President Barrow, don’t mind those calling on you to address the nation! It’s not like reading some speech some guy wrote for you is going to make any difference anyway! I mean is the speech going to inspire some confidence in the people?
Silence they say is golden and I suppose you mine your silence so you can continue to strike gold! And as a brother whose oratory or reading skills are not like that Nana Addo of Ghana, the fewer speeches you give, the longer you can be president!
If you have food to eat, you have drinking water (I hope you’re better than Yaya Jammeh who would not even drink Gambian water and had his water shipped from overseas), you have 24/7 electricity, you have petrol in your fleet of cars, and our wives and children are faring well, what’s there to give a speech about?
The presidency is meant for enjoyment and this is your moment to enjoy along with your friends. You better enjoy while it lasts. Right now, you should be preoccupied with the 2021 elections and how you can fulfill that 15-year presidential ambition.
You know, the plan that your cabinet members endorsed? So long as you remain president, their breads will continue to be buttered too. So they need you to be president longer!
Some of the very people clamoring for you to talk today were the same ones that insisted you didn’t have to take any questions from Gambians on your first visit to New York! Don’t mind them. They’re are just jealousying you rek.
President Mbaading, the people dying of diseases in The Gambia are not a Barrow like you and I, so why should we worry about them?
That’s the Gambian way after all. We only worry when it’s personal. I’m sure if I die, you’d give a speech then, just because I offered you advise today! Ok, may be not. But I called you Bandam and I was hoping that would mean something!
I saw the stepchildren of Jammeh saying you should call him to help you unite the nation. These desperate souls didn’t say refer to a unity policy they have deh, they say call Jammeh!
For them life begins and ends with Jammeh! A uniter who has no qualms about attacking other tribes; specifically the Mandinkas! And that’s the guy they said you should call to help you unite Gambia. But I’m sure Seedy Njie has his number still just in case you think it’s an excellent idea!
Bandam, mbimi, keep away from everyone and enjoy your presidency.Your supporters will support you whether you give a speech or not, and your detractors will not be swayed into supporting you!
You don’t inspire much hope and giving a speech serves you no purpose. All that matters is to continue being president. If I were you, I’d continue to hide and have handsome Ebrima go verbose on press releases.
The others are looking for another “where-are-where-she” moment and I’m only advising you because I see no point in any speech you will deliver! If life is tolerable to you and your close associates, why worry about anyone else? You can thank me later!
Dear Alagie Barrow,
It is just completely disheartening and outrageous for you to states that “ The presidency is meant for enjoyment and this is your moment to enjoy along with your friends. You better enjoy while it lasts“. Clearly , you are not different from Yaya Jammeh who believe that Presidency was meant for enjoyment and The Gambia belongs to him . What a fool you are! It is pathetic to see you spewing your ignorance and corrupt ideas on this forum . Thank God , you never succeeded in your adventure to topple the former President Jammeh in 2014. You are The biggest hypocrite our country has ever seen. Worse than Jammeh. If President Barrow continues to listen to ignorant people like you, he will fail woefully just like Jammeh . I wonder why jollof news even published such a nonsensical article which has no benefit to improve economic and democratic development of The Gambia rather than calling for corruption and nepotism. God save our country if this is the type of opinion piece you encourage. After 22 years of military dictatorship, I hope we would have learned from the past but it amazes me that we have a long way for us to get to the promised land. Alagie Barrow is a loud mouth and empty barrel who is in The Gambia to fatten himself. As a convicted felon he knows he can’t get a decent job in USA but he needs to return to The Gambia where he continues to express ignorance to get the attention of the public. It is pathetic to see him advocating for corruption and entrenchment of current president when he already took armed to overthrow the former President Jammeh for overstaying in power. What a disgrace.
There is a reason you hide your identity! I guess if I was as stupid as you, I would not want anyone to know me either. But because you are too stupid to recognize SARCASM, I will just help you out with other parts of your idiocy. I don’t need to live in the US to work and I don’t have to have a job to get income. Unlike stupid fools like you, I planned my life well enough to survive anywhere in this world. What is a decent job for idiots like you? You think dishwashing is not a decent job huh? Dishwashers are indecent to you walla? Or you also think if I wanted to, I could not even get that too! Yes, you will be glad our attack against Jammeh failed because I am sure you are one of those wicked people who do not care about the rape and killings of Jammeh so long as it is not your relative being raped or killed. Again, as stupid as you have proven yourself to be, I will nurse some hope that you will re-read the article and see the SARCASM in it. But if you are blinded by idiocy and wickedness against, you will not see that. What you will continue to see is me saying what I think and that my friend, you can go kill yourself if you dont want to see because no one can stop that. Idiot!
