Subject: UK to SL Flight recommendation
From: Sam
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Date Posted: 07:52:47 12/21/07 ()
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Can posters pls recommend the most affordable flight to Freetown from London? Thanks
Subject: Re: UK to SL Flight recommendation
From: BOB DAREN
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Date Posted: 08:54:07 12/21/07 ()
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Please my freind you only need to go on the internent and find a cheaper flight other than waisting your preciouse time posting on this forum about cheaper flight.
Subject: Re: UK to SL Flight recommendation
From: BOB DAREN
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Date Posted: 08:52:22 12/21/07 ()
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Please my freind you only need to go the internent and find a cheaper flight than waisting your preciouse time posting on this forum.
Subject: Re: UK to SL Flight recommendation
From: mohamed barrie
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Date Posted: 08:19:05 12/21/07 ()
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I am amazed by the response of Leonean . if you do not know or cant help, dont be rude. It reflects on all those who read or post in this forum.Someone genuinely wants to know a cheap way to Fly to freetown. I cant help him either because I do not live in the UK.
Subject: Re: UK to SL Flight recommendation
From: leonean
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Date Posted: 08:12:21 12/21/07 ()
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Fly as a flight attendant. You wont have to pay.
Subject: Free Street Explosion: The work of Saboteurs?
From: Saidu Daphay Turay
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Date Posted: 06:59:49 12/21/07 ()
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While it is too soon to conclude that the Free Street explosion was the work of saboteurs-enemies of the APC government, from all indications and deductive reasoning, it cannot be ruled out that certain elements that don't want to see the progress of Sierra Leone are behind these dastardly and cowardly act to sobotage the work of EBK. I will advice the government to launch a full-scale investigation as to the cause of this explosion which coincided with the turning on of lights in Freetown. let the government employ the services of foreign forensic investigators to gather evidence so the real cause of the explosion will be determined. The turning on of lights in Freetown has put most dealers of generators out of business and has also exposed the corrupt government of the SLPP to the world.
Subject: Re: Free Street Explosion: The work of Saboteurs?
From: Daddy Cool
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Date Posted: 09:06:52 12/21/07 ()
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Mr. Turay, you sound like a die hearted APC politician and a very good political analyst. But unfortunately you are so naive in your thinking. Disaster don't have any specific time to occure. So let me ask you this: Do you believe in destiny? Who own that shop in fact? Are you a detective? Or have you ever solved any crime?
What do you know about disaster and risk management? You need to think as an expert other than politician. Because that expolssion don't have anything do with your electricity issue.
Why can't you just wait and see how long this your so called non stop electricity supply is going to last before making noise about it? Those who died in that disaster, let their soul rest in peace. And it does not have anything to do with your BLIND AND NAIVE POLITICAL THINKING.
Subject: Re: Free Street Explosion: The work of Saboteurs?
From: Sam
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Date Posted: 07:50:20 12/21/07 ()
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Can we keep the crap under raps? The building is not a govt building, there were no govt employees, etc. It does not seem like a sabotage. And whether APC or SLPP, if we can move to a point where we all start thinking as Sierra Leoneans and limit the divisiveness, that would be ideal.
Subject: Re: Free Street Explosion: The work of Saboteurs?
From: DeLaw
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Date Posted: 09:19:25 12/21/07 ()
Email Address: contehlawrence@yahoo.com
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THE EXPLOSION ACTUALLY EXPOSES THE PROBLEMS OF INADEQUATE PUBLIC SAFETY MEASURES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE GOVERNMENT.THERE HAS BEEN A SIMILAR INCIDENT IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA IN THE WEST OF FREETOWN IN THE PAST.THIS EXLOSION WAS FROM A MANUFACTURING BUSINESS RUN IN THE COMPOUND OF A LEBENESE BUSINESSMAN,ACCORDING TO SOURCES IN THE AREA WHERE IT OCCURED.
A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION NEEDS TO BE CONDUCTED TO ANSWER SO MANY QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE SOLUTIONS TO PREVENT SUCH NEEDLESS LOSS OF PRECIOUS LIVES.
WE MUST DEFINATELY"KEEP THE CRAP UNDER RAPS" UNTIL SUCH AN INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETED.
THANKS,SAM,FOR YOUR VOICE OF REASON!MAY THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES REST IN PEACE.
Subject: A TEST TO DETERMINE THE EXISTENCE OF SERIOUSNESS OF PURPOSE
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 06:57:51 12/21/07 ()
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John Leigh wrote on on December 20, 2007:
"The IMF was right in prescribing devaluation because SL was reeling from payments imbalances caused by over-consumption, under-production, corruption, over-minting and low productivity in both the public and private sectors."
Mr. Leigh:
Assuming that when you posted the above-quoted opinion yesterday you meant to be taken seriously, kindly set forth with specificity your answer to the following question:
Exactly HOW was "prescribing devaluation because SL was reeling from payments imbalances caused by over-consumption, under-production, corruption, over-minting and low productivity in both the public and private sectors" the right prescr1ption for Sierra Leone's "payments imbalances" problem?
I look forward to your responsive and decorous answer to the above question so that the question whether devaluation was the right policy for Sierra Leone -- as you contend, so far without evidence -- or the wrong policy, as I have long contended based upon the evidence I have duly set forth in my published and other articles over the last 28 years, including the one below -- can be resolved on the basis of evidence, and not based on crude insults such as those which characteristically suffused your posting yesterday.
Best regards,
Mohamed A. Jalloh
Re: Devaluation & the Indoctrinated Mind - Africa's Curse [1]
From: MohmJ@....
Date: Thu Feb 01 2001 - 04:27:25 EST
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Mr. [Name Redacted]:
Thank you for providing us with yet another example of how "Colonial
Mentality" among African leaders continues to facilitate one of the other two
great African curses inflicted upon hapless citizens of African countries,
viz. corrupt foreign aid, particularly, devaluation.
The wholesale historical adoption by African leaders of the policy of
devaluation, at the behest of the IMF, is arguably the most conclusive
evidence of the mind-boggling failure of African leaders to disabuse
themselves of the fallacy that any and all foreign ideas are inherently
superior to homegrown African ideas.
In order to see this, one need only consider the history of
IMF-sponsored devaluation in Africa; specifically, how devaluation works and
why it could never work in the typical African economy:
The policy of devaluation is designed to correct a negative trade
imbalance, i.e., trade deficit (imports exceed exports) between the devaluing
country and other countries with which it trades. In theory, devaluation does
this by manipulating the exchange rates between the devaluing country's
currency and those of its trading partners.
Through a mere announcement, the devaluing country changes its currency's
exchange rate by deliberating making it cheaper than before. Thereby, the
devaluing country hopes to entice foreigners to buy more of its suddenly less
expensive exports and thus reduce or eliminate its trade deficit with those
countries.
This result, obviously, assumes that the other countries do not retaliate
by announcing an offsetting devaluation of their own currencies. However,
that is not the only assumption necessary for devaluation to work
successfully.
A critical prerequisite for a successful devaluation policy is the
presence of market-driven prices for goods and services traded among
countries.
In order to see this, consider what would happen if, after Country A
devalues its currency by 10%, thereby making its goods cheaper to buyers in
Country B, the latter's government immediately announces a 10% increase in
custom duties on all goods imported from Country A?
The result: a stalemate, viz. The devaluation would fail to make Country
A's exports cheaper to Country B's residents because Country A's 10%
devaluation has been effectively checkmated by Country B's exactly offsetting
tariff increase on imports from Country A!
Still, even where there is no interference with market forces, and no
intervention by governments in the form of a retaliatory devaluation, the
success of the policy of devaluation is not assured unless and until two
other critical elements are in place, viz.
The desire and ability of the non-devaluing countries to buy the now
cheaper goods and services of the devaluing country (what economists call
"demand"), and the ability of the devaluing country to produce the goods and
services demanded ("supply").
Tragically, for all African countries in the past thirty years, not a
single one of the above prerequisites for a successful policy of devaluation
was in place when they succumbed to IMF dictates that they devalue their
currencies.
Predictably, each and every one of those IMF prescr1ptions woefully
failed, with resulting searing hardships inflicted on the hapless African
masses and crushing mountains of foreign debt shackled to African economies,
thereby guaranteeing their collective current demise.
For an explanation of how Africa's "Colonial Mentality" led to this
otherwise entirely avoidable debacle, please see Part 2 of this posting.
Regards,
Mohamed A. Jalloh
Subject: Re: A TEST TO DETERMINE THE EXISTENCE OF SERIOUSNESS OF PURPOSE
From: MILTON FREIDMAN
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Date Posted: 08:39:24 12/21/07 ()
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“Exactly HOW was "prescribing devaluation because SL was reeling from payments imbalances caused by over-consumption, under-production, corruption, over-minting and low productivity in both the public and private sectors" the right prescr1ption for Sierra Leone's "payments imbalances" problem?” Mohamed A. Jalloh
The above question was posed by Mr. Jalloh to Mr John Leigh.
Dear Mr. Jalloh,
The answer to your question posed to Mr. John Leigh is very simple. Mr. Leigh was quite right in the above statement. This is what happened;
Devaluation is generally believed to be a powerful too in export expansion. When a country devalues its currency, its export becomes relatively cheaper and its imports become expensive. Ceteris paribus, the fall in the price of exports is expected to lead to a surge in the foreign demand for those domestic export products. In the Balance of Payments account, there is what is known as the trade balance account. The trade balance essentially records all receipts from exports and expenditure on imports. If a nation imports more than it exports as Sierra Leone has consistently done over the decades, there is negative trade balance. Negative trade balance also means foreign exchange rate crunch which is likely to be followed by appreciation of that foreign currency, say the dollar.
Below is a simple “CKC” equation;
Y= C +I + G+ (X-M)
Y= Gross national income, C= Consumption, G=Government expenditure/consumption,
I= Investment, (X-M) = exports minus imports (net exports), all in aggregate terms
In Sierra Leone, “G” was so huge around the OAU period, “I” was weak and (X-M) was negative, meaning a trade balance deficit.
As Mr. Leigh correctly stated, in Sierra Leone in1979, a period leading to the hosting of the OAU, there was excessive government consumption---what is otherwise known as government expenditure mainly on foreign produced goods (imported). The logical thing to have done in that euphoria was to devalue the domestic Leones in bid to promote exports of mainly agricultural products. Sadly, the SLPMB serving as the middleman between the primary producers (farmers) and the government did not allow the benefits of currency devaluation to trickle down to the poor farmers. In other words, the SLPMB siphoned any potential incentive that could have allowed the export crop producers to expand production. In the end, the devaluation of the currency which was intended to expand the exports, boost the foreign currency reserve of Sierra Leone did not achieve its goal.
So yes the late 1970s and the period immediately after the OAU conference in Sierra Leone, the economy faced turbulent times because of over-consumption (over-expenditure) by the then government, under-production in manufacturing and agriculture (SLPMB woes), massive corruption by public officials, and overall insanity of the exercise of expansionary monetary policy. Over-minting, also known as excessive seigniorage was the order of the day. In such a status-quo, devaluation of the domestic Leone was warranted in order to reverse the debilitating trend.
I hope this settles the matter once and for all.
Subject: Light has Overcome the Dark Days of SLPP
From: Saidu Daphay Turay
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Date Posted: 06:46:08 12/21/07 ()
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There is a belief that when people are darkness then the whole nation is doomed to destruction. This is evidenced in the past twelve years when, inspite of the support the SLPP received to rehabilitate and reconstruct Sierra Leone, the people continued to be in abysmal darkness. This darkness darkened the hearts of Sierra Leoneans to think negatively contrary to people once known to be hospitable and God-fearing. God indeed love Sierra Leone by bringing in a liberator (EBK) who has Sierra Leone at heart and ready to deliver the people from the dark days of the SLPP. MR. President we'll support you at all cost.
Subject: Re: Light has Overcome the Dark Days of SLPP
From: Kamara
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Date Posted: 07:55:28 12/21/07 ()
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Brother saidu, it is true that uninterrupted electricity will help Sierra Leone progess and facilitate the attrction of investments both foreign and domestic. this is beneficial to all of us SLPP/APC/PMDC. The election is over and SLPP lost.
It is not about the oneupmanship. APC brought light and SLPP did not. There is still 4.75 years to judge EBK. I cannot unrealistic judge him after 90 days in office. the jury is still out. Concerning the light , not everywhere got light on Thursday. I know you will resort to calling us SLPP sour grapes. it is not about that. If 10 extra people got light on thursday, It is a step in the right direction.
Mr turay, please remember the election is over. We will praise EBK , If he genuinely delivers and criticize him , when he doesn't.
Did god hate Sierra Leone by electing SLPP in 1996 and 2002? I hope not.
Subject: Re: Light has Overcome the Dark Days of SLPP
From: Brabanxx
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Date Posted: 09:18:06 12/21/07 ()
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My dear forumites:
The light situation should be a matter of national concern now. We should hope and pray that the darkness that has characterized our capital for decades now will be something that only the history books will boast of. All the political parties in Salone are benefactors of both light and darkness. This is a national issue not a political one. We all know that Salone did not wake up one morning and it was declared "let there be darkness throughout the land." This ugly situation was impregnated by my party the APC, delivered by the NPRC, and malnourished by SLPP to the extent that it became a "KWASHIOKOR" baby. Now that we are on the road to recovery, please fellow forumites join me to pray so that darkness will be banished for ever.
Below are some of the posits on the light situation culled from the Albert Academy Listserve:
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Sent: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 7:25 am
Subject: Re: [albertacademy] He delivered
Freetown don get lite: http://cocorioko.slvp.org/app/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=163&Itemid=1 What SLPP could not achieve in a decade with millions of British pounds Sheku et el FYI, even during the days of Kabba Tigers, when NPA beams some rays of power to the people, some households were not getting light because they might not have been connected to the grid or some problems might have existed with their relationshipship with NPA. Please stop the APC bashing and be a truthful and viable opposition. Guess what? your fear is that after the "deliverance" of the light, then "KABBA COOL AID" will be the next thing to be banished from Salone. This means that the palm tree will rot for ever. ORSAII Subject: RE: Kamajor Chaos - Sierra Leone Message: Click on link below to view clip Subject: RE: Massacre en Guinée Conakry 2007 Message: Just our sister state of Conakry Guinea, Para Military using Live ammunition on it's own. Subject: NRA - BAMBA -FRAUD !! Message: Subject: Re: NRA - BAMBA -FRAUD !! Message: Subject: SLPP PEGGY DEM, UNU SIDON LOOK AND TAKE NOTES! Message: To start dealing with youth employment, I hope the President, in consonance with the private sector, sets up a National Sanitation Registry to hire the youth to clean up Freetown and the Upline towns. with reasonable salaries, this could prove to be very successful. A public works effort to transform Hastings Airport to an International Airport will also provide jobs and boost the economy. Borbor Wait Normor. We ready for Kack Chest! Subject: TEJAN KABBAH WAS NOT THE TRUE SLPP Message: Subject: Re: TEJAN KABBAH WAS NOT THE TRUE SLPP Message: It is no doubt that you are a passionate SLPP. However, you need to exercise some degree of rationality when you send out statement. Try to weigh and time your comments appropriately and to fit the occasion otherwise you can easily be judged as irrational. There is what they called judging the public mood in politics, that no ammount of political spin can counteract. The mood in Sierra Leone, with the lights on, where the SLPP failed to deliver, is one of jubilation. Perceived or actual negative comments in the face of such glaring success in the APC delivering their first major election promises was ill-timed and unhelpful to your sound intellectual prowess which you have until now demonstrated on this forum. This is a day when all Sierra Leonean should take a break from party politics and commend the achivement of the APC under Earnest Koroma. This is a day when not to throw invective at the governing party but to thank them. This is a day when all genuine SLPP, who were robbed by Tejan Kabba of their rightful inheritance, should direct their anger at Tejan Kabba and not at the APC. I for one was absolutely convinced that Tejan Kabba policies were inimical to SLPP progress and of wining the election. Kabba's entire leadership was bereft of srtategies and vision. He is a damn selfish and vicious character who is always concerned with his own survival first above everyone else. He dislikes anything that shines and preferred to surround himself with those who flatter him. He is intolerant to competition but that is because he had begged and crawled for what he has. Many elderly SLPP true blood like the late Rev Paul Dumber and others, I should not name, expressed grave misgivens about Tejan Kabba's integrity and leadership qualities and opposed his leadership bid. Tejan Kabba shun Rev Paul Dumber in Guinea because he was not in support of his leadership.Even though Paul Dumber was the chairman of the SLPP, the poor man died in the forest in Guinea, whilst Tejan Kabba enjoyed comfort with his chosen sycophants and flaterers in a Conaker mansion. Let us be clear about this, the SLPP should conduct a surgical examination of how they got it wrong in chosing a man who never was a party man and openly said so once he was elected as president on the party's ticket. At one stage, I wrote and urged Tejan Kabba to resigned from the presidency because I sensed that he was planning the final stage of his exit strategy at the expense of the party. If the SLPP has still not grasp the full extent of how Tejan Kabba sent them to the dust bin, I would like to offer some few suggestions. 1 The party should set up an independent committe to investigate Tejan Kabba and expel him from the membership of SLPP. 2 The Chairman of the parliamentary committe on internal affairs should write and invite Tejan Kabba to anwers partinent questions about why the Guineans occupied Yenga. In particular, Tejan Kabba should explain what arrangement he enterred in to with the Guineans government about Yenga and why did he assured Sierra Leonean that he would retrived Yenga before his presidency came to an end but in fact he did not. It is a pity that I will not be part of any investigative team. Subject: Re: TEJAN KABBAH WAS NOT THE TRUE SLPP Message: However, I want to add to your list of questions to be posed to Tejan Kabbah. (3) A particular coutry in the Middle East offered Sierra Leone a limited amount as credit line to choose any area of develoment. When the Sierra Leone government chose, it was electricity. The calculation for the cost of the generators, their shipment and installation totalled a slightly higher amount. The Middle Eastern country in question demanded an extra $ 1,000,000 (One Million US Dollar) to complete the whole thing but Tejan Kabbah backed down. I heard this from the horses mouth ....and ..... if Cocorioko would like to invistigate this story, I would give the names of two (not one) ministers in the present government who where present right there (live) when the person of authority expressed his/her frustration. (4) Why did President Kabbah failled to take action when Dr. Sama Monde, as Minister of Agriculture, ordered policemen to raid the sample seedlings that were provided and sponsored by the Islamic Development Bank. Instead, TK only threatened the man that he will never hold any other public position during his tenure of office. (5) Why was TK always using these irresponsible statements whenever faced with critical situations that demand his show of toughness as President: "Omos Fet Me Wan Go Fet!" Did he actually thought that the position of a President is for lazy brats! There is more and we have enough time. Future postings will be rich with, not only Tejjan Kabbah's shortcomings but, the whole SLPP inadequacies. Perhaps ..... now is the time to go on the assault!! Subject: Re: TEJAN KABBAH WAS NOT THE TRUE SLPP Message: I guess you want me out of this forum ... because I can only remember poking my fingers twice at the eye-balls of your postings: Once during the time you opposed EBK's visit to Bumbuna, and the other over your recent comments that tend to indicate that the country can never develop under APC. I saw you as an irrational pessimist and came out tough to oppose that view because it has to do with Sierra Leone. But it looks like every excersie to engage you in opposition simply peels off one more layer of your credibility and reveals levels of inner vulnerablity! Subject: Re: TEJAN KABBAH WAS NOT THE TRUE SLPP Message: Subject: Re: TEJAN KABBAH WAS NOT THE TRUE SLPP Message: The SLPP allowed an "imposter" as they termed Kabbah because they were trying to use him as a stooge to ursher their tribalistic agenda. As Kabbah once said, "I am not the president of SLPP, I am the president of Sierra Leone." From thence forth, these tribalists became irate, disgruntled and disillusioned. This is the reason they created the Kamajors with the hope they could toppled Kabbah and installed a real mende-tribalist as president who could have danced to their whims and caprices. But alas! God been on the side of Sierra Leoneans, their plans back-fired and they started fighting among themselves by craving for power and thence prosecute the late Hinga Norman to death. Then came the Margai factor who felt the SLPP is inheritance so when he lost the flag bearership, he retaliated by forming his party thus adding more injury to an already fragile party. Unless, the true sons of Sierra Leone under the SLPP do away with nepotism, tribalism and hatred I don't foresee the SLPP coming back to power for the next 20 years, Sierra Leoneans would rather vote Margai and his party to power than a clique of people under the SLPP whose agenda is to divide the country through tribalism and power greed. Subject: Re: TEJAN KABBAH WAS NOT THE TRUE SLPP Message: Subject: Re: TEJAN KABBAH WAS NOT THE TRUE SLPP Message: Man you need to do some soul-searching before it is too late.I can see your reputation going downhill at the pace of a vehicle with no brakes.By posting some of these cock-and-bull stuffs you are making yourself a big laughing stock! Where were you when Kabba won in 1996 and 2002- hibernating in Nirvana? Does that mean had SLPP won this time Kabba would have still been an original SLPP man? Man with all your intellect and education why place yourself in the namby-pamby category of thinkers? After reading the first para of your posting I was very much impressed that the SLPP has planned to re-invent itself to give the APC a run for its money come next election.But the next para totally overshadowed the expectations I beleive me and many others like me had from the SLPP. Is it really Bra Enviable the writer of that piece or a joker from a pack of jokers? Subject: Re: TEJAN KABBAH WAS NOT THE TRUE SLPP Message: Subject: Re:WHAT I FEARED IS HAPPENING Message: Subject: Re:WHAT I FEARED IS HAPPENING Message: Have patience with SLPP, they are undergoing a self evaluation. The loss was big shock for the hunchos. It takes time to recover. Subject: Re: TEJAN KABBAH WAS NOT THE TRUE SLPP Message: Subject: Re: TEJAN KABBAH WAS NOT THE TRUE SLPP Message: Subject: Re: TEJAN KABBAH WAS NOT THE TRUE SLPP Message: Subject: Re: TEJAN KABBAH WAS NOT THE TRUE SLPP Message: Subject: ANY NEWS ABOUT LIGHT IN THE PROVINCES? Message: Subject: Re: ANY NEWS ABOUT LIGHT IN THE PROVINCES? Message: SLPP is not worried about APC. We are coming back strong in 2012. We will let you enjoy your honeymoon. 90 days is nothing. By the local elections, You will face your teething problems. By the way , where is the celebration party. Ill drive up from Jersey to enjoy. Subject: Re: ANY NEWS ABOUT LIGHT IN THE PROVINCES? Message: Unbelievable! my friend, how can you let somebody enjoys his/her honeymoon in 2012, when you couldn't provide clean water or electricity over a period of ten years? I tell you what! our noble citizens cannot afford your SLPP to rule our land come 2012. You've been given enough chance/time to prove your abilities. Unfortunately, your self-centered, greed, selfishness didn't allow you to carry out your designated functions. Instead ya almost took us back to medieval periods. we ain't gonna let in at state house. Subject: Re: ANY NEWS ABOUT LIGHT IN THE PROVINCES? Message: Several Kabbah Tigers are on standby in the capital city just in case EBK's REFURBISHED generators blow out. You know this was all hasty work for cheap political publicity. If this entire STUNT blows up in EBK's face, 2012 will definitely see the NEW palm tree on the rise. Subject: Re: ANY NEWS ABOUT LIGHT IN THE PROVINCES? Message: Please think about the poor and suffering when talking about explosion.The scene of the city of freetown was very sad.Seventeen innocent people lost there lives. Subject: Re: ANY NEWS ABOUT LIGHT IN THE PROVINCES? Message: Subject: Seasons Greetings Message: Subject: Re: Seasons Greetings Message: Subject: QUOTE OF THE DAY Message: Subject: PICS OF EXPLOSION Message: Subject: Re: PICS OF EXPLOSION Message: Subject: Re: PICS OF EXPLOSION Message: Subject: Bad Taste Message: Hey, but what else would one expect from a devil who virtually was behind the cut-hand, cut-fut Ninja website? Subject: THE REAL SON OF THE SOIL AND THE SAVIOR-THANKS BE TO GOD Message: Subject: Re: THE REAL SON OF THE SOIL AND THE SAVIOR-THANKS BE TO GOD Message: Subject: Re: THE REAL SON OF THE SOIL AND THE SAVIOR-THANKS BE TO GOD Message: Subject: MODERN DAY SLAVERY OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS Message: KBR workers in Iraq paid 50 cents an hour UPI Pentagon Correspondent Dec 2, 2005, 19:00 GMT WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- While the United States spends billions on troop support in Iraq, the peopleserving the meals, scooping the ice cream, and washing the dishes make as little as 50 cents an hour. The U.S. military has paid Halliburton subsidiary KBR about $12 billion so far for so-called logistics support to U.S. militarypersonnel in Iraq, the largest contract of its kind ever. Around 80,000 troops are served meals at dining facilitiesevery day under the contract -- the other 60,000 or so fend for themselves in field kitchens or by eating militaryissue "Meals Ready to Eat." KBR in turn hires that work out entirely to subcontractors whose job it is to recruit, transport, house, feed and pay "third-country" nationals to stock, prepare, serve and clean up at the dining facilities at 43 bases across Iraq. Those workers are recruited from countries with already low wages, where jobs are scarce. And as pressure to keep thelogistics contract cost down has increased, subcontractors have moved from country to country in search of cheaperlabor markets. That is what brought around 770 workers from Sierra Leone, Africa, to Iraq in July to work for ESS Support ServicesWorldwide, A British-based food service company specializing, according to its Web site, in "remote site, defenseand off-shore locat1ons." Most of the workers are deemed unskilled and work seven days a week for 12 hours a day, according to their contracts,one of which was obtained by United Press International. In practice, workers said in interviews, most only work six days aweek. There is no provision for sick leave. Any employee who threatens a strike or attempts to organize is subject to immediatedismissal and the employee required to pay for his return plane ticket. For this they are paid $150 a month, roughly 45 cents an hour. Salaries are deposited in bank accounts in Africa so the money is available to the workers The workers also get a $40 a month cash allowance on top of that, but the contract states the money is a gift, and theamount discretionary and may be eliminated. Their housing -- three to a standard size trailer -- laundry, food anduniforms are provided free. Employees are prohibited from discussing the contract and "ESS internal issues or complaints" with anyone outside thecompany, including the military and media. A copy of the contract was provided to UPI by an ESS employee via e-mail,with the assistance of a U.S. military officer. The worker quit Iraq and has now returned to Sierra Leone. Neither the U.S. military nor prime contractor KBR sets a minimum wage standard for workers employed by any sub-contractor under the Logistics Civilian Augmentation Program -- known as LOGCAP. Jana Weston, the deputy programdirector of LOGCAP, told UPI in September she was unaware that some workers were being paid $150 a month. "KBR's subcontractors are required to comply with all applicable labor laws and provisions in the country in which theywork. The dining services subcontracts, like LOGCAP overall, are cost-plus arrangements, meaning the contractor is reimbursedfor its costs and then paid a percentage on top of that for profit. As a result, the sub-contractors Previous to the Sierra Leone contract, ESS employed workers from Sri Lanka who were paid about $400 a month for thesame work, according to a U.S. military officer who oversees the logistics contract at one of the bases where ESSprovides dining services. Paul Kelly, ESS group corporate affairs director, acknowledged previous workers were paid more in an interview in Octoberwith UPI. He tagged the higher wages to less competition for the LOGCAP subcontract. When more companiesentered the fray, ESS found cheaper labor to improve its pricing to the government. "Initially wage rates were higher because there were fewer companies bidding (on the subcontract)," said Kelly, decliningto The switch to cheaper labor came as Gen. George Casey, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, launched an effort to drivedown the costs of LOGCAP. Subject: Free Street Message: Subject: Re: Free Street Message: Subject: Re: Free Street Message: Subject: Re: Free Street Message: Subject: Re: Free Street Message: Subject: THANK YOU EBK FOR THE LIGHT BUT PLEASE DECLARE YOU ASSETS Message: Subject: Re: THANK YOU EBK FOR THE LIGHT BUT PLEASE DECLARE YOU ASSETS Message: Subject: HOW TO GOVERN A BACKWARD SIERRA LEONE Message: Subject: Re: HOW TO GOVERN A BACKWARD SIERRA LEONE Message: What I see from this first step in bringing electricity to Freetown is that EBK has helped to raise the standard. Leaders are now going to have to do what they say they are going to do. This is a great day in helping to reshape politics in SL. The people have had an opportunity to express themselves through the ballot and I believe the days of leaders ruling with an iron fist and not working on behalf of the people are going to be a thing of the past. I whole heartedly agree with mandating accountability. I believe this will even help to discourage people from going into politics for the wrong reasons. If you know that you will be prosecuted for misusing state property or not doing your job while in office, politics will become less attractive. I know the president of Sierra Leone takes an oath when he is sworn into office. That means he is responsible for whatever happens on his watch. If there is mismanagement, embezzelment, nepotism, or anything else that is not in the interest of the people, he's the one who should be required to give an account of these misdeeds. The big question is whether Sierra Leone will actually prosecute those who violate the laws your propose putting in place. Subject: Re: HOW TO GOVERN A BACKWARD SIERRA LEONE Message: What Do you think about these issues I brought up. Subject: Re: HOW TO GOVERN A BACKWARD SIERRA LEONE Message: Subject: Re: HOW TO GOVERN A BACKWARD SIERRA LEONE Message: Subject: HOPELESS PESSIMISTS MUST REPENT NOW! Message: I am not an EBK fanatic but a hopeful Sierra Leonean and I pray that this new APC administration succeeds, because we have no more room and time for anything less. Now Kotho Wiri Wiri dae piray say way ei don ket simol light nar Firiton, leh boku lite cam for the one wole Firiton en nex tem ar dae piray say leh lite came all oba the one wole Saralone. All dem simol simol ton dem all for ket lite. Subject: THE LIGHTS ARE ON IN FREETOWN Message: Subject: Re: THE LIGHTS ARE ON IN FREETOWN Message: In all, I say thanks for the electricity start so far, so much for will power matched by action. Subject: Re: THE LIGHTS ARE ON IN FREETOWN Message: Subject: SAME LIGHT CAME WHEN SLPP WAS IN POWER Message: Subject: Re: THE LIGHTS ARE ON IN FREETOWN Message: Subject: Re: THE LIGHTS ARE ON IN FREETOWN Message: Subject: Re: THE LIGHTS ARE ON IN FREETOWN Message: Subject: Re: THE LIGHTS ARE ON IN FREETOWN Message: Subject: HOW ABOUT SOME ARTWORK FOR THE LADY Message: Subject: Re: HOW ABOUT SOME ARTWORK FOR THE LADY Message: Subject: Re: HOW ABOUT SOME ARTWORK FOR THE LADY Message: Subject: Re: HOW ABOUT SOME ARTWORK FOR THE LADY Message: All of dat nar vanity. Me wef nor dae rub all dat en ee still fine nar me yai. Subject: rest in peace to our brothers and sisters that died today Message: Subject: A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE U.S. CAMPAIGN TRAIL.... Message: Unfortunately for Mitt and Rudy, their strategy worked too well. The Evangelical voters whom they so craved became sufficiently wary and distrustful of Moslems but instead of rushing to either gentleman's camp, the evangelical extended their loathing to the Mormons (Mitt Romney's religion) and Catholics (Rudy Giuliani's party). The Southern Baptists and Evangelicals are instead flocking to Mike Huckabee, the Southern Baptist preacher-candidate. Mike Huckabee is now on fire whereas the Mitt and Rudy show is sputtering. Serves them right. Those who use hate as a strategy for power are bound to be bitten in the rump by the monster they generate. True in the States, Rwanda....and Sierra Leone. Subject: This is not good Message: Subject: CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT Message: As you know, I have the greatest respect for you as a journalist. Could you please confirm the rumour of your appointment as Director of Communications in Bai Koroma's government? Regards, Subject: DIFFERENTIATING THE TIME VALUE OF MONEY FROM DEVALUATION Message: "The value of "one dollar" fifty years ago was "twenty-one cents." I do not see the U.S. government going crazy in trying to pair its current value to its value fifty years ago. What is important in today's value of the dollar is its ability to give the consumer the same value what buying a product devoid of inflation. Most folks that bought houses twenty five years ago paid a meager $50,000, and that same house is today selling for a whopping $300,000. Are current buyers telling sellers they only paid $50,000 and now asking for $300,000 for the same house? I think not." Makeni Pikin: My friend, your error, sadly, appears to be one of comprehension. Specifically, you do not appear to understand the meaning of the time value of money. As a result, you also fail to understand the difference between inflation and devaluation. Hopefully, the following simplified explanation would help remove the apparent confusion in your mind: The concept of the time value of money refers to the very simple fact that money received today is worth more than money to be received at a future date. There are several reasons why this is true. Among them are the fact that in a normal market economy, the money you receive today earn interest until a future date, and the fact that the usual rise in prices over time (inflation) would make the money to be received in the future buy less goods and services than the money received today can buy right now. The crucial point that underlies -- and validates -- the concept of the time value of money is, sadly, one that you missed. It is that critical omission on your part which led you to erroneously equate the time value of money with devaluation. That point is a very simple one, namely: The time value of money results entirely from the operation of direct market forces such as interest rates, prices and time. By stark contrast, a devaluation is not the result of any direct market forces since it is a mere announcement made by a government that its country's currency is now worth less previously in relation to other currencies. This point, in the case of SL, was made very clearly in our proposal to reverse the devaluation of the Leone when we noted that the devaluation of the Leone in 1979 was not the result of any supportive economic factors but one which flew in the face of economic principles which make a devaluation that would wildly succeed in a typical Western country, an unmitigated disaster in the very different typical African economy like SL's.. Therefore, whereas there can be NO question about the basis of the time value of money -- since it is based on relatively independent, direct market forces, there ARE questions that may be validly raised in the case of a devaluation because, unlike the time value of money, a devaluation results not directly from the operation of market forces but from a mere policy announcement that may or may not be justified by underlying market forces. Thus, equating the time value of money to devaluation is akin to equating apples to oranges: Neither makes any sense. My longstanding opposition to the IMF-instigated devaluation of the Leone in 1979 is that it makes no sense since the only possible result of a devaluation is to produce hyper inflation, low consumer demand, leading to the closing of factories and other suppliers, which in turn lead to unemployment, that then leads to lower incomes, leading to lower consumer demand, which then leads to more factory and other suppliers closing -- as the vicious cycle of poverty restarts all over again and continues in greater and greater intensity unless and until an external intervention stops it. The above scenario, which I predicted in 1979, is exactly what has happened in SL in the past 28 years -- exactly as I predicted it would. There are only two effective ways to stop and reverse such a vicious cycle of poverty. As I explained in my posting earlier today (please see the link below), that is either through massive governmental spending or a reversal of the devaluation. We suggest a devaluation because, as I explained in the posting this morning, it more directly and effectively addresses the extreme poverty precipitated by the original devaluation. Hopefully, you and those who think like you, are now able to make the simple -- but crucial -- distinction between the time value of money and devaluation. It is from that realization that, hopefully, you would finally understand that it makes no economic sense to equate the two very different concepts. Finally, allow me to duly point out another misunderstanding of our proposal evident in your following statement: "As I mentioned in my earlier postings, forget about pairing the dollar to the leone and start focusing on how to strengthen the value of the leone in a floating market." A more careful reading of our proposal would have enabled you to understand that at no time did we advocate "pairing the dollar to the leone." Indeed, we advocated just the OPPOSITE -- allowing the Leone to compete with the dollar. It is clearly a measure of your failure to understand our proposal that you would now suggest that we "forget about pairing the dollar to the leone and start focusing on how to strengthen the value of the leone in a floating market." It makes no sense to suggest that without acknowledging that that is in fact our original proposal -- unless of course, sadly, you did not understand what we wrote in the first place. Best regards, Mohamed A. Jalloh Subject: Re: DIFFERENTIATING THE TIME VALUE OF MONEY FROM DEVALUATION Message: Subject: Re: DIFFERENTIATING THE TIME VALUE OF MONEY FROM DEVALUATION Message: Bad faith, all over. respond to the issues. if you think Mohm's economics is quack, why are you not proving it, if you can? Word nar mot nor to load nar ade. Subject: Re: DIFFERENTIATING THE TIME VALUE OF MONEY FROM DEVALUATION Message: Subject: Re: DIFFERENTIATING THE TIME VALUE OF MONEY FROM DEVALUATION Message: Subject: Re: DIFFERENTIATING THE TIME VALUE OF MONEY FROM DEVALUATION Message: Subject: Deadly explosions rock Freetown - 17 DEAD.. Message: Subject: Re: Deadly explosions rock Freetown - 17 DEAD.. Message: Subject: Re: Deadly explosions rock Freetown - 17 DEAD.. Message: The explosion tore through a shop owned by a Lebanese trader in Freetown which was packed with people buying second-hand clothing for the festive season, fire officials said. A further five people were seriously injured, police said. Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana said authorities would carry out a thorough investigation into the cause of the accident. Sierra Leone is struggling to recover from a 1991-2002 civil war which killed more than 50,000 people and devastated the infrastructure of the former British colony. Many buildings in the coastal capital remain dilapidated, with piping and electricity cables exposed. With state power supplies unreliable, most buildings rely on diesel generators for light and gas stoves for cooking. (Reporting by Christo Johnson, writing by Daniel Flynn) Subject: Re: Deadly explosions rock Freetown - 17 DEAD.. Message: Subject: Re: Deadly explosions rock Freetown - 17 DEAD.. Message: A further five people were seriously injured, police said. Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana said authorities would carry out a thorough investigation into the cause of the accident. Sierra Leone is struggling to recover from a 1991-2002 civil war which killed more than 50,000 people and devastated the infrastructure of the former British colony. Many buildings in the coastal capital remain dilapidated, with piping and electricity cables exposed. With state power supplies unreliable, most buildings rely on diesel generators for light and gas stoves for cooking. http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=108399 -------------------------------------- Subject: Female Circumcision : To cut or not to cut ? Message: Female Circumcision : To cut or not to cut ? The debate heightens among Sierra Leoneans If FGC backers cannot, for some reason(s), back-off from this traditional practice, then please provide answers to the following questions also: 1) from the passage above why did God not ask mother Sarah to be circumcised like father Abraham, if female circumcision was on His plan or mind? 2) If it was wrong in the past for men to be castrated and made inoffensive eunuchs, then why must it be right for women to undergo female genital cutting to desensitize or weaken their sexual urge and pleasure? 