Gambia Reveals List Of Jammeh’s Frozen Assets

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   Grim reaper

   May 29, 2017 at 7:27 pm

   Who is Ebrahim Sanyang ? Also shouldn’t they be showing how much funds are frozen in these bank accounts For accountability and transparency,? also are the accounts attracting interest? Don’t any of these companies have paid employees?

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   Dr Isatou Sarr

   May 29, 2017 at 7:53 pm

   It is a known fact that Yahya Jammeh is a thief. The Barrow administration must be transparent in accounting for all stolen monies and properties. A Resolution Trust should be set up to account for and return all stolen properties to their rightful owners. We the people must be fully informed about how much was recovered and how it was disposed. Every Dalasi.
   God Bless The Gambia.

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   Natty Dread

   May 29, 2017 at 8:20 pm

   Well done President Barrow and your government for revealing these illegally acquired properties stolen from their rightful owners by Yahya Jammeh and his enablers. All praises are due to Allah for making this day possible. A day that the world witnessed the extend of this man’s greed, his total disregard for our nation’s welfare and it’s people. Ali Baba in white robes with prayer beards and a sword. what an irony. The sheikh and his whiter than white persona is in fact masquerading something else, something darker than the darkest of the night. Now we know that the sheikh is not only a merciless killer but a heartless thief as well. A man prepared to usurped the wealth of its people for only himself, his family and cronies, hence rendered the whole nation a debt ridden failed state. For 22 years the Gambian nation was being bled dry economically by this evil sheikh in white robes with prayer beards and sword while we Gambians looked the other way. It is time now for all we Gambians to come together in the name of brotherhood and sisterhood and for the love of nation to take back what belonged to us, stolen by the evil sheikh. The Babu Solis though can’t be part of this solution as dem will always be evil disciples of the sheikh, praise singing his lofty achievements of killing countless numbers of our fellow citizens,
   leaving our state coffers empty, weak state institutions and demoralize citizenry.

   The next step in this clean up exercise is to pursue the sheikh and his evil enablers in the country or on run to the gates of hell till they are captured and bring back to our shores to pay for their crimes.
   God bless our beloved homeland.

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   Bax

   May 29, 2017 at 11:02 pm

   How could Yaya Jammeh have mustered the courage to sit on national tv and preach to Gambians about greed, corruption and belief in Allah (swt) ? What a hypocrite! 80+ bank accounts and all these lands ? This man’s level of greed is mind blowing. I hope we can recover even a fraction of what this man took from us, because I suspect that what we know may just be an indication of what he did.

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   Mike Scales

   May 30, 2017 at 2:28 am

   Gambians can deal with this;

   The overview must be the timely lessons to be learned by Africa since independence;

   The many national Constitutions that form the basis of African government, formatted since independence were badly drawn up. The corresponding ruling political parties endorsed amendments that favoured the Executive to plunder with impunity. Perhaps with more thought and the ensuing experience gained, the time has come to revisit the powers of the Executive and rebalance and redress and curb its excesses.

   There are more gifted minds than my own who could truly remedy this vicious and bitterly contentious issue. I think any referendum on such complicated and legally challenging charters are all too often lost on disadvantaged people whose education and understanding of so many paraphrases and detailed sections and clauses, really require explanation and general legal advice and constructive debate. This also beggars the question of who should be involved in the drafting and approving such a contentious and challenging document. Simply because you don’t want any one section of privileged society members to gain most benefit. Otherwise the status quo will only change one beneficiary for another.

   The working of a truly universal and workable Constitution, that is fair and fit for purpose, should not be something considered in haste. For it is the very foundation of a nation, hence it must be strong enough and fair enough to stand the test of time and all challenges faced by any country.
   Though such consideration would not by itself cure all the ills of Africa, it would surely bring about a tangible and significant change of the fortunes of the people of Africa, and be a guide to a fairer future with real Progress and Prosperity and a cohesive sense of nationhood.

   I think reading Mr Foday Sameteh today has given us much food for constructive thought on this very important issue.