Alagie Barrow,
So in your delusional mind , you think using a Pen-name in my writing is an indication that I am stupid person , that is far from the truth . I am highly intelligent, educated person with a great career . You know fully well that in The Gambia , a lot of people were looking for an attention, so if I want attention like you, I would have revealed my identity because every newspaper in The Gambia and diaspora knows my pseudonym I used in my article over many years. In fact if I want a job , I would easily get it because my contributions in The Gambia speak for itself but no I don’t need any dammn job.
I think it is a lie for you to suggest that “ I don’t need to live in the US to work and I don’t have to have a job to get income. Unlike stupid fools like you, I planned my life well enough to survive anywhere in this world”. Then why you worked for TRRC when you know that you don’t need a job to get income ? Stop telling lies . Your decision to accept the TRRC job has compromised the whole process of Justice because you are already a convicted felon and who had used weapon to attack the former government. So you already have bias and hatred towards to Jammeh and his officials , you cannot have an independent mind to do your job with fairness and integrity. If you are truly a honest and decent person Who want justice and rule of law to prevail in the country you would have never accepted that job but you are a desperate person who is unemployed in USA . For you to stupidly suggest that Presidency is meant for enjoyment is indeed outrageous and hypocritical.
Maybe you have not been following many many articles I wrote about Jammeh and his administration over the years which is why you suggested that “ I am sure you are one of those wicked people who do not care about the rape and killings of Jammeh so long as it is not your relative being raped or killed”, .
Clearly Alagie you are a very troubled person who is looking for attention and recognition. Please check my articles in any newspaper , then you will know if I don’t care about killings in The Gambia. I have been writing against Jammeh before you and many so called activists have shown up . With all your loud mouth , you are no different from Jammeh because you dishonestly accepted a job you not qualified for and you continue to encourage President Barrow to use his office for enjoyment which was exactly what Yaya Jammeh did.
Your article is not sarcasm in any way or form , it was a call for abuse of office and corruption. You need to take college level English language class 101 so that you know how to write a sartorial article/ satire until then you are just a big fool looking for cheap attention and recognition. You need to shut up now because your continue writing against Jammeh and support for barrow can be used in court to substantiate your bias and lack of fairness to justice and rule of law. You are already a compromised person who was wrongly employed at TRRC . It is all about you only and that was exactly what you got at TRRC . Think about your benefits at the end of your tenure at TRRC ? The Gambia got a compromised investigative body and results which will be challenged in court because of dishonest people like you who pretend to care about the rule of law and Justice.
Of course, you are highly intelligent and so intelligent that you hide your identity to insult people! Grow a pair and be a man and reveal yourself. It has nothing to do with publicity. It is simply because you are a coward of the highest order. You are so stupid you cannot realize that unlike you, people do get money even if they do not have to work again. You think TRRC job pays millions too, dont you! Like I told your stupid ass, I could have been a dishwasher and made more money in the USA. Unlike ingrates like you, I love my country and its people and will never stand aside and let bastards like you and your Jammeh abuse it. Perhaps too highly intelligent for your own stupidity to realize that my job actually entails. You think spewing garbage here while hiding is something to beat your chest about? With your fucked up English you write here and inability to understand basic things in life, you are one of those idiots suffering from what wrote about arrogant fools and the Dunning-Kruger effect. Go and google it. If you don’t see your picture right by it, let me know and I will make sure Google does that favor for you! Stupidity apparently knows no limits and you exemplify that. I have given you enough suctions now, go find someone else to suck on! Little bitch!
I think Alagie is just being humorous here and poking fun here and there at Adama Barrow.
For all intent and purpose, Gambians who care about the affairs of the nation and people very well understand the ineptitude and lazy manners of Adama. They also understand that cabinet ministers unethically go out of their way, to shield him from the consequences of harsh public scrutiny.