3) If it was also wrong for rebels of RUF to hack off or amputate limbs of thousands of ordinary civilians during the past decade-long civil conflict in SL, why then must it be right for the Soweis of Bondo Secret Society to mutilate or cut-off the clitoris, which is an organ analogous to the penis? I am sure it suffices much to say that FGC victims need the same assistance and counseling given to amputees. Of course, they too need closure and must be given care or reparation like any other for that matter. Whatever the reason(s), FGC is done mainly to please men. And the sooner there is a behavioral change among men especially those of Poro Societies, including "Gumbumois" who are forbidden (for the sake of so-called cleanliness) to have sex with uncircumcised women, the sooner it will become history or a thing of the past. In my own view the vices of FGC are much more than the exploitation of minerals. For whilst the former is done on the human body the latter is not. This makes me say unequivocally that FGC is not only a woman but a human right issue, for which reason everyone irrespective of gender must be involved to extirpate it. The call to outlaw this wicked practice is about alleviating (psychological/emotional) pain and suffering of the victims, but most important is about preserving life and blood of the defenseless- the safety of mother and her unborn child. Like I wrote in early July 2007 on the same FGC the Sowei mask, contrary to representing the spirits of fecundity and allegorical of the ideals of feminine beauty and comportment, is highly revered among its members because it is regarded as a deity embodying divine powers of nurturing and healing from the waters. Its deep black color is reminiscent of the depths of the river from where it emerges. And its neck-rings symbolize those of concentric waves or ripples that form as its head breaks through the surface of the waters. This is why every Bondo Sacred bush is along either a river, rivulet or stream. Furthermore, the initiate after eating the Sowei's "Holy Communion", which is an exiguous diet called jumboi (in Mende) that may contain the cooked clitoris, then takes an oath not to discuss the secrecy of FGC to the uncircumcised or else risk suffering enteritis, the inflammation of the intestines. In short, FGC is a witchcraft activity and demonic from the underworld of marine spirits. Powers of darkness know this truth, but the spiritually blind do not and even advocate its continuity for the sole purpose of upholding a deceptive tradition. Just because it has been practiced for many centuries does not make it right to continue sans fin. Of course, there is a spiritual issue involved in FGC. Anyone who has dreamt of a Sowei mask devil in his/her sleep will certainly agree of encountering a terrible nightmare followed by a bad day or miscarriage by the pregnant. The same is true for all other mask devils, including Gorboi, Ariogbo, and Ojeh from the Igballeh of Obassai. All of these are pagan practices, yet members play double standard by also professing belief in the almighty God. They waver between Baal worship and that of their true Maker. Incredible! People, including Freemasons of the occult world gathering in dark suits by King Jimmy along Lightfoot Boston Street need deliverance to be freed from fear of the consequences of coming out of these heathenish practices. Light must be shed on these clandestine activities and altars of darkness. But where are the Religious Leaders of sharp moral edge to give direction to those going astray and the devil a bloody nose on these serious matters? Certainly, some are strong members of these underworld groupings even though in the house of God too. Others are just being cowards to lay their life on the line to take head on these secret societies plaguing the country. They love their life and comfort zone. That notwithstanding, everything is now ready for firebrand Elijah to once again appear on the stage to the delight of the Lord God almighty. A time is coming soon when the faith of all will be tested through the crucible as heaven and earth get shaken one more time [Haggai 2:6] What I also find incomprehensible are those myopics who see anti-FGC outreach programs as the white man's own idea. I have no vestige of doubt in my mind that there are still those even among educated elite including Dr. Bangura Bangs of SL and President Thabo M''Beki of SA who are in total denial of the existence of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. I would not be surprised if there are fellows who might want to blame the white man for being black. To such intellectual arrogants the black man is still not yet of age and has no mind or will of his own to initiate something reasonable for humanity at large. But let us face it: even if the white man is involved in anti-FGC outreach programs so what? Is he not a human being like the black man? And is he also not involved in all aspects of our development? Why must he be the scapegoat for all our social malaise? Maybe I must also ask what great lessons of enlightenment have the white man learnt or sought from the blacks to add to his knowledge? While these questions are worth answering, however, hope we do not take our eye off the ball of FGC or out of context for that matter. Lastly, please find below some exchanges on FGC from other forum members. They do make a fascinating read. Those in blue are from the ladies; the second has a strong language with an "a" word, which I have tried to remove. Three guys sounded pro-FGC while another three were anti-FGC with quotations both from the Bible and Quran. Take a look and have fun. Happy holiday, MS. Subject: THE KEY TO SIERRA LEONE'S DEVELOPMENT (For AFK) Message: As I promised yesterday, I present below a detailed explanation of the key to restoring vibrancy to SL's economy -- restoring the purchasing power of S/Leoneans that had been ARTIFICIALLY gutted by the totally unnecessary devaluation of the Leone in 1979. It is a crucial point that I explained briefly yesterday when I noted in reply to your posting, viz. "To put it simply and briefly: Unless and until the severely diminished purchasing power of the people of SL is restored through the restoration of the value of the Leone in relation to major currencies, as described in our proposal to President Ernest Koroma, there will be no sustainable development in Sierra Leone. Here now is the full response referred to above: --- In SALONEDiscussion@yahoogroups.com, MohmJ@... wrote: Re: Why SL Will Not Develop Unless and Until Leone's Value is Restored A Plan to Alleviate Poverty in Sierra Leone Thank you for your expression of appreciation of my patriotic motive for sharing my ideas, in conjunction with my valuable co-authors, for developing our country. Your make some excellent points. They also appear to be sincere and driven by your own desire to see our country emerge from the wholly avoidable poverty to which it has been driven by the unpatriotic actions of a few but disproportionately destructive S/Leoneans aided and abetted by their foreign collaborators, especially the IMF and the World Bank. I agree with you that a robust manufacturing sector is a great boon to a country's development efforts. However, I would not go as far as to say that it is a prerequisite for a "viable economy" — which is the why we did not write that in our article. It is possible for a country to have a viable economy without "a highly impacted manufacturing sector" if it generates enough foreign exchange from other sectors to pay for its imports and if it has reliable access to those imports through foreign trade. So, while I would agree that it is preferable for a country to have a versatile manufacturing industry, I do not believe that it is strictly necessary for a country to develop. I totally agree with you that we had a thriving manufacturing industry in the late 1960's and 1970's, which is now all but dead. It is also true, as you noted, that since the 1970's SL's infrastructure — roads, electricity, etc. — have all gone the drain, just as have the manufacturing industry that requires those services in order to function properly. However, the root cause for our fledging manufacturing industry's spectacular collapse is not the absence of electricity or the lack of maintenance of roads — those are intermediate causes which can be more or less overcome if the most fundamental requirement for any manufacturer to succeed exists. That indispensable requirement is the presence of consumers for the manufactured products who are both willing and able to buy the manufacturers' products — what economists call demand. Which brings me to the most important lesson to be learnt from the collapse of SL's economy: Significantly, it is the absence of effective demand in SL's economy which — more than any other factor — contributed to the collapse of SL's manufacturing industry, in particular, and the rest of SL's economy, in general. In order to understand why the economy of SL will not thrive sustainably unless and until the value of the Leone is restored, one need only understand a simple but very important fact. That fact is that the sustained absence of effective consumer demand that entirely explains the catastrophic collapse of SL's economy resulted from the gargantuan loss of purchasing power affecting millions of S/Leoneans which started in the 1979 and accelerated through the 1980's to the present day. It is also a fact that the gargantuan loss of purchasing power that instantly impoverished millions of S/Leoneans was precipitated by a single, totally unnecessary — and therefore wholly avoidable — action taken in 1979 by the APC government of President Siaka Stevens at the instigation of the IMF. That needless harmful action was the devaluation of SL's currency, the Leone, from a superior value against the dollar of Le 0.80 = $1, to a more than 100% weaker value against the dollar of Le 2 = $1. Sadly for the people of SL, it is also a fact that the APC government ignored my openly published opposition to the proposed devaluation of the Leone, which I delivered at great personal risk from the notoriously vindictive and murderous President Stevens, in my article entitled, "Devaluation: A Rich Man's Cure," that was published in 1979 in the APC's own party newspaper, "We Yone." And so it came to pass, starting in 1979, as catastrophic inflation galloped through the economy, that the average S/Leonean's standard of living suffered a meltdown as each and every S/Leonean with assets held in Leones has now been made more than 375 THOUSAND percent poorer that he/she was prior to 1979. Against such a cataclysmic impoverishment of our hapless people by their own clueless government, is it any surprise that S/Leoneans are perennially ranked among the poorest in the world? Worse than foisting avoidable poverty on its people, unfortunately the SL government has actually compounded the problem it needlessly inflicted upon millions of S/Leoneans. It did so by failing to take timely, appropriate action to correct its gargantuan mistake that it made at the behest of the IMF in 1979 — a mistake that the World Bank and the IMF have since openly admitted only very recently, while adamantly and immorally refusing to pay restitution to their victims, the long-suffering people of SL. So, how have the political leaders whom our people have entrusted to run the affairs of our country over the past 30 years compounded the problem first created in 1979 by the leaders of the APC-SLPP coalition that imposed the poverty-spreading, IMF-instigated devaluation upon millions of their own people? They did so by failing to realize that no other country in the world has suffered such a catastrophic blow to the lifeblood of its economy — consumer demand — as SL has suffered without requiring a massive external intervention to recover. Not even the mightiest economy in the world — the American economy — was able to recover from the catastrophic loss of consumer demand that is known as the Great Depression. Described as the "worst and longest economic collapse in the history of the modern industrial world," the American Great Depression has had many factors fingered as its cause — from the stock market crash of 1929 to low prices for American farmers' products, to the crushing personal debt of American consumers. However, the one point on which there is no dispute is that the Great Depression coincided with a catastrophic loss of consumer demand. It is that truism that conclusively marks the coincidence of the current 28-year old unacknowledged great depression in SL since 1979 with the Great Depression in the United States between 1929 and 1941. It is a matter of historical record that for twelve long years, from 1929 to 1941, the Great Depression reduced the greatest economy in the world, America's, literally to its knees. Indeed, at the height of the Great Depression in 1933, nearly a quarter of the working-age population of the great USA — nearly 15 million Americans — was unemployed. It transformed millions of previously comfortably living Americans into jobless, homeless, bowl-carrying beggars on the streets of America — from New York to Washington, D.C., to Chicago all the way across the American heartland to Los Angeles on the other side of America. In order to put the much worse economic great depression of our own country into perspective, please note that the unemployment rate for S/Leoneans is estimated to be double the shocking number of unemployed Americans during the Great Depression! The lesson for SL — and the remaining hope of millions of S/Leoneans wishing to escape searing poverty over the past thirty years or so — lies in the answer to a crucial question, namely: How did the U.S. economy and its millions of catastrophically impoverished people recover from more than a decade of being among the poorest people on earth? The answer: Only through massive, sustained, infusion of demand coming from the new U.S. government that replaced the ineffective government of President Herbert Hoover. The administration of the newly-elected President Franklin Delano Roosevelt embarked upon unprecedented, massive spending on public projects. President Roosevelt also massively intervened in the American economy by introducing the New Deal — a collection of federal programs designed to address the poverty caused during the Great Depression. In an eerie parallel to our own newly-elected President Ernest Koroma in SL, who was elected due to public disaffection with the incompetent incumbent SLPP government, the new U.S. president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt had taken over from the incumbent President Herbert Hoover, who had been rejected by American voters for his ineffectiveness. But the parallel between America during the Great Depression and SL during our own current and even longer great depression do not end there. As was true for America under similar circumstances nearly eighty years ago, there exists in SL today the necessity for massive governmental intervention to break the vicious cycle of poverty in SL. It is an important point that my co-authors and I explicitly recognized in our proposal to restore the value of the Leone when we wrote about our own country's problem, viz. "Infrastructure has been depleted and the ability to maintain viability as a sovereign nation has rapidly decreased. The interruption of this cycle requires either massive external intervention, in general, or a controlled reversal of the currency devaluation, in particular." As you would recall from reading our article, we chose as a solution to breaking the vicious cycle of poverty in which SL has been gripped for the past 28 years, the controlled reversal of the devaluation of our currency. In other words we choose the restoration of the value of the Leone to its level in 1979 before it was needlessly and cluelessly devalued. We choose that alternative over massive SL government spending for a very obvious reason — the fact that it is addresses more directly and effectively the poverty of our people. In doing so, we do not advocate the abolishment of foreign exchange bureaus/money transfer businesses, as you unfortunately implied. On the contrary, we only state that their activities must be brought within the official banking system in order to increase the supply of foreign exchange that is critical to the success of the goal of reducing the exchange rate of the Leone against the dollar and other major currencies. I will end by congratulating you upon recognizing that corruption has to be eradicated or significantly minimized if our country is to develop to its fullest potential. It is an important point that my co-authors and I also duly made in our proposal to President Koroma. We did so when we set forth as an action item for the SL government, action to end smuggling, counterfeiting of the Leone and other violations of the exchange control regulations of our country. Fortunately, President Koroma is on record as stating that he will demonstrate "zero tolerance" for corruption. The people of SL now properly wait to see if President Koroma will match his patriotic words with action. I hope I have addressed your very cogent points. Thank you for your patriotic contribution to the search for a long-overdue solution to our country's largely self-inflicted problems. Best regards, Mohamed A. Jalloh Subject: Re: THE KEY TO SIERRA LEONE'S DEVELOPMENT (For AFK) Message: Subject: Re: THE KEY TO SIERRA LEONE'S DEVELOPMENT (For AFK) Message: My friend, to the extent that 'the principle of "no free lunch"' is valid, it clearly does not apply to Western actions in Africa -- since the IMF and the World Bank have admitted making "mistakes"in the economies of Africa, but so far they have gone free. As regards your question ("what gains was the Stevens Govt. expecting to realize by subscribing to IMF conditionalities in 1979 that has monumetally contributed to the demise of our economy?"), the answer is: IMF loans. Finally, in regard to your question ("was it willful or were the head of departments ineffective forecasting/executing their duties?"), the answer is that each and every civil servant who participated in the decision were clearly derelict in their duties. For those who knew of my warning to the APC government not to succumb to the demonstrably inappropriate devaluation of the Leone published in the We Yone newspaper in SL in 1979, they were clearly acting wilfully. Subject: Re: THE KEY TO SIERRA LEONE'S DEVELOPMENT (For AFK) Message: Subject: Re: THE KEY TO SIERRA LEONE'S DEVELOPMENT (For AFK) Message: Oenviablillay [Laugh]: The answer to your question is: "The same way that our own country can avoid dealing with the IMF when they are in financial straits" -- by relying on one or more of the sources of funding we recommend to the Sierra Leone government for financing the restoration of the value of the Leone. Please refer to the published article in the pioneering Patriotic Vanguard for details. With regard to your final question ("Apart from good managerial skills, how can such poor partners thrive over the exploitative designs of their Western overlords?") the answer is that they must concentrate on economic activities in which they have a comparative advantage over their trading partners. Then, each partner should develop that activity(ies) to the most vertically integrated limit (e.g., in the case of diamonds, not just exporting uncut diamonds, but polishing them and marketing them right up to the retailer -- the penultimate stage before the last stage of consumer purchase. Thereby, each country would extract the largest feasible gain from its economic activities rather than leaving the bulk of the value added to foreign companies and other entities which use the poor African countries as a source of cheap raw materials for their lucrative vertically integrated industries. Subject: Re: SO-CALLED KEY TO SIERRA LEONE'S DEVELOPMENT (For AFK) Message: I am surprised that you are still into this imported-can-of-soft-drink parity gibberish. When are you going to be fed up with such trash? Someone like you should by now understand that no nation or multinational organization on earth is ever going to restore the leone's predevaluation exchange value by simply providing a gift of $3,000.00 for each Le1.00 outstanding so as to restore leone-dollar parity "prior" to IMF devaluation as is being implied. Besides, the exchange rate between the leone and the dollar was not always $1.00 = Le3,000.00. At Independence, it was Le1.00 = $1.50. So, if we are today to restore the leone to its once glorious rate of Le1.00 = to $1.50 then each leone outstanding today would require a gift of $4,500.00 for it to be restored to its original exchange value. Who on earth will ever be so crazy as to provide such a restoration? And if you can pull of such magic for Sierra Leone, why not restore the currencies of other flunky, over-minted nations to their pre-devaluation exhange values? For you information, during the seventies the Ghanaian cedi which at Independence in 1957 was equaled to $1.50, carried an exchange rate of 10,000 cedis to one dollar. Why? Because the country was corruptly and stupidly governed and the cedi was over minted. Today, the situation is much different. Currently, $1.00 is equivalent to 0.93 Ghanaian cedi. Why? Because of far smarter and less corrupt governance in recent times than during the seventies. Besides, the human quality in Ghana has improved significantly through education and home training leading to more productive economic policies and practices as well as beneficial social policies. Thus, it is the Ghanaians who restored their currency value through productive activities and not a magician appearing from somewhere with gifts to "restore" their currency's value. Likewise, for any significant appreciation in the purchasing power of the leone to be realized, the solution are increases in good conduct and productive activities by Sierra Leoneans as well as no over printing of the leone ever. The IMF was right in prescribing devaluation because SL was reeling from payments imbalances caused by over-consumption, under-production, corruption, over-minting and low productivity in both the public and private sectors. Please do waste time with any stupid fool. Thank you. - JL Subject: Re: SO-CALLED KEY TO SIERRA LEONE'S DEVELOPMENT (For AFK) Message: Subject: Re: KEY TO SIERRA LEONE'S DEVELOPMENT (For AFK) Message: Please don't take this as an invitation to display your rudeness. Just please answer the question. I am more interested in finding out if you know what you talking about than how rude you are. Subject: Re: SO-CALLED KEY TO SIERRA LEONE'S DEVELOPMENT (For AFK) Message: Subject: Re: KEY TO SIERRA LEONE'S DEVELOPMENT (For AFK) Message: The question you failed to answer, which any sober person would have answered, is: how would prescribing devaluation because SL was reeling from payments imbalances cure the balance of payments imbalances of Sierra Leone? Your answer: A big fat yaing!Just a long, illiterate silence! That to me is typical John Leigh -- always talking nonsense and thinking it is sensible becaue you are just too ignorant to recognize nonsense, even when it is so close -- coming from you. Look, John Leigh, it is obvious you don't like Mr. Jalloh. That is your right and he has a right to ignore you -- after all, you also don't like Charles Margai, another brilliant Sierra leonean like Mr. Jalloh, and Margai properly treats you with contempt also. But you don't have a right to spew nonsense amidst a serious discussion of national issues. Especially when it is obviosu you know nothing about devalaution. It is even worse because you and your fellow corrupt SLPP misfits contributed to the mess that Mr. Jalloh is trying to help the new APC clean up. Grow up, John Leigh. The time when your rude kind held sway over the destruction of Sierra leone's economy is long gone. This here is a new Sierra Leone, under a new APC, where there is light -- so darkness-dwellers like you, John Leigh, can remain in your subterranean habitats where you can continue to wallow in ignorance and envy of those who don't even know you and your ilk exist. Don't come and bring your backwardness and darkness where there is now nothing but light -- the new Sierra Leone under the new sun, thanks to the APC's Ernest Koroma and patriots like Charles Margai and Mohamed Jalloh. Lonta. Subject: Koroma's Statement of Intent Message: We are free to comment on the broader picture as people celebrate over the arrival of the generators …. but there's another refreshing analysis one can derive from the scenes of jubilation and that is … The ordinary Sierra Leonean is one that can appreciate and show understanding where the intention is good. People don't actually care about the super facilities of the heavenly rich personalities. All we advocate for are just basic amenities …. because ….. given the circumstances of our bring up …. we've learnt to economize with the little we can afford …. maneuver with limited resources and create a happy atmosphere. Reminiscence bloomed in my mind when I thought of my trips to the provinces ….. someone with a small tape recorder …. will sacrifice some Leones in the purchase of batteries and entertain the rest of the commuters on the bus with music! With electricity …… the soul of our country's social fabric is re-instated - people will go embark on the creation of powered avenues that will emancipate their social status! Not too much that we ask for ….. just basic amenities! It appears as if the APC has read the psychology 'in and out' and are prepared to capitalize on it for the good of the country. When the party took the throne, they stepped in on the red carpet. [Of all colours, I wonder why the white man chose the symbolic 'red'] By his performance, EBK stands to unfold the bundled end of the carpet into an endless future. Who knows! It could unfold …… unfold …….. unfold …… and unfold ……….. until it reaches the feet of Omar Bongo!!! It would be wise for the SLPP folks to just remain silent [mute spectators] if they can't join in the celebrations! Any negative comment at this point in time …. when the momentum is at it's peak …. the mood of the people is euphoric …….. the emotions are over-flowing …. Any negative comment will be considered subversive and tantamount to treachery! From a starkly realistic point of view, it will read as the torment and distraction that emanates from an unpatroitic enemy of national progress because ….. people are anticipating better things to come and they won't need any distracters to blur the vision of our heavenly sent political missionaries. Subject: Re: Koroma's Statement of Intent Message: "Any negative comment will be considered subversive and tantamount to treachery! From a starkly realistic point of view, it will read as the..." What a big muddle! Subject: Re: Koroma's Statement of Intent Message: Good comments although I do not believe Mensa is UK5. APC stalwarts like Mensa believe that Sierra Leoneans owe the APC government something for discharging its own duties. Hell, considering the fact that this "makeshift" electrification is being accomplished with borrowed funds that carry usurious interest rates, what is there to be jubilant about? Besides, was it not the first APC government that did away with electricity. Bo una lef we ya. Subject: Re: Koroma's Statement of Intent Message: In as much as we commend the APC government for lighting up Freetown in less than three months in government,they should not take this as the end all to the electricity problem. We need sustainable and affordable power supply. APC has scored a big point within the shortest time in government. But this success should not be used as a propaganda material, but as their duty to the nation. Subject: Re: Koroma's Statement of Intent Message: "APC has scored a big point within the shortest time in government. But this success should not be used as a propaganda material, but as their duty to the nation." I endorsed your quote above. I think Sierra Leone is at a crucial stage. During the election, many of us argued that it was the last chance for Sierra Leone to move foward. Now that the election is over, Sierra Leoneans should support the APC president to accomplish what he promised the nation. I will oppose the government of any undemocratic moves or acts that would bring dawn Sierra Leone. President Koroma, promised lights as a priority within 90 days of his presidency. He is about to deliver his promised. There are clear signs, thus far, that Koroma is committed to make a difference in Sierra Leone. Tejan Kabba on the other hand made bogus promises to build Lungi bridge and re-installed the railway. He did not stop there but continued to make false promises right up to election day. Why? Tejan Kabba brought shame not only to the SLPP but the country and every educated person. For those like myself who critized the SLPP, the party of my birth, President Koroma's undaubted commitment to develop Sierra Leone is now presenting us with the greatest test of our patrotism. I chosed my country before party when it became clear to me that the SLPP became arrogant, failed and incapable of delivering. Faced with the same choice I will choose development before party politics. That to me is patrotism Subject: CORNELIUS HAMELBERG, WHERE ART THOU? Message: Subject: Re: CORNELIUS HAMELBERG, WHERE ART THOU? Message: Subject: Re: CORNELIUS HAMELBERG, WHERE ART THOU? Message: Subject: MERRY X-MASS Y'ALL......WISDOM OF OUR ELDERS. Message: 1.PROVERBS ARE THE DAUGHTERS OF EXPERIENCE.(Sierra Leone) 2.DON'T LOOK WHERE YOU FALL BUT WHERE YOU SLIPPED.(Liberia) 3.KNOWLEDGE IS LIKE A GARDEN;IF IT IS NOT CULTIVATED, IT CANNOT BE HARVESTED.(Guinea) 4.AN INTELLIGENT ENEMY IS BETTER THAN A STUPID FRIEND.(Senegal) 5.EGGS HAVE NO BUSINESS DANCING WITH STONES.(Haiti) 6.WHEN A MOUTH STUMBLES,IT IS WORSE THAN THE FOOT.(West Africa-Oji) 7.A NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN,BUT AN OLD BROOM KNOWS THE CORNERS.(Virgin Islands) 8.BEFORE HEALING OTHERS,HEAL YOURSELF.(Gambia) 9.THE ONE BEING CARRIED DOES NOT REALISE HOW FAR AWAY THE TOWN IS.(Nigeria) 10.INSTRUCTION IN YOUTH IS LIKE ENGRAVING IN STONE.(Morocco) 11.YOU DON'T HAVE TO TURN AROND AND LOOK AT EVERY DOG THAT BARKS AT YOU.(Haiti) 12.IN A COURT OF FOWLS,THE COCKROACH NEVER WINS HIS CASE.(Ruanda/Burundi) 13.THE RUIN OF A NATION BEGINS IN THE HOMES OF ITS PEOPLE.(West Africa-Ashanti) 14.A DOG HAS FOUR FEET BUT HE DOES NOT TRAVEL FOUR ROADS AT ONCE.(Haiti) 15.YOU CAN'T CARRY TWO FACES UNDER ONE HAT.(Jamaica) 16.PLENTY SITS STILL;HUNGER IS A WANDERER.(South Africa-Zulu) 17.SAVE MONEY AND MONEY WILL SAVE YOU.(Jamaica) 18.AT THE GATE OF PATIENCE,THERE IS NO CROWDING.(Morocco) 19.AN EMPTY SACK CAN'T STAND UP;A FULL SACK CANNOT BEND.(Virgin Islands) 20.THE PRICE OF OF YOUR HAT ISN'T THE MEASURE OF YOUR BRAIN.(United States) Subject: Re: MERRY X-MASS Y'ALL......WISDOM OF OUR ELDERS. Message: Subject: Re: MERRY X-MASS Y'ALL......WISDOM OF OUR ELDERS. Message: 12.IN A COURT OF FOWLS,THE COCKROACH NEVER WINS HIS CASE.(Ruanda/Burundi) Here at cocorioko the court.. Subject: HOW CAN THIS COUNTRY BE AHEAD OF S.L.?? Message: Subject: OPTIMISM AND PESSIMISM IN SIERRA LEONE Message: Subject: Re: OPTIMISM AND PESSIMISM IN SIERRA LEONE Message: It is now becoming very clear after a new government has been put in place that those on the losing side have become unconfortable especially when its become apparent that this new government have what it takes to propell the country forward. Many people especially Bra Enviable, thought the new government is not capable of executing its promises so therefore, no need to worry as 2012 is just around the corner. Now that reality began to sink in, he has become confused, irate and unconfortable knowing quiet well that if the current trend of development continiues, then its game over for his SLPP comeback. Ignorance of facts is to blame for the above symptoms displayed by Bra Enviable. With all due respect Bra, you know quiet well that your SLPP's 11 years in power could have done a lot more than what the APC's 3 months in power have as time was on their side. But you blatantly ignored that fact and now you've become a writer, a persuader, a historian and a pompos critic of others. Please just be civil enough and accept that change is inevitable in our midst. Subject: Blood Diamond Executives Message: Herein in prose lies the truth about the ill treatment of the Kono people over their land and their natural resources in Sierra Leone, Kono district. Four armless Kono youths have been gunned down so far in recent demonstrations for better mining policies by mining securities and government police in the Kono district. Some of us saw it coming long time ago before it got out of hand; but we are only social commentators whose views could be easily dismissed by inattentive government officials. Please help to spread the news and seriousness of the crimes against humanity being committed against the Kono people over their God given natural resources – diamonds, by Blood Diamond Executives and their mining corporations, by rerunning this comment and the article below in your widely distributed print magazines, tabloids and online newspaper outlets. We hope the new government of H.E. President Ernest Bai Koroma will take action. A Secret With Endimbaekena: Growing up in Sierra Leone Karamoh Kabba When it rains, it pours: and this year, it has been pouring on and off throughout the rainy season, in mid August, when it rains for seven days and seven nights on end. It has been six days since the seven-days rain began. Food is in short supply, but not for the orchard in our backyard. Abounded by nutrients from the showers, it blooms with greenish and glossy leaves beneath films of dew that shed decaying red, brown, and black leaves that drench in dripping drains and carpet the orchard floor along the path from my mother's house. Green fruits hang heavy on the trees on both sides of a narrow path. Seedless mangoes and guavas with seeds as tough as tiny ball bearings. Beneath the belly of the hill 50 yards down the road, my mother's rice meadow is chubby with milky fillings, struggling to blossom on swampland previously excavated for diamonds. Yesterday's rain was a combination of torrential downpour, showers, and drizzles. A pall of darkness from overhanging clouds reigned over the orchard in a weather condition that was as gloomy as the prospect for the next meal. Yet we are imbued with anticipation for a prosperous upcoming dry season when the blooming orchard and rice meadow will swap their pale or green fruits for red or yellow produce. Sefadu is a densely populated metropolis of Kono district, with over 100,000 residents. My family lives on its southern edge. Downtown is flamboyantly lively around the clock. Daytime traders move helter-skelter along its sidewalks in search of good deals. Like pollinating flowers, wealthy merchants hoist double steel gates that display merchandise-crammed supermarkets on both sides of its main road. Diamond dealers line up plush cars in driveways and drive rugged trucks on parkways. A mushroom of theaters and nightclubs aglow with neon lights in the evenings is a typical Sefadu nightlife scene. Many residents here are diamond miners, but for some reason I do not know, my parents have little or no interest in diamond mining. This city suburb has become an attractive settlement for them, where even the previously excavated diamond fields are barely suitable for swampland rice cultivation. The constant blasting of granite for diamonds at two kimberlite dikes not too far down the road is a constant menace. We will run for our lives three miles, three times a day sometimes, as the dynamite from the twin dikes are set off in open-air blasting. We cannot afford to take chances any more since a rock killed our neighbor's daughter three years ago. For now, we depend on imported rice, which is also in short supply. We ate the only meal of the day late last night and I found it difficult to sleep because of a stomachache. It was one of those days that my mother barely makes it through — her daily struggle to provide us our daily bread. We often eat about two hours earlier, which gives me time for some activities before bedtime. Tomorrow will be the seventh day of the seven-days rain. Last night's rain was the heaviest. The sound of raindrops on the leaves of the orchard floor was soothing. It brought some succor that relieved my stomachache, which I got from sleeping too soon after eating too heavy, too late. The gentle muddle of all three types of rain on our corrugated zinc roof was comforting. It was like a ballad from smooth voices of traditional instruments: drums, ago-goes, kaylanes, and batas. I would barter my stomachache for a sound sleep throughout the night in this mix of what sounded like traditional tunes on the roof and the soothing raindrops in the orchard floor. I felt a slap on my back from my mother's bare hand that woke me up. Not only was I late for school, I had also urinated in my uniform shorts. "Who says you could sleep in your uniform pants?" she asked. I jumped down from my bunk bed, crossed my right hand over my shoulder blades down to my upper spine. I thrust my chest out, rubbed the spot, screamed with excruciating pain so loud that the rest of my eleven siblings lined up outside to look on in great fear. My mother's anger often trickles down on the entire family. At times like this, she recalls everyone's previous mischief and beats everyone at once in frustration, often leaving in her wake a pandemonium of crying children. Her belligerence does not interfere with her knack to turn a penny into two pennies. She is always in a hurry to do something or to go somewhere and has very little time for us. She has no room for petulance. It has been a difficult situation for me, especially when I see other children having playtime with their parents during P.T.A. meetings, which my mother has no time for. My father is just here; he comes in and goes out again. I do not quite understand his role in the family. If he contributes to our welfare, I do not know how. All that is visible is my mother's actions: she haggles in the marketplace with wholesalers to make ends meet, hoes the garden, weeds the rice meadow, cooks our meal, or simply cleans the house. "I thought you had your prayday (Ramadan) suit on yesterday when you left for the concert? How did you end up urinating in your uniform? Bane neh! Maobally." Whack! Whack! Her hands came down on my jaw right and left in quick succession. My jaw had been left vulnerable to her anger as I rubbed my back in pain from the first slap. "You are going to school regardless, in these wet trousers. Hurry-up!" she said. When she turned around, my siblings galloped away in fear. The prayday gown she took out for me to wear to the school concert yesterday was not appropriate for the occasion, but I had to go anyway because the concert was mandatory. She keeps the gown in her trunk for special days like yesterday. I actually have no other decent clothes. I have only one uniform that I wear Monday through Friday before she washes it on the weekend. It is always very shabby by the end of the school year. Though, it is the coolest set of clothes I have. I have much more self-confidence when I wear my uniform, unlike the well-kept prayday gown that is not so cool. My mother had just bought me a new uniform at the beginning of this school year: a pair of brown khaki shorts and a blue cotton shirt, tailored to my size by a youthful tailor. I particularly like the shorts, which have a French cut, with straight pockets on the sides, two back pockets, and three splits on each side of the front. It is not very common for a little boy to have a uniform that is so stylish. The shorts fit me so well that I hardly take them off after school. Indeed my mother has beaten me several times for failing to take them off after school. But I am fed up with wearing a gown or a locally weaved set of clothes and a little white hat like a little imam on every special occasion that I go to. "Here's a banana. Food will be ready by the time you return," she said and sent me off to the concert that evening. I had a banana for breakfast that morning before I left for school. These were green bananas she kept in a cupboard in her room, where they ripened slowly. On days that she does not have ripe bananas in the cupboard, she boils the green ones for us. She alternates bananas with mangoes or guavas. During harvest time in the dry season, she cooks enough rice to save some for us to eat at breakfast before we go to school. She keeps the bananas in her room so that we will not eat them all at once. But it is good she does that, because our house has many mice burrows. It is a large, seven-room mud brick house with an unfurnished living room that is dusty because it has no paving. The strong smell of ripe bananas and the food crumbs from our late dinners make it vulnerable to mice burrowing. In fact, the mice will eat the food stuck to bottom of our feet while we sleep if we do not wash them properly before bedtime. My mother cooks outside on a makeshift fireplace, tree large rocks that hold the pot over a log fire. When it rains, she moves the rocks to the veranda where they have been since the seven-days rain began. As soon as she engaged my elder sister in a discussion that evening, I sneaked back into the house, changed into my school khaki shorts and my sister's V-neck T-shirt, and left for the concert unnoticed. When I returned, I forgot to take the shorts off again. My mind was preoccupied with the conversation I had had with a female student who otherwise would have snubbed me in my little gown and hat. But my mother was too busy with dinnertime to notice who was wearing what. I ate my late dinner, washed it down with plenty of water, and went to bed watching the ceiling in a mix of great satisfaction about my concert night, pain from my stomachache, and soothing sound from the raindrops and the showers. In the morning, my mother escorted me halfway down the road in my wet pants, shouting and pushing the back of my head: "Hurry up before you are late." It was very embarrassing for me to go to school in a uniform that was drenched in my own urine. As soon as she left me alone to complete the rest of the long walk to school, I had another idea. Instead of going to school, I attempted to hang out with some wayward boys in the township. But they did not want me around. They always hang out on the street corners because they do not like to go to school. They gamble, pick pockets, and steal money and food from local merchants. They call me a coward because I do not have the nerve to join in their activities. It was inconceivable to me to go to school in soiled and stinking pants owing to the provocation I would attract. I have been the butt of provocation for many things, from ragged and dirty uniforms to bare feet to lack of money or food to eat during lunchtime at school. Thus, many students do not want to befriend me, which always attracts provocation upon those who do so. On days that I did not go to school, I would be all alone. At about 2 p.m., I sat in my usual lookout post on a concrete slab by a building in the Maraka compound. At a corner, at the edge of a cluster of houses, I sat hunched against the wall, patiently looking straight ahead for the women to come out with food remnants. There is always plenty of food here in this overpopulated immigrant community of Gambian diamond traders. The population here is dense, the area congested. The roofs of the houses almost touch each other. The drainage system is shoddy. Overflowing rubbish runs down half-open gutters into a little river called Mwende. Mwende runs down adjacent to the Maraka compound. I can see the women as they come to empty garbage bins and return to their houses. The stench of food, flooded gutters, and human waste is very strong in the afternoon at the Maraka compound. I can also smell fresh food from households that were either eating or dishing. At around this same time, every day, a waste truck pulls up to pump out human excrement from a latrine, or some broken pipes are oozing waste, especially those at the back of the buildings, forcefully emitting foul-smelling steam like mini volcanoes. Besides, the Maraka compound is entirely unlike everything in my own neighborhood, where our bodies feed on their own muscles during the rainy season. Basic human needs, from food to clothing, are plentiful here all year round. Even the food remnants that I am patiently waiting for is sufficient to feed several families a few miles south. As I pondered why these Maraka immigrants waste so much food while the locals go with empty stomachs, from where I was seated, I saw Endimbaekena, our family dog. Endimbaekena and Fidel were puppies when my brother and I found them at this same place just a few days after they were born. We snatched both puppies away before their mother returned from fending for food in the garbage bins and took them home. The other puppy was hot tempered and we named him Fidel because my brother and I had listened to a European evangelist who had mentioned in his sermon the name of a hot-tempered communist. A carpenter who needed a hot-tempered puppy took Fidel off our hands. I had brought Endimbaekena here once after that and he has since remembered to come back on time, on a daily basis. He was seated at a visible distance, but too focused to notice me. The acute concentration had overcome even his powerful olfactory sense. We were both looking in the same direction from different angles, in great expectation for the Maraka women to bring forth the food remnants to the trash bins. Many other dogs had also taken strategic positions. They too were waiting patiently for the women. But others growled, snarled, and barked at each other, making a brave dogs' battle spectacle. From over the rooftops on the opposite side from my position, vultures stretched their wings and let go their crooked-clawed clutch on mango trees close by the garbage bins in this no man's land, then landed on the bins in a single jump to scavenge on the carcasses. They scared away the agama lizards that were feeding there, and the lizards glided up the walls of the buildings in haste. Each time I cross Endimbaekena's path here, we both walk back home together, bellies full, and my mother expresses great appreciation and love for him. Indeed, she does not know of my secret with Endimbaekena. *Endimbaekena means "where there's little for survival." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Blood Diamond Executives Message: Subject: TIME VALUE OF MONEY Message: As I mentioned in my earlier postings, forget about pairing the dollar to the leone, and start focusing on how to strengthen the value of the leone in a floating market. To do that, we must start to produce more of our basic necessities at home and produce more products in order to balancing our trade defecit. We need two to three major industries that would allow us to meet this feat. That's all folks. Subject: Re: TIME VALUE OF MONEY Message: "The value of "one dollar" fifty years ago was "twenty-one cents." I do not see the U.S. government going crazy in trying to pair its current value to its value fifty years ago. What is important in today's value of the dollar is its ability to give the consumer the same value what buying a product devoid of inflation. Most folks that bought houses twenty five years ago paid a meager $50,000, and that same house is today selling for a whopping $300,000. Are current buyers telling sellers they only paid $50,000 and now asking for $300,000 for the same house? I think not." Makeni Pikin: My friend, your error, sadly, appears to be one of comprehension. Specifically, you do not appear to understand the meaning of the time value of money. As a result, you also fail to understand the difference between inflation and devaluation. Hopefully, the following simplified explanation would help remove the apparent confusion in your mind: The concept of the time value of money refers to the very simple fact that money received today is worth more than money to be received at a future date. There are several reasons why this is true. Among them are the fact that in a normal market economy, the money you receive today earn interest until a future date, and the fact that the usual rise in prices over time (inflation) would make the money to be received in the future buy less goods and services than the money received today can buy right now. The crucial point that underlies -- and validates -- the concept of the time value of money is, sadly, one that you missed. It is that critical omission on your part which led you to erroneously equate the time value of money with devaluation. That point is a very simple one, namely: The time value of money results entirely from the operation of direct market forces such as interest rates, prices and time. By stark contrast, a devaluation is not the result of any direct market forces since it is a mere announcement made by a government that its country's currency is now worth less previously in relation to other currencies. This point, in the case of SL, was made very clearly in our proposal to reverse the devaluation of the Leone when we noted that the devaluation of the Leone in 1979 was not the result of any supportive economic factors but one which flew in the face of economic principles which make a devaluation that would wildly succeed in a typical Western country, an unmitigated disaster in the very different typical African economy like SL's.. Therefore, whereas there can be NO question about the basis of the time value of money -- since it is based on relatively independent, direct market forces, there ARE questions that may be validly raised in the case of a devaluation because, unlike the time value of money, a devaluation results not directly from the operation of market forces but from a mere policy announcement that may or may not be justified by underlying market forces. Thus, equating the time value of money to devaluation is akin to equating apples to oranges: Neither makes any sense. Subject: Re: TIME VALUE OF MONEY Message: You make the leone equal to the dollar, without it being worth it, you'll never get rid of "black markit" you'll only make it worse. Furthermore, everyone will be rushing to change their Leones to Dollars. And if say the govt/Bank of Sierra Leone puts a crimp on that by tightening supply of Dollars even more, then what is the point? Let's worry about building a robust economy, with a strong export/foreign trade base. When that happens, international banks will start making the leone "available" to their business customers who'll want it to pay for their purchases if that's what our exporters want. This will set a demand based price for the Leone. But of course those smart exporters will be demanding dollars, pounds, euros yens and yuans. For those that still advocate this nonsense, I am looking at getting a new car in '08. I have a 7 year old car I would gladly trade for a 2 yr old or younger model. Subject: Re: TIME VALUE OF MONEY Message: 1) Produce cut and polished diamonds from rough diamonds (Angola did it) 2) Produce intermediates of Titanium from Rutile, such as Titanium chloride. 3) Produce steel intermediates from Iron Ore (Archelor Mittal just sank 1.7 billion dollars in Liberia's Iron Ore) 4) Produce Alumina from Bauxite (Guinea is building the factories for this right now). 5) This paradigm can be applied to a whole lot of agricultural products also. This will boost our manufacturing capacity, increase our forex reserves, create jobs....and strengthen our currency. Subject: Re: TIME VALUE OF MONEY Message: For example, we can and should not be producing enough rice to be self reliance. The current farming practice is over 100 years old and joint venture (JV) with partners in Asia should be sought to do this at commercial level. There are lot more with can do through JVs with established firms, like toothpaste, tomato puree/paste (we call it tin tamatis), washing up liquid, washing powder/soap, cooking oil, etc. As the cost involve in R&D is huge, a JV with existing firm to set up a manufacturing plant in SL is quite posssible. Subject: Re: TIME VALUE OF MONEY Message: There is nothing more basic and true than what you say.. Leones, fleons.. At the base level.. An economy that has to import the wax to make a candle. Subject: AN APPEAL TO FELLOW SIERRA LEONEANS Message: instead of cracking party jokes about this lady or that being a target for one or the other's roving eyes, or one person repeating the same personal attack under different titles day in, day out using a person's name for a headline who does not even pay the attacker any attention, why won't all of us engage in serious discussions? I join Chez in advising those whose insecurity makes them want to Ph.D. any serious sierra leonean (Pull Him Down) to direct their energy to more productive things -- like actually discussing issues. I join the other gentleman in asking all to respect the privacy of public figures, even if they are on television. To me that is a sign of an educated people -- they discuss ideas not people. Subject: Re: AN APPEAL TO FELLOW SIERRA LEONEANS Message: Your plea is undoubtedly well-meaning. However, the likelihood that it would produce the desired change in the behavior of those you cited is slim. This is because the history of S/Leoneans attests to the fact that the typical S/Leonean is swayed less by moral suasion than by the threat of punitive action. So, because it is the choice of this forum's administrators to largely eschew the use of sanctions, one would expect that the typical S/Leonean would indeed tend to act like a typical S/Leonean -- just as liquids tend to find their own level. My humble advice is that you try as far as possible to avoid being tainted by those given to anti-social antics as the inexorable law of nature takes its course. Best regards, Moh'm Subject: A TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF JALLOH'S KOHKOHNOMICS BY A CKC ALUM Message: As usual, I don’t expect you to learn anything from anyone on this forum. You are too arrogant and too full of yourself to learn and to take corrections. Here is what I expect from you; Follow Ups: Post a Followup Name : Subject: Re: A TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF JALLOH'S KOHKOHNOMICS BY A CKC A Message: I find it very hard to understand why like minds cannot exploratively reason with each other to help resolve an aching problem. If a common design is thought after, we will have a better society. What I see is one attempting o outshine the other. Some years back I watched Kenny Roger Dolly Parton and Willie nelson on stage doing a trio. These rivals but they were able to satisfy their audience giving them value for money. They joked about how each other took the other's part in a specific track. Such is a progressive world. I would love to see how our economists through complementarity engage in fruitful and meaningful discourses. Subject: OPTIMISM AND PESSIMISM IN SIERRA LEONE Message: Subject: Re: OPTIMISM AND PESSIMISM IN SIERRA LEONE Message: Subject: Re: OPTIMISM AND PESSIMISM IN SIERRA LEONE Message: The people waited and through our efforts your party cn celebrate along with our people. lets celebrate fen plaba Subject: Re: OPTIMISM AND PESSIMISM IN SIERRA LEONE Message: Subject: Re: OPTIMISM AND PESSIMISM IN SIERRA LEONE Message: Subject: Re: OPTIMISM AND PESSIMISM IN SIERRA LEONE Message: Subject: Re: OPTIMISM AND PESSIMISM IN SIERRA LEONE Message: Subject: Re: OPTIMISM AND PESSIMISM IN SIERRA LEONE Message: Blessed and have a merry Christmas Subject: My Christmas gift to the FORUM Message: Sometimes i wonder why we progress little.. I have emailed 4 salone online newpapers.. And not 1 responded with a quote..a free estimate.. or cost.. Whats wrong with you NEWSPAPER people....SLOW.. or indifferent..or just nor lek money???? SORRY I i have to come out here Rev KANU you can . charge me.. or send me a quote.. Or take 10 minutes FREE on me..or take revenue generation tru adverts seriously...some of us want to sell..but cant wait till you come back from freetown.. www.callingcardsforafrica.com Subject: Re: My Christmas gift to the FORUM Message: Subject: Re: My Christmas gift to the FORUM Message: I believe our people have awakened and good businesses will spring up in due course. let hope be preserved in us as in a fortress - we shall see spring. Subject: Re: My Christmas gift to the FORUM Message: Please send YOUR advertisement and someone will get back to you with a competitive price. Subject: Re: My Christmas gift to the FORUM Message: 5 days ago...and before that 9 days ago... Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently: ------------------------------------------------------ allafrica.com Just want to bring the message home to my brethren that we offer calls to africa.. CHEAPER than grocery store cards..Cheaper than BOSS.. How about you contacting me if you want to take some of my money.. while helping Sierra Leoneans/Anyone else...Ghanians, bangladeshi, belgian etc.. call Home for 10 MINUTES FREE on me.. Or just get your own 10 MINUTES FREE at our following addresses.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And Foday.. if man get small tin.. man dey donate to APC 2015.. so nor worry.. ah dey with you, all calls from the igbaleh at somerset is on me 2015.... Subject: FAO: SYL JOHNNY - ON NEPOTISM Message: I liken our loss to a relationship I had. I was so loved that I became complacent and one day I realised, when I opened my windows that I was not the only man on this earth - self delusion overtook. Syl, Chez Winakabs is an acronym for Winston Alusine kabia living in Europe WIN Winston A Alusine KABS Kabia Chez is a French word meaning - to, at, his place, etc. It is a name I go by in all my dealings - business as well as private. It simply means to/at Winston Alusine labia’s. I put the country before party politics. Syl, I should not be involved in party politics as it comprises my belief in putting my country above everything else. When I saw the mess kebab was taking us to, I decided to refrain from supporting people who have their eyes closed. Everything was going wrong from 2002. I am trained to be more of a humanitarian, understanding people's needs and a country's needs for it’s than politics. It is a shame that the politicians are not able to aspire for more noble and honourable goals that will make the nation forever indebted to them. Concerning the issue of the sackings and northernisation - it is advisable for those affected to collectively challenge their sackings through the proper channels. The Sierra Leone Labour Congress (SLLC) can help advice these individuals. Failing that, they can appeal to other international bodies like the ILO, ICFTU through the SLLC and Human Rights Watch. The importance of such is that they will re-echo their concerns and can investigate or appeal to the government to stop such practices as they can be fuel for disastrous consequences. A good case will garner support for the cause. We are not alone. I pray you try to understand why try to talk to the good brother to be cautious of unfounded stories. Syl, try calling NACSA and they will tell you that the second boss and others are Mendes from south-eastern Sierra Leone. Another way to curb the practice of northernisation or nepotism is to set up an independent watch group on positive discrimination to monitor and evaluate. Positive discrimination is an aspect of concern in conflict management and peace-building. Such a body could attract international funding. If you curb positive discrimination, you are preventing the kind of civil strife that visited us. Subject: Re: FAO: SYL JOHNNY - ON NEPOTISM Message: We (SLPP) had all the opportunity to make our people better. The basics we could not deliver - I am ashamed that we sat in darkness for so long because of the greed and selfishness of a few people. Congratulations to you APC. What you have done in 90 days we could not do in ten years. What a way to comeback - with real style. I hope it stays that way. I do not give a hoot if you are to be in power for the next 50 years so long as the country is on course to gradual development and the people getting the basic necessities of life. I tend to ignore tribalism - I can now see why most of my suspects are always having problems. They hate others for the reason that they are from another tribe. I put myself beyond tribalistic rivalry. Do you know how much I suffer with these fools and yet they show no concern about my development. I am conscious of what i am doing - I put the love of the country before everything else. Stay blessed and thank you for the advice. Subject: Re: FAO: SYL JOHNNY - ON NEPOTISM Message: Theseare the guys that wanted to maintain the status quo and when that fails, they start pointing fingers. People like Syl would like the APC to fail because it would give them an opportuinty to say "aha I told you so". His one of the most unpatriotic sychophants on this forum. He is very atypical of the unpatriotic sierra leone and one of the most dangerous ones at that because they believe that all good ideas should emanate from them. Peple like Syl suffer from a paucity of ideas but they do not even know that they do and that is very dangerous. Sylvester Johnny is NOT his real name. He hides behind a moniker so that his real identity would not be revealed for the world to see him as he really is. Chez I have always respected you as an adversary but you should distance yourself from imbeciles like Johnny. A word to the wise. Subject: Moderator - what happened to Syl Johnny and Sheku kallon pos Message: Subject: who is this aisha? Message: Subject: Re: who is this aisha? Message: http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/sesay.isha.html Subject: Re: who is this aisha? Message: Subject: THE GOOD OLD DAYS MAY YET RETURN TO OUR COUNTRY -- For Boli Message: "I had almost forgotten Pa Temple. I was your 'borbor'. It must have been in 1975/76 as I had just completed my A levels and I was always in admiration of you, and you were a great source of advice and inspiration. I have left the motherland for quite a while now and have lost contact with the folk at SLEC. I am loathe to give my email address on a public forum, but I am sure I will find a way to send you my address. From your postings, you have not lost the serious minded side you displayed when we 'worked' together and I am not surprised but happy about your achievements. (was that work) Gone are the days. I hope you do not be president one day, because I will be accused of 'brown nosing' to get a job from you......lol You have been and will continue to be an inspiration in my life and God bless you and yours." Boli: Thank you for your reply. I accept your gracious compliments with humility. You display the decorum and good faith that used to be a common trait among many fellow S/Leoneans during those good old days of the 1970's in Freetown when you could have a filing lunch for less than 20 cents in our own currency, the the stronger-that-the-dollar Leone. Indeed, I remember spending only 5 cents to ride a poda-poda, 6 cents to buy a bottle of coca-cola, 7 cents to buy a luncheon meat sandwich from tall Sawyerr's little counter at St. Edward's Secondary School near the table tennis tables, and later, only 10 cents to pay for a taxicab ride from Model at Circular Road to my student dorm at Fourah Bay College, after spending less than Le 2 at Record Parade in the center of swinging Freetown having a good time with friends of both sexes from 1 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on a lazy, relaxing Saturday with not a youthful worry in sight! Yes indeed, you bring back memories of the good old days when we were growing up in a Freetown where black-outs were so rare that when we had one it as time to march down Mount Aureol to State House to confront then President Siaka Stevens' APC government! LOL Ironically, our current SL President Ernest Koroma, who faces striking students as we speak at FBC, was a fellow student of mine and others including Hindolo Trye (his Minister of Tourism), Pios Foray (his SLPP "opponent"), Nat Cole (who wants to be his NRA chief), and Dennis Bright (President Koroma 's former SLPP minister of Sports "opponent"). I n fact, Nat and Dennis were my colleagues on Hindolo Trye's famous 1977 student government that nearly brought down President Siaka's Steven's APC government! I understand your legitimate concern about giving out your E-mail in the open forum. May I suggest that you send it for my eyes only by subscribing to our pioneering SALONEDiscussion forum. You may do so by sending a message to: SALONEDiscussion-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. It would be great to finally reconnect with you after all these years. Meanwhile I am glad that you are doping well. I look forward to receiving your private E-mail via your subscr1ption to SALONEDiscussion. Sincerely, Moh'm Subject: Re: THE GOOD OLD DAYS MAY YET RETURN TO OUR COUNTRY -- For Boli Message: when I walked into your office at cline town behind your secretary, I was shocked to see a very young man not much older than me sitting behind your desk. that was you, of course. but, later, after you had helped me and even phoned me to follow up, i wondered why a man that was so obviously busy would make time for "small time" students like us. Boli's story answered my question. it just is in you to try to help up and coming young students. so, even tho you probably would not remember me, as I see you don't remember Boli, I want to clear my conscience and say a big thank you, sir. Like you did with Boli, you made an everlasting impression on my life. and i thank you for that. Subject: Re: THE GOOD OLD DAYS MAY YET RETURN TO OUR COUNTRY -- For Boli Message: That is a duty that each of us is called upon to perform for the benefit of all of us. Some of us answer the call, others do not. And that's as it should be, since man's action should always be the product of free will. So, it is up to each of us to choose either to do good or to do otherwise. I am happy that I was able to be of help to you and many others, many of whom, regrettably, I have forgotten as time has passed. However, I will always remain thankful for the opportunity I had to help them. Once again, thank you for your acknowledgment of how useful my action turned out to be in your case. Best regards, Moh'm Subject: Please stop refering to The First Lady as Her Excellency Message: Subject: Re: Please stop refering to The First Lady as Her Excellency Message: Subject: PA KABBA AND CO, WHY DID YOU SELL KONO? Message: Result of this deal for Kono? A harvest of thorns and tears for our people: Not a single penny in development for the region. A few scraps and bones are thrown to the corrupt chiefs to shut them up and then the populace are constantly subjected to incessant dynamiting. Day and night, the residents of Koidu are subjected to the barrages of Kimberlite dynamiting by this nasty subsidiary- Koidu Holdings- of Branch Energy. And if a rock occasionally falls on and cracks the skull of an innocent person, or a house is demolished...Well, tough luck. My question for the denizens of the Kabba government is: How many roubles and rands changed hands for selling Kono to these predators- for the next fifty years. We ask the APC govt to scrap this horrid contract and liberate Kono. Subject: Re: PA KABBA AND CO, WHY DID YOU SELL KONO? Message: Subject: Re: PA KABBA AND CO, WHY DID YOU SELL KONO? Message: Subject: Re: PA KABBA AND CO, WHY DID YOU SELL KONO? Message: Subject: Refugeee all stars. Bato you brothers. Message: January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 Subject: MOH'M'S FICTIOUS POVERTY ALLEVIATON Message: “On the contrary, what I am proposing with competitively setting the Leone at par with the dollar, is a very active policy wherein the value of the Leone would be actively determined by the usual factors that determine the exchange rate of one currency with another. Under this scenario, the guidance for SL's monetary policy appropriately would come from the central bank of Sierra Leone.” Moh’m Jalloh Pitfall: Your self-contradiction becomes even more prominent in the foregoing. What are ‘the usual factors that determine the exchange rate of one currency with another’? To the best of my knowledge, those factors (exchange rate determinants) include ; (a) Interest Rate differentials (b) Inflation differentials (c) Current Account Deficits (d) Public debt (e) Trade balance deficits (f) Political Stability. If there is a one time decree which effectively puts the Leone at par with the dollar, then allowing your so-called “usual factors” to play will reverse your so-called revaluation. The Leone will continue to devalue until it hits the pre-revaluation mark. Defending the revalued rate will be nothing the fixed or managed exchange rate regime which you have disclaimed. Finally in my humble opinion, your article “How to Immediately Alleviate Poverty in Sierra Leone” is 95% full of ridiculous rants and rhetoric against the IMF, and 5% high school economics. In my opinion, the easiest way to alleviate poverty in Sierra Leone is the minimize corruption, not exchange rate revaluation. You are going to go into a tirade using all kinds of poetic rhetoric. You are going to be dismissive and use terms such as “unfortunate mistake”, erroneously”, “sadly”, “lack comprehension” and so on. As such I WILL NOT RESPOND TO YOUR EXPECTED DIATRIBES. Subject: My Christmas gift to the FORUM. Message: www.callingcardsforafrica.com I have emailed 4 salone online newpapers.. And not 1 responded with a quote..a free estimate.. or cost.. Whats wrong with you NEWSPAPER people....SLOW.. or indifferent..or just nor lek money???? SORRY I i have to come out here Rev KANU you can . charge me.. or send me a quote.. Or take 10 minutes FREE on me..or take revenue generation tru adverts seriously...some of us want to sell..but cant wait till you come back from freetown.. www.callingcardsforafrica.com Subject: Salone All Time Socca Team. Message: Defence Subject: WORLD CUP 2010: PEN PIX OF SIERRA LEONE'S DREAM TEAM Message: Sheriff Suma (born October 12, 1986 in Freetown) is a Sierra Leonean international footballer. He is a winger for GAIS in the Swedish league and for Sierra Leone national football team. He was a member of Sierra Leone U-17 team at the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland. Suma made his senior international debut for Sierrra Leone against Mali in a 2008 African Nations Cup qualifying match in Freetown. Subject: Dance with me. Message: Subject: The Eagle has landed Message: Subject: DISGRACE TO SIERRA LEONE Message: This guy left Sierra Leone and like all unpatriotic individuals concocted a story of being persecuted because he failed to join a secret society. He even went as far as saying that they were about to kill him for nor participating in the society. In all my years in this country, I have never seen a more unpatriotic lie. No wonder the rest of the world continue to take us as barbarians. Where in this day and age is such happening in Sierra Leone. The guy has now stated that he will want a British citizenship. That is well with him but when people go around dragging the name of the country into the mud when they want to get their own way irks me. It has become a trend for Sierra Leoneans especially when they want to run away to the west and you have other people who go around supporting them and they claim they are Sierra Leoneans. I have seen people on this forum who have defended such actions in the past and they are the same ones calling other people especially politicians all type of names. People tend to forget the bigger picture whenever they carry out such acts. Since he is now claiming that he wants to be British citizen, we wish him luck but he should stop making our country look bad. Unlike him most people dont have the opptortunity to run away and spread all these lies about Sierra Leone. Since this is a high profile case due to the sport he is playing, that is what most people will read about Sierra Leone. The next time I meet someone from Watford and introduce myself, I dont want that person to look at me like a carnibal. So those of you who know him please tell him to stay wherever he wants but that he should stop disgracing our country. I will be ready for his free lawyers. Subject: Re: DISGRACE TO SIERRA LEONE Message: For instance, the Ojeh society in most villages initiate people by force if that person violate their ethics. The poro is another one which always do that. Why don't you just help your brother or shut up. Who is harmed by this guy's lies for his survival if infact he is lying? I rather prefer his lies to harm the country as you claimed than seeing him or any other sierra leonean fall into to the mist of our man made poverty. If it takes the entire population to lie for survival, I am for it. So H-E-L-P OR S-H-U-T UP Subject: Re: DISGRACE TdeO SIERRA LEONE Message: Subject: Re: DISGRACE TdeO SIERRA LEONE Message: Subject: Re: DISGRACE TO SIERRA LEONE Message: Had our leaders back home created a conducive environment for us i.e a proper league system or sports academy, trust me the British establishment will be running after Al today for his signature for naturalisation. Just take a look at Sanga, Ebua, Kolo Toare and Adebayor all GOOOONERS. You think they are better players than Al? But how can he play good football when Immigration is heavily breathing on his neck week in week out. From the training ground to the pitch and then to his house. Listen man, non EU players always have problems with immigration.Was Arsenal Brazilian Edu not accused of trying to get an EU passport by deception? Didn't Kanu had a problem with immigration when he was with GOOONERS. So whats you problem with Al? A young man with a baby and girlfriend who has lived here legally and has contributed into her Majesty's account and Britain is benefiting from his talent, potentially in the international sports league. Compare that to Abu Hamza aka "Captain Hook" of finsbury park mosque who was living free off my tax and all those British nationals who are in the something for nothing brigade and tell me if Al should really be deported. Al is not a LAIR as you want us to believe the jobsworth officials at the home office are the ones you should be lambasting for not deporting criminals such as terrorist, drug dealers and murders. But harassing a young man who is only try to better himself legally.You should also spew your venom at our political leaders back home who are indirectly putting us through such harassment due to there reckless leadership. . Take that useless kabbak for example. He was quick to show a video clip of those athletes who defected to Australia to Aussie official as proof that everything was OK with them before the left. Than they should not be granted Asylum because Sa.lone was Paradise. But what he failed to play to the whole world was the audio tape of the Betts Enquiry or show the transcr1pt of that Enquiry where he was implicated for fraud. For everyone to see if he really told the truth when he applied for a UN job which made him stayed away from his country for well over two decades. Subject: Re: DISGRACE TO SIERRA LEONE Message: Subject: Re: DISGRACE TO SIERRA LEONE Message: Subject: Re: DISGRACE TO SIERRA LEONE Message: Subject: Re: DISGRACE TO SIERRA LEONE Message: Subject: Re: DISGRACE TO SIERRA LEONE Message: ME MAN ABEG U. BECAREFUL! U THINK NO BUT USELF BUT YOU NOU NO ABOUT THE NEXT MAN IF HE/SHE KNOW MORE ABOUT U. LET WORK ON THE PROGRESS FOR SIERRA LEONE NOT FOR REKISHIE WE PEOPLE THEM OR SET UP SOMETHING STUPID. Subject: Re: DISGRACE TO SIERRA LEONE Message: I implore you to desist from any more of this. I know him well. he blundered and that should not be us to determine or assess his stories. Rev. kabs - we canot deny a man his chance to survive. let him be - a little white lie would benefit you tomorrow. brima kamara, please send a message to alasan (yellowman) and he will tell you his story. You may be wron in your assessment of the situation. You may also be right - who are we to judge a man that is down under when others (BIA) are looking for your kind of info. They have information on the issues brought before the tribunal - they will deal with that - any more from us will just create discomfort for another. peace and love for the downtrodden Subject: Re: DISGRACE TO SIERRA LEONE Message: Subject: Re: DISGRACE TO SIERRA LEONE Message: I know he will be spared. he has worked very hard for his club and they have vowed to be with him all the way. brima kamara misplaced his hatred or lack of understanding by coming to this forum to castigate his fellow countryman. It placed me in a position - not to attack him but to implore him to stop this kind of malaise. How is home? guess you are chilling!! Stay blessed and have a wonderful holiday Subject: Re: DISGRACE TO SIERRA LEONE Message: If I can recall, you and I discussed our views regarding why the mindsets of some Sierra Leoneans must be redirected to positivity towards their country, their fellowmen particularly, their compatriots. Which and only which can enhance change for the better for our beloved country, Sierra Leone. This posting is a clear example of why some Sierra Leoneans must change their thinking process towards their countrymen and women should we enjoy the blessings bestowed on the country as a whole by God. Until then, I see change at a very distance. Thank you for your approach in handling the discuss. Subject: Re: DISGRACE TO SIERRA LEONE Message: I will just brief you. many come to the shores of this land through means that should have helped others developed in the homeland. They come they meet us and we forget about their past and show them the way to settle and contribute to the wellbeing of their kind. The sooner they are settled they hate the next man coming in. It pains me so much that i sometimes confront them to tell them how they came to be here. So many to name - who will not look to help another Sierra leonean because they are afraid he or she might 'give them trouble'. Our poor will be free some day. This hope is preserve in me as I try to remain in spirit with them. BLK, you have difficult brothers - who are so selfish that the only way to help them reflect on who they are is to confront them personally and give them the reality about living in false-consciousness. I have seen a guy saved so much money and as he was planning to return home, he died leaving over £100,000 in the bank. His brother had to come from back home to claim the money. Such is life - why can't we just love one another and treat everyone as your sibling. Who knows who will be there for you tomorrow. More time brother. Stay blessed and keep the femme happy and loved. Subject: Re: DISGRACE TO SIERRA LEONE Message: Subject: Re: DISGRACE TO SIERRA LEONE Message: Subject: Re: DISGRACE TO SIERRA LEONE Message: You go ahead and do what you think is best for your country by way of pouring an ill-conceited mind nature on another's predicament. You shall receive your reward. I personally have done so much for my country and the people therein and without. Speak not what you do not know. Keep your job that allows you to come to the UK and the US as a JC - a very good job indeed! I pray you read again what you wrote to see the kind of person you are. Is your true name Brima Kamara and you say you live in Mother Sierra Leone. Where do you work? Subject: Re: DISGRACE TO SIERRA LEONE Message: Subject: Re: DISGRACE TO SIERRA LEONE Message: Concerning me asking you about your job and confirmation of your name was to check if you story tallies. I am aware of the abundant riches we have in Sierra Leone. My family are all there working for the nation. We all want to but conditions are not favourable. In due time the country will receive us. We thank you guys who have done very well in serving her truthfully. may I again implore you to desist from your out burst on Al Banguara. Try going back to history to know why is everyone running to these bloodstained monuments of tutelage. We was robbed, as John Leigh, would like to put it. The european with false papers in one hand and a sword in the other came to Africa and confused the minds of some of our forefathers. The purpose was to build their great cities - they needed the wealth we have; the manpower we have; the spirits we have; everything beautiful was admired and through false pretense were able to ferry everything whilst we smiled on the metalic hell of the roads. When i first came to the UK, I said I was only going to stay for ten years and return. Within ten years I had completed all that i came for - education with enlightenment. Money has never been a problem as the whole world is my home and can get anything from it when I want. I am still here! Why? Destiny controls fate - faate decided otherwise and I have made where is well with me my home. Do not engage yourself in what others will see as 'bad-heart' and the destruction of another's opportunity to better themselves. He is now worth £4million. If he succeeds, I believe he will at least help maybe two fellow countrymen. Merry Christmas Subject: Re: DISGRACE TO SIERRA LEONE Message: Subject: APC Nepotism ala Koroma Style Message: www.thenewpeople.com Subject: Re: APC Nepotism ala Koroma Style Message: BOY ! SA.LONE GEH SECOND LADY. I can see another Cliton here. Shag nuff gyal, creat one million jobs for umemployed youths, bring light, water and then rule for ten good years.Not bad at all for a country like Sa. Lone NEW PEOPLE, D TORKPOI DAE IN DEEP EHHHHHHHHHH Subject: Re: APC Nepotism ala Koroma Style Message: I think that impish rants like these are extremely troublesome!Why such impudence! What is the point at issue here?..Qualifications or what? How can you validate any charges of nepotism when the supposed victims of your ridicule all happen to be SOUTH- EASTERNERS who are supporters of the APC Party? Subject: Re: APC Nepotism ala Koroma Style Message: Our president, the APC leader, is not doing bad at all. I just pray he continues the unfinished jobs we sadly could not deliver in time for dancing to glories. Subject: Re: APC Nepotism ala Koroma Style Message: And Just because these people are not APC supporters as you allege,does that not immediately undermine Kallon's claim of APC NEPOTISM?....eh?. UNCONDITIONALLY "reprimand and rebuke" Mr.Kallon's temerarious party activism. I personally think that Mr. kallon deserves to be"reprimanded and rebuked" unconditionally by all and sundry. Subject: Re: APC Nepotism ala Koroma Style Message: My point with you was believing that only supporters of the APC will get jobs. Our president does not think so. If you qualify and follow the normal procedure when there is a vacancy - you apply. I understand there are strategic areas that one will think it wise of any government to put his own inner core - to me that is politics and I see no wrong in that. It is when a party member abuses his or her office that perturbs me. We are one family and should have a way of correcting our brothers and sisters. The last resort is rebuke!! Stay blessed and have a wonderful christmas!! Subject: Re: APC Nepotism ala Koroma Style Message: Beware the dark forces that stay in the dark to feed the light. You are the light - hard and concrete facts can always free you. There are people who pass information believing it to be true - why can't they disseminate it to all?- why are they afraid give out the info themselves? We have all being victims of this sort of mixed-up bunch. I know the comissioner for NACSA and his deputies. majority are southeasterners. has the ball shifted from the 'northern tilt' to family and affinal ties? Brother, let us look at ourselves before we look at others differently. When kabba and the lot were around - who did they give jobs to? a) family Anyone who placed Sierra leone above everything else is branded a 'dangerous man - very ambitious. let us see what these guys can do and halt canons of venom as to how they got their jobs. Charles is a capable guy, prior to NACSA he worked as a country officer for World Food Programme, a job he did well until his recent appointment. By the way he is a mende/sherbro and born in the South east of Sierra leone. Bro, you are someone I have admired and respect since school days and will continue to do always. You know i am not afraid to speak out my mind if I see wrongs been done. In this case nothing wrong has happened. let us watch what these guys can do by the end of next year. I would give them two years unless serious issues are at stake. I remain your true alumni Merry Christmas to you and the family. Subject: Re: APC Nepotism ala Koroma Style Message: Subject: Re: APC Nepotism ala Koroma Style Message: I am all bring to his attention what some bent brothers love to do. They masked themselves and give the bullets to outspoken gentlemen like Sheku. Sheku is a fine craftsman and would greatly be of benefit to any apprentice under his vocation. Subject: Re: APC Nepotism ala Koroma Style Message: Sheku Subject: Re: APC Nepotism ala Koroma Style Message: Do not be fooled by someone making reference to your school days to silence you.We in the SLPP are going to fight with all the ammunitions we have to expose the blatant NEPOTISM and NORTHERNIZATION agenda of this government. Continue the good work. You are doing an EXCELLENT job. You even forgot to mention the KAILAHUN COURT BARRY results. http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_20057235.shtml Subject: Re: APC Nepotism ala Koroma Style Message: Subject: Re: APC Nepotism ala Koroma Style Message: Why should I silence Sheku - what is there to keep silent about. It is not talking that does the job but credibility. Sheku is a very able and credible person whom I have immense respect for. We are not enemies with the present government. We screwed up and I want you to get that in your head. Simple basics for survival we could not deliver! Whatever happened to the hunger free communities. Good fellow do not let your desires cloud your mind with uncertainties. We should be working to gather up the mess we let ourselves in and not concentrate on a government that inherited that which we kind of neglected. In lay man's rhetoris - we can call them blessed. We worked so hard all these years and we could not deliver because of selfishness and greed - they have come and I bet you if they do the same - the unfortunate fate will befell them. I see no apparent northernisation as I know so many easterners, southerners and westerners who are now in office to serve the country. if they mess about - it will come some day to haunt them as it is now on our plates everyday we come to our tables. The question you should ask yourself is - where was I and whatever happened that we conceded a defeat of a narrow margin. The country is for all of us and I believe the APC will not attempt to do that which you believe is happening. He who governs well will win the hearts and minds of the people. We are not in the days when we were alone - the whole world is watching every move we make. I am not asking Sheku to be silent on matters of paramount importance to the to the running of the country. He has every right to do so. What is not right is blanket and unchecked statements fed by masked individuals to discredit him. Sheku can call anyone in Sierra leone and they will answer his questions. If they don't he knows what to do. In this case, I happen to know a number of the new recruits and they are a national mix. I harte to fan tribalism and as i said only lazy people can dwell on such. he who practices nepotism will not go very far as such will not take long to detect. I know a great proportion of Southeasterners that are now in employment who were not during the reign of our government. The same could be said for northerners who had jobs in the previous government are not now in employment with this government. it is party politics - all around the world parties in power make sure strategic and crucial sectors are manned by their inner-circles. I cautioned Sheku and it was no other. Subject: Re: APC Nepotism ala Koroma Style Message: Subject: Re: APC Nepotism ala Koroma Style Message: Subject: Re: APC Nepotism ala Koroma Style Message: God continue to bless you!! Subject: Re: APC Nepotism ala Koroma Style Message: Subject: SEASONS GREETING Message: Subject: Re: SEASONS GREETING Message: How is the weather? Freezing at my end! Subject: For Winston Kabia Message: Subject: Re: For Winston Kabia Message: In the next few months I will have to make a decision to stay and help rebuild the party or just become one of the Sierra leoneans that are non-partisan - putting 100% in Sierra Leone's interests. Out of curiosity - why did you ask me the question? I believe it is evident on this forum where I stand!! Subject: RE: Seem to bea a long bouring day... PL. Enjoy D. Movie. Message: Click here to view. Subject: Alie Formeh Kamara Message: Party or ethnic affiliations play no part when serious minded Sierra Leoneans discuss the way forward for Sierra Leone. When there is agreement on an issue there still could be recognizable differences in approaches. By now many Diasporans are familiar with the issue of revaluation which has been literally stuffed in their heads as some diasporans repeatedly discuss the subject online. It is no secrete that Sierra Leoneans are bitter about their economic condition and economic status in the world. Hence the dominant issues of discussion in Sierra Leone forums focus on development and corruption. Virtually all literate Sierra Leoneans who have broached the subject of devaluation and how it affected Sierra Leone’s economy would, if given a choice, chose the return to the old days when the Leone was at par with the Dollar. For the vast majority of Sierra Leoneans characteristically poor, uneducated and uninformed all they care for are results that translate to good living for them. There is more enthusiasm to push for the revaluation of Sierra Leone’s currency at this time because the general political atmosphere in Sierra Leone presents a good opportunity to do so. With a change of government in Sierra Leone and a down payment of promises for a brighter future made by the new leadership the new government is more likely to be welcoming to ideas as it meanders along its way in search of workable solutions for the awesome task of nation building. Aside from Sierra Leoneans, the international community has a stake in the path Sierra Leone takes for development. The United Nations, and major donor nations can free up monies they appropriate for the political and economic recovery of Sierra Leone should there be stable progress. And, no matter there locat1on nations of the world can feel the effect of instability and policy decisions taken even from a small country like Sierra Leone because of interdependency. Though well meaning, revaluation by Sierra Leone is not without its consequences. This situation is akin to taking a medical pill for good health but that is fraught with side effects. A conscious decision to take the medical pill is an indicator of the tolerance level of the end user. Though the elite of Sierra Leone appear supportive of revaluation, they differ with respect to the approach. While some approaches may be termed radical some may be termed conservative with many others in between. Some radical approaches may be akin to a somewhat familiar decision to overdose on medical pills because of the desire for an instant cure. Good leadership is what Sierra Leoneans hope for in times like these when ideas are flowing in plentiful supply having varying promises and varying repercussions and caution and informed decision making are necessary assets for earning political capital and to avoid snake oil sales men. In my view a revaluation of Sierra Leone’s currency to bring it to par with the Dollar should be done piece meal within a twenty year interval. Subject: Re: Alie Formeh Kamara Message: We need to attract investors that produce goods in Sierra Leone that are needed abroad. Subject: Re: Alie Formeh Kamara Message: The cost of producing billions and billions of worthless money in order to have sufficient flow for our needs has multiplied and it is a financial burden. There is a modicum of foreigners and Sierra Leoneans paid in dollars and living ostentatious lives in Sierra Leone at our expense due to the present exchange rates. That portion of foreign currency is also inelastic. We can sustain a slightly better exchange rate while at the same time improving our agricultural and manufacturing sectors a little at a time to make them competitive. We have EBK now, remember. I can assure you that the man is ready. He does not have the answers. But what he has is the determination to succeed. I am not been partisan here. I have seen the man at work. All we have to do is help him out and your input is certainly in the right direction for taking your time out to add your thoughts. I will say more later. Subject: Re: Understanding Devaluation and Revaluation Message: Kamara: Regrettably, you are absolutely wrong. And here is the conclusive evidence showing how very wrong your unsubstantiated opinion is: In 1979, the "value of the leone [was indeed] determined by" the Sierra leone government's unilateral announcement of the devaluation of the Leone from Le 0.80 = $1, to Le 2 = $1. So, while it is true that market forces USUALLY determine the value of a currency in a free market economy, that is not ALWAYS true -- as the case of a devaluation proves conclusively. Attracting investors by itself will not necessarily strengthen the value of the Leone -- as you stated in error. This is because the value of the Leone does not increase merely because a country attracts investors -- what is relevant to increasing the value of the Leone is the accumulation of foreign exchange reserves. So, merely attracting foreign investors is not sufficient to increase the value of the Leone. You need more than that, namely: The investors attracted must initiate activities which increase the net foreign exchange reserves of SL in order for their arrival in SL to boost the value of the Leone. Revaluing the Leone makes it unnecessary to depend upon foreigners such as foreign investors in order to increase the value of the Leone. For a detailed explanation of how revaluation will increase the value of the Leone without depending upon foreigners, please read my posting above entitled "Why SL Will Not Develop Unless and Until the Value of the Leone is Restored." Subject: Re: Understanding Devaluation and Revaluation Message: In response to M. A. Jalloh (MAJ) regarding the mechanics of exchange rate and how he professed that A. F. Kamara (AFK) got all his view wrong on how the government through enticing foreign investor will enhance the value of the Leone caught my attention. The fact that the evidence is one-sided led me to review my knowledge about the subject. Evidence from many emerging market countries show that successful development results in a currency appreciation with an improvement in the standard of living, Therefore, unless know we can categorize Sierra Leone’s foreign exchange policy, it is difficult to say suggestion by AFK is inferior to that of MAJ. A country like Sierra Leone can still enjoy economic prosperity without devalue or revalue its currency, as mentioned above, China is an example. Sierra Leone will need to develop its market economies to attract the correct clientele of investors and I’d agree with MAJ, revaluation alone is not going to do that. Subject: Re: Understanding Devaluation and Revaluation Message: Oremso: Thank you for your reply. What you suggest above is eminently sound. The question, therefore, is why has the government been unable to develop agriculture and manufacturing industries? ANSWER: Because the severe and pervasive distortions introduced in SL's economy make it impossible to develop agriculture, manufacturing or indeed any other industry in SL that either requires labor, imported inputs (fertilizers, machines, etc), or sustained consumer demand -- as I explained in reply to St-- (oops, excuse me, "Fen Plaba" -- laugh) recently. The logical question that would