud group of uncritical and sometimes hero-worshipping supporters who see nothing wrong with dictatorship. Such phenomena in politics lead to the creation of personality cults which are most times precursors for absolute rule. I started paying close attention to the creation of a personality cult around Margai when the national publicity secretary of PMDC declared that they will ensure Charles Margai goes unopposed during the convention because they fear SLPP will use someone to run for the PMDC leadership. The publicity secretary’s pronouncement, though unfortunate, gave a clear picture of the trait of a dictator who hates competition. By the way, just in case this is lost on Charles Margai, competition is an integral part of democracy.

Never admits to wrong-doing – He is always Mr. Right.
Another trait of a dictator exhibited by Charles Margai is the inability to admit he is wrong or could even make a mistake. One such instance was when he was asked during his tour of the USA about him giving no bid government contracts to his wife and family members. I assumed the questioner was alluding to the issue of conflict of interest on the part of Charles Margai especially after he had gone on a tirade about the present government giving contracts to their cronies. The intelligent expectation from most of us was that Margai would admit it was a mistake and that he would endeavor never to repeat such mistakes again. But no, the arrogance of a dictator became evident when he said there is no law prohibiting him as minister from giving no bid contracts to his wife. Well in case Mr. Margai is oblivious of the obvious, such actions are called nepotism, conflict of interest and to crown it all, it is corruption. Unfortunately, a lot of PMDC members applauded his answer to the question, which was very troubling.

Access to Power through Chaos?
Furthermore, dictatorships come about either through legal means or coup/chaos. As a result, Charles Margai could realize his dreams through the elections or through the chaos he has promised if he loses the elections. It is becoming evident that Charles Margai knows he will not win the elections so he has resorted to predictions, threats, or promises of chaos when he loses the election. As a matter of fact a contributor to the Sierra Leonean listserv-LTAMU has recently confirmed the threats that some of Margai’s thugs are planning a resort to violence after the elections. This is another glaring example of a dictator in the making. As noted above, dictators do not necessarily believe in the democratic process to achieve their goals. In the same vein, it seems Charles Margai does not believe in the democratic process and the will of the people. He must be a leader at all cost. This trait has been exhibited at least twice between 1996 and 2005 when he lost the leadership elections in the SLPP. In short, if given the chance, Sierra Leone will be driven back to a dictatorship of Charles Margai. May God save us from such disaster.

Democracy for Sierra Leone
Whether we like it or not, Sierra Leone has enjoyed great latitude of democratic space so far. We have a vibrant and free press that publishes very critical articles about the present government. There are more radio stations in the country than ever before, making information easy to access in remote areas. Political parties are operating without fear of intimidation and violence. People exercise their freedom of speech and association more than ever in the history of the country. Freedom of speech is evident in the very piercing critical songs by most of the musicians in Sierra Leone.

These are some of the goodies of democracy and I believe it is healthy for the country to stay on that course. Sierra Leoneans must stay away from any aspirant who proudly calls himself a dictator. Dictators do not want free press; they would definitely curtail freedom of speech; there would be little or no competition for democratic space and worse of all Sierra Leone would have lost the democracy they suffered to achieve for such a long time. We definitely need democratic leadership and not a “benevolent” dictator like Margai.

Further more, the history of the world in general and Africa in particular is dotted with tragic stories about dictators who considered themselves “benevolent” but ended up stifling democracy; executing or exiling opposition and running their countries to the ground. Examples of such “benevolent” dictators include Kamuzu Banda of Malawi and Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire now DRC. Sierra Leone’s example of a dictator who assumed power through electoral chaos is Siaka Stevens. After using populist messages akin to those used now by Charles Margai, Stevens started executing al those he thought were threats to his power. Slowly but surely he consolidated his power and silenced all opposition and critical press. What do these folks have in common with Charles Margai? They all created personality cults around their image. Siaka Stevens like Kamuzu Banda and Mobutu considered themselves fathers of their respective nations. Slowly but surely Charles Margai is showing troubling signs of creating himself in the images of those horrible dictators. He has taken the firs step be declaring himself a “benevolent” dictator. STAY AWAY FROM CHARLES MARGAI THE SELF DECLARED BENEVOLENT DICTATOR.

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Subject: Fragile Peace In Liberia
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Fragile Peace In Liberia

06:02 PM, January 15th 2007
by News Staff

Land conflicts, poverty and angry former soldiers are threatening the year-old government of Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.

After 14 years of civil war, thousands of refugees are returning to the country to find the land they once held occupied by others, the Los Angeles Times reports.

The problem is complicated by the fact that some refugees failed to take their deeds with them when they fled while others never had deeds in the first place.

The disbanding of the armed forces and security forces has left a large pool of unemployed soldiers who have joined tens of thousands of civil servants being dismissed in a major downsizing of government.

Some analysts say public expectations for rapid transformation, job opportunities and an end to poverty are so high the inevitable letdown could leave the government vulnerable

© 2007 UPI

Subject: Liberian govt records increased revenue intake
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Liberian govt records increased revenue intake

Monrovia, Liberia, 01/15 - Days before the first anniversary of its coming to power, the government of Liberian President Ellen Johnson- Sirleaf has announced revenue intake of US$60.75 million in the first six months in the current budget year, media reports said here Sunday.

The reports quoted Information minister Lawrence Bropleh as telling reporters after a cabinet meeting at the weekend that the boost in revenue was propelled greatly by a boom in the rubber industry.

The minister said the repossession and reactivation of key rubber plantations, after the removal of former combatants who previously exploited them, saw an increase in export of the commodity.

Bropleh also explained that the government had streamlined its financial and economic policies and put in place a cash management system with the support of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.

The information minister described as "good" government`s budgetary performance in the first half of the current fiscal year (1 July 2006 - 30 June 2007).

Rubber is one of Liberia`s key exports and economic analysts here say the government revenue intake is expected to swell further in 2007 when the country`s timber and iron ore industries are revived.

Global steel giant Mittal Steel is expected to begin exploiting Liberia`s vast iron ore deposit in the northwest of the country after a US$1 billion mining agreement is ratified by parliament.

United Nations timber sanction has already been lifted and reform measures are being instituted by Liberia to resume timber export, as a number of international and local timber companies are poised to enter the sector.

Further boosts could be realized when the UN sanctions on diamonds are eventually lifted, the analysts.

Subject: Re: Liberian govt records increased revenue intake
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AGBA MOH'M

"Bropleh also explained that the government had streamlined its financial and economic policies and put in place a cash management system with the support of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank."

What do you think about the Liberian gov't praising the policies of the IMF and world bank? Is Sirleaf a disappointment? Well she is also a product of the Worls bank and ImF anyway.

Thanks,
Kevin

Subject: Liberians protest at burial of 9-year-old rape victim
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Liberians protest at burial of 9-year-old rape victim

Monrovia, Liberia, 01/15 - Scores of mourners and other anti-rape activists staged a peaceful protest through the main streets of the Liberian capital Saturday, calling for speedy trial of alleged rapists, as they carried the coffin of a nine-year-old girl who died last Monday months after being raped.

"We want justice, the rapist must die," some of the demonstrators chanted as they marched to the main Palm Grove Cemetery with the white coffin of the child, who fell sick after she was allegedly sexually assaulted by a 22-year-old man now standing trial in the Criminal Court here.

Although doctors have not yet released the girl`s medical report on the cause of death, family members and anti-rape activists are attributing her death to the sexual assault.

Initial medical report immediately after the incident said the girl`s sex organ was seriously ruptured and that she would not have been able to bear a child when she became an adult.

Saturday`s anti-rape street protest comes in the wake of an upsurge in rape cases in the capital and other parts of Liberia, with the Female Lawyers Association (AFELL) legal aid office being overwhelmed with complaints.

At the criminal court here alone, AFELL said over a dozen rape cases are currently on the docket, and that the court process "is very slow".

It attributed this to the shortage of lawyers and the tendency of many parents not wanting to pursue court trial out of fear of stigma for the victim and the family.

AFELL president Loise Bruthus told PANA after the anti-rape street protest Saturday that "this thing (rape) has gone out of hand in Liberia and the men of this country must act now to stop this menace".

Bruthus and other women`s groups and anti-rape campaigners have been agitating for a "fast track" court to speedily try alleged rapists, after successfully campaigning for the passage of a tough anti-rape bill in parliament, which makes the crime not bailable and has a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

But since the passage of the rape bill, rape has gone on the increase here with the ages of the female victims reducing by the day, with children as young as five years being raped by men as old as sixty.

Subject: LIBERIA: Government, women's groups decry post-war sexual vi
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LIBERIA: Government, women's groups decry post-war sexual violence
15 Jan 2007 14:37:58 GMT

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More MONROVIA, 15 January (IRIN) - Rising levels of rape and sexual exploitation of women and teenage girls in Liberia have sparked concern by both the government and women's rights groups.

Despite a peace agreement in 2003 that ended the particularly brutal 14-year civil war, during which fighters sexually assaulted girls and women and sometimes used them as "sex slaves", these types of violent abuse were still common, according to Lois Bruthus, head of the Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia (AFELL), a leading advocacy group.

"The raping of girls and women is a major problem ... we have been trying to curtail [these attacks], but it still continues," Bruthus told IRIN/PlusNews. Strong anti-rape legislation is in place, but women's groups have charged that a weak court system was hampering rape convictions.

Children targeted

Local media report at least two incidents of the rape of girls as young as five years of age every week, and a recent study at a hospital in the capital, Monrovia, by international medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), showed that teenage girls were more exposed to rape in the capital.

An estimated 85 percent of the 658 rape survivors reporting to the hospital were aged under 18, while 48 percent were aged between 5 and 12 years. "In more than 90 percent of the cases involving children, they were raped by someone they knew," MSF said.

Antoinette Nebo, a community leader in West Point, one of Monrovia's slums, confirmed that sexual offenders, who were usually in their forties, often targeted "baby girls".

She said poverty was the main reason why girls were being raped. "They [cash-strapped parents] sometimes extort money from the perpetrators to privately settle the case without going through the courts system. It is a shared act of total wickedness by heartless persons to rape our young girls, and most of the victims' parents or guardians are ... [complicit in] rape cases."

Liberia has an unemployment rate of 85 percent and is one of the world's poorest countries, with most of the population living on less than US$1 a day, according to the World Development Index.

The growing trend towards transactional sex between older, financially stable men and young women and even younger girls has drawn the attention of President Ellen Sirleaf-Johnson, who issued a warning to rape perpetrators in December 2006.

"To those of you who are privileged or attained successes in businesses and are in our communities, and to those of you who represent the international community, I urge you not to use your wealth and power to sexually exploit children and women. It is an unacceptable behaviour, and a major challenge currently facing all of us," the president said.

Massive outreach to prevent sexual exploitation

Gender Affairs Minister Vabah Gayflor also expressed concern over the growing incidence of sexual offences during the recent launch of a joint one-year anti-rape campaign by the government and the United Nations (UN).

"Sexual exploitation is becoming another major problem for [our] women; we are increasingly hearing of girls being forced by wealthy men into exchanging sex for material gain," Gayflor charged.

The campaign, which carries the central messages of: 'No sex for help. No help for sex. Sex is not a requirement for jobs, grades, medical treatment or other services', aims to empower women and girls against sexual abuse.

Amelia Tucker, a women's rights advocate in the town of Kakata, 45km north of the capital, said sexual exploitation was taking place in schools and places of work. "In November [2006], a girl reported that a school teacher had demanded sex from her in exchange for better grades in a school examination that she could not attend due to illness. When we confronted this gentleman, he denied the allegations."

She has called for policies similar to those of the anti-rape law to be put place in order to root out offenders.

Weak court systems hamper the fight against rape

In terms of the law, raping a minor carries a life sentence, with the suspects denied bail. But with rape cases steadily climbing in the country, AFELL activists have been concerned that the law only worked on paper.

Bruthus has recommended that a specialised rape court be established to help address the problem, and charged that the judicial system was failing in its duties.

Her sentiments were reflected in an official five-year 'National Gender-based Violence Plan of Action', which read: "Perpetrators go unpunished or receive light sentences, few survivors report cases, and law enforcement is known for treating survivors poorly."

Only two people have received life sentences since the law was enacted.

Subject: In Liberia, a peace on uneasy ground
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In Liberia, a peace on uneasy ground

The nation's civil wars are over, but refugees' land conflicts and the anger of demobilized soldiers could trigger new strife.
By Robyn Dixon, Times Staff Writer
January 15, 2007

GANTA, LIBERIA — The main street of Ganta, shrouded with dust and decorated with ribbons of plastic rubbish, hardly seems worth fighting over.

Three years after the end of the civil wars that burned across the country for 14 years, tribal rivalries over land and housing are threatening to tear apart this east-central Liberian border town once more.

When Hawa Jabateh, 40, a member of the Mandingo tribe, returned last year after spending 15 years in a refugee camp in neighboring Guinea, she discovered that her family's property had been taken over.

A militia commander who called himself General Peanut Butter had turned the family's cafe into a bar. The 13 houses the family owned had been torn down, and other people had built new houses on the land.

"They call you Mandingo dog," she said. "You hear it everywhere. It's like background music all the time. Every day our hearts are burning."

With thousands more refugees expected to return to Liberia in coming months, the land problem is a potential tinderbox that could undermine this nation's fragile peace. But in a country where 80% of the people live below the poverty line and the unemployment rate is 85%, it's just one of many issues that could ignite violence, dragging in the ready pool of former combatants.

Jabateh was lucky that Peanut Butter, now a senator, whose real name is Adolphus Dolo, agreed to give back the cafe. None of the other land was returned.

When her brother Korkesi Jabateh, 42, returned a few months after she did, he asked the new occupants to leave the land. The atmosphere was ugly. People told him he would never get it back.

"They said, 'Mandingo man has no land here,' " he said. "Our people are very angry."

Disbanding and downsizing

The arrest of former President Charles Taylor to stand trial at a United Nations war crimes tribunal has removed one major source of danger to the country's security, but new threats may emerge.

The disbanding of the armed forces and security forces has left a large pool of disaffected and angry former soldiers with the potential to rally behind any military challenge to the government, led by President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, elected a year ago. Many of them blame her for the disbandment, though that decision was made before she took office.

Tens of thousands of civil servants are being dismissed in a major downsizing of government, leaving them jobless and their families often hungry.

And stalls in Ganta's Waterside market recently were razed as part of the city "beautification" plan, forcing many former combatants who worked there as traders out of business.

With 15,000 U.N. peacekeepers still spread across the country, none of these factors alone is a major security threat. But they could be exploited by opponents of the government, particularly if there is no dramatic improvement in the economy and employment.

"Those who lost power in the recent election in this country are not very happy," said Ezekiel Pajibo of the Center for Democratic Empowerment, a nongovernmental organization based in Monrovia, the capital. "Some of them employed violence to hold power. Usually, people don't like giving up power."

Competing claims

In Ganta, shops and businesses are washed in a faded blue paint and carry names such as Friendship or Joy or Ma Love Good Will.

But there is little of those elements here.

The land conflict is complicated by the fact that some refugees did not take their property deeds when they fled the chaos of war, others never had deeds, and in some cases different deeds appeared to confer ownership on different parties.

The Liberian government has set up a commission to untangle the competing claims.

"If the government fails to solve the problem, those who own the land will come and take it by force," Hawa Jabateh said. "And that's war."

Price Yeanay, 22, and her sister Rebecca Boyou, 33, refuse to leave the Jabatehs' land.

"They come and tell you, 'Move off my land.' They're not doing it with friendship. They're doing it with violence. They say if they don't get their land back, they'll bring war," said Yeanay, who fears that her family will be attacked.

Faleuku Donza, 78, frail, skinny and sick after years in a refugee camp, has had no luck removing Cecilia Dono, 45, from his family's land, where she built a house.

She sees the Mandingos as "troublemakers" and has demanded that Donza pay for the house she built. But after 15 hungry years in the camp, he had no way to pay.

There are different tensions in other parts of the country.

In Monrovia, hundreds of demobilized soldiers and officers have been spending their days hanging around a shabby former barracks since the army was disbanded in an attempt to purge those who had committed abuses under Taylor. Most are angry about what they see as inadequate severance packages and the requirement that they formally reapply to enter Liberia's new army.

Pajibo of the Monrovia-based NGO said members of the old army and security services had no real grievance, given the country's violent history.

"All of the warring factions, without exception, visited mayhem on this country," he said. "If anybody has a right to be angry, it's the victims of the war, not the tormentors and perpetrators."

Poverty at the root

As the tensions fuel discontent, public expectations of rapid transformation, job opportunities and an end to poverty are so high that the inevitable letdown could leave the government vulnerable, some analysts say.

Pajibo warned that unless international donors offered immediate support for poverty reduction, the country's security could be undermined.

"The greatest threat to our peace is the endemic poverty in our country," Pajibo said, because former militias and government opponents could exploit the big pool of dissatisfied Liberians. He said the international community must act swiftly to prevent a slide back into war.

In Ganta, finding a solution that is fair and won't fuel the tensions is going to be difficult.

Dono, who built the house on the elderly former refugee's land, is doing better business in her shop on the main street than she ever did in the market stall she used to own.

But she says she is annoyed by the daily "palaver," a common Liberian expression for argument, over landownership.

Dressed in her best clothes one recent Sunday, she grew angry over questions about why she thought the former owner should pay her to get his land back.

She ruffled her Sunday finery and strutted off to church.

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Subject: GOL Bans Public Demonstrations
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GOL Bans Public Demonstrations
Published: 15 January, 2007

MONROVIA, January 15 --The Government of Liberia has cancelled and banned all demonstrations “until further notice,” in the wake of reports that “there are persons planning to infiltrate what would have been a peaceful demonstration” scheduled for today, “to disturb the public peace, create confusion and disrupt law and order in the city of Monrovia,” according to a special government announcement issued late yesterday.

The announcement, signed by the Justice Minister Frances Johnson Morris, also Chairman of the Joint Security Committee, said the measure is intended “to preserve the peace and protect the public interest.” It however stated that the Ministry of Justice will advise a subsequent date when planned demonstrations can once again take place with the issuance of the appropriate permits. All security agencies including UNMIL and the Police have been ordered to strictly enforce this security measure.

Subject: LPRC Saga: New Players, Old Games
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LPRC Saga: New Players, Old Games
01/15/07 - FPA Staff Report






Nearly a month ago, Liberia’s oilman, Harry A. Greaves, Jr. announced a deal in which Nigeria will supply 10,000 barrels of oil to Liberia. The Sirleaf administration, like the Doe administration, had earlier requested 30,000 barrels. Greaves says the latter request was denied.

Amb. Dew Mayson

LPRC MD Harry Greaves
Greaves, in his usual histrionic move, also refused to tell Liberians how much Nigeria will sell the oil to Liberia. This is where Liberians and other donor institutions got suspicious. All Harry says Liberia will make profit. Indeed, Liberia needs all the profits now to rebuild the lives of its people and provide desired social services. So why cannot Greaves reveal the strike or buying price? Or has Nigeria, again, agreed to give Liberia the oil free of charge or for a reduced price?

During the Doe administration while Dew Mason, now an advisor to President Ellen Sirleaf, was National Investment Chairman, Nigeria gave Liberia 30,000 barrels of oil. That gift ended up in the pockets of President Doe, Mason and Emmanuel Shaw, as principal players. Liberia did not benefit from the deal.

Today, the same trend is resurfacing. Dew Mason and Harry Greaves have contracted the same oil company, ADDAX, to strike the same deal. “President Sirleaf had initiated the oil deal with her counterpart, President Olusengon Obasanjo of Nigeria,” says a senior Nigerian official in Abuja. “Yet, she sits there saying nothing about Harry [Greaves] modus operandi…Liberia needs to do better to move ahead….”

On the home front, the Foundation for Human Rights and Democracy (FOHRD) first uncovered the oil deal between Liberia and Nigeria. Since the revelations, Liberians have grown increasing concerned about the nature of the transactions and how it would benefit the country.

Politicians have not kept quiet either.

Grand Kru Senator Blamo Nelson complained about the nature of the transaction when the Human Rights organization unearthed the oil deal and has since called for a total investigation by the national legislature.

On Friday, January 12, 2007, Senator Blamoh Nelson called for the resignation of the Managing Director of the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company and the Board.

Senator Nelson maintained that the UN Panel of Experts Report on the nine-month operation of the Greaves’ administration at the LPRC is worrying.

Liberia is emerging from a long protracted civil war. Liberians believe that every bit of funds that can assist to rebuild schools, health care facilities and other badly needed infrastructure counts.

Since the revelation of the oil deal between Nigeria and Liberia, Liberian Petroleum and Refinery Corporation Managing (LPRC) Managing Director Harry Greaves has made pronouncements that have raised more questions than answers. Liberians have watched the saga unfold. The Heritage, a local daily in Liberia launched special investigations to help the Liberian people, donor nations and the international community understand the oil transaction better. It reporters claimed to have talked to Nigerian government insiders, financial experts, diplomats and other sources here and abroad.

Liberia and Nigeria Governments’ Deal?

Managing Director Greaves contends, “This transaction was not a transaction between the Government of Liberia and the Government of Nigeria as has been characterized.” Liberians have frowned on this statement from Harry Greaves, especially coming at the time when some have accused Director Greaves of refusing to hire a deputy at LPRC. “He thinks he owns LPRC,” frowned an administrator at the LPRC.

Paradoxically, Greaves has maintained that President Sirleaf requested an allocat1on of 30,000 barrels per day. But the Nigerian government, through its Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, approved an allocat1on of 10,000 barrels per day.

“Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is the President of Liberia, not LPRC,” says an official at the Nigerian embassy. “So a request from her to another government is a request on behalf of the Liberian government and its people. It is not a private transaction, as Greaves seemed to have claimed.”

Chairman Bryant, the world has learned made similar requests to the Nigeria, but was unsuccessful in securing a deal.

“LPRC is just the government vehicle to consummate the transactions, so Harry Greaves has misinformed the Liberian people about the status of LPRC as a government owned public corporation,” says James Rosenberg, a leading investment banker in Washington, DC.

LPRC is a publicly chartered corporation. The Liberian govern owns the controlling shares. Hence transactions between LPRC and another firm is done for the benefit of the Liberian government and its people.

It may be recalled that while Greaves has maintained his central contention that that the oil deal was a private commercial transaction, he has since admitted that in fact the LPRC is a public entity and must be treated at such.

Greaves’ Misinformation?

Director Greaves argued NNPC produces 2.4 million barrels each month and then decides how many is allocated to each customer. He said LPRC is one of those customers. But after considering what was achievable, NNPC decided that it could not give LPRC 30,000 that President Sirleaf requested; instead it agreed to allocate to LPRC 10,000 barrels monthly.

“That’s all an allocat1on is. It’s an option to buy. It’s not a gift, aid or charity. It’s just an option to buy, Greaves emphasized.

Greaves argues further: “This is not a fixed price contract. All the contract does is that it gives you the right to purchase. It doesn’t give you a price. The price is determined at the point in time when you go to lift the oil.”

Information gathered seemed to contradict Greaves understanding of options.

Heritage reached Andrew Blackson, a financial expert in Washington DC, to provide some understanding of options. Blackson says: “An option is just the right, not the obligation to buy or sell something at a given price in the future. It is normally a private arrangement between two people. But with the advanced technology and financial innovation option, prices are available today on the Internet, just as prices of commodities are traded.”

Blackson indicated that options can be used for hedging against, for instance, a rise in price of raw material that is used by a firm. Or it could be used to make money in the future, which is what LPRC is attempting to do with the oil deal.

“But the main ingredients of an option include a strike price, which is nothing but an agreement upon price to purchase the commodities between two people,” Blackson noted. “It usually comes with a nominal fee, which is the cost of the option.”

When informed that Director Greaves indicated that the deal is not a fixed price, Blackson frowned on the statement. He said: “This does not make any sense. An option is a fixed price transaction, given a person the right, not the obligation to buy, something at a given price in the future.”

He then asked, “What is the value of an option that does not have a fixed price, after all the purpose is to lock-in the price?”

Many financial analysts concur with Director Greaves that there is no need to take hold of the commodity in question, but maintained that a strike price is usually agreed to upfront.

Stephanie Beck of Merrill Lynch and Robert Garrett, a former Goldman Sacks employee, leading financial services and investment banking firms in America agreed with Blackson’s understanding of the whole option business.

In LPRC Press Release entitled, LPRC Takes Exception to Newspaper's Addax Deal Report 12/08/06 - Liberian Petroleum Refinery Corporation,” Greaves’ LPRC contradicts its earlier position that this was not a fixed price contract, and therefore LPRC could not present a price quote.

The LPRC Press Release stated, “Also, NNPC delivers oil by the shipload. One shipload is 850,000-950,000 barrels. An allocat1on of 10,000 bpd takes 3 months to accumulate a shipload, i.e. 900,000 barrels. Thus, the cost of a shipload would be in the region of US$55 million (900,000 x US$60/barrel). LPRC does not have US$55 million; neither does the Government of Liberia have US$55 million to lend to LPRC.”

Many Liberians are now wondering why Greaves did not present the US$60/barrel when the Human Rights organization first broke the news of the Nigerian oil deal. Instead he stated he did not know the price per barrel, “when the desire to lock-in the price of a commodity or asset is the principal reason for entering into an option contract,” argued a Diaspora Liberian who did not want to be named for this report, adding “it is rather surprising that Nigeria will go through all the trouble just to give Liberia $500,000 a year…something smell stinks here.”

Greaves, as Liberians have watched him over the course of the past several, months have presented conflicting statements about the bidding process. He stated in a “tell-it-all” style press conference in Monrovia that LPRC did not entertain a bidding process because the deal was a “sales contract”, not a concession agreement.

LPRC Press Release stated, “There also seems to be some confusion about the circumstances under which bidding is required. Our procurement laws deal with procurement, not any and every business transaction. LPRC’s contract with Addax was not a procurement contract. It was a sales contract, and there is a world of a difference between procurement and sales. LPRC was not buying anything from Addax; it was selling something to Addax.”

The Analyst newspaper took him to task for apparent violation of the Nation’s Public Procurement Policy. The Analyst did not buy Greaves contention that this deal was a sales contract, not a concession agreement so that desiring bidding. For many Liberians, Greaves was now forever engaged in “legal speak,” reminiscent of former President Bill Clinton’s infamous assertion, “I smoke it but I did not inhale it,” answering to a question whether he had ever smoke marijuana.

Greaves disclosed, “The deal will yield US$500,000 benefits for Liberia and the Geneva-based company (Addax) has already paid US$25, 000,” adding “a margin on this kind of transaction is measured in cents on a barrel.” The contract was not reached in secret, he insisted. According to him, “President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and the board of the directors of the LPRC were fully aware of it.”

In one of her regular conversation with the president, a public radio call-in talk show, President Sirleaf admitted being informed of the oil deal transaction; a fact the UN Panel of Experts did not acknowledged in their report.

The Liberian people and the nation’s international partners have also learned from a published UN Panel of Experts Report that Greaves, again, misinformed them about the circumstances surrounding the oil deal. The Panel stated that Greaves told them the Board of Director of LPRC had approved the deal between LPRC and Addax. But the found in the minutes of the Board of Director a contrary position.

The UN Panel stated, In June 2006, LPRC entered into a one-year contract with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to buy 10,000 barrels of crude oil a day. Despite its name, LPRC is not in position to refine the crude oil. Thus, in August 2006, LPRC sold the contract to Addax Ltd, the largest independent oil producer in Nigeria, at the rate of 14 cents a barrel…

“When the Panel sought clarification as to how the firm and price were determined in the absence of competitive bidding, the Managing Director of LPRC said it was not possible to call for bids in such situations because of the lack of time. He (Greaves) stated that the transaction had been handled by himself and one of Liberia’s ambassadors-at-large, and that the order had been given after the LPRC board had approved the sale. However, the minutes of board meetings dated 1 and 4 August indicate that the board had been informed of the selection of the firm and the price only after the firm and the price had already been determined.

Now, Greaves admit that he was supposed to have conducted a bidding process before awarding the contract to Addax, undermining sales contract versus procurement contract argument. He told the UN Panel that he did not have enough time to conduct the bidding, making many people to say Greaves “lied” to the Liberian public.

$50 Million Profit Annually

Greaves says: “I am reluctant to disclose the amount LPRC will get from the contract. What we will get will be deposited into LPRC’s account and reported through our financial statement. When money comes, it will be published; we will receive the margin.”

Mr. Garrett and Ms. Beck directed Heritage to go on www. Bloomberg.com to check out the option prices. Bloomberg is a leading financial website in America. Heritage visited the site and found some interesting information (see box).

The 6 months forward price was $61 per barrel. Spot price (10/26) was $58.64. The spot price is the price today per barrel. The forward is the price in 6 months. The spot price is normally a good indication of the future price with respect to options.

Given the direction of crude oil prices, Beck and Garrett indicated that the long run price over a year would be somewhere in the neighborhood of $58.70 per barrel.

Heritage called NNPC in Nigeria. A source that is involved in the transaction indicated that the fixed price between LPRC and NNPC is $45 per barrel.

The profit margin is therefore $58.70-$45 equaled $13.70 per barrel.

Multiplying $13.70 times 10,000 per day times 365 days a year equaled a windfall profit margin of $50, 005, 00 or US$50 million.

The two big remaining questions is what are the cost of the option to buy, and what is ADDAX Ltd charging LPRC to consummate the deal?

Greaves argued that LPRC was convinced that it could sell the oil to an oil trader and make a small profit. He says: “The purpose of this transaction is to make a little profit for LPRC on the purchase and sale of the oil. This whole transaction is all on paper. We’re not going to physically take possession of the oil and take it somewhere to be refined.”

For many Liberians, a potential $50 million windfall profit is not a small profit.

Since Greaves has argued that he does not want to disclose the deal in public, some are now wondering why he cannot make the paper work available to the National Legislature, who is supposed to represent the interest of the Liberian people?

The UN Panel of Experts have called, once again, call on the General Auditing Office of Liberia to conduct an audit of the transactions at LPRC and rice importing companies.

Mayson/Shaw, now Mayson/Greaves?

The election of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was regarded as a victory for Liberia with respect to ushering in a new era of transparency and accountability. The manner in which this oil deal came to light and Greaves attempted to brush off issues has got so many worrying about Liberia’s seriousness to fight corruption.

It may be recalled that former Nigerian President Ibrahim Babangida was a good friend of late Liberian President Samuel K. Doe. In his desire to assist the Liberian government, President Babangida authorized NNPC to give Liberia 30,000 barrels of oil per month for free. The Liberian people did not benefit from that generous gift from Nigeria.

Dew Mayson served as Chairman of the Liberia’s National Investment Commission. He was the first to bring to Liberia convicted war criminal, Gus Kouwenhoven, who took control of Hotel Africa. But Dew Mayson was later sent to France to serve as Liberia’s Ambassador.

At the same time, Emmanuel Shaw became the principal economic and financial advisor to Samuel Doe. Prof. Tim David West was President Babangida’s oilman, heading the Nigeria oil ministry.

A former Minister in Doe’s administration, who also happened to be Samuel Doe’s relative informed Heritage that Shaw and Mayson teamed up to convince Doe to channel the oil deal through ADDAX. Shaw, Mayson, West and ADDAX formed a joint venture and created the Liberian National Petroleum Company (LNPC). “It was Mayson, as Ambassador to France, that brought addax to Samuel Doe,” revealed the former minister.

In 1990, Shaw and Addax confiscated and sold Liberia’s presidential air plane on account the Liberia government owes them for oil sold to the government, the same oil that Nigeria gave to Liberia for free.

Then Liberian Ambassador to England, Willie A. Givens acquiesced to the sale of the airliner. Today, the Liberian president is without an airplane, all because of some mismanaged oil deal by Shaw, Mayson and Addax.

Liberians are wondering why the same players—Dew Mayson and Addax—are working with Greaves to conduct the same type of deal under a cloud of secrecy.

Dew Mayson was appointed political advisor to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on international matters. Since the outbreak of war, Mayson has lived in Nigeria running a ship and oil business with limited success.

The Human Rights organization reported, after meeting with Harry Greaves, that he (Greaves) presented a document that for the oil deal signed by Harry Greaves and Dew Mayson, which the Human Rightists claimed was not a contract. After all, anyone could use a simple word document to doctored documents, “so we insisted on seeing the actual, original contract between LPRC and NNPC, as well as the original contract between LPRC and Addax. Anything short of that is not working in the interest of promoting accountability and transparency in this nation,” asserted Aloysius Toe of FOHRD.

Subject: Why do bad things happen to Sierra Leone?
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Date Posted: 09:46:42 01/15/07 ()
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Because its people especially those who are in a better position refused to resist the bad things that will disunite them.
Instead they join hand as one family to help their Country grow, they are busy destroying each other for self aggrandizement and personal pleasure.
Those evil acts have a place in the heart that adore the things in the secret world. All the inter-marraige and other sort of good things that occur among the inhabitants are only superficial. As a native of Sierra Leone, I know that our people's love are superficial. They will only love/like you when you are successful. But, when you are unemployed or born from a poor home, nobody will show any respect.There is no love among Sierra Leoneans here in the diaspora or in the Country. Everyone except for few are busy to satify their selfish interest and do not care for others who speak another language. I am not going to cast blame to this or that group. But, I believe strongly that there are certain Sierra Leoneans who because they cast their burden to the devil will not allow this great Country to move forward.
It is difficult to break the curse and infirmity , the bad folks have heped in the Country. Who says that 2007 will bring deliverance to the poor Country?
I do not believe that there will be any change in that Country till God who is omnipotent comes to the poor people aid. But they themselves have to allow God to take control of their detiny. Why a God who loves his creature will abandon us?
Because, instead of put all our burden unto him, we are busy seeking the help of the under-world.
I am sad because my compatriots are exposing my Country to ridicule and abomination.
The forces of darkness are using every diabolical move to maintain an incumbent governmnet that has ruined and shattered the Country. Why do Sierra Leoneans will give their destiny to leaders who have failed them on countless occasions?
Who cares about the weak and sick? JJ Blood did not mince his word to appoint all the SLPP stalwarts in governmnet. They say the people get a governmnet they deserve!
Does JJ Blood statement new? No, it is not. Do you know how the SLPP has manipulated the civil service by filling it with Party stalwarts. The army has also been diluted with tribalism, the Police is also littered with aprty apologists. The Christiana Thorpe NEC has party stalwarts as Commisioners. The Judges in the judiciary are under contract.The revenue authority is also full of party people.
What about the diplomatic Office? JJ BLood, you do not need to tell the public that the SLPP will put all its supporters in important postions. For the past eleven years, the SLPP has been doing justthat.
Sierra Leone has sixteen tribes. It is ironical that we only see few tribal groups perforating government. Woe unto you all. You have kept us in servitude for so long.
My daily prayer is for God to redeem his people. Thankfully, he promised that he will spare a nation, if there is one or more good people despite the bad are in the majority. We are blessed to have few good people around and because of their goodness, Sierra Leone will be set free by the power of God.
As an observer, I will be screwed if I fail to attack anyone that is putting our Country behind. Be it APC,PMDC or SLPP.
I think the SLPP time is up. Eleven years, have gone by. The Country needs to inject new blood and new ideas in politics.
Hope the elctorates are morally upright to fulfill their God given rights to change for a better.

Subject: Re: Why do bad things happen to Sierra Leone?
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Date Posted: 09:52:52 01/15/07 ()
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Why do bad things happen to Sierra Leone?

Because morons and brain-damaged illiterates like you are Sierra-leoneans. Why did God make you a Sierra-leonean? It was a very big mistake

Subject: Re: Why do bad things happen to Sierra Leone?
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He made me a Sierra Leonean to fulfill a purpose which is to respect my compatriots and show true love in the face of hate and jealousy.
I will not go down that cursing lane you have chosen. Because you have a low self esteem, you have chosen curse and malice to attack me. Woe unto you.
I am totally dferent from you.Since you were born, you have not found time to make amends of your wrongs and sin. I believe that you are a child of devil. No moralistic person will not beheve as you have done. I will not surprise, you drink blood to lengthen your life. Youuse juju to steal from the poorand because you are from the tempestuos hole, you will not see light again.