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     Saikou M.D. Manneh

     May 30, 2017 at 12:43 pm

     Just a few lines in answer to the philosophical questions posed in Mr Scales comments above.
     Indeed, they are philosophical and have occupied the thoughts of western philosophers and thinkers since the advent of enlightened thoughts in that part of the world.
     True, these thoughts have also been assessed by contemporary African and foreign scholars principally aimed at making them tally with African realities on the ground. During the days of colonial rule, the Brits had to try to deal with the problem of extending voting rights to citizens in a country like the Gambia where the lion’s share of voters were illiterate and hence unable to truly understand the issues of the day. Therein lies one of the the explanations behind the fact that universal suffrage first became a reality in The Gambia in the early 1960s. The political history of the four other English-speaking west African countries tell the same story in this regard.
     Readers should arguably be reminded that even in mature democracies, universal adult suffrage did not just arrive over-night – rather the process was piecemeal. In the case of Denmark, a large number of their world renown intellectuals were against the whole idea of giving votes to the largely illiterate or semi-literate masses until the middle of the nineteenth century. Largely, because they were skeptical about the risks that their instinctive voting patterns could pose society – indeed, men/women who lack scientific knowledge are to a larger left to the mercy of their instincts. Interestingly, the kings had by that time introduced compulsory schooling for the children of the kingdom decades earlier. This scheme was supplemented by adult education programmes across the kingdom concurrently where literate adults of each town and village offered evening classes to adults who could neither read nor write.
     Regarding what little Gambia can learn from this experience, it is clear that our policy makers have not yet realized that eliminating mass ignorance/illiteracy among the populace is a fundamental pre-requisite to a well-functioning democracy. Hence, we as nation have in this regard been putting the cart before horse over the past 52 years. Time to move forward: The way Rwanda has gone about its mass literacy programmes should serve as a model for the new Gambia. Supplement this with compulsory social science subjects like government and politics, economics and sociology at senior secondary school level. Thus, within a decade or two I am confident Gambians shall be counted as being among most politically educated in the region … and most if not all the concerns expressed by Mr Scales above will have been relegated to the dustbin of history.

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       Kinteh (kemo)

       May 30, 2017 at 7:32 pm

       Manneh, your pladöyer hit the right tone and I think that’s way the forward. Dominant themes being civic education, political culture nurturing and awareness programme over the radio and television as well as encouraging village bantabas become platforms ala townhall meet & talk venues.
       Aside from the noble ideas outline above, I disagree with you about coining the masses out there as ” directed by instinct”. I think Instinct and gut continue to play a significant role in determining outcomes of election in mature democratic countries. Switzerland with its direct democratic process is an example of allowing all, albeit with deficient in depth knowledge, to decide on complicated scientific questions such as genetically modified food or England as regards to Brexit and the US in terms of the inexplicable outcome that majority white women voted for trump instead of for a pioneering alternative. In other words deciding by gut or instinct is not bad but what is important, if not existential, is to have strong institutions that can withstand grave electoral decisions and can correct them through the institutions or at least, put them in check until the sovereign realise the mistake and rectify it in the ensuing elections or referendum.

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   Kemo Touray

   May 30, 2017 at 7:14 am

   Yaya jammeh has swallow the gambians taxi payers but still the Barrow administration had to investigate more both the gambia and outside .Yaya is a criminal big thief all what he is saying since he came to power is all lies he comes to rich himself. 22 yrs in power robbed torture killed lies etc you have gone but the gambia is still here god bless the new gambia .But let’s yaya brought back for justice.

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   Tafel

   May 30, 2017 at 9:20 am

   It is not yet over more reports on the line, finally we will ensure that yahya jammeh face justice.

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   Dr Isatou Sarr

   May 30, 2017 at 12:49 pm

   The Barrow administration should turn Jammeh’s thieving ways and ugly legacy into something positive and beneficial for Gambian youths by using recovered loot to create and manage an Industrial Training Fund or ITF. These entity will train our sons and daughters in trades such as plumbing, electric, carpentery etc.
   God Bless The Gambia

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     Kinteh (kemo)

     May 30, 2017 at 7:44 pm

     In the same direction, GTTI (Gambia technical training institute) be upgraded with subsidiary campuses built in all divisional main towns. This way, vocational training and many other technical training skills will be enhanced evenly in the country.

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   Mike Scales

   May 30, 2017 at 2:43 pm

   I do hope the Barrow/ UDP/ Government take stock of what Mr Samateh and Mr Manneh are saying. To put sticky plaster on the existing Constitution really is a quick fix too far. The Matter is fundamental to Africa’s progress and place in the global world. The distribution of power can only empower citizens rights and enhance nation building.

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    Andrew Pjalo

    May 30, 2017 at 2:45 pm

    Oh my! The Brit has finally found Gambian help to put his thoughts in a piece that shows better writing skills and coherence that clearly does not belong to the Scales fellow!
    Worth smiling about? Not sure!

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    Mike Scales

    May 31, 2017 at 10:53 am

    It does appear that a large proportion of these business models are not owned directly by Yahya Jammeh; Going by the shareholdings of the shareholders. We would need to know how many jobs have been affected and how much revenue has been lost by this government action. We need to know why Jammeh’s family members have been arrested and on what charges.

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    Mike Scales

    June 2, 2017 at 3:17 am

    Sounds like a process we have been familiar with for 22 years: Land grab ??? Asset grab ??? Arrest then detention over 72 hours/ then unfair bail conditions/ having to travel 115 Kilometres every day to a Police station?