lead you unerringly to the crucial importance of restoring the value of the Leone that has been devastated by the misguided IMF-instigated devaluation of our then-stronger-than-the-dollar Leone is a simple one, namely: QUESTION: What caused the massive hyperinflation that started in 1979 and which has now introduced numerous severe distoritions in the economy of SL and reduced the standard of living of Sierra Leneans to the status of being the worst in the entire world? ANSWER: The IMF-inspired devaluation of 1979 which I openly warned the APC government of President Siaka Stevens not to fall for. Hopefully, you now able to see that SL will not develop to its fullest potential unless and until those debilitating distortions in SL's economy introduced by the IMF-instigated devaluation of 1979 are reversed. That is why it is necessary to restore the value of the Leone to its former value before the IMF devaluation -- as I have consistently maintained even before our SALONEDiscussion Think Tank's recently delivered proposal to President Ernest Koroma to restore the value the Leone to parity with the dollar. Subject: FANNING THE FLAMES FOR REVALUATION Message: Party or ethnic affiliations play no part when serious minded Sierra Leoneans discuss the way forward for Sierra Leone. When there is agreement on an issue there still could be recognizable differences in approaches. By now many Diasporans are familiar with the issue of revaluation which has been literally stuffed in their heads as some diasporans repeatedly discuss the subject online. It is no secrete that Sierra Leoneans are bitter about their economic condition and economic status in the world. Hence the dominant issues of discussion in Sierra Leone forums focus on development and corruption. Virtually all literate Sierra Leoneans who have broached the subject of devaluation and how it affected Sierra Leone’s economy would, if given a choice, chose the return to the old days when the Leone was at par with the Dollar. For the vast majority of Sierra Leoneans characteristically poor, uneducated and uninformed all they care for are results that translate to good living for them. There is more enthusiasm to push for the revaluation of Sierra Leone’s currency at this time because the general political atmosphere in Sierra Leone presents a good opportunity to do so. With a change of government in Sierra Leone and a down payment of promises for a brighter future made by the new leadership the new government is more likely to be welcoming to ideas as it meanders along its way in search of workable solutions for the awesome task of nation building. Aside from Sierra Leoneans, the international community has a stake in the path Sierra Leone takes for development. The United Nations, and major donor nations can free up monies they appropriate for the political and economic recovery of Sierra Leone should there be stable progress. And, no matter there locat1on nations of the world can feel the effect of instability and policy decisions taken even from a small country like Sierra Leone because of interdependency. Though well meaning, revaluation by Sierra Leone is not without its consequences. This situation is akin to taking a medical pill for good health but that is fraught with side effects. A conscious decision to take the medical pill is an indicator of the tolerance level of the end user. Though the elite of Sierra Leone appear supportive of revaluation, they differ with respect to the approach. While some approaches may be termed radical some may be termed conservative with many others in between. Some radical approaches may be akin to a somewhat familiar decision to overdose on medical pills because of the desire for an instant cure. Good leadership is what Sierra Leoneans hope for in times like these when ideas are flowing in plentiful supply having varying promises and varying repercussions and caution and informed decision making are necessary assets for earning political capital and to avoid snake oil sales men. In my view a revaluation of Sierra Leone’s currency to bring it to par with the Dollar should be done piece meal within a twenty year interval. Subject: Re: FANNING THE FLAMES FOR A PROPER REVALUATION Message: Alie: I am not sure that you understand the implications of your above suggestion for the development of Sierra Leone. Accordingly, I humbly suggest that you read our proposal to restore the value of the Leone so that you can better understand the harmful implications of your assignment of an arbitrary 20-year period for completion of the restoration of the value of the Leone. To put it simply and briefly: Unless and until the severely diminished purchasing power of the people of SL is restored through the restoration of the value of the Leone in relation to major currencies, as described in our proposal to President Ernest Koroma, there will be no sustainable development in Sierra Leone. In order to help you understand that until the people of SL are appropriately financially empowered through a restoration of their purchasing power that has been devastated by 375,000% over the past 29 years due to the misguided IMF-instigated devaluation of 1979, I humbly offer the following excerpt from my response to the comments of a reader of our recent Patriotic Vanguard article on restoring the value of the Leone. I had posted my response also on SALONEDiscussion. Here is the relevant excerpt from my response: That fact is that the sustained absence of effective consumer demand that entirely explains the catastrophic collapse of SL’s economy resulted from the gargantuan loss of purchasing power affecting millions of S/Leoneans which started in the 1979 and accelerated through the 1980’s to the present day. It is also a fact that the gargantuan loss of purchasing power that instantly impoverished millions of S/Leoneans was precipitated by a single, totally unnecessary — and therefore wholly avoidable — action taken in 1979 by the APC government of President Siaka Stevens at the instigation of the IMF." I will post my complete response to the Patriotic Vanguard reader in a separate posting under the title, "Why SL Will Not Develop Unless and Until the Value of the Leone is Restored." So, unless you truly want to postpone the sustainable development of SL for at least a further twenty years, you would not be making a statement such as this: "In my view a revaluation of Sierra Leone’s currency to bring it to par with the Dollar should be done piece meal within a twenty year interval." Best regards, Moh'm Subject: SHAMED DIPLOMAT - ABASS PASSPORT DEALER Message: DIPLOMACY SHAMED London’s ‘The Express’ front coverage of January 19 on the sale of Sierra Leone’s Diplomatic passports makes me as a Sierra Leonean want to puke. How senseless are these ‘semblable old cronies’ to the country that gave them all that they are today. These social and intellectual miscarriageurs continue to believe that they hold monopoly over everything that has value in the country. Can’t they understand that their children and their children’s mates will inherit their corruption and this will damage the progress of the state? Young Sierra Leoneans could be given these jobs as they are fully qualified. There will come a time when Sierra Leone will end up in the hands of either the UN as a mandated territory or the irridentists in Liberia and Guinea will partage the whole country to themselves. Are we going to be a lost nation because of the callous and senseless nature of our elder brothers and fathers? It is a shame if they are so myopic. The long term effect will be devastating. Rethink your senses and make Sierra Leone a credible place. You have children and relatives. Think of being honourable people are not just people who will be remembered as economic misfits. Magnus Renner Subject: Re: SHAMED DIPLOMAT - ABASS PASSPORT DEALER Message: Subject: Re: SHAMED DIPLOMAT - ABASS PASSPORT DEALER Message: Subject: Re: SHAMED DIPLOMAT - ABASS PASSPORT DEALER Message: Subject: Re: SHAMED DIPLOMAT - ABASS PASSPORT DEALER Message: Subject: Re: SHAMED DIPLOMAT - ABASS PASSPORT DEALER Message: Let us understand that we can have roles for such people who are so unfortunate to be framed by a government they are unable to criticise for the wrongs done to them. The drift is - he is not an honest man!! His desire for the self has made him a redundant spent force. I would like to see him doing some community work to help the disadvantaged, especially those without access to justice. He can be helping them with matters of entitlements, etc. That is the way you atone to be able to come back into the fold. people will understand and accommodate you. You cannot buy your way every time with rhetorics that displeases the average mind. It is the concern of APC leadership to accept him i their fold. i would be ashamed to even attempt to offer an application for membership. I would rather atone and work in the interest of the country that besmeared me. Subject: Re: SHAMED DIPLOMAT - ABASS PASSPORT DEALER Message: Subject: LOOKING BACK Message: ( In the African Sierra Leone Progress, JULY 1997) Fellow Countrymen, Subject: Re: LOOKING BACK Message: Subject: SOME PROGRESS FOR BANGURA Message: Subject: FOR FEN PLABA: ISHA SESAY DESERVES THE BEST BROTHER Message: I am a bold go-getter, but on this occasion, I need you to formally introduce me to Aisha. Once my moves have been formalized by Komanneh Fen Plaba's introduction, I will pick up the initiative, and it wont be long before she begins to "fly hade" for the son from the banks of River Moa. An African Queen needs security in all its forms. Aisha Sesay is no exception to that natural rule. Who can better soothe, protect, love and gladden the heart of that Queen more than this 6'3' tall, agile, ambidextrous, and romance-producing Kailahun Lion? Subject: Re: IN VERY POOR TASTE Message: Subject: Re: IN VERY POOR TASTE Message: Subject: Re: IN VERY POOR TASTE Message: Let me get a little personal here. If you had a sister who was as accomplished as this young lady, would you appreciate to have her be the subject of some lascivious, prurient internet chat about who would want to go out with her or not? I frankly think that any one that has to go to the extent that you guys have gone to with regards to this young lady, do not deserve to date her. yap thats what I said and "Vive la revolution" Subject: Re: IN VERY POOR TASTE Message: Subject: Re: FOR FEN PLABA: ISHA SESAY DESERVES THE BEST BROTHER Message: Subject: Re: FOR FEN PLABA: ISHA SESAY DESERVES THE BEST BROTHER Message: Subject: Re: FOR FEN PLABA: ISHA SESAY DESERVES THE BEST BROTHER Message: Subject: Re: FOR FEN PLABA: ISHA SESAY DESERVES THE BEST BROTHER Message: Subject: Re: FOR FEN PLABA: ISHA SESAY DESERVES THE BEST BROTHER Message: As a gentleman, I accept some inappropriate acts but all in good fun. I think our behaviour verges a sexual harassement. We may think it is a joke but if this lady were to object and make a complain,we will have no leg to stand on. I am a londoner. Chances of meeting her is remote. I was introduced by my cousin to her mother Khadi in April 06 at a Ghanian trade fair whilst holidaying in Freetown. We stroke up conversation during which I jokingly expressed my interest in her daughter, she laughed and asked me are you not marriade? I responded by saying I was separated. She then said oh! when you get your divorce you may have to relocate to the USA where she warned that I would faced a stiff competition. It was all a laugh. I wish the lady well, she is the face and pride of Sierra Leone on prime time USA televsion. I have been marriade to an elegant irreplaceable north african medic for 22 years. My involvement was for the fun of it, but the jokes ended when some one become sensitive about it. Good day. Subject: Re: FOR FEN PLABA: ISHA SESAY DESERVES THE BEST BROTHER Message: Subject: Re: FOR FEN PLABA: ISHA SESAY DESERVES THE BEST BROTHER Message: 'Secrets' can help you meet Aisha!! You will need to register with 'Secrets' and pay your dinner place to meet Aisha. You will be formally introduced to Aisha. All these depends on Aisha being available or looking out!! If you are dead serious about her - you've got her. 'Secrets' can help you make your dreams come true. This ain't a joke - 'Secrets' can do wonders!! Subject: Re: FOR FEN PLABA: ISHA SESAY DESERVES THE BEST BROTHER Message: Subject: Re: FOR FEN PLABA: ISHA SESAY DESERVES THE BEST BROTHER Message: Subject: Re: FOR FEN PLABA: ISHA SESAY DESERVES THE BEST BROTHER Message: Subject: Re: FOR FEN PLABA: ISHA SESAY DESERVES THE BEST BROTHER Message: Subject: Re: FOR FEN PLABA: ISHA SESAY DESERVES THE BEST BROTHER Message: Subject: Re: FOR FEN PLABA: ISHA SESAY DESERVES THE BEST BROTHER Message: Subject: Vibes Message: Subject: Re: Vibes Message: If only those "Economist" on this ya fora can grasp this style of writing.. It makes for interesting reading... Subject: Re: Vibes Message: Subject: Re: Vibes Message: I don't get it.. Subject: Isha Sesay of CNN Message: Subject: Re: Isha Sesay of CNN Message: Subject: Re: Isha Sesay of CNN Message: But Mr Wilo, to realize your dreams is not ot ask someone else to make it happen rather you can do it if only you have what it takes to win a woman like her. One feature you should possess to win her over is that of a good looking man as a woman of her calibre is already financilly stable so money could be second winner in her person. But do you know whether she is already married or not?. Try to establish this first and then send her an e-mail and you take it from there. You don't need to waste your hard earn cash. The second feature that could win her over is perhaps if you're super rich. Subject: Re: Isha Sesay of CNN Message: Subject: Re: Isha Sesay of CNN Message: As for Isha, we will have to take you to Bumbuna, Mafoifi and Rotifunk to get the blessings of our forebearers. But watch out, Bra E already has his hat in the ring! Subject: Re: Isha Sesay of CNN Message: Subject: Re: Isha Sesay of CNN Message: No misrepresentation of information here!! Just helping the downtrodden. Subject: Re: Isha Sesay of CNN Message: Subject: Re: Isha Sesay of CNN Message: Subject: Re: Isha Sesay of CNN Message: Subject: Re: Isha Sesay of CNN Message: Subject: "MORPHING" POLITICAL PARTIES? THE CASE OF FENPLABA Message: For those who may not know, Fenpabla metamorphosed from PMDC to APC within a twinkle of an eye once it became apparent that the PMDC boat was sinking hastily in the tumultuous waters of Salone politics. While a PMDC member, Fenplaba “chamelionized” from Mammy Sweh to Mammy Blessing without giving the slightest signal to forumites who would have been interested to know of such a change for the sake of understanding the origins of the man’s fundamental arguments. Mammy Sweh and Mammy Blessing had extolled the virtues of Charles Margai while publicly declaring that going back to the APC, the party that had given them (Mammy Sweh, Mammy Blessing) their baptism of fire in Salone politics was tantamount to being allowed to be abused twice. It turned out that Mammy Sweh and Mammy Blessing were simply talking from both sides of their mouths. No sooner did it become apparent that the APC’s victory was a fait accompli than Mammy Blessing jumped ship like a rat to become Fenplaba the APC man uncontrollably defending Ernest Bai Koroma from any shots fired at him without ever mentioning the name Charles Margai or PMDC again. Now, if this is not political “morphing” or “chamelionizing”, then how do we call it??? But giving credit where credit is due, my best friend is perhaps the only APC forumite that agrees that Northernization does exist although he refers to it euphemistically as a “northern tilt” in the present administration of Korthor Bai Koroma. Fenplaba has vowed to fight this “northern tilt” and any other detour from the course of good governance as long as he is alive. With such determination couched in patriotism for mother Salone, it is accurate to surmise that political “morphing” or not, as long as the Fenplabas of the world continue to exist within the Tribal structures of what is known as the “New APC’, there is hope that democracy will stay alive and well in Salone. For this, I respectfully nominate my best friend, Korthor Fenplaba, for the prestigious award of COCORIOKO FORUMITE OF THE YEAR. Subject: Re: "MORPHING" POLITICAL PARTIES? THE CASE OF FENPLABA Message: 1) The Bo School Kondoh: Hated by many Bo School boys, I considered it a gastronomical delight. I was an official 'doubler'....er, you don't want that? Pass it over! TOWEI was my favorite. 2) The beautiful Southern Ladies: I have had a lot of kisses in my life; beautiful, ugly, thin, fat, faithful, faithless, Listerine, Halitosis, snuff, 'diamint', in SL, abroad......but no kisses are truer or sweeter than those I shared at the back of a building during a QRS Sports meet or by the gates of Coronation Field. Subject: Re: "MORPHING" POLITICAL PARTIES? THE CASE OF FENPLABA Message: Me en Bra E?? what?? Mensa.. Subject: freetown agog as d remaining generator arrives Message: Subject: Re: freetown agog as d remaining generator arrives Message: It took the APC 17 goood years to start given us back that which was stolen.. The bomber from wusum finally put his parties older generation to shame.. May he live long and change to muslim so he can marry all those fine women they say are his.. Subject: Re: freetown agog as d remaining generator arrives Message: Subject: Re: freetown agog as d remaining generator arrives Message: Me ah dey friad these days.. When you or Kabs Kanu step into a thread... my bottom beleh bwells... But if its just amen........ AMEN, Aaaaaaamen, aaaaaaaaamen amen amen.. Light nah we all yone.. as long as man pay im lightbill....i dont thing the people at NPA can filter light so only APC go enjoy..we sef SLPP Subject: The Generators Have Landed!!! Message: Subject: Re: The Generators Have Landed!!! Message: Subject: Re: The Generators Have Landed!!! Message: Subject: Re: The Generators Have Landed!!! Message: Subject: Re: The Generators Have Landed!!! Message: The excess 10 MW will serve as a backup when the 15MW Generator is down for maintenance and allow them to not violate the contract which calls for 15 MW, 24 hours/day and 7 days per week. However do not be surprised if the Government ask them to put more that 15 MW if they need it and can pay for it. Subject: A BLOODY SHAME IN KONO! Message: Subject: Re: A BLOODY SHAME IN KONO! Message: Civil Society groups like Network Movement for Justice and Development and Campaign for Good Governance are making some effort to sensitize people about the problem but, not sure how effective this is. I am sure the Kono people recently voted in members of parliament who are surpose to advocate on their behalf. I have never being to Kono, but believe the people from that part of the country deserve more from the national cake. They need our support now not tomorrow. Subject: Re: A BLOODY SHAME IN KONO! Message: Subject: Re: A BLOODY SHAME IN KONO! Message: Subject: Re: A BLOODY SHAME IN KONO! Message: Subject: Re: A BLOODY SHAME IN KONO! Message: Subject: Re: A BLOODY SHAME IN KONO! Message: Subject: Re: A BLOODY SHAME IN KONO! Message: The last time I was in Tankoro and Gbense (Koidu), I wept bitter tears at the unrehabilitated devastation of the rebel war. People still live in roofless buildings with tent roofing. Of course Yormandu is a wasteland. Nearly every house was destroyed by the rebels and there has not been one shred of rehabilitation. People still sleep in these roofless, paneless, burnt-out shacks while foreigners from Russia, South Africa, Ghana and Lebanon are greedily scouring the riverbed of the Baffin for diamonds. Benefit to the P.C?...Minimal. Benefit to the chiefdom?...Zero! Subject: Re: A BLOODY SHAME IN KONO! Message: Subject: Re: A BLOODY SHAME IN KONO! Message: The President owe this to the people of Kono and must therefore act now as a matter of urgency. Subject: Abass Bundu Message: Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: I will beat him in any debate at anytime. It is very easy to deal with unprincipled and vacilating, supposed politicians in a honest debate. Trust me on that. Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: Nico is your man then Dr Abass.. Subject: Judges/majistrate Message: Subject: Re: Judges/majistrate Message: Subject: ABASS BUNDU & ABDULAI CONTEH Message: Alpha Alieu, remember that Dr Conteh, with all the letters of the alphabet after his name, was not a saint either. He had his share of some bad boy traits. How many forumites can remember when boxes containing the newly minted Le10 bills got wet and bursted open while they were being loaded on to a plane at the Lungi tarmac? The boxes were to be air bounded for London. For the younger folks on the forum, please note that during those days one can take the Leone and exchange it (convert) easily for the pound sterling in Britain. Back to my point: Dr Conteh immediately started pacing up and down at the airport and eventually cancelled his trip. The TABLET newspaper ran the story "WHO DAT DE MONEY BLANT" The editorial staff were whisked off to the CID for questioning; courtesy of... you guess who? Guys and dolls, to paint Dr Conteh as this impecable, unblemished and outright clean dude at the expense of others with whom he was equally guilty of unpleasant APC acts is a miscarriage of justice to the history of our APC. Subject: Re: ABASS BUNDU & ABDULAI CONTEH Message: Subject: Re: ABASS BUNDU & ABDULAI CONTEH Message: Subject: QUOTE OF THE DAY (FROM BRA ENVIABLE) Message: Subject: Re: QUOTE OF THE DAY (FROM BRA ENVIABLE) Message: Subject: Re: QUOTE OF THE DAY (FROM BRA ENVIABLE) Message: Subject: Re: QUOTE OF THE DAY (FROM BRA ENVIABLE) Message: Take your pick kortoh. Subject: Re: QUOTE OF THE DAY (FROM BRA ENVIABLE) Message: Subject: FOR BAD BOY CHEZ & FEN PABLA Message: 1. The Garden of Eden was in Iraq. 2. Mesopotamia, which is now Iraq, was the cradle of civilization! 3. Noah built the ark in Iraq. 4. The Tower of Babel was in Iraq 5. Abraham was from Ur, which is in Southern Iraq! 6. Isaac's wife Rebekah is from Nahor, which is in Iraq! 7. Jacob met Rachel in Iraq. 8. Jonah preached in Nineveh - which is in Iraq. 9. Assyria, which is in Iraq, conquered the ten tribes of Israel. 10. Amos cried out in Iraq! 11. Babylon, which is in Iraq, destroyed Jerusalem. 12. Daniel was! in the lion's den in Iraq! 13. The three Hebrew children were in the fire in Iraq (Jesus had been in Iraq also as the fourth person in the Fiery furnace!) 14. Belshazzar, the King of Babylon saw the "writing on the wall" in Iraq. 15. Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, carried the Jews captive into Iraq. 16. Ezekiel preached in Iraq. 17. The wise men were from Iraq 18. Peter preached in Iraq. 19. The "Empire of Man" described in Revelation is called Babylon, which was a city in Iraq! And you have probably seen this one. Israel is the nation most often mentioned in the Bible. But do you know which nation is second? It is Iraq! However, that is not the name that is used in the Bible The names used in the Bible are Babylon, Land of Shinar, and Mesopotamia . The word Mesopotamia means between the two rivers, more exactly between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. The name Iraq, means country with deep roots. Indeed Iraq is a country with deep roots and is a very significant country in the Bible. No other nation, except Israel, has more history and prophecy associated it than Iraq. And also, This is something to think about! Since America is typically represented by an eagle. Saddam should have read up on his Muslim passages... The following verse is from the Koran, (the Islamic equivqlent to the Bible) Koran (9:11 ) - For it is written that a son of Arabia would awaken a fearsome Eagle. The wrath of the Eagle would be felt throughout the lands of Allah and lo, while some of the people trembled in despair still more rejoiced; for the wrath of the Eagle cleansed the lands of Allah; and there was peace. (Note the verse number!) Hmmmmmmm?! 9:11 Subject: Re: FOR BAD BOY CHEZ & FEN PABLA Message: For it is written.. that on he 18th day of the 12th month..a son of africa will come forth and spread the word.. http://www.google.com/search?q=Koran+%289%3A11%29&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&ie=utf8&oe=utf8 Subject: Re: FOR BAD BOY CHEZ & FEN PABLA Message: Here is one that has the hand of truth scrawled all over it: "And on the 20th day of the 12th moon, a sun shall rise from the Hills of Wusum and illuminate the suffocating darkness of the Palmtree. This Satin Head will cause machines to roar and whirr and belch forth light and hapiness to an abused land. Let there be light! Subject: Re: FOR BAD BOY CHEZ & FEN PABLA Message: Alleluya... Henceforth in the land with the beautiful beaches.. and the towering mountains. It is proclaimed that the scrouge called corruption is banished and thou shalt al declare your shekels and your abode and your sheeps and goats.. Thou shalts not comeout richer than thou went in. So sayeth the lord. Subject: GENERATOR DEN DON CAM WUTETEH EN WE DAE FEEL AM ORSAI ORWAI! Message: The SLPP told 'wuteteh' lies to the Sierra leonean polpulace but now with the new dynamic APC the Sierra Leoneans are feeling the development and progress 'orsai orwai' like they do when they feel pain. So bye-bye 'KONGOBAY cum SHEGUREH'politics and welcome BOO-BOO politics! It is time for celebration for the era of deliverance is here! Subject: UNDERSTANDING DEVALUATION, REVALUATION AND PURCHASING POWER Message: Alie Formeh Kamara wrote on December 17, 2007: "But in fact what you are proposing appears to be simply a change in the exchange rates that would have no effect on the purchasing power of the proposed new currency for Sierra Leone. The evidence of my above statement is clearly in an answer you provided when you were asked if the current Leone will be exchanged to the new currency by a value equal to Le3000 for one unit of the new currency, assuming Le3000 is currently equal to $1. You replied in the affirmative. In fact you gave examples of how the conversion will take place. Accordingly, my question to you now is where then is the increased purchasing power of the new currency that you are gloating about." Thank you for your rejoinder. In my humble opinion, pointing out the unfortunately copious errors in your postings is not an insult to you -- as you claimed in familiar error. On the contrary, any reasonable person would regard such a helpful act as an attempt to help you differentiate between fact and fiction. It is a task that your latest posting, which is quoted in pertinent part above, obliges me to continue in the salutary interest of accuracy. Sadly, your posting suggests that your problem appears to be rooted in a fundamental failure to understand economics. You display that failing not only by confusing economic terms such as devaluation and revaluation, and by failing to acquaint yourself with the term depreciation, but also by failing to understand the meaning of other economic terms such as purchasing power. As a result, most of what you have written in this thread, regrettably, makes no economic sense, as I had cause to point out in a particular case yesterday. To duly point that out in the interest of accuracy is not an insult, as you claimed in unwitting error, but merely stating an unfortunate fact. As always, let us go to the evidence: 1. You wrote: "In the past, I expressed concern about your proposal because I thought you intended to enrich Sierra Leoneans in the process by rolling back the value of the currency to what it was in 1969 while correspondingly leading to the devaluation of all other currencies." The unfortunate error in your above-quoted statement is one of definition. As I was obliged to repeatedly explain to you yesterday, it is simply impossible for a devaluation to occur without a prior announcement by the relevant government that its country's currency is now worth less than previously. Therefore, when market forces -- not an announcement of a decree -- cause a currency to lose value, that is not called a devaluation, as you called it in error above, but a depreciation. The effect of a depreciation may be the same as a devaluation but the relative direct causes are very different. Therefore, to confuse a depreciation for a devaluation, as you unfortunately did repeatedly, is to confuse their relative causes. 2. You also wrote: "But in fact what you are proposing appears to be simply a change in the exchange rates that would have no effect on the purchasing power of the proposed new currency for Sierra Leone. ... Accordingly, my question to you now is where then is the increased purchasing power of the new currency that you are gloating about." Your unfortunate mistake above is one of comprehension. You do not appear to understand that my use of the expression "an increase in purchasing power" refers to the ability of S/Leoneans to buy more imported goods for the same amount of income after the restoration of the value of the Leone -- because the goods are now priced lower (in Leones) to reflect the stronger Leone. So, for example, an imported shoe which cost $10 landed in SL would cost Le 30,000 under an exchange rate of Le 3,000 = $1. However, with the rate at Le 1 = $1, the same shoe would now cost only Le 1. Hopefully, you now understand that a S/Leonean spending Le 1 to buy a shoe that used to cost Le 30,000 has experienced a tremendous increase in his/her purchasing power after the restoration of the value of the Leone that I propose. Subject: Re: UNDERSTANDING DEVALUATION, REVALUATION AND PURCHASING POWER Message: Subject: Re: UNDERSTANDING DEVALUATION, REVALUATION AND PURCHASING POWER Message: I have closely watched as you attempt to force everyone on this forum to accept your erroneous and misleading article on “How to immediately Alleviate Poverty in Sierra Leone”. I have also observed as you constantly become irate and condescending whenever well-meaning Sierra Leoneans challenge your phony proposal. You insulted almost everyone that challenged you from Brabanxx , Fen Plaba! down to Alie Formeh Kamara. Any rookie in economics can easily recognize that the “poverty alleviation” title of your piece has no bearing on your exchange rate revaluation proposal. I now see why someone on this forum earlier suggested that you are probably an “exchange rate 419er” trying to rip-off the government of Sierra Leone. Below are some of the pitfalls in your bogus claims which you been defending relentlessly; “Your unfortunate mistake above is one of comprehension. You do not appear to understand that my use of the expression "an increase in purchasing power" refers to the ability of S/Leoneans to buy more imported goods for the same amount of income after the restoration of the value of the Leone -- because the goods are now priced lower (in Leones) to reflect the stronger Leone. So, for example, an imported shoe which cost $10 landed in SL would cost Le 30,000 under an exchange rate of Le 3,000 = $1. However, with the rate at Le 1 = $1, the same shoe would now cost only Le 1” Moh’m Jalloh “On the contrary, what I am proposing with competitively setting the Leone at par with the dollar, is a very active policy wherein the value of the Leone would be actively determined by the usual factors that determine the exchange rate of one currency with another. Under this scenario, the guidance for SL's monetary policy appropriately would come from the central bank of Sierra Leone.” Moh’m Jalloh Pitfall: Your self-contradiction becomes even more prominent in the foregoing. What are ‘the usual factors that determine the exchange rate of one currency with another’? To the best of my knowledge, those factors (exchange rate determinants) include ; (a) Interest Rate differentials (b) Inflation differentials (c) Current Account Deficits (d) Public debt (e) Trade balance deficits (f) Political Stability. If there is a one time decree which effectively puts the Leone at par with the dollar, then allowing your so-called “usual factors” to play will reverse your so-called revaluation. The Leone will continue to devalue until it hits the pre-revaluation mark. Defending the revalued rate will be tantamount to nothing but a fixed or managed exchange rate regime which you have already disclaimed. Finally in my humble opinion, your article “How to Immediately Alleviate Poverty in Sierra Leone” is 95% full of ridiculous rants and rhetoric against the IMF, and 5% high school economics. In my opinion, the easiest way to alleviate poverty in Sierra Leone is to minimize public corruption, not exchange rate revaluation. You are going to go into a tirade using all kinds of poetic rhetoric. You are going to be dismissive and use terms such as “unfortunate mistake”, erroneously”, “sadly”, “lack comprehension” and so on. As such I WILL NOT RESPOND TO YOUR EXPECTED DIATRIBES. Subject: Re: UNDERSTANDING DEVALUATION, REVALUATION AND PURCHASING POWER Message: My only response to you will be limited to duly noting that, out of respect for the time of our valued readers, I will elect to save the large amount of time needed to help you understand your unacknowledged errors of fact and logic that suffused your gratuitously offensive rant. Subject: Re: UNDERSTANDING DEVALUATION, REVALUATION AND PURCHASING POWER Message: Our disagreement now is very minute. What you are now huffing and puffing about is that incomes will be the source of your alleged ‘increase in purchasing power.’ There you go again Moh’m. You are wrong. If a business man whose savings have been converted to the new currency so that his savings in the amount of Le3,000,000 at a Bank is now BB10,000 (let us call the new currency Bai Bureh denoted by BB and it converts at the rate of Le3000 to BB1) pays a laborer for cleaning Le 300,000/month. Wont the business man continue to pay Le300,000/m or BB100/m. I ask you again. Where is the increased purchasing power coming from? Only in your dreams. What you are actually talking about is forced increase in income and not higher purchasing power resulting from your so called revaluation. In fact you cannot force incomes to rise. Subject: Re: UNDERSTANDING DEVALUATION, REVALUATION AND PURCHASING POWER Message: Alie: The fact that you misperceived the meaning of the word "re-educating" that you used wrongly in your above-quoted statement makes me hesitant to believe that you actually can see anything -- much less, see progress! {Laugh] Seriously, how can you and I have agreed that "there will be no ‘increase in purchasing power’ from the value of savings and other static wealth held in local currency" when I did NOT make any claim to the contrary? Once you understand that it is you who needed to be corrected by me pointing out that fact to you, you would finally have learnt the meaning of the word "educate" and the direction of the education I have been charitably and patiently giving you! LOL Let me continue your unacknowledged education (see, you now give me cause to continuously and properly use the word in regard to your slow enlightenment order to make sure you don't forget its meaning -- smile), please note that the ONLY time that it can be said with certainty that there would be no increase in the purchasing power of static wealth held in Leones is at the SINGLE MOMENT when the conversion takes place. Thereafter, if the value of the new Leone strengthens against the dollar, the result will certainly be an increase in the purchasing power of S/Leoneans holding such static assets in Leones. Hopefully, you are now able to see the gargantuan error in your following typically wild claim: "Our disagreement now is very minute. What you are now huffing and puffing about is that incomes will be the source of your alleged ‘increase in purchasing power." Could it be that you also do not know the meaning of the word, "minute?" LOL My friend, before you claim in typical self-delusion that you are "re-educating" anyone when in reality you are the beneficiary of free economics lessons (which, naturally, explains why you do value them), kindly permit me to correct your latest error evident in your descr1ption of the purchasing power that would result from restoring the value of the Leone as "minute." In a scenario where wages have lagged the astronomical rate of decline in the value of the currency -- which is the historically accurate descr1ption of SL's economy since the IMF devaluation of 1979 -- the restoration of the value of the currency would be gargantuan, not minute as you claimed in familiar error. So, for example, consider that when the Leone declined from Le 0.80 = $1 in 1978 to a current exchange rate of about Le 3,000 = $1, that represents a 375 THOUSAND percent (to be exact, 374,900%) relative decline in the value of the Leone. In order to help you finally understand how a revaluation works, and to see (if that's possible -- LOL) what a gargantuan effect the restoration of the Leone would have on the purchasing power of S/Leoneans, consider this: A clerk in the civil service who earned a salary of Le 250 a month in 1978 would need to earn TODAY a salary of nearly Le 1 million (Le 937,250 to be exact) A MONTH in order to maintain the same purchasing power as he had in 1978 when he earned Le 250 a month under an exchange rate of Le 0.80 = $1. Now, let me ask you a question: How many clerks in the civil service do you know of in SL today who earn Le 1 million A MONTH? If you answer: None, you are probably correct. So, assuming (unrealistically for the moment for the sake of simplicity) that the civil servant's salary is still Le 250 a month in 2007, when the Leone is restored to parity with the dollar (Le 1 = $1), as long as you pay the civil servant a minimum of Le 313 (Le 312.50 to be precise) a MONTH, you would have increased his purchasing power by the same percentage as the original decline in the value of the Leone (from Le 0.80 = $1 in 1978 to Le 1 = $1 after the revaluation. (It would not be the original Le 250 a month because the new Leone valued at (one) NEW Le 1 = $1 is not as strong as the pre-devaluation Leone which was valued at Le 0.80 = $1). For your benefit, that would represent a restoration in purchasing power of 375,000 %. No doubt, to you, such a huge 375 THOUSAND percent increase in purchasing power is "minute!" LOL However, before you say, correctly, that my assumption of no change in the poor civil servant's salary is unrealistic, let us be generous and say the SL government increased his salary from Le 250 a month to Le 60,000 a month in 2007 (after all, the new APC is now in power -- laugh) -- an increase of nearly 24,000 % (23, 90% to be exact). Again, for your benefit, that would now represent an increase in the civil servant's purchasing power of more than 1,400% (1,460% to be exact). To you, undoubtedly, such a more than one THOUSAND four hundred percent increase in purchasing power is "minute!' But to American civil servants who typically get an annual increase in their purchasing power (called a cost of living adjustment or COLA) of 2% to 4% -- an increase of 1,460% % would be anything but minute! Indeed, to help you see (if that's possible -- laugh) how wrong you are to call such a gargantuan increase in purchasing power for the SL civil servant minute, consider this: The average American receiving an annual purchasing power increase of 2% - 3% would have to live for more than 400 years in order to be able to match the 1,460% purchasing power increase of the S/Leonean civil servant in the example immediately above. But, of course, to you 400 years is no doubt a "minute" figure! LOL So, you see, Alie, the sad truth is that you have no idea how much education you need before you could begin to understand how revaluation works! The proof is in your "minute" understanding of the gargantuan purchasing power increase that a restoration of the Leone would confer upon S/Leoneans who have seen the Leone plunge in value by nearly 375 THOUSAND PERCENT! Restoring that much purchasing power would be -- in your undoubtedly perfect 20/20 eyesight -- "minute" indeed! Alie, aka Borbor Pain, do ya, nor kill me wit laff! Best regards, Moh'm Subject: Re: UNDERSTANDING DEVALUATION, REVALUATION AND PURCHASING POWER Message: let's cut through the chase so that I rap this up. Do you really expect incomes to rise by 1000 or more percent? Subject: Re: UNDERSTANDING DEVALUATION, REVALUATION AND PURCHASING POWER Message: "What I was afraid of is finally coming to light. I originally suspected that you had a sleezy ace under your sleeves. let's cut through the chase so that I rap this up. Do you really expect incomes to rise by 1000 or more percent? " No sleaze on me, my friend. You, on the other hand, ...... (fill in the blanks)! [laugh] Seriously, in answer to your question ("Do you really expect incomes to rise by 1000 or more percent?") as I mentioned in my initial reply to your income question yesterday, it's impossible to make generalizations as regards the movement of incomes in aggregate. It all depends on the wage history of the particular job in question. So, if the nominal wage (in absolute Leones) history of a particular job had lagged the rate of decline of the Leone in relation to the dollar, and the Leone's value is restored to parity with the dollar, you are more likely to see a smaller reduction in the nominal wage (in absolute NEW Leones) than you would for a job for which the nominal wage growth had kept pace with the decline in the value of the dollar. An example might illustrate the point better. Let's say you have Alie (not you!) working as Managing Director of Shell in 1978 with a salary of Le 1,000 a month. And let's say Moh'm (not me!) was a day laborer working at Shell cutting grass and earning Le 100 a month in 1978. {See, Alie, I gave you the lazy job)! Let's assume that 29 years later (we are now in this year, Alie the CEO is earning Le 3.75 MILLION a month. Moh'm, poor fellow (he is lucky he is still barely alive) earns a pitiful wage of Le 1,000 a month in 2007. Then let's say President Koroma takes the real Moh'm's advice and restores the Leone to parity. Here is the most likely scenario thereafter in my opinion: Because Alie the big shot's salary had matched the pace of the decline in the value of the Leone (Le 3.75,million being the equivalent of Le 1,000 in 1978 when the exchange rate was Le 0.80 = $1), it is most likely that his salary would be reduced to NO lower than Le 1,040 a month, and probably would be at Le 1,500, raising his purchasing power by more than 50%. Moh'm on the other hand, because his wage at Le 1,000 had not kept pace with the decline in the Leone's value would see a smaller PERCENTAGE drop in his wage. So, Moh'm may end up earning Le 200 (equivalent to $200 or a 100% increase over his old Leone salary -- giving him a 100% increase in his purchasing power after the revaluation). so, even though it is almost certain that the purchasing power of both workers will rise significantly even immediately after the restoration of the value of the Leone, it is not certain by how much all the incomes of all the jobs in the economy will rise. i hope the above explanation is helpful Best regards, Moh'm Subject: Re: UNDERSTANDING DEVALUATION, REVALUATION AND PURCHASING POWER Message: Subject: Re: UNDERSTANDING DEVALUATION, REVALUATION AND PURCHASING POWER Message: Thank you for your correction of my typographical error. The correct new price for the shoe would indeed be Le 10 after the revaluation to a new rate of Le 1 = $1 (not Le 1). What would the world do without accountants like you? [smile] Best regards, Moh'm Subject: Re: UNDERSTANDING DEVALUATION, REVALUATION AND PURCHASING POWER Message: I have closely watched as you attempt to force everyone on this forum to accept your erroneous and misleading article on “How to immediately Alleviate Poverty in Sierra Leone”. I have also observed as you constantly become irate and condescending whenever well-meaning Sierra Leoneans challenge your phony proposal. You insulted almost everyone that challenged you from Brabanxx , Fen Plaba! down to Alie Formeh Kamara. Any rookie in economics can easily recognize that the “poverty alleviation” title of your piece has no bearing on your exchange rate revaluation proposal. I now see why someone on this forum earlier suggested that you are probably an “exchange rate 419er” trying to rip-off the government of Sierra Leone. Below are some of the pitfalls in your bogus claims which you have been defending relentlessly; “On the contrary, what I am proposing with competitively setting the Leone at par with the dollar, is a very active policy wherein the value of the Leone would be actively determined by the usual factors that determine the exchange rate of one currency with another. Under this scenario, the guidance for SL's monetary policy appropriately would come from the central bank of Sierra Leone.” Moh’m Jalloh Pitfall: Your self-contradiction becomes even more prominent in the foregoing. What are ‘the usual factors that determine the exchange rate of one currency with another’? To the best of my knowledge, those factors (exchange rate determinants) include ; (a) Interest Rate differentials (b) Inflation differentials (c) Current Account Deficits (d) Public debt (e) Trade balance deficits (f) Political Stability. If there is a one time decree which effectively puts the Leone at par with the dollar, then allowing your so-called “usual factors” to play will reverse your so-called revaluation. The Leone will continue to devalue until it hits the pre-revaluation mark. Defending the revalued rate will be nothing the fixed or managed exchange rate regime which you have disclaimed. Finally in my humble opinion, your article “How to Immediately Alleviate Poverty in Sierra Leone” is 95% full of ridiculous rants and rhetoric against the IMF, and 5% high school economics. In my opinion, the easiest way to alleviate poverty in Sierra Leone is the minimize corruption, not exchange rate revaluation. You are going to go into a tirade using all kinds of poetic rhetoric. You are going to be dismissive and use terms such as “unfortunate mistake”, erroneously”, “sadly”, “lack comprehension” and so on. As such I WILL NOT RESPOND TO YOUR EXPECTED DIATRIBES. Subject: FOR ALIEU ISCANDARI: ON ABBAS BUNDU AND ABDULAI CONTEH Message: Highly educated but apparently cursed with progressive aridity, these two men have spent a lifetime conniving with every plot to rob Sierra Leone of a better day. Skipping his record inside Sierra Leone for a minute, Dr. Bundu's days at ECOWAS alone brought much ignominy to his native country. Versed in International Politics as he is, Dr. Bundu was never intelligent enough to link Sierra Leone's national security to the Nigerian military mission in Liberia. When Nigeria eventually came to Sierra Leone's rescue, it was due to Abuja's "Realpolitik" rather than the efficacy of Dr. Bundu's presence at ECOWAS. For his part, Dr. Abdulai Conteh goes all over the world writing esoteric nonsense about the rule of law without stopping to think that he once presided over a judicial system that guillotined political opponents with Stalinist cruelty. If Abdulai Conteh can still be good in the eyes of the APC, what canon do you use to prevent Abbas Bundu's return to the party that once kept both men as emissaries of deception? Subject: Re: FOR ALIEU ISCANDARI: ON ABBAS BUNDU AND ABDULAI CONTEH Message: Subject: Re: FOR ALIEU ISCANDARI: ON ABBAS BUNDU AND ABDULAI