Subject: Re: Why do bad things happen to Sierra Leone?
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I hit your head severely and now you are wallowing in agony. Who does not know that your help comes from the devil. You belong to a kind of group that requires blood and lies from its members.
The devil that you keep in your bosom has exposed you and you will not able to find happiness as long as you are blaspheeming. Why would I bother to reply to your trash after I have nailed you and you are sinking in your animistic environment. As an ally of the under woorld, you do not show love and sympathy. The blood oath you take will haunt you today onwards
Sleep in your lunacy and sink in the tempestuous hole you find yourself.

Subject: Re: Why do bad things happen to Sierra Leone?
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Hell fire is waiting for you. Your daddy, Satan will be happy to receive you.FIRE GO BURN YOU.

Subject: Re: Why do bad things happen to Sierra Leone?
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I did not create you. You were made by SATAN. Why are you using different handles? Even SATAN is regretting for creating an idiot like you. Hell fire will be too decent and nice for you and your likes. May SATAN continue to bless your wretched soul.

Subject: Civil Society groups, deactivated soldiers plan demonstratio
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Civil Society groups, deactivated soldiers plan demonstration
Written by Joseph Cheeseman
Sunday, 14 January 2007

Several civil society groups and de-activated security personnel are expected to hold a peaceful demonstration Monday in Monrovia.

The groups cited several reasons for the planned demonstration including what they called unconstitutional dissolution of the Armed Forces of Liberia.

They also cited the brutal murder of Emmanuel Williams, failure to prosecute alleged corrupt officials and the controversial printing of new banknotes.

The organizers said they would collectively fight corruption, bribery, fiscal indiscipline and other alleged constitutional breaches.

The demonstration is being held under the auspices of the Association of Rights Groups for the Promotion of Peace and Democracy.

Police Inspector General Muneh Sieh could not confirm that Police authority was aware of the planned demonstration.
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Subject: Mulbah Morlu, Other Demonstrators Arrested in Liberia
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Mulbah Morlu, Other Demonstrators Arrested in Liberia
01/15/07 - Prince Collins, pcollins@FrontPageAfrica.com

Monrovia - The Liberian government has arrested the head of the Forum for the Establishment of War Crime Court in Liberia.

Security Officers on Monday arrested Mr. Mulbah Morlu along with several others who had planned to carryout a demonstration in Monrovia and file in a petition for the impeachment of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

On early Monday morning, while in the process of carrying out the exercise, Mr. Morlue and others were picked up by security men.

More Details will follow shortly.

Subject: Fuel price may reduce soon
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Fuel price may reduce soon

Mariama Kandeh 12/1/2006

Deputy Director of Petroleum Unit, Sabieu Conteh Thursday told Concord Times that fuel price will soon be reduced further.

The Unit, some four months ago, announced the reduction in fuel pump price from Le13,500 to Le12,950.He said reduction in the price of fuel in the local market is imminent owing to the recent reduction in the price of petroleum products in the international market.

The present world market price is $ US 53 per barrel.However, this price reduction in the world market cannot take effect immediately in local markets including Sierra Leone because the consignment of fuel now on sale was bought at a slightly higher price.“There cannot be an immediate reduction in the price of fuel because the fuel that is presently in the market was purchased by fuel marketers when previous prices were a bit higher.

Reduction in the price of fuel in the country will only take effect when marketers bring in new consignment bought at the current reduced rate,” the petroleum boss stated adding that he expects further reduction after certain factors would have been dealt with by the marketers.He said while the pending development could lead a subsequent decrease in the price of fuel in the country transportation fare may also reduce as the case may be.

He, however, emphasized that there will never be an automatic reduction in the price of petroleum products in the country when such development takes place in the global market.“It takes some time. This is because even if the reduction meant a very low price for petroleum in the global market that will not set-off an instant decrease locally,” he pointed out, and referred to the process as “triggered mechanism.”

Subject: A LESSON FOR SL'S LEADERS WHO ADORE THE IMF
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 07:28:47 01/15/07 ()
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[The following posting is presented here, courtesy of SALONEDiscussion@yahoogroups.com, in the continuing effort to apprise fellow S/Leoneans of a recurrent folly committed by successive governments in our country, including the current SLPP government of President Ahmad Kabbah and Vice President Berewa. That shameful folly consists of blindly depending upon foreign institutions, including the IMF (which is not even a development institution) for the development of our country.

Such ill-advised dependency was recently shamefully displayed by SL's Vice President Solomon Berewa at the UN Peace Building Commission's Country Specific Meeting on Sierra Leone held in New York on October 12, 2006. At that meeting, Vice President Berewa proudly announced to the world that the current SLPP government had handed over the SL government's constitutional authority for negotiating with foreign and other entities regarding our country's diamonds, gold, and other minerals, on behalf of the people of SL, to the IMF. It is the very same World Bank that was recently obliged to finally admit what many internationally acclaimed economists have been saying for decades -- that the World Bank (in close collaboration with the IMF) is responsible for causing widespread poverty in African countries, including, of course, our own].


--- In SALONEDiscussion@yahoogroups.com, MohmJ@...> wrote on Jan 12, 2007:


NEWS: Breaking free from the IMF: the fall of the "creditor's cartel"?

Guests are leaving the IMF party…

On December 28, 2006, the Philippines announced that it will repay early its outstanding financial obligations to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), amounting to SDR 146.3 million (about US$219.9 million). This comes soon after Uruguay announced – in November 2006 – that it was paying off the remaining US $1.08 billion which was due to be paid off over the next five to ten years. These decisions follow similar actions by others, such as Argentina , Brazil and Indonesia , that also made early repayments during 2006.

But Latin Americans and Asians are not alone in cutting strings from the IMF: in Africa, Ghana said goodbye to 2006 by announcing its withdrawal from the International Monetary Fund's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) – which provides loans to low-income economies at concessional rates of annual interest but comes with highly prescr1ptive conditions. And the Zambian president welcomed the New Year saying that they would not introduce taxes that could worsen poverty, as recommended by the International Monetary Fund. The speech by the Zambian president came after the IMF suggested the government reintroduce 17.5% value added tax (VAT) on food and other agricultural products, water and sewerage, domestic transportation, mosquito nets, books and newspapers for the 2007 budget. The IMF proposals received strong oppositions from various stakeholders.

And that's not all. Recently elected Latin American presidents – Nicaraguan Daniel Ortega and Ecuadorian Rafael Correa – are following the lead. The Sandinista front has conveyed to the IMF that poverty is its main priority; whereas Correa is seeking to restructure Ecuador 's foreign debt – he is looking for a 75% debt reduction, and will use the saving on debt service to increase social spending.

…and they're going to Isla Margarita!

The Fund is in trouble. Two of its largest borrowers ( Brazil and Argentina ) closed their accounts at the IMF ahead of schedule. And they are not alone. This resulted in a loss of interest income that prompted the IMF to lower its earnings forecast by about 40 percent for the fiscal year ending in April 2006. The fund now expects a budget shortfall of more than $116 million in the current fiscal year.

The IMF, founded at the end of WWII to promote economic stability, typically makes loans to countries on the condition that the borrowers undertake economic policy changes such as adjusting their balance of payments or reducing inflation. Conditions have included, for instance, requirement that countries cut back their public spending, privatise public industries, or liberalise their banking sector. These conditions undermine democracy by taking decisions away from governments and parliaments – and have often been imposed in completely inappropriate circumstances, with terrible results for the poorest people.

These conditions are just as much – or even more – of a concern for the most impoverished countries as they are for the larger middle-income countries. But the poorest countries, such as Nicaragua and some low-income African countries do not often have the resources available to pay off and break free from the IMF. Nicaragua will eventually have to reach an agreement – even if it seems that the government is standing up to advocate for its own priorities; Ghana has exited the PRGF but it seems that it is willing to enter into the new IMF "trick", the Policy Support Instrument (PSI), to keep it in the driver's seat. The PSI is designed for low-income countries that may not need, or want, IMF financial assistance, but still seek IMF advice, monitoring, and endorsement of their policies. Finally Guyana will commence negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during this year – as the government perceives that many of the International Financial Institutions and multilateral agencies look favourably on a country which has a programme with the IMF.

However, the landscape of a hegemonic IMF ruling the "creditor's cartel" seems to be rapidly changing. Venezuela is already starting to play a role in Latin America as an alternative source of credit to Argentina , Bolivia , Ecuador and Nicaragua – a potentially huge economic and social assistance package may be flowing from Caracas to Nicaragua . Is Isla Margarita breaking the Bretton Woods cartel?

A new chance for developing countries' "own way"?

The landscape is still uneven, and the IMF still keeps much of its signalling influence. However, only a few years ago, a government that did not agree to IMF conditions would find itself denied credit not only from the Fund but from the much larger World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, G-7 governments and even the private sector. Now, it seems as if there is a chance for poor countries to say no to the " Washington consensus".

In Argentina , a stable and competitive exchange rate, reasonable interest rates and the use of unorthodox measures to control inflation were some of the policies at the source of its remarkable economic recovery. In Bolivia or Venezuela , governments are capturing billions of dollars of additional revenues from natural resources, and use them to deliver on their promises of a New Deal for these countries' poor.

Whether this is a result of an oil boom as in the case of Venezuela that will possibly collapse when oil prices drop, it is also clear that after the dramatic decade of the 90s some of the world's developing countries, particularly in the Latin American region, have taken a turn in a new economic direction. After years of slow economic growth and outrageous poverty increases it is difficult for new leaders to do worse. Shouldn't then international community give developing countries' "own way" more credit and yet another chance?





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Subject: RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR ELECTION OF PARLIAMENTARY NOMINEES
From: J. LAMIN ISCANDRI
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Date Posted: 21:38:55 01/14/07 ()
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SIERRA LEONE PEOPLE’S PARTY (SLPP)
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR ELECTION OF PARLIAMENTARY NOMINEES

In accordance with Section 38 (2) of the Constitution of Sierra Leone 1991, every constituency shall return one Member of Parliament. Sections 75 and 76 of the same Constitution reproduced below specify the qualifications and disqualifications of members of parliament.

I. Constitutional Provisions

Section 75: Qualifications of Members of Parliament

Subject to the provisions of section 76, any person who –
(a) is a citizen of Sierra Leone (otherwise than by naturalization); and
(b) has attained the age of 21 years; and
(c) is an elector whose name is on a register of electors under the Franchise and Electoral Registration Act 1961, or under any Act of Parliament amending or replacing that Act; and
(d) is able to speak and to read the English Language with a degree of proficiency sufficient to enable him to take an active part in the proceedings of Parliament.

Shall be qualified for election as such a Member of Parliament

Provided that a person who becomes a citizen of Sierra Leone by registration by law shall not be qualified for election as such a Member of Parliament or any Local Authority unless he shall have resided continuously in Sierra Leone foe twenty-five years after such registration or shall have served in the Civil or Regular Armed Services of Sierra Leone for a continuous period of 25 years.

Section 76: Disqualification of Members of Parliament

No person shall be qualified for election as Member of Parliament –
(a) if he is naturalized citizen of Sierra Leone or is a citizen of a country other than Sierra Leone having become such a citizen voluntarily or is under a declaration of allegiance to such a country
(b) if he is a member of any Commission established under this constitution or a member of the Armed Forces of the Republic or a public officer, or an employee of a Public Corporation established by an Act of Parliament or has been such a member, officer or employee within twelve months prior to the date on which he seeks to be elected to Parliament, or
(c) if under any law in force in Sierra Leone he is adjudged to be a lunatic or otherwise declared to be of unsound mind; or
(d) if he has been convicted and sentenced for an offence which involves fraud or dishonesty or
(e) if he is under a sentence of death imposed on him by any court or
(f) if in the case of election of such member as is referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 74, he is for the time being a Paramount Chief under the law; or
(g) if being a person possessed of professional qualifications, he is disqualified (otherwise than at his own request) from practicing his profession in Sierra Leone by order of any competent authority made in respect of him personally within the immediately preceding five years of an election held in pursuance of Section 87 or
(h) if he is for the time being the President, the Vice-President, a Minister or Deputy Minister under the provisions of this constitution.

(i) A person shall not be qualified for election to Parliament if he is convicted by any court or any offence connected with the election of Members of Parliament.

(j) Any person who is the holder of any office the functions of which involve responsibility for or in connection with the conduct of any election to Parliament or the compilation of any register of voters for the purposes of such an election shall not be qualified for election to Parliament.

(k) A person shall not be disqualified for election as a Member of Parliament under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) by reason only that he holds the office of member of Chiefdom Council, member of a Local Court or a member of any body corporate established by or under any of the following laws, that is to say, the Freetown Municipality Act, the Sherbro Urban District Council Act, the Bo Town Council Act and the Townships Act or any law amending or replacing any of those laws

(l) Save as otherwise provided by Parliament, a person shall not be disqualified from being a Member of Parliament by reason only that he holds office as member of a Statutory Corporation.

I. Rules and Regulations

Overview of the Process

The 2007 parliamentary election will be based on the single-member constituency. This means that every Political Party will nominate a candidate to contest the Parliamentary election in every constituency. For the SLPP, the process of nominating candidates will be democratic, broad-based and will include women and youths. It will follow clear laid down rules prescribed by the Policy Council. Primary elections will be conducted at constituency level for this purpose.

Although there is no rule on the number of female and youth candidates, it is the desire of the Party to have many women and youths in the legislature. To this end, regions/districts should encourage and create the enabling environment for women and youths to contest the elections.

Below are the rules governing the process of selecting candidates for all elections:

1. The Electoral College

The Electoral College will be broad-based and include women and youths. The following will constitute the College:
• 10 Zonal/Sectional executive members – Chairman, Secretary-General, Organising Secretary, Women Leader, Young Generation, Publicity Secretary, Treasurer, Financial Secretary, Chaplain and Imam.
• 10 Chiefdom Executive members – Chairman, Secretary-General, Organising Secretary, Women Leader, Young Generation, Publicity Secretary, Treasurer, Financial Secretary, Chaplain and Imam.
(in the case of provincial constituencies)
• 10 Constituency Executive members - Chairman, Secretary-General, Organising Secretary, Women Leader, Young Generation, Publicity Secretary, Treasurer, Financial Secretary, Chaplain and Imam.
• SLPP Local Government Councilors
• Chiefdom Youth Leader/Representative
• Chiefdom Women Leader/Representative

No one person can vote twice. In the event, a person hold two positions, he/she can only vote in one capacity and the deputy or the next senior executive member automatically assumes the other position.

2. Conduct of Election

(a). All primary elections will be conducted by the district executives.

(b) The Regional executives and traditional leaders supervise the
process, ensures compliance to the laid down Rules and Regulations.

(c) Each district executive will compile a list of eligible voters at least 21 days before voting indicating the names of eligible voters. The list will be submitted to the Regional Offices and copied to the National Secretariat. It will be later displayed in various district and regional offices as well as National Secretariat for a period not less than 10 working days for possible query.

(d) Any query of the eligibility of a candidate will be reported to
the Regional Offices and copied to the National Secretariat and
the Party Leader.

(e) Within 10 days, the National Secretariat will investigate the
the query. The decision of the National Secretariat is final and binding on all stakeholders.

(f) All primary elections will be conducted in a place prescribed by
the Regional Chairman in consultation with the District Chairman.

(g) Each candidate/voter must be a registered and fully paid up
party member and must carry along valid party card on the day of voting.

(h) Nominations for primary elections shall be made and seconded
by eligible voters in writing addressed to the District Chairman, copied to the Regional Chairman and endorsed by the nominee. A special Nomination form to be designed by the National Secretariat will be completed for this purpose.

(i) Within 10 working days, the Regional Offices shall verify the
qualification of the nominee and inform the National Secretariat.

(j) If a candidate is proved to be ineligible in accordance with the
Constitution of Sierra Leone 1991 and the SLPP Constitution such nomination will be nullified after investigation within 10 days by the National Secretariat. The decision of the National Secretariat is final and binding on all stakeholders.

(k) A non-refundable nomination fee to be determined by the National Secretariat will be paid on the submission of nomination forms. All amounts will be paid to the Regional Offices and will be used to conduct the elections in their respective regions. Youths (below 40 years) and women will pay half of the agreed nomination fee.

(L) Voting will be secret and a multi-box system will be adopted. A photo of all candidates (to be provided by the candidates themselves) will be affixed to the boxes to enable illiterate voters identify their preferred candidates. Also, special ballots papers to be designed by the Regional Offices will be used.

(m) Any candidate who is alleged to have perpetuated violence or threaten to intimidate an opponent or an elector or the Party shall face the Party Disciplinary Committee and may be disqualified if found guilty.

(n) To be declared a winner, a candidate must secure at least 50% of the vote cast at the primaries. If no candidate secures the 50% threshold in the first round, a second ballot will be conducted for the two candidates with the highest votes.

(o) All voting and counting will be completed on the same day, preferably before 7 pm. In the case of second ballot, voting at night is permissible.

(p) Any candidate who feels dissatisfied with any stage of the process can complain to the National Secretariat. The Secretariat will immediately investigate the complaint within 10 working days. The decision of the National Secretariat is final and binding on all stakeholders.

(q) Any Party official wishing to contest parliamentary elections should not be involved in the process and the conduct of the election. Where a chairman at whatever level intends to contest, the vice chairman or secretary or the organizing secretary leads the process in that region/district/constituency.

Subject: Re: RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR ELECTION OF PARLIAMENTARY NOMINEES
From: Moijue
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Date Posted: 06:55:23 01/15/07 ()
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Bogus the symbol has already been allocated to a MEMBER OF friends of SOLO BEE.

Subject: Re: RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR ELECTION OF PARLIAMENTARY NOMINEES
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You are looking for faults so early.Becareful.

Subject: RE: Should Prince Harry Be Deploy in Iraq?
From: musa Kalawa
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Date Posted: 20:25:08 01/14/07 ()
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LONDON (Jan. 14) - A British newspaper reported Sunday that Prince Harry was scheduled to begin final training for deployment to Iraq with his army regiment, but the Defense Ministry said no decision had been made on whether he would be deployed.
The News of the World said the 22-year-old prince, who is third in line to the throne, would take part in a two-day pre-deployment course which includes instruction in basic Arabic phrases.

Harry, known as "Cornet Wales" by his Blues and Royals regiment, has trained to command 11 soldiers and four Scimitar tanks.

A Defense Ministry spokesman said the Blues and Royals were among a number of regiments being considered for deployment to Iraq in April.

"Even if the regiment is selected, it is not the case that the entire regiment would be deployed. If his unit was selected, it would be down to the unit commander to determine whether it would be appropriate for Harry to go," the spokesman said, speaking on customary condition of anonymity in line with policy.
The Defense Ministry has previously said Harry could go to Iraq if his unit was deployed, but he might be kept out of situations where his presence would jeopardize his comrades.

Prince William, currently training as a troop leader within the Blues and Royals, cannot be deployed to war zones because he is second in line to the British crown.
Britain has 7,000 troops based in southern Iraq, but plans to reduce its numbers in 2007. Treasury Chief Gordon Brown, who is expected to succeed Tony Blair as prime minister, said last Sunday that several thousand soldiers would withdraw by the end of the year.

Subject: Rebus is on the case as charity auction raises £7,669
From: ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS
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Date Posted: 19:57:09 01/13/07 ()
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Rebus is on the case as charity auction raises £7,669
JEREMY WATSON

INSPECTOR Rebus wins the day. A walk-on part in a forthcoming TV adaptation involving the famous fictional detective attracted the highest bid in Scotland on Sunday's charity online auction.

One generous reader paid £2,000 to outbid other challengers for small-screen glory alongside Ken Stott, the actor who has most recently brought author Ian Rankin's hard-bitten Edinburgh sleuth to life. In true murder-mystery style, the winner wants to keep his identity secret until his TV debut.

The winning bid was part of the £7,669 raised by the auction held to provide funds for Sightsavers International, the charity at the heart of Scotland on Sunday's Christmas Appeal. Combined with direct donations, more than £12,000 has been raised so far, although the full amount will not be known until the end of January.

The online auction took place after the donation of 33 tempting lots by leading figures in the worlds of entertainment, hospitality and business.

After Rebus, the second favourite lot raised £710 - a helicopter trip for four from Edinburgh to the Fairmont St Andrews Bay golf resort in Fife.

Third was the £640 paid for conversation and lunch with Alexander McCall Smith, the author of the popular 44 Scotland Street novels. Other sought-after lots included lessons from a business guru, which involves a half-day meeting with Cairn Energy oil tycoon Sir Bill Gammell and went for £405, teaming up with a Scotland on Sunday sports reporter for a major SPL football fixture (£305), a murder mystery weekend at the Dunalastair Hotel in Perthshire (£280) and getting behind the wheel of a Ferrari (£155).

Sightsavers' aim is to prevent blindness in developing countries, where both children and adults regularly and needlessly lose their sight because of a lack of simple treatments routinely available in the West.

The money raised will be spent on a variety of projects in Sierra Leone, where just £27 will pay for a cataract operation for a child. It will also help pay for the distribution of Mectizan, a drug which prevents river blindness. The disease is endemic in West African countries. It costs just 12p a year to ensure vulnerable children and adults get an annual dose.

Caroline Harper, Sightsavers' chief executive, said: "We can't thank Scotland on Sunday readers enough for their generous support of our appeal which so far has raised more than £12,000. To put that into perspective, that's potentially 100,000 individuals who could be protected against river blindness this year and consequently saved from going blind."

Dr Dennis Williams, Sightsavers representative in Sierra Leone, said: "We are touched that the people of Scotland have reached out to the people of Sierra Leone in this way and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts."

Les Snowdon, Scotland on Sunday's editor, said: "I would like to thank the readers who took part in the auction and who donated directly to the appeal for their generosity. Sightsavers is a charity that makes any money donated go a long way in improving health care in developing nations."

Online auctioneers QXL.co.uk hosted the auction, which ended on January 8.

• Donations to assist Sightsavers International can be made using the 24-hour donation line (0800 0892020)or via www.sightsavers.org

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Subject: Monument Unveiled In Honour Of Liberia's Former President Ta
From: ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS
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Date Posted: 19:03:20 01/13/07 ()
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Source: Associated Press 2007

Monument Unveiled In Honour Of Liberia's Former President Taylor

A monument to former Liberian president and war crimes indictee Charles Taylor's was unveiled Tuesday in Monrovia by associates of the former president.

The monument was unveiled by the Association for the Defence of Charles Taylor headed by the former Public Works Minister in the Taylor regime, John. T. Richardson.

The unveiling process at the association's headquarters in the eastern Monrovian suburb of Sinkor Tuesday, was attended by several of Taylor's former associates of war crimes.

Speaking during the ceremony, former public works minister Richardson, who was also a commander in Taylor's defunct National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), said the monument stood testimony for all Liberians who are subjected to unjustifiable persecution.

Taylor is now in The Hague, Netherlands, awaiting trial on 11 counts of war crimes charges and crimes against humanity for his role in the decade-long Sierra Leone war, considered one of the most brutal civil wars on the African continent.

Source: Associated Press 2007

Subject: CHARLES TAYLOR'S SUPPORTERS FORM ORGANOSATION TO DEFEND HIM
From: ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS
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Date Posted: 18:59:04 01/13/07 ()
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It seems as if Taylor loyalist will not just sit by and watch their almighty leader rot in the Hague. They have formed an organisation in Monrovia with branches all over the world to support the defence of the former warlord. This support group is led by John T. Richardson, a former Taylor loyalist and minister in Liberia. Richardson launched the orgganisation a couple of weeks ago, and they have started collecting funds to defend their former master.

ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS

Subject: Re: CHARLES TAYLOR'S SUPPORTERS FORM ORGANOSATION TO DEFEND
From: Yaya Fanusie
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Date Posted: 23:26:49 01/13/07 ()
Email Address: Futatoro@gmail.com
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I guess they can do that lawfully. I think they must realize also that a few of us did not forgive what they have done to our people.
Let them-The Taylorites or any other trash just try to hurt our people again and they will make
Yaya Fanusie famous in Africa.
Yaya Fanusie

Subject: Re: CHARLES TAYLOR'S SUPPORTERS FORM ORGANOSATION TO DEFEND HIM
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Subject: KABS, PLEASE IGNORE THE TROUBLE MAKER
From: ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS(REAL)
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Date Posted: 17:44:01 01/13/07 ()
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DEAR KABS,

Someone has started using my handle to abuse you and Syl Johnny. Please know that I will never abuse you. Whoever is using my handle to cause trouble should stop now. Keep up the good work, kabs.

ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS

Subject: Private Contractors Want A Stake in Freetown’s Garbage
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Date Posted: 14:50:31 01/13/07 ()
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Private Contractors Want A Stake in Freetown’s Garbage
Posted by Saidu Kamara on Jan 13, 2007, 17:20

As a result of badly managed garbage and filth especially within central Freetown with large piles at nearly all junctions of the major streets, which is an eye sour to visitors and residents alike, the government has finally decided to take action.

The persistent ugly situation has urged the president of the Sierra Leone Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, Mr. Amadu Ndoeka and his executive to suggest that the cleaning of the city be the sole responsibility of the private sector.
According to Mr. Ndoeka they cannot just sit idly and watch the situation goes out of hand, as nobody will come and help us but ourselves.

He said citizens of this nation must put hands and resources together to solve the cleaning problem of the city, which he said is an embarrassment not only to the government but to us as a people considering how other cities look.

Mr. Amadu Ndoeka made these remarks during the annual dinner of the Sierra Leone Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, the 45th annual dinner held at the Bank of Sierra Leone’s staff recreational complex at Kingtom recently.
He also said they have a critical role to play towards the country’s development aspirations and to compliment government’s effort in the cleaning of the city.

Mr. Ndoeka noted that over the years they have been observing with keen interest the way the city is becoming filthy at an alarming rate and they saw the need to intervene and help solve the problem by bringing key stakeholders together to work especially in the local councils.

He appealed to government and its development partners for their full cooperation and support through the provision of necessary logistics to carry out the cleaning exercise.

Mr. Ndeoka commended the government and its partners for putting structure and policies in place that would provide an enabling environment for private investment to operate especially in the energy, road infrastructure, water and sanitation sectors.

The vice President Solomon Berewa who delivered the keynote address commended the Chamber for taking this timely and bold initiative of taking up the cleaning of the city as a top-most priority.
He said the government is very grateful, especially when it has been putting mechanism in place to resolve the problem.

Subject: Re: Private Contractors Want A Stake in Freetown’s Garbage
From: Olu Beckley
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Date Posted: 18:46:32 01/13/07 ()
Email Address: mariamab@aol.com
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Time to chop!!! The pork is ready. Here’s just another example of one of thousands ways of laundering donor money to fund election campaigns. Where were all these members of the private sector or Chamber of Commerce? Their sign boards disfigure the whole cityscape; their businesses litter the city streets and drains; they hardly pay their property rates, and now they can benefit from donor money, if of course they play their cards right for the award of contracts.

Let’s look a little deeper. How much will this plan cost, how will it be administered, and will it really benefit the people?

Mr. Ndoeka, please, do not be a party to the demise of the decentralization process Sierra Leone have earned. I have known you to be a very respectable technocrat and should speak out when Government is contravening the law.

Contractors who take part in this "chop I chop" arrangement will be no different from the scavengers that are not picky when it comes to their menu.

Subject: Re: Private Contractors Want A Stake in Freetown’s Garbage
From: ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS
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Date Posted: 18:53:58 01/13/07 ()
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Rebel Beckley(Former AFRC MINISTER)

YOU DO NOT HAVE A CLUE ABOUT THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PROJECT BETWEEN THE gosl AND THE wORLD BANK. THE PURPOSE IS TO ESTABLISH A SELF SUSTAINABLE PRIVATE COMPANY THAT WILL MANAGE THE NATION'S WASTE IN THE LONG RUN.

THIS IS AN EXCERPTS FROM THE wORLD bANK SITE CONCERNING THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PROJECT. THE WORLD BANK MADE IT QUITECLEAR THAT THE FREETOWN CITY COUNCIL IS INEFFECTIVE, AND THAT A PRIVATE ENTITY SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED THAT CAN SUSTAIN ITSELF IN THE LONG RUN WITHOUT WAITING FOR GOV'T MONEY.

ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS(INCLUDING THE LIKES OF BECKLEY)

“This component is to establish a SWM company for Freetown , based on legal and technical expertise and incorporated along autonomous lines, free of political interferences. The process is to be completed within 18months from credit effectiveness and subsequent to an emergency cleanup of Freetown . Given the fact that the risk involved is high, and keeping in mind that it might not succeed, a condition of disbursement has been attached (18 months from credit effectiveness). This will (1) reduce the risk of funds lying idle in case of failure; and (ii) allow reallocat1on of these funds, with the consultation of GoSL, to other component which are peforming well. The preparation team is acknowledging the high risk involved in the establishment of an autonomous solid waste management company, and making the necessary provisions for an exist strategy before moving to a business as usual mode in the current post conflict situation” – May 2004 Project Appraisal for the republic of Sierra Leone Power and Water Project”--(WORLD BANK)

Subject: Re: Private Contractors Want A Stake in Freetown’s Garbage
From: Justice
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Date Posted: 06:15:51 01/14/07 ()
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The last time you wrote your fase and malicious statement against Olu, I told him not to respond to your trash.
The Olu I know is a decent man cares about the poor.
He does not know me personally. I met him due to official business at his Wellington street ffice during the NPRC regime.
He was a technocrat who knows his work very well. Olu is one f the few Sierra Leoneans who are objective and immuned with a tender heart.
It is good that Alieu, has also added his comment. The days were you killed the innocents on the Streets of Freetown is over.
Some of you who burned Sakomah and other Sierra Leoneans will have to catch up with retributive justice. The Berewa/Kabbah and SLPP axix will not escape the wrath of justice one day.

Subject: Re: Private Contractors Want A Stake in Freetown’s Garbage
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
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Date Posted: 05:50:13 01/14/07 ()
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Anti AFRC collaborator. I read with utter dismay at representation of Olu Becckley as an AFRC/RUF collaborator. I know Olu Beckley and I know for a FACT that he was NEVER an AFRC collaborator. These are the facts that I know.
1. In order to form a legitimate government, the AFRC listed certain people as members of their government. One of these people was Olu Beckley.
2. At the time of the so called appointment, Olu Beckley was an international expatriate employee in Nairobi Kenya.
3. Olu Beckley rejected the appointment of the AFRC because he disagreed in principle with what they stood for.
4. Subsequent to his rejection of the AFRC appointment, a death threat was placed on his head should he ever go to Freetown during the AFRC period.
5. Olu Beckley and his family left Kenya and moved to the United States.
6. I know all these facts because I am his lawyer.

Now would you be kind enough to correct your records and make a public apology to a man whose name and reputation you have smeared in this public venue for nor apparent reason. Now lets see if you are really a man who is intent on making ammends to the wrongs he has committed. I would have responded to this attempt to smear this God fearing brother when I read it at first during the christmas holidays but I was unfortunately unable to post frtom Freetown and some other places in Africa and Europe I had gone to for the Christmas Holidays. As a matter of fact you can check with the moderator because I had sent him at least three messages from my locaations informing him that I could not post on the site.
It is worng to smear the name of a God fearing gentleman like the Olu Beckley that I know. Give it a shot and apologise to him or in the alternative call me an AFRC collaborator too and the whole world will laugh in your face

Subject: Re: Private Contractors Want A Stake in Freetown’s Garbage
From: Olu Beckley
To: All
Date Posted: 19:23:14 01/14/07 ()
Email Address: mariamab@aol.com
Entered From: at 65.117.246.204

Message:
Allieu and Yaya, Anti AFRC collaborator makes judgement calls he knows very little about. I presume all he does is read what people say, and without thinking through, clicks "Post Message" only to live with the mental diarrhea thereafter.

I'll catch up with you when you get back.

Subject: Re: Private Contractors Want A Stake in Freetown’s Garbage
From: Yaya Fanusie
To: All
Date Posted: 09:48:44 01/14/07 ()
Email Address: futatoro@gmail.com
Entered From: adsl-75-17-62-146.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net at 75.17.62.146

Message:
Alieu,
Thank you for the clarification on Olu polotical history.
I met him several times when I went to Maryland and we had brief conversations on Sierra Leone. Are you back in
town? Please call me I got a COA discount rental deal with
Cafe Cultural Center for events. You may want to select the Saturday you want for March event(50). All of March is still open.
I am leaving in a few hours for Sacramento to spend a few
hour with my friend, Gloria Purter, the jazz vocalist.
She leaves tomorrow to perform in Hawaii and Japan.
Yaya Fanusie

Subject: Re: Private Contractors Want A Stake in Freetown’s Garbage
From: Olu Beckley
To: All
Date Posted: 19:41:26 01/13/07 ()
Email Address: mariamab@aol.com
Entered From: at 65.117.246.204

Message:
Are we reading from the same project document? There is no mention of ineffective management by the Freetown City Council. This project's forwarding letter to the World Bank signed on April 26, 2004 by erstwhile Minister of Energy and Power Emmanuel O. Grant reads:

“A key strategy in the reform programme will be geared towards strengthening the nation's decentralization policy and the devofution of power to local govemment institutions…….. The Government of Sierra Leone will soon conclude elections for the establishment of local government structures in the country. It is a strong ambition of government to develop and strengthen capacity at local government level to undertake various development aspirations of the country”.

Infact the Freetown Solid Waste Management Subcomponent of the project listed the following as counterpart government agencies for project implementing: Ministry of Local Government, Freetown City Council, and the Ministry of Youth and Sports (currently undertaking the solid waste management for Freetown).

We tell the donor community one thing and then ammend the institutional arrangement to suit our purpose. Could this plan to derail decentralization be one of the reasons for Emmanuel O. Grant's resignation from the ruling SLPP party? Tell me if you know the answer.

Subject: Re: Private Contractors Want A Stake in Freetown’s Garbage
From: ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS
To: All
Date Posted: 20:16:56 01/13/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ac202-050.resnet.stonybrook.edu at 130.245.202.50

Message:
"The current World Bank project aims to help Freetown manage its waste in an effective
and sustainable manner. The project, based on recommendations of this study, will fund
equipment for much-needed emergency and the short-term, two to four year cleanups, as well as
helping establish an independent institute capable of implementing these activities. Equally
important, for Freetown, the outputs can provide long-term sustainable solid waste management
(SWM) services." WORLD BANK WEBSITE

Subject: Re: Private Contractors Want A Stake in Freetown’s Garbage
From: ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS
To: All
Date Posted: 19:48:58 01/13/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ac202-050.resnet.stonybrook.edu at 130.245.202.50

Message:
What the hell are you saying? The world Bank is calling for an independent private company to manage Freetown's solid waste. Are you high on crack? How is Johnny Paul doing? Do I know about Emmanuel Grant? Was he not the miNIster of No Energy and No Power?Can you please tell us where you boss Johnny Paul is hiding?The last time i checked, Toesman was minister and member of the SLpP until he was sacked. Why can't you answer your own rebel question?

ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS

Subject: Re: Private Contractors Want A Stake in Freetown’s Garbage
From: Olu Beckley
To: All
Date Posted: 20:17:01 01/13/07 ()
Email Address: mariamab@aol.com
Entered From: at 65.117.246.204

Message:
You have just exposed your inability to comprehend professional project documents. Stop quoting things out of context, and you will do well. From reading your postings, I sympathise with your difficulty. Maybe you need to reads Dr. Abass Bundu's Democracy by Force? But until then May god help you.

Subject: Re: Private Contractors Want A Stake in Freetown’s Garbage
From: ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS
To: All
Date Posted: 20:24:17 01/13/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ac202-050.resnet.stonybrook.edu at 130.245.202.50

Message:
Why do I need to read Abass's book? Is Abass not bootlicking Kabbah's collaborator infested SLPP party? Indeed, people like Abass are your heroes. Those are the people you use to hang out with. Abass is lucky that a weak and myopic Kabbah is President of salone.

He deserves to be shot in the head. Abass, Olu Beckley and others are responsible for the carnage the AFRC and RUF coalition unleashed on the people of salone. You are a shameless man. SHAME ON YOU, YOU BLOODY REBEL.

Subject: Re: Private Contractors Want A Stake in Freetown’s Garbage
From: Olu Beckley
To: All
Date Posted: 20:43:58 01/13/07 ()
Email Address: mariamab@aol.com
Entered From: at 65.117.246.204

Message:
Some reading might improve your vocabulary and stop insulting the PRESIDENT!!

Subject: Re: Private Contractors Want A Stake in Freetown’s Garbage
From: Maady
To: All
Date Posted: 09:45:30 01/14/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ca1462-ch01-bl08.ma-cambridg0.sa.earthlink.net at 207.69.137.207

Message:
Bro.Olu:

My advice to you is to ignore this imbecile.He is not worth your response.He has proven to be a crude fella.Please ignore him.