Whether he comes out to give some “speech” or not is in my opinion, ineffectual. The damage has been done and COVID-19 continues to wreck economic and social havoc on the Gambian populace.
The solution lies somewhere else but not in State House. Unfortunately.
Btw, I am sending warm greetings to my fellow commenters on this platform, many of whom have a passion for a healthy and vigorous democratic discourse. The views and positions are as divergent as the array of colors on a magnetic spectrum. Yet, there is the realization that this is the necessary mixture needed to free our beautiful country and its peace loving people from tyranny, poverty and ignorance.
I have been absent from this battlefield of ideas for a stretched duration to explore other areas of living and learning.
Now I am back on familiar territory. Bax, I have missed your sharp and consistent mind. Andy, your criticisms have made me to reflect deeper on the flaws of my propositions. Tilli Bo, I thank you for sharing audiovisual materials on pan Afrikkanism, even today.
Dida, you doing a great job at Samba gate. Babu, your elderly counsels are missed. Dr Isatou, your refreshing perspectives are a dose of mental sanitizers. Bourne, your philosophical mind is to be adored. Kinteh (Kemo), you made understanding the UDP easier for me. Natty dread, the soldier in the trenches, you are the General. Those I have not named, you are all much loved and appreciated.
My greetings to the comments reading society too. You are the conduit.
As always, in the service of The Gambia and Afrikka, I remain.
Mwalimu, old Bax is still around, though was really scared of Jollofnews at some point, cause anytime I tried to log on, a warning pops up about the dangers of the site. So, being the technological novice I am, I stayed away. Just saw an article by Saidy-Barrow on FB this morning and it took me to Jollofnews. I was genuinely surprised when no warning popped up, so I risked a visit to the site proper and HURRAY, Jollofnews is back. I missed you all bro. It’s the best meeting place. Thanks Jollofnews.
Hello Bax,
Long time my old friend. I missed our vigorous debate. By the way , do you see how this idiot Alagie Barrow has just described me in his reply as “those wicked people who do not care about the rape and killings of Jammeh so long as it is not your relative being raped or killed”. It is sickening to see this idiot advocating that Presidency is meant for enjoyment. His article is not a sarcasm but a cheap way to encourage corruption and nepotism. This guy needs to know that we have been fighting Jammeh well before him . His acceptance of TRRC job was corruption and betrayal of justice. He is conflicted person who was not qualified for the job. Instead of taking that responsibility, he is now pretending that he care about Justice for the victims.
No fool. Just because you are too stupid to see the forest because of all the trees does not mean you can shove your stupidity and idiocy down the throats of others. Like I said, if you are not some little bitch hiding your shamelessness and stupidity, why don’t your idiotic face. My record is clear because I have a large footprint online with almost daily posts on Facebook and you will lying through your nasty mouth if you can show me one post that promotes corruption and nepotism. Unlike the little bitch you are, I own my thoughts and do not hide behind them. It is easy to idiotically call something injustice or a betrayal while hiding your stupid face but not everyone of us has that luxury. Your opinion on my qualification means zero to me because apparently you are too dimwitted to be able to read anything and comprehend it for what it is. I don’t need to prove anything to ingrates like you who hide behind their keyboards for no reason at all but because they are bitches too afraid to show their face. Come on, grow a pair and tell us what you did. My record is clear over the last twenty years. That is if you can read and understand anything! Freaking idiot you are!
Alagie ,
You are indeed a troubled man who is looking for cheap attention. With all your insults and tirade , you are exactly like Jammeh . Intolerance, rude and self serving. Calling me bitch tells me a lot about you , am sure that is the word you used against anyone including female that are in your life. Let’s talk about issue like your employment with TRRC that is far more important than my facial identity that you are so obsessed with. If a Coward like you can open identify himself in the country where every one is talking freely , you think for me to use pen-name is cowardly act then you must be kidding yourself. Every one here used pen-name , you indeed have a problem with everyone . Your open call for President Barrow to enjoy presidency is indeed advocating for corruption and abuse of office .