CONTEH Message: You have shown the vision to warned against recycling discredicted men in to the new APC of EBK. This was precisely what Tejan Kabba did to the SLPP and that accounted significantly to the party's demise. More to that, Tejan Kabba actually preferred working with men of blemish public records like himself. Look at the way they recruited Abass Bundu in to the SLPP by rescinding serious criminal charges which the SLPP had levelled against him. when I expressed concern about the political wisdom that surrounded Bundu's adimission in to the SLPP to a former senior minister, his reply was that northerners vote for personalities. And since Bundu is a well known personality in the North, he would win votes for the SLPP. How wrong they were. Despite Bundu's higher qualification and international experience, he was flatly defeated by his junior cousin. It will be very difficult after this defeat,for SLPP to revive and operate in a coherently way. EBK's policies have come under attack from the same people in the SLPP who could have stood up to Tejan Kabba to save the SLPP, but instead chosed to be sycophants and bato batolers. Some of us saw the writings on the wall and we stood up to Kabba, but we were branded by the spoilers as Kabba's haters. I think to critizise your own party and resigned from it, at the time when the party was convinced that it could win the general election and presidency by 70 percent, shows a mark of great courage and vision. But then history have shows that visonaries and good thinkers don't take popular views. The SLPP will soon realise that President Koroma is a formidable political force with the potentail to be a skillful strategist. President Koroma is simply learning from Tejan Kabba's willful errors. For me, as a true blue blood SLPP, it deeply hurts that this great party of SLPP has lost direction and it cannot say who they are and what they aim for. The APC president has thus far done nothing wrong. The president has the greatest of responsibility and expectation placed on him than at any time, with any president, in our country's history. May the lord guide him to take sound and just decision for the interest of our people and the country as a whole. Regards. Subject: Re: FOR ALIEU ISCANDARI: ON ABBAS BUNDU AND ABDULAI CONTEH Message: Subject: Re: FOR ALIEU ISCANDARI: ON ABBAS BUNDU AND ABDULAI CON Message: Subject: Re: FOR ALIEU ISCANDARI: ON ABBAS BUNDU AND ABDULAI CONTEH Message: I have only met Dr. Abass Bundu in passing and we exchanged pleasantries. I have an excellent rapport with Dr. Abass Bundus brother who is now a member of parliament. When Dr. Abass Bundu entered politics in sierra Leone, I was a sixth form student who dreamt of one day studying law so naturally he was one of my heroes, but so was Dr. Bankole Thompson, Justice Nasiru deen Alhadi, counsellor Nasiru deen tejan Cole, counsellor Berthan Macauley, counsellor Teddy Wyndham and a host of other legal minds. My issue with Dr. Abass Bundu is his tendency to morph into every government that has come around since I was a teenager till now and the role that he has played in each of those governments. I want to make it clear that I am not picking on him. All I am trying to do is use him as a very ready example of what the APC should be very aware of. Ie those politicians who are "OPPORTUNISTS". This species is what we do not need in the APC. If you would recall, Abasss Bundu was an APC Minister during the Siaka stevens and Momoh eras. When their government was overthrown by the NPRC, he morphed inti an NPRC Minister while his former colleagues were languishing in jail. When the NPRC handed over power to their benefactors the SLPP, he left town only to return amongst much fanfare to declare his intent to join the SLPP. Meanwhile as I understand the facts, he had been publicaly charged with PASSPORT FRAUD. It is my humble opinion that if my President made a promise of ZERO TOLERANCE to corruption, then it is my duty as a supporter of the party that he heads to make my voice be heard when I am made to understand that someone who has been charged with FRAUD, NOT be allowed into the party folds or be allowed with some degree of trepidation. Moreover the fact that this person has found a way to MORPH into different political parties all the while promoting himself for his own selfish ends is reason enough to raise a higher level of suspicion of his motives. When Abass was charged with the crime of Passport Fraud, my understanding that he reached a civil compromise with the authorities wherein the parties stipulated that he pay some fines and the matter would be considered settled. In my humble opinion, a civil compromise stipulation is tantamount to a guilty plea to the underlying charge otherwise why make a compromise. Now lets address the issue of Dr. Abdulai Conteh. I am not ashamed to say that I hold him in very high esteem. Have you ever known him o have been charged with any crimes or moral turpitude? ie FRAUD?. It is my guess that your answer to that question would be negative. Now lets analyse your comments with regards to the erudite Dr. Conteh. He has never left the APC for any other party. This is clear evidence in my opinion of someone who is clear as to where he stands and does so unwaveringly. I recall that it was Dr. Conteh that flew to Freetown to try to bring peace within the APC when there were other parties aligned against the leadership of Ernest. During this same relevant period, Abass Bundu was cavorting with his SLPP masters and making his new found affiliation with the SLPP known to the world. With regards to Dr. Conteh, you state as follows: "For his part, Dr. Abdulai Conteh goes all over the world writing esoteric nonsense about the rule of law without stopping to think that he once presided over a judicial system that guillotined political opponents with Stalinist cruelty" Let me address that. Dr. Conteh was a prosecutor and like it or not he did what his job mandated that he do whoch was to prosecute those who were culpable for crimes against the state. I here make no assertions as to whether or not his prosecution of anyone was appropriate or proper because I was not then neither am I presently aware of the facts of any case that he has prosecuted, enough to second guess him as a professional. But let me address the hypocrisy of the above quoted. The last administration tried and executed many so called "collaborators". They were porsecuted by Berewah. Nearly all of those prosecuted were from the North. (again I make this statement with no intent to be polarizing) Just stating the facts. Kula Samba a patriotic sierra leonenan nurse who left her comfortable job in the USA as a nurse, to go home and served was felled by more than a dozen bullets from masked official gunmen in full view of many citizens. They were buried at Rokupr Cemetery and it is reported that ACID was poured onto their corpses in the mass grave, to further desecrate their bullet shattered and torn bodies. As an avid SLPP supporter you should be ashamed that your party was a party to these deaths and disrespect for the victims of their witch hunt. As a matter of fact I have made this allegation before and I say it again. Berewah saw my father in public and told him that he was a "collaborator" because he did not leave sierra leone during the REVO. I guess the blood thirsty man was looking for another soul to send to heaven. On what Dr. Conteh writes which you consider esoteric nonsense, it is a pity that you are not a lawyer and with such raw intelligence that you possess, how could you in all honesty and good conscience characterize the ENVIABLY brilliant essays by the erudite non tainted (except by SLPP propaganda machine of which you are now the head) legal luminary as "esoteric nonsense". It is clear that you characterization reflects that you either do not know the meanings of the words Esoteric or nonsense. Because no one who has read what Dr. Cinteh writes would characterize it as such. Might it be that you are prone to being malappropic? You are Still my brother, lets get this debate on and may be we might be able to put an end to all of this misrepresentation of who Abdulai Conteh is. He is so good at what he does that the government of Belize CHOSE him to be their chief justice. Have you had an opportunity to read some of his brilliane published opinions while on the Belizean Supreme court? You should and you will soon realise that Esoteric and nonsense are not words that can adequately describe Dr. Abdulai Conteh. Any Questions Bra E on where I stand? Stay Blessed Brother Subject: Re: FOR ALIEU ISCANDARI: ON ABBAS BUNDU AND ABDULAI CONTEH Message: Subject: Re: FOR ALIEU ISCANDARI: ON ABBAS BUNDU AND ABDULAI CONTEH Message: On the hiberment issue, I only tease those who are fondest to my heart. All in good fun. Subject: Re: FOR ALIEU ISCANDARI: ON ABBAS BUNDU AND ABDULAI CON Message: Subject: Re: FOR ALIEU ISCANDARI: ON ABBAS BUNDU AND ABDULAI CON Message: Do you know whether I read the Koran, the Bible or he Talmud or the Baghwad Gita? Subject: Re: FOR ALIEU ISCANDARI: ON ABBAS BUNDU AND ABDULAI CON Message: Subject: Re: FOR ALIEU ISCANDARI: ON ABBAS BUNDU AND ABDULAI CONTEH Message: Subject: Re: FOR ALIEU ISCANDARI: ON ABBAS BUNDU AND ABDULAI CONTEH Message: Bra E', did you mean AKK-Abdul Karim Koroma? Subject: Re: FOR ALIEU ISCANDARI: ON ABBAS BUNDU AND ABDULAI CONTEH Message: Subject: Re: FOR ALIEU ISCANDARI: ON ABBAS BUNDU AND ABDULAI CONTEH Message: Subject: Re: FOR ALIEU ISCANDARI: ON ABBAS BUNDU AND ABDULAI CON Message: Subject: Re: FOR ALIEU ISCANDARI: ON ABBAS BUNDU AND ABDULAI CON Message: Abass Bundu is an SLPP reject. He turned his back on the APC when all hands were needed on deck. He is an UNPRINCIPLED political player. I cannot control who the APC as a party brings into their ranks but I will support any move by the party to hae a REJECTION policy and I would like to be the "DECIDER". And I were I would stamp the membership application of people like Abass Bundu with the RED STAMP OF REJECTED!!! Subject: Re: FOR ALIEU ISCANDARI: ON ABBAS BUNDU AND ABDULAI CON Message: Subject: The day of Arafah is Tommorow. (FAST) Message: Subject: Re: The day of Arafah is Tommorow. (FAST) Message: Subject: Re: The day of Arafah is Tommorow. (FAST) Message: Subject: THE WEDDING TEST Message: I was a very happy man. My wonderful girlfriend and I had been dating for over a year, and so we decided to get married. There was only one little thing bothering me...It was her beautiful younger sister. My prospective sister-in-law was twenty-two, wore very tight miniskirts, and generally was bra-less. She would regularly bend down when she was near me, and I always got more than a nice view. It had to be deliberate. Because she never did it when she was near anyone else. O One day her "little" sister called and asked me to come over to check the wedding invitations. She was alone when I arrived, and she whispered to me that she had feelings and desires for me that she couldn't overcome. She told me that she wanted me just once before I got married and committed my life to her sister. Well, I was in total shock, and couldn't say a word. She said, "I'm going upstairs to my bedroom, and if you want one last wild fling, just come up and get me." I was stunned and frozen in shock as I watched her go up the stairs. I stood there for a moment, then turned and made a beeline straight to the front door. I opened the door, and headed straight towards my car. To my surprise, my entire future family was standing outside, all clapping! With tears in his eyes, my father-in-law hugged me and said, "We are very happy that you have passed our little test. We couldn't ask for a better man for our daughter. Welcome to the family." And the moral of this story is: Always keep your condoms in your car. Subject: Re: THE WEDDING TEST Message: Subject: Salone stand: the most visited at d exhibition Message: Subject: To Moh'm Jalloh- All gloves are off. Message: But in fact what you are proposing appears to be simply a change in the exchange rates that would have no effect on the purchasing power of the proposed new currency for Sierra Leone. The evidence of my above statement is clearly in an answer you provided when you were asked if the current Leone will be exchanged to the new currency by a value equal to Le3000 for one unit of the new currency, assuming Le3000 is currently equal to $1. You replied in the affirmative. In fact you gave examples of how the conversion will take place. Accordingly, my question to you now is where then is the increased purchasing power of the new currency that you are gloating about. Earlier in reply to my question: Moh’m Jalloh: ‘A devaluation is quite simply an announcement by a government that its country's currency is henceforth worth less than previously in relation to another currency(ies). To repeat, a devaluation can NOT occur absent such an announcement.’ You are wrong Moh’m Jalloh. On the contrary, when a currency is revaluated as is usually the case, that currency increases in value to other currencies and in essence the value of other currencies are devalued simultaneously. In practically all cases where revaluations have been experimented it is usually moderate. For example, if Le3 was equal to $1 and the Leone gets revaluated so that Le1 is equal to $1, then the cost of the Leone has gone up and the value of the Dollar has simultaneously been devalued by the single act of revaluing the Leone. On another note, I think it would be worthwhile to revalue the Leone in such a way that it gives us a higher purchasing power but only when it is done moderately. Your proposal does not do that. Subject: Re: To Moh'm Jalloh- All gloves are off. Message: "But in fact what you are proposing appears to be simply a change in the exchange rates that would have no effect on the purchasing power of the proposed new currency for Sierra Leone. The evidence of my above statement is clearly in an answer you provided when you were asked if the current Leone will be exchanged to the new currency by a value equal to Le3000 for one unit of the new currency, assuming Le3000 is currently equal to $1. You replied in the affirmative. In fact you gave examples of how the conversion will take place. Accordingly, my question to you now is where then is the increased purchasing power of the new currency that you are gloating about." Thank you for your rejoinder. In my humble opinion, pointing out the unfortunately copious errors in your postings is not an insult to you -- as you claimed in familiar error. On the contrary, any reasonable person would regard such a helpful act as an attempt to help you differentiate between fact and fiction. It is a task that your latest posting, which is quoted in pertinent part above, obliges me to continue in the salutary interest of accuracy. Sadly, your posting suggests that your problem appears to be rooted in a fundamental failure to understand economics. You display that failing not only by confusing economic terms such as devaluation and revaluation, and by failing to acquaint yourself with the term depreciation, but also by failing to understand the meaning of other economic terms such as purchasing power. As a result, most of what you have written in this thread, regrettably, makes no economic sense, as I had cause to point out in a particular case yesterday. To duly point that out in the interest of accuracy is not an insult, as you claimed in unwitting error, but merely stating an unfortunate fact. As always, let us go to the evidence: 1. You wrote: "In the past, I expressed concern about your proposal because I thought you intended to enrich Sierra Leoneans in the process by rolling back the value of the currency to what it was in 1969 while correspondingly leading to the devaluation of all other currencies." The unfortunate error in your above-quoted statement is one of definition. As I was obliged to repeatedly explain to you yesterday, it is simply impossible for a devaluation to occur without a prior announcement by the relevant government that its country's currency is now worth less than previously. Therefore, when market forces -- not an announcement of a decree -- cause a currency to lose value, that is not called a devaluation, as you called it in error above, but a depreciation. The effect of a depreciation may be the same as a devaluation but the relative direct causes are very different. Therefore, to confuse a depreciation for a devaluation, as you unfortunately did repeatedly, is to confuse their relative causes. 2. You also wrote: "But in fact what you are proposing appears to be simply a change in the exchange rates that would have no effect on the purchasing power of the proposed new currency for Sierra Leone. ... Accordingly, my question to you now is where then is the increased purchasing power of the new currency that you are gloating about." Your unfortunate mistake above is one of comprehension. You do not appear to understand that my use of the expression "an increase in purchasing power" refers to the ability of S/Leoneans to buy more imported goods for the same amount of income after the restoration of the value of the Leone -- because the goods are now priced lower (in Leones) to reflect the stronger Leone. So, for example, an imported shoe which cost $10 landed in SL would cost Le 30,000 under an exchange rate of Le 3,000 = $1. However, with the rate at Le 1 = $1, the same shoe would now cost only Le 1. Hopefully, you now understand that a S/Leonean spending Le 1 to buy a shoe that used to cost Le 30,000 has experienced a tremendous increase in his/her purchasing power after the restoration of the value of the Leone that I propose. Subject: Re: To Moh'm Jalloh- All gloves are off. Message: You are going to need help from the other members of the Think Tank because you have displayed total ignorance on the issue of how revaluation leads to increased purchasing power. Unfortunately your theory of alleviating poverty hinges on the argument that the purchasing power of Sierra Leoneans will increase following the kind of revaluation that you are proposing. It simply would not happen. You are confusing apples with oranges. Although you are not the kind of man to admit to errors but the public will agree with me that there are a lot of information left out in your document regarding how poverty would be alleviated which you assumed everyone should know that unfortunately would have helped their understanding of the subject matter much better. Moh’m Jalloh wrote: Hopefully, you now understand that a S/Leonean spending Le 1 to buy a shoe that used to cost Le 30,000 has experienced a tremendous increase in his/her purchasing power after the restoration of the value of the Leone that I propose. Subject: Re: To Moh'm Jalloh- All gloves are off. Message: Alie: In the interest of accuracy, I am obliged to advise you that you are demonstrably wrong in your unsubstantiated assumption that "income and wealth will all be expressed in the new currency. Therefore a Civil servant, for example, that was receiving Le300,000/month will now receive an amount equivalent to BB100/month." Indeed, your unfortunately uninformed opinion above evidences your surprising lack of understanding of how a revaluation would affect incomes -- which it affects very differently from accumulated savings and other static (fixed) wealth held in Leones. Accordingly, kindly permit me to inform you that whereas the value of accumulated savings and other static wealth held in local currency (Leones) are AUTOMATICALLY changed in accordance with the change in the exchange rate to the new currency, no such automatic relationship exists for future non-static streams of income AFTER the change to the new currency. Thus, your untenable assumption to the contrary proves that you still do not understand how revaluation works. Your unsubstantiated assumption also confirms that, sadly, you did not understand my simple answer to your question yesterday in which you made the similar mistake of ASSUMING that the nominal value of all INCOMES would AUTOMATICALLY be reduced by the extent of the percentage increase of the revaluation after the restoration of the value of the Leone. Nothing could be further from the truth -- as I explained to you yesterday using the simplest language. In the probably vain hope that you would finally understand the source of your repeated error, and hopefully, you would take steps to understand it so that you would finally understand how a revaluation works, kindly permit me to reproduce my answer to your question yesterday which, sadly, you clearly still do not understand. Posted by Mohamed A. Jalloh on December 17, 2007 at 17:05:34: In Reply to: Re: RESTORING THE VALUE OF THE LEONE: FACT VERSUS FICTION posted by Alie Formeh Kamara on December 17, 2007 at 16:34:46: Alie Formeh Kamara writes on December 17, 2007: Alie: Obviously, each employer would be expected to make his/her own decisions about what to pay employees under the employer's supervision in NEW Leones. Such a decision would be informed in part -- but not totally -- by the reality of the revaluation. However, unless the wage for a particular job had declined to the exact same extent of the decline in the value of the Leone since the inception of the job, there is no reason why the new wage under the new Leone regime should be adjusted to match the change in the value of the Leone from 1979 when it was devalued. So, depending upon the history of the wage increases for the particular job, the new wage after the revaluation may end up being anywhere on the following range: From the same nominal (in new Leones) value as before the revaluation (no change), to being lower by the exact same percentage by which the NEW Leone has been revalued. To repeat, it all depends upon the history of the wage changes of the particular job and the preferences of the employer, subject to any applicable labor laws in SL. I hope the above explanation clarifies the issue for you. If you have any further questions, kindly pose them on SALONEDiscussion as I find it more efficient to refer you to answers to your questions that may already be posted on that forum, rather than repeating myself here. Then, if you so choose, you could post my answers here. Thank you for your anticipated cooperation. Best regards, Moh'm Subject: Re: To Moh'm Jalloh- All gloves are off. Message: Subject: Re: To Moh'm Jalloh- All gloves are off. Message: Take all the time you need to understand your error this time -- the better to get it right, for a change! [Laugh] BTW, Alie, your nickname wouldn't be Borbor Pain, would it? LOL Subject: Re: To Moh'm Jalloh- All gloves are off. Message: Subject: Re: To Moh'm Jalloh- All gloves are off. Message: On a more serious note: Yes, I did work at SLEC, but not in the 1980's -- when I had already stopped being a college student and I was head of the Economic Planning Dept. at SLPMB. I do remember Mr. Mansaray, though -- as well as Mr. Temple (who allegedly used to walk from Siaka Stevens to Leicester)! I wonder what he and Mr. Mansaray are up to these days. Perhaps you could post your contact E-mail address so that I may learn your name (since you know mine). Subject: Re: To Moh'm Jalloh- All gloves are off. Message: I am loathe to give my email address on a public forum, but I am sure I will find a way to send you my address. From your postings, you have not lost the serious minded side you displayed when we 'worked' together and I am not surprised but happy about your achievements. (was that work) Gone are the days. I hope you do not be president one day, because I will be accused of 'brown nosing' to get a job from you......lol You have been and will continue to be an inspiration in my life and God bless you and yours. Subject: Re: To Moh'm Jalloh- All gloves are off. Message: Subject: Re: To Moh'm Jalloh- All gloves are off. Message: Subject: Alieu Iscandri: New Jersey bans death penalty Message: The bill, approved last week by the state's Assembly and Senate, replaces the death sentence with life in prison without parole. "This is a day of progress for us and for the millions of people across our nation and around the globe who reject the death penalty as a moral or practical response to the grievous, even heinous, crime of murder," Corzine said. The measure spares eight men on the state's death row. On Sunday, Corzine signed orders commuting the sentences of those eight to life in prison without parole. Among the eight spared is Jesse Timmendequas, a sex offender who murdered 7-year-old Megan Kanka in 1994. The case inspired Megan's Law, which requires law enforcement agencies to notify the public about convicted sex offenders living in their communities. New Jersey reinstated the death penalty in 1982 — six years after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed states to resume executions — but it hasn't executed anyone since 1963. The state's move is being hailed across the world as a historic victory against capital punishment. Rome plans to shine golden light on the Colosseum in support. Once the arena for deadly gladiator combat and executions, the Colosseum is now a symbol of the fight against the death penalty. "The rest of America, and for that matter the entire world, is watching what we are doing here today," said Assemblyman Wilfredo Caraballo, a Democrat. "New Jersey is setting a precedent that I'm confident other states will follow." The bill passed the Legislature largely along party lines, with controlling Democrats supporting the abolition and minority Republicans opposed. Republicans had sought to retain the death penalty for those who murder law enforcement officials, rape and murder children, and terrorists, but Democrats rejected that. "It's simply a specious argument to say that, somehow, after six millennia of recorded history, the punishment no longer fits the crime," said Assemblyman Joseph Malone, a Republican. Members of victims' families fought against the law. "I will never forget how I've been abused by a state and a governor that was supposed to protect the innocent and enforce the laws," said Marilyn Flax, whose husband Irving was abducted and murdered in 1989 by death row inmate John Martini Sr. Richard Kanka, Megan's father, noted Corzine signed the bill exactly 15 years to day that death row inmate Ambrose Harris kidnapped, raped and murdered 22-year-old artist Kristin Huggins of Lower Makefield, Pa.. "Just another slap in the face to the victims," Kanka said. The last states to eliminate the death penalty were Iowa and West Virginia in 1965, according to the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. The nation has executed 1,099 people since the U.S. Supreme Court reauthorized the death penalty in 1976. In 1999, 98 people were executed, the most since 1976; last year 53 people were executed, the lowest since 1996. Other states have considered abolishing the death penalty recently, but none has advanced as far as New Jersey. The nation's last execution was Sept. 25 in Texas. Since then, executions have been delayed pending a U.S. Supreme Court decision on whether execution through lethal injection violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Subject: The Publicity Highground Message: Subject: Mr. Kabs Kanu may I ask you this question? Message: Subject: Re: Mr. Kabs Kanu may I ask you this question? Message: To me, this is plain nonsense and it just goes to show that many people in Somerset, New Jersey are not good listeners. Or it could be that they are so divisive that they listen well, but pick out only the negatives for propagation. Whenever this Fakondo issue comes up, I shake my head in disbelief , because in all my practice of journalism, spanning 34 years in Sierra Leone, Liberia and the U.S, I have never given anybody the kind of respect I gave this Fakondo guy when it came to writing stuff sent to me for publication. I wrote against leaders like Pa. Shaki, Samuel K. Doe, Charles Taylor, Joseph Momoh, Julius Strasser , Johnny Paul, Pa. Kabbah, Obasanjo , etc but NEVER DID I EVER HOLD BACK AN ARTICLE AND SAY THAT I HAVE GIVEN THESE LEADERS TWO WEEKS TO RESPOND TO AN EARLIER REPORT, BEFORE PUBLISHING ANYTHING ELSE ON THE ISSUE. I have never extended such courtesies to private citizens like Sylvia, Marda, Toegondo, Kathos and others with whom I quarrelled online. After the Bishop Boyabi group brought their complaint to me about their problems at Bethel and I published it, I wrote to say that this was only one side of the story and I was giving Fakondo time to respond to it and provide his own side before proceeding to accept or write any more articles on the matter. It looks like many, many people had undergone the same experience with Bethel and they had been waiting for the right opportunity to come out and talk. You won't believe the number of articles I received from people in this community and all of them were supporting what the Boyabi group had said. They wanted me to publish them and one of the women even threatened that if I refused to publish them ,she will go to the HOME NEWS, CORIER NEWS and STAR LEDGER to publish them , because they were tired of being used by Bethel. If I was intent on publishing only negative things about one individual and not the positives, DON'T YOU THINK THAT I WOULD HAVE USED THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLISH THOSE ARTICLES. I STILL HAVE THESE ARTICLES IN MY FILE AND HARD DRIVE. They were written by former members of the church who raised many allegations. Mind you, I did not care a tinker's damn about libel ( When I refused to publish them )because as a graduate of a law school, I knew that the articles could be defended in court. I could have invoked the Defence of TRUTH BY JUSTIFICATION or PUBLIC INTEREST . Churches take lots of money from people in this country and therefore what they do with the money or how they conduct business is of supreme public interest.To publish articles from people raising questions about how their monies were spent is not libellious. And if some of the writers can prove that some of the things they said were true ( leading to suspicions that made them make the other allegations ) that is where TRUTH BY JUSTIFICATION comes in . Bra, not to man lek me you dey threaten with libel. I did not only study journalism. I studied Law as well . I know when an article is libellious or when it is not. But this is not a treatise on libel laws. I did not publish the negative articles about Fakondo because I wanted to extend to him the mutual respect we had for each other when we both served FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH. That was the only reason. I called him many times and continued calling him, though it was obvious to me that he was refusing to talk ( For reasons best known to himself ). I called his sister and mother and they all said they will ask him to respond , but he never did. All he had to do was respond to what the Boyabi group said if he was certain they were false. I wanted to be fair to all parties. Even when he did not respond , I never published the many negative articles people sent me about Fakondo and his church . The articles on this forum about Bethel were posted by contributors in New Jersey.Again, I deleted the malicious ones not only against Agnes Banya, but the selfsame Fakondo.I hope this answers your enquiries when you wrote : "Now if you can post negative things about Victor Fakondo why not positive ones? I don't know why but I hope it is not what it appears to be?" Whoever you are, I want to assure you that I am a fair and objective person when it comes to most issues.I am sure that even my Bible School teacher , Bishop Boyabi, was not pleased with all the courtesies But note this disparity in maturity levels. Though I published articles from Harding and Mohamed Lamin that defamed Bishop Boyabi, the Bishop never got angry with me. We have maintained excellent relations and he is one of those in whose care I hope to leave my family if I have to go to Freetown. Pastor Gibrilla too was not annoyed for the things Harding said that I published. Infact, he has invited me to Maryland to go and visit his church and even preach there. A person may be contributing immensely to a society but if that person wants to be respected, he must respect other people the way they respect him. We are all contributing to this society. We don't hold a microphone going around advertising ourselves. Whatever I do, I do it for the sake of God Almighty who is the ultimate rewarder. I hope I answered your questions. Subject: Sierra Leone Business Directory(Disapora) Message: This site is note too bad, it is up and comming. Subject: Where are they Message: Subject: Re: WHERE IS ALIE KOSSAY, BUBU ANDFODAY,DAUDA, ALEX MANSARAY Message: Subject: For REVO - Kabs Kanu - Advertizing On Coc's Message: Its been almost 4 days.. Thanks.. Subject: Re: For REVO - Kabs Kanu - Advertizing On Coc's Message: Subject: muckson ,muckson and moderator Message: Subject: Contact For One Month Voluntary Services in Sierra Leone Message: Subject: TECHNICAL PROBLEMS Message: Subject: Abass Bundu Message: Talk about watermellon and chameleon politics. To hell with people like these. And Mr. President if these people come back into the APC and OUR party falls into disrepute, the present administration will be blamed. Sure he wants to come back so that he can be given another position where he can abuse his office and then smear the name of the party and other righteous people within it. Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: In the reality of some, the Party will "LIVE FOREVER" But, like it or not,one thing is certain! Perfidious finks like Abass Bundu,Force Commander Tarawallie and M K Suma had no inclination that APC will ever come "BACK TO POWER" Indeed Most Sierra Leoneans embraced Earnest Koroma's Presidency because he presented them with the agenda of a "NEW APC". In the end most APCers will agree that Just because "refusenicks" Like Abass and ilk have previously violated the characteristic and expected social behavior expected of them during their tenure as APC Stewards of State, they must automatically become disqualified as flagbearers in this present disposition. Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: This is one reason why the APC leaders have refused to reach out to you. You are too polarizing. Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: Do you really think I need a political appointment to survive. Look here Jackass I have been gainfully self employed in excess of 16 years and I am not complaining so dont go there. If the APC reaches out to me I may or may not accept a position with a Political twist and that decision my friend is entirely up to me wouldnt you say? I have said my piece and now you can label it whatrever ever way you prefer. "Polarizing" my ass!!!!!!!! Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: A statement like this: "I am polarizing if I have concerns about a politician whose record of corruption speaks for itself and is a matter of public record?" ---- Aleiu Iscandari Would have left almost all the APC hierarchy without a post.. and a job.. but Aye.. Agba Alieu call them ole crooks what they are. "APC politicians whose records of corruption is a matter of public record" Who said judas was not a friend of Jesus..? Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: I trust he has the God given right to pour his opinion on issues so importnant as to vet who is serving our nation. The likes of Abass Bundu have woefully failed us in every respect of a career professional until he really atones by giving two years voluntary service as a community punishment for failing to deliver when all hopes were on him. Abass Bundu - my advise to you is to seek serious rehabilitation therapy by wauy of volunteerring on a community program in Sierra Leone. You failed but God still loves you and He want you to atone. ATONE!! Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: Anyways just mesing about.... the forum is DULL without me around.. Bra nor vex.. Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: We have warned you people to stop launching unnecessary personal attacks on others and you are not listening. Your IP will be blocked for 30 days. You are due for reinstatement on January 16, 2008. Have a nice day. Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: You did not read the thread....? And your lawyer friend came in and slam the pa.. and you came in and bote.. And this is your retort..We should not needlessly damage other peoples character..? Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: Dr Abass Bundu has family too.. so they might be opposed to rumours like this, but i guy since this is not thier forum.. You cant ban people for blasting politicians in our country.. public service comes with its danger.. and what ever the ole pa's crimes.. all stem from that day he decided to be a public official.. REVO .. lef dem pikin.. You get too entangled in this forum pa.. Every single day. .we have to put up with APC labelling I have never seen you take this kind of action.. Ah bage.. no banning.. Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: By my post, I have absolutely no intention of causing him any emotional damage or pain, just speaking facts which have been let out into the public domain and for which there has been no oficial rebuttal from the erudiet Dr of passport graft. Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: My quest for fair play dictates that in the same breath as your bitch slapping Dr bundu.. so you are left open for some bitch slapping yourself.. So call the or email the REVO to stay his gillotine when other public officials (re: In his capacity as tourism minister in the most incopetent government this side of the moon, Mr Iscandari Snr.) are slammed... Its only fair right..?? Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: Subject: Re: Abass Bundu Message: Subject: Kenya slum dweller gets UK degree Message: Subject: ONE MONTH VOLUNTARY SERVICES IN SIERR LEONE Message: Our position in the world according to the UN statistical report on world poverty as we know is second in the world, irrespective of the mineral resources we have. GNI per capita: US $220 (World Bank, 2006. Life expectancy: 39 years (men), 42 years (women) (UN). We need to change these numbers. Be patriotic and serve the country of your motherland. If you have any suggestions please post it. We will discuss this idea till we reach a consensus. Subject: Re: ONE MONTH VOLUNTARY SERVICES IN SIERR LEONE Message: My suggestion is that this is best done in the framework of an independent volunteer organisation under whose banner interested diaspora Sierra Leoneans can then sign into and travel to assist in focus areas that are mapped out by the organisation. It should have set goals. E.g. resettlement of slum dwellers such as kroobay, etc; Construction of a vocational institute for the war amputees; or talking to rural women about water management techniques or assisting the fishermen at Goderich to design and build better storage facilities or setting up a primary school structure for a small community. These are small steps are are easier to accomplish under the banner of say "Association of Diaspora Sierra Leonean". At the end of a 1 or 2 month tour of duty one can awarded a certificate of volunteering or of assistance to the people of Sierra Leone and that can be added to the resume and can enhance your job experience for those that may require it. Subject: Re: ONE MONTH VOLUNTARY SERVICES IN SIERR LEONE Message: Bra please contact me at uibk@gmail.com Subject: Re: ONE MONTH VOLUNTARY SERVICES IN SIERR LEONE Message: I think one of the immediate problems one would face is in the area of work etnic such as integrity, dicipline, honesty, follows rules and procedures that are very casual in our country. I learnt of a case prior to the recent general election where a UK sponsored staff assigned to improve the justice system in Sierra Leone actually left out of sheer frustration because his work was undermined. So you can understand why some of us have been in the diaspora for years. I am hoping that we can find some common grounds on this. I like the idea you suggested as voluntering does not necessarily have to be in ones area of expertise. I think that would reduce the fear factor from the home based staff. We should not dismissed the project. I hope to come up with my own suggestion to the originator on this matter. Subject: Re: ONE MONTH VOLUNTARY SERVICES IN SIERR LEONE Message: Subject: Re: ONE MONTH VOLUNTARY SERVICES IN SIERR LEONE Message: If we are to engage in this issue of volunterering in Sierra Leone in our different capacities, I think the issue of "bad heart" from our brothers and sisters on the ground is a side issue. First and foremost a voluntary diasporan organization comprising of Sierra Leoneans, if well organized, registered in the U.S.A., Europe or wherever, will be a bone of contention if the government of Sierra Leone gives the green light. Affiliating with donor organizations that are interested in third world development is a starting point, then informing the government of Sierra Leone of our intention is another issue which I believe any development oriented government will embrace. Our people or so-called professionals on the ground will never feel threatened if our intentions are not based on political motivations, self-conceitedness or deceit. To be candid with you, the experience, education and valor I have achieved abroad can benefit Sierra Leone if we all organize ourselves selflessly to help the country. I don't want to be termed boastful, but to be off the records, I am an expert in non-profit management, intellectual property ( patent, copyright, trademark and technology transfer), leadership and development, education and journalism (print and electronic media). So with all these qualifications and many more coming from our brothers and sisters in the diaspora, I believe we can make a huge impact in helping our mother land. All we need to do is working on modalities on how to help Sierra Leone. We have to start from somewhere to save our country from shame- lets leave politics, tribalism and ethnocentricism behind, rather as JFK said, "don't ask what your country can do for you but what you do for your country." Our brothers and sisters on the ground need motivation from us who are previliged to travel and utilize meaningfully our talents- so they will never envy us or fell threatened if we are there to give than taking what they have toiled for years. I can be contacted on the following e-mail: jsherman68@hotmail.com Subject: Re: ONE MONTH VOLUNTARY SERVICES IN SIERR LEONE Message: The issue I proposed was to find a common ground as you mentioned, but there must be a start. We have to start from somewhere. We can innaugurate a coordinating committee and draft an outline of our frame of reference. Who can become a member: All well meaning Sierra Leoneans; what are the objectives: to channel development in diverse areas of our country; for year one, the theme might be: "working with fish smokes on better/more efficient ways of utilising fuel by the use of more energy efficient stoves, etc, or it might be on some rural reforrestation project to replenish firewood in an interior locat1on, etc. etc. When it comes to funding, those that are really dedicated can move their christmas vacation trips towards the summer work period - and should be willing to invest the $500 of so that they would normally spend on entertainment towards the volunteer project. The issue of political affiliation should be left out as it is purely non-partician and voluntary. Don't funding can come later, but it should not be the main determinant of project scope and undertaking. Subject: Re: ONE MONTH VOLUNTARY SERVICES IN SIERR LEONE Message: Subject: Re: ONE MONTH VOLUNTARY SERVICES IN SIERR LEONE Message: I am aware that some of my colleagues went and trainned SLE immigration Officers 10 years ago but that was sponsored by DFID. I could help in the policy are as well. The originators contact details will be appreciated in due course. Mine:y020855@yahoo.co.uk Regards Subject: Re: ONE MONTH VOLUNTARY SERVICES IN SIERR LEONE Message: Subject: Re: ONE MONTH VOLUNTARY SERVICES IN SIERR LEONE Message: Your idea of volunteerism in various desciplines in Sierra Leone is an excellent one. I'll be the first to sign-up if modalities are worked out or a select committee of diasporans is set up to ursher this idea. We've seen how the U.S.A and some countries in the West are thriving due to voluteer programs. I'll encourage all brothers and sisters in the diaspora to give a thought to Mr. Sesay's suggestion and start planning how to help our beloved country. We should put our political and individual differences and forge ahead for a better Sierra Leone. Donor countries or the west cannot develop Sierra Leone for us, with our collective efforts and various desciplines we can make a difference in terms of our contributions to the health, infracstructural educational and all social institutions of our country. As Mr. Sesay mentioned we should not view this suggestion as politically motivated but a genuine course to raise Sierra Leone from grass to grace. If we are all contributing immensely to the development of the West or our countries of residence, why can't we give back to Sierra Leone what we started devloping before some of us are forced to leave for greener pastures Subject: Re: ONE MONTH VOLUNTARY SERVICES IN SIERR LEONE Message: Subject: Re: ONE MONTH VOLUNTARY SERVICES IN SIERR LEONE Message: Some of you may not be aware that a new Office of Diaspora Affairs has been created in the President's Office and currently lead by someone from the Diaspora on a voluntary basis. Information received to date indicate that the Office will like to explore the type of voluteer effort being discussed here using the "TOKTEN" (Transfer of Knowledge Through Expatriarite Nationals) model used by the UN. Please visit the Office if Diaspora Affairs web site below and send an emila to State House about your intersts and hopefully a dialoque may start with those intersted. http://www.anewsierraleone.org/ Subject: SLPP die to come no more Message: Subject: Re: SLPP die to come no more Message: "The SLPP wrecked Sierra Leone's socio-political base by creating its own thievery space and today, its kith and kin are defending the interests of an SLPP that stained state Institutions and stifled those who do not belong to the SLPP family." A statement like that is devour of any knowledge of a coutry named salone and our political & socio economic history... SLPP only did not move it (our country) forward (well not far enough). But our country did not retrogress under the SLPP.. IT WAS THE APC.. that took our lives and morgaged our destiny to international financial institutions.. Started a war, left it on us to end, crippled us from Dminco, to rutile, to SLPMB, to argggggggggggggggg.. Man kin tire........for pull una story.. While the little that was left over after servicing these loans was pocketed by the likes of Edward kargbo, YT sesays, ET kamara, Ben Kanu, Jamil sahid, And MK suma.. to name but a few.. And the fact that koroma won the election by 20,000 votes should give you a clue.. That this was not a landslide.. even wit hall the Grassroot music, mass dissatisfaction, and percieved SLPP corruption.. 