Subject: Marda Tegloma
From: Mohamed Sesay
To: All
Date Posted: 14:02:20 01/13/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: nwplpf.nwpl.ca at 204.239.156.10

Message:

Botkidi and Mohamed Jalloh,

I have been observing the exchanges in this forum in the last couple of days and have been doing some investigations. I would like you gentlemen to know that the person calling himself ANT-AFRC COLLABORATORS, who has been using obscene and filthy language in this forum, against Mohamed Jalloh and Botkidi, is Marda Mustapha, alias Marda Tegloma. He lives or rather exists in New York.
Marda was born in Bunumbu, eastern Sierra Leone, and he is the younger brother of the notorious SLPP thief Shamsu Mustapha. Sengbe can sometimes be crude but he is no Marda Mustapha. Sengbe is completely different from Marda, who is actually a savage, as you can see from his language here.
Marda attended FBC where he graduated in the late 80s with a miserable general degree and when the NPRC overthrew the APC in 1992, Marda was one of the people that rushed to work for the junta. He was in NASMOS, the propaganda wing of the NPRC. As one of the close advisers of the idiotic and naïve Junta boys, Marda and his NASMOS friends advised the jailing and execution of people like Colonel Yaya Kanu, Brigadier Kawuta Sesay, Bambay Kamara, the journalist Salami Coker and many, many others.
Marda came to the United States on an NPRC scholarship, spent five years doing a master’s degree and ten years doing a PhD. He teaches in one of the rotten colleges in New York. A friend has promised to give me the name of the college Marda teaches and as soon as I get that, I will post it here.
Many people know Marda as a tribalist; one of the crudest Sierra Leone has ever produced. He always attacks critics of the SLPP in the most malevolent and crude manner, mostly anonymously in cyberspace, but also in Leonenet (TAMU), where the owner, Patrick Muana, allow him to do whatever he likes. Marda and Muana were some of the people kicked out of the other leonenet, Leonenet (UMBC), by the great Claude Meame-Kajue because of their uncouth and tribalistic behaviour.
Ladies and gentlemen, Marda Mustapha, as you can see, specializes in crudely attacking anybody that criticizes the SLPP. He has savagely attacked Kabs-Kanu on many occasions; he has attacked Gibril Gbanabome Koroma, Philip Neville, Sylvia Blyden, Olu Gordon, and many others.He also routinely attacks on this forum people like Mohamed Jalloh,Yaya Fanusie,Alieu Iscandari, John Leigh, Moijue Kaikai, Alie Formeh Kamara and a host of others. His style is not to logically debate, but to savagely attack, usually using a moniker because he is actually a coward like all savages.
Marda is a member of the REFORM GROUP, a tribal organization based in Freetown with branches all over the country and abroad. Marda is a member of the North America branch of the Reform group. JJ Blood, the SLPP’s number one thug, is also a member of the Reform Group. So is Patrick Muana, the owner of Leonenet (TAMU). The agenda of the Reform Group is to make sure, by hook or crook, that Berewa becomes the next president of Sierra Leone and that the SLPP remains in power. According to an acquaintance that is a member, the Reform Group has vowed to use all methods, including character assassinations, crude media attacks and even physical violence to achieve their aim. They recently tried to have IGP Brima Acha Kamara sacked, but failed. They are everywhere: the army, the police, the schools and colleges etc. And Berewa and the SLPP massively fund and protect them. Their special targets are opposition leaders like Charles Margai (their major enemy), Ernest Koroma and major newspaper journalists and editors. Reform Group operatives receive lots of money and have been promised lucrative jobs. Marda is working within the Reform Group’s agenda and is ready to go all the way as he is hoping for a job back home if the SLPP wins this year. We should expect more and more attacks from Marda and the rest of the Reform Group (which also has female members like the lady who recently attacked Charles Margai) as the election draws near.
Ladies and gentlemen, the SLPP has brought great evil to our country. All Sierra Leoneans that love their country should now rise up to say NO to this evil. Marda Tegloma and the Reform Group are some of the manifestations of this great evil. Wake up, Sierra Leone.

Subject: Re: Marda Tegloma
From: Sylvester Johnny
To: All
Date Posted: 17:24:54 01/13/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: c-76-20-101-62.hsd1.ca.comcast.net at 76.20.101.62

Message:
These comments about Marda clearly shows that you do not have a clue about who Marda really is. If you are going this far because of politics, I am afraid Sierra Leone is in for a very terrible ride under your party's administration.
We should all remember that there are a lot of non Sierra Leoneans who are following events on this forum. It was a friend at FBI who first drew my attention to this forum. Ca we discuss issues on this forum without resulting to abuse, name calling, tribalism and the like?

Subject: Re: Marda Tegloma
From: KABS KANU
To: All
Date Posted: 17:58:40 01/13/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: h167-156-253.63.chubb.com at 167.156.63.253

Message:
SYLVESTER,
I am tired of all this. I am taking down Mohamed Sesay's article now because his tirades against Marda are not called-for and are malicious.

Subject: Re: Marda Tegloma
From: ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS
To: All
Date Posted: 18:05:46 01/13/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ac202-050.resnet.stonybrook.edu at 130.245.202.50

Message:
Kabs, I do not always agree with you, but I am now convinced that you are a true gentleman. Keep up the good work, my brother. May God continue to guide you. I do not know why people keep accusing me of been Sengbe(yesterday), and today, I am Marda. I am neither Marda, nor sengbe. Can we please debate the issues and find those AFRC-RUF collaborators, especially the ones who have not yet repented for their sins?

ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS

Subject: Re: Marda Tegloma
From: ANTI-AFRC COLLABORATORS
To: All
Date Posted: 17:29:14 01/13/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ca07-ch01-bl12.va-ashburn0.sa.earthlink.net at 207.69.138.144

Message:
Stop blowing your horns about having a friend in the FBI.Who cares as long as illegal communications are kept out of this forum,nobody has anything to fear.So just go lap day,Mr.Friend of the FBI.

Subject: Re: Marda Tegloma
From: ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS(REAL)
To: All
Date Posted: 17:41:41 01/13/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ac202-050.resnet.stonybrook.edu at 130.245.202.50

Message:
STOP USING MY HANDLE. STOP YOUR DAMN LIES. KABS AND SYL, I DID NOT ABUSE YOU GUYS

Subject: Re: Marda Tegloma ( 2)
From: KABS KANU
To: All
Date Posted: 14:42:56 01/13/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: h167-156-253.63.chubb.com at 167.156.63.253

Message:
This person has written false things against Marda. I have my run-ins with Marda at times but he is not a crude fellow and he does not hide behind any cloak to attack anyone here. At Leonenet, he comes out clean.

Marda also did well in college and did not get a miserable general degree .

Mr. Mohamed Sesay, please moderate your comments .We just granted amnesty and we don't want to start blocking IPs . Leave Marda alone, especially if you can't say truthful things about him.

Subject: Re: Marda Tegloma ( 2)
From: ANTI-AFRC COLLABORATORS
To: All
Date Posted: 17:26:01 01/13/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ca07-ch01-bl12.va-ashburn0.sa.earthlink.net at 207.69.138.144

Message:
Kabs,just shut up.You are an hypocrite.You created yhis forum for those SLPP haters,thats why our sister has created our own forum.I don't care if you block my IP,I will go to our own forum.

Subject: Re: Marda Tegloma
From: ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS
To: All
Date Posted: 14:28:07 01/13/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 38.119.107.81

Message:
Mohamed Sesay is a pathetic man. Shameless human being. This shows you the character of some mu nku Sierra-leoneans. But is this the same Mohamed Sesay who attacked John Leigh on Awareness Times?

John Leigh disgraced a munku salone thug in Philly by the name of Mohamed Sesay last year. ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS IS HERE TO STAY.yesterday i was sengbe(crasedog jalloh said so), today I am Marda(son of a prostitute Mohamed Sesay said so). Ar go die with laff. me nar bone nar troat for some people dem.Mohamed Sesay, you are a loser. go jump nar sewa river. You bloody idiot, son of a gun.

ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS

Subject: Re: Marda Tegloma
From: Gibril Koroma
To: All
Date Posted: 14:21:57 01/13/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cpe-66-74-83-56.socal.res.rr.com at 66.74.83.56

Message:
I don't believe Marda is "anti-Afrc". I was a member of the AFRC and I don't believe Marda is writing as anti-AFRC.

Marda Mustapha can be rude sometimes but he wouldn't write like that. I have on numerous occasions sparred with him and he always call me WOR-WOR boy (I know I am) but he is a very nice guy.

Kabs-Kanu, please don't let people tarnish others like they have done to mohamed Jalloh, Edmund Koker and now Marda Mustapha.

This person is just jealous of Marda because he is a smart person just like Mohamed Jalloh.

Subject: Re: Marda Tegloma
From: KABS KANU
To: All
Date Posted: 14:36:41 01/13/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: h167-156-253.63.chubb.com at 167.156.63.253

Message:
You are right, Gibril. We have been enjoying a decent forum these days and I am sure everybody is glad about it. If Marda ia against the AFRC, it is not a crime, is it ?

We are following the conversation closely and if unsubstantiated remarks are made bent to sully somebody's character, we might ask for it to stop.

Let us concentrate on useful discussions instead of attacks on people

Subject: Re: Marda Tegloma
From: Gibril Gbanabome Koroma
To: All
Date Posted: 16:36:55 01/15/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: s64-180-100-93.bc.hsia.telus.net at 64.180.100.93

Message:
Kabs, I think I can detect some hypocrisy in some of what you say and do here. Somebody has been crudely insulting me on this forum and you call it a "decent" thing? I notice you never delete the insults that have been directed at me. Is this part of a sinister plan? So are you saying you support what has been written about me? Let me know and I will react accordingly.You know I am never afarid of a fight.Waiting to hear from you.

Subject: Re: Marda Tegloma
From: Gibril Gbanabome Koroma
To: All
Date Posted: 15:13:52 01/15/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: s64-180-100-93.bc.hsia.telus.net at 64.180.100.93

Message:
Hey Kabs, the person posting as "Gibril Koroma" was not me. My attention has just been drawn to this nonsense.

Subject: Re: Marda Tegloma
From: ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS
To: All
Date Posted: 14:05:00 01/13/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ac202-050.resnet.stonybrook.edu at 130.245.202.50

Message:
Hehehehehehe. I was Sengbe yesterday, and now I am Marda. Heheheheeheheheheheheeehehehee. You are one sorry excuse for a human being. How is your mother doing? She was great last night.

Subject: Time for change in our laws ( Standard Times )
From: Alimamy Sesay
To: All
Date Posted: 07:49:44 01/13/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: h167-156-253.63.chubb.com at 167.156.63.253

Message:
Of Master And Servant ! "Wrongful Dismissal" Time For A Change In Our Laws
Posted by J.B Jenkins-Johnston Esq., Legal Practitioner. on Jan 11, 2007, 11:24

The Constitution of Sierra Leone Act No.6 of 1991 provides at Section 8(3), (b) and © as follows.(3)The State shall direct its Policy towards ensuring that:(b)Conditions of Services and welfare of al persons in employment are safeguarded and not endangered or abused,and in particular that special provisions be made for working women with children….”
The above provisos come under Chapter II of the said Constitution, -Fundamental Principal of State Policy, and I have often wondered how many employers both in the Public and Private Sectors, are aware of these provisions, have ever read them, or even less likely, have ever made any effort to implement them in their dealings with their employees and workers. From my experience as a Private Legal Practitioners over these past thirty-two (32) years, I can say without hesitation,- VERY VERY FEW indeed, if ANY AT ALL! In my opinion, this is a very big topic, and a very serous matter, by reason of which I cannot deal with it all in one piece, and on this occasions, I intend to confine myself to just cone aspect of the whole concept of “fair and just Conditions of Services and work”, that is the vexed questions of “WRONGFUL DISMASSAL”. As every practicing Lawyer should know, the ‘locus classicus” in that area of the law in our local jurisprudence in the case of
“Civil Appeal 7179
Jessie R. H. Gittens-Stronge
Vs.
Sierra Leone Brewery Ltd.

Judgment of the Supreme Cout delivered on 17th December 1980 by Hon. Mr. Eben Livesey luke, C.J. ( now Deceased), supported by Hon. Justice O.B.R. Tejan (JSC.,) Hon. Justice Agnes Awooner-Renner (JSC ) Hon, Justice S. Beccles-Davies (JSC0 (al now Deceased), and Hon. Justice C.A. Hading (JSC).
Before allowing the appeal and awarding the Appellant Special Damages for his Wrongful dismissal by the Respondents, and the Costs in the Courts below and the Supreme Court, the Learned Chief Justice made a most poignant and powerful observation on the State of the Law as regards Employment, and I am sure I can do no better in introducing this topic, than to reproduce “IN EXTENSO” His Lordship’s observations.
This is what His Lordship the Chief Justice Hon. Eben Livesey Luke said (on 17/12/80-26 years ago),
“….In my opinion this case has highlighted certain imperfections in our law relating to Employment. The defence of the Company was that they acted in accordance with the Service Agreement by paying two moths’ salary in lieu of notice into the account of the Appellant. If they had made the payment at the time due, that plea would have succeeded and the Appellant’s claim would have failed. That is the strict common law position. According to the common law if an employer gives notice for the prescribed period under the contract of Employment to pays the equivalent salary in lieu of such notice, the termination is lawful and the employees has no remedy in law. Similarly in a case where no period of notice is prescribed in the Contract of Employment
, if the employer gives what the Court considers to be reasonable notice in the circumstances or pays salary in law. It does not matter how unfair or high-handed the termination was, or for how long the employee had served the employer. If the employer. If the employer acts in accordance with the terms of the Contracts of Employment he is protected. The common law rule in illustrated by innumerable cases in the Law Repots. A few random examples are Addis vs. Grampohone Company supra),
Austwick v. Midland Railway (1909) 25T.L.R. 728, and U.A.C. Ltd v. Kallay (1960-61) 1. S.L.R. 136
....The resulting position according to our present law is hat an employee is at the mercy of his employer. An employer, who may have rendered many years, may be ten or twenty years, of loyal, faithful and meritorious services, could be dismissed for no just cause, without assigning any reason. By the employer giving him the prescribed notice or salary in lieu thereof in accordance with the terms of the Contract of Employment. The employer may have acted out of spite, malice or other unworthy motives. But according to the common law so long as he complies with the terns of the Contract of Employment he is protected and the employee has no remedy in law. In such a situation no employee feels secure in his employment. There is no security of tenure. A man who has done twety years of faithful and exemplary service may at the stroke of the pen appended to a valid notice of termination be thrown into the unemployment pool. The seniority of the employee does not matter, so long as the employer complies with the terms of the Contract. And if an employer can act in that way to a senior employee one can only pray. “May the Good Lord save the junior employees.”
……In my opinion the present position reveals a most undesirable states of affairs that should be remedied as soon as possible. Unfortunately, the hands of the Courts are tied. We cannot intervene to remedy the situation by extending the common law to confer new right6s or remedies on dismissed enact laws for the protection of employees against arbitrary, high-handed and unfair dismissals. This has been done in other countries. See (U.K.) Industrial Relations Act 1971, (UK) Trade Union and Labour Relations Act, 1974, (UK) Employment Protection act, 197… and (Ghana) Industrial Relations).
Act 1985. And there is no reason why it should not be done in Sierra Leone.
Such an enactment could confer a right of action on an employee for unfair, as distinct from wrongful, dismissal; prescribe the minimum notice of termination to be give having regard to the nature of the job, the seniority of the employee, the length of his service; specify that the reasons for the termination must be sated in writing and communicated to the employee; limit the causes for which an employee may be terminated after a stated number of years’ service; confer on the Courts or other appropriate Tribunal Power to order the reinstatement of the employee or order compensation or both. Such or allied legislation could also make provision for compulsory minimum pension and gratuity rights of all employees in prescribed establishments-e.g. Companies or Bodies employing more that 50 persons or with a prescribed share capital or engaged in certain enterprises. Having said all this, it must be obvious that the need and urgency for reform in the field of the law relating to Master and servant cannot be over-emphasized bargaging position vis-à-vis employers. Most of the time they have no alternative but to accept the terms and conditions presented to them by their employer. It is an attitude of “Take or Leave it”. So if an employer presents a Servant Contract to an employee he proposes to engage him as a Manager providing for on month’s Notice of termination, the employee does not have much choice but to accept the terms or return to the employment market.
……Employees need to be protected by the State from unscrupulous, unreasonable, unsympathetic or oppressive employers. That is one sure way to guarantee the existence of a contended and secure body of workers in the real….”
What a Judgment! What Boldness! What forthrightness what better example of a Daniel come to Judgment!
And Yet! And Yet! Even after 26 years since that Judgement wad delivered, no one has taken the slightness Notices of such a powerful advice from the erstwhile Chief Justice, Parliament has certainly not intervened, and Employees continue to be UNSCRUPULOUS, UNREASONABLE, UNSYMPATHETIC AND OPPRESSIVE (in the worlds of the late Chief Justice.) Add to those, Vindictive, Selfish, Sexist, and downright WICKED So what is to be done? The Answer was supplied by Hon Justice Ben Livesey Luke, C.J. 26 years ago- “PARLIAMENT SHOULD ENACT LAWS FO THE PROTECTON OF EMPLOYEES AGAINST ARBITARARY, HIGH-HANDED and UNFAIR DISMISSAL.
This has been done in other Countries….And there is no reason why it should not be done in Sierra Leone….”
See PP.27 and 28 of the Judgement of 17/12/80)
According to Section 170 (1) (e) and (2) of the Constitution of Sierra Leone Act No.6 of 1991, the Laws of Sierra Leone includes the rules of law generally known as “The Common Law”. However, it is unfortunate that the only right which the Common Law affords the dismissed Employee is based on a breach of the Contract of Employment by the Employer. The Common law has never been concerned with the fairness of otherwise of the Employer’s action in dismissing the employee, save in so far as it relates to a breach of contract. In the United Kingdom, (our former Colonial Master), the position changed with the introduction of the Industrial Relations act in 1971.
Before then, many employees had little or no safeguards against arbitrary dismissals by their employer which where not in breach of contract.
It may be that the Employer had an internal procedures which required the Employer to warn an employee before dismissing him, or gave the Employee a right to explain his case before dismissal or offered him a right of appeal following a dismissal, but the likelihood of such a procedure existing was remote, and too many employees were subject to the vagaries of their employer.
In 1963 The International Labour Organization made a recommendation that termination of Employment should not take place unless there was a valid reason connected with the capacity or conduct of the Employee or based on an operational requirements o the Employer. Between 1965-1968. The Donovan Commission (The Royal Commission on Trade Unions and Employers’ Association) examined unfair dismissals and considered that.
“…..In reality people build much of their lives around their jobs. Their incomes and prospects for the future are inevitably founded on the expectation that their jobs will continue…..For workers in many situations DISMISSAL IS A DISASTER……”
The Royal Commission favoured the establishment of the statutory machinery to give employees protection against unfair dismissal. The Legal concept that the employees should have the right not to be unfairly dismissed from the employment was first given statutory form in the U.K. Indusial Relations Act 1971. With the repeal of the Act, protection against unfair dismissal was afforded by the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 which with minor amendments re-enacted the unfair dismissal provisions of the 1971 Act.
The Employment Protection Act 1975, without altering the basic nature of the right, further developed the provision, particularly those dealing with remedies for unfair dismissal.
The relevant provisions of the 1974 and 1975 Acts were then consolidates in the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act of 1978. This later Act has been amended by the Employment Act6 of 1980.
Some of the provisions under the law in the U.K. are most interesting, and ought to be considered for inclusion in our own local legislation. For example.

(I) The Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act of 1978 defines “dismissal” for the purposes of a clam for unfair dismissal at Section 55(2) (a) o the Act. The Employee is treated as dismissed where the contract under which he is employed is terminated by the Employer whether with or without Notice. For the purpose of this provision, it is irrelevant the contract is terminated with proper notice or terminated immediately with no notice or that it is terminated with wages in lieu of notice or that incorrect Notice is given.
(II) Another example is that under the provisions of the Employment Protections Consolidation) Act 1978 (Section 57 (1) and (2), in a clam for unfair dismissal, once the employee has established a dismissal or the employer has accepted that a dismissal has occurred, it is for the employer to show the reason for the dismissal, and that it is a reason which is within the Employment Protection Consolidation) Act 1978. The Industrial Tribunal must then determine whether or not in the circumstances the employer acted reasonably. The Industrial Tribunal must consider the whole of the evidence and satisfy itself on the evidence whether the employer acted reasonably.
It should be noted that under Section 53(1) of the 1978 Act an employer whose contract is terminated by his employer has the right to be given a written statement containing particulars of the reasons for his dismissal. The Employee must ask the Employer to give these written reasons and once the request is made, the Employer is obliged to supply the reasons within 14 days of the request. The Statement is admissible in evidence in any proceedings (See Section 53 (3) of the 1978 Act) and will be of particular value in proceedings for unfair dismissal.

Section 57 (3) of the 1978 Act provided that;
“…The Determination of the questions whether the dismissal was fair or unfair, having regard to the reasons shown by the Employer, shall depend on whether the Employer satisfy the tribunal that in the circumstances (having regard to the Equity and the substantial merits of the case,) he acted reasonably in treating it as a sufficient reason for dismissing the employee).
In addition to the above, it is my view that an employee to be dismissed must in every case to begin the opportunity to put forward his case and explain his conduct or any deficiencies in his work, otherwise such dismissal would be unfair. In one of the early cases on the subject, JAMES vs. WALTHAM HOLY CROSS. U.D.C. (1973) ICR 398, The National Industrial Relations Court in England held that,
“……. An Employer’s duty is to be fair both to the employee and to the business in al circumstances. This duty of fairness both to the employee and to the business is the only general rule. All else is but a particular applications of that general rule…”
The opportunity for the employee to state his case involved knowing what is alleged against him and the factors being taken into account.
It is my further submission that the necessity of hearing the employee before deciding to dismiss him accords perfectly with one of the cardinal rules of Natural Justice-“Audi Alteram Partem” “The other side smut be heard” or “
no man can be condemned unheard.”
Before concluding this piece, I feel obliged to deal with the matter of dismissal on the grounds of redundancy. Under Section 81 (2) of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act of 1978 an employee may be able to claim unfair dismissal where he has been dismissed for redundancy.
Section 59 of the 1978 Act provides that dismissal will be automatically unfair where the reason or principal reasons for the dismissal of an employee was that he was redundant, but it is shown that the circumstances constituting the redundancy applied equally to one or more other employees in the same undertaking who held positions similar to that held by him and who have not been dismissed by the Employer, and either that;
(a) the reason (or, if more than one,) for which he was selected for dismissal was an inadmissible reason; OR
(b) he was selected for dismissal in contravention of a customary arrangement or agreed procedure relating to redundancy and there were no special reasons justifying a departure from that arrangement or procedure in his case.
Where the Employee can show that his case falls within one of the above provisions, the dismissal is treated as automatically unfair. It is hoped that the above provisions will be included in our own version of the English Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978, sooner rather than later, it is time for our Law to make adequate and comprehensive provisions for the protection of workers of this nation at all levels’
It is time for our Laws to move in step with the Laws of not only our Colonial Masters, but with the Laws of other developing countries such as GHANA.
It is time for us to remove fro the terms and conditions of every business, Company, Bank or other Enterprise offensive and patently unfair provisions, such as
“The Company reserves the right as Employer to terminate the service of Employee at any time and need not assign any reason for such termination,” as
Such provisions take us back to the Stone Age when Masters had al the right6s, and Servants had no rights, but we are now living in a modern, democratic and constitutionally ordered State, which the Constitution, the highest law of the land, has promised us Conditions of Service and work that are FAIR4, JUST AND HUMANE
To this End, I call on the Sierra Leone Labour Congress to stand up for the rights of Workers in Sierra Leone and act as a pressure group to ensure that the Law is changed as soon as possible.
I call o the Minister of Labour (who is himself a former staunch Trade Unionist) to stand up for the r4ights of Workers by producing a Cabinet Paper convince Government o the urgency of this matter, and to see that a new Law gets to Parliament soonest;
I call on the Attorney-General, the Solicitors-General and all Lawyers in the Law Officers’ Department to give this matter their urgent aten5ton and to set about drafting a new Law governing EMPLOYMENT IN SIERRA LEOEN SOONEST;
I call on the President, Executive and members of the Sierra Leone Bar Association, as the watchdogs of the rights of the people, and the voice of the voiceless to adopt and champion this cause, to ensure that the Law governing employment in Sierra Leone is changed this year 2007 without fail in the manner suggested herein, for the protection of Employees across the board, and nationwide!
I call on the Fourth Estate to use their best efforts to ensure that this campaign in the Year of Our Lord 2007 to change the Laws governing employment in Sierra Leone is sustained until it succeeds. IT IS DEFINITELY TME FOR A CHANGE IN OUR LAWS.
In conclusion, let me repeat again the immortal words of Livesey-Luke, C.J. (as the then was) in the penultimate paragraph of his Judgement in the “locus classicus” on wrongful dismissal in Sierra Leone.
“JESSIE GITTENS-STRONGE bs. S.L. BREWERY LTD .” delivered on 17/12/80 in the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone-
“….Employees need to be protected by the State from unscrupulous, unreasonable, unsympathetic or oppressive employers. That is one sure way to guarantee the existence of a contented and secure body of workers I the realm…..”
I sincerely hope that those who have ears to hear, will hear; and those who have eyes to see, will see!
J.B. JENKINS-JOHNSTONE ESQ
Legal Practitioner

Subject: Re: Time for change in our laws ( Standard Times )
From: Dr. C. CURTIS-THOMAS
To: All
Date Posted: 09:13:57 01/13/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: dyn006669-twr2-student.cpmc.columbia.edu at 156.111.160.183

Message:
This is a very delicious food, if you will, for thought. The question then becomes: who is taking the very necessary steps for this law, and other similar laws, to be changed ?

CAN YOU LAWYERS OUT THERE STEP UP TO "THE PODIUM" AND EDUCATE US ?

Subject: YAYA FANUSI, IS THIS AN A.P.C PHILOSOPHY ?
From: CHIEF IN EXILE
To: All
Date Posted: 06:08:34 01/13/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
"...FORGET ABOUT EDUCATION, LETS CREATE JOBS". (YAYA FANUSI).

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The above comment from some "BIG SHOT" in the APC Party may well be a prescr1ption for doom for Sierra Leone where the illiteracy rate is at least 80%.

Or is this a case of "dem say Foday Sankoh, you say Dr. Charles Curtis-Thomas" ?

IS THIS THE APC PHILOSOPHY ? YAYA FANUSI, PRAY TELL !

Subject: Re: YAYA FANUSI, IS THIS AN A.P.C PHILOSOPHY ?
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 08:45:54 01/15/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-ntc-ad04.proxy.aol.com at 207.200.116.198

Message:
chief of what use is education if one cannot find a job to sustain themselves with the education they attain. yes the APC's priority is to provide good paying private sector jobs for the unemployed people of sierra leone. Which does not mean that education would be ignored because it is clear to the party heirachy that a well educated work force is important fuel for a productive employment environment. Did that help? Oh and yes on this policy related issue, I speak ffor my party.

Subject: Re: YAYA FANUSI, IS THIS AN A.P.C PHILOSOPHY ?
From: Yaya Fanusie
To: All
Date Posted: 13:33:50 01/13/07 ()
Email Address: futatoro@gmail.com
Entered From: adsl-75-21-42-56.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net at 75.21.42.56

Message:
CHIEF IN EXILE:
It looks like your brain immigranted from your skull. Because only a brainless person would write what you wrote.
Why dont you read it again.
Now, All I was saying/suggesting to the African Dispora is this stop talking about education start creating the jobs so that the educated could be hire> Do you understand?
Very soon, www.coaforum.com micro loans start-ups for women in Africa would mushroom and jobs will be created and then it will move into a rigional finance corporation owned by the women and they can hire university graduates and allied professionals to run the corpoaration. These women are all going to be millioniares in a few years.
Look man, I have a different vision from you.
Let the govt focus on Education. Let us expand the private sector in Africa.
Why dont use joing those who are making jobs available.
I was not wrting for APC.
Yaya Fanusie

Subject: Pa. Fanusie, " watch you mouth"
From: CHIEF IN EXILE
To: All
Date Posted: 16:17:12 01/13/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: dyn006669-twr2-student.cpmc.columbia.edu at 156.111.160.183

Message:
Pa Fanusie:
It is only because you are an OLD MAN AND I AM CURRENTLY OBSERVING THE SABBATH that is the only reason why I am letting you get away with this trashy response that you wrote. "YOU KNOW ME WELL". The last time that you had pull such a stunt, I beat you to an unrecognizable pulp.

Now you have made yourself clearer by the above comment; this you should have done in your earlier comment. We do not have to drag it out of you.

Next time you write such a trashy response, the wrath of the Chief will descend upon you heavily without further warning! A WORD TO THE OLD...

Subject: Re: Pa. Fanusie, " watch you mouth"
From: Fan of the Chief
To: All
Date Posted: 18:15:32 01/13/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 144.226.173.69

Message:
Happy New Year me nor die oh
Tell God tenky de chief don cam oh

Subject: IS IT SIMPLE FORGETFULNESS, OR IS IT ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE?
From: CHARLES CURTIS-THOMAS, BSN, RN, MD(Hons), MPH
To: All
Date Posted: 05:51:30 01/13/07 ()
Email Address: rnmdtwo@yahoo.com
Entered From: dyn006669-twr2-student.cpmc.columbia.edu at 156.111.160.183

Message:
It is not unusual for all of us to forget sometimes; When this state of affairs becomes "a constant", it may be something else. It may well be Alzheimer's Disease.

Alzheimer's Disease is a disease of forgetfulness. It causes the connections between brain cells to become ineffective, and the cells themselves to shut down and eventually die. This state of affairs leads to memory loss, personality changes, difficulty concentrating, impaired decision-making, difficulty solving problems, and loss of the ability to perform routine tasks. The disease may get worse over time.

The diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease is usually made by giving the patient a series of tests. These test determine if your memory loss is caused by something other then Alzheimer's Disease. When all other possibilities are eliminated, the doctor concludes that you probably have Alzheimer's Disease. This may sound as if the doctor can easily be wrong, but when the correct tests are given by knowledgeable physicians,the Alzheimer's Disease diagnosis is usually right. Doctors now err less than 10-15 % of the time when they an Alheimer's diagnosis.

Alzheimer's disease can only be CONFIRMED by examining brain tissue, either at autosy or by brain biopsy. Obviously, an autopsy cannot be done on a living patient. The brain brain biopsy procedure is dangerous, so it is seldom used to diagnose. There are other EXPERIMENTAL test used to diagnose Alzheimer's disease but their reliability (that is, if the test is done again will it produce a similar result, or the reproduceability of the test) is still bein studied by researchers.

In developing (resource-poor) countries, notably Sierra Leone, when one has Alzheimer's Disease, we are very quick to label these people as BEING CRAZY. But having Alzheimer's Disease is a far-cry from "being crazy". No, you are not going crazy. You are having trouble remembering things; you do not express yourself as well as you used to; you may be short-tempered and make mistakes. THAT IS A DIFFERENT THING THAN "BEING CRAZY".

The Lord willing and time permiting, I will make a distinction in a future article between Alzheimer's Desease and DEMENTIA.

Please feel free to field questions.

Subject: THE CHIEF RETURNS
From: CHIEF IN EXILE
To: All
Date Posted: 20:36:04 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: dyn006669-twr2-student.cpmc.columbia.edu at 156.111.160.183

Message:
Happy New Year folks! Hope everyone in well and doing fine.

NUFF RESPECT TO ALL.

Subject: Re: THE CHIEF RETURNS
From: thiefy chiefy
To: All
Date Posted: 02:51:10 01/13/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: 81-179-126-197.dsl.pipex.com at 81.179.126.197

Message:
dear CHIEF have you been in prison or in one hell of a hole

Subject: The chief was at City Hotel with your female parent !
From: CHIEFDOM POLICE
To: All
Date Posted: 06:20:35 01/13/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: dyn006669-twr2-student.cpmc.columbia.edu at 156.111.160.183

Message:
The Chief was spending time at city Hotel with your mother so that she could bring some money home to feed your lazy self. I am surprise your mother never told you that she does prostitution to make ends meet. Now that you are well-fed from prostitution money, you see no one to mess with but with the hand that feeds you.

Subject: Re: The chief was at City Hotel with your female parent !
From: thiefy chiefy
To: All
Date Posted: 12:16:36 01/13/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: 81-179-93-71.dsl.pipex.com at 81.179.93.71

Message:
so you have abandoned you infernal coakroach infested mud hut and under age concubines for modern facilities of city hotel. HA HA. Go fuck yourself chief! and your ilk that have destroyed salone

Subject: Re: THE CHIEF RETURNS
From: Welcome back Chief
To: All
Date Posted: 20:46:25 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 144.226.173.69

Message:
Happy New year me nor die oh
Tell God tenki the Chief don cam oh

Subject: Re: THE CHIEF RETURNS
From: CHIEFDOM SPOKESWOMAN
To: All
Date Posted: 20:59:19 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: dyn006669-twr2-student.cpmc.columbia.edu at 156.111.160.183

Message:
The chief appreciates your keen sense of humor and the sentiments expressed !

Subject: Re: THE CHIEF RETURNS
From: KABS KANU
To: All
Date Posted: 21:15:48 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: dialup-4.186.204.188.dial1.weehawken1.level3.net at 4.186.204.188

Message:
Chief, we missed you. Welcome back . We hope you give us the opportunity to continue to learn from you in this new dispensation.

Subject: Rev. Kabs-Kanu, the Chief greets you warmly !
From: CHIEF IN EXILE
To: All
Date Posted: 04:57:16 01/13/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: dyn006669-twr2-student.cpmc.columbia.edu at 156.111.160.183

Message:
Dear Rev. Kabs-Kanu:
Happy new year to you. I am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo humbled by the sentiments expressed. Let me hasten to say that we learn from each other because no one holds a monopoly on knowledge.

Please allow me to use this rare opportunity to sincerely thank you and others for affording US THE OPPORTUNITY to use this forum. I do not know what life WOULD be like without this forum. While I am on this topic, Please accept my sincere thanks for your Christ-like gesture in unblocking the IP numbers of "trouble makers", and in this regard the Chief is number one in terms of "trouble makers".

Finally, I do hope and pray that you enjoy PERFECT HEALTH in this new year. Please include in you New Year's resolution PROPER DIET, COPIOUS EXERCISE, FREQUENT MONITORING OF YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE ,CHOLESTEROL LEVEL,AND PROSTATE EXAM.

NUFF RESPECT TO YOU AND YOURS, SIR !

Subject: How Terrible!
From: Pa javombo
To: All
Date Posted: 20:11:05 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: c-66-56-36-91.hsd1.ga.comcast.net at 66.56.36.91

Message:

A Delta airline from Senegal landed in Atlanta this morning with a very unusual Cargo in it's tires.
A stowaway, a Senegaleese citizen was found dead between the plane's tires when the plane landed at Jackson- Hratsfield Intrnational airport in Atlanta this morning.

There are many things that would come to mind when such a thing happens and the security or the lack thereof at our airports is the least among them.
My question would be what the hell was he thinking of?
How terribble is it in Africa that a humanbeing can take such an unnecessary risk to leave?

I have heard of many Senegaleese and other Africans have lost their lives trying to cross the strait of gibralter in banana boats into Europe; and many have perished along the way. I have heard of a Sierra Leonean stow away who was found in the boiler room of a ship when the ship anchored in Charleston SC.I then thought I have heard and seen everything of the African's desperation to be anywhere but in Africa. But to think of hiding between plane tires flying thirty five thousand feet high beats my immagination.

Folks this is a terrible testimony to how things are back in our countries.

This is sad, very sad indeed.