Your employment with TRRC was corruption because you are conflicted person who has zero integrity and fairness to do that job . Tell me why you don’t think You have bias against former President Jammeh when you were already convicted for attempted coup and there was indication you have grievances and grudges against him and his officials. If you want to respect the rule of law then you should have never accepted the job but you are a fraud . If there are many indications that TRRC report will be challenged in the court because of idiot and self serving people like you who compromised the investigative body . The job you got at TRRC was simply based on nepotism because the executive secretary is your personal friend . You have no dammn qualifications for that job and you were already a conflicted person. These two points are enough not to accept the job if you’re decent person but you are indeed a desperate individual. If you love your country as your falsely claimed, you would not have done anything to jeopardize the rule of law and Justice . Remember that you were selected to be part of truth finding commission when you already you have bias against the very people you have investigated . Think of the consequences of that in the court of law when the perpetrators faces justice. This is the perspective that clearly indicates your corruption and lack of integrity.
Your daily posting only amplifies your continue attention seeking behavior because many of your writings did not meet the standard for publication. You just need to visit the writing center at UTG so that you understand how to write satire . Remember another foolish article you wrote to defend Baba Leigh on gay issue . In that case, you foolishly supported him and justified that support because of his anti-Jammeh sentiments. It is the same thing you are doing here because anyone who talk or write against your article, you branded them as killers or those who failed to go after Jammeh . You need to recognize that Jammeh is not the only problem of our country, the problem we have is corruption and nepotism you have demonstrated when you dishonestly accepted the job at TRRC . I would have never criticized you if you don’t accept that job and your continue ass-licking to secure another job. Of course, you are desperate you can’t help yourself. Grow up and stop insulting people online , remember your kid will one day see your writings and would conclude that dad is as nasty as Donald Trump who hates to be criticized.
Long time Max. I know you have been a strong anti-Jammeh campaigner, but just remember that we are different and see things differently. Also, you know where I stand with undiplomatic language. Whether it’s sarcasm or humour, I think any allusion to the presidency as an office for enjoyment, under current circumstances, as well as our recent history, is poorly timed and unwise, but I urge you to forget this one, bury the hatchet and let’s move on. At the bantaba, one is bound to come across all shades of opinion. The trick is to try and convince others with the power of your arguments, but always ready to agree to disagree.
Bax , thank you for your wise counsel which I have known you for a long time. You and I had extensive and bitter debates but we always respect each other. I always put fire on your feet but at the end of the day we never called each other names. I am sure Alagie can see that record at Kaironews where we had extensive exchanges. Of course he is new to this game and is looking for cheap attention. He is a new celebrity in the country because he is a semester in town who was brave for attempted coup . If I want attention and recognition, almost every editor got my name but I don’t need it. My messages are far more important to me than recognition. Today even the rats are making noise in the country because everyone is freed. Last time I checked , I saw GNA solider drinking in the public and arguing with people, he called it democracy lol.
If you have the balls, reveal yourself! I am the one you decided to hide from and insult. So if you are not a little bitch, show your balls! Anyone can assume a name and attack others. Thankfully, I don’t owe you any damn explanation because you are too stupid to understand especially since you equate education with attending school. I don’t write to satisfy anyone’s taste and I surely don’t lose sleep over what a phantom idiot like you think of me. In your stupid mine, there are set guidelines that one must follow for something to be considered sarcastic. Anyone can pick one word or sentence and build stupidity around it. I am not interested in whatever news you shared your stupidity on and I have never come across your idiocy until now. Someone actually alerted me to this hubris you spilled on here and as I have told you earlier, about time you go and masturbate to the thoughts of another person. I have given you too much attention as it is already. Ask the editor if I have ever submitted anything for him to share. He saw my posts on Facebook and asked if he could share and I said yes. I have never submitted an article to anyone for publication. And Yes, I stand with Baba Leigh today and I will tomorrow too. Idiots like you cannot understand respecting the rights of all citizens even if you completely disagree with their lifestyle. Yet you want to be here preaching idiocy and passing judgment on others. What a fucking lousy luxury! Again, I don’t need to tell you how long I have been in the “struggle or what I have done, that is for you to foam at mouth over because that is nothing for anyone to brag about. The fact is, our people have been killed and raped and our resources stolen for twenty-two years! We all failed our nation in some way shape or form and instead of you looking in your stupid self to see what you could have done better, you are here bragging about running your filthy mouth online! Anyone can afford to talk… it’s cheap. Go and check the archives of the Gambia L and type my name in there! I have a newcomer for you between my legs! You think you can call people names and they cannot return the filth where the sun doesn’t shine in you, well, I can go as low as you can! You started insulting from your very first response!