20000 is shameful you FOOLS... APC Victory my foot, reds will not know a free and fair election if it was the bed sheet they sleep on.. Bo una lef we ya.. Subject: Re: SLPP die to come no more Message: Subject: Re: SLPP die to come no more Message: It does not take a party member to rebuke misinformation.. thats the capacity i stepped in... I am not SLPP...and me as a koro will earn no Kobo.. I look like the pissis you dey us for wape when you don, old and crooked, with a few battle scars (hard noks wars)... Subject: Re: SLPP die to come no more Message: Subject: Re: SLPP die to come no more Message: And the fact remains....and i see you did not argue against.. you just bamboat around the issue of APChee been the party that took our country back 20 years.. Bring light and plenty klin water me man.. Bring plenty.. me want sef we dey export kilowatt to la guinea... The only time i take issue is when APC supporters are trying to play ariobo politics with statements like.. "The SLPP wrecked Sierra Leone's socio-political base by creating its own thievery space and today, its kith and kin are defending the interests of an SLPP that stained state Institutions and stifled those who do not belong to the SLPP family." Shame una nor get...?? Subject: Re: SLPP die to come no more Message: Subject: ANTI-CORRUPTION AND BRA ENVIABLE Message: Bra E, during the campaign Hon Hindolo Trye and I wanted to know why the ACC was not able to perform as mandated. One of the reasons they gave was that in the past the ACC had a lot of cases on the books but were unable to prosecute because the paper trail was not just there. From that inference the APC decided that when we become the party in government after the elections, all efforts will be made to make sure that any case that was brought up to or by the ACC will be "air-tight." We want to make sure that whatever is said to be the case is the case-if you get my drift! Honestly, judging by my profession, I think that less than 90 days was even a short time for the investigative part of the ACC's function. Bra E, if you domicile is the USA, you will agree with me that such probes like the ACC's will not happen overnight here in the USA. We have seen cases where the federal government took years to gather, build and present their cases (Alpha Alieu, where are you when I need you for the legal...). When we took Mayor Milton Millan down in Camden, New Jersey, we did not do it in 90 days, we compiled our eveidence for over a year and a half then, BANG! The result was a guilty and corrupted Mayor. Another case in point was the Keaton Five during the savings and loan crises in the US. Nobody here cried witch hunting even though heads rolled in the Senate; only the guilty were afraid. What is being done today in Sierra Leone is like probing the Mafia, we can not take a day to bring to light what was systematically brewed over 11 years. I will assure you that this time around we do not need a deep throat to get all the presidents men. The audit findings will speak for the country. Bra Enviable I think you should have been applauding our efforts to make the last regime account for their klepto... actions rather that whine over the timing of the excercise. Till then chill out and hope that we name and shame these people and recover some of your ill-gotten wealth from the SLPP this time around. Subject: Re: ANTI-CORRUPTION AND BRA ENVIABLE Message: Bra E... Ill gotten wealth..? Subject: Re: ANTI-CORRUPTION AND BRA ENVIABLE Message: What is particularly unhelpful is our propensity to cry foul whenever a serious effort to confront the scourge of corruption is initiated. In this fight, many tribal and partisan toes are gonna be stepped on. That shouldn't deter us however. Thanks Brabanxx for shedding light on an area of confusion in our complex milieu of tribe and politics. Subject: DID MOHAMED KSALLON DUPE TWO SUADI TEAMS? Message: Subject: Re: DID MOHAMED KSALLON DUPE TWO SUADI TEAMS? Message: Kallon played for Al-Ittihad in 2005, and was in Riyadh last week to undergo a medical examination and finalise some clauses in the pre-contract agreement. Kallon told BBC Sport that following the fall-out, he has been banned from playing in Saudi Arabia for three years by the country's football authorities. "All the allegations against me are false, I never attempted to sign for Al-Ittihad," said Kallon. "I was not even contacted to give my own side of the story. "The truth of matter is that I went to Jeddah to visit friends and to make sure that my mother, who is performing the Muslim Hajj, is in good hands. Qatar a possibility The former Inter Milan and Monaco striker has now left Saudi Arabia and is looking for a club elsewhere. "Even if my ban is lifted I've no intention to play in Saudi Arabia again, because of what has happened. "I just want the ban to be lifted for my reputation, and if the Saudi FA fails to do that soon, I'll take the matter to Fifa." "In fact am now considering offers from Qatar." Subject: Re: DID MOHAMED KSALLON DUPE TWO SUADI TEAMS? Message: Subject: Hajj pilgrims stranded in Africa Message: Nearly 6,000 Nigerians have also found it impossible to make the journey, despite having airline tickets for Saudi Arabia. However, some 1,100 pilgrims have now been able to travel from Tanzania. African pilgrims have frequently complained about the difficulties of attending the Hajj, one of the duties of every Muslim, if they can afford it and are physically able. Compensation Some 1,500 pilgrims from Tanzania, the Comoros and Democratic Republic of Congo had feared they would miss the Hajj after spending 10 days at Dar es Salaam airport. But the third and final batch of 379 pilgrims left at 1100 local time (0800 GMT) on Friday for Medina, from where they will be ferried by coach to Mecca. Jeddah international airport was closed on Thursday night. Some 400 of them, especially the old and the sick, have decided to cancel the trip and returned to their homes. They say that this is Allah's test during this period and that they will not raise their anger against those responsible for the delay. They are disappointed and say they will be demanding compensation from the government. Every year about 2m Muslims converge on Mecca - the holiest place in Islam - for the Hajj. Subject: THE NEW PEOPLE Message: Subject: The Virtues of the day of Arafat whiuch falls on a Tuesday Message: Praise be to Allaah. Subject: WHAT`S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT THE KAMAJORS? Message: Subject: President Koroma scores another big victory Message: We all know he is estranged from the SLPP after allegedly accepting bribes that resulted in the helicopter crash that killed a number of people at lungi, and was removed from office. How believable is the reconciliation? Or do you think that our memories have so dulled not to remember that the ties between Prince Harding and SLPP went sour way before the election. A picture with Mr Koroma and the kamajors might have sold the propaganda better than the one you have on the main page. Subject: Re: President Koroma scores another big victory Message: So, i am personally not suprised reading those propaganda articles. But on the other hand i understand. Because most of them don't really have trust in their professions; they don't believe in the main objective of being a journalist which is to tell the truth. The news don't need to be invented or to be covered up, but to be revealed to the people. They are not only failing the people but themselves. Sometimes i feel disgusting when i read some articles by some people claimimg to be professional journalist. But we don't have a choice, let them keep putting up the nonsense made-up stories, it is up to us the readers to believe it or not. Subject: Re: President Koroma scores another big victory Message: Subject: Re: President Koroma scores another big victory Message: So i personally is not suprised reading those propaganda articles. But on the other hand i understand. Because most of them don't really have trust in their professions; they don't believe in the main objective of being a journalist which is to tell the truth. The news don't need to be invented or to be covered, but to be revealed to the people. They are not only failing the people but themselves. Sometimes i feel disgusting when i read some articles by some people claimimg to be professional journalist. But we don't have a choice, let them keep putting up the nonsense made-up stories, it is up to us the readers to believe it or not. Subject: Re: President Koroma scores another big victory Message: The new comers and cry-babies like JJ Blood who keep boycotting all government activities are bound to follow Subject: Re: President Koroma scores another big victory Message: President Koroma will do well to avoid a stigmatized politician like Prine Harding who is not only a spent force but one that will give any leader a bad name. His only interest in this world is money, money, money. His only vision is money. His only purpose is money. No good man should touch him even with a ten-foot pole. Mr President does not need him!!! There are many more respected southerners with whom President Koroma can do business. Subject: Re: President Koroma scores another big victory Message: No office in salone.. http://www.sierraleoneship.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=26 http://www.setcorp.ru/main/pressrelease.phtml?news_id=9809&language=english http://www.ejfoundation.org/page164.html http://archive.greenpeace.org/oceans/piratefishing/dodgingrules.html Subject: Re: President Koroma scores another big victory Message: Subject: Re: President Koroma scores another big victory Message: Subject: Cocorioko Editor bags Communications Director position Message: The thrilling debate on who becomes the President's mouthpiece and pen was probably partly laid to rest amid strong speculations that Rev. Leeroy Kabs-Kanu had finally received an offeer to negotiate on the position. Rev Wilfred Leeroy Kabs-Kanu, a committed APC supporter and publicist, has shared the news with family members and close friends as he seeks counsel on what to do next. Rev. Wilfred Leeroy Kabs-Kanu is a seasoned journalist who has practised in three countries spanning 34 years. A preacher, educator, and graduate, Rev. Kabs-Kanu is an articulate writer and speaker, a focused man of God who is untainted by the corruption and unethical journalistic practices (coasting) that Shekito may have engaged in as a journalist. Subject: VIOLATING THE RULES AND SPRIT OF THE FORUM Message: Subject: Re: Cocorioko Editor bags Communications Director position Message: Shekito is not a coaster. New People, as an SLPP mouthpiece, should stick to the facts and avoid speculations. Ow, una dey fraid shekito ba? Subject: Re: Cocorioko Editor bags Communications Director position Message: Subject: John Mannah 10, Mohamed Allie 5 Message: Subject: DEMOCRACY AND THE LITTLE POLITICAL MINDS ON COCORIOKO Message: When, for example, I cheered the anti-corruption drive and cautioned against state zealotry for the sake of democracy, enfeebled minds were quick to write back with the analytical capacities of idiots. A country with a long history of one-party dictatorship can easily tip over into authoritarian rule when leaders are not viewed with wakeful eyes. Loving our political parties while remaining critical of national leaders, is a balancing act we must perform for democracy's sake. I can support the SLPP one moment, and attack the party's shortcomings the other. Even enduring democracies need occasional non-conformists within their political parties to stir leaders out of complacence. Ernest Koroma may be a "new" APC leader, but it must never be forgotten that he is operating within the structures of a party that was once mired in political one-upmanship. Praising and poking him with sarcasms should be central in the relationship existing between State House and the masses. Those who rebuke me for directing mordant criticism at Ernest Koroma are more dangerous to our democracy than the APC's undemocratic credentials. I wish there were sharper, political minds on Cocorioko to attack my political stands without craving my attention with apolitical rubbish. Subject: Re: DEMOCRACY AND THE LITTLE POLITICAL MINDS ON COCORIOKO Message: Subject: Re: DEMOCRACY AND THE LITTLE POLITICAL MINDS ON COCORIOKO Message: Beware of callers who give you information to put you on the spot. I trust you love your country more than the party politics we all practice. Let it stay that way. Our Kabba lewd SLPP failed us and discredited so many untainted young Sierra Leoneans who supported them despite the overt corruption they practiced. Stay cool and have a pleasant end of year festival. Subject: Re: DEMOCRACY AND THE LITTLE POLITICAL MINDS ON COCORIOKO Message: No one can deny the fact that you have not been raising reasonable issues on this forum. We would have respected you more if you had taken the position of a neutral in the political arena. Therefore you should not be surprised when supporters of the APC jump to the defence of their party. Party politics is all about the survival of the political parties so they too have a right to the defence of the actions of their party. If you read the green book by Ghadifi, you will some compelling arguments against party politics. All political parties in whatever form are basically their to impress their ideas on the electorate. They defend their own actions even though some of these actions are wrong. The one and only President in the history of Sierra (Momoh) that admitted that he failed in certain aspects in his running of the state is still being castigated today by his distractors even though that is the most honest and humane thing to have been done by a President. So you should see the rational in the APC supporters not accepting your ideas about their new government and President especially as you are member of the opposition. If you want to be seen as a Sierra Leonean and less like an SLPPer even though you may be right some of the times, then you should shed that SLPP cloak and come to this forum as a true patriot and not as a party supporter. Subject: Re: DEMOCRACY AND THE LITTLE POLITICAL MINDS ON COCORIOKO Message: Subject: Re: DEMOCRACY AND THE LITTLE POLITICAL MINDS ON COCORIOKO Message: THE RIGHT TO DISAGREE IS A RIGHT ENTRENCHED IN DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AND THOSE WHO TAKE UBMBRAGE AT THOSE WHO DISAGREE WITH THEM ARE THEM SELVES UNDEMOCRATIC. Subject: Re: DEMOCRACY AND THE LITTLE POLITICAL MINDS ON COCORIOKO Message: Subject: Re: DEMOCRACY AND THE LITTLE POLITICAL MINDS ON COCORIOKO Message: I am pro Koroma and pro APC ( as if that needs to be said) but I am NOT monolithic in my thinking. I reserve my right to dissent and that I will always do. So far I have no reason to dissent and I am not going to be dissenting to anything. The president has asked us to judge his administration after 36 months. Many would want to wait until that 36 months is up. I would rather grade the president and his administration n a weekly basis and as much as i would like this APC administration to succeed, I believe that it is my duty to as we say in local parlance "call them home". I have a tremendous amount of respect for your intellect and I would rather see you not being used as the fellah that would cry wolf when there is none. The rationale being that you would loose credibility when the real wolf comes around and you wanna cry wolf. Keep the faith and the fires of dissent burning. One love Subject: Re: DEMOCRACY AND THE LITTLE POLITICAL MINDS ON COCORIOKO Message: ------------------------------------------------------ Well placed!! Bra Enviable is a giant amongst many. I also have tremendous respect for him - reason is what he should dwell on. Country above party politics. I am aware of so many people who are afraid to come to this forum and submit praises or criticisms but will always be in the background to feed one with facts and fictions to promote their selfish aims. Merry Christmas Subject: Re: DEMOCRACY AND THE LITTLE POLITICAL MINDS ON COCORIOKO Message: Bra E, na for bear wit we Bra. If Cocorioko APC brothers, according to you, are known for their fixated gaze on the scathing part of "Ernest Koroma may be a "new" APC See Bra E, with a bit of mind stretching, you could have noticed that though the structures of the party, according to you, remains the same other Cocorioko brothers and the majority of the people of Sierra Leone are evolving. Subject: Re: DEMOCRACY AND THE LITTLE POLITICAL MINDS ON COCORIOKO Message: Since then the world has moved on to the extent that it will be very difficult to sustain dictatorship in Sierra Leone and remained part of the international order of world community at the same time. Zimbabwe and Pakistan is an example of how the world can pounce on a rogue regime. Some of us know that No 10 Downing street and our other development partner's eyes and ears are on state house in Freetown. I am sure Koroma will not unduely go out of step in the democratic dispensation. My humble opinion is that a dictator is not born, they are moulded and created by people. Where there is a collective will and consciousness by the oppositions, I cannot see how democracy can be truncated or tilt towards one partysm. I think you should spend more of your time advising and ensuring that the SLPP stays intact and hope there were no defections and cross carpeting as it happened in post 1967. A one party system either by defacto or constitutionally approved is, in my view, inconceivable in modern Sierra Leone and unacceptable to the international community. Former Vice president Berewa has warned his party supporters to stay in their party. But would they? That is the critical issue. Regards Subject: Re: DEMOCRACY AND THE LITTLE POLITICAL MINDS ON COCORIOKO Message: Yayah Jammeh is doing a great job of sustaining a defacto dictatorship in Gambia, what has No 10 Downing Street, the White House and others been able to do about it. Nothing much so far. Sierra Leone is not going to turn into a one party state, but the political structure is such that should they choose, the ruling party can in effect manipulate it so that they remain in power for a very long time, and hence turn the country into a defacto "one party" nation. Until proper checks and balances are put in place to prvent this, we will continue to see politicians exploiting the regional and tribal divides for their selfish benefits. Subject: Re: DEMOCRACY AND THE LITTLE POLITICAL MINDS ON COCORIOKO Message: Subject: SISTER MBALU: ARE YOU OKAY? Message: Subject: Re: SISTER MBALU: ARE YOU OKAY? Message: I have been in a crazy run-around over the weekend because I missed my original flight out of JFK....and have since been checking in on standby. Needless to say I was too confused and preoccupied to even check up on this forum. I am using a public service here at JFK to check my e-mails and stumbled into your posting. My new flight takes off in a couple of hours and INSHA ALLAH I will be on S/L soil by Tuesday (12/18). Will update you all on my fight. p/s: I am not a DIGBA, so do not expect me to attempt entering any "YARRMAH". Serious "Shaymah-to-Shaymah tet-a-tet within "Ro KANTHA" will surfice. Peace out Sis, and have a really really merry X-Mas. Subject: Re: SISTER MBALU: ARE YOU OKAY? Message: Subject: RESTORING THE VALUE OF THE LEONE: FACT VERSUS FICTION Message: Dr. Mannah: Thank you for your rejoinder. I am glad that you say you share my passion to help our leaders help our people by helping the leaders to avoid the mistake of installing inappropriate policies. Our country needs every S/Leonean on deck, as I mentioned yesterday to our friend, Alie Formeh Kamara (who, unfortunately, seems to have run away from our nation-helping debate after I was obliged by the interest of accuracy to duly point out his error in confusing the word "alleviate" which we used in relation to our plan to reduce poverty in SL, with "eradicate," which we never used in that regard. [laugh] It is in the continuing interest of accuracy that I am also obliged to point out that I do not share your belief that SL needs to obtain the approval of the IMF in order to correct the IMF's unconscionable instigation of the devastation of the value of the Leone that has massively impoverished millions of S./Leoneans during the past nearly 30 years. Nor do I share your regrettable self-denigrating preference for our country's continued harmful dependence upon Western countries evident in your suggestion "to peg the Leone to the dollar and bring it to parity." Furthermore, I do not believe, as you do, that Argentina's disastrous pegging of its currency to the dollar during the 1990's should be a model for our own country. On the contrary, our proposal to President Ernest Koroma is that the Leone should NOT be pegged to the dollar. This would ensure the maintenance of the independence of SL's monetary policy, among other reasons that I explained in greater detail in my 2006 article entitled "How to Immediately Alleviate Poverty in Sierra Leone." As a courtesy, that article is accessible via the link I provide below by clicking on it and scrolling down to the article. http://www.concordtimessl.com/bintumani.htm Moreover, I do not share your view that former President Tejan Kabbah showed wisdom by agreeing to "go with the dictates of the west to change the regime in Sierra Leone." On the contrary, as my published articles since 2005 make plain, I believe that the SLPP regime of President Kabbah was the worst government in the history of SL because it received more foreign aid than all previous governments combined, and yet it was globally notorious not only for its massive and pervasive corruption, but also for being the only government of SL that presided over SL's ranking as the poorest, or next poorest country in the world for each and every year of its regime. I will now proceed to duly document the other specific areas in which our views differ materially. Kindly permit me to do so, in the usual interest of accuracy, by identifying and analyzing the unfortunate errors of omission and commission in your above-quoted statement. First, let us set forth your error of omission. 1. The error in your opinion that I "have made these suggestions without laying the facts in an appropriate framework, so as to be able to prescribe a better solution for the ails of our economy," is readily evident upon the answer to a rather simple question. That question is: Did you present any credible evidence to show that I "have made these suggestions without laying the facts in an appropriate framework, so as to be able to prescribe a better solution for the ails of our economy?" ANSWER: No, because the only evidence you presented is easily shown to be false. Which leads us to your error of commission: 2. The only evidence you presented to support your opinion that I had not laid "the facts in an appropriate framework, so as to be able to prescribe a better solution for the ails of our economy," is your further opinion that I had stated that "[t]he problem that started the Sierra Leonean economic malaise, leading to the devaluation of the Leone in 1979 is [] hyperinflation." However, your claim is transparently false -- since I did not write that hyperinflation led to devaluation. On the contrary, my statement was that it was devaluation which CAUSED hyperinflation -- not the other way round, as you claimed in error. Indeed, you yourself provided evidence of the falsity of your own opinion -- unfortunately without realizing it -- when you quoted my statement, viz. "Here is what you said " What we actually stated -- which unfortunately you apparently missed-- was that the debauchery of the German currency unleashed forces of hyperinflation which we believe were the same forces of hyperinflation that were released due to the debauchery of the Sierra Leonean currency in 1979". In order to understand your unfortunate error of commission, it is sufficient to make a simple distinction between what we stated (which you accurately quoted above), and what you understood thereof in unfortunate error. To state, as we did, that the debauchery of the German currency unleashed forces of hyperinflation which we believe were the same forces of hyperinflation that were released due to the debauchery of the Sierra Leonean currency in 1979 does NOT mean -- as you claimed in palpable error -- that hyperinflation "started the Sierra Leonean economic malaise, leading to the devaluation of the Leone in 1979." I respectfully submit that the only valid conclusion that can be drawn from our actual statement is that the hyperinflation in Germany was the same as that in SL. Therefore, your additional conclusion that we had stated that the hyperinflation "[led] to the devaluation of the Leone in 1979" is, regrettably, entirely a figment only of your imagination. Which leads us to your next error of commission. 3. Having claimed -- erroneously -- that we had stated that hyperinflation caused the devaluation of the Leone in 1979 (when in fact we had stated the exact opposite), you then proceeded to compound your error by making the following erroneous distinction between hyperinflation and stagflation in SL when you wrote: "Hyperinflation that Germany and presently Zimbabwe is experiencing at the moment is completely different from stagflation. Hyperinflation is an economic situation where inflation is out of control, and without any tendency towards equilibrium. Money supply in such a situation is out of control and thus a drastic debasement of coinage and is often as a result of wars , (or its aftermath), economic depression and political unheaval. In such an environment,the inflation is at least 50% and prices double every month. Dr. Mannah, I respectfully submit that a simple question would have led you away from the spurious distinction that you unfortunately sought to make above between hyperinflation and stagflation. That question is this: Is is possible for hyperinflation to lead to stagflation? ANSWER: Yes. This happens when a period of rapidly rising prices creates such a severe and massive inflation (hyperinflation) that so devastates the purchasing power of consumers that it leads to drastically and pervasively lower demand, which in turn leads to factories and other suppliers closing down -- leading to even lower incomes and much lower demand as the economy eventually stagnates at drastically low production and low income levels in the presence of inflation (stagflation). Indeed, that is exactly what happened in Sierra Leone -- and exactly what I had predicted in my 1979 article in We Yone would happen in SL -- following the transparently inappropriate devaluation instigated by the IMF that year. To repeat for your benefit -- in SL, hyperinflation resulted immediately from the ill-advised IMF-instigated devaluation of the Leone in 1979 and then later turned into the current stagflation. Therefore, your opinion that SL did not experience hyperinflation is, regrettably, additional evidence of your unfortunate apparent twin unfamiliarity with SL's contemporary economic history, in general, and the easily predictable effects of devaluation in SL's economy, in particular. 4. In the interest of accuracy, I am also obliged to note that, unfortunately, you also demonstrated similar unfamiliarity regarding Argentina when you claimed, regarding the revaluation of the Argentine currency to parity with the dollar, that: "They did not it by decree or legislation as you are suggesting, but by tacit negotiation with the IMF and the American administration that allowed them to peg the Argentinain peso to the dollar on a one-to-one basis." The question that exposes the error in your above claim is one that also exposes its illogicality, namely: Does the "tacit negotiation with the IMF" by a country preclude it from enacting a decree changing its currency's exchange rate? ANSWER: Not at all. This is because in order for an announced change in a country's exchange rate to become authorized, it has to be enacted (by a decree). That fact is unaffected by whether the change is arrived at through "tacit negotiation with the IMF" or not. Therefore, it does not make any sense to state, as you unfortunately did by implication, that a decree is an alternative to "tacit negotiation with the IMF." Clearly, it is not. 5. Finally, your following claim set forth far below leads us to a familiar, unfortunate tendency on your part that I was obliged to note yesterday, in regard to your still unsubstantiated claim that "[t]he Leone was devalued due to the failure of our macroeconomic policies in Sierra Leone. Among the factors responsible for this is the failure of the commodity board i.e. the SLPMB to ensure consistency between set prices, domestic costs and international prices;" You wrote earlier today: "Taking our present socio-economic environment, this is an impossible task as we do not have the environment for this to happen. It happened in Argentina because they had the socio-economic and infrastructural environment, especially the human resource environment to make it happen." Which raises a familiar question: What evidence did you provide to support your opinion? ANSWER: None. Thus, the conclusion that your claim is invalid is inescapable. It follows from your failure to substantiate your claim -- just as you have unfortunately failed to substantiate your claim quoted in the opening paragraph of this section. Accordingly, in the interest of intellectual honesty, I respectfully invite you again to carefully consider my advice that I was obliged to offer to you yesterday when I had cause to pose several questions to you regarding another claim of yours which, unfortunately, have remained unanswered. I duly reproduce my advice to you: "Hopefully, you will provide the answers to the above questions which you had omitted in your reply, or failing which, you will duly admit that your claim that "[t]he Leone was devalued due to the failure of our macroeconomic policies in Sierra Leone" has no basis in fact -- and therefore, it is plainly invalid." In closing, I would like to thank you for your comments on a very important issue that been affecting the lives of each and every S/Leonean for the past 28 years -- and which our newly-elected President Koroma now has a chance to finally correct. So, I look forward to your answers to my outstanding questions so that we may continue the search for solutions to our country's problems on the basis of evidence. Best regards, Moh'm Subject: Re: RESTORING THE VALUE OF THE LEONE: FACT VERSUS FICTION Message: 1. You said that the leones would be depreciated by the value of the revaluation when a new currency is adopted would incomes be similarly depreciated? Subject: Re: RESTORING THE VALUE OF THE LEONE: FACT VERSUS FICTION Message: Alie: Please be advised that I never said -- or wrote -- that. Regrettably, it appears that you are still confused after your surprising confusion over two very different words: eradication and alleviation. [smile] In the usual interest of accuracy, kindly allow me to respectfully point out that our revaluation proposal aims to appreciate -- not depreciate -- the Leone. There is a big difference between those two concepts. May I humbly suggest that you rethink your question? Subject: Re: RESTORING THE VALUE OF THE LEONE: FACT VERSUS FICTION Message: Subject: Re: RESTORING THE VALUE OF THE LEONE: FACT VERSUS FICTION Message: Alie: Obviously, each employer would be expected to make his/her own decisions about what to pay employees under the employer's supervision in NEW Leones. Such a decision would be informed in part -- but not totally -- by the reality of the revaluation. However, unless the wage for a particular job had declined to the exact same extent of the decline in the value of the Leone since the inception of the job, there is no reason why the new wage under the new Leone regime should be adjusted to match the change in the value of the Leone from 1979 when it was devalued. So, depending upon the history of the wage increases for the particular job, the new wage after the revaluation may end up being anywhere on the following range: From the same nominal (in new Leones) value as before the revaluation (no change), to being lower by the exact same percentage by which the NEW Leone has been revalued. To repeat, it all depends upon the history of the wage changes of the particular job and the preferences of the employer, subject to any applicable labor laws in SL. I hope the above explanation clarifies the issue for you. If you have any further questions, kindly pose them on SALONEDiscussion as I find it more efficient to refer you to answers to your questions that may already be posted on that forum, rather than repeating myself here. Then, if you so choose, you could post my answers here. Thank you for your anticipated cooperation. Subject: Re: RESTORING THE VALUE OF THE LEONE: FACT VERSUS FICTION Message: If revaluation of the Sierra Leone currency does not effectively lead to the devaluation of other currencies how is the purchasing power of sierra Leoneans expected to increas? Subject: Re: RESTORING THE VALUE OF THE LEONE: FACT VERSUS FICTION Message: Alie: In the interest of accuracy, I am obliged to point out that you are again confusing economic terms. A devaluation is quite simply an announcement by a government that its country's currency is henceforth worth less than previously in relation to another currency(ies). To repeat, a devaluation can NOT occur absent such an announcement. So, unless by "... lead to the devaluation of other currencies how ..." you are ASSUMING that the governments of the other countries whose currencies you are referring to make an OPPOSITE ANNOUCEMENT as a result of the decree restoring the value of the Leone, your statement does not make any economic sense. Sorry. My humble advice to you is this: Please look up the meaning of the word, depreciation, in an economics textbook -- it just might clear up the latest instance of your expanding confusion about economic terminology. Subject: Re: RESTORING THE VALUE OF THE LEONE: FACT VERSUS FICTION Message: Subject: Re: RESTORING THE VALUE OF THE LEONE: FACT VERSUS FICTION Message: Alie: I am sorry to be the one to tell you this, but in the interest of accuracy, I am obliged to note that it is clear from your above example that you do not understand the difference between the terms, depreciate and appreciate, as they are used in relation to the value of a currency. This might help: A currency appreciates in value when its value increases. The converse evidences a depreciated currency. Thus, it is simply impossible for the new Leone to depreciate -- as you claimed in surprising consecutive error -- after a revaluation that increases its value (against the dollar). To repeat solely for your benefit, may I humbly suggest that you rethink your question? Subject: Re: RESTORING THE VALUE OF THE LEONE: FACT VERSUS FICTION Message: Your argumennts in this post are very impressive, as usual. One question I have never brought up the nerve to ask you is, have your evr thought about putting your many many fine writings over the years into a book on economics? Matter of fact, I think you could turn your writings into several books on economiucs and philosophy, and even politics. Methinks it would be a really wasted oportunity if future generations of Sierra Leoneans wouldn't have the opportunity many of us have already enjoyed of reading your writings. what do you say? Subject: Re: RESTORING THE VALUE OF THE LEONE: FACT VERSUS FICTION Message: Thanks for your commendation. In my humble opinion, what we are engaged in is a two-way street: I learn from others and hopefully, they learn from me. Thereby, our country and our people hopefully benefit from the concerted wisdom and experience of as many of the sons and daughters of Sierra Leone as possible Subject: Politically Astute EBK Deserves Praise! Message: Now, suppose one decides to withdraw the opening three words of this article! The political ramifications are tremendous!!! When people read such a long stuff, they obviously get tired. The intensity of their focus wanes. I was going to look further into the future strategies of the party and see what will come next after the electricity - a presumably forgone conclusion - but I won’t for the obvious reason mentioned. Yet, I believe the next station to win all the government’s concentrated efforts will be agriculture ….... particularly the production of rice……our staple food! They throw all their weight in the production and even exportation of rice. Health and the provision of medical facilities will follow the line. Subject: Re: Politically Astute EBK Deserves Praise! Message: 2) Your refreshing integrity: You are an equal opportunity basher and praiser of all the political parties. I have read some articles in which you have been critical of EBK and others in which you have praised him. Seems to me your only party is Sierra Leone, unlike some of us. OK, let me not plaster too much butter on you, as Candid Oplinion would say. But hear this O Mensa. If I win Mega Millions, Powerball or El Gordo in the next 20 years, get ready to head my campaign for President of Salone. I will even bring along your buddy Bai Bureh to help convince you! Subject: Re: Politically Astute EBK Deserves Praise! Message: Subject: Re: Politically Astute EBK Deserves Praise! Message: Subject: MOHAMED A. KAMARA Message: Subject: ARIO SAMBA Message: Subject: Re: ARIO SAMBA Message: The evergreen classic of all classics from bollywood.There will never be a potboiler or masala like Sholay in bollywood.It is now more than twenty years and it is still going strong. By the way have you seen Dilwale Dilhunia Le Jayenge(DDLJ) the love story of all love stories? If not try it and prove me wrong. Subject: Re: ARIO SAMBA Message: Subject: Re: ARIO SAMBA Message: Subject: Re: ARIO SAMBA Message: Subject: an ENVIABLE develpment Message: In another engagement earlier on Friday morning following a brief visit to N'jala University Bo campus at Towama where he commissioned the institution's health post, President Koroma later received and welcomed members of ex-Civil Defence Forces at the President Lodge in Reservation, Bo. . The group, according to its spokesman, former CDF Commander , Moininah Bundeh, from Kailahun District, went to demonstrate its loyalty and support to the President Koroma administration. Mr. Bundeh told President Koroma to call on the ex-CFD members to present candidates for the upcoming Local Council elections slated for next year . He implored the President to kindly use his good office to address their concerns. Mr. Bundeh requested the unconditional release of Moininah Fofanah and Kondowa from the Special Court for Sierra Leone prison cell. . He also called for micro-credit loans for women folks and pensions for ex-CDF fighters and he called on the President to seek employment opportunities for demobilized fighters.. President Koroma, in response, acknowledged the role played by the CDF in the fight to restore democracy in Sierra Leone .He admonished them to transform similar energies to also fight poverty in the country . President Koroma said he was heartily welcoming the group into the fold of the All Peoples Congress. He reassured the CDF group that 'We all should be one family and work together as I am ready to work with you and we shall find time and a venue to sit together and plan how to improve agriculture in Sierra Leone". President Koroma said that the commitment demonstrated by CDF fighters to support Government's vision to move the country forward will serve as an indicator to the whole world that there is now peace and tranquility in Sierra Leone. On his arrival in Bo on Thursday afternoon, President Koroma was also welcomed by a jubilant crowd of supporters and members of the opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party, (SLPP), Peoples Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC), and the ruling All Peoples Congress (APC), at Kebbie Town where he briefly inspected a Guard of Hunour . He then shook hands with all fifty-six Paramount Chiefs from the entire Southern Region. Thereafter, his presidential motorcade moved to City's Coronation Field where President Koroma delivered a reconciliatory message to the people of Bo city saying "I am looking forward to have a united and prosperous Sierra Leon which is wholly depends on unity". He informed the Paramount Chiefs that Sierra Leone has regained its place in the international community, and he dismissed propaganda being made during the electioneering campaigns that he will disband chieftaincy when he wins election. President Koroma reassured Paramount Chiefs that he is a great respecter of chieftaincy . The President affirmed : "Now is the time for chiefs to fully enjoy their powers accorded them because chiefts are among the right owners of Sierra Leone". He added : "I have to give more power to the chiefs". The President condemned those people victimizing innocent people. He said the elections were now over and that he did not believe in victimizing people . He therefore encouraged all and sundry to emulate the culture of change by changing their attitudes . He warned students to be prepare themselves for future leadership instead of engaging in act s of violence and called on Sierra Leoneans to take the driving seat in the crusade for change. The President admonished : "Let us be determined to make Sierra Leone the Singapore of West Africa". President Koroma promised the people of Bo that "In the first thirty-six months of my regime you will start to see a different Sierra Leone". The Resident Minister of the South , Musa Tarawallie, said nobody should hesitate to gain access to President Koroma because he is now the Father of the Nation and he noted : The time for party politics has come to an end and we should therefore focus our attention now on the development of the country. " Mr. Tarawallie admonished everybody to mend all political fences in the Southern Region and in the country as whole. The Bo City Mayor, Dr. Wusu Sannoh, disclosed that the PMDC, APC and the SLPP have agreed to withdraw all politicaly-l motivated cases and promote peace and reconciliation in the region. P.C. Sinnah Yovoni , who together the Resident Minister Musa Tarawallie received President Koroma at the Kagbon Kagbapi Bridge , which is the boundary between the North and the South, symbolically presented fifty-six she goats to President Koroma as a means to develop and multiply the resources of Sierra Leone. "We know Hon. Musa Tarawallie will unite the South part of the country by bringing us together, so now we want development. We also want you to work with in the South so that we can help in our own ways to develop the nation", said P.C. Sinnah. Subject: FODAY MANSARAY PLEASE HELP YOUR PEOPLE IN THIS HOUSING MESS. Message: Subject: ANTI-CORRUPTION OR ANTI-SLPP? Time Will Tell Message: Agreeable as that sounds, instinctive suspicions abound, as there could be an undeclared motive behind the anti-corruption crusade being waged by the APC government. The vistas of our recent history are made of raw attempts by the APC to weaken, then kill off, the opposition before it solidifies itself into a full-grown thorn in the flesh of government. Once vitiated by state-inspired harassments, the opposition naturally wilts into a lifeless force, thus enabling the central government to rule unhindered by dissent. In the name of fair play, it is too early to diagnose Ernest Koroma with a political, killer instinct. The prosecutorial motive of the anti-corruption campaign will eventually let us determine the PATRIOTIC or POLITICAL sensibilities behind this "house-cleaning" drive. There is no denying that the SLPP was corrupt. I have been saying so long before Ernest Koroma became the President of Sierra Leone. What I find a bit strange is the boldness of an APC government to talk about corruption in a country where venality was born and baptized by seventeen years of APC misrule. If the latest anti-corruption move is grounded in patriotism, heads must roll with pitiless speed. If enervating the opposition is the unannounced reason behind this "holy war," Sierra Leone may end up being a one-party state looking like a plural system. That will be an odyssey marked by another fateful act in the life of a country with more hiccups than sighs of relief! Subject: Re: ANTI-CORRUPTION OR ANTI-SLPP? Time Will Tell Message: Subject: Re: ANTI-CORRUPTION OR ANTI-SLPP? Time Will Tell Message: Subject: Re: ANTI-CORRUPTION OR ANTI-SLPP? Time Will Tell Message: It is good that you guys are now smelling the coffee.Anyway,luckily you've got it coming at the speed of sound in water but remember the mainstream patriots would have prefered it to come to you at the speed of light. It is time for the SLPP to dance the boo-boo dance!Enjoy dakay! Subject: Re: ANTI-CORRUPTION OR ANTI-SLPP? Time Will Tell Message: What a shame to have seen so much opportunities to have governed well missed! LET THEM BE CAUGHT AND PROSECUTED! The world is watching the APC and they themselves have to be the examples - by tackling the corrupt elements in their midst. Kabba is a disgrace to Sierra Leone - he makes mockery of honesty. I still cannot understand why he was not able to give the people the basic conditions of living - light, water and food at affordable costs!! Subject: Re: ANTI-CORRUPTION OR ANTI-SLPP? Time Will Tell Message: Subject: Re: ANTI-CORRUPTION OR ANTI-SLPP? Time Will Tell Message: Moreover, Kabba left our country under guinean occupation that now threathens our souvereignty, peace and stability. What is this business of Kabba giving us security when he deserted our country at the height of the war, leaving the people at the mercy of the rebel. Had it not being for the leadership shown by Hinga Norman, Kabba would never have return back to Sierra Leone. Kabba himself acknowledged this but then he authorised Hinga Norman's prosecution. This was what Chief Hinga Norman once told a BBC reporter when he was asked about Kabba's whereabout. I don't know, but I hope he has not left his people. Subject: Re: ANTI-CORRUPTION OR ANTI-SLPP? Time Will Tell Message: Subject: Re: ANTI-CORRUPTION OR ANTI-SLPP? Time Will Tell Message: Subject: Re: ANTI-CORRUPTION OR ANTI-SLPP? Time Will Tell Message: I'm a newcomer to this forum. I'm not a politician and I'm not politically affiliated. I'm just a Sierra Leone Citizen, so here's my take: If SLPP had a been a responsible party, then there wouldn't have been any need for crying wolf now. If SLPP had made sure that the ACC worked by design, they themselves would have rooted-out the corrupt participants within their midst, but what they did was cover-up for their best friends. If SLPP had been a responsible party, then they would have done self-regulation of their members thereby preventing rampant misuse (and self enrichment) of the COUNTRY'S FINANCES provided by Donor Countries. If SLPP IS a responsible party, what they could do is ask for a third-party evaluation of the transition report instead of crying all over the place about witch-hunting. POLITICALLY or PATRIOTICALLY motivated to root-out corruption in Sierra Leone shouldn't be in the equation. I (and many others) as Sierra Leonean Citizen(s) could care less if it is Political or Patriotic, because all what we want to see is that the vices are stopped. SLPP had the chance to do it, but did not. They changed so many commissioners just to lip-service the ACC. WE WANT ACTIONS and if the Commission and whats on paper and findings indicates that Some past Ministers were corrupt, then let them face the music. What Bra E, you should be talking about is HOW the Ex-Ministers should put up a defence team to prove their innocence. SL is not the only country operating ACC. ACC operating in other countries also go after past political appointees and ministers. It is the norm and SLPP ex-ministers and appointees are not going to be the exception. SLPP apparatchiks should not be crying wolf if they believe that their operatives are clean because the court would prove then innocent. SLPP, you did nothing about Corruption and the ACC. So if APC uses the SLPP operatives to showcase to the world how the ACC was designed to work, then So Be It. A year prior to election, I had a thought that if SLPP break-up due to marginalizing some factions of the party and they form another party, then APC may win the presidency. That was my worst Nightmare (thinking about what the Josephine Tuckers did). So Bra E., back off APC for the moment and lets see what happens (except if you were one of the inner-circle benefactors of the Ex-Ministers and political appointees, and in that case GET READY TO DEFEND). Subject: Re: ANTI-CORRUPTION OR ANTI-SLPP? Time Will Tell Message: Stay cool, man. Subject: Re: ANTI-CORRUPTION OR ANTI-SLPP? Time Will Tell Message: Just wanted to give my 2cents on these partisan issues. As far as I'm concerned, whether it is my relative, brother, sister, cousin......they should face the music, if indeed it is established that they squandered the country's money and thereby tarnishing the country's image. Take care Man. Subject: Re: ANTI-CORRUPTION OR ANTI-SLPP? Time Will Tell Message: Subject: Re: ANTI-CORRUPTION OR ANTI-SLPP? Time Will Tell Message: Subject: BRA E, HERE, TAKE THIS ONE Message: Subject: Re: BRA E, HERE, TAKE THIS ONE Message: Subject: Re: ANTI-CORRUPTION OR ANTI-SLPP? Time Will Tell Message: Subject: JEALOUS WOMAN OR ABSOLUTE B***CH Message: Nation TV filmed Lucy Kibaki slapping the official during an independence day celebration at State House in Nairobi. He had mistakenly introduced Kenya's first lady by the name of the woman widely alleged to be her love rival. In 2005, Mrs Kibaki was accused of slapping a cameraman in a protest over coverage of her row with a neighbour. This gaffe comes at a sensitive time as Kenya prepares to elect a new president in two weeks. Embarrassment When the official from the president's office mistakenly introduced the first lady by the name of the woman widely believed to be President Mwai Kibaki's second wife, Mrs Kibaki marched up to him and promptly slapped him around the face. In Kenya it is not unusual for a man to have several wives. But the president has repeatedly denied that he has another wife, even though it has long been a source of speculation in Kenyan society. Nation TV, one of the broadcasters covering the event, had its tape seized by security officials. The slapping incident was promptly erased before the tape was handed back. The TV station has now made an official complaint to Kenya's Media Council. It is not the first time that the first lady has been steeped in controversy. She found herself in the spotlight two years ago when she allegedly slapped a cameraman after storming into a newsroom to protest her treatment by the media. The cameraman tried to sue for assault, but the case was thrown out of court. This latest attack will be a source of embarrassment for President Kibaki. In two weeks time he will fight for a second presidential term in what it likely to be one of the most closely contested political battles ever seen in Kenya. Subject: Re: JEALOUS WOMAN OR ABSOLUTE B***CH Message: Subject: Re: JEALOUS WOMAN OR ABSOLUTE B***CH Message: But ar belive say nar Palaba nor mor you dae Fen. Subject: Re: JEALOUS WOMAN OR ABSOLUTE B***CH Message: Subject: EID MUBARAK! Message: Subject: SIERRA LEONE LAND OF EXTRAORDINARY WEALTH Message: Subject: Re: SIERRA LEONE LAND OF EXTRAORDINARY WEALTH Message: Subject: Re: SIERRA LEONE LAND OF EXTRAORDINARY WEALTH Message: Subject: Re: SIERRA LEONE LAND OF EXTRAORDINARY WEALTH Message: Subject: Salone at d west african mining conference in Abuja Message: www.ernestkoroma.org/news.htm Subject: Re: Salone at d west african mining conference in Abuja Message: Subject: CONFERENCE CALL Message: THANKS Subject: The Meaning of the Day of ARAFAT Message: The Virtues of the Day of Arafat. Praise be to Allaah. 