Subject: Re: How Terrible!
From: Yaya Fanusie
To: All
Date Posted: 01:27:19 01/13/07 ()
Email Address: futatoro@gmail.com
Entered From: adsl-75-19-87-73.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net at 75.19.87.73

Message:
Pa javombo,
The mosaic nascent investment groups by many African Immigrants taking shape will eventually play major transformation of Africa. The young will not see it necessary to leave Africa because the future for them will be bright.
We are going to play the leading role in that turnAfrica around. We have to make the politicial tangential in Africa.
The women and the young should organize to create conditions for them to trive. We are the ones who have the resources to create jobs in Africa for our people.
We make to much excuses for not doing things. Forget about education lets create jobs.
Yaya Fanusie

Subject: To Mohamed Jalloh & Sengbe
From: Independent Man
To: All
Date Posted: 19:40:10 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: new-5000.cadence.com at 158.140.1.25

Message:
Guys,
This is a new year. I am kindly appealing to you to end your feud and let bygones be bygones. Please, please just forget about everything in the past and move on.
Elections are a couple of months away, and we want most discussions (if not all) on this forum to be about Sa. Leone: politics, development (or lack thereof), journalists (or is it joindalist??), etc, etc.
In all seriousness, please give peace a chance.

Thank you

Subject: Re: To Mohamed Jalloh & Sengbe
From: Edmund Koker: Stop!
To: All
Date Posted: 03:15:18 01/13/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-dtc-ad04.proxy.aol.com at 205.188.116.198

Message:
Koker, it is obvious you are Independent Man. You are also APC Man. And you are the Truth.

So, stop talking to yourself. If you 3want Jalloh to stop exposing you, then stop writing tribalistic, envious, hate-filled rants about the man.

Subject: Re: To Mohamed Jalloh & Sengbe
From: Truth
To: All
Date Posted: 20:03:11 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: host86-129-139-33.range86-129.btcentralplus.com at 86.129.139.33

Message:
In all honesty moh'm is the party to stop his rantings and start talking sense.

Subject: Re: To Mohamed Jalloh & Sengbe
From: Truth
To: All
Date Posted: 20:09:36 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: host86-129-139-33.range86-129.btcentralplus.com at 86.129.139.33

Message:
Moh'm's membership with The Million Dpllar Round Table will be put under scrutiny on professional grounds. moh'm shoul;d understand that the Tiger does not go about proclaiming his tigritude. Moh'm is a silly man that needs growing up.

Subject: "DO YOU SPEAK FRENCH?"
From: BRA ENVIABLE
To: All
Date Posted: 18:15:22 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-mtc-ae04.proxy.aol.com at 64.12.117.8

Message:
As a Pan-Africanist at heart, Africa's global weakness is particularly mortifying to me. Each time Western newsreels show pictures of distended African refugees, my African sensibility sends me into a rueful mood. How can the cradle of civilization become so plagued as to be evocative of the Biblical Lazarus? Poverty, it seems, breeds more than underfed Africans. A lot of Africa's citizens are so ignorant of African history that I am now convinced that African countries need to refashion their educational systems. National development begins with a degree of enlightenment that awakens people to the history from which they hail.

My presence in the United States has exposed me to the depths of ignorance that clutters the African brain. I have run into numerous West Africans from Nigeria, Ivory Coast, and brothers from the Southern and Eastern swathes of the continent with a warped perception of Sierra Leone's colonial history. On more occasions than I can remember, some Africans have asked me whether French is Sierra Leone's official language. This may sound minor, and therefore, temptingly dismissible. However, a Nigerian--or any West African--that does not know that poor Sierra Leone has a British colonial background, is insufferably ignorant. When I engage brothers from, say, Kenya, Zimbabwe or Lesotho in conversations laden with politics, I always prepare myself for the annoying questions, "How come you know so much about Kenya?" "Have you ever been to Kenya?" The suppositions in these questions is that a far-away West African from Sierra Leone should be blithely ignorant of Kenyan history.

Does this kind of ignorance explain why Africa has so far failed to exorcise herself of global impotence? A West African that can {supposedly} read and write, should definitely identify the slave master that once kept his neighbouring brother in colonial servitude. Development begins in the mind, and in Africa's case, "de-colonizing" the mind is the first step to take.

Subject: Re: "DO YOU SPEAK FRENCH?"
From: Generalization
To: All
Date Posted: 18:59:46 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 144.226.173.69

Message:
My presence in the United States has exposed me to the depths of ignorance that clutters the American brain. I have numerous American friends with a warped perception of American colonial history.

Subject: Edmund Koker and Mohamed Jalloh
From: Salone Baby
To: All
Date Posted: 17:03:02 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 144.226.173.69

Message:
I have been following the fights between Edmund Koker and Mohamed Jalloh for a long time. I think these two men are at each other's throat for nothing more or less than for the gratification of their bloated egos.
Each one thinks he is better than or more educated than the other and each one of them disrespect each other or anyone who dare challenge their opinions.
At the end of the day, both of them appear like spoil kids who demand attention at all cost.

Subject: Re: Edmund Koker and Mohamed Jalloh
From: CHECK YOUR FACTS
To: All
Date Posted: 03:18:32 01/13/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-dtc-ad04.proxy.aol.com at 205.188.116.198

Message:
Please see my reply to you below -- when you used the handle Portia.

Yiou need to stop acting like a spoilt child -- wanting to have your cake (poretending to be a grown-up) and then eat it too (acting as a child).

Subject: Re: Edmund Koker and Mohamed Jalloh
From: Portia S
To: All
Date Posted: 17:07:20 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 70.237.0.17

Message:
I couldn't have said it any better. These guys trumpet their achievements like liitle kids. Mohamed Jalloh posted his resume and samba letter in response to a dumb request by Edmund Koker. They are of the same kind that's why they act the same way --- as kids, as you rightly put it.

I would never date these guys. Too much ego tripping.

Subject: Re: Edmund Koker and Mohamed Jalloh
From: GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT
To: All
Date Posted: 03:07:36 01/13/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-dtc-ad04.proxy.aol.com at 205.188.116.198

Message:
"I would never date these guys."

You try too hard. Too hard, that is, to sell yourself as as woman, when it is obvious you are anything but. LOL

Get your facts right. Jalloh did not post his resume. He posted his published profile. There is a difference, you know. Koker did not make a request to Jalloh prompting him to correct a lie about his professional bakckground-- Aloma did.

Jalloh and Koker are complete opposites -- so, they are not of the same kind.

Jalloh is opinionated and always backs up his opinions with evidence. Koker makes statements which is seldom backs up with evidence. Koker is also tribalistic. Jalloh is not. Koker uses vulgar language when he can't match Jalloh's logic. Jalloh uses cutting (but never vulgar or tribalistic) language to point out deficiencies in his opponent.

Next time, please check your facts before: Only kids (and fools) talk or write without thinking.

Subject: Re: Edmund Koker and Mohamed Jalloh
From: Portia S
To: All
Date Posted: 11:53:28 01/13/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cpe-66-74-83-56.socal.res.rr.com at 66.74.83.56

Message:
Now, why do I have this feeling that many people write on this forum under different names? And why would I want to prove that I am a woman? All you people do is insult--insult--insult, showing off that you know everything. That's why I said I would never date you both, not that I am looking for a date here.

I honestly believe that GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT is Mohamed Jalloh and Sengbe is KOKER. So I may be a fool or a kid but I do know this, that you are one bunch of angry men. ONE OF THE SAME KIND

Subject: Re: Edmund Koker and Mohamed Jalloh
From: Sengbe
To: All
Date Posted: 18:16:26 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 198.85.59.5

Message:
Hi there Ladies!!

You are both quite wrong about me.

I did NOT post any article to defame jalloh.

The person posted as AFRC-RUF-REBEL-COLLABORATORS. jalloh accused me of being that person. The person put out several disclaimers to indicate that jalloh was wrong.

In his most repulsive obstinacy, he neglected the contents of the disclaimers. Shallow jalloh has this bad habit of illogically believing his impulse rather than the facts. I have had this BAD experience with him in the past. People have come on-line from being peepers to tell him the truth about the inadequacies in his suspicions about me using different monikers to put him in his place. I have argued that I could tell him to his face what I think of him, let alone hiding behind a strange moniker to do so in cyberspace. And that there is nothing he can do to debar my progress - not even the "maraboutism" that he was brought up to embrace will do that - but this guy will NOT listen to reason, and desist from harrassing me and others on this forum.

Frankly, my dears, if I had such a "bloated ego" as skunky jalloh, I would not be responding to you on this forum, because I will NOT be participating here with you. I will be amongst a more productive company of folks, and I do not mean to be condescending, or insulting to you. I just do not have anything to gain by being amongst folks who harrass other folks for no other reason but for the elevation of the status they imagine for themselves by hanging on the coat tails they imagine would benefit their aspirations in this regard.

"...Mohamed Jalloh posted his resume and samba letter in response to a dumb request by Edmund Koker..."

I wonder where I made that request?? I definitely don't remember ever asking for the shallow one's resume. I know that the resume is padded, as Alie Kanu has asserted below.

"...I would never date these guys..."

Frankly, lady(ies), I will not ask you for a date if I lived on a deserted island with you, based on the bias you have shown in this case.

"...Too much ego tripping..."

Really? On whose part? Certainly, on the part of the Shallow One, not on my part.

Goodbye, ladies.

Subject: Obasanjo recalls some sacked VP aides
From: ATIKU
To: All
Date Posted: 15:58:49 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ac202-050.resnet.stonybrook.edu at 130.245.202.50

Message:
Obasanjo recalls some sacked VP aides

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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo has recalled some sacked aides of his estranged deputy, a few days after the presidency denied sacking the Vice President Atiku Abubakar or withdrawing his privileges.

Sources close to the VP's campaign organisation told PANA in Lagos Friday that at least five sacked staffers had been recalled, with the letters recalling them backdated to December 2006.

The sources also said some of the vehicles allegedly withdrawn from the VP were to be returned.

Local newspapers Friday interpreted the presidency's decision as a sign of rapprochement between the feuding leaders, but that optimism may have been misplaced considering that both had now taken the battle to the US.

On Thursday, the VP, who is on holiday in the US, reportedly met with the influential Council on Foreign Relations, which plays a major role in the determination of the US policy towards Nigeria.

He reportedly told the committee that the President might abort the forthcoming general elections.

On the same day, the Nigerian Embassy in Washington DC scheduled a press conference "on current political situation and the forthcoming general elections (in Nigeria)", in what is seen as a move to counter the VP.

The face-off between the President and his deputy has been taken to the country's highest court for adjudication.

The presidency moved against Abubakar after he left the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the opposition Action Congress (AC), and also emerged the AC's presidential candidate for April's polls.

The AC alleged that the presidency had sacked all the VP's aides, including police and State Security Service (SSS) personnel and housekeepers.

Abubakar fell out with his boss after he led the opposition to stop plans by President Obasanjo's supporters to extend his constitutionally-allowed two terms of four years each, which ends 29 May 2007.

Lagos - 12/01/2007

Subject: Where is John E. Leigh???
From: Independent Man
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Date Posted: 15:26:48 01/12/07 ()
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Bra John,

Happy New Year!!!!
We miss you on the forum. Please come back.

Subject: Response for KLA (Senghor )
From: Bambay Lans Kamara
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Date Posted: 15:06:00 01/12/07 ()
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[Senghor was born in 1906 to a land-owning, somewhat Westernized Senegalese family. He received a scholarship from the French government in 1928, and he studied in Paris, becoming the first Black African to pass the highest academic achievement competitions for teachers in France. In the early 1930s he met and collaborated with Aimé Césaire (Martinique) and Léon Gontran Damas (French Guyana) to launch the Negritude movement and various literary projects featuring work by French-speaking African and Caribbean writers. During World War II, Senghor fought with the French Resistance forces and, for a time, was a German POW. After the war, he became more and more involved with Senegalese anti-colonial politics; upon his country's independence from France in 1960, Senghor was elected the first President of the Republic of Senegal, a post he held until 1980.]
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During the last thirty or so years that we have been proclaiming negritude, it has become customary, especially among English-speaking critics, to accuse of of racialism. This is probably because the word is not of English origin. But, in the language of Shakespeare, is it not iin good company with the words humanism and socialism? Mphapheles [reference to Es'kia Mphaphele, author of "Mrs. Plum," who disagreed with the philosophy of Négritude] have been sent about the world saying: 'Négritude is an inferiority complex'; but the same word cannot mean both 'racialism' and 'inferiority complex' without contradiction. [. . .]

[. . . N]égritude is neither racialism nor self-negation. Yet it is not just affirmation; it is rooting oneself in oneself, and self-confirmation: confirmation of one's being. Negritude is nothing more or less than what some English-speaking Africans have called the African personality. It is no different from the 'black personality discovered and proclaimed by the American New Negro movement [Harlem Renaissance]. As the American Negro poet, Langston Hughes, wrote after the first world war: "We, the creators of the new generation, want to give expression to our black personality without shame or fear . . . We know we are handsome. Ugly as well. The drums weep and the drums laugh." Perhaps our [West Africans] only originality, since it was the West Indian poet Aimé Césaire who coined the word Négritude, is to have attempted to define the concept a little more closely; to have developed it as a weapon, as an instrument of liberation and as a contribution to the humanism of the twentieth century.

[. . .] What, then, is négritude? It is [. . .] the sum of the cultural values of the black world; that is, a certain active presence in the world, or better, in the universe. [. . .]

The paradox [the seeming conflict between heart and mind] is only apparent when I say that négritude, by its ontology (that is, its philosophy of being), its moral law and its aesthetic, is a response to the modern humanism that European philosophers and scientists have been preparing since the end of the nineteenth century [ . . .]

Firstly, African ontology. Far back as one may go into his past, from the northern Sudanese to the southern Bantu, the African has always and everywhere presented a concept of the world which is diametrically opposed to the traditional philosophy of Europe. The latter is essentially static, objective, dichotomic; it is, in fact, dualistic, in that it makes an absolute distinction between body and soul, matter and spirit. It is founded on separation and opposition: on analysis and conflict. The African, on the other hand, conceives the world, beyond the diversity of its forms, as a fundamentally mobile, yet unique, reality that seeks synthesis. [. . .]

The African is, of course, sensitive to the external world, to the material aspect of beings and things. It is precisely because he is more so than the white european, because he is sensitive to the tangible qualities of things -- shape, color, smell, weight, etc. -- that the African considers these things merely as signs that have to be interpreted and transcended in order to reach the reality of human beings. [. . .] This reality is being in the ontological sense of the word, and it is life force. Thus, the whole universe appears as an infinitely small, and at the same time and infinitely large, network which emanates from God and ends in God. [. . .]

As far as African ontology is concerned, too, there is no such thing as dead matter: every being, every thing -- be it only a grain of sand -- radiates a life force, a sort of wave-particle; and sages, priests, kings, doctors and artists all use it to help bring the universe to its fulfilment.

For the African, contrary to popular belief, is not passive in the face of the order -- or disorder -- of the world. His attitude is fundamentally ethical. [. . .] In order to explain this morality in action of négritude, I must go back a little. Each of the identifiable life forces of the universe -- from the grain of sand to the ancestor -- is, itself and in its turn, a network of life forces -- as modern physical chemistry confirms: a network of elements that are contradictory in appearance but really complementary. Thus, for the African, man is composed, of course, of matter and spirit, of body and soul; but at the same time he is also composed of a virile and a feminine element: indeed of several 'souls.' Man is therefore a composition of mobile life forces which interlock[. . . .]

Ethnologists have often praised the unity, the balance and the harmony of African civilization, of black society, which was based both on the community and on the person, and in which, because it was founded on dialogue and reciprocity, the group had priority over the individual without crushing him, but allowing him to blossom as a person. I would like to emphasize at this point how much these characteristics of négritude enable it to find its place in contemporary humanism, thereby permitting black Africa to make its contribution to the 'Civilization of the Universal' which is so necessary in our divided but interdependent world [. . .] A contribution, first of all, to international cooperation, which must be and which shall be the cornerstone of that civilization. It is through these virtues of negritude that decolonization has been accomplished without too much bloodshed or hatred and that a positive form of cooperation based on 'dialogue and reciprocity' has been established between former colonizers and colonized. It is through these virtues that there has been a new spirit at the United Nations, where the 'no' and the bang of the fist on the table are no longer signs of strength. [. . .]

For in black Africa art is not a separate activity, in itself or for itself: it is a social activity, a technique of living, a handicraft in fact. [. . .]

[Discussing the performed art of the Dogon people of Mali, Senghor writes] It was declaimed, sung and danced; sculptured and presented in costume. The whole of the Dogon universe was portrayed in this symbiosis of the arts, as is the custom in black Africa. The universe -- heaven and earth -- was therefore represented through the intermediary of Man, whose ideogram is the same of that of the universe. Then the world was re-presented by means of masks [. . . ] The aim of the entertainment was, by means of the symbiosis of the arts -- poetry, song, dances, sculpture and painting, used as techniques of integration -- to re-create the universe and in the contemporary world, but in a more harmonious way[. . . . ]

This, then, is Africa's lesson in aesthetics: art does not consist in photographing nature but in taming it, like the hunter when he reproduces the call of the hunted animal; like a separated couple, or two lovers, calling to each other in their desire to be reunited. The call is not the simple reproduction of the cry of the Other; it is a comoplementarity, a song: a call of harmony. [. . . I]f there are images [in African verbal, visual, and performance arts], they are rhythmical. [. . . ] For it is rhythm -- the main virtue, in fact, of négritude -- that gives the work of art its beauty. Rhythm is simply the movement of attraction or repulsion that expressses the life of the cosmic forces; symmetry and asymmetry, repetition or opposition: in short, the lines of force that link the meaningful signs that shapes and colors, timbre and tones, are.

Subject: Re: Response for KLA (Senghor )
From: Yaya Fanusie
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Date Posted: 01:38:25 01/13/07 ()
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Bambay,
Do you know anything about Lamine Gueye? of Senghor and Lamine Gueye, which one do you think the French liked?
And why?
Please reply
Yaya Fanusie

Subject: Re: Response for KLA (Senghor )
From: Bambay Lans Kamara
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Date Posted: 15:53:13 01/13/07 ()
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Greetings my brothers and sisters. Dr. Yayah Fanusie, thank you for asking that question. I have just gone to refresh my memory on the Colonial system because it has taken since 1997 when I gratuated with a degree in History from Milton Margai Teachers College but I try to read extensively since then. Before I delve into answering your question, let me first of all try to shed light on the colonial systems.

From 1839 Europeans who had been trading with Africa since the 15th Century found the riches of Africa and started quarelling amongs themselves for colonies in the continent. Between 1880-1914 they decided that it would be fitting that they partition Africa amongs the great nations. The British, French, Portuguese and other European nations partitioned the various collonies. The two systems adopted by France and Britain were Direct and in-direct rules. The British adopted Direct Rule whereby, the colonies were ruled directly from England while the French established in-direct rule whereby, the French colonies were such of a part and parcel of France and wanted members of the French colonies to act as the French people.

bellow is an answer to your question:

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Lamine Gueye was born on Sept. 20, 1891, in Médine in what is today Mali. Completing his education in France, he graduated as a lawyer in 1921. He returned home to found one of Africa's first political parties and in 1924 became mayor of Saint-Louis.

In 1937 he became the leader of the Senegalese branch of the French Socialist party (SFIO) and with Léopold Senghor was elected deputy for Senegal to the French National Assembly in 1945. In 1946 he again won the seat of deputy and also the mayoralty of Dakar. In 1948, however, Senghor left Gueye to form his own party,

causing Gueye to lose his seat in the 1951 elections. In 1958 Gueye rejoined Senghor in a movement of national reconciliation and in 1959 was elected president of the Senegalese National Assembly, a position that he held until his death in June 1968.

Lamine Gueye (1891-1968) was a Senegalese statesman. One of the major political leaders of French-speaking West Africa, he attacked the autocratic and discriminatory aspects of colonial rule--never colonial rule itself.

His two books, Étapes et perspectives de l'Union Française (1955; Stages and Perspectives of the French Union) and Itinéraire africain (1966; African Journey), as well as his doctoral dissertation, were efforts to demonstrate the compatibility of French citizenship and African civil status. Two laws passed by the French National Assembly were named after him. The law of May 7, 1946, declared that all the inhabitants of the overseas territories had the rights of citizenship as French nationals. The law of 1950 stipulated that French and African civil servants were entitled to equality of treatment.

Gueye was more than simply the "grand old man" of African politics. He worked hard for his constituency of a mainly urban bourgeoisie, proudly accepting at their face value France's most heroically proclaimed ideals, and acted as a bridge to the period of mass nationalism.

The following should therefore be respond to your subsuduary question as to whom the French loved, that

Lamine Gueye (1891-1968) was a Senegalese statesman. One of the major political leaders of French-speaking West Africa, he attacked the autocratic and discriminatory aspects of colonial rule--never colonial rule itself. While Senghor was agianst both the the autocratic and discriminatory aspects of colonial rule and Colonial rule itself. He wanted self-rule.

Subject: LIBERIA: Access to clean water difficult in dry season
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Date Posted: 13:43:50 01/12/07 ()
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LIBERIA: Access to clean water difficult in dry season

© Ansu Konneh/IRIN

68 percent of Liberians drink dirty and untreated water spreading disease

MONROVIA, 12 Jan 2007 (IRIN) - The majority of Liberians in towns, cities and villages alike are still drinking dirty water more than three years after the end of the country’s civil war, a recently released joint United Nations and Liberian government survey says.

The Comprehensive Food Security and Nutrition Survey, which was carried out nationwide late last year among 5,000 Liberians, said 68 percent of people rely on untreated wells, rivers, ponds, creeks and swamps for drinking water. Even in the capital, Monrovia, Liberian water authorities said conditions are hardly better.

War decimates infrastructure

A 14-year civil war in Liberia destroyed the country's main water treatment plant at White Plains in the outskirts of the capital. It had pumped water to all parts of the country prior to the conflict.

A 2006 National Human Development Report said before the war 45 per cent of the country's population had access to piped, clean water, and all 15 of Liberia’s counties had water treatment facilities.

Hun-bu Tulay, the head of the state-owned Liberia Water and Sewage Corporation (LWSC), confirmed that at present the facility is only pumping 30 percent of the pre-war 18 million gallons of water daily.

"We are trying to extend our services throughout Monrovia through the assistance of our international partners like the European Union and the United Nations. We are hoping that within a year from now LWSC would be able to fully cover the entire of Monrovia," Tulay said.

Less than one third of Monrovia’s one million inhabitants had access to safe-drinking water, Tulay said.

Worse in dry season

The problem slightly worsens during the dry season when creeks run dry and water stagnates. The rainy season runs from April to September and the dry period usually falls between October and March.

While 34 percent of households draw water from safe sources during the rainy season, slightly less, 32 percent, draw water from such sources during the dry season, the UN and Liberian government report said.

Josiah Teah, a Liberian social worker based in heavily forested southeastern Sinoe County, an area identified by the survey as especially badly serviced by water infrastructure, told IRIN that finding safe drinking water there has been a problem.

"In Sinoe during the dry season people walk for more than 30 minutes to an hour from one town to another just to find drinking water and most of the water they drink is from the creek, which is very unsafe," Teah said.

This contributes to health problems that Liberian clinics and hospitals struggle to handle because of staff shortages and a lack of drugs.

"Most of the cholera and diarrhoea patients we come across are not careful of the water they drink, and because of the limited clean water supply they just drink any water they come across," said Emmanuel Sartie, an environmental health officer.

Subject: Re: LIBERIA: Access to clean water difficult in dry season
From: Concerned Patriot
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Date Posted: 17:00:04 01/12/07 ()
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Thanks for that posting. We need more of them so that everybody will see that Liberia is not all that as some on this our forum have been trying to make it look. In as much as I detest the lack of progress in mama Sa.Lone ,I don't think Liberia is doing any better than us. Monrovia was destroyed more than Freetown. One of the two bridges leading to central Monrovia collapsed. There is only one bridge now. Light in the capital, yes.But how many are able to afford it ? We don't drink dirty water anywhere in Freetown. Some of those who praise Liberia as if Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has solved their problems and put down Sierra Leone will learn that the grass is not greener on the other side.

Subject: Re: LIBERIA: Access to clean water difficult in dry season
From: LIBERIAN
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Date Posted: 17:04:12 01/12/07 ()
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"Light in the capital, yes."

Bra, there is no real light in Monrovia. Sirleaf lit up some street lights on Broad street, and a few streets(like 4 or 5 Streets) in downtown Monrovia. That was a great move as there has been no semblance of electricity for some time now. But even Charles Taylor was able to light up some street lights. Sirleaf is the best thing that has happened to Liberia though despite her shortcomings.

Subject: mining News
From: KLA
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Date Posted: 12:56:32 01/12/07 ()
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The current interest in Corporate mining in Africa, is simply the recognition that these Companies are on the ground and mining our goodies.

follow link to a project of importance.

TSTM
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Subject: This is a shame to SLPP
From: Kanfori Sorie Koroma
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Job preference for ruling SLPP Supporters…Says SLPP Sec. Gen.
The Secretary General of the ruling Sierra Leone People’s party, Jacob Saffa has boldly told the press that SLPP supporters and stalwarts are the first priority when it comes to dishing out government jobs. “This is a different ball game. If for goodness sake I have jobs to share among Sierra Leoneans, the first person I will give it to will be an SLPP person. I will not mince my word on that”, he told the media. This statement is coming in the wake of a flurry of accusations from the opposition parties that the SLPP is fraught with nepotism, cronyism, bias and favouritism. Political Columnists opine that Saffa’s latest outburst is not only a sign of political immaturity but also an act of desperation on the party of the ruling SLPP which had been accused of political victimisation in work places and in the award of government contracts.

Subject: Re: This is a shame to SLPP
From: ANNOYED
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Date Posted: 11:39:55 01/12/07 ()
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Why do you keep posting this darm thing. You nor get toys for play with this morning?Moderator should delete your multiple posts

Subject: Re: This is a shame to SLPP
From: concerned
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Date Posted: 12:12:52 01/12/07 ()
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The boy stupid... watin you expect.

Subject: Re: This is a shame to SLPP
From: KABS KANU
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Date Posted: 13:26:01 01/12/07 ()
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Yeah. They are right. Do not overpost.There are many other topics. Albeit, the forum is balling. Neither the moderator, nor Forum POLICE and I will interfere in your exciting discussions.

Subject: Re: This is a shame to SLPP
From: concerned
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Date Posted: 13:27:44 01/12/07 ()
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thanks Bra

Subject: We are in trouble
From: Concerned Patriot
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Date Posted: 09:22:19 01/12/07 ()
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I support SLPP.I think SLPP is by far better than APC or PMDC. However, if JJ Saffa said this, we are in trouble. This is sabotage plain and simple.

Job preference for ruling SLPP Supporters…Says SLPP Sec. Gen.
The Secretary General of the ruling Sierra Leone People’s party, Jacob Saffa has boldly told the press that SLPP supporters and stalwarts are the first priority when it comes to dishing out government jobs. “This is a different ball game. If for goodness sake I have jobs to share among Sierra Leoneans, the first person I will give it to will be an SLPP person. I will not mince my word on that”, he told the media. This statement is coming in the wake of a flurry of accusations from the opposition parties that the SLPP is fraught with nepotism, cronyism, bias and favouritism. Political Columnists opine that Saffa’s latest outburst is not only a sign of political immaturity but also an act of desperation on the party of the ruling SLPP which had been accused of political victimisation in work places and in the award of government contracts

Subject: Re: We are in trouble
From: Independent Man
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Date Posted: 12:10:05 01/12/07 ()
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One of the complaints Margai has against the SLPP is that they engage in:
"Monkey work, Babu eat", meaning all the good positions go to recycled non-SLPP politicians, instead of true SLPP folks who have worked hard to bring the party to power and have the country's interest at heart. JJ (if he said what is alledge) might be trying to neutalize that

On another note, one can state the following in Sa. Lone: "Some" opposition supporters will engage in sabotage if given high level employment by the ruling party. Their take will be: "I want me broda for win next tem, so ar go mak this govt look bad".....

You be the judge.

Subject: Re: We are in trouble
From: concerned
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Date Posted: 10:09:57 01/12/07 ()
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anyone with a better track record when it comes to cronyism? APC nor talk,we still dae suffer from dem exploitations,Maggai Party--- giving my wife contract...
Waitin now? the fact of the matter is when these people are placed in these positions, do they perform per excellence? Do they deliver?
Bo even Kennedy bin make em Brother Head of Justice Department....Leh we yeri far yah...

Subject: Re: We are in trouble
From: SALONEMAN
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Date Posted: 10:28:09 01/12/07 ()
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Bo even Kennedy bin make em Brother Head of Justice Department....

Even if AMERICA is your stabndrd, Did pres. Kenndy say, as your unpatriotic SLPP has stated, that only his own party's members would be given first prefeence for government jobs?

Man, think before you write!

Subject: Re: We are in trouble
From: CADMUS
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Date Posted: 11:19:18 01/12/07 ()
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Americans and British leaders do not have to say so, but they act exertly so.How many Democracts had Bush appointed to high office in the united states.Tony Blair has not appointed any conservative or Lib Dem person to any position in the United Kingdom.

People like you always want to make our country look bad, when you know very well that every party in every developed country in the world does the same thing...You simply disrespect your country.

Margai was a minister for a very short time and look what he did.

I wellcome, JJ's point of view.It is about time SLPP supporters and members get a just reward. For the past 10 years all good positions have gone to re-cycled politicians from other parties.About time the party looks after its own and recognisze their worth....there is nothing wrong with that....that is the way it is.

Subject: Re: We are in trouble
From: concerned
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Date Posted: 11:29:33 01/12/07 ()
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Bra lef na wan dae....if those who believe in me, my philosophy and my manifesto do not get justly rewarded, then there is something wrong...
Udat for get the position dem? Somebody wae openly dae against you? Or wan wae refuse for get involved in the political process?
cadmus tell nar man mek e shut up...

Subject: Nigeria court restores VP perks
From: ATIKU
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Date Posted: 09:07:51 01/12/07 ()
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BBC NEWS
Nigeria court restores VP perks

Atiku Abubakar is standing as an opposition presidential candidate
Nigeria's appeal court has ruled that privileges stripped from Vice-President Atiku Abubakar should be restored.
He lost his aides, official vehicles, security guards and use of the presidential jet last month after leaving the ruling party.

The Supreme Court is to decide whether he effectively resigned when he decided to stand as an opposition candidate in April's presidential election.

But Mr Abubakar insists he is still the country's vice-president until then.

President Olusegun Obasanjo steps down in April after eight years in power.

The two men fell out last year when Mr Abubakar opposed plans to let the president run for a third term.

Grave issues

Mr Abubakar was suspended from the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) in September after Nigeria's anti-corruption body accused him of fraudulently using $125m (£64m) of public funds for personal business interests.

He denies the allegations, saying they are politically motivated.

In December, Mr Obasanjo interpreted his selection as the Action Congress's presidential candidate as resignation from the PDP, and therefore - under the Nigerian constitution - from the vice-presidency.

Earlier this week the head of the appeal court referred Mr Abubakar's case to the Supreme Court, saying it raised grave constitutional issues.

If he loses the case, he will also lose his immunity, leaving him open to possible arrest for alleged corruption.

April's polls should become the first transfer of power from one elected leader to another in Africa's most populous country since independence in 1960.

Subject: Re: Nigeria court restores VP perks
From: Adam Galla
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Date Posted: 11:04:16 01/12/07 ()
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Atiku has won all the court cases initiated by the despotic Obasanjo and his goons. His belief in true democracy and the judicial process would eventually result in being elected as the next president of Nigeria. It is about time that all these despotic leaders in Africa shoule rise up and get the hell out of governance. Come April 2007, Atiku will win and Obasanjo will be going back to where he belongs, the Kirikiri maximum prison in Lagos. Up Atiku!

Subject: Re: Nigeria court restores VP perks
From: Yaya Fanusie
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Date Posted: 14:25:49 01/12/07 ()
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Adam Galla,
Praises are due to the independence of the Nigerain Judiciary. Also for all the pro multiparty democratic forces who put pressures prevent Obasanjo use of despotic actions.
I do not know whether Atiku would be the nest president because Nigerian political reality is very complex and fluid.
I am in contact with the Buhari Party and I would like to make contact with the Atiku group. It is for a COA project we are working one.
send me info at Saigobe@lanset.com
Are you from Nigeria?
Yaya Fanusie

Subject: ALIEU ISCANDRI, PLEASE RESPOND
From: CONCERNED 2
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Date Posted: 08:39:43 01/12/07 ()
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Ernest Koroma gets another Challenger in Freetown Sierra Leone
By Abu Bakarr Munu
Jan 9, 2007, 20:53 Email this article

Member of Parliament of the opposition All Peoples Congress (APC) Party, Hon. Dr. Moses Sesay, over the weekend at the former residence of the late President Siaka Stevens, declared his candidacy for the Leadership of the party and challenged embattled Hon. Ernest Bai Koroma’s leadership describing it as "unconstitutional and illegal". He said he was going to vie for the party’s leadership in the next "legally constituted national delegates’ convention".

Hon. Dr. Sesay informed his audience that his decision to declare his intention for the APC leadership now is as a result of "the window of opportunity that now exists within the party for other interested individuals in the leadership of the party". He went on to intimate that because the convention of 1st to 4th September, 2005 held in Port Loko during which Hon. Ernest Koroma and the present executive were elected is being contested in the Appeal Court because of its "illegality".

"I am not claiming to be a panacea, but my view is simple and pragmatic," Hon. Dr. Moses Sesay stated, adding that the way forward for the APC, is to withdraw all cases from the courts and to agree on an acceptable party path-way by convening another party convention. Hon. Sesay asserted that it is only by the holding of such a convention would there be an atmosphere of peace and harmony within the APC and the possibility of winning the July elections. "Other than that, I think the democratic credentials of the APC would have been proved to be untenable and not in conformity with present day democratic demands", he stated.

A further justification for his declaration, he said, is futuristic, given the scenario that the court cases continue perilously very close to the July 2007 elections. "The APC party may be taken unawares by an adverse court decision which may deprive it of one or more of its top leadership cadre. Therefore, a suitable alternative must be in place," he noted. He went on to observe that in the quest for political power, the dark sides of some politicians predominate, whilst the party pays the price for such aberrations. As a result of this, he said, the question of party unity should remain paramount.

Hon. Dr. Sesay said the APC is currently at crossroads and that one false move will lead to a catastrophic failure, while the right move will lead to eminent success. He went on to emphasize that the only certain path the APC must follow to win the 2007 elections lies in unity within the party, and that it is the quest for such unity that is behind his declaration of intent in the party’s leadership.

Meanwhile, Hon. Dr. Moses Sesay’s declaration suffered some set back when most of his invitees including the Hon. Dr. Jengo Stevens failed to turn up for his declaration ceremony.

© Copyright by Awareness Times Newspaper in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Subject: Ernest Koroma : I will fight poverty as President
From: Town Crier
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Date Posted: 07:51:16 01/12/07 ()
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Sierra Leone: Ernest Koroma - I Will Fight Poverty As President

Concord Times (Freetown)

January 11, 2007
Posted to the web January 11, 2007

Abdul Karim Koroma
Freetown

All Peoples Congress (APC) leader Hon. Ernest Koroma claims the Sierra Leonean has one basic problem namely: poverty. "As President, I will tackle it head-on," he declared in Koinadugu district during his recent tour.

Koroma said that he was receiving assurances, both public and private, of massive support in the next elections. "Let us stand firm and together restore the dignity of this country." He predicted that the APC party would win all elections in Koinagudu district.

"From the assurances I received from the people of this district and the promises I am getting from other regions in the country, it is certain that the APC is moving towards a landslide victory," he said.

"As long as you have registered, you have armed yourself for the elections. I am encouraging you to stand firm, as Koinadugu is divided into six constituencies and every constituency has an APC candidate," he said, adding that Koinadigu is the richest in terms of agricultural produce but the least developed district in Sierra Leone.

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Subject: Sa Lone Gov't is Listening??????
From: Independent Man
To: All
Date Posted: 07:47:01 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Government has announced that anyone caught sabotaging electricity supply or stealing/cutting cables will be arrested and dealt with severely.
Furthermore, Government also announced that anyone throwing garbage ("dotty") on the streets will be arrested and fined.