Alagie ,
As I have said before, you are a troubled person who is seeking attention which is why you are running your mouth with foul language. Using words like Bastard , bitch and others clearly tell me you do not have a proper upbringing and that is how you talk to people in your life including your loved ones . You are intolerance, rude and self serving. Obviously you are exactly like dictator Jammeh. I never questioned anyone contributions to the struggle but you are the one who suggested I was one of those people who never care about killings in the country which is a lie because you don’t know nothing about me. Now that your lie has been proven wrong you again claimed that I am bragging about my contributions. What an idiot you are. If I wanted to get attention like you, I can easily get that because I know every editor in The Gambia but I am not attention seeker. Captain Jagne will be turning in his grave knowing that he was on mission with you who has exactly the same character as dictator Jammeh . You are a disgrace to the country because in your myopic mind you think Jammeh is the only problem of the country. The fact that you dishonestly accepted a job you are not qualified for at TRRC tell me that you are more corrupt than Jammeh . You careless about the victims but only interested to fill your pocket and selfish interest . By your acceptance of the job , you compromised the process of TRRC investigation especially the position you were given because of nepotism. The entire APRC see you as a criminal who is not qualified for the job because of your past conviction, lack of integrity, fairness and grudges you have demonstrated against the former government officials/system . You should have avoided this characterization by not accepting the job but you were a desperate person. This was the greatest injustice you have done to the Gambian people especially the victims and their family. Shame on you for given the TRRC that negative perception. The finding of your so called investigations will be challenged in the court because of your bias , lack of integrity and past criminal conviction. You don’t have any background or education qualification to be director of research investigative team at TRRC but you were compensated because of your illegal actions to topple the former government officials.
If you truly care about rule of law and Justice, why do you accepted a job at TRRC when you knew fully well that you are a convicted felon and conflicted person who could not do the job with fairness and integrity? If you were part of the struggle that did not give you a license to advocate for corruption, nepotism and abuse office just like you have demonstrated by acceptance of unqualified job and characterization of Presidency as enjoyment. You are bragging as if you are the only person who contributed to the struggle more than others and you even questioned people and called them names such as killers when they disagreed with you. For your information, the real patriots are keeping quite because they never show their identity or face to the Gambian people because of their contributions. These are people of highest integrity and love for the country. You are simply an opportunistic person looking for attention. It was foolish for you to suggest that Presidency is meant for enjoyment considering all the sufferings and hardships going in the country. I hope you apologize to the Gambian people or at least recant your article . In this difficult time, only an idiot like you would suggest that Presidency is meant for enjoyment. Perhaps you are raised in that way . Understand that The Gambia’s problem is people like you who continue to seek attention every day on Facebook but they don’t have knowledge, experience and expertise to talk about issues they are talking about. Today , any idiot can post anything on Facebook and brag about it just like you bragging about your postings. If you are truly an intelligent and educated person, go to utg to give lectures. UTG is the place to showcase your intellectual capabilities otherwise you are just An empty barrel.
You have spend your entire time at TRRC masturbating and looking at those ladies and you got what you wanted at the end of your tenure . It is all about you only . While you are investigating Jammeh’s rape and killings, you were also missing with women . You have the same character like Jammeh because he Abused women at his office. The Gambian people knew that you are no different from Jammeh by every indication. The TRRC is in trouble thanks to your dishonesty and lack of integrity. You are just like trump of America. Grow up and take constructive criticism. Tell us why you were qualified for TRRC job ? Let’s talk about that and why you think presidency is meant for enjoyment?
Alagie said “ I have a newcomer for you between my legs! ”.
Please keep whatever you have between your legs to yourself. I am a person of high moral integrity. I am not like you who support and defend immoral behavior. I do not engage in immoral behavior condemn by God . I am not surprise you suggested that to me because that is why you are defending and supporting Baba Leigh on gay rights. Please come out of your closets as Americans Would suggest .