1.It is the day on which the religion was perfected and Allaah's Favour was completed. ... Invocation to be recited on the Day of Arafat The Prophet (SAW) said: The best invocation is that of the Day of Arafat, and the best that anyone can say is what I and the Prophets before me have said: The first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah are marked blessed for both, the pilgrims and the non-pilgrims. Rewards of good deeds are multiplied in these days. Imâm Ibn Qayyim (rahimahullah) (d. 751H) said: “No deed are more virtuous than deeds on these days.” Subject: Re: The Meaning of the Day of ARAFAT Message: Subject: Re: The Meaning of the Day of ARAFAT Message: I do not particularly have something that I am repenting for but we sin everyday in thoughts words and deeds, and we must be willing to have God on our lips everyday to counterract the works of Shayytan who believe it or not sometimes masquerades as a pseudo Imam Wallahi. My advise to you is to Pray earnestly every day and every day lift not only yourself in prayer but find someone that is in need and lift them also in prayer. I dont know what you mean by "end of days fast"? Subject: Re: The Meaning of the Day of ARAFAT Message: Please don't be riled. I was just trying to rib my Oba a little bit. I actually find your religious postings inspiring. Keep up the good work. Subject: Re: The Meaning of the Day of ARAFAT Message: Subject: Re: The Meaning of the Day of ARAFAT Message: Subject: THA M'BALU MAKE FRONT PAGE NEWS IN SALONE! Message: If you don't make front page news then you will be considered a sacramouche or toothless bulldog.Your plan is to important and too ambitious to pass unnoticed. Subject: MR PRESIDENT, EXPOSE THEM ALL THE STATE CRIMINALS Message: Subject: Re: MR PRESIDENT, EXPOSE THEM ALL THE STATE CRIMINALS Message: Subject: Re: MR PRESIDENT, EXPOSE THEM ALL THE STATE CRIMINALS Message: Corruption is the single most vice that is responsible for underdevelopment in Sierra Leoen and other part of Africa. One distingueshed economist once said that it is individuals that caused poverty and underdevelopment in Africa. President Koroma should not succumed to intimidation from those who want to debunk justice by crying witch-hunt. This action is necessary and approved by the international community. The international and the donor community demanded from the former SLPP government an account of the missing funds and withdrew their fundings until the authority complied. President Kabba shielded his cronnies from exposure by invoking the doctrine of non-interference in souvereign affairs when one of our development partner DFID discovered serious embezelement and insisted on taking a robust actions to aid prosecute. President Koroma now has this onerous task of not only doing what the SLPP refused to do but he now has to establish accountability in order to regain donor and international credibility for our country to move forward. God bless Sierra Leone. Subject: HOW IS CHARLIE BOY DOING? Message: However, since the elections, the Bald One has been as quiet as a thief 'wo don buck een foot', whilst carting away someone's belongings! Say something Charles! By the way, where is my boy Toegondoe Sagbah? Subject: Re: HOW IS CHARLIE BOY DOING? Message: Subject: Re: HOW IS CHARLIE BOY DOING? Message: Subject: What's Up With The Breaking News Message: If this news turns out to be true, then EBK has unceremonuously declared himself the winner of the 2012 presidential election. The SLPP is just about being killed softly ..... and the party diehards ain't helping out either! The whole party appears to be crumbling ......No focus....lost in a wilderness.... Tejan Kabbah is being hunted by the ghost of Hinga Norman ..... The party stalwarts are refusing to face the reality....the best way to defend is to attack....go to court and cry over spilled milk......can they stand the APC dribbling? The guilty are always afraid!!! Subject: Re: What's Up With The Breaking News Message: Well my friend, there are very few party diehards remaining. Many have left because they were marginalised and victimized by former president Kabba. You are correct to inferred that the SLPP is in dire trouble of extinction. The centre has collapsed and it can no longer hold. Courtsy of Achiba Subject: Re: What's Up With The Breaking News Message: Subject: Re: What's Up With The Breaking News Message: Subject: Mammy Amie Dumbuya Message: Subject: Re: Mammy Amie Dumbuya Message: Subject: Re: Mammy Amie Dumbuya Message: Subject: Re: Mammy Amie Dumbuya Message: Subject: Re: Mammy Amie Dumbuya Message: Subject: Mbalu Message: Subject: ON RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: Using hypothetical numbers, if worker A earns Le 3 million today and the exchange rate is Le 3000 to US$1, it means he can buy a basket of goods worth US$1,000. Now, if we revalue the leone such that the exchange rate becomes Le1,000 to US$1, then worker A will receive 1 new Leone for every 3 old leones he earned. That means his income has now changed from 3 million old leones to 1 million New Leones. But he can still only purchase a basket of goods worth US$1000. Based on the foregoing, how then is worker A's poverty being alleviated? All we have done is move the decimal point in the equation, but in US dollar terms, he is no richer than before revaluation. My understanding of how this would work was that Bank of Sierra Leone would carefully monitor the balance of payments position, and as surpluses began to be realized they would declare a downward shift in the price of a US dollar, thereby revaluing the leone. I envisaged a Greenspan like character monitoring the demand and supply of US currency and making appropriate market interventions to adjust the exchange rate as circumstances demanded. Wages would decline, but not at the same rate as the appreciation in the currency. The need for new currency notes would only arise when lower denominations became necessary. Subject: Re: ON RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: Please check our SALONEDiscussion forum where I have posted the answer to your question regarding your hypothetical example, namely: "Based on the foregoing, how then is worker A's poverty being alleviated?" Subject: Re: ON RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: Subject: TELL HIM KABS, TELL HIM. Message: As an administrator of this forum, you are well attuned to the hopes, fears and concerns of an important slice of our SL society. You have first-class knowledge of what's popping in the diaspora. Please let the president know what's up. Cut through the sycophamtic euphonies of the singing birds and footlickers of the inner circle and bring to his ear the occasional hard truth. He may be offended in the short term but he will definitely respect you in the morning. Bring to the president's attention the valid concerns of the opposition and encourage him to reach out to them. Believe me, some of the factions that opposed Ernest, within the APC, during the leadership struggles are more viperous than anything the SLPP can throw at him. A great president is one who can build coalitions with his political enemies to bring sustainable progress to the country. Subject: Re: TELL HIM KABS, TELL HIM. Message: Subject: Re: TELL HIM KABS, TELL HIM. Message: Subject: Re: TELL HIM KABS, TELL HIM. Message: Subject: Re: TELL HIM KABS, TELL HIM. Message: Subject: Re: TELL HIM KABS, TELL HIM. Message: Subject: Re: TELL HIM KABS, TELL HIM. Message: Subject: Re: TELL HIM KABS, TELL HIM. Message: And just what you refer to as Southeasterners? Are you saying that to be called a Southerner you must have a surname for example Sandy, Kangbai, Kpaka, Manah and not considered a Southerner if your surname is Bangura, Sesay or Kamara even when you're rooted from the South. Regional representation or not, is not important what is important is a credible government that deliver to the people what is needed even the whole government comes from the Gola Forest. Subject: Re: TELL HIM KABS, TELL HIM. Message: Subject: Re: TELL HIM KABS, TELL HIM. Message: This is acctually directed at Fen Plaba who's complaining about inclussion of Southerners. I want him to respond to this not you sorry for hanging it on your post. Subject: Re: TELL HIM KABS, TELL HIM. Message: Subject: Re: TELL HIM KABS, TELL HIM. Message: Subject: Re: TELL HIM KABS, TELL HIM. Message: Subject: Re: TELL HIM KABS, TELL HIM. Message: Subject: SLPP Drags NEC & Thorpe to Court ... Message: SLPP Drags NEC & Thorpe to Court ... And roundly snubs Ernest Koroma in Bo-Town Current strong indications are that the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) which lost the just concluded UN/Christiana Thorpe conducted elections to the All People’s Congress (APC) of President Ernest Bai Koroma are displeased with Thorpe and Koroma. Late yesterday, lawyers acting for the SLPP, headed by legal luminary Dr. Bu-buakei Jabbie marched to the Law Courts where they reportedly filed a several point lawsuit against Dr. Christiana Thorpe as Chair of the National Electoral Commission. This paper is yet to see the information filed by the SLPP Lawyers but we have learnt that SLPP seeks a High Court Mandamus Order that will force Thorpe to produce nationwide result details listed by polling stations. It also seeks, amongst others, to have the High Court declare whether it was legal for Thorpe to invalidate votes hence disenfranchising a huge chunk of law-abiding, tax paying citizens. The Lawsuit against Thorpe was filed on the same date (yesterday) that President Ernest Koroma made his very first trip to the Southern Province town of Bo in Bo District where he was firmly snubbed by the Executive and members of the SLPP. Speaking to Awareness Times on the line from Bo late yesterday evening, the Chairman of SLPP in the District, Mr. Kobba explained the reason why himself and his membership decided to snub President Koroma’s invitation to a reconciliation meeting at the township. "It was a gentle way of letting him know that as a party, the SLPP is very disgusted with him and with many of his actions not least the unceremonious removal of our brothers from their Government jobs with no sober reason given," Kobba explained. When it was put to him that SLPP could have used the proposed reconciliation forum to extend such grievances to Koroma, Kobba retorted that Ernest Koroma was not at all sincere towards the membership of the SLPP especially Southeasterners. "He is not sincere with us. He already knows our position. From the very first sacking and victimization, he knew our position but yet he continued to just sack our people with impunity so what do we need to say to such a man who continues to just sack and sack and sack our people?" he asked. Several other members of the SLPP in Bo district expressed similar sentiments and expressed support for the move to boycott the meeting called by Ernest Koroma in Bo Town. One of them even stated that the People’s Movement for Democratic Change which is allied to the APC was already "deeply regretting" its alliance with Koroma which was why he claimed that PMDC Leader Margai did not enter Bo alongside Ernest Koroma. PRINCE WELCOMES ERNEST Notwithstanding all this, the former Secretary General of the SLPP and former senior Government Minister, Dr. Prince Harding made an elaborate welcoming ceremony for the President at his Senehun-Baoma vicinity a few dozen miles out of Bo town. President Koroma told the excited gathering he had known Harding both inside of politics and out of politics and he would always respect him Subject: Re: SLPP Drags NEC & Thorpe to Court ... Message: Subject: Re: SLPP Drags NEC & Thorpe to Court ... Message: Subject: Re: SLPP Drags NEC & Thorpe to Court ... Message: Subject: Re: SLPP Drags NEC & Thorpe to Court ... Message: By the way we had Blackout in South Orange , New jersey for four hours this Thurday, a week before Freetown will be electrified. I t made me think of home and how are people are resilient.Many businesses closed complaining about their losses. Subject: "they are our brothers" Message: Subject: Re: "they are our brothers" Message: Subject: Restoration of the value of the Leone - Moh'm Jalloh Message: Subject: Re: Restoration of the value of the Leone - Moh'm Jalloh Message: Subject: Re: Restoration of the value of the Leone - Moh'm Jalloh Message: Alie: Thank you for your posting . In the usual interest of accuracy that separates fact from fiction, kindly answer the following questions regarding your claims for which, unfortunately, you did not provide any evidence: 1. Please show exactly HOW and WHY you think in my article, I was "not very clear on how poverty will be alleviated and the article showed weakness on the process of revaluation." 2. Kindly set forth the specific sentence(s) in my article which gave you "the impression that it was a sort of get rich quick scheme." 3. Please state the sentence(s) which made you "also quite frankly [think] that [I was] exagerating the impact of revaluation and the effect on peoples purchasing power." 4. Kindly explain precisely how "[t]he article was long on history and short on how the process works and on the economic principles involved." 5. Please state how you "think Sierra Leones emphasis on agriculture will be the key factor to reduce poverty" and why you think restoring the value of the Leone is not the key factor to reduce poverty." Best regards, Moh'm Subject: Re: Restoration of the value of the Leone - Moh'm Jalloh Message: 2. The absence of a thorough explanation linking revaluation to the eradicating of poverty led me to believe that either you have a sleezy ace under your sleeve - a get rich quick scheme, or you are actually dreaming. 3. The percapita income of Sierra Leoneans will still be dependent on the national income. The value added to the purchasing power vis a vis imports will not be sufficient to alleviate poverty. 4. Here are a list of questions for you that your article did not address: 4. It lacked sufficient detail on the economic principles involved that will bring about your expected outcome. 5. I will treat this subject on a separate posting. Subject: Re: Restoration of the Value of the Leone - Moh'm Jalloh Message: Moreover, our article made clear that the poverty among S/Leoneans resulting from the needless destruction of the value of the Leone would be alleviated by reversing the devaluation and consequent depreciation in the value of the Leone. We did not deny that "[t]he percapita income of Sierra Leoneans will still be dependent on the national income." Therefore, your statement to that effect is plainly irrelevant to our proposal to alleviate poverty -- since our proposal was NOT based on whether or not "[t]he percapita income of Sierra Leoneans will still be dependent on the national income." As regards your opinion that "[t]he value added to the purchasing power vis a vis imports will not be sufficient to alleviate poverty," where is your evidence? Answer: Nowhere. It is that fact -- your failure to provide evidence to support your opinion which conclusively justifies the dismissal of your consequently unsubstantiated opinion. CONCLUSION: You have failed to show that "[t]he article was long on history and short on how the process works and on the economic principles involved." You also failed to show that the article "lacked sufficient detail on the economic principles involved that will bring about your expected outcome." Instead, as shown above, you succeeded in unwittingly proving that, unfortunately, you do not understand the concept of the revaluation of the Leone explained in the article. In addition, you also unwittingly proved that you failed to understand in the article the "sufficient detail on the economic principles involved that will bring about []our expected outcome." I hope you will agree, therefore, that your twin failure to understand our article is not a fault of the authors, but only, sadly, your own. 4. My fifth question to you was: "5. Please state how you "think Sierra Leones emphasis on agriculture will be the key factor to reduce poverty" and why you think restoring the value of the Leone is not the key factor to reduce poverty." YOUR ANSWER: "5. I will treat this subject on a separate posting." EVIDENCE OF YOUR MISTAKE(S): One does not make a claim of fact without simultaneously setting forth the evidence purportedly supporting the claim.Yet, that is what you did when you first made the unsubstantiated claim quoted above -- and which prompted my question requesting that you provide the evidence you had omitted. Your answer that you "will treat this subject on a separate posting" clearly proves that you still do not understand that a claim of fact must be SIMULTANEOUSLY accompanied by evidence purporting to support said claim. CONCLUSION: Regrettably, you still continue to fail to prove that "Sierra Leones emphasis on agriculture will be the key factor to reduce poverty." You also continue to fail to prove that restoring the value of the Leone is not the key factor to reduce poverty. I hope the above necessarily lengthy analysis of your many mistakes is sufficient to help you understand the errors you made in your evaluation of our article containing our proposal presented to President Ernest Koroma last month on why the value of the Leone should be restored (to alleviate the needless poverty of millions of S/Leoneans) and how it should be done (by restoring the value of the Leone to its pre-1979 devaluation value). Best regards, Moh'm Subject: Re: Restoration of the Value of the Leone - Moh'm Jalloh Message: If I have a million Leones by the closing of the fourth year of your revaluation will that be equivalent to a $1,000,000? What would the exchange rate between the Leones and the new curency for Sierra Leone be? Excuse me for my ignorance. I know that there are positive gains in revaluation and I am all for it but I think it is quite a leap to say that poverty will be alleviated. Subject: Re: Restoration of the Value of the Leone - Moh'm Jalloh Message: "Jalloh," Alie: What happened to the usual honorific you had unfailingly properly and courteously placed in front of my surname, Sir? [Laugh] 1. You asked: "If I have a million Leones by the closing of the fourth year of your revaluation will that be equivalent to a $1,000,000?" ANSWER: (a) Keep in mind that we did NOT state that the restoration of the value of the Leone must be completed only AT the end of four years -- only BY the end of four years. So, depending upon the availability of the requisite foreign exchange reserves, it could be completed in one year, or two, or three -- but NO LATER than the end of the fourth year. I hope you now understand the difference. (b) If you had $1 million at WHATEVER date the restoration of the value of the Leone is completed, you obviously will NOT receive Le I million NEW Leones. This is because in order to obtain NEW Leones that are equal to the dollar, you must first exchange your old Leones at the rate which would make them equal to the dollar. That rate, obviously, is whatever the rate was between the Leone and the dollar PROR to the deadline for exchanging old Leones to NEW Leones. So, for example, if that rate was Le 3,000 = $1 for old Leones, when you exchange Le 1 million for NEW Leones you will receive NEW Leones equivalent to $333. -- because, in order for the NEW Leone to be equal to one dollar, each NEW Leone must be equal to the value of the old Leone to $1, namely: 3,000 old Leone = 1 NEW Leone = $1 2. You also asked: "What would the exchange rate between the Leones and the new curency for Sierra Leone be? ANSWER: (Please see my answer in 1. above). 3. You then asked: "Excuse me for my ignorance." ANSWER: You are graciously excused. 4. Finally, you claimed, without duly setting forth any evidence: "I know that there are positive gains in revaluation and I am all for it but I think it is quite a leap to say that poverty will be alleviated." ANSWER: Kindly provide the evidence you omitted when you made your above-quoted claim. Best regards, Moh'm Subject: Re: Restoration of the Value of the Leone - Moh'm Jalloh Message: 3000 Leones = 1 Sierra Leonean Pound = $1 OR Since We are talking about parity with the pound, Le 3000 = SL$1 = US$1. This means if Fen Plaba has Le300,000 in the bank now, I would have SL$1,000 or US$1,000 at the time of full parity. This, hopefully, will un-bog the argument from the confusion about instant millionaires and move the discussion forward. Subject: Re: Restoration of the Value of the Leone - Moh'm Jalloh Message: Fen Plaba: Perhaps you misidentified the truly erudite segment of Sierra Leone's population! [laugh] On a serious note: All the points you made have merit. Indeed, they are all included in our proposal to restore the value of the Leone which has already been delivered to President Ernest Koroma. Subject: Re: Restoration of the Value of the Leone - Moh'm Jalloh Message: Now that we are on the same page let us now turn to the issue of eradicating poverty. I still contend that there is a leap between revaluation and the eradication of poverty. Although it may be argued that revaluation is in the right direction because our economy was and is unable to take advantage of devaluation, it is nevertheless insufficient to eradicate poverty and quite frankly it would only make a dent. Please explain how poverty will be eradicated. Subject: Re: Restoration of the Value of the Leone - Moh'm Jalloh Message: Subject: Re: Restoration of the Value of the Leone - Moh'm Jalloh Message: Subject: Re: Restoration of the Value of the Leone - Moh'm Jalloh Message: Alie: The only evident fallacy is your "understanding" that we stated that "revaluation would end poverty in Sierra Leone." From that fallacy, the rest of your fallacies follow seamlessly. Please try to understand what you read. It would shorten the time needed to help you grasp the very simple concepts you are struggling to understand. Subject: Re: Restoration of the Value of the Leone - Moh'm Jalloh Message: Do you think Moh'm should teach you for free? Don't you kmnow he gets paid for his tiem by his clients? As his self-asppointed timekeeper, I say you should first pay for his time he has spent getting to understand a simple coversion from the CURENT lEONE TO THE NEw lEONES. Subject: Re: Restoration of the Value of the Leone - Moh'm Jalloh Message: It is the errant claim that revaluation will eradicate poverty that makes me suspicious that his so called plan may have a sleazy ace under his sleeves to make millionaires out of Sierra Leoneans. I must admit that I misjudged his plans but as you yourself can attest I erred on the side of caution. That been said, I stand by my statement that revaluation is not going to eradicate poverty and that his article does not prove that this can be so. Would you not be happy if poverty is eliminated in Sierra Leone? I will. But are you really convinced that revaluation will wipe out poverty? In retrospect, Sierra Leone was poor in the 1960's before our governments embarked on the policy of devaluing our currency. Assume for a moment that we did not devalue our currency wouldn't we have still been expected to carry out policies to trigger our economy. Wouldn't it have still been a difficult path and wouldn't success have depended on good leadership and good policies? Subject: Re: Restoration of the Value of the Leone - Moh'm Jalloh Message: Alie: It seems to me more and more that your problem with understanding our simple plan to alleviate poverty in SL by reducing the cost of living through a restoration of the value of the Leone is due to your surprising lack of attention to details. Take, for example, your above-quoted statement upon which you rely to dispute our plan. Where did you get the idea that we "claim that revaluation will eradicate poverty?" In your mind, is alleviating poverty equivalent to eradicating poverty? If so, when the words alleviate and eradicate become one and the same? If not, by what stretch of the imagination do you regard our plan to alleviate poverty as your understanding that is a plan to eradicate poverty? My humble advice to you, sir, is to pay closer attention to the details of what you read -- and less to making wild statements such as this off-the-wall opinion: "It is the errant claim that revaluation will eradicate poverty that makes me suspicious that his so called plan may have a sleazy ace under his sleeves to make millionaires out of Sierra Leoneans." What plan to "eradicate" poverty would you be referring to? If you believe that our plan states as a goal the "eradication" of poverty, I invite you to kindly set forth the exact sentence(s) from our proposal by which we "claim that revaluation will eradicate poverty" -- as you allege falsely. Furthermore, no where in out proposal did we state that devaluation was the only cause of poverty. That is yet another of your unfortunate misapprehensions. What we actually stated was that the 375,000 %devastation of the value of the Leone has caused a commensurate reduction in the purchasing power of each and every S/Leonean who holds assets in Leones. In other words, it has made them that much poorer. How do you go from that statement to 'understanding" that we are stating that devaluation caused every instance of poverty in SL? Finally, if devaluation has impoverished S/Leoneans by gutting their purchasing power, is it not obvious that restoring their purchasing power would alleviate such poverty? Why is that so hard for you to understand? Subject: Re: Restoration of the Value of the Leone - Moh'm Jalloh Message: But what is most difficult to accomplish this mission is the fact that Mohamed Jalloh have in his bussom very credible facts which are not easily discredited. Now my understanding of Alleviation of poverty is to lessen while eradication is to completely diminish poverty. I stand corrected on this. My opinion is that if Mohamed Jalloh's proposals have some credibility in them, then its our responsibility to support and input more credentials to make these happen instead of trying unsuccessfully to dismiss his claims. Subject: Re: Restoration of the Value of the Leone - Moh'm Jalloh Message: But I do see that Alie Formeh Kamara is getting the worse of the debate because, like you said, it looks like he set out to discredit Mr. Jalloh. Too bad for him that tha is an uphill task, methinks, because like you said, Mr. Jalloh always seems to have his facts before arguing in a debate. I hope the government listens to him this time. He talks a lot of sense. Subject: Re: Restoration of the Value of the Leone - Moh'm Jalloh Message: Here is what I would do. Since your article was not published in a professional Journal of Economics but in our news papers and since you are claiming that I do not understand the concept of revaluation I am asking you, for the benefit of the readers, to explain in lay man's terms how revaluation will eradicate poverty. Ps. I want you to apply logic in your expalanation to clearly show how you arrive at your conclusion. We all have an interest in this so please dont fail us. Over to you Mr. Subject: Re: Restoration of the Value of the Leone - Moh'm Jalloh Message: Alie: But, sir, by your own admission -- "Since your article was not published in a professional Journal of Economics but in our news papers" -- it is self-evident that our article is already in layman's terms. Your apparent refusal to understand the simple article is truly surprising. However, asking me to explain it in layman's terms -- as you are doing -- would add nothing to your understanding unless you are wiling to change your apparent refusal to understand it. This is because asking me to explain it in layman's terms is akin to asking me to rewrite the same article in the very same terms! Surely, that is not what you intend to ask me to do, is it, Sir? If for no other reason, please have mercy on those of our readers who have already read (and understood) the simple article! [laugh] Subject: Re: Restoration of the Value of the Leone - Moh'm Jalloh Message: Subject: FYI Message: Cheers! Subject: SALONE POLITICS HAS NEVER BEEN THIS INTERESTING Message: Late yesterday, lawyers acting for the SLPP, headed by legal luminary Dr. Bu-buakei Jabbie marched to the Law Courts where they reportedly filed a several point lawsuit against Dr. Christiana Thorpe as Chair of the National Electoral Commission. This paper is yet to see the information filed by the SLPP Lawyers but we have learnt that SLPP seeks a High Court Mandamus Order that will force Thorpe to produce nationwide result details listed by polling stations. It also seeks, amongst others, to have the High Court declare whether it was legal for Thorpe to invalidate votes hence disenfranchising a huge chunk of law-abiding, tax paying citizens. The Lawsuit against Thorpe was filed on the same date (yesterday) that President Ernest Koroma made his very first trip to the Southern Province town of Bo in Bo District where he was firmly snubbed by the Executive and members of the SLPP. Speaking to Awareness Times on the line from Bo late yesterday evening, the Chairman of SLPP in the District, Mr. Kobba explained the reason why himself and his membership decided to snub President Koroma’s invitation to a reconciliation meeting at the township. "It was a gentle way of letting him know that as a party, the SLPP is very disgusted with him and with many of his actions not least the unceremonious removal of our brothers from their Government jobs with no sober reason given," Kobba explained. When it was put to him that SLPP could have used the proposed reconciliation forum to extend such grievances to Koroma, Kobba retorted that Ernest Koroma was not at all sincere towards the membership of the SLPP especially Southeasterners. "He is not sincere with us. He already knows our position. From the very first sacking and victimization, he knew our position but yet he continued to just sack our people with impunity so what do we need to say to such a man who continues to just sack and sack and sack our people?" he asked. Several other members of the SLPP in Bo district expressed similar sentiments and expressed support for the move to boycott the meeting called by Ernest Koroma in Bo Town. One of them even stated that the People’s Movement for Democratic Change which is allied to the APC was already "deeply regretting" its alliance with Koroma which was why he claimed that PMDC Leader Margai did not enter Bo alongside Ernest Koroma. PRINCE WELCOMES ERNEST Notwithstanding all this, the former Secretary General of the SLPP and former senior Government Minister, Dr. Prince Harding made an elaborate welcoming ceremony for the President at his Senehun-Baoma vicinity a few dozen miles out of Bo town. President Koroma told the excited gathering he had known Harding both inside of politics and out of politics and he would always respect him. Subject: Re: SALONE POLITICS HAS NEVER BEEN THIS INTERESTING Message: Subject: Re: SALONE POLITICS HAS NEVER BEEN THIS INTERESTING Message: What has Mr. Kobba got to tell us? Why didn't he leave SLPP or snub Berewa when they were sacking PMDC supporters from positions? Why didn't he cough when PMDC supporters were being victimized. Bo na useless man dem. We don't need them. We are going to even do better without them. Prince Harding has started throwing a party for H.E. Next will be Sama Banya. JJ Blood yone na hard-up geh for kill am,lucky though he is going to be sacked before the next elections. Subject: Re: SALONE POLITICS HAS NEVER BEEN THIS INTERESTING Message: Its quiet evident that literate MENDES love power so much that they're prepared to relinguish eldership and respect for the sake of power. It is simply very early to see SLPPers begging to be included in the national power for fear of reprisals from the ordinary supporters. With SLPP in opposition, its a big worry as they will soon melt away from opposing the ruling government. Subject: Re: SALONE POLITICS HAS NEVER BEEN THIS INTERESTING Message: Its quiet evident that literate MENDES love power so much that they're prepared to relinguish eldership and respect for the sake of power. It is simply very early to see SLPPers begging to be included in the national power for fear of appriasals from the ordinary supporters. With SLPP in opposition, its a big worry as they will soon melt away from opposing the ruling government. Subject: Re: SALONE POLITICS HAS NEVER BEEN THIS INTERESTING Message: Subject: Re: SALONE POLITICS HAS NEVER BEEN THIS INTERESTING Message: Subject: Re: SALONE POLITICS HAS NEVER BEEN THIS INTERESTING Message: "People joined the old APC out of fear for their lives." I am disputing your quote below. Siaka Stevens APC did not forced anyone to join in the destruction of Sierra Leone. Those who joined the APC when the SLPP ships was sinking did the greatest damaged to the SLPP. This was what Salia Jusu Sheriff said in his Dama home town constituency when Siaka appointed him as minister of finance. "There is no turning back now" Of course Minnah and others had long left when the ship began to shake. If your statement is correct then tell me why people like the late Dr Hajj Conteh, Dr Yilla, Kaisamba, Manah Kpaka and other true blue blood SLPP refused to even take up appointment from the APC let alone join them. In some respect do you not now see the logic if not Siaka's justification for his imposition of the one party rule in Sierra Leone. The truth of the matter is that Siaka knew the mentality of Sierra Leonean, he knew what they wanted. Siaka bribed most of the SLPPs top oppositions members to accept positions in his administration. True blood SLPP were not impressed with Siaka's baits. Take a guy like kaisamba, Siaka bribed him with mecides benz and several thousands of sterlings, gifts, offered him the post of chief justice as well as ministral positions. He declined all and told him that he could not work under a dictatorship. The same with Dr Hajj Conteh and Manna Kpaka who told Siaka, you are my brother, you stay where you are, am staying with my party. All those top SLPP who served in the APC said they had done so to serve the national interest of development. So why are you saying now that people joined the APC through fear. Subject: Re: SALONE POLITICS HAS NEVER BEEN THIS INTERESTING Message: Do you really believe the statements of the former SLpp who served under APC? If you do, I have a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn. Subject: Re: SALONE POLITICS HAS NEVER BEEN THIS INTERESTING Message: If the individual who lost their jobs believe they were wrongfully dismissed, surely this is an issue they can challenged within the stipulated legal provision. Having lost an election, I think a good executive, should come up with answers to certain questions to help them move forward. But they are more concerned with their jobs. But Earnest is not going to be intimidated. He knew that it that type of political recycling and prostitution that undermined competitive democracy and reduced Sierra Leone to despicable and agonising poverty it is in. Subject: Anthony Sisay Freetown is waiting for you!!! Message: Man start packing and bid farewell to disneyland.You will miss McDonald's and cocacola but there is jackitomboy,casada-brade and fry-fry in Sierra Leone too. Subject: Re: Anthony Sisay Freetown is waiting for you!!! Message: The government is however accountable for the victimization of innocent Sierra Leoneans, like me for example, who would want nothing but a well built environment for its people, all Sierra Leoneans, not picking and choosing. Now I would like to go and contribute significantly, but is there anyone with an ear big enough to listen to my cry? What assurance have I got that the lawless and lazy bastards (thieves) will not go and acquire all of my belongings overnight and claim total unlawful ownerships over it? Is the Government ready to tap into the local brains? I am ready to work to change the face of Sierra Leone for ever. But how, if we always think that what we have is not good enough? Why is it that we keep sending people to school but never giving them the chance to practice what they have learnt? We have wealth in the country but have we not learnt the trade to build our wealth upon all our education? Why is it that we always have to borrow? This is a shame on all of us. Sometimes I think that we the African men are failing our wives, children and countries at large. I am working in an environment when I sometimes feel that I am too intelligent. But what do I have to show for it? Bai Bureh, the above are some of my questions everyday and I am sick and tired of the whole thing. With just a little patience and sober planning we can change that country for the better to become a force to be reckoned with in this world. So, Bai Bureh, because you asked (BYA), talk to your government that instead of them going out to bring a foreigner for any sort of developmental planning in the country, I have the key to unlock the gate to wealth in that country with very minimal assistance from the outside world. Subject: Daily muslim wisdom Message: -Qur'an, Al-Baqara, Surah 2:151-152 Subject: Re: Daily muslim wisdom Message: Subject: ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: Alie: Thank you for your rejoinder. Forgive me, but I do not understand what you are trying to say in your above-quoted statement. Kindly therefore explain your point more clearly. Therefore, I can not say whether I agree with you Furthermore, in regard to your following opinion (""But what you are proposing is quite frankly radical and believe it or not it is a political position that comes with a heavy price.") kindly set forth the evidence that you have consecutively omitted while carefully avoiding answering my question that should have led you away from your unfortunately errant opinion. Subject: Re: ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: Subject: Re: ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: N/B I want Fen Plaba to know that I am doing fine and okay, as he seem to always mention my name in his postings. Fen Plaba, we may have disagreements on our political association and opinions, but what will never change between us is what we built as members of Bai Bureh Hall at the great Aureol. I know you very well and you always stand up for whats right, and nothing will change that. Keep the spirit up man, and with people like you in the ranks of the APC, Sierra Leone will be alright. Subject: Re: ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: So, if you have any evidence that the effects were different, kindly share it with us so that we may learn from you. This is becasuse the SL government could have avoided going to the IMF since it was not forced to do so. Therefore, going to the IMF was NOT a move that the SL "government was left with no alternative to address this problem," as you claimed in error -- but a CHOICE that the government elected to make. The fact that such a voluntary choice has now resulted in the predictable and wholly avoidable impoverishment of millions of S/Leoneans over the past nearly thirty years means that BOTH the IMF and the succession of APC and SLPP governments which collaborated with the IMF are responsible for the devastation of the value of the Leone and the resultant devastation of our country's economy and the pervasive and massive impoverishment of millions of S/Leoneans since 1979. Finally, the error in your attempt to justify the IMF's unconscionable impoverishment of millions of S/Leoneans in particular, and tens of millions of Africans, in general, is readily evident upon the answer to perhaps the simplest of questions. As before, let us set forth your claim: "The IMF did not come to us, we went to them asking for help with our structural macroeconomic distortions, and as there is no free lunch in economics, we had to pay the price for our illness, and structural adjustment is not an easy prescr1ption." The question that lays bare the error in your above argument is simple enough, namely: If a doctor hangs a sign outside his door advertising his clinic to the public, and a sick person goes to the doctor asking for relief from his cold, would the doctor be justified in prescribing arsenic (a fatal poison) to the sick patient on the grounds that the doctor "did not come to [the patient], [the patient] went to the [doctor] asking for help? ANSWER: Absolutely not! Hopefully, you will agree that, similarly, there is no justification for the IMF to blissfully destroy the standard of living of millions of S/Leoneans through its transparently inappropriate one-size-fits-all policy of devaluation which has predictably, massively, and pervasively impoverished millions of S/Leoneans over the past 28 years -- just as I had predicted in my article entitled "A Rich Man's Cure," published in "We Yone" in 197, in which, at great risk to my freedom, if not my life itself, I advised the APC government of the notoriously vindictive and murderous President Siaka Stevens against succumbing to there IMF's totally inappropriate policy of devaluing our then stronger-than-the-dollar Leone. Best regards, Moh'm Subject: Re: ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: I indeed share your passion and enthusiasism in presenting ideas to our leaders, especially the new leaders that have been entrusted with the responsibility of managing the Sierra Leonean economy. Where I however disagree with you is the fact that you have made these suggestions without laying the facts in an appropriate framework, so as to be able to prescribe a better solution for the ails of our economy. Cheers Mannaski Subject: Re: ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: This happens when a period of rapidly rising prices creates such a severe and massive inflation (hyperinflation) that so devastates the purchasing power of consumers that it leads to drastically and pervasively lower demand, which in turn leads to factories and other suppliers closing down -- leading to even lower incomes and much lower demand as the economy eventually stagnates at drastically low production and low income levels in the presence of inflation (stagflation). This is because in order for an announced change in a country's exchange rate to become authorized, it has to be enacted (by a decree). That fact is unaffected by whether the change is arrived at through "tacit negotiation with the IMF" or not. Therefore, it does not make any sense to state, as you unfortunately did by implication, that a decree is an alternative to "tacit negotiation with the IMF." Clearly, it is not. You wrote earlier today: "Taking our present socio-economic environment, this is an impossible task as we do not have the environment for this to happen. It happened in Argentina because they had the socio-economic and infrastructural environment, especially the human resource environment to make it happen." Subject: Re: ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: Subject: Re: ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: Subject: Re: ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: I disagree with you on the merit that my writings on the economic issues facing our country was partisan. I wrote on the basis of what obtained in Sierra Leone during the rule of the SLPP government, and Berewa was my man, based on what I know he stood for and history will be our judge on these matters. Subject: Re: ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: I say that the issue of revaluation should be championed by the EU in order to prevent a regional war. Subject: Re: ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: Alie: In the usual interest of accuracy, kindly explain precisely HOW and WHY you believe restoring the value of the Leone to parity with the dollar will -- as you put it, without duly showing the requisite evidence -- "create those dollar millionairs in Sierra Leone." Subject: Re: ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: Let me tell you that my fears derived from the lack of clarity on the issue of whether the current leone will suddenly appreciate in value by a multiple of 3000. Subject: Re: ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: Alie: It is most definitely NOT the case. So, welcome aboard the new train that will take our people out of the needless poverty to which they have been sadly consigned for the past nearly 30 years. Best regards, Moh'm Subject: Re: ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: Subject: Re: ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: I am sorry, but your statement is not clear. Kindly therefore explain more clearly what you mean. Subject: Re: ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: Subject: Re: ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: Alie: Sorry to say, but the only "war" being started is the one in your hyper-active imagination. (smile). In order to prove me wrong, kindly show us HOW and WHY restoring the value of the Leone would somehow "start a war." Also, please tell us why "Guinea, Gambia and Liberia and other African trading partners in the immediate neighborhood would be very angry at us unless they do the same" -- when NONE of the above countries is a major trading partner of our country. Finally, in regard to your "Colonial Mentality" (smile) suggestion that we Africans can not restore the value of our own Leone, but we must wait for the Western European to do so for us (as if we are retarded children), please answer the following question: Subject: Re: ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: Subject: Re: ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: When the Leone was needlessly devalued in 1979 by the SL government at the self-serving and cynical instigation of the corrupt IMF, did the government need the permission of the OAU (now the AU) to do so? Clearly, not! So, why should you ask the same SL government to go and ask the AU for permission to RESTORE the value of the Leone? I look forward to your answer so that we can all learn from you. Subject: Re: ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: I support the revaluation of our currency but not at the rate and the speed you suggest. For one, we must be wary about unfairness to our business partners when the revaluation is too large. That is sure going to cause an outrage. secondly, we cannot successfully carry it out in four years anyway because we simply cannot afford the dollar reserves needed. Fourth, It will be ill advised for EBK to endorse the plan as it is unless it is moderated because of the anticipated reaction from donor countries who have been giving us a lot of attention lately. In my view, the idea is good if done in moderation. Subject: Re: ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: Thank you for your rejoinder. I am glad that you support restoring the value of our needlessly devastated currency. In the hope that you would also support its timing and extent, kindly allow me to respond to your concerns: 1. You wrote: "For one, we must be wary about unfairness to our business partners when the revaluation is too large. That is sure going to cause an outrage , ...Fourth, It will be ill advised for EBK to endorse the plan as it is unless it is moderated because of the anticipated reaction from donor countries who have been giving us a lot of attention lately." There is no reasonable ground for any such outrage or similar "anticipated reaction from donor countries" because restoring the value of the Leone implies no more or less than returning its value to where it was before it was cluelessly and needlessly devastated by the APC government of President Siaka Stevens at the instigation of the cynical and purely self-serving IMF, aided and abetted by its like-minded sister institution, the World Bank. What better poetic justice it would be for another APC government -- this time led by President Ernest Koroma -- to correct the mistake that was made almost 30 years ago by the old APC, with the active of the leader of the SLPP, Salia Jusu--Sheriff, who as Minister of Finance in the APC government, was part of the effective APC--SLPP coalition that started the catastrophic destruction of the value of the Leone from Le 0.80 = $1 in 1978 to Le 3,000 =$1 today? 