I hope they follow through on this.
Some Sa. Lone man too "passmark"

Subject: STATE OF NEPOTISM AND CRONYSIM IN THE SLPP
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq.
To: All
Date Posted: 07:26:33 01/12/07 ()
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Job preference for ruling SLPP Supporters…Says SLPP Sec. Gen.
The Secretary General of the ruling Sierra Leone People’s party, Jacob Saffa has boldly told the press that SLPP supporters and stalwarts are the first priority when it comes to dishing out government jobs. “This is a different ball game. If for goodness sake I have jobs to share among Sierra Leoneans, the first person I will give it to will be an SLPP person. I will not mince my word on that”, he told the media. This statement is coming in the wake of a flurry of accusations from the opposition parties that the SLPP is fraught with nepotism, cronyism, bias and favouritism. Political Columnists opine that Saffa’s latest outburst is not only a sign of political immaturity but also an act of desperation on the party of the ruling SLPP which had been accused of political victimisation in work places and in the award of government contracts.

Subject: Re: STATE OF NEPOTISM AND CRONYSIM IN THE SLPP
From: concerned
To: All
Date Posted: 07:41:41 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157

Message:
what is wrong with rewarding those that stood by you?
APC did it you did not complain, The republicans and democrats do it in the USA. Labor and Torries do it in England... So whats your point?
As long as we do not have square pegs in round holes, then it is perfectly ethical....

Subject: Re: STATE OF NEPOTISM AND CRONYSIM IN THE SLPP
From: Yaya Fanusie
To: All
Date Posted: 14:34:03 01/12/07 ()
Email Address: futatoro@gmail.com
Entered From: adsl-75-19-87-73.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net at 75.19.87.73

Message:
Concerned,
Are we talking about political jobs or civil service jobs? Do you know the difference?
Please reply.
Yaya Fanusie

Subject: Re: STATE OF NEPOTISM AND CRONYSIM IN THE SLPP
From: CONCERNED 2
To: All
Date Posted: 14:37:28 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ac202-050.resnet.stonybrook.edu at 130.245.202.50

Message:
POLITICAL JOBS

Subject: Re: STATE OF NEPOTISM AND CRONYSIM IN THE SLPP
From: Yaya Fanusie
To: All
Date Posted: 21:13:28 01/12/07 ()
Email Address: futatoro@gmail.com
Entered From: adsl-75-19-87-73.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net at 75.19.87.73

Message:
Ok,
Now do you believe those were the jobs the SLPP official was taking about?
Yaya Fanusie

Subject: Re: STATE OF NEPOTISM AND CRONYSIM IN THE SLPP
From: concerned
To: All
Date Posted: 11:40:13 01/13/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Yes Pa Yahya Yes... Now what..

Subject: Re: STATE OF NEPOTISM AND CRONYSIM IN THE SLPP
From: German Cat
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Date Posted: 14:00:17 01/12/07 ()
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If you dont see anything wrong with that, then there is a problem with you and it is a really big one. Nepotism and cronysim is wrong and the sierra leonean electorate must take note of where we are about to head for as a nation.

Subject: Re: STATE OF NEPOTISM AND CRONYSIM IN THE SLPP
From: Independent Man
To: All
Date Posted: 15:24:40 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: new-5000.cadence.com at 158.140.1.25

Message:
Report from Fretwon say that JJ said political jobs e.g. ministerial appointments and other political policy related positions. In this case, I see nothing wrong with what he said.

There is nothing wrong with giving ministerial and other political appointments only to party members or supporters. Why would you want to give top political jobs to opposition members?

If we are talking about Civil service jobs, then we can begin to talk about nepotism, cronyism.....

Subject: Re: STATE OF NEPOTISM AND CRONYSIM IN THE SLPP
From: Saloneman
To: All
Date Posted: 07:46:01 01/12/07 ()
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"As long as we do not have square pegs in round holes, then it is perfectly ethical.... "

That is obviously the point. Case in point -- Vice President Berewa.

Subject: Re: STATE OF NEPOTISM AND CRONYSIM IN THE SLPP
From: concerned
To: All
Date Posted: 08:23:23 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157

Message:
"That is obviously the point. Case in point -- Vice President Berewa"
How is the VP a square peg in a round hole? Or anything/body related to berewa, a square peg in a round hole?
Ehn Tell me bah ar nor seem for know usai you dae go with this?

Subject: Re: STATE OF NEPOTISM AND CRONYSIM IN THE SLPP
From: concerned 2
To: All
Date Posted: 08:27:04 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ac202-050.resnet.stonybrook.edu at 130.245.202.50

Message:
concern,

saloneman was just trying to reaffirm your point. He meant no harm.

Subject: Re: STATE OF NEPOTISM AND CRONYSIM IN THE SLPP
From: concerned
To: All
Date Posted: 10:00:15 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157

Message:
appologies bra

Subject: Re: STATE OF NEPOTISM AND CRONYSIM IN THE SLPP
From: WHICH PRESS
To: All
Date Posted: 07:32:40 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ac202-050.resnet.stonybrook.edu at 130.245.202.50

Message:
Which press did he speak to? Salone papers are known to misquote people,or just plainly tell lies about what others say. Again, which newspaper is this?

Subject: Re: STATE OF NEPOTISM AND CRONYSIM IN THE SLPP
From: Patriot
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Date Posted: 07:30:11 01/12/07 ()
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"Political Columnists opine that Saffa’s latest outburst is not only a sign of political immaturity but also an act of desperation on the party of the ruling SLPP which had been accused of political victimisation in work places and in the award of government contracts."

In a word: UNPATRIOTIC.

How can a political party put its selfish interest in rewarding its members above the national interest in rewarding only competence, and not loyalty to an unpatriotic party like the SLPP?

Subject: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 05:01:40 01/12/07 ()
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Botkidi writes to Edmund Koker (aka Sengbe) on January 11, 2007:
"Get you facts straight.Yu still dey na da small college? Jalloh go kaitch yu, wait nor mor."

Botkidi:

As you know, Edmond Koker of Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina, who uses the false name, Sengbe (among others) on this forum, was exposed here last year as a rude, crude, tribalistic nonentity who has an incurable inferiority complex. He was also exposed as a coward who desperately tries to hide his plumbless inferiority complex by trying to Pull Down those he perceives as his betters.

Thus, the fact that you, a respected member of society, would indulge such a reprehensible character, is a measure of your admirable determination to rehabilitate even the most hopeless charlatan among us. In particular, to ask the so-called professor, Edmond Koker, to get his facts straight is akin to asking a blind person to see -- a physical impossibility even for the most diligent person, much less for a perennially clueless person like Koker.

Unlike him -- who relishes making malicious statements that are naturally unsupported by any evidence, much less credible evidence -- I will now duly present the latest evidence of Edmond Koker's public immorality. I will do so by using the very best evidence -- his own voluntarily written words.

1. On Jan 10, 2007 at 14:23, Edmond Koker, masquerading under the false name, Sengbe, made defamatory statements about a person who, he would later unwittingly admit, is Mohamed Jalloh -- as I duly show below. Tellingly, in his desperate, but futile, attempt to assuage his incurable inferiority complex by pulling me down, the tribalistic boor went so far as to also defame The Washington Post, The Patriotic Vanguard, We Yone, and Awareness Times, by referring to them as "not serious publications ...."

2. In response to Koker's familiar public display of boorishness, "Botkidi," in a posting on Jan 10, at 16:32, challenged him to show that he was not afraid of the person who was the target of his characteristically malicious, tribalistic rant, by naming the person.

3. The reply to "Botkidi" -- which I will prove below came from Koker hiding behind another false name, "ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS" -- came eight minutes later, at 16:40. Here it is in its entirety, evidencing Koker's notorious, chronic addiction to rudeness, crudity and churlishness: "Gibril Rebel Gbanabom, wey you worwor lek say you mama nar debul bang am wey den born you. You hopeless AFRc collaborator. Hopeless idiot. Worwor dog.."

4. About forty minutes later, at 17:19, "HB" replied to Koker, who was now writing as "ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS," by essentially repeating Botkidi's challenge to Koker when he had been writing under the false name, Sengbe. Here is "HB"'s entire reply: "If you get mind call the man by im name,leh we see way ee go put u nar u place.How ba u dee fraid di man.Yu kin praise yu mende broda all yu want but wetin we know da fulla man don prove himsef to we.Go up can don,di man nar intellectual."

5. About two minutes later, Koker, still writing as "ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS" replied to "HB." Here is Koker's typically crude, rude, rant: "I already (sic) called your name Gibroil Gbanabom Scumbag Rebel.I am not talking about your Moh'm. I am talking about your worwor baboon face, you wretch. You rebel dog child."

6. Yet, the next day (Jan 11, at 14:01), the very same Edmond Koker, now again hiding behind the false name, Sengbe, confirmed the lie in his earlier denial to "HB" by unwittingly admitting that his rude, crude, tribalistic rant in his earlier posting had indeed been directed against me. Here is the incontrovertible evidence thereof in Koker's own words: "Do you understand now, why I did not mention Jalloh's name in that piece? Everyone knew that I was alluding to him indirectly, as per the rules of decorum in a debate."

And that, Botkidi, is the latest evidence that needlessly confirms what we already know, namely: That Edmond Koker of Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina, is a rude, crude, tribalistic nonentity who has an incurable inferiority complex that he unfailingly expresses by desperately trying to "Pull Down" those he regards enviously as his betters -- while hiding, like the coward he has shown himself to be, behind his numerous false names in a futile ploy to escape the consequences of his compulsive acts of public immorality.

The only remaining question, therefore, is: What is the evidence that Edmond Koker writing as Sengbe to defame me also hid behind the false name "ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS" in order to defame "Botkidi," and --in an act of unprecedented moral depravity -- in order to fraudulently induce "HB" into tendering him an apology yesterday for "misidentifying" him (Koker writing as Sengbe) as "ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS?"

That evidence comprises of a single word -- "I" -- in the following statements made by "ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS" on Jan 10 at 17:21 in reply to HB's above-cited challenge to him two minutes earlier, to name the person he was defaming: "I am not talking about your Moh'm. I am talking about your worwor baboon face, you wretch. You rebel dog child."

In order to see that by using the term, "I," in the first two sentences quoted immediately above, "ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS" was unwittingly confirming that he was also "Sengbe," it is sufficient to recall that "HB" had essentially repeated the question that "Botkidi" had asked one and only one person -- Sengbe (namely, to name the target of his tribalistic rant). Clearly, only Sengbe, therefore, could answer that question in the first person, by starting his answer with the word, "I."

Therefore, by replying that "I am not talking about your Moh'm," in answer to a question that had been asked ONLY of Sengbe, "ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS" thereby unwittingly confirmed that both he and Sengbe were one and the same person -- Edmond Koker, who had been exposed last year as using the false name Sengbe.

And that, Botkidi, completes the latest unmasking of the rude, crude, tribalistic nonentity with the chronic inferiority complex -- Edmond Koker of Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina -- as the coward who hid behind the false names, Sengbe and "ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS" during the last two days to wallow in his characteristically depraved anti-social addictions.

Naturally, no one who knows the amply demonstrated, plumbless depth of Koker's immorality would expect him to apologize to you, "HB," myself, The Washington Post, The Patriotic Vanguard, We Yone, and Awareness Times, for his serial anti-social actions that he tried, unsuccessfully, to avoid taking responsibility for by hiding, as usual, behind the many false names which he compulsively uses in this forum to indulge in his characteristic acts of public immorality.

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: CADMUS
To: All
Date Posted: 11:32:32 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
This is simple mischief making....Sengbe has not been on this forum for some time, and in any event, why bring about matters that happened in 2006 when we are in 2007....most of simply want to move on with or without you....no one is interested, there is a lot of imp[ortant and serious matters to discuss about our country, there is a big election in just 6 months time that may change the face of Sa Lone
in case you did not know.

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
To: All
Date Posted: 11:44:24 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-rtc-ae04.proxy.aol.com at 152.163.101.8

Message:
"This is simple mischief making....Sengbe has not been on this forum for some time, ..."

Clearly, YOU have not been on this forum for some time -- as conclusively evidenced by the fact that you made such a transparently false and mischievous statement.

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: curious
To: All
Date Posted: 12:14:36 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Bo Pa leh we yeri farr...

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: Not Curious
To: All
Date Posted: 12:17:29 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
We wan yerri. you commot before we.

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: Sorie Sesay
To: All
Date Posted: 07:03:46 01/12/07 ()
Email Address: makeni@yahoo.com
Entered From: smith2250.apsc.vt.edu at 128.173.64.123

Message:
>would indulge such a reprehensible character, is a <>measure of your admirable determination to< >rehabilitate even the most hopeless charlatan among us.<
Is this language befitting of a hopeful charlatan? How about this?
>completes the latest unmasking of the rude, crude, tribalistic nonentity with the chronic inferiority<
Two wrongs do not make a right!

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: Correction
To: All
Date Posted: 07:23:34 01/12/07 ()
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Message:
You are confusing facts with mere unproven opinions. Jalloh's characterizations of Sengbe are facts which he proved in his posting with evidence provided by Sengbe.

Unless you can show otherwise, you only expose your own shaky grasp of the moral concepts of right and wrong by equating Jalloh's facts with Sengbe's unproven opinions.

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: Sesay
To: All
Date Posted: 10:42:47 01/12/07 ()
Email Address: makeni@yahoo.com
Entered From: smith2250.apsc.vt.edu at 128.173.64.123

Message:
If you say so.

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS
To: All
Date Posted: 06:45:09 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ac202-050.resnet.stonybrook.edu at 130.245.202.50

Message:
Jalloh,

You nar craseman for true. Anti Afrc-Ruf collaborators is not sengbe. You need to get your head examined by Dr. Nahim, mi man, seriously.Just ask the other rebel, Gibril Gbanabom whom you described as one of the youngest and rising stars in salone's journalism , how I dealt with his buddy Olu Beckley.

Give it up, bro. Go get help now, before its too late. You are a pathectic wretch.

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
To: All
Date Posted: 07:17:40 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-dtc-ad04.proxy.aol.com at 205.188.116.198

Message:
Edmund Koker of Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina:

As I stated earlier this morning -- clearly beyond your comprehension -- your natural affinity is for insults: the more tribalistic and crude, the more comfortable you become. So, there is no need for you to redundantly prove that your addiction to public immorality is pathological.

What you need to do, if you can -- which you have so failed to do -- is to respond to the key evidence of your immorality, which I set forth very clearly, even for you, to understand, earlier. Here it is again, in the slim hope that you would yet understand it:

"In order to see that by using the term, "I," in the first two sentences quoted immediately above, "ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS" was unwittingly confirming that he was also "Sengbe," it is sufficient to recall that "HB" had essentially repeated the question that "Botkidi" had asked one and only one person -- Sengbe (namely, to name the target of his tribalistic rant). Clearly, only Sengbe, therefore, could answer that question in the first person, by starting his answer with the word, "I."

Therefore, by replying that "I am not talking about your Moh'm," in answer to a question that had been asked ONLY of Sengbe, "ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS" thereby unwittingly confirmed that both he and Sengbe were one and the same person -- Edmond Koker, who had been exposed last year as using the false name Sengbe."

So, my rude, crude, tribalistic nonentity friend with the chronic inferiority complex, it requires more than repeating your conclusively discredited lie that you are not a coward with many false names for you to prove that you did not use the false names, Sengbe and "ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS" to give vent to your notorious addictions to public immorality.

In short, your merely repeating the same lie and expecting it to be thereby transformed into the truth is evidence that your myriad intellectual and moral dficiencies probably include a chronic detachment from reality.

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS
To: All
Date Posted: 07:31:15 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ac202-050.resnet.stonybrook.edu at 130.245.202.50

Message:
Bra, I am not sengbe. Ay bo, you don crase. Please, i am not Sengbe. Ask that rebel Olu Beckley how I dealt with him.

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: Maady
To: All
Date Posted: 12:29:13 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ca32-ch01-bl05.ny-newyorkc0.sa.earthlink.net at 207.69.138.10

Message:
Anti AFRC,do you have the testicular fortitude to reveal your shallow self if you are not Sengbe.You claim to be anti AFRC,but some of the high ranking members in your party were AFRC and RUF sympathisers.People like Victor Reider,Abass Bundu,Lloyd During,Eldred Collins,Sylvia Blyden,Allieu Kamara,etc,just to name a few.Would you tell your party to stop associating with these scoundrels.

Are you jealous of Jalloh because he can clearly articulate the issues and you caanot.Even your other victim-Olu Beckly-was surprisingly far more eloquent than you.You are not fit to participate on this forum,I suggest you go to the newly opened SLPP YOUTH FORUM,also known as the AWARENESS FORUM-were people are maligned.

I am revealing myself here today because I am more of a man than you.I am Maada Farma,formerly of Marrah Street,Nongowa Chiefdom,Kenema District.My handle on this forum is MAADY.

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS
To: All
Date Posted: 12:40:25 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ac202-050.resnet.stonybrook.edu at 130.245.202.50

Message:
Maady idiot,

This is what you get when you jump to conclusions. Who told you that I am SLPP? You are such a disgraceful man.Did you really read my postings?

I am ANTI-Rebel full stop. I do not care who the person is, I will definitely deal with him/her whenever they try to present themselves as self-tighteous.You see how gumb you now look? Are you as ugly and munu like the trash that you write? Read my previous posting below, and try to understand it before you open your smelly mouth.

Posted by ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABOTRATORS on January 12, 2007 at 07:36:37:

In Reply to: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE posted by Mohamed A. Jalloh on January 12, 2007 at 07:33:02:

Bra, please go get some help.Anti AFTC-RUF Collaborators is right here in New York.I am not part of your fight with other members here. My goal is to identify former rebels who are now claimimg to be saints like Beckley, Gbanabome, Collins, Massaquoi etc. ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS IS HERE TO STAY.I ANM NOT YOUR SENGBE, PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: Maady
To: All
Date Posted: 13:37:01 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ca32-ch01-bl04.ny-newyorkc0.sa.earthlink.net at 207.69.138.6

Message:
Am I disgraceful,what makes me disgraceful,if exposing ones shallowness makes one disgraceful,then I am disgraceful.If you want to know me then if you are man enough I challenge you to come to my place of work as both of us live in New York.I work at the Time and Life Bldg.on the 10th floor(Opposite Radio City Hall) AT 50th Street and Avenues of the Americas.

You claim that I write trash,but you have proven yourself as an uneducated wretch by your personal attacks.You present yourself as someone with an unloving upbringing.I might be wrong but that's the perception I have from your writings.May I ask,what the level of your education,did you have loving parents,were you brought up in a home or just a house.My advice to you is to stay off the keyboard,because the moment you post on this forum,your emptiness shows itself.

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS
To: All
Date Posted: 14:07:25 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ac202-050.resnet.stonybrook.edu at 130.245.202.50

Message:
Ok, go back to the trash can. Typical saloneman. as you talk nor more, ee begin talk but educational level. What have you guys done with your education? Bra, educationally, I way way betteh pass you.

I am not here to show off. Not me.Naaaaahh. Ah big pass that. But just to quench your thirst, I am a final year medical student at NYU. Thoses RUf-AFRC bastards destroyed our house, my family(I was at college of medicine). My mom lost her life in the January attacks. I will go after any of them posting on this forum. Collins, Beckley Seaga-Shaw, Massaquoi, Gbanabome. If you want to defend them, go ahead. YOU HOPELESS WRETCH. DO YOU KNOW YOUR MOM?I MIGHT BE YOUR DAD BECAUSE SHE USE TO GIVE IT TO ME. SON OF A PROSTITUTE.DOG CHILD.

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: Maady
To: All
Date Posted: 16:36:49 01/12/07 ()
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You don't behave as if you have ever darken the walls of a university.You behavior is akin to someone who is missing one of his balls from his scrotal sac.

If your mum wasn't promiscuous she wouldn't have been killed,but she wanted to share it with the rebels and she met her designated fate.I know you don't have a father because of your lack of manners.This is my last communication with you because now I know we are not in the same class.The difference between Yourself and I is that you are a medical student,and I passed that stage years ago while I was in my mid twenties,therefore I would not be dragged to your level.

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS
To: All
Date Posted: 16:46:34 01/12/07 ()
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Son of a whore,

I am only 24 years of age. At 25, I will be done with med school. Look at the charlattan who has a first degree probably from a fifth rated community college. You bloody ass loser.

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS
To: All
Date Posted: 16:44:26 01/12/07 ()
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Message:
Hahahahaha. Your mom just called me. She is a certified whore. You son of a prostitute. Nasty dog child.

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: Behave Yourself Edmund Koker
To: All
Date Posted: 14:13:19 01/12/07 ()
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Behave Yourself Edmund Koker: This is not the place to display your rudeness. Your lies about rebels are not the issue. Your lie-lie-monikers you use to lie and abuse others is the issue.

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: Sengbe
To: All
Date Posted: 14:24:25 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Whomever-so-you are:

Please do NOT get me involved in this type of behaviour on-line or anywhere else.

For the very last time, I do/did NOT POST as "ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS".

I hope to God that you'd spare me the hassle of constantly correcting your error in judgement.

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: Charity Begins At Home
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Date Posted: 14:29:38 01/12/07 ()
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"I hope to God that you'd spare me the hassle of constantly correcting your error in judgement"

Edmund Koker, I believe the evidence jalloh posted about you. You are Sengbe. You are also AFRCV. You told lies about Jalloh. And now you are lying about it.

God don't like ugly, as we say in the "hood. Do the right thing, Koker: Repent. You can start by admitting your own error of judgment. First. Then, you can talk about correcting others

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: Sengbe
To: All
Date Posted: 15:08:52 01/12/07 ()
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Well, if it is true that indeed "Charity Begins At Home", then you ought to be the first one to practice this.

What makes you think that jalloh has prima facie evidence, that you "believe" regarding his foolishness on-line?

Indeed, "God don't like ugly".

That is why He put some of us in this world, and hopefully, he will shorten the life of people of your ilk, who believe in ILLOGICAL evidence, as put forth by that swine of a skunk you whole-heartedly support, and rely on.

I will pray to the Most High for your repentance, and long life for you, as an exception for good behaviour in the very near future.

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: Charity Begins at Home
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Date Posted: 12:52:09 01/12/07 ()
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"I am ANTI-Rebel full stop. I do not care who the person is, I will definitely deal with him/her whenever they try to present themselves as self-tighteous"

Charity begins at home. Deal with yourself first -- for preesenting yourself as someone (more than one) who yuou are not, Mr. Hypocrite, ruda.

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
To: All
Date Posted: 07:33:02 01/12/07 ()
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To repeat, solely for your benefit:

In short, your merely repeating the same lie and expecting it to be thereby transformed into the truth is evidence that your myriad intellectual and moral dficiencies probably include a chronic detachment from reality.

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABOTRATORS
To: All
Date Posted: 07:36:37 01/12/07 ()
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Bra, please go get some help.Anti AFTC-RUF Collaborators is right here in New York.I am not part of your fight with other members here. My goal is to identify former rebels who are now claimimg to be saints like Beckley, Gbanabome, Collins, Massaquoi etc. ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS IS HERE TO STAY.I ANM NOT YOUR SENGBE, PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
To: All
Date Posted: 07:44:25 01/12/07 ()
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Edmund Koker of Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina:

I have proved, using the very best evidence -- your own written words -- that you are a coward who hides behind many false names, including Sengbe and "ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS" to give vent to your notorious addictions to public immorality.

Again, to repeat for the consecutive time: Your merely repeating the same lie and expecting it to be thereby transformed into the truth is evidence that your myriad intellectual and moral deficiencies probably include a chronic detachment from reality.

Answer the evidence, my cowardly friend. Facts are very stubborn -- which means they would never go away merely because you desperately wish them to go away!

That is now your self-created reality. Which means, my tribalistic, malicious friend, you brought it upon yourself.

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS
To: All
Date Posted: 07:54:26 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
hEHEHEHEHEEHEE.You definitely need help. Ar go die with laf. This bra don crase for true. Dioc Naimmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, where are you? Heheheheheeghe, nar de sebbeh en lasmami wae you bin dae use don kaitch up with you so. Hehehehehehee.

ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS IS HERE TO STAY.This is my last on this issue. let us discuss other issues now mi man. Stop clogging the forum with your craseman rants. ANTI AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS IN NOT SENGBE. I AM IN THE BIG APPLE, NY NY.

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
To: All
Date Posted: 08:03:28 01/12/07 ()
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Edmund Koker of Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina:

Next, you will claim to be intelligent. Or, not a tribalistic boor. Or well mannered. Or, not a coward.

All of which brazen claims would be as false as your compulsive, repetitive denials that you are not the coward.

If you want to stop "clogging the forum with your craseman rants," you can stop compulsively repeating the same discredited lie -- that you are not the dishonest coward who hid behind the false names, Sengbe and ANTI-AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS to needlessly prove your addiction to public immorality.

Hopefully, you would then set forth a responsive answer to the EVIDENCE I have adducedd showing that you are exacly that. The choice is up to you, my self-deluded, tribalistic, crude friend.

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: Sengbe
To: All
Date Posted: 11:04:41 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Jalloh, I think you need to take the advice given to you by "ANTI-AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS".

You are going stark raving mad, and I cannot be held responsible for the permanent damage to your limited faculties that this "BADHEART" towards me is doing to you.

The man has pointed out to you on numerous instances that "Sengbe" and "Anti-AFRC-RUF-Collaborators" are NOT one and the same posters. And that he posts from NY, while I post mainly from NC, and you are still casting doubts and aspersions on me?

What is wrong with you, Jalloh?

Please seek help, asap.

You were wrong the last time, and you are wrong now.

When are you going to allow the truthfulness in all the disclaimers by the person posting as "ANTI-AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS" to take hold in your numb skull, Mr. Numskull? Please seek the psychiatric help you need so badly.

You are really not worth my time, so I will NOT respond to your stupid diatribe against me, nor will I countenance your stupid and derogatory characterization of me, since you hardly know me.

You can take your ILLOGICAL evidence and shove it up your rear end.

Hassan Bangura apologized to me yesterday, and one day you will see it fit to do the same, that is if your marabout parents really brought you up in the Islamic way.

Call it cowardice all you want, but I will NOT respond to you again regarding your blatant lies against me.

I only wish that the Moderator can settle this matter for good.

BYE!!!!

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
To: All
Date Posted: 11:39:10 01/12/07 ()
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Message:
Edmund Koker of Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina:

You can keep recycling from one false name to another -- it would make no difference to the fact that you have proven to be a dishonest coward who hid behind the false names, Sengbe and ANTI-AFRC-RUF COLLABORATORS, to needlessly prove your addiction to public immorality.

That is a fact.

The evidence is clearly laid out in my maiden posting. Your pitiful, dishonest posturing counts for nought -- only the implacable facts matter. And they condemn you as a lying coward who compulsively recycles from one false name to another in aid of your futile attempts to Pull Down those who you perceive as your betters -- as your brazen, repetitive, dishonest self-denials have obliged me to state repeatedly.

So, my compulsive, tribalistic, rude, crude friend, you can send your next postings using any one or more of your myriad false names -- it would make no difference to the FACT that you stand convicted of being a coward who continues to lie pathologically about the proven details of his pathological public immorality.

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: Alie T Kanu
To: All
Date Posted: 13:29:57 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Koker Smarter than Jalloh

Abstract
Energy transfer processes occurring between atomic, ionic, or molecular systems are very widespread in nature. The applications of such processes range form radiation physics and chemistry to biology. In the field of laser physics, energy transfer processes have been used to extend the lasing range, increase the output efficiency, and influence the spectral and temporal characteristics of the output pulses of energy transfer dye lasers or solid-state laser materials. Thus in the development of solid state lasers, it is important to investigate the basic energy transfer (ET) mechanisms and processes in order to gain detailed knowledge so that successful technical utilization can be achieved. The aim of the present research is to measure the ET rate from a given manifold associated with the chromium sensitizer atom to a given manifold in the holmium activator atom via the thulium transfer atom, in the Ho:Cr:YAG laser material.

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: Deaf, Blind Dumb
To: All
Date Posted: 14:09:15 01/12/07 ()
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"In particular, to ask the so-called professor, Edmond Koker, to get his facts straight is akin to asking a blind person to see -- a physical impossibility even for the most diligent person, much less for a perennially clueless person like Koker."

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: Sengbe
To: All
Date Posted: 13:55:42 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Thanks, me bra, but that abstract is taken from work that was conducted way back in 1989 (18 years ago) under the auspices of NASA, and the National Research Council.

Since then we have embarked on "bigger and better things" in the sciences.

I thank you for that truism though, and the thought / consideration behind your action.

But kindly desist from posting any abstracts / articles of mine obtainable from the internet, or elsewhere.

I am not in competition with folks who can only submit articles on-line to, "We Yone", the "Patriotic Vanguard", and the like. And brag incessantly about their mediocre unprofessional efforts: Talking about "my written articles since 1979". In We Yone? Awareness Times? and Cocorioko? These are NOT professionally refereed journals. These are on-line newspapers for the most part.

PUUUUULLLLLEEEEEEZZZZZZZEEEEE!!!!

When I need information pertinent to Developmental Economics, I will call my cousin, Prof.KK, or my uncle Knice. They are far more knowledgeable than that skunk Jalloh.

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: Alie T Kanu
To: All
Date Posted: 15:22:35 01/12/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Dr. Koker,

I respect your warning for me to desist in posting your abstract that you so eloquently presented. Accordingly, It has become patently cleat that the other man, M.A. Jalloh has gratuitously padded his resume with clips from long forgotten newspaper articles. More specifically, he has continued to -- because of his willful refusal to learn -- pounded others for missing the logic of the debate while he shamelessly drop names and events around that he was the youngest to graduate from FBC with honors from Cox-George's class. You are smarter than he is because while he counts his fingers trying to figure out accounting details, you are busy deciphering the electron transfer process of ions and the progenies. Methinks you are smarter than him and Sengbe or Koker or whatever, WE THINK YOU WON HANDS DOWN.

As we say in SLGS, those who come after you are (we)evils.

Whether you like it or not, I am going to be your agent and find all your abstracts and post them here on Cocorioko. Mek di case wam.

Subject: Re: THE (LATEST) UNMASKING OF EDMOND KOKER AKA SENGBE
From: The Eye
To: All
Date Posted: 14:06:40 01/12/07 ()
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Sengbe = Edumd Koker = Anti-Afrc, You are a fool. Instead of talking to yourself with irrelevant nonsense, answer Mr. jalloh's evidence; If you continue to be a copward, and keep running away from the truth about yourself that Mr. Jalloh has exposed, then I will have to believe what Mr. jalloh wrote about you:

"In particular, to ask the so-called professor, Edmond Koker, to get his facts straight is akin to asking a blind person to see -- a physical impossibility even for the most diligent person, much less for a perennially clueless person like Koker."

Subject: SALONE'S PATHETIC HEALTH CRISIS
From: MEDICAL DOCTOR
To: All
Date Posted: 23:16:05 01/11/07 ()
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Message:
Ghanaians risk death for abortion
By Rosie Goldsmith
BBC Radio 4's Crossing Continents

Thousands of women in Ghana are seeking dangerous, illegal abortions every year with many ending in death or disability.

In traditional villages abortion and contraception are frowned upon
In Ghana abortion is widespread and, because it is technically illegal, mainly unregulated.

It is estimated that as many as two-thirds of all terminations are unsafe and large numbers of women are dying.

Gloria is 22 and lives in a village in eastern Ghana.

Subject: Sierra Leonean men are ugly and pick their noses in public
From: Culled from Topix.Net forum
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Date Posted: 20:07:28 01/11/07 ()
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I found a forum where Sierra Leoneans are constantly bashed : READ THIS

ESMERELDA LOPEZ
Jessup, MD Reply »
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SOME OF THE SIERRA LEONE MEN PICK AT THEIR DIRTY NOSES IN PUBLIC...MOSTLY THEY ARE NOT ATTRACTIVE LIKE GHANAIAN MEN AND SPANISH MEN!!!

John
Rydalmere, Australia Reply »
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It's actually a stupid and racist comment. Have you ever been any relationship with them? I think they are the most handsome and gentle people you've ever find on earth. You are stupid I think... May be you want to love them but they dont love you that why you are spoilng their names. You are such a racist person, I will like to meet you.

Rachel
Seven Hills, Australia Reply »
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ESMER ELDA LOPEZ wrote:
SOME OF THE SIERRA LEONE MEN PICK AT THEIR DIRTY NOSES IN PUBLIC...MOSTLY THEY ARE NOT ATTRACTIVE LIKE GHANAIAN MEN AND SPANISH MEN!!!
What, you have never picked your nose in public? A persons opinion of attractivness is subjective. What you might consider as unacttractive may not be the same for another. Keep your shallow, undignified opinions to yourself.

ESMERELDA LOPEZ
Jessup, MD Reply »
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JOHN...IF I MEET YOUR B*TCH ASS,I WILL GIVE YOU AN ASS WHOOPING LIKE YOU NEVER HAD BEFORE IN YOUR LIFE!!! YOU'RE STUPID!! YOU GAY MORON!!

ESMERELDA LOPEZ
Jessup, MD Reply »
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RACHEL...I DON'T HAVE TO KEEP MY OPINIONS TO MYSELF,YOU B*TCH!!! LIKE I SAID YOU AND ALL SIERRA LEONEAN PEOPLE ARE NASTY,DIRTY,AND RUDE LOCO PEOPLE!!!

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Subject: Somebody says we are lazy and dirty people
From: Culled from Topix.Net forum
To: All
Date Posted: 19:55:55 01/11/07 ()
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Showing posts 1 - 7 of 7 YING YANG
Jessup, MD Reply »
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SOME OF THEM WEIRDOS DON'T KEEP THEIR HOUSES CLEAN! WOMEN ARE LAZY AS HELL!!

San Jose, CA Reply »
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All Sierra Leone people work hard, they are not lazy
people!!!
maacrthy
San Jose, CA Reply »
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Like me i worked hard, when i came to the U.S.A. Now am
fin.And we allways keep our house clean and fresh.
YING YANG
Jessup, MD Reply »

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THAT'S GREAT!!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!
Prince Swaray London UK
UK Reply »
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I find your headline comment, whatever the intention, very offensive and ill advised. How can you be so ignorant to generalise so narrow mindedly about a whole nation?
Like any nation Sierra Leone can boast of millions of hard working, honest and highly intelligent people as there are lots of others who are not necessarily up to those same standards.You can say the same for any other country but that is no reason to make stupid, baseless and ill advised generalisation. This clearly borders on the usual bashing of Africa and all it stands for if not downright racism and I take great exception to it.
YING YANG
Jessup, MD Reply »
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TO DUMB ASS PRINCE SWARAY,LIKE I SAID YALL SIERRA LEONEANS ARE DIRTY PEOPLE!!!SO GET OVER IT!!!BY THE WAY YOU PROBABLY LOOK ILL!!?

Prince Swaray London UK
UK Reply »
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Ying Yang, I can tell you are a crude, illeterate and ignorant waste of space. You write and speak like sombody who belong in the very distant dark ages.You are rude, crude and clearly illeterate. I am a very happy professional gainfully employed in London. Going by your language (gutter language!) I can only conclude you are a pick pocket if not a useless rent boy permanently stonned to the bones.(When did you take your last fix? I suspect it was just before you wrote that crap!).
I will therefore implore all the decent people of the internet community to ignore you and leave you alone in the gutter that you rightly belong. I will not waste any more of my valuable time on you. You can blissfully rant on in your illeterate ignorance and I will ignore it. YOU IMBECILE.

Subject: Standard Times Forum is coming
From: Standard Times Fan
To: All
Date Posted: 19:37:10 01/11/07 ()
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STANDARD TIMES FORUM soon. To be paid for and controlled by fans of Standard Times in Sierra Leone. Stay tuned.

Subject: U.N. Report Points to Corruption at LPRC – Under Harry Greav
From: Rodney D. Sieh
To: All
Date Posted: 19:34:37 01/11/07 ()
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U.N. Report Points to Corruption at LPRC – Under Harry Greaves, $7 Million in Limbo?
01/11/06 - Rodney D. Sieh, rsieh@FrontPageAfrica.com


U.N. Panel of Experts say the oil deal signed with Nigeria, worth $0.5 million, was awarded without any competitive bidding.

A day after the release of audit findings linking his predecessor to gross financial malpractice, a U.N. Panel of Experts reports is raising red flags regarding the controversial oil deal signed between Liberia and Nigeria. The report has taken the head of the Liberian Petroleum Refinery Corporation, Harry Greaves to task for awarding a contract without bidding and missing receipts accounting for unexplained or unaccounted revenues.

Supporting Documents:

UN Report

Greaves has so far failed to make the deal public despite numerous appeals from Liberians and international observers, the report stated. The Panel report highlights major continuing corrupt practices in the Sirleaf-led administration, and gross financial management malpractices that are reminiscent of the past interim administration of Chairman Charles Gyude Bryant.

The Nigerian Oil Deal, Again

RAW DEAL
"The Government collected only $5.31 million during this period, however. Even if 20 per cent of the petroleum imports were tax-free supplies to embassies, charities, non-governmental organizations and the like, there appears to be a shortfall of about $7 million in duties and taxes collected.”

U.N. Panel Report

According to the panel’s findings, in the first nine months of 2006, LPRC earned a profit of $3.4 million on revenue of $9.4 million, owing primarily to a reduction in manpower and a robust increase of 17 per cent in the import of petroleum products.

Last November, the LPRC board’s third quarter financial report reported that the company had budgeted a net profit of US$3.0 million for the 12 months ending December 31, 2006, including a one-time extraordinary provision of US$1.5 million to pay for the cost of a major corporate restructuring to reduce the workforce by more than 400 (two-thirds of the full-time staff) and streamline the management structure.

However, the U.N. report said in June 2006, LPRC entered into a one-year contract with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to buy 10,000 barrels of crude oil a day. The report stated, despite its name, LPRC is not in position to refine the crude oil. “Thus, in August 2006, LPRC sold the contract to Addax Ltd, the largest independent oil producer in Nigeria, at the rate of 14 cents a barrel.”

UN Panel showed displeasure, as most Liberians have, over the manner in which Greaves’ LPRC handled the oil deal. The Panel maintained, “The contract, worth $0.5 million, was awarded without any competitive bidding. When the Panel sought clarification as to how the firm and price were determined in the absence of competitive bidding, the Managing Director (Harry Greaves) of LPRC said it was not possible to call for bids in such situations because of the lack of time.

Contradicts Greaves

Like his predecessor Snowe, Greaves appeared reluctant to discuss why he had not conducted a bidding process for the oil deal and reportedly stated that the transaction had been handled by himself and one of Liberia’s ambassadors-at-large, and that the order had been given after the LPRC board had approved the sale.”

The Board Minutes contradict Greaves assertion, the Panel stated. “However, the minutes of board meetings dated August 1st and 4th August indicate that the board had been informed of the selection of the firm and the price only after the firm and the price had already been determined.”

The most salient point on this oil deal was when the UN experts said they wanted to know how the contracted company, ADDAX, and Liberia’s share were determined in the absence of competitive bid. According to the Panel report, LPRC Managing Director, Harry Greaves blamed the absence of competitive bid for the contract on lack of time.

The experts have recommended that the General Auditing Office conduct a full audit of import of rice and oil into Liberia.
Greaves assertion contradicts once again earlier statements made by him and reported by FPA. Greaves maintained prior that the reason he did not entertain competitive bidding was because the deal was a “sales contract, not concession.” The Analyst paper took him to task. Liberians have now officially learned from the UN Panel that Greaves in fact misinformed them, because he told the Panel that it was lack of time that prevented him for calling for a competitive bidding.

It may be recalled that Greaves is not the first in the Sirleaf lead administration that has misinformed the Liberian people. Commerce Minister Akerele informed the Liberian people that a bidding process took place in awarding the Rice Contract to Sinkor Trading Company. Two weeks ago, Allen Brown of Sinkor Trading refuted the Commerce Minister’s assertion that there was a bidding process.

Commerce Minister Akerele has not received any punishment or reprimand from her boss, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Nor has there been any holding to account of anyone resulting from the multiple numbers given for the amount of Liberian dollar printed by the Central Bank of Liberia. The President stated it was $1 billion. The Minister of Information put the amount at $1.5 billion. Finance Ministry and Central Bank also presented different figures.

Shortfalls in Earnings--$7 Million Unreported

Although the new Government has seen payments from importers rise from $3.45 million in 2005 to $5.31 million in the first nine months of 2006, receipts still appear to be much lower than expected.
In previous panel reports, the Panel documented substantial missing revenue from import duties and sales taxes due from petroleum importers in 2004 and 2005. Although the new Government has seen payments from importers rise from $3.45 million in 2005 to $5.31 million in the first nine months of 2006, receipts still appear to be much lower than expected.

“Excluding tax-free imports by UNMIL, imports reported by LPRC between January and September 2006 suggest that, at the applicable duties and sales tax, imports would have generated $15.39 million for the Government (see table 5). The Government collected only $5.31 million during this period, however. Even if 20 per cent of the petroleum imports were tax-free supplies to embassies, charities, non-governmental organizations and the like, there appears to be a shortfall of about $7 million in duties and taxes collected.”

One of the UN Panel report recommended was for the General Auditing Office to conduct a full audit of import of rice and oil into Liberia. It stated, “The payments of import duties and taxes, by petroleum and rice importers in particular, should be audited by the General Auditing Office, with a report submitted within three months.”

For many Liberians, US$7 million is a huge amount to vanish into thin air without anyone being held to account. FPA learned that the Executive Branch of government has requested information from Harry Greaves on the UN Panel report. Members of the National Legislature are planning to launch a series of investigation into how Harry Greaves has managed LPRC funds.

This all have come at a point when Harry Greaves have come under attack for donating LPRC monies and several pickup trucks, including a donation to the Executive Mansion’s Ministry of State beautification project, headed by Mary Broh. There is also growing concern among political operatives that Harry Greaves could use LPRC monies to finance Unity Party, since he claimed to have joined the ruling party to “raise money” and recruit the next generation.

A veteran party inside, who lived in America and does not want to be named in the report stated, “The party’s rank and file does not want to be affiliated with a man like Greaves, who will change parties depending on who is in power. So there is a lot of concern that he has come to the UP to position himself to succeed Madame Sirleaf.”

Conflict of Interest—NPA Board Chairman Bility Accused of $3 million tax evasion

According to the Panel of experts, when the details of individual importers were examined, it appeared that some had been able to lift their petroleum products from LPRC without paying their arrears.

“For example, Musa A. Bility, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Port Authority and owner of two petroleum import companies, Srimex Enterprises and Gulf Trading, imported more than 7 million gallons of petroleum through those two entities during the first nine months of 2006, despite having paid only $125,000 of the about $3 million due for this period. In October, Mr. Bility promised to pay his arrears within two weeks. As of mid-November, he had paid $0.75 million.”

According to the report, Greaves said that the Corporation had no instructions from the Government to ensure that arrears were paid before any product was released to importers. The UN Panel contradicts Greaves assertions. The Panel stated, “The BIVAC scheme for pre-shipment inspections requires, however, that imports be released only when importers produce the tax receipts along with a clean report of findings from BIVAC.”

Was CFO’s Dismissal Tied to Oil Deal?

The U.N. Panel’s findings come almost three months after the GEMAP’s eye at the firm; John Lindberg was dismissed under peculiar circumstances. LPRC explained in a news release that Lindberg was fired over lifestyle issues. However, when FrontPageAfrica contacted his bosses at SEGURA IP3 based in Bethesda, Maryland in November, FPA was informed that the dismissal was due to the lack of compliance of project management procedures, which are of critical importance to its operation, particularly on the Governance Economic Management Plan for Liberia (GEMAP), Segura IP3.

Rejean Labonte who is also a contractor of SEGURA and the GEMAP comptroller at the Forestry Development Authority was named as the acting GEMAP comptroller at the LPRC until a replacement is made for Mr. Lindberg.

SEGURA's letter in response to FPA said, “Although we cannot get into the specifics of this action, which would be a breach of confidentiality, the contract termination was due to lack of compliance of project management procedures, which are of critical importance to our firm, particularly in an important program, as GEMAP. Furthermore, our decision was made with the concurrence and full support of USAID/Liberia.”

At the time, FPA was unable to determine and LPRC was unable to confirm whether Lindberg’s dismissal was tied to the controversial oil deal signed with Nigeria. SEGURA, citing confidentiality agreement failed to disclose what was uncovered during the period of the audit supervision of Lindberg but the supervision occurred around the same period the Foundation for Human Rights & Democracy (FOHRD Executive Director, Aloysius Toe, Green Advocates President, Atty. Alfred Brownell, and JPC Executive Director, Atty. Augustine Toe sent a letter to LPRC boss Harry Greaves demanding clarification on the recent oil deal between the LPRC and the Nigeria Oil Company.

On a visit to LPRC, the human rights advocated charged Greaves of attempted bribery when Greaves tried to hand each a white envelope. Greaves refuted the allegations, charging that it was mere gesture of gas slips, which he claimed was normal business practice at LPRC. Ezekiel Pajibo in a rebuttal stated that Greaves said he is allowed to give away without any oversight about 48,000 gallons of gas slip a year. At average price of $3 per gallon, Pajibo estimated that ($144,000) of giveaway without any oversight.

The latest findings by the U.N. Panel may complicate the LPRC’s board of director’s efforts to recommend charges against Greaves’ predecessor, Edwin Snowe, now Speaker of the House of Representatives. On Wednesday, the Board of Directors of the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) authorized the company’s Managing Director, Mr. Harry Greaves to take appropriate civil action, upon advice of legal counsel, to recover lost assets of the LPRC and to obtain damages against persons responsible for such losses.

In a Resolution issued by the Board of Directors, Tuesday, 9th January 2007 and signed by its Chairman, Samuel A. Mitchell, Jr., it directs the Managing Director to forward the Report and related evidence to the Ministry of Justice for possible criminal prosecution. Audits and reports of the finances of the LPRC during the period of the National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL) were conducted by the UN Panel of Experts, Ernst & Young, and Monbo & Company.

But Liberians are now wondering whether LPRC Managing Director Harry Greaves behavior in the past several months has been nothing but a “smoke screen” to deflect attention away from the controversial oil deal, and a possible financial fraud involving more than $7 million?

Senator Richard Devine (COTOL, Bomi), one of those named in the findings released by the LPRC board on Wednesday took Greaves to task and accused the LPRC MD of trying to shift attention away from Greaves own frailties.

“Why have they waited all this time until now to come up with this. They’re only doing it because I was very vocal about the manner in which they carried out the arrest of Tugbeh Doe, his brother Abraham and other members of the NTGL,” Devine said.

Devine said Greaves is trying to shift attention away from his reluctance to release the recent oil deal signed with Nigeria. “Up until now, he has refused to make the oil deal public, but is instead masterminding a witch hunt.”

For now, many are wondering what action Sirleaf will take against Greaves, who only last week shifted allegiance officially to the ruling Unity Party. But Greaves appears to have created a perception that he is untouchable, boasting last week that he has known the President for more than 35 years. Greaves went as far as to suggest that he is aware that people in the country are bent on castigating his image and carrying all sorts of lies and gossips to replace him; but boasted that their efforts were fruitless because President Johnson Sirleaf knows him better then the gossipers. This time around the findings of the U.N. appears to have raised a red flag that if not taken seriously could continue to dampen Liberia’s image and deny Liberians needed aid and support from international partners.

Subject: Weah vs. Tubman: Controversy Swirls Monrovia’s Beautificatio
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Weah vs. Tubman: Controversy Swirls Monrovia’s Beautification Project
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The monument of President William Tubman still stands in Monrovia.
Monrovia - Many Liberians especially supporters of the Congress for Democratic Change attention was drawn recently when the monument of their Standard Bearer, George Weah was demolished by "yellow machine" on Broad Street in Monrovia.

It was reported that the action was taken in order to give the city a facelift and the order came from the Beautification Project Committee set up by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

As part of efforts to beautify the streets of the capital, Monrovia, the Liberian government recently uprooted the statue of the country's soccer legend and 2005 Presidential contester George Weah. Authorities have demolished everything including buildings on Broad Street, except Mr Weah's statue. The beautification, which is aimed at changing the face of the capital, reportedly cost over US$ 200,000.

As part of the project, trees and grass would be planted on the streets. The idea was among the numerous reform plans by Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the first woman President of Liberia and Africa. However, what seems to be raising eyebrows is the monument of Liberia’s former President William V.S. Tubman which is just closer to Weah’s monument still exists.

President Tubman

George Weah
Many people here feel that the beautification project is trying to protect the image of an Americo-Liberian of which President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has always been accused to be a member of.

“As you can see, Tubman dirty monument is standing. And no one has touched it. But they were fast to break down Weah’s monument that we put a lot of money into. This is an unfair justice.” Harrison James told FrontPageAfrica.

A student of the Monrovia College who requested not to be named said: “In my view, the project committee should have left George’s monument alone. In as much as we want to see a clean city, we should also respect great people who have done remarkably well for Liberia. You can not damage Weah’s monument and leave a former president who did not do anything much for this country.”

When FPA reporter attempted to speak to members of the project they refused to comment, but refered questions to the Project Chairman Mary Broh - who had earlier stated that she was not prepared to grant FPA an interview about the project.

Subject: New Political Party in Sa. Leone: CPP
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The CPP, a Brand New Political Party Emerges in Sierra Leone
By Alpha Amadu Bah
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Acting Chairman of the Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC), Lawyer Roland Ade Caesar, has yesterday 10th January 2007, intimated Journalists at a press briefing held at the PPRC’s Liverpool Street offices about the emergence of a new political party in Sierra Leone known as the Coalition Peoples Party (CPP). Speaking at the briefing, Lawyer Caesar told journalists that the interim leader of the CPP was Andrew Turay.

Caesar intimated, that his office is working on the principles of democracy based on the Political Parties Act of 2002, which ensured that any group of Sierra Leoneans who satisfy the conditions for registering a political party, should be given the mandate to do so. He said that any newly registered party must be given a probation period of sixty days before his office could approve the party. This period, he explained, was to ensure that anyone could petition the party’s registration. At the end of the 60 days, if no petition against the party was filed and the party continued to satisfy all requirements, then they would get their final registration certificate.

Interim leader for the Coalition Peoples Party (CPP) told journalists that "one finger cannot pick a stone", which is why several political groupings have come together to form a coalition to contest the July 2007 Presidential and Parliamentary elections.

The CPP’s Secretary General, Alieu Badara stated that their first Press Conference will be on 17th January 2007 at their 20 Pademba Road offices. The issuing of a provisional certificate by Lawyer Caesar, climaxed the program with loud shouts of exuberation from the female members of the CPP who were present.

Subject: Sierra Leone: SLPP to Hold Primary Elections
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Sierra Leone: SLPP to Hold Primary Elections D Freetown

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Concord Times (Freetown)

January 11, 2007
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Regina Pratt

The Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) will hold primary elections for House of Parliament before the Presidential and Parliamentary elections July this year. A notice from the party secretariat states that the primaries will enable party members to elect their candidates to slug it out with those from the other parties during the elections.

The notice also highlights the rules and regulations for election of parliamentary nominees, including the primary elections.

Speaking to Concord Times at the SLPP Party Headquarters, National Administrative Secretary, Brima Koroma said the party was organizing the primary election so that the people will be able to elect the candidates of their choice.

Koroma said that the primaries were important so that the people get the candidates that they prefer.

All primary elections will be conducted by the district executives in all the constituencies in the country.

"To be eligible for voting all candidates must be registered and fully paid up members holding a valid voting card on the day of voting, and the regional offices will verify the qualification of nominees and inform the National Secretariat," states the notice.

The process of electing candidates include the electoral college which will comprise executive members of all zones/sectionals, chiefdoms, constituencies, local government councilors, chiefdom youth leaders/representatives and chiefdom women leader/representatives.

There are several conducts governing the elections including, party officials who wish to contest should not be involved in the conduct of the primary elections.

Qualification of members who want to contest for the parliamentary seats, included that they must be citizens of Sierra Leone and has attained the age of 21 years on the day of voting.

Subject: Sa. Leone Politics Sweet!!!!!
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Say what you want, but "Sa. Leone politics really sweet". Things are heating up and every one is getting involved. You can tell from the fire that Albert Moinina's posting drew from all sides - SLPP, APC, PMDC, etc, etc.

I am old enough to remember the days of Sir Milton, Sir Albert, Shaki and SI Koroma.... Things were intimidating back then. Violence was always involved. Nowadays people detest violence and are really enjoying the fun in the political game. Say what you want about Kabbah and his SLPP, but they have brought so much fun to politics. They have made the process open to most (if not all). I never saw that under APC or for that matter anyone else of yester-years.

Subject: Sia Tiaama's naked ditribe
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Policies not Violence

"It will bode well for Sierra Leone if APC and PMDC focus on articulating their policies. What do they have to offer the country? How will their policies be different from the present ones implemented by the SLPP and that have drawn widespread praise and support from the international community and that have led to the cancellation of Sierra Leone’s debt?

Above, the writer has set a remote controlled device to scare the opposition and sinkingly throw the SLPP as a sober entity. Sia Tiaama likes all SLPP fanatics never grab reality. She goes further and say, "These are some of the issues Sierra Leoneans need to hear from Charles Margai and not threats of violence and unsubstantiated statements of election rigging. Sierra Leoneans deserve better than the kind of politics of threats and intimidation that Charles Margai is promising."
What she wants the gullible public to believe in that statementm is that the ruling SLPP government cannot afford to shift the generous World Bank program for Sierra Leone, to any opposition party. In her lack of fairness, Sia Tiaama blatantly accused someone for subversion, without any investigation.
In her partisan instincts, she adds,"It will bode well for Sierra Leone if APC and PMDC focus on articulating their policies. What do they have to offer the country? How will their policies be different from the present ones implemented by the SLPP and that have drawn widespread praise and support from the international community and that have led to the cancellation of Sierra Leone’s debt?
Here the writer, the writer is cynical and fails to relate her SLPP's development for the poor people. How good it is, she is in the West and one wonders how her luck took her to the US, from shackled huts and shoddy paths in the SLPP Sierra Leone.

Subject: Seeing my pains in your eyes. Photos - The Holocaust .
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We must teach!

At half past six on the evening of April 20th, 1889, an innocent child was born in the small town of Braunau Am Inn, Austria. The name of the child was Adolf Hitler. He was the son a Customs official Alois Hitler, and his third wife Klara. Initially Alois had taken his mother's name, Schicklgruber, but changed it in 1876 and became Hiedler, or Hitler.

Quite important - it is hard to imagine tens of thousands of Germans shouting Heil Schicklgruber! instead of Heil Hitler! Adolf Hitler later confided to his only childhood friend, August Kubizek, "that the name Schicklgruber seemed to him so uncouth, so boorish, apart from being so clumsy and unpractical. But 'Hitler' sounded rich and was easy to remember."

From the first day that Hitler seized power, January 30, 1933, he knew that only sudden death awaited him if he failed to restore pride and empire to post Versailles Germany. His adjutant Julius Schaub recorded Hitler's jubilant boast to his staff on that evening, as the last celebrating guests left the Berlin Chancellery building: No power on earth will get me out of this building alive!

12 years and three months later History saw Hitler's prophecy fulfilled, as a handful of remaining Nazis trooped uneasily into his underground study on April 30, 1945, surveyed his still-warm remains slouched on a couch, with blood trickling from the sagging lower jaw, and a gunshot wound in the right temple and sniffed the bitter-almonds smell hanging in the air.

Wrapped in an army blanket, he was carried up to the shell-blasted Chancellery garden. Gasoline was slopped over him in a reeking crater and ignited while his staff hurriedly saluted and backed down into the shelter.

Subject: Re: Seeing my pains in your eyes. Photos - The Holocaust .
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The Nazis where evil.
Hi Bambs!

Name a former African president Who was a German POW
Victim? He hailed from a former French Colony.

How about the Germans in Africa?

"Almost twenty years of German colonialism in South-West Africa (modern Namibia) generated fierce hostility on the part of the Herero, the main tribe of the region. By 1904, German alienation of native land, the resentment caused by racist attitudes against the native peoples, as well as the catastrophic effects on the native agricultural economy resulting from cattle plague (the rinderpest), created the warlike outburst of the Herero in 1904, a contest that soon saw their former enemy, the Nama, join with them in an unavailing struggle against the superior German arms. The brutal retaliation of the German commander in the field, General von Trotha, gave rise to what has been dubbed by one author as "the first genocide of the twentieth century" as tens of thousands of Herero were wiped out by starvation when pushed into the wilderness of the Kalahari desert"

Compensation time!!!

TSTM
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Subject: White House Outlines Bush’s New Iraq Strategy
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Subject: When the brain fails
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Katherine "Katie" Anne Couric (born January 7, 1957) is an American media personality who became well-known as co-host of NBC's Today, and now serves as the anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News. She also serves as a correspondent for 60 Minutes, and hosts CBS News primetime specials. She assumed the anchor position on the CBS Evening News on September 5, 2006, becoming the first female solo anchor of a major television network weekday evening newscast in the United States. Couric is one of only five women to have been repeatedly ranked among the world's most influential people by Time magazine.
Couric was born in Arlington, Virginia to Elinor Hene, a homemaker and part time writer, and John Martin Couric Jr., a journalist at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the United Press in Washington, D.C. Couric's father was Episcopalian and her mother was Jewish;[1] her maternal grandparents, Berthold B. Hene and Clara L. Froshin, were the children of Jewish immigrants from Germany.[2] In a report for The Today Show, she traced her paternal ancestry back to a French orphan who immigrated to the U.S. in the nineteenth century and became a broker in the cotton business. Couric attended Yorktown High School. She enrolled in the University of Virginia in 1975, graduating in 1979 with a degree in American Studies. She was a sister in the Delta Delta Delta sorority. At the University, she served in several positions at the school's award-winning daily newspaper, The Cavalier Daily. During her fourth year at the University, Couric was chosen to live as Head Resident of The Lawn, the heart of Thomas Jefferson's academic village.

Couric has interviewed many international political figures and celebrities during her career, including Presidents Gerald R. Ford, Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, and First Lady Barbara Bush. John F. Kennedy Jr. gave Couric his first and last interviews. Couric has won multiple television reporting awards through her career, including the prestigious Peabody Award for her series Confronting Colon Cancer. Couric has also interviewed British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Senator Hillary Clinton (her first television interview), Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, and First Lady Laura Bush. She has been criticized from some for a perceived liberal bias based on her interviews with prominent conservative and liberal politicians,[3] although more recently she has faced criticism from the left for perceived sympathy to the Bush administration and an unwillingness to include liberal voices on the CBS Evening News.
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Subject: More Fire Force Stations for Freetown
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Sierra Leone: Fire Force to Get 3 More Fire Stations D Freetown

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Concord Times (Freetown)

January 11, 2007
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Ibrahim Tarawallie

Three more fire stations would be constructed to enhance the smooth operation of the National Fire Force (NFF), Acting Chief Fire Officer, Ahmed Alie Kamanda Bongay disclosed Tuesday at his Tower Hill office.

Mr. Bongay said they, in the past, encountered huge constrains that militated against quick response to fire outbreaks in the country. As a result, he lamented that the public did not show understanding.

Bongay maintained that one of the fire stations has already been completed in Aberdeen and it would be commissioned in February.

The opening of the new stations is expected to increase the capacity of the Force to deal with fire incidents in the country.

Subject: Our Sister Blows Her Mind About Margai... You be the Judge!
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Sierra Leone needs Serious Policies; Not Threats From Charles Margai
By Sia Tiyaama (Maryland, USA)
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It is easy tell when some politicians get anxious about their chances of winning elections. In the USA, politicians resort to very nasty attacks on their opponents, sometimes using very derogatory statements against their opponent’s family. That not withstanding, politicians in the USA do not resort to threats of violence against their country if the people do not vote for them.

Recently, Charles Margai, the de facto leader of the newly formed PMDC visited the USA to raise funds and meet with his supporters. Some of us in the Diaspora hoped that the much anticipated Charles Margai eloquence would be substantive and sensible. A lot of people came out of his meetings admiring him for his zeal, and sometimes misplaced and naïve optimism about this chances. However, others came from his meetings disturbed about his lack of grasp of the policies needed to fix the Armageddon he has painted about his homeland. I personally made it a point of duty not to jump to conclusions about his utterances, so I decided to follow newspaper reports about his policy statements or the lack thereof in other states. What I read cleared my doubts about the barren nature of PMDC and Charles Margai.

Policy Desert

It is agreed that the energy situation in Sierra Leone leaves much to be desired. As a result, I was therefore not surprised when a participant asked a question focusing on electricity. I later on found out that the questioner was planted by the PMDC people to give Margai what is called in the USA a softball question. When given soft ball questions, the respondent is supposed to whack it out of the field – give a sharp and impressive answer. However, Charles Margai, in my estimation, bungled it so spectacularly that some of us were just dismayed at his emptiness when it comes to policy. The question was very simple. What are you going to do about the electricity situation in the country? Margai’s response was at best childish. He bellowed: "I will complete Bumbuna within months." My jaw fell. He continued: "we have a lot of rivers in the country." I was in utter disbelief. Some of us were expecting a better articulation about how he was going to complete that project within months. It also became clear that he has no clue about how such projects work. Had he known that Bumbuna project works in phases, he would have saved face. What further baffled some people is the fact that Margai only needed to go to Salcost’s website to get the needed information. In addition, we were hoping that Margai would tell us the relationship between the many rivers in Sierra Leone and electricity. Was he going to build dams within months and give the whole country electricity? Some of us who truly love our country came out of the meeting despondent.

Another internet news source www.wesalone.com also reported a very disturbing answer given by Charles Margai in Indianapolis, Indiana when he was asked for his qualifications to lead Sierra Leone. Charles Margai responded with a diatribe against the present government. The question was also very elementary: "why do you think you are the most qualified person to lead Sierra Leone?" Margai responded: "the government has no credibility…" While Mr. Margai may believe in that statement, that does not say anything about his qualifications for leadership in Sierra Leone. Such question warrants answers focusing on what experience he can bring to the table, has he implemented any significant government policy in his life time? What specific policies can he offer besides the usual "the people are poor" rhetoric?

In another alleged encounter in Florida, it was stated in a Sierra Leonean listserv that Charles Margai became very defensive when someone challenged his claim about having 90% of youth support in Sierra Leone because of his policies. The question was again very simple. How did you arrive at that figure and what are the policies? Well, let us say Margai went into another tirade of nothing completely failing to address the question.

Threats of Violence

These are few examples of Margai’s barren policy platform. It is becoming clear that Margai has no new policies and that the people of Sierra Leone may be seeing through the façade of nothingness. Let no one fool you, Margai is a smart fellow and he has probably realized that the people of Sierra Leone want to hear what he will do specifically about all of the things he keeps complaining about. As a result, the wily fellow has resorted to threats of violence when he loses the election.

It is slowly becoming the mantra of PMDC to threaten violence against the people of Sierra Leone should they lose the elections. I have been in many gatherings with PMDC supporters who openly brag that if PMDC loses, they will foment widespread violence. Most people dismiss them as rabble rousers. However, a lot of people are beginning to take them very seriously especially with Charles Margai making similar statements during an interview with an online news outlet. Charles Margai, among other things, said that should he lose the elections, there will be a level of violence (from his supporters) that he would not be able to stop.

Charles Margai has made that utterance at least twice in the media. Some of us take those threats very seriously. Given the fact that the country is still healing the wounds of war, it borders on terrorism for a party leader to make such inflammatory remarks about the security of the country. I hope the government takes Charles Margai to task for threatening the security of the nation in such a callous and unintelligent manner. It is also troubling that the ruling SLPP has not made any statement admonishing Margai’s foolishness. This was the same way APC under Joseph Saidu Momoh dismissed Charles Taylor and others. Now we have another Charles making similar threats about bringing violence to Sierra Leone and the government is loudly silent on the issue.

Giving Reasons to start violence?

Recently there has been what I consider an escalation of strategy on the part of PMDC. Charles Margai may have laid the ground work for violence in Sierra Leone. He may be trying to build upon it. After threatening violence if he loses, he has now shifted to the accusation that the SLPP government will rig the forth coming elections. For a party leader who has promised violence on the country if he loses to make a categorical statement that the government will rig the elections, Sierra Leoneans should see this as a precursor to Margai making good on his promise of violence. The strategy seems simple. Margai has foreseen his imminent defeat so he has declared that the government will rig the elections. So after he loses he will use his accusation as an excuse to start violence. The scariest part of all this is that the APC party has joined in the strategy. While APC has not threatened violence upon the people of Sierra Leone, their support for Charles Margai’s PMDC strategy to discredit the election will amount to aiding and abetting PMDC’s nefarious plans.

SLPP or NEC who is being discredited?

It is very cunning for PMDC and APC to say the SLPP led government will rig the elections. The two parties know perfectly well that the elections will be conducted by the National Electoral Commission (NEC). So the only institution capable of rigging elections is NEC. In that case, PMDC and APC are indirectly saying NEC will rig the elections for SLPP. That is a huge indictment for Christian Thorpe. If APC and PMDC think Christiana Thorpe will rig the elections in favor of SLPP, they should call for her immediate resignation. Failure to call for her resignation or directly accuse her will lead some to believe that this is just a ploy by the two parties to start violence after the elections. Not too long ago, these two parties were full of praises for NEC during the constituency delimitation debate in parliament. Why the sudden change of pronouncements?

Policies not Violence

It will bode well for Sierra Leone if APC and PMDC focus on articulating their policies. What do they have to offer the country? How will their policies be different from the present ones implemented by the SLPP and that have drawn widespread praise and support from the international community and that have led to the cancellation of Sierra Leone’s debt? Are there any innovative plans for poverty reduction? Would they give free health care to all Sierra Leoneans? These are some of the issues Sierra Leoneans need to hear from Charles Margai and not threats of violence and unsubstantiated statements of election rigging. Sierra Leoneans deserve better than the kind of politics of threats and intimidation that Charles Margai is promising.

Subject: Re: Our Sister Blows Her Mind About Margai... You be the Jud
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Policies not Violence

"It will bode well for Sierra Leone if APC and PMDC focus on articulating their policies. What do they have to offer the country? How will their policies be different from the present ones implemented by the SLPP and that have drawn widespread praise and support from the international community and that have led to the cancellation of Sierra Leone’s debt?

Above, the writer has set a remote controlled device to scare the opposition and sinkingly throw the SLPP as a sober entity. Sia Tiaama likes all SLPP fanatics never grab reality. She goes further and say, "These are some of the issues Sierra Leoneans need to hear from Charles Margai and not threats of violence and unsubstantiated statements of election rigging. Sierra Leoneans deserve better than the kind of politics of threats and intimidation that Charles Margai is promising."
What she wants the gullible public to believe in that statementm is that the ruling SLPP government cannot afford to shift the generous World Bank program for Sierra Leone, to any opposition party. In her lack of fairness, Sia Tiaama blatantly accused someone for subversion, without any investigation.
In her partisan instincts, she adds,"It will bode well for Sierra Leone if APC and PMDC focus on articulating their policies. What do they have to offer the country? How will their policies be different from the present ones implemented by the SLPP and that have drawn widespread praise and support from the international community and that have led to the cancellation of Sierra Leone’s debt?
Here the writer, the writer is cynical and fails to relate her SLPP's development for the poor people. How good it is, she is in the West and one wonders how her luck took her to the US, from shackled huts and shoddy paths in the SLPP Sierra Leone.

Subject: Re: Our Sister Blows Her Mind About Margai... You be the Judge!
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq.
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Date Posted: 03:10:52 01/12/07 ()
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"The scariest part of all this is that the APC party has joined in the strategy. While APC has not threatened violence upon the people of Sierra Leone, their support for Charles Margai’s PMDC strategy to discredit the election will amount to aiding and abetting PMDC’s nefarious plans."

While I apreciate this writers assumed position on the issues that she has articulated, I canot help but see the partisan bent that she has endeavored to create in her piece, by wanting to blame every other political party that is not SLPP for some perceived violence in the future. I must let this writer know that in recent sierra leone elections history, it was the slpp that kept thousands of kamajors housed at the brookfields hotel complex during the 1996 elections in order to intimidate the freetown populace to vote slpp. This is a FACT not conjecture. After they had served their purpose, they were dismissed and scatered by the present SLPP contender who referred to them as filthy rats.

It is not news that the SLPP has maintained a military presence in the kamajors as a PRIVATE armed response group to upport its causes. It is not secret that quite recently a group of SLPP thugs proudly showed off their "green" army uniforms which had been issued to them for purposes of intimidating political opponents during the elections.

It is an open secret in Freetown that the SLPP plans to win the elections at all costs and "by any means necessary". As a matter of fact many SLPP stalwarts that I have run accross, openly make that boast. Based on this, there is and very well should be some degree of apprehension amongst the opposition parties as to whether or not the SLPP plans to rig the elections.

Sia's contention that if the elections were rigged, it would have to be riged by the NEC, is a red herring, in that she ought to know that the NEC has very little sway over parties who stuff ballot boxes prior to the voting or during the voting. There are many other ways an election can be rigged even under the watchful eyes of a very competent elections commissioner in the person of Ms. Christiane Thorpe.

Does Sia know why the former elections commissioner quit? She ought to know that he resigned and claime d that the SLPP had rigged the elections. Go back and check your facts Sia.

On your illogical tie of the APC to some perceived violence in the event of a loss of the presidential elections, I must say that the APC as it is presently constituted abhors violence and INTENDS to win the next elecctions in a fair manner. We will win by showing the difference between us and the other party. We will outline our successes as a political entity, compare them to the successes of the SLPP and have the voters decide. This campaign will be one of ideas and not VIOLENCE. The APC will win because it is the better party with a better vision for sierra leone.

Sia's attempt to associate the APC to some perceived violence against the people of sierra leone is pure SLPP propaganda.

Subject: Re: Our Sister Blows Her Mind About Margai... You be the Judge!
From: Njai
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Date Posted: 17:57:25 01/11/07 ()
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Sia,
All I can say for now having read through you brilliant output is " YOU GO GURL".
Keep it up. Good to know that our sisters are really rising up to the situations.

Subject: Re: Our Sister Blows Her Mind About Margai... You be the Judge!
From: Bambay Lans Kamara
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Date Posted: 16:48:33 01/11/07 ()
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Independent Man thank you for posting this very thought-wagging piece by Miss/Mrs. Sia Tiyaama. I wish I had enough time to respond to her.
Nonetheless, I will have to commend her for the maturity, the charisma and responsibility displayed in writing such a beautiful piece. Should the forum take this approach, we shall and will see a better approach that is if she can stick to the maturity displayed here. I am saying this because most of us tend to sway from patriotic desire to mediocrity especially, when it does not go in our favor. So therefore, I am hesitant to give paize at this early stage. At any rate, she did well and I will respond latter.
Once again, thank you.

Subject: Re: Our Sister Blows Her Mind About Margai... You be the Judge!
From: Bambay Lans Kamara
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Date Posted: 15:58:31 01/12/07 ()
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Greetings my brothers and sisters. thank you Njai for such brilliant observation. Our nation can never rise without inclusive approach. But for such approach to be augmented, every individual must prove their worth for collective contribution. This is what I see Sia, Dr. Sylvia Blyden, Valsatu and other Sierra Leonean ladies who were in our midst during our discussions on the AfricaOnline forum, leonette, NUP, leonecub and other Sierra Leonean forums were and are doing. Though some have been intimidated from this exercise, I salute the ones who stayed and those who are given them the encouragement to do so. We need brilliant inputs from all Sierra Leoneans to make her a better and prosperous country.

Haven said that, let me move on to say that Sia is right to state that :
It will bode well for Sierra Leone if APC and PMDC focus on articulating their policies. What do they have to offer the country? How will their policies be different from the present ones implemented by the SLPP and that have drawn widespread praise and support from the international community and that have led to the cancellation of Sierra Leone’s debt? Are there any innovative plans for poverty reduction? Would they give free health care to all Sierra Leoneans? These are some of the issues Sierra Leoneans need to hear from Charles Margai and not threats of violence and unsubstantiated statements of election rigging. Sierra Leoneans deserve better than the kind of politics of threats and intimidation that Charles Margai is promising."
I am glad that she used the world's renowned democracy as an example thereby, rebutting with the above quoted statement. We need answers to our problems especially, an assurance of how these problems can be solved. Regardless of which party one belongs to, the fact remains that until one is conversant with the problems, the mechanics involved in solving the problems, these problems will remain to pervade our nation incessantly. The history of Sierra Leonean politics had circumvented around empty promises to our people while the problems continue to flare. Therefore, do we need a reminder of how the problems will resurrect themselves? It will be foolhardy not to question when we see a semblance or promise of such retrogression because of self-aggrandizement.

But it will be a disservice to Miss/Mrs. Sia Tiyaama should we nod-heads in approval of whatever she says when the facts are barely left unattended to. In that vain, let me arrest the statement that: " While APC has not threatened violence upon the people of Sierra Leone, their support for Charles Margai’s PMDC strategy to discredit the election will amount to aiding and abetting PMDC’s nefarious plans." I hesitate to refute such a claim. I am confident that the history of Sierra Leonean politics has been mostly on divission-line, whereby tribal and sectional factionalism had been the order of the day, or blunt enmity the dessert. Therefore, the move by the A.P.C. to embrace the P.M.D.C. is a new direction in our politics, whereby politics has been seen as a way of bringing people together regardless of the difference in opinion.
Again, rigging election has been customary in Sierra Leone and the National Electoral Commission (NEC) has not powerful enough to deter election fraud due to the inadequacy of resources to oversee all polling stations, which gave rise for the politicians to play their game, and due to the lack of resources the N.E.C. had not substantive evidence to prove the illegality of the conduct of the elections. So it is fare to say that elections can be manipulated and the N.E.C. share only partial blame but the blame lies solely on the shoulders of the politicians. Which is why our systems have been hardly recognized by some developed nation as a democracy because our leaders are not the representatives of the people because the people did not vote them in.
There are other contrasting statements that President Momoh ignored Charles Taylor. That is not true. All nations have Territorial integrity therefore, one nation must not interfere into the affairs of other nations without the mandate of ECOWAS or the United Nations. When President Momoh came to power, the Liberian war had been raging. Attempts were made by the Mano River Union Members to bring the war to an end to no avail. This was in the 1980's. The Liberian war had started when Samuel Doe seized power in 1980. President Momoh came to power in 1985. The MRU,ECOWAS made their efforts by sending ECOMOG who did not bring the war to an end. The United Nations sent a peacekeeping force there. This was all President Momoh could do inorder to stand within the mandates of the U.N., MRU and ECOWAS charters.
I do not have time but I will conclude by saying that the approach she adopted in sharing her views is very elegant and charismatic. I hope she keeps it up that way.
Can't read over.

Subject: SLPP is the only way forward
From: Kamajor
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Date Posted: 12:39:28 01/11/07 ()
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you can't doubt that .SLPP is the only way forward for Sierra Leone. you just take a walk through the city at night now. There is light everywhere. APC destroyed our electricity but now SLPP has brought it back.

Subject: Re: SLPP is the only way forward
From: Yaya Fanusie
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Date Posted: 13:22:45 01/14/07 ()
Email Address: futatoro@gmail.com
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You tink say the pipul dem nah Freetong bikful lekkeh you?

Subject: Re: SLPP is the only way forward
From: Orman
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Date Posted: 12:59:33 01/11/07 ()
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The elections will tell.

Subject: Re: SLPP is the only way forward
From: curious
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Date Posted: 14:20:40 01/11/07 ()
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hey doc.... you know you sef..

Subject: SLPP first, Sierra Leone after!
From: Animal farm
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Date Posted: 08:48:48 01/11/07 ()
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The SLPP is a curse to Sierra Leone. It has supporters that are fanatically tied with one accord; which is to eliminate those who do not belong in their group. The SLPP ideals are similar to the Al Qaida terrorist group.
Infact, it is the SLPP supporters who have given a haven to those who loot Sierra Leone's diamonds and dilute the Country's culture.
With the SLPP, there is a danger that the good folks that are from Sierra Leone will denounce their citizenship.
This SLPP is full of people who care about themselves and their kith and kin. Sierra Leone counts last while, their interests are secured as against the nation's economy.
2007 will not only condemned Sierra Leone to the abyss of darkness if they vote the SLPP in power, but it will precipitate an unprecedented acts of masibo that will allow Pa Jones lose his farm.

Subject: Re: SLPP first, Sierra Leone after!
From: Mamasalone
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Date Posted: 12:34:46 01/11/07 ()
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Criticising SLPP is not the solution .What have you done for Sierra Leone ? It is easier to sit abroad and criticise the party in power .Why not return and give your own contribution to change things ?

Subject: Re: SLPP first, Sierra Leone after!
From: SAD TO SAY
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Date Posted: 14:32:03 01/11/07 ()
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Whenever I hear the question, "What have you done for Sa Lone?", I know it must be coming from a very small mind or from someone suffering from acute mental myopia. A mind that lacks the knowledge of the history of our country or a mind that lacks the ability to analyse truthfully. The real questions should be, "What has anyone done for Sa Lone?', or better still, "Can anyone, not within the political ruling group of Sa Lone, really do anything of significance for Sa Lone? What has Sa Lone really done for any of her people?

Subject: Re: SLPP first, Sierra Leone after!
From: Kamajor
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Date Posted: 12:41:01 01/11/07 ()
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They criticise SLPP but ask them to tell you what APC has done for us.

Subject: Re: SLPP first, Sierra Leone after!
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esqa
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Date Posted: 13:32:19 01/11/07 ()
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Kamajor I see no where in that post where the writer identifies himself/herself as being APC. I may be mistaken.

Subject: Re: SLPP first, Sierra Leone after!
From: APC Man
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Date Posted: 13:35:26 01/11/07 ()
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Alliue,
Welcome back to the form!
What do you think about the Mayor of Freetown?
Is he an asset or a liability to our party?

APC Man

Subject: Re: SLPP first, Sierra Leone after!
From: Purrrrot
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Date Posted: 14:19:54 01/11/07 ()
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He will not answer.....Next question..

Subject: SLPP prepares elections army; green uniforms found in Pujehu
From: Standard Times
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Date Posted: 08:24:59 01/11/07 ()
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SLPP Prepares Election Army…Green Uniforms Found in Pujehun
Posted by Talleyrand on Jan 11, 2007, 23:30

Consistent with the fact that the ruling Sierra Leone Peoples Party is facing stiff opposition from the All Peoples Congress (APC) and Peoples Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC), it is now designing and employing every means possible to win the July 2007 elections.
This is evident in Pujehun district, South of Sierra Leone where green uniforms worn by young men and adults and designed militarily to be used during the July elections have been found.
According to investigations, the uniforms were ordered from a West African country by government through the Minister of Works and Maintenance, Dr. K.C. Boima who first supplied them to the people of Sowa Chiefdom in Pujehun district to be used initially as agricultural farming outfits and later to be worn by the youths and adults supporting the ruling party during the elections.
Designed like military uniforms, with hard-substance materials from high-tech fabric industries, the green jackets as they are called were rolled into the country last year and are allegedly estimated at over 5,000 sets.
One youth who was proud in his outfit told this press that on the day of the polls, all of them will wear them to demonstrate their solidarity with and support for the ruling party.
Most of them are former Kamajors who have been recruited afresh for what seems a new mission to accomplish their last task for the government. Another told this press that the uniforms are only supplied to members of the SLPP and circulated only around their regional boundaries in the south-east.
When asked about the purpose, he said they don’t mean to harm anybody but to be vigilant and fight for their government and secure its reelection.
Their role which appears serving as polling agents of the party was mistakenly denied by them. Rather they are vigilantes for their party’s votes during the elections.
Again motives of harassment and intimidation of Charles Margai’s supporters were quickly dismissed by them as a figment of the imagination of trouble makers. However, they are determined to prevent the opposition from creating any impact in their original strongholds.
Dr. K.C. Boima was unavailable for his comments on the uniform affair, but sources in Pujehun said he is part of a secret government plan to frustrate and prevent the opposition PMDC from making any headway in the south and east.
PMDC members in Bo have also acknowledged the fact about the uniforms worn by many youths in Pujehun but did not state the main purpose of those uniforms.
However they are skeptical about government’s plans with regards those uniforms worn by many former Kamajors youths.
For them, they believe the government is preparing an election army to intimidate them during the polls. As 2007 has begun, the situation remains extremely dangerous for this part of the country where the SLPP is prepared to make the biggest showdown on any opponent.

Subject: 'Kabbah urdered me to sell Lotto Assets in London'
From: Standard Times
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Date Posted: 08:16:37 01/11/07 ()
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After The Sale of Lowcost and OAU Villas.....“Kabbah Ordered Me To Sell Lotto Assets in London”
Posted by on Jan 11, 2007, 23:59

The string of bad blood continues to run between government and parastatal officials over the sale of assets belonging to the Sierra Leone State Lottery Company in Freetown. Standard Times press has unearthed the conflicting issues and the cover-ups by these same officials and Mr. President rolled together.
The Managing Director of Lotto Alhaji Cole had told Standard Times in an interview late last year that he was not privy to the sale of the assets despite being the company director. “I was not happy when I learnt about the sale of my company assets,” Cole revealed to this press in that interview.
Regardless of his ignorance of the sale it did not however prevent him from being molested by the Finance Minister, Hon. John Benjamin and NRA Boss Dr. John Karimu over the payment of corporate tax to government. It would be recalled that while Alhaji Cole was supervising Lotto draws in the provinces, both officials (John Benjamin and John Karimu) stormed the Lotto office in Freetown and put the game on a standstill until the intervention of the president who, lotto sources alleged, telephoned those officials to give peace a chance and all the lotto draws in Freetown to go ahead.
It is now visibly evident that the SLPP government takes delight in selling state assets that have long been acquired devoid of any sense of reasoning and justification. It would be recalled that the sale of some OAU Villas at Hill Station and Low cost housing was done by this government under what could be described as clandestine conduct as most of the quarters were bought by some government officials and well placed individuals in society.
As if the sale of the villas and low cost was not enough the government went international and undertook the sale of the former Sierra Leone Produce Marketing Board (SLPMB) that had long been bought over by the Sierra Leone State Lottery (Lotto). When this press published information about the sale in November 2006, Sierra Leone Ambassador designate to the United States of America, Lawyer Sulaiman Tejan Jalloh telephoned the Standard Times office in an effort to launder his image and revealed how the transaction took place.
Ambassador Jalloh admitted the sale of the assets, but revealed that he undertook such transaction pursuant to the directives of His Excellency President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah. “How can I sell those buildings without the permission of the president?” Lawyer Jalloh questioned. According to him the transaction was thought to be convenient and in place in order to raise money to purchase a building that would be owned by the Sierra Leone government, and also a building that would be strategically located. “We were able to get that it is well located in London,” Lawyer Jalloh added.
Sadly, the building claimed to have been bought by Lawyer Tejan Jalloh on behalf of the Sierra Leone government was not actually bought but mortgaged to an estate company to which the embassy is regularly paying mortgage fees at the end of every month. What a feat!
Additionally, the accommodation capacity of the building is nothing but terrible as it cannot even accommodate most staff members of the embassy.
What still remains a puzzle to the general public is that after the sale of the assets in London, Lawyer Tejan Jalloh was transferred to the United States of America from the position of high commissioner to Ambassador while Ambassador M’baba Kamara transferred to another station and Tejan Jalloh replaced in London

Subject: Re: 'Kabbah urdered me to sell Lotto Assets in London'
From: useless times
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Date Posted: 08:44:08 01/11/07 ()
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"Sadly, the building claimed to have been bought by Lawyer Tejan Jalloh on behalf of the Sierra Leone government was not actually bought but mortgaged to an estate company to which the embassy is regularly paying mortgage fees at the end of every month. What a feat!"
Ignorance...mortgage, buy. wha is the difference.Nar did part of the world nar de same..

Subject: Re: 'Kabbah urdered me to sell Lotto Assets in London'
From: JOINDALIST
To: All
Date Posted: 08:53:08 01/11/07 ()
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Message:
Bra, you doubt Philip Neville. Neville is a disgusting fellow. A;hagi Cole was in the US when STJ was sworned in as our new Ambassador. He spoke highly of STJ, and Cole denied ever speaking or granting an interview to Standard Times. Just as what he did to Annie Lansasna, claiming that he interviewed her husband and he wants to file for divorce. neville is a disgrace to salone journalism.

see picture of Alhaji Cole and STJ in DC very recently.

Subject: Re: 'Kabbah urdered me to sell Lotto Assets in London'
From: CADMUS
To: All
Date Posted: 11:37:35 01/11/07 ()
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Now you know why I argue so mush in favour of retaining the Criminal Libel Laws in Sa Lone.When you have people like Philip Neville and Olu Gordon plying the trade of Journalism, the freedom of sa Lone is in danger.They have no respect for the truth.Is this what we want for Sa Lone irespective of what political party we support..lie lie journalism? I am sure not.
Long live the Criminal Libel Laws.

Subject: UN SAYS MASSIVE CORRUPTION IN ELLEN'S LIBERIA 2
From: UNITED NATIONS
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Date Posted: 08:12:39 01/11/07 ()
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UN REPORT

Liberia Petroleum Refining Company
113. In the first nine months of 2006, LPRC earned a profit of $3.4 million on revenue of $9.4 million, owing primarily to a reduction in manpower and a robust increase of 17 per cent in the import of petroleum products.

Contract for supply of crude oil
114. In June 2006, LPRC entered into a one-year contract with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to buy 10,000 barrels of crude oil a day. Despite its name, LPRC is not in position to refine the crude oil. Thus, in August 2006, LPRC sold the contract to Addax Ltd, the largest independent oil producer in Nigeria, at the rate of 14 cents a barrel. The contract, worth $0.5 million, was awarded without any competitive bidding. When the Panel sought clarification as to how the firm and price were determined in the absence of competitive bidding, the Managing Director of LPRC said it was not possible to call for bids in such situations because of the lack of time. He stated that the transaction had been handled by himself and one of Liberia’s ambassadors-at-large, and that the order had been given after the LPRC board had approved the sale. However, the minutes of board meetings dated 1 and 4 August indicate that the board had been informed of the selection of the firm and the price only after the firm and the price had already been determined.

Low import duty receipts from petroleum importers
115. In previous reports (S/2005/360, para. 154, and S/2006/379, para. 97), the Panel documented substantial missing revenue from import duties and sales taxes due from petroleum importers in 2004 and 2005. Although the new Government has seen payments from importers rise from $3.45 million in 2005 to $5.31 million in the first nine months of 2006, receipts still appear to be much lower than expected.

116. Excluding tax-free imports by UNMIL, imports reported by LPRC between January and September 2006 suggest that, at the applicable duties and sales tax, imports would have generated $15.39 million for the Government (see table 5). The Government collected only $5.31 million during this period, however. Even if 20 per cent of the petroleum imports were tax-free supplies to embassies, charities, non-governmental organizations and the like, there appears to be a shortfall of about $7 million in duties and taxes collected.

117. When the details of individual importers were examined, it appeared that some had been able to lift their petroleum products from LPRC without paying their arrears. For example, Musa A. Bility, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Port Authority and owner of two petroleum import companies, Srimex Enterprises and Gulf Trading, imported more than 7 million gallons of petroleum through those two entities during the first nine months of 2006, despite having paid only $125,000 of the about $3 million due for this period. In October, Mr. Bility promised to pay his arrears within two weeks. As of mid-November, he had paid $0.75 million.

118. The Managing Director of LPRC said that the Corporation had no instructions from the Government to ensure that arrears were paid before any product was released to importers. The BIVAC scheme for pre-shipment inspections requires, however, that imports be released only when importers produce the tax receipts along with a clean report of findings from BIVAC.

Subject: UN SAYS MASSIVE CORRUPTION IN ELLEN'S LIBERIA
From: UNITED NATIONS
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Date Posted: 08:11:11 01/11/07 ()
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More from the UN Report
SUMMARY

Financial:

..the lack of internal control systems and external oversight continue to be areas of concern. For example, pre-shipment inspection has been in effect for petroleum since January 2006, but implementation remains incomplete as importers are receiving product without paying all their taxes; essentially a monopoly for rice imports has been introduced without adequate public debate; and the sale of a contract for allocating 10,000 barrels of oil per day did not follow any transparent bidding system.

Travel ban [Foreign Affairs and Justice]
Facilities to obtain fraudulent passports, a lack of political will and poorly equipped and trained law enforcement staff all combine to make the travel ban difficult to enforce.

Assets freeze [Leg and Justice]
More than two and half years since the Security Council adopted the assets freeze resolution (1532 (2004)), the Government of Liberia still has not frozen any assets. The new Government has not yet initiated any legislation, nor has it issued an executive order, to enforce the Implementation of the resolution. Even if legislation is introduced, it is unlikely that the Legislature would approve it. Thus, it is unlikely that the Government will be able to enforce the resolution in the near future.End of

End of Summary...more:

"The haphazard approach to restructuring has generated serious unrest." page 7.

16. Development, and especially investment, is also being hampered by the lack of progress in reviewing the concessions and contracts awarded under the National Transitional Government. So far, not a single review has been concluded. (The contract with Mittal Steel was removed from the review committee and negotiated directly with the Government.) The committee, comprising representatives of both the Government and the international community, has been hindered by its leadership and process, such as a lack of clear decision-making criteria. (In addition, a conflict of interest exists, with the Chairman of the review committee also heading the Rubber Planters Association. He should recuse himself during deliberations regarding rubber concessions.) Furthermore, individual ministries and agencies have not cooperated fully by submitting contracts and relevant information for review. To end the process, the President has set a deadline of 31 December 2006 for the final review. It is not clear whether contracts that have not been reviewed will be accepted or rejected at that time. Page 7.

Page 8
18. The insecurity in contracts not only inhibits investment, but it is also retarding the provision of services necessary for the development of Liberia. Recently, the Government installed streetlights in downtown Monrovia. Although it was a modest project, the psychological effect was substantial; the streets at night seemed safer. People expect the Government to deliver real change, however. Unfortunately, many Liberian elites profit from the system of corruption and undue influence and have resisted its reform. For example, the passage of the National Forestry Reform Law, required to lift timber sanctions, was almost derailed by a logger — and former militia leader — who had influenced some House members to limit foreign investment in the sector.

Page 8, #19:
...There is corruption within because many junior positions in the ministries are held by the same individuals as in previous administrations, who see reform as being against their interests.

Page 8, #20:
20. Government services are further restricted by a lack of capacity for budgetary programming. Even when ministries have money, they do not necessarily have professionals who can allocate and spend the money.
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Subject: Re: UN SAYS MASSIVE CORRUPTION IN ELLEN'S LIBERIA
From: Alimamy Sesay
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Date Posted: 08:18:47 01/11/07 ()
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I thought Liberians were angels under Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and were doing better than us ?

Subject: PERCEPTION IS THE KEY.
From: Albert Moinina
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Date Posted: 01:46:48 01/11/07 ()
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Perception is the Key

I have received lots of appreciation from different quarters for my brief report on my short visit to SL during the holidays. I must thank Cockorioko for publishing it on their website.

On the other hand I have received some negative comments and some have even accused me of lying. What would I gain by publishing lies about the status of my own country that I so love?

You see, there are several views to any three dimensional object. It is a fact therefore that two or more people may look at the same object and see different views and in the end have different perception of that object. In circumstances where the object is complex and has different facets, it becomes very obvious in most cases for the aforementioned differences to occur.

Several years ago, I heard a story on the BBC about a whole village that went to war which started with an argument between two best friends. These two friends were relaxing one day in a hut when an animal suddenly passed by. One said the animal was black and the other disputed saying it was white. This argument intensified involving friends, families and the entire village split between the two friends and a war ensured. The truth of the matter was that both were right. The animal they saw had black on one side and white on the other but each only saw one side of the animal.

My visit to Sierra Leone was a short one and could only report on matters that I was either interested in, affected me and/or perceived as important. I am a professional Engineer and have great passion for my field. I do not drink, smoke, seldom go to bars nor enjoy ¡§night life¡¨. If my report was based on entertainment or something , I am sure it would have been completely a different story.

It is therefore natural for me to pay special attention to infrastructure of any country or place I visit. I am currently involved in building a new international airport, being involved in expressways, railways, buildings, power plants, ports and another airport. I learn everyday and everywhere. In Sierra Leone I learnt that our infrastructure is deplorable and my mind could only think of the potential to transform our beloved motherland. For example, I concluded in my mind that the Lungi bridge should not be a priority at this stage from my personal assessment of the infrastructure as stated in my brief.

Some have interpreted my brief as trying to make a political point. If you are on the other end of the political spectrum, take heed to the old adage that says listen to your enemies, for they are the first to know your faults. After all, what we ALL are fighting for is a better and developed Sierra Leone.

In conclusion, I have no regrets for my brief and what I have stated are facts complimented with my personal views of the infrastructure Of the country. When you are down there next time, if you don¡¦t mind, please give us a report from your perspective of the situation in the country. It could be music, I am sure you will have a lot to write about or the beaches along the dusty Peninsula Road which I understand is supposed to be under construction but saw no sign of activities. Sorry, ah forget say you nor interested in roads.

Subject: Re: PERCEPTION IS THE KEY.
From: Leonenet Man
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Date Posted: 07:58:38 01/11/07 ()
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Albert, I was there myself. I saw many positive, I will not lie but the negatives were far more. I just wonder how people are able to make ends meet.

Subject: Re: PERCEPTION IS THE KEY.
From: Mamasalone
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Date Posted: 08:05:40 01/11/07 ()
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you guys should come home to fix the problem instead of staying overseas and complain.

Subject: Re: PERCEPTION IS THE KEY.
From: Kohunei
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Date Posted: 08:16:56 01/11/07 ()
Email Address: kohunei@yahoo.com
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great comment! They should go home to help instead of cleaning up wherever they are!

Subject: Re: PERCEPTION IS THE KEY.
From: Sisco
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Date Posted: 14:59:12 01/11/07 ()
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you said that you are involved in building bridges and airports in other countries. as an engineer what have you contributed towards the infrastructural development of your poor country? based on your analysis of the infrastructural problems of your country, have you made any proposal to the government on how to tackle the the problem? i think it is high time all you academics/professionals stop talking big and do something, how ever little to develop our country.

Subject: Re: PERCEPTION IS THE KEY.
From: babybob
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Date Posted: 15:21:08 01/11/07 ()
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But what did you want the poor guy to build the bridges and road with in Sierra leone? Because he built roads as an engineer doesn't mean he has the money to go around building in all corners of his country. Una lef the man ya.

This man could make proposal all he wants but if the SLPP goverment doesn't listen or apply those proposals and initiatives then it is all for nought.

The man did not talk BIG. He only gave us his observation on what he saw in a country he apparaently loves so much. Now you detractors are the problem. Instead of asking him nicely what he can do to help, you try to crucify him.

You just don't contribute to your country when the politicians decide to play football with people's lives. I like this guy. At least he is not afraid to voice his concern. He is not like those who came back just to tell us that Sierra Loene is SWEET and the baby dem day wuteteh. He travelled and raised the issues we were suposed to be discussing in the first place. I would like to know what Allieu and Mohamed Jalloh think about this issue. Over to you.

I like him a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Subject: MY RESPONSE TO "ALOMA:" BEEN THERE, DONE THAT!
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
To: All
Date Posted: 01:31:57 01/11/07 ()
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Aloma wrote on January 10, 2007:
"How about a press release saying that you DID NOT steal money from SLPMB? You deserve that especially after being accused by so many for so long."

You must be new to the Internet, my anonymous friend. My reply to the very few (and they are few) miscreants who have compulsively resorted to defamation when they could not overcome my well-reasoned arguments is a matter of public record.

Specifically, it is well known to the vastly more numerous people who were subscribers to Leonenet in 2001. Solely for your information, I reproduce below the reaction to the conclusive evidence I was obliged to present on Leonenet in the summer of 2001, showing that, contrary to the malicious allegations of those few among us who can not accept the reality of their relatively limited intellect, my tenure at SLPP was exemplary.

The writer of the following piece, John L. Musa, Esq., is arguably the best legal mind SL currently has. Recently, he was honored by the European Commission for his legal writings in The Patriotic Vanguard, the pioneering S/Leonean Internet newspaper of another of SL's leading lights (in journalism), Gibril Koroma. (Please see the link below)

So, as you can see, hopefully, only those who are unfamiliar with my meticulously documented record of exemplary service to my country would take the childish rants of sore losers seriously when they seek to vent their copious frustrations after losing arguments against me, by predictably indulging in my defamation.

Subj: Re: THE CASE AGAINST MOHAMED A. JALLOH IS DISMISSED!
Date: 8/13/2001 8:38:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From:JMusa10472To:unixtek@direcpc.com, MohmJ, leonenet@listproc.umbc.edu

IN THE MATTER OF MOHAMED JALLOH & HIS DETRACTORS

It is now a proverb of infamy to ask Leonenet subscribers to behave according to ordinary standards that govern polite discussion. And that is why Mr. Meama-Kajue, the Administrator, will continue to suspend in vain, the same people about their ill-manners in public. That an Administrator should remind adults to behave like adults, makes Leonenet a school yard where bullies dominate others with clubs. The transgressors in the majority of Leonenet disturbances, invariably come from the same, fixed confrere and its cheerleaders. The moment one of them levies a wild accusation, the chorus is heard from in high pitch, from a rooftop, maximizing the charges with reckless abandon.

I think a subscriber who offends us here more than once, should be suspended for more than 30 days or be expelled for his putrid conduct. Why should we tolerate something that leaves us disconsolate, again and again? When one even contemplates the fact that these people who come here to warm their cockles by insulting others, offend us in their daily drumbeat of moralizing and New Testament instruction, about what great compatriots they are, and others are criminals, you wonder what point they aim at making. But let me get to the purpose of this essay.

THE EVIDENCE PLEASE
What is the so called case against Mohamed A. Jalloh? The prosecutors (persecutors) are not serious about their accusations! I want to see Mr. Jalloh charged with a felony (ies) today if the evidence is adduced to do so. Were they serious about prosecuting Mr. Jalloh for the alleged criminal offenses we have heard of ad nauseam, they would have proffered credible evidence to the Director of Public Prosecutions in Sierra Leone, instead of inveighing the man in their ill-begotten court of public opinion, where they are the prosecutors and judges at the same time.

JURISPRUDENCE OF THE RED QUEEN
What is more, these moral factors would have us believe that by alleging serious criminal conduct against Mr. Jalloh, we are supposed to be shocked that a man of his then financial means was unable to purchase a home and that makes him a criminal. Mr. Jalloh should have stopped protesting his vainglorious accusers because of their epithetical jurisprudential manner. Or should I say, the jurisprudence of Lewis Carroll's Red Queen: First the verdict, the evidence later. This uncommon prosecutors go far beyond the mockery of the Red Queen. They are the latter-day Diogenes of Sinope (The cynic philosopher and student of Antisthenes) who went about Athens with a lantern in the daytime, with the express purpose of looking for an honest man.

MR. JALLOH IS BRILLIANT, A CRIMINAL OR NOT
When Mr. Jalloh finds ample evidence to confound his detractors with logic in any argument on Leonenet, they dredge up the same egregious criminal charges against him or mock his academic achievements; something we often see on Leonenet. Whether we like it or not, Mr. Jalloh is a brilliant man. This conclusion is not by his own standards, or mine, but by those of the University of Sierra Leone and others outside Sierra Leone. Mr. Jalloh has confounded a group of attorneys in a court case as a PRO SE litigant (proper person) and won by the same meticulous manner he brings to Leonenet arguments!!. To mock his brilliancy, sullies argument. Well, I should not be surprised of the Leonenet culture. Here, if you know more than them, they mock you. If you know less, you become fungible in their talk. Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura, is a case in point. More learned than the usual Sierra Leonean, he never says anything, without a clown inveighing him for having three or more terminal academic degrees. Had Dr. Bangura been a fool, he would still grab their vain attention for even a valid argument.

If anyone has credible evidence to bring Mr. Jalloh to the Bar of Sierra Leone, let him do so. We shall applaud the success of the prosecution if Mr. Jalloh were a "thief" as his Chief prosecutor seems to thrum us. If there is credible evidence, Mr. Jalloh's home in this allegation would be lost to Government. Otherwise, gentlemen of Mr. Jalloh's prosecution team, allow us to reclaim our calm forum for germane issues, worthy of our attention. Better yet, Mr. Jalloh's accusers could create a group e-mail among themselves, where they can savor the relish of careless accusations outside of our attention. It is the only rational thing to do. Leonenet is not the proper forum, venue or jurisdiction for prosecuting criminal conduct against anybody. The case against Mr. Jalloh is dismissed Sua sponte!

Gentlemen, I await you.

That is all!

Best regards,
John Lansana Musa
August 13, 2001

Subject: Re: MY RESPONSE TO "ALOMA:" BEEN THERE, DONE THAT!
From: Aloma Pikasso
To: All
Date Posted: 11:18:53 01/11/07 ()
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Thank you very much, Mr. Jalloh, for taking the time to explain your position on this issue that has continued to follow you. You have done well and justice to yourself. I apologize from bringing it up. Lastly, I would like to say you prove to be a gentleman as opposed to the one who tried to insult and use MAMMI CUSS language. That person is sick but you, you are one heck of a gentleman. Respect.

We shall let this issue sleep now. Next Question:

WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO SALONE TO ASSIST THE COUNTRY IN THIS STATE OF ECONOMIC MALAISE. BEING THAT YOU ARE A SUPERB ECONOMIST, AND THAT YOUR GENERATION IS NOW MAKING A MEANINFUL IMPACT AND CONTROLLING THE SYSTEM, WHEN DO YOU THINK IT IS APPROPRAITE TO TAKE THE BULL (shit) BY THE HORN AND SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH?

Subject: Re: MY RESPONSE TO "ALOMA:" BEEN THERE, DONE THAT!
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
To: All
Date Posted: 12:47:26 01/11/07 ()
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Thank you for your compliments. As you probably know from reading my writings and my profile, I spent more than a decade of my life in the service of our country. I happen to believe that no man (or woman) is indispensable -- even though our wives (or husbands) would beg to differ! :)

Seriously, though, I believe that every serious S/Leonean should be given an opportunity to contribute to the development of our country. Therefore, those diligent compatriots who have not had an opportunity to serve our country should be given preference over those, like me (and Vice President Berewa, among many others), who have had that opportunity.

Accordingly, whereas I would be happy to volunteer my advice, if asked, to any government working in good faith to deliver on its promise to promote the welfare of the people of SL, I do not believe that I should go on a third tour of duty in public service -- especially if that means displacing another capable S/Leonean who has never before served his/her country. There are other ways I can continue to contribute to the development of our country, of course, but being in government is probably not going to be one of them.

Finally, as regards your question about the right time to act to stop the deterioration in our country, I am afraid that that time first arrived in 1977, when we had former President Siaka Stevens on the ropes, reeling from the unaccustomed constraining effect of our popular FBC student uprising. Since then, you can say any time would be the right time -- including right now. Indeed, the elections later this year provide an excellent opportunity to lawfully use people power to ensure that we S/Leoneans finally get a government that we can be proud of.

I hope the above information adequately addresses your questions.

Subject: Re: MY RESPONSE TO "ALOMA:" BEEN THERE, DONE THAT!
From: ESPN
To: All
Date Posted: 11:08:42 01/11/07 ()
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Dismissal does not equate to being innocent, given SL's justice system!

Subject: Re: MY RESPONSE TO "ALOMA:" BEEN THERE, DONE THAT!
From: Yaya Fanusie
To: All
Date Posted: 13:42:08 01/14/07 ()
Email Address: futatoro@gmail.com
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Message:
ESPN,
I do not like Moh'm. but I have met him and know he is a real person. Now why don't you tell us who you are so people can tell us what type of Personal Integrity you have.
Why do you have to use a mask?
Yaya Fanusie

Subject: Re: MY RESPONSE TO "ALOMA:" BEEN THERE, DONE THAT!
From: Geofrey Jones
To: All
Date Posted: 09:35:00 01/11/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
I am reired and living with my son now in America. I visit this place to get news about home. I Have never written anythin here. But when I read your reply thisd morning, my conscience pricked me to do the right thing.

You don't know me Mr. Jalloh, but I would like to join the other fellow yesterday in offering you an apology. I hope you will accept my apology, on behalf of all the Sieerra Leoneans who have said false things about you over the years. You ar4e a great example for our people to follow.

As the man who wrote to your detractors satetd, you are a brilliant man, whether anyone likes it or not. Like he also said, there is nothing your enemies have said that would convine even themselves that you are not a man of integrity. In fact, the fact that you achieved great accomplishments without any bad record since you left Sierra Leone shows that success in Sierra Leone was just the beginning that continued in America. And to think that you are not even 50 years old is just unbelievable, when I look at what you have achieved.

If Sierra leone had more citizens like you, I have no doubt that old people like me would not have to leave our warm Sierra leone to come spend our retired days in this cold place called America.

Thank you.

Subject: Re: MY RESPONSE TO "ALOMA:" BEEN THERE, DONE THAT!
From: Geofrey Jones
To: All
Date Posted: 09:31:13 01/11/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
I am retired and living now with my son in America. I visit this place to get news about home. I Have never written anythin here. But when I read your reply thisd morning, my conscience pricked me to do the right thing.

You don't know me Mr. Jalloh, but I would like to join the other fellow yesterday in offering you an apology. I hope you will accept my apology, on behalf of all the Sieerra Leoneans who have said false things about you over the years. You ar4e a great example for our people to follow.

As the man who wrote to your detractors satetd, you are a brilliant man, whether anyone likes it or not. Like he also said, there is nothing your enemies have said that would convine even themselves that you are not a man of integrity. In fact, the fact that you have achieved great accomplishments without any bad record since you left Sierra Leone means that your success in Sierra Leone was just the beginning that continued in America. And to think that you are not even 50 years old is just unbelievable, when I look at what you have achieved.

If Sierra leone had more citizens like you, I have no doubt that old people like me would not have to leave our warm Sierra leone to come spend our retired days in this cold place called America.

Thank you. Please keep up your good works.

Subject: Re: MY RESPONSE TO "ALOMA:" BEEN THERE, DONE THAT!
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
To: All
Date Posted: 12:21:37 01/11/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Mr. Jones:

Thank you very much for your kind sentiments, sir. Your action in offering an apology for an act in which you played no part is testimony to the core values of decency, fairness, and humility which identify a well-mannered person blessed with a high self-esteem.

Sadly, it is the loss of those values among far too many of our people that has fueled the breakdown in public morality. It is that affliction which, in turn, fuels such anti-social behavior as defamation, corruption, nepotism and indolence -- the enabling factors for the general breakdown of order in any society.

Sadly, it is particularly virulent in S/Leonean society -- as evidenced by the spectacle which prompted my response this morning.

Yet, action such as yours holds out hope for the restoration of decorum among our people. Hopefully, sooner, rather than later, those for whom it is relevant would learn that a fellow S/Leonean's accomplishments should not be considered an affront by God, but as a motivator for them to strive to improve themselves within legal and moral boundaries.

Again, kindly accept my sincere thanks for your stellar example. Hopefully it would not fall on deaf ears or blind eyes.

Subject: Sierra Leone Business Directory
From: Gary Dougan
To: All
Date Posted: 22:43:57 01/10/07 ()
Email Address: gdougan1@hotmail.com
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Introducing LeoneDirect, the complete source for Sierra Leone business listings online. List your Sierra Leone-based business for FREE on www.LeoneDirect.com, and your customers will find you. There are currently over 5,000 businesses already listed, so make sure yours is on the list!

Subject: Re: Sierra Leone Business Directory
From: money
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Date Posted: 10:54:21 01/12/07 ()
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Message:

linked up!!

Subject: Re: Sierra Leone Business Directory
From: LeoneDirect
To: All
Date Posted: 15:16:35 01/12/07 ()
Email Address: info@leonedirect.com
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thanks!

Subject: UN PANEL OF EXPERT REPORT ON LIBERIA
From: UNUTED NATIONS
To: All
Date Posted: 22:15:46 01/10/07 ()
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Please click on the link below:

Subject: Jimmy B & Co to Embark on Cleaning Exercises Once a Month
From: APC Man
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Date Posted: 21:44:24 01/10/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Jimmy B is a true patriot. He is always thinking of how to contribute to Sa. Lone, as opposed to bitching all the time about this and that. He does not call his country and countrymen uncivilized like some clowns on this forum.
Go ahead and read the following concord times report for yourselves....................

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Sierra Leone: Paradise Distributors, Dry Eye Crew Embark On Cleaning

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Concord Times (Freetown)

January 10, 2007
Posted to the web January 10, 2007

Abdul Karim Koroma
Freetown

Paradise Distributors and Dry Eye Crew will embark on cleaning the city every last Saturday in the month.

The day will also be used as a way to market all albums distributed by Paradise Distributors.

Paradise Distributors is the distributor for Hard Life, Emersion, Kwame Coker, Dry Eye Crew - featuring Pupa Banja, Jungle Leaders and Baw Wow Society - among other artists.

Jimmy B, Paradise Distributors Managing Director said Tuesday that they will be embarking on this venture to conscientize Sierra Leoneans about a healthy environment.

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"We want to create some amount of excitements during the cleaning day. Every individual is part of the government. We just want to ensure that our environment is clean and tidy," the godfather of Sierra Leone music said, adding that the Minister of Local Government, Sidique Brima has assured that his ministry would provide vehicles for the exercise.

He explained that Paradise Distributors and Dry Eye Crew will take care of the youths who participate in the cleaning.

"We have identified over 100 youth groups to clean Freetown. Whilst the cleaning is going on, our sales boys will be around to market the musicians in the company. This month's cleaning Saturday will take place on 19 January 2007 because the Dry Eye Crew are performing in the provinces January 24 through to the 27, 2007," Jimmy said, adding that very soon the project would be taken to the provinces.

Subject: Re: Jimmy B & Co to Embark on Cleaning Exercises Once a Month
From: Sengbe
To: All
Date Posted: 13:09:29 01/11/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
SELF-HELP is the key to unlocking the door of prosperity against filthiness, poverty, and illiteracy in that culture.

Not constant complaining, moaning, and groaning without the submission of positive proposals that are workable solutions to the problems we face as a nation.

I salute Jimmy B & Co. for this POSITIVE ATTITUDE shown toward their capital city.

Nar so we all for tan, befoe da contri go go befoe.

Subject: Salon Is not Bad After all
From: Pajvombo
To: All
Date Posted: 20:34:05 01/10/07 ()
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IT PAYS TO BE A SIERRA LEONEAN

A man dies and goes to hell.
There he finds that there is a different hell for each
country and decides he'll peak the least painful to
spend his eternity.
He goes to Germany's hell & asks, ''What do they do
here''?
He is told '' first they put you in an electric chair
for an hour. Then they lay you on a bed of nails for
another hour.
Then the German devil comes in and whips you for the
rest of the day''.
The man does not like the sound of that at all so he
moves on. He checks out the UK hell as well as the USA
hell and many more.
He discovers that they are all similar to the German
hell.

Then he comes to the Sierra Leonean hell and finds
that there is a long line of people waiting to get
in......Amazed, he asks,
''what do they do here?''

He is told ''first they put you in an electric chair
for an hour, and then they lay you on a bed of nails
for another hour.
The Sierra Leonean devil comes in & whips you for the rest of the day''.
But that is exactly the same as all the other hells
why are there so many people waiting to get in? asks the man.
Because there is never any electricity so the electric
chair does not work

The nails were paid for but never supplied, so the bed is comfortable to sleep on.

And the Sierra Leonean devil used to be a civil
servant, so he comes in, signs his time sheet and goes
back home for private business.''

Na so e be oh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Subject: Re: Salon Is not Bad After all
From: Albert Moinina
To: All
Date Posted: 21:51:47 01/10/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
The Pa, you make ar laf bad bad one. But street light don cam oh for the electric chair.

It is unfortunate that some people are day dreaming about situation in the country. The hard truth is life is very difficult and the infrastructure ...hmmm. So the Sierra Leonean may not have to suffer twice when he goes to hell, because....hmmm.

Subject: Re: Salon Is not Bad After all
From: Concerned Patriot
To: All
Date Posted: 07:53:49 01/11/07 ()
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Message:
Our country is really not supposed to be bad. We have all the resources to make it the greatest, but oh ya.

Subject: Re: Salon Is not Bad After all
From: MAMMY JAVOMBO
To: All
Date Posted: 21:59:45 01/10/07 ()
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Message:
Albert,

When was the last time you visited salone before this time? may be it took you a while, cos most of us know about the infracture situation back home. Some of us visited even during and before the war.

Subject: Re: Salon Is not Bad After all
From: Albert Moinina
To: All
Date Posted: 00:14:31 01/11/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 218.248.0.178

Message:
I visited during and after the war.

Subject: THE SIERRA-LEONEAN BEHIND THE INTERNET SUCCESS IN SALONE
From: GOOD JOB
To: All
Date Posted: 18:07:04 01/10/07 ()
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Message:
Meet this young and industrious Son of the son, who is making a name for himself in salone. Apart from the internet and telecom business, this guy is also involved in other business adventures in his homeland and other part of Africa. Bravo.

Subject: SLPP still no running mate debate - Concord Times
From: Alimamy Sesay
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Date Posted: 17:28:56 01/10/07 ()
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Sierra Leone: SLPP Retreat - 'No Running Mate Debate,' Says Hon. Reider

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Concord Times (Freetown)

January 10, 2007
Posted to the web January 10, 2007

Abdul Karim Koroma
Freetown

Publicity Secretary of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP), Hon. Victor Reider Tuesday said the party's forthcoming retreat scheduled to take place in two weeks time is not to produce a running mate for the flagbearer Vice President Solomon Berewa.

He said the retreat would plan the way forward ahead of the elections.

Hon. Reider stressed that the prerogative to appoint a running mate is the sole responsibility of the party leader in consultation with the National Executive Council (NEC).

"I have followed with amazing interest the speculation of the press and individuals alike on the issue of the SLPP running mate. Even after the leader of the SLPP Hon. Solomon Berewa in April last year in a press release clarified the constitutional provision of the issue vis a via the SLPP constitution," Hon. Reider said, adding that the retreat is one of the party's numerous strategies to win the 2007 presidential and paramilitary elections.

He noted that the SLPP is the oldest and largest political outfit, which has the largest pool of human resource that can be constructively tapped for the good of the country.

The SLPP, he said, over the years has injected a culture of seriousness into the politics of the country.

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"The SLPP has an obligation to the people of Sierra Leone being the government's party to positively transform their lives. Consequently from time to time it's becomes necessary to take some time to review success and lapses," he states, adding that the issue of politics can not be treated in isolation.

The issue of naming a running mate has been a controversial one in the past months. Concord Times gathered that the party among the various contenders.

It is speculated that President Tejan Kabbah supports Foreign Minster Momodu Koroma while VP Berewa is sympathetic to the candidacy of NaCSA Commissioner Kanja Sesay. Others like Dr. Kadi Sesay, Dr. Alfred Bobson Sesay, Justin Bangura, Alie Bangura and Amadu Wurie have also been mentioned as possible names for the position.

Subject: Re: SLPP still no running mate debate - Concord Times
From: Concerned Patriot
To: All
Date Posted: 18:40:35 01/10/07 ()
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SLPP has to be very careful in this running mate issue. There they can mess up big time.

Subject: Nets' Kidd files for divorce
From: MAMMY JAVOMBO
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Date Posted: 17:19:24 01/10/07 ()
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Nets' Kidd files for divorce

By BETH DeFALCO, Associated Press Writer
January 9, 2007

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey Nets star Jason Kidd filed for divorce from his wife of 10 years Tuesday, accusing her of "extreme cruelty" throughout their marriage.

In the dissolution papers, filed in state Superior Court in Bergen County, Kidd accuses Joumana Kidd of physically and mentally abusing him, threatening to make false domestic violence complaints against him to police, and of interfering with his relationship with his children.

"The defendant's extreme and unwarranted jealousy and rage has left the plaintiff concerned about her emotional stability," the papers say.

The divorce filing came less than a day after the 33-year-old NBA player filed a domestic violence complaint seeking a temporary restraining order against his wife.

"Jason Kidd filed for divorce from his wife today on the grounds of extreme cruelty over a long period of time," Kidd's attorney, Madeline Marzano-Lesnevich, said in a statement Tuesday.

Kidd scored 10 points Tuesday night as the Nets beat the Toronto Raptors 101-86.

"I can't talk about my personal stuff," he said afterward. "I hope you guys will respect this tough situation my family is going through and that we can resolve this as quickly as possible.

"There is really no distraction," Kidd said. "This is my job."

His complaint, however, paints a detailed portrait of Joumana Kidd as a vitriolic, jealous and paranoid wife prone to public outbursts and threats, including during a recent Nets game.

According to the complaint, Joumana Kidd used the couple's 8-year-old son on Dec. 27 to sneak into the Nets locker room and rummage through Jason Kidd's locker to find his cell phone. After looking up the names and numbers on it, the complaint said she left her son behind as she went upstairs to take a front row seat, where she shouted insults at Kidd throughout the game.

The papers accuse Joumana Kidd of kicking, hitting, punching and throwing household objects at her husband as she became "increasingly controlling and manipulative" in the last few years of their union.

According to Kidd, his wife had tracking devices installed on his cars and computers and has harassed his trainer, friends and family.

The Kidds were married in 1997 and live in Saddle River. They were involved in a domestic violence matter six years ago when he was playing for the Phoenix Suns.

In that incident, Jason Kidd was arrested in January 2001 after his wife told police he hit her during an argument over their son, Trey Jason (T.J.), who was 2 at the time. Kidd pleaded guilty to spousal abuse, was fined $200 and ordered to take anger management training.

Besides 8-year-old T.J., the Kidds have 4-year-old twin daughters, Miah and Jazelle.

Despite the numerous accusations by Kidd in the complaint, he did not ask for sole custody of the children.

"It is in the best interest that the parties share physically and legal custody of the children," the complaint said.

Kidd will make more than $18 million this season.

The Kidds' home phone number is unlisted. An after-hours message left for Joumana Kidd's lawyer was not immediately returned.

Subject: Respose for Mr. Mohamed A Jalloh and books to read.
From: Bambay Lans Kamara
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Date Posted: 16:54:19 01/10/07 ()
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Greetings my brothers and sisters. I would like to recommend the following books: "The Bill of Rights (Akhil Reed Amar) and "Elustrated History of the Civil War (edited by Henry Steel Commager)
Let me take this opportunity to thank Mr. Mohamed A. Jalloh for his unselfish act in providing information on text of his 2005 article entitled, "The Betrayal of Sierra Leone by its Pseudo-Intellectuals." Thank you.
Mr. Mohamed A. Jalloh you are example worth emulating in Sierra Leone. Firstly, from a critical observation through your contributions, there is little, if any, speculation that your motif for writing about substantial issues regarding Sierra Leone are driven my self-interest or ill-motivated. You have distinguished yourself, in that, like in most civilized nations, mentorship has become a priority because they, civilized nations like you, believe that the future of a country's development depends on the encouragement of the younger-generation. As such, from kindergarten to college levels, this younger generation is given the tool and confidence to build-up their self-esteem, to participate in nation-building by being informed of the day-to-day affairs of the nation, the world at large and beyond. This is the effort I have deduced from the relentless efforts you make in your responses. For that I congratulate you because I see you saying to your children and youths of all ages that character counts and that education is a formidable key towards one's participation in self-empowerment, national empowerment and global empowerment.
As I indicated yesterday, I do not have time to read all the articles because of time factor. In that I am using a library computer; as such the time allocated is impermissible for me to read through all and respond intellectually with the ingredients that are necessary for a worthwhile discuss. Nonetheless, I would use this opportunity to ask you ladies and gentlemen whether there are any records in archives to show our economic standing during the Colonial era, and whether or not debt was taken in the name or on behalf of Sierra Leone during the said era? If so what arrangements were made before, during and after the handing over to self rule. I am aware that during the Colonial and immediately post-colonial era Sierra Leone was still using the Pound Sterling as our legal tender, which was strong but at some point this tender was no longer used as our legal tender and what impact did such transformation had on our economy and why?
Lastly, again, until I am able to read Mr. (Dr.) Mannah's writings on this subject, I am not obliged or justified to make the slightest argument pro nor con, based on your reports or scrutiny of his views yet, as supplemental to the above desire or concern, I would like to know the significance of the debt cancellation to Sierra Leone and how this relates to a betrayal of Sierra Leone by intellectuals, and whether or not social negligence of historic values betrays the socio-economic infrastructure of Sierra Leone and if so how can it be remedied and why correcting such negligence would go to strengthen the goods that the debt cancellation would deliver.
My purpose of asking these questions is due to the fact that as it is evident, Sierra Leone has gone through several transformation, which are to a larger extent, responsible for the past, present and future of Sierra Leeone. In that answer to these past residues of circumstances that led to the Sierra Leone we are today, might be the root to our progressive future. But that will only happen if and when we take the time to look deep into that past with a desire not to hold offense of what might have gone wrong during that past but to refurbish or rather unearth the mistakes made so as to correct them or not fall prey to those mistakes and make use of the machinery that was workable or that worked then to making improvement on such strength of events.
The reason most developed countries are what they are today is due to the fact that they preserved every bit of their history, on which they use, as a pillar and grow from their. Our history to a larger extent has been forgotten. Therefore, we cast blame where ever we find slight reason for the mishaps in the nation. Could it be that the lack of knowledge of the economic events of Sierra Leone due to the fact that Dr. Mannah is not opportune to lay hands on the financial records of the country especial during the Colonial and immediately post Colonial to the present and has scanty information about such records therefore has made him look for a scapegoat to levy the financial problems of the country; in that he does not have facts to guid him? I would hate to believe that a majority have deluded these questions due to such impediment as Mr. (Dr.) Mannah might have fallen prey to therefore, would look for someone, some gorup to blame for the economic decadence of Sierra Leone? It is important that some one shed light on these questions from where one can effectively respond to Dr. Mannah or any Sierra Leonean who wishes to cast blames.
Looking forward to your insightful responses.
Thank you in advance.

Subject: Philip Neville is a Demonic Cankerworm
From: Maada
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Date Posted: 15:55:33 01/10/07 ()
Email Address: swooshman@blackplanet.com
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The Philip Neville I know

Philip Neville and I have been close buddies for over a decade but we had to divert our relationship by keeping our distances in order to avoid logger heads. Neville is a man that takes pride in tarnishing lucrative entrepreneurs of Sierra Leone and he calls himself a "journalist". His intention is to ruin SLAJ's reputation with a motive to promote his paper called 'Standard times'. Neville is accusing country folks of being unprofessional and I found such accusation to be enormously ironical and senseless. Here is a so called journalist who practically extorts business individuals in the name of SLAJ and he threatens entrepreneurs that he will literally malign their characters/company if they fail to adhere to his demands. I've been present on numerous occasions when Neville applied his satanic attitudes towards these individuals. If readers are interested, I can provide further details with specific transactions that occurred with a recent picture I secretly took of Philip Neville engaged in an act logically defraud business folks. A piece of advise for I.B. Kargbo, beware; your so called Secretary General is a snake and don't be stunned if he unleashes his venom on you!!!

Subject: OF COURSE WE ARE INTERESTED
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
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Date Posted: 06:50:46 01/12/07 ()
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If readers are interested, I can provide further details with specific transactions that occurred with a recent picture I secretly took of Philip Neville engaged in an act logically defraud business folks.

It may make your case all the more so credible if you would buttress your points with tqangible evidence of the sort you mentioned not just empty innuendoes. waiting for the pictures and the facts.

Subject: Re: Philip Neville is a Demonic Cankerworm
From: Maada
To: All
Date Posted: 23:53:05 01/11/07 ()
Email Address: swooshma@blackplant.com
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The Philip Neville I know

Philip Neville and I have been close buddies for over a decade but we had to divert our relationship by keeping our distances in order to avoid logger heads. Neville is a man that takes pride in tarnishing lucrative entrepreneurs of Sierra Leone and he calls himself a "journalist". His intention is to ruin SLAJ's reputation with a motive to promote his paper called 'Standard times'. Neville is accusing country folks of being unprofessional and I found such accusation to be enormously ironical and senseless. Here is a so called journalist who practically extorts business individuals in the name of SLAJ and he threatens entrepreneurs that he will literally malign their characters/company if they fail to adhere to his demands. I've been present on numerous occasions when Neville applied his satanic attitudes towards these individuals. If readers are interested, I can provide further details with specific transactions that occurred with a recent picture I secretly took of Philip Neville engaged in an act logically defraud business folks. A piece of advise for I.B. Kargbo, beware; your so called Secretary General is a snake and don't be stunned if he unleashes his venom on you!!!

Subject: Re: Philip Neville is a Demonic Cankerworm
From: IB
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Date Posted: 20:03:19 01/10/07 ()
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Mind your business.If he is a snake, so am I, and for that matter - a poisonous one.

Subject: For our policy analysts
From: Analyst
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Date Posted: 12:11:24 01/10/07 ()
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http://www.dfid.gov.uk/consultations/

Subject: 28 fire engines to be commissioned Thursday
From: GOOD JOB
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Date Posted: 11:11:11 01/10/07 ()
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28 fire engines to be commissioned Thursday
CONCORD TIMES
Ibrahim Tarawallie 10/1/2007

Twenty-eight fire engines donated to the government of Sierra Leone by the British Department for International Development (DfID) will be commissioned Thursday 11 January by Vice President Solomon Ekuma Berewa. This was confirmed by the Acting Chief Fire Officer, Alie Kamanda Bongay.Speaking to Concord Times at his Tower Hill office in Freetown Mr Bongay said the country's Fire Force was short of fire engines and that the new engines would help their response to fire disasters in the country.

He said his institution was trying to construct three additional fire stations in the country and recruit more personnel to deal with fire outbreaks.He urged the public to promptly report incidences of fire so as to enable them respond adequately.

Subject: Re: 28 fire engines to be commissioned Thursday
From: KLA
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Date Posted: 14:55:40 01/10/07 ()
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Hail to the Donors!! Open yaye day. SOME DAY WE GO MAKE TONY BLAIR EN CLARE SHORT .......

tstm

Subject: Re: 28 fire engines to be commissioned ThursdayGreate.
From: musa Kalawa
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Date Posted: 12:29:18 01/10/07 ()
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The commissioning of 28 fire engines came handy and I believe should be well appropriate by the people these engines are suppose to serve.

However, I am still baffled with the sequential manner in which the Kabba Administration has continued to deliver these goodies from donor countries.

Is this not a method the Government is implying to brain wash the people of Sierra Leone especially when the Elections are just few months away? Why wasn't then the Government making such effort when the people needed it most? Why just now that everything is pouring down like manners from heaven? Don't you think the Government is using, abusing & is continuously trying to misuse his office to continuously blind fold the people whose interest he was suppose to seek with honesty? Shouldn't this late arrival of long awaited necessity be reason to concern their intent with regards to the upcoming election process.…?
Word for the wise is quit sufficient……..LONTA

If you are responding to these posting, don't use refractory words as I already heard them before. Words like (unpatriotic, disloyal, Non loving Sierra Leonean etc) this is a public forum, therefore I assume it is the right place to create better enlightenment for the people of Sierra Leone to vote freely and fairly for their right candidate without any strings attach come July 2007 election.

Subject: Re: 28 fire engines to be commissioned ThursdayGreate.
From: IBRAHIM FOFANA
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Date Posted: 12:39:08 01/10/07 ()
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Musa,

Where were you when Kabbah commisioned new fire engines on in February 2006? Where you in your dream world that is full of hate and anger? Do you know that Bo now has a fire station? Do you know that Makeni has a fire station? Do you know that Kenema has one also. Under your APC, there was not even one fire fighting machine in Freetown, and the only dilapidated one was taken to Binkolo to clean Momoh's compound. You bloody APC assholes.

Subject: Re: 28 fire engines to be commissioned ThursdayGreate.
From: musa Kalawa
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Date Posted: 13:11:56 01/10/07 ()
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I can see tremendous hatered comming out of you simply because one raise concern of the good deeds now taking place. did you really understand my posting? I guess not.

Again, to summarize for you. I was raising concern to the late coming of all these necessety to the people of Sierra Leone. Remember the Kabba administration has been in powes for over Ten (10) bloody years and all these past nine years, can he or his administration account for any good thing that happened to the country of sierra leone? Remember I only have My Beloved Sierra Leone, and only Sierra Leone to call as a country. Not like you social butterfly that will claim origin from Mali, Guinea, Buckanifaso and many more. I thank God for the knowledge he gave me. I will not sit by and see others who have alternative of possible origin of citizenship come to destroy my only hope in this country of Sierra Leone.
If the truth is difficult to comprehend, take what you don't understand and shuve it in your ass...LONTA

I am heading to work, therefore your posting will not be responded to untill I later arrive back home. You Idiot I will trash your stupid self this time.

Subject: Re: 28 fire engines to be commissioned ThursdayGreate.
From: Ibrahim Fofana
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Date Posted: 13:15:37 01/10/07 ()
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The road to your lovely makeni was construted in 2003. Where was your bloody stinking ass then? You nasty son of a gun. Born and bred in salone. Go ask Mohamed GFofanah, deputy bank governor of salone who is from Tonkolili, who am I. You piece of shit that is the son of a prostitute. Your mum did not know who poured sperms into her so she does not know your dad. You hopeless asshole. Bring your trashy self down to nY, I will kick your smelly ass.

Subject: Re: 28 fire engines to be commissioned ThursdayGreate.
From: Adam Galla
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Date Posted: 14:10:16 01/10/07 ()
Email Address: abgalla@yahoo.com
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Mr. Ibrahim Fofona, this is a free forum for appropriate expression of political views. Your resulting to name calling is totally uncalled for and as a Muslim (assuming your are a practising one)abusing of Musa's mother is very disrectful. Musa is only expressing his views which he is entitled to and you can never deprive him of that right. You can however, ignore him, or choose to give a different view. Take care and God bless.

Subject: Re: 28 fire engines to be commissioned ThursdayGreate.
From: Ibrahim Fofana
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Date Posted: 14:15:56 01/10/07 ()
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Message:
Galla,

Who told you that I am a muslim. Do not judge me because of my name. I am not a muslim. I choosed my mum's religion(she is a christian). Did you see Musa's posting? He started abusing me, but alas, you refused to appeal to him cos you are all bloody hypocrites. I am deal squarely with Musa each time he abuses me or others here.

"Not like you social butterfly that will claim origin from Mali, Guinea, Buckanifaso and many more. I thank God for the knowledge he gave me. I will not sit by and see others who have alternative of possible origin of citizenship come to destroy my only hope in this country of Sierra Leone.
If the truth is difficult to comprehend, take what you don't understand and shuve it in your ass...LONTA

I am heading to work, therefore your posting will not be responded to untill I later arrive back home. You Idiot I will trash your stupid self this time."---Musa "i DON'T KNOW MY DAD" KALAWA

Subject: Re: 28 fire engines to be commissioned ThursdayGreate.
From: Adam Galla
To: All
Date Posted: 00:09:40 01/11/07 ()
Email Address: abgalla@yahoo.com
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mr. Fofona i am very amazed at your intellectual capability to have a reasonable conversation. I rest my case as to the conclusion of the conversation.

Subject: Re: 28 fire engines to be commissioned Thursday
From: Saloneman3
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Date Posted: 12:14:41 01/10/07 ()
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Very good, and thanks to Donors,particularly DFID.
I wish to request DFID, to also provide water for Fire engines.

Subject: SL NEWS - BELATED MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
From: Albert Moinina
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Date Posted: 01:56:38 01/10/07 ()
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Belated Merry Christmas and a Very Happy 2007.

I was in Sierra Leone over the holidays. I must be quick to say it is with great pleasure to be back; in other words to leave Sierra Leone was a great sigh of relief coming back to civilization and the comfort of a foreign country. In short, life in Sierra Leone is extremely difficult in terms of basic infrastructures and amenities.

To update you, below is a brief summary of the situation in the country, which is stated as a fact and any comments added are devoid of my political inclination, which is no secret to you all, in my personal evaluation of things in the country.

1. Lungi International Airport though renovated sometime ago, is in a pathetic shape. It has nothing close to the amenities and comfort provided by international airports around the globe. Lets I forget, there are two ¡§conbeyor¡¨ belts. The Air Traffic Control ¡§building¡¨ (not a Tower) which looks more like a village farmhouse the only difference is that it is built with concrete, glazed and painted. As the main gateway to the nation or the first impression one gets in entering the country, it is a complete embarrassment in this modern and advanced world we live in. The truth is the appearance of the Airport is an actual reflection of the standard of living of our people; lack of proper and adequate infrastructure and the deplorable condition of how things are in the country. From the Airport things do not get better but rather the opposite.

2. The narrow road from the Airport to Targrin is paved although with series of potholes along. It is the same road since time immemorial. The villages along are a shadow of reality in upcountry.

3. There are two ferries between Lungi to Freetown and each makes only about three or four trips a day. Both ferries running in opposite directions. If you miss the ferry expect to wait a minimum of 3 hours. You start to realize the level of civilization and pace of life right from there.

4. I wonder how Kabba could see the deplorable condition of our Airport and decide on building a bridge between Lungi and Freetown instead of upgrading the Airport to an international standard, improve the road to Targrin and provide decent user friendly ferries?

5. The ferries, from my observation and point of view, are more vehicular ferries than for human transportation. It is to ensure that the rich and government officials¡¦ vehicles are ferried across and is the ferrying of ordinary people is not a priority. This has been the ¡§policy¡¨ of not only this government but the previous ones. There are hardly any seats except those who can afford the limited ¡§first class¡¨ fare. Our poor people have to squeeze between vehicles and the small side spaces not occupied by vehicles. It is a pathetic scene. These big ferries are environmental disasters polluting our waters when smaller and faster ferries could have been much more effective. How can tourists flock into Sierra Leone in this sort of deplorable transportation situation right from the so called international Airport?

6. Yes, street lights were turned on the 20th December 2006 in some parts of Freetown. Although people jubilated majority were skeptical of the motives of the Government. I was in a store along former Kiss Road when the installation was going on and at the time lights were turned on. It was a jubilation, but most people were asking (i) ¡§why now?¡¨ or (ii) ¡§is it because of the coming election?¡¨.

7. Masibo Tenda, the Limbas would say ¡V the awareness in the country cannot be overestimated and I do intend to dwell on that in this brief update. But be rest assured that people are disgruntled, frustrated and skeptical of every move the Berewa, and I mean it, the Berewa government is making. Please note that Kabbah is just the head on paper, but as far as the people are concerned their eyes are now on July 28, 2007 and beyond. Kabbah is almost history now.

8. There are hardly any public toilets around the city centre. If you are lucky to ¡§lent¡¨ one, you have to hold your breath and close your eyes not to suffocate. No wonder people were pissing around the former SLPP headquarters which was an issue raised by a prominent SLPP politician sometime ago.

9. A lot of youths are without jobs and the cost of living is very expensive. Youths are seen hanging around all over the place.

10. Efforts are being made to clean the city, but frankly it is still very dirty.

11. Freetown is like a dumping ground for scrap cars. There are hardly any decent taxis and buses. Life is very hard for our people. Even when you have the money, it is difficult to find what you want or get the service you pay for.

12. Freetown is like a village and not to mention Bo. I kept thinking to myself, what was the benefit of making Bo and Makeni a City? We stayed in the ¡§best¡¨ hotel/hostel in Bo for two nights, the quality of which was very poor but this the ¡§best¡¨ hotel in the second largest city of the country. The landscapes of Freetown and Bo are covered with corroded corrugated sheets and it gives you a picture of a very ugly city. People are barely surviving and therefore the question of maintaining their houses is a low priority. It is the most sensible thing to do, I cannot blame them.

13. We all read about developments and projects underway in various parts of the country. I really went with an open mind expecting remarkable changes in the landscape of our cities with all the developments we read or hear about. However, when you are on the ground you start to wonder where are all the projects you have been reading about. This is not to suggest they do not exist. The scale of poverty and underdevelopment make these projects like a drop of water into an ocean.

14. Corruption, at least the perception of, is still very high. Although I was approached for tips at the Airport, it was not as obvious and blatant as my last visit. The Police are still in the habit of collecting money from drivers, but again and to be fair, it is less blatant than it was before. I did not deal with those our people called ¡§borbor belleh¡¨ and so cannot comment on the level of corruption.

15. Bo to Masiaka road is under construction and I was told by one of the workers that it should be completed by end of March 2007. I do not believe this is achievable as work is progressing on only a small section of the whole length of road.

16. Bo to Mattru Jong road is a COMPLETE NIGHTMARE. It can compete for the worse road on the planet and probably win that title if there is such a competition. It takes over 4 hours for the 55 miles distance. In some places, there are ditches about one meter deep. I kept wondering and still wonder how our poor people travel that road during the raining season.

17. Yes, schools have been built around the country. However, I was amazed at the costs of some of the buildings (concrete blocks, paint and zinc roof only) running into the millions leones. I had to take my ¡§engineering hat¡¨ off and put aside the little experience of building costs I gained during the building of my small hut in Freetown not to be too frustrated with seemed as blatant mismanagement or corruption as people alleged.

18. My final observation is that people are disgruntled, unhappy and frustrated with the pace of development and the attitude of our leaders. The good news is that there is ¡§AWARENESS¡¨ amongst our people as stated by a friend. People are concerned about the state of affairs and in most discussions this is the basis of their decision the party or leader to vote for in the coming election. If there was any to smile about in my short visit is the determination of the people to bring issues that affect them to the forefront of this election.

19. MASIBO TENDA ¡V if you know what I mean but this is not the subject of this brief update.

Subject: Re: SL NEWS - BELATED MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
From: saidu winston sesay
To: All
Date Posted: 15:48:19 01/10/07 ()
Email Address: swsesay@yahoo.com
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Message:
I have in the past written commentaries on the state of affairs in our beloved country in the cocorioko main page. I am pleased by the balanced response from various readers to Moinina,s piece. In the spirit of objectivity, i believe some positive developmental strides have been made over the years , but at the same token Mr Moinina was quite accurate in his observations and assessment which i believe most be taken into consideration by voters in the forth coming ELECTIONS. Judging ,even by west African Standards the city of Freetown leaves much to be desired.
The days of arm chair criticisms are over. The resilient people of Salone has the potential to change the status quo . We can collectively ,as a people , work in the true spirit of patriotism to remedy this state of affairs.
The Bible rightly states in proverbs 29 verse 2 thus: " when the righteous are in authority ,the people rejoice:but when the wicked beareth rule,the people mourn" In this light,i will admonish voters in the forth coming dispensation to vote for God fearing candidates as i am of the conviction that such attribute make it impossible for anyone to compromise their integity. Sierra leone stands at the treshold of history and the decision we make, come july must be for posterity sake. I hope we will make good use of our new found trait of "AWARENESS" to the good of our nation. God Bless Sierra leone.

Subject: Re: SL NEWS - BELATED MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
From: LEONENETTER
To: All
Date Posted: 16:23:41 01/10/07 ()
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Message:
Saidu,

It all boils down to who you talk to. People's mind are already mde up, and even if their are any improvement gov't critics will always try not to say it. Similarly gov't supporters will always try to paint a rosy picture of salone when they visit home. The only genuine individual who returned home and posted yeaterday at Leonenet is Joseph Coker of Bo Town.

This guy is one of the biggest critics of the SLPP and an agbaba PMDC supporter who was always saying that salone is a death trap. After his visit, he admitted yesterday that he and others who saw no good about salone in the past were wrong, and that there were a lot of positives about our country. Below is his direct quote:

"On a different note, the country may not be as bad as it has been potrayed by many, including me. I saw a lot of positive things and if only the government can put a few things in order, we're looking at a potentially explosive economy in West Africa."

Happy new year.

Joseph Coker

Subject: Re: SL NEWS - BELATED MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
From: KLA
To: All
Date Posted: 14:48:19 01/10/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:

Bra, America don pwell you. We Travel agent friend dem
vex pan you.

Nor to so for loose Lappa.

TST
XX

Subject: Re: SL NEWS - BELATED MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
From: Njai
To: All
Date Posted: 12:01:01 01/10/07 ()
Email Address: njai@comcast.net
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Message:
Al,
In the short time you posted you personal analysis of what you said you saw,or wish to see, or whatever, etc other points of view and even evidence that might hold true in a court of law came up. Next time take pictures. All will not be well in the next ten years but let us be greatful for what we have and keep pushing for more. A little tap on the back will go a long way to help.
APC Man and Country Side Hotel have said it all.

Subject: Re: SL NEWS - BELATED MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
From: Steven N Rogers
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Date Posted: 10:46:53 01/10/07 ()
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Albert. Thanks for that Update. I am sure many people who visited Sierra Leone this Christmas will agree with you. Its a very sad reality. It also reinforces Julia McKenzies recent article and submission on the state of Sierra Leone's failing health system. I know people respond to sierra Leone's criticism differently, and mostly depending on who wrote it. We are expecting to get more updates from others who visited.
Frankly though, and in all fairness to you, it is very difficult to give a fair assessment of Sierra Leone from a first world point of view. Like many of us who go back home from abroad, we already have benchmarks based on our western reality, therefore, it becomes very difficult to see much progress (if there is any) as a third world country emerging from a devastating war. A constant visitor would probably have a better leverage of doing so.
The good news though is that more than ever before, many Sierra Leoneans now live abroad and constantly visit theor home town. These are the presssure groups, because they are very much aware that Sierra Leone can be better.I think that was probably a major advantage of the war.
Zejeplay.

Subject: Re: SL NEWS - BELATED MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
From: Albert Moinina
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Date Posted: 21:16:28 01/10/07 ()
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I totally agree with you. I had my bench mark and expectations, but what I saw was a great disappointment and discouragement to have the courage for another visit. Stevens, the truth is life is very difficult for our people.

Subject: Re: SL NEWS - BELATED MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
From: COUNTRY SIDE HOTEL
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Date Posted: 10:00:34 01/10/07 ()
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I am one of the owners of countryside hotel in Bo, and the hotel has all the modern facilities in the world. TV, 24 hrs electricity, warm shower, internet facility, etc. Please stop spreading lies about Bo town and salone.

Subject: Re: SL NEWS - BELATED MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
From: Albert Moinina
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Date Posted: 21:18:14 01/10/07 ()
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What do you call lies? Did I say the hotel did not have those amenities? Please read my brief again before making false allegations.

Subject: Re: SL NEWS - BELATED MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
From: HOTELS
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Date Posted: 09:59:01 01/10/07 ()
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Moses Fakeh aka Moinina, are you sure that you stayed at the best hotel in Bo? People who stayed at hotels in Bo this December were very impressed with some of the hotels in that town. Are you sure you are telling the truth. Some of these people are foreigners from Europe.

Subject: Re: SL NEWS - BELATED MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
From: Albert Moinina
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Date Posted: 21:22:27 01/10/07 ()
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Yes, I am telling the truth. I requested for the best hotel from friends and relatives and I was directed accordingly. There is nothing to gain to make up stories. I wrote on many issues, is this the only issue you think is not correct? Hotel is not a major concern for me because our people have more urgent concerns than hotels. The hotel issue was just part of the story.

Subject: Re: SL NEWS - BELATED MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
From: CADMUS
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Date Posted: 11:10:08 01/11/07 ()
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Albert Moinina says...'there is nothing to gain to make up stories'...what a joke, this PMDC diehard and his colleagues gave been making up stories about SLPP and Sa lone for God knows how long. No one believes you my man, because you are known to have a personal agenda....so pull the other one..

Subject: Re: SL NEWS - BELATED MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
From: HOTELS
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Date Posted: 21:25:01 01/10/07 ()
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So which hotel is the best hotel in Bo? Please tell me, Moses Fakeh.

Were you in salone in the late 80's to early 90's when the country went for months and years without a single ferry? We had no ferries for like months in the late 80's and even when they were availabl;e they use to broke down. Are you sure you know anything about the state of that country even before the war?

Subject: Re: SL NEWS - BELATED MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
From: Albert Moinina
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Date Posted: 21:43:05 01/10/07 ()
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Mr. Hotel, you seem to be satisfied with the way things are right now in the country. I am not. I decided to write that report to update people about the facts. I can write a similar report of any country including the USA if there is any interest. The discussion here is mainly about Sierra Leone and therefore the report as I see things not as you see them.

Subject: Re: SL NEWS - BELATED MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
From: HOTEL
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Date Posted: 21:45:38 01/10/07 ()
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Which hotel did you stay at? Which hotel is the nbest hotel in Bo? Answer the damn questions.

Subject: Re: SL NEWS - BELATED MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
From: Albert Moinina
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Date Posted: 22:07:06 01/10/07 ()
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"Answer the damn questions". Mr. Hotel, I cannot be coerce. Continue to bury your head in the sand. I will only answer you when you ask me politely. Bye

Subject: Re: SL NEWS - BELATED MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
From: hotel
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Date Posted: 22:14:26 01/10/07 ()
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Bo answer the questiobn.

Which hotel is the "best" hotel in Bo?

Which hotel did you stay at?

Subject: Re: SL NEWS - BELATED MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
From: Albert Moinina
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Date Posted: 00:11:43 01/11/07 ()
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Sir Milton.

Subject: Re: SL NEWS - BELATED MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
From: HOTEL
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Date Posted: 12:39:59 01/11/07 ()
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