2. You also wrote: "secondly, we cannot successfully carry it out in four years anyway because we simply cannot afford the dollar reserves needed. Simply multiply our NNP X 3000 and you will get an idea of the maximum dollar reserve that we are going to need. We cannot raise that kind of money even in a decade." I am sorry to say, but you are plainly mistaken. This is evident from the fact that you have provided no evidence to show (a) how much foreign exchange you believ is needed, nor have you provided any evidence to show why you believe that "we simply cannot afford the dollar reserves needed." Therefore, regrettably, the conclusion is inescapable that your opinions have no basis in fact. In order to show you that, contrary to your unsupported opinion, Sietrra Leone can indeed afford the foreign exchange needed to establish an exchange rate of Le 1= $1, kindly allow me to quote a relevant excerpt from my posting earlier today on SALONEDiscussion, the pioneering, serious forum dedicated exclusively to the serious discussion and implementation of issues in order to uplift all S/Leoneans: ANSWER # 1: With your kind indulgence, I will proceed to answer your questions in several steps, starting with a definition of the total quantity of foreign exchange required to successfully implement the restoration of the exchange rate between the Leone and the dollar to parity (Le = $1), and then disaggregate that quantity in direct answer to your questions. The quantity of foreign exchange required to sustain the exchange rate between the Leone and the dollar at parity is defined as the amount of foreign exchange which would meet all the legitimate demand in SL for dollars from the amount of foreign exchange reserves held by banks in SL by making it available to the public at a rate of Le 1 = $1. Since SL already earns foreign exchange from exports, and expends foreign exchange on imports, additional foreign exchange would be needed to implement the restoration of the value of the Leone only if spending on imports is greater than revenue from exports -- which is in fact the case. Therefore, the problem to be solved in restoring the value of the Leone is readily defined as how to find enough foreign exchange to cover the shortfall between import expenditure and export revenue so that the foreign exchange can me made available to the public at the rate of Le 1 = $1. In order to know how to find that foreign exchange, it is first necessary to find out how much is needed. According to the US State Department 's estimates, SL's import expenditures totaled$330 million (Oct. 2004 - Oct. 2005) while its export revenues for the same period totaled $158 million. That left a foreign exchange shortfall to cover imports of $ $172 million. That foreign exchange shortfall represented 1.4% of the total value of good and services produced in SL in 2006 (what economists refer to GDP, or gross domestic production). Therefore, using 2004/05 as an example, the total foreign currency reserves required to cover the foreign exchange shortfall for trade purposes would be $172 million. In order to get the total foreign exchange required for all purposes, it is necessary to add to that figure the net foreign exchange needed for non-trade purposes. That means adding the figure for all foreign exchange brought into SL for non-export purposes (e.g. remittances from S/Leoneans abroad) and subtracting from that figure all foreign exchange payments for non-import reasons (e.g. repayment of interest and/or principal on the SL government's foreign debt). The total figure represents the additional total quantity of foreign exchange required to be provided in order to satisfy the total demand for foreign exchange. Fortunately for SL, it no longer has the $1.5 billion in foreign debt it had until last year -- due to the debt relief that wiped out that debt. So, it is reasonable to assume that the total foreign exchange requirement for our country at this point in time is represented mainly by the foreign exchange needed to pay for its annual imports. Using the annual growth rate of GDP in 2006 of 6.8 % as an estimate of annual growth for exports and imports, the foreign exchange shortfall required to pay for exports in 2008 can be estimated as $210 million. That, then, is the estimated additional foreign exchange that needs to be generated in order to restore the value of the Leone to parity with the dollar in 2008. I will now proceed to directly answer your questions. (a). Our proposal to President Koroma did not quantify the individual contribution of each of the expected sources of foreign exchange we identified because we did not believe it was necessary to do so. This is because we believe that it is possible for any one of those five sources to generate enough foreign exchange to meet the expected annual requirement of foreign currency reserves needed to sustain the exchange rate at Le = $1. (b). Our proposal did consider not just "unrecorded imports," but all foreign exchange transactions that occurred outside official channels, including smuggled diamond, gold, fish and other exports, as well as foreign currency exchanged by unregulated money transfer and exchange bureaus. Even without counting the net foreign exchange generated from money transfer businesses and exchange bureaus, we believe that the value of diamonds, gold, etc. smuggled out of SL far exceeds any "(a) unrecorded imports and (b) imports that would been made if foreign currency were freely available." Accordingly (c). Accordingly, we believe that there exists enough foreign exchange within SL's economy -- even if not within the official banking system in SL -- that would be more than sufficient to generate the additional $210 million estimated to be required to reduce the exchange rate in 2008 to Le 1=$1 if current export-import relative growth rates are maintained. We anticipate that capability to be maintained in the future. I hope you can now see that there is no valid reason why President Koroma should not end the searing hardships that have been inflicted upon the hapless people of SL in the past 28 years by their own clueless governments through their heedless worshiping at the feet of the cynical and self-serving IMF and the World Bank. Best regards, Moh'm Subject: Re: ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: Subject: Re: ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: ANSWER: No. Your mistake is that you are assuming that the currency will not change after the revaluation. It will change -- to reflect the new value of the Leone to the dollar of Le 1 = $1. So will all prices in the SL economy -- including your wage, which is the "price" of your labor. Subject: Re: ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: The government needs to encourage and protect the private sector growth.This will be the only vehicle to lesson its dependency on foreign aide and subsidy. The private sector should be encouraged to create employment opportunities for the vast majority of sierra Leonean. The government should permit private sector and foreign investor to fully participate along side the National Commission for Privatization ; Areas of Electricity supply and power generating plants, telecom sectors, farming and infrastural and co-operative development banking. As part of the government effort to attract foreign investments and to diversify the economy, all of this initial foundation efforts should be fully functional before any anticipated major moves. Sierra Leone will succeed in the year ahead to accomplish Parity only with high level of revenues collections, enabling the government to post large budget surpluses. Sierra Leone’s will also be able to substantially boost spending on job training, education, infrastructure development, and government salaries.The government have to be able to slow down inflation to a margin of error and tolerance to where I will also refer forumites to take a look at Greece attempt to become the last EU Member. (See Below) http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/01/01/greece.eu/index.html EU poorest nation took this long because it has to meet certain criteria Subject: Re: ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: With all due respect, restoring the value of the Leone to parity with the dollar does not depend on domestic revenue collection or "large budget surpluses" -- it depends only on the country's (not just the government's) FOREIGN revenue and expenditure streams. You also wrote: "As part of the government effort to attract foreign investments and to diversify the economy, all of this initial foundation efforts should be fully functional before any anticipated major moves." I am sorry to say, but in my humble opinion, you have got it backward.The currency has to be fixed first, before it becomes possible to fix the economy, not the other way round. The proof of that is indicated (even though it is not exactly attested to) by the fact that no solution that has been tried involving all the things you mentioned (but NOT involving fixing the Leone) has worked. Clearly, therefore, to keep doing the same things as you suggested and expect a different result is not likely to produce a different result. It is time to try a different approach -- fixing the currency, because a country with a worthless currency will sooner or later soon become a country with a worthless economy. Subject: Re: ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: When we change course and revalue we will gain more foreign exchange from foreign individuals and businesses when they continue business with us. The bulk of the gains may come from exports. But since we have very little to offer via agricultural and nothing from manufacturing these sectors are not expected to benefit. In fact when revaluation reduces the purchasing power of foreign currencies our agricultural commodities suddenly become more expensive and less competitive. For this reason I think it is not imperative that revaluation comes before evrything else but that we can simultaneously pursue inter-related programs and activities to jump start the economy. Subject: Re: ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: That is the theory. It is not true in all practical circumstances. You are making exactly the same elementary mistake of economic theory as the "mistake" that the self-styled outstanding economists at the IMF made to devastating effect in SL. To understand the nature of your error, please read my 2001 article entitled "Why Devaluation Would Not Work in SL" which I reproduce below for your benefit: Best regards, Moh'm Thank you for providing us with yet another example of how "Colonial Mentality" among African leaders continues to facilitate one of the other two The wholesale historical adoption by African leaders of the policy of devaluation, at the behest of the IMF, is arguably the most conclusive evidence of the mind-boggling failure of African leaders to disabuse In order to see this, one need only consider the history of IMF-sponsored devaluation in Africa; specifically, how devaluation works and why it could never work in the typical African economy: The policy of devaluation is designed to correct a negative trade imbalance, i.e., trade deficit (imports exceed exports) between the devaluing country and other countries with which it trades. In theory, devaluation does this by manipulating the exchange rates between the devaluing country's currency and those of its trading partners. Through a mere announcement, the devaluing country changes its currency's exchange rate by deliberating making it cheaper than before. Thereby, the This result, obviously, assumes that the other countries do not retaliate by announcing an offsetting devaluation of their own currencies. However, A critical prerequisite for a successful devaluation policy is the presence of market-driven prices for goods and services traded among countries. In order to see this, consider what would happen if, after Country A devalues its currency by 10%, thereby making its goods cheaper to buyers in Country B, the latter's government immediately announces a 10% increase in custom duties on all goods imported from Country A? The result: a stalemate, viz. The devaluation would fail to make Country A's exports cheaper to Country B's residents because Country A's 10% devaluation has been effectively checkmated by Country B's exactly offsetting tariff increase on imports from Country A! Still, even where there is no interference with market forces, and no intervention by governments in the form of a retaliatory devaluation, the success of the policy of devaluation is not assured unless and until two other critical elements are in place, viz. The desire and ability of the non-devaluing countries to buy the now cheaper goods and services of the devaluing country (what economists call "demand"), and the ability of the devaluing country to produce the goods and services demanded ("supply"). Tragically, for all African countries in the past thirty years, not a single one of the above prerequisites for a successful policy of devaluation Predictably, each and every one of those IMF prescr1ptions woefully failed, with resulting searing hardships inflicted on the hapless African For an explanation of how Africa's "Colonial Mentality" led to this otherwise entirely avoidable debacle, please see Part 2 of this posting. Mohamed A. Jalloh Subject: Re: ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: My freind devaluation works for many countries. China is a typical example. When Sierra Leone would have attained a certain level of development that would make us competitive devaluation would be a useful tool. Subject: Re: ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RESTORATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LEONE Message: Alie: So, the latest "thrust of [your] argument" is that Sierra Leone is identical to China? You are truly one amusing fellow! In Stitches, Moh'm Subject: THE NEW DAWN -MOVING S/LEONE FORWARD Message: A perfect example is the just concluded transition report. You will continue to see obstruction of justice if these individual seating in key positions are not recycled. They will not allow progress and the wheel of justice to go through the process uninterrupted. Secondly, let’s go back to the Ministry of Education. Do you know out of fifty personnel reviewed by the dept, only one was a northerner? I tried very hard to be neutral but how can you explained these hiring practices of your defunk SLPP government... At the very least, EKB is trying to replace good SLPP for bad guys and you will continue to see a net gain of good SLPP, who are willing to fight for freedom and democracy in a positive way. All of us should say cheers to the President for his bravery and courage to even go to the South and East to face people who nearly ended his life during the campaign. This President deserved more than just critism.He has done more in 90 days than Kabba’s five years in office. Subject: Re: THE NEW DAWN -MOVING S/LEONE FORWARD Message: Are you suggesting there were only 50 "personnel" at the Min. of Educ. The statistic you provide is meaningless without context. Who hired these 49 individuals? What are their positions? Assuming they are senior personnel, one can assume they have longevity; i.e.. they may have been employed even before the SLPP came to power in 1996. Do they hail from the South, East or West? Not that this matters, but we know what you are suggesting. Have you heard of any of the following: random sampling; statistical significance; standard deviation? Did you look at any other departments that were reviewed by the "dept" (whomever that is)? Any numbers to report? I could go on; suffice it to say your final statement confirms that you are trying too hard to boost the APC and villify the SLPP. Word of advice. Koroma doesn't need your cheerleading and praises. He knows exactly what he needs to do; unfortunately, I'M NOT SO SURE ONE CAN SAY THAT ABOUT SOME OF THOSE WHO CONSIDER THEMSELVES PART OF THE INNER CIRCLE. Subject: DECEMBER 20, DEADLINE Message: Subject: Re: DECEMBER 20, DEADLINE Message: Subject: Re: DECEMBER 20, DEADLINE per FEN PLABA Message: You might want bring this to FEN PLABA'S attention. Subject: Re: DECEMBER 20, DEADLINE Message: Subject: Re: DECEMBER 20, DEADLINE Message: KKW, here are few words of wisdom from a young yet wise man regarding the word “CERTAINTITY,” there is “NOTHING CERTAIN” in life other than one thing. The certain thing in this respect is “DEATH.” If you are born in this world, you are certain to “DIE.” On another note, the following will if anything, I guarantee will make you become a very flexible and compromising person, “MARRIAGE AND CHILDREN,” and if that does not work, only God will have to come to the rescue. I still appreciate your participation. Subject: Re: DECEMBER 20, DEADLINE Message: So an excuse not to complet the project by the December 20th 2007 dead line, will be very unfortunate. If that is the case and Sierra Leoneans decides to keep quite about it, will allow the government to take liberty in running things at their own pace. Subject: Re: DECEMBER 20, DEADLINE Message: And then you wrote: "And please give him some credit because of his desire and courage to even think of bringing electricity to the country." Are you really serious with such a statement? O'langba, I am a Makeni Pekin too [from Mabanta Village, to be precise] but I still can't categorize the Presidents 'thought' of bringing electricity as a 'courageous' act! I would rather consider the thought essential and in line with his pre-election promise. Subject: Re: DECEMBER 20, DEADLINE Message: Subject: Re: DECEMBER 20, DEADLINE Message: Subject: Re: DECEMBER 20, DEADLINE Message: Subject: Re: DECEMBER 20, DEADLINE Message: Subject: APPEAL TO KABS KANU Message: I have reliably been informed that staff members have not been paid for the past two citing unavailability of funds. But that's not all, the new management have decided to embark of massive sacking of personnel, especially those connected with SLPP. See excerpt of recent memo to the hand-picked personnel: I refer you to my memo of the 13th Niovember 2007 on the above matter. The commission further wishes to notify you that in case your contract is not renewed in writing, this memo serves as a notice to you to that effect. The commission appreciates your contribution during the period of your contract and wishes you success in your future endeavours. Regards We need to put our priorities right otherwise things will begin to take turn for the worse. We have to learn to accept differences in people without resorting to destructive means. I therefore want to take this opportunity to appeal to you use your good offices to see how best this could be brought to the attention of H.E. for his intervention. I am dead serious and awaits your patriotic intervention. Subject: Re: APPEAL TO KABS KANU Message: A perfect example is the just concluded transition report. You will continue to have obstruction of justice if these individual seating in key positions are not recycled. They will not allow progress and the wheel of justice to go through the process uninterrupted. Secondly, let’s go back to the Ministry of Education. Do you know out of fifty personnel reviewed by the dept, only one was a northerner? I tried very hard to be neutral but how can you explained these hiring practices of your defunk SLPP government... At the very least, EKB is trying to replace good SLPP for bad guys and you will continue to see a net gain of good SLPP, who are willing to fight for freedom and democracy in a positive way. All of us should say cheers to the President for his bravery and courage to even go to the South and East to face people who nearly ended his life during the campaign. This President deserved more than just critism.He has done more in 90 days than Kabba’s five years in office. Subject: Re: APPEAL TO KABS KANU Message: Subject: KABS, WHAT ABOUT THE 1ST LADY'S INTERVIEW??? Message: Subject: Re: KABS, WHAT ABOUT THE 1ST LADY'S INTERVIEW??? Message: Subject: BO TOWN AWAITS ERNEST KOROMA Message: The last time President Koroma visited Bo was shortly before the Run-Off Elections in September and he was in the company of Lawyer Charles Margai, Leader of the People’s Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) but they had to flee the District under heavy police escort as mobs of supporters of the then ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) had angrily stormed the duo’s hotel lodgings as reprisal for an earlier attack by alleged Margai loyalists on an SLPP ally, Sidique Janneh. Ever since President Koroma fled Bo last September, he had not returned and this will be his first time to visit that part of the country as President. Lately, the President has been making very genuine gestures towards mending fences with the citizenry from the South especially in the wake of intense resentment following the unceremonious sackings of Southerners and Easterners from Government jobs. Following the chasing of Dr. Christiana Thorpe from Tikonko a few weeks ago by the residents in that Southern town in Bo District, members of the Diplomatic community themselves visited Bo District where they were surprised at the intensity of the resentment against the Central APC Government by the local populace in the district. There have been reports of quiet diplomatic moves to ensure that President Koroma sees the need to quickly reach out and reconcile with the people in the South and East. To his credit, the President has been making overtures towards political opponents which include a recent spontaneous visit to a popular opposition entertainment spot. Additionally, the First Lady of the Republic, Mrs. Sia Nyama Koroma has vowed that her soon to be formed Charitable Foundation will concentrate primarily upon improving the welfare of and seeking the interest of the South and East. The urgent need to reconcile the rest of Koroma’s strongholds with the Opposition stronghold cannot be over-emphasised. This is reflected in the 5th Report to the United Nations Security Council by Ban Ki Moon which highlighted the need for the current Government to mend fences with those in the South and East of Sierra Leone who had rejected the Presidency of Ernest Bai Koroma at the polls. "The recent national elections exposed a deepening political schism and highlighted the increasing dominance of ethnicity and regionalism in the politics of Sierra Leone, which, if not addressed, could have a negative impact on peace consolidation efforts in the country," wrote Ban Ki Moon in his report to the Security Council. This need is already being addressed if recent reports are anything to go by as far as the new Resident Minister for the Southern Province, Hon. Musa Tarawallie is concerned. Tarawallie will be receiving hundreds of Kamajors who have planned to pledge their loyalty to President Koroma this weekend. Our correspondents in Bo also report that preparations are already underway by the Sierra Leone Police, Paramilitary and the Armed Forces to ensure that the President’s visit goes smoothly and without a hitch. "There will be no ‘bush-shaking’ in Bo against Ernest Koroma this time," a Senior Police Officer assured on the telephone line from Bo last night adding that stringent security measures had been put in place. Subject: MOVING BEYOND CHRISTIANA THORPE. Message: The APC is clearly incapable of being productive. When Ernest Koroma's euphoria eventually evaporates into reality, the truth will dawn on Sierra Leoneans that the APC does not have the nerve to rescue Sierra Leone. The caliber of the people in Ernest Koroma's team, and the tribal motives behind their employment, are factors that will soon make the APC smell like rotten fish in Sierra Leonean nostrils. Converting Ernest Koroma's deficiencies into meaningful political gains, should be the biggest task in front of the SLPP. Christiana Thorpe should be relegated to a non-issue because her political relevance ended after the elections. As Ernest Koroma displays hypocrisy by planning presidential tours in Bo while administratively snubbing the South-east, the SLPP should be ready with a counter-move to expose the sterility of the APC as evidenced in the President's Northern Mania. While wishing Christiana Thorpe luxuriant blessings, I can only expect the SLPP to be practical in opposition. Subject: Re: MOVING BEYOND CHRISTIANA THORPE. Message: "The APC is clearly incapable of being productive" "When Ernest Koroma's euphoria eventually evaporates into reality, the truth will dawn on Sierra Leoneans that the APC does not have the nerve to rescue Sierra Leone." "As Ernest Koroma displays hypocrisy by planning presidential tours in Bo while administratively snubbing the South-east," With all the consistent intelletual display of Bra Enviable, one comes to the conclusion that, one of man's avoidable folly is indeed gullibility. Opinionated statements ....... written as statements of facts ..... Not a chance for a different outcome! A patroitic citizen harbouring so much gloom and unwaranted pessimism. A self-declared prophet of fallacy in a torrent of empty hollaballoo incantations.......The fortune-teller that never was!Irrelevant! A perception of failure creates a reality of failure! But that's to the individual!!! So when the government starts notching some meaningful progress, we shall name and shame the treacherous pessimists!!! Subject: Re: MOVING BEYOND CHRISTIANA THORPE. Message: DO YOU THINK THE MAINSTREAM VOTERS OF SIERRA LEONE WILL WANT TO SEE AN INEPT SLPP GOVT. SO SOON KEEPING IN MIND THE TRACK RECORD OF THE PAST GOVT.,A RECORD WHOSE TERRIBLE AND NIGHTMARISH MEMORY STILL LINGERS EVEN THE MINDS OF THOSE LYING AT KISSY ROAD AND ROKUPA CEMETERIES,A RECORD FLANKED ON BOTH SIDES BY MISERABLE FAILURE IN THE MOST UNPRECEDENTED FASHION EVER IN THE COUNTRY'S POLITICAL HISTORY? Sorry Bra but I believe like many Saloneans do that the abbreviation SLPP is both sinister and ominous for Salone. The best thing to do now is to cooperate with EBK who knows exactly what Salone needs and how to provide it rather than expending energy in wishes and dreams. Subject: Re: MOVING BEYOND CHRISTIANA THORPE. Message: Subject: Re: MOVING BEYOND CHRISTIANA THORPE. Message: Subject: ANOTHER FINE SIERRA LEONEAN Message: Subject: Re: ANOTHER FINE SIERRA LEONEAN Message: Subject: Re: ANOTHER FINE SIERRA LEONEAN Message: Subject: MENSA:REVISITING THE GOOD OLD DAYS Message: The good news is most of these movies can be downloaded at www.minninova.com or www.torrent.com or if you are just interested in the final showdowns between the leads and the villains you can visit youtube and search for SHAOLIN KUNGFU MOVIES FINAL FIGHTS. Subject: Re: MENSA:REVISITING THE GOOD OLD DAYS Message: Subject: Re: MENSA:REVISITING THE GOOD OLD DAYS Message: Man you are so funny and interesting!Indicates you were a real film buff in those days.I suffered the same like you.I think that was the life of small film buffs who had limited sources to get money for the purpose. Another instance was the first matinee show of SEVEN SECRET RIVALS (Joseph Kuo and Jack Long aka Sasayee) at Byblos cinema.At that time it was a Friday and I was just returning from the mangrove swamp with some 'wood' on my head when I saw the newspaper with the info.You can see the mud on my feet and shirt as well as the matchet. Taking the time into consideration, all I did was throw the bundle on the ground when I reached home and headed straight for the tap to wash my feet with little success of removing the mud.With my focus on the movie I cared less about my appearance and boarded a poda poda to Sackville street.It was only after the show that I noticed how terrible I looked. Paddy you don forget "Seven slaves against Rome","Three fantastic supermen","One-armed boxer"(Wang Yu),"Maciste(Reg Park),"Star Black","Django and his coffin",Shaolin-born Invincible"(Carter Wong),"Prodigal boxer"(Meng Fei aka Fongshin Yu and Tan Tao Liang aka Kao Li). Pan den bad man dem you don forget "Stormy Sun","Darkest Sword" en Lo Lieh.Way Fernando Sacho pan den cowboy film dem? By the way where did you live in Freetown? East or West? Subject: Re: MENSA:REVISITING THE GOOD OLD DAYS Message: Subject: Re: MENSA:REVISITING THE GOOD OLD DAYS Message: Thanks. Subject: Re: MENSA:REVISITING THE GOOD OLD DAYS Message: For mininova you only need to type www.mininova.org and you will be directed to mu(a greek symbol used for coefficient of friction) torrent.Sometimes you need to install mu torrent on your pc because you always need the search window for writing movies' names.As I am writing now I have just downloaded and watched the Golden Compass and Executioners from Shoalin.If only your pc is fast and spacious you can download up to five movies everyday. As for youtube indeed you need to register but you cannot download movies.The movies are available in many segments and only extremely patient people can watch all the segments.But if you still want to extract the segments you can google for a free software known as the youtube grabber but the slides will be small.If you still want to go ahead google again for another free software known as the VCD/DVD converter which will convert the slides into mpg/mpeg to enable you to burn it to a CD and watch it on any player. I hope this will help.Sorry for responding so late. Subject: Re: MENSA:REVISITING THE GOOD OLD DAYS Message: I have a confession to make though. I'm well into Nigerian Movies these day, Bro! Though it's the best channel to familiarize my kids with African cultural set-up. So if you're not yet in, then check out the following titles: (1) Black Bra (2) Games Women play (3) Last Girl Standing (4) Games Men Play (5) Break up (6) Consequence (7) Growing Up (8) Forces of Nature (9) Fishers of Men (10) Orange Groove (11) Women in Power and many more. These are movies that you'll never get tired of watching. If you're interested, I'll send you more titles later. Subject: Re: MENSA:REVISITING THE GOOD OLD DAYS Message: Subject: Re: MENSA:REVISITING THE GOOD OLD DAYS Message: Subject: Re: MENSA:REVISITING THE GOOD OLD DAYS Message: Subject: Re: MENSA:REVISITING THE GOOD OLD DAYS Message: Subject: ChristianaThorpe! Message: Subject: For: Chez Winakabs Europe Message: Subject: Re: For: Chez Winakabs Europe Message: Sit back and enjoy the dialogue that ensued between a Nigerian man and an American telemarketer. Ring.....Ring...Ring Mr Okoro : Hello? Telemarketer: Hi, this is Raheema calling from Hollywood Hereafter Resources. I just wanted to let you know that your phone number was randomly selected in a drawing and we have reserved a free burial space for you at the New Island Cemetry in Bridge- Mr Okoro: What?!!! Telemarketer : If you would just give me your name and address. I want to send you a letter to confirm the free burial space we have reserved for you--- Mr Okoro: You reserved what for me.....A grave? Telemarketer: A free burial space Mr Okoro: What's the difference? Telemarketer: Well the word "grave" can be scary sir, you can disregard the letter if you don't want it. This is just a courtsey call to--- Mr Okoro: So as a telemarketer, you can pick up the phone and cold call people and pitch them with such offers? Telemarketer:Well, yes sir. We always make sure it is something of potential interest to them -- Mr Okoro: Of course, who wouldn't be interested in dying? I am definately interested in a grave. I am. That is a very important decision to make before die right? Telemarketer:I agree with u sir. You are so open-minded about this. A lot of people don't understand why it is so important to hand-pick your final resting place before you pass on. It ensures you get the kind of burial you want for yourself. Mr Okoro: I see say na u dem send come Telemarketer: I'm sorry? Send....come? Mr Okoro: Oh, they don't use the witchdoctor in the village anymore right? They have gone nuclear and now are using Americans. Na you dem send come! Telemarketer: I'm sorry sir, but i don't know what you are talking about. Mr Okoro: I get fillage too o! i be proper bush boy and my mama still dey kampe for waterside. Na one phone call e go take and she go run go fillage go get me gold circle condom protection, u hear. Una no dey here say e better for somebody? Why na so-so make una dey spoil person own una dey like? Telemarketer: I don't understand what you are saying-- Mr Okoro: You go understand by force. Na airmail i go take send winch to you. You hear. Una tink say una know winch just because una dey do halloween? You tink winch na dat abracadabra una dey do for America? You tink na to chant poetry and cook soup with lizard yansh and frog tongue be winch? I go show u where we dey use snake leg do ogbonge juju. Black winch, red winch, multi-colored winch....for my fillage, na your eyes i go take flavor the juju sef. You go know beta winch when my own army land. Telemarketer: I do apologize to you if my phone call has offended you in any way- Mr Okoro: You have not offended me. I am not offended. Do i sound offended? Why would i be offended because you- kindhearted telemarketer that you are- reserved a grave for me? Do you know how old i am? 32 . In my country, people don't die at 32. When they die so young, it is a major tragedy! My mother and father are still alive. You want me to die before them? Telemarketer: I didn't mean anything- Mr Okoro: You people never mean anything when you make these stupid phone calls. How dare u wish me death-- Telemarketer: No, that's not what -- Mr Okoro: I DON'T CARE!!! Do you know how many years i worked on getting a visa to come to America? 10 Years....Ejioku.....10!. Do u know how many laws i broke in so many countires before i found my way here? I have been here only 2 yrs. All the pepole who gave me loans to buy ticket and visa have not been paid. My mother and father are still waiting for me to perform the magic of Dollars for them in Nigeria. This telephone was just connected 2 months ago because i am just now able to afford a telephone because i cannot make good money due to my illegal alien status. And now, you want me to die before i can even begin to enjoy a little,.....ah, your own don spoil o, i swear , e no go betta for you. Telemarketer: E no....what? Mr Okoro: Na hand ya mama and papa go take bury you. And na there eyes dem go take cry for that yeye grave wey u don reserve for yaself. Telemarketer: Are u cussing me sir? Mr Okoro: cuss you ke? why should i? why would i want to cuss someone who is offering me a grave? I am only reacting in my own local English. That is how we behave when we are overwhelmed with joy in my country. Telemarketer: I just had a distinct feeling that you were not saying nice things about me. Mr Okoro: See dis wowo wey craw-craw don chop him yansh finish....Look, just aside, are all the members of your family reserved space in your graveyard? Telemarketer: Some of them do have-- Mr Okoro: No, don't stop there. You should get everybody a plot. I go help you use juju finish all of them make una dey go do whassup dog for Hollywood, abi na wey u dey call from Telemarketer: I have to hang up now sir Mr Okoro: Before u hang up, would you by any chance know anything about a scam where telemarketers call people on the phone to assure them a free burial space, and then try to get them expensive mausoleums and crypts? What is it call? Bait and switch, right? Telemarketer: I don't know what you're talking about. Mr Okoro: You get pickin Telemarketer: get picking? picking what? Mr Okoro: You get pickin? u don born bomboy? make you dash your pickin thegrave now Telemarketer: Dash picking.....you're dissing me? Mr Okoro: Diss? Dis one pass dis, agaracha. Dis one na K.I.S.S, kiss- serious kiss of the death Telemarketer: I have to hang up now sir Mr Okoro: No, please wait. Let me reserve the whole cemetry for your unborn children. I will also reserve a full page in the Daily times Obituary section-- Telemarketer: Thats mean! you can't talk to me like that just because i am a telemarketer. We are people too Mr Okoro: Yes, bad people....people who call to trick me at all kinds of hours into buying something i don't want. Telemarketer: I'm going to report you to the INS! You will be deported! Mr Okoro: My juju go don finish you before you reach the place. Winch pass winch! you no go die betta, i tell you. I go make sure u crase first, make you waka enter k-mart abi wetin una dey call market for dis side- before dem finish you!...... She reserve grave......why you no take knife kill me yaself? E no go betta for ---hello? you hang up? why u no wait make i finish ? why not wait? Oloshi! Na dead dog wey get rabies go chop the mouth you take talk to me. Subject: This Is A Must Read - Carlton-Carew Ep Foundation Message: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted by njahloh deigh-bett [ at 168.12.253.66] on December 13, 2007 at 17:26:05: The Ultimate Manipulator and Controller – Cynthia Jarrret-Thorpe (nee Carlton-Carew) Citizens all, there’s an issue going on of which I would like to draw your attention to. The Amistad schooner should be arriving in Freetown this week, tracing the notorious trans-Atlantic slave trade route before it was abolished 200years ago. Several events to commemorate this historical occasion are being planned in Freetown and some of the provincial cities .The current APC administration and the Freetown municipality led by the Mayor are scheduled to take part. However, a lady by the name of Mrs. Cynthia Jarrett-Thorpe (nee Carlton –Carew) has been working tirelessly over the past year to hijack the occasion in order to promote an organization she personally created and is obsessed about - “The Carlton-Carew ‘Ep’ (help) Foundation. Cynthia Jarrett-Thorpe currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia, US. She’s not only a pariah in the Sierra Leonean community in Atlanta, but also a pollutant of bad vibes. Mrs. Jarrett-Thorpe, sensing the formation of a Sierra Leone Creole Descendants Union - Georgia chapter, hijacked the idea and launched the “Carlton-Carew EP (help) Foundation” (headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia), without any endorsement from her husband and siblings, most of who reside in the US. I was made to understand that the only close relative pursuing this venture with her, is her octegarian father – Pa Carlton-Carew, who coincidentally, was very active in the Creole Descendants Union in Freetown, Sierra Leone. I am not suggesting that Pa Carlton-Carew disclosed to her daughter some of the S.L Creole Descendants Union’s agenda. But who knows! Mrs. Jarrett-Thorpe’s mean-spiritedness, dubious manipulation of events, and callous disregard for the feelings of people she comes in contact with, is known throughout Atlanta. Reputable Sierra Leonean academics and distinguished patriots in Georgia, who were hoodwinked into teaming up with her in Atlanta, are now distancing themselves from her. I will advice the current pool of African –Americans who are interested establishing contact with the motherland to be aware of her evil machinations. Cynthia will hurt you guys badly and then dump you when she cannot get her own way. She’s a master schemer of horrible plots. The “Awujoh”, scheduled for this weekend at beautiful paradise resort Banana Island, Sierra Leone and the pending launch of a building project is a desperate effort by Cynthia Jarrett-Thorpe to associate herself with and rub shoulders with top Sierra Leone government officials not excluding the newly elected and busy President. The “T-Shirt” depicting our black roots, bodes for nothing. This lady is a control freak. She could easily pale Lady Macbeth. She won’t stop at nothing. To Government officials, you have been warned! She’s craving for the oxygen of publicity and recognition when all she deserves is notoriety. Do not waste your precious time with her. She’s very good at creating photo opportunities to prove that she can hang out with the Jones’s. Off springs of Sierra Leonean parents and kin’s, African Americans, black South Americans who have fallen under the spell of Mrs. Cynthia Jarrett-Thorpe and her Carlton-Carew Ep Foundation, I will advice you to throw caution to the wind. The spiritual and emotional re-connection that you are seeking or have already discovered with mother Sierra Leone or the African motherland in general, will be severely dented once you know the “real” Cynthia Jarrett-Thorpe. Part of her repertoire is to throw curveballs and leave you stranded at home plate. If you are seeking information about your roots in Sierra Leone or the motherland in general, please contact the Sierra Leone Creole Descendants Union or other credible Sierra Leonean organizations in the US or Sierra Leone. I am appealing to the Sierra Leone Creole Descendants Union executive and other members to distance themselves from her. She’s nothing but trouble and an embarrassment to her family and close friends. She needs to be schooled about the genuine tenets of the “Creole/Krio and Sierra Leonean culture and tradition. She’s claims to be the first female “Nigerian” air pilot but failed to mention the flight school she attended or produce a bona fide certificate to substantiate her claim.(See excerpts from a book she recently manipulated to get published for her accomplice father). To clear the “air” I may in due course, have to al3rt the Nigerian Aviation Ministry for confirmation of this claim. Cynthia’s charity, (contrary to the bible saying) doesn’t start at home. She alienates close relatives and friends alike. Is there anyone out there who could “ep” (help) her to recover from her controlling and manipulating stupor? Please come forward! Most people, including my very self recognize and acknowledge success and achievements. It does not bode well when arrogance and wickedness is constantly being perpetrated towards others - be it relatives, friends or even your enemies. Subject: This Is A Must Read - Carlton- Carew Ep Foundation Message: Citizens all, there’s an issue going on of which I would like to draw your attention to. The Amistad schooner should be arriving in Freetown this week, tracing the notorious trans-Atlantic slave trade route before it was abolished 200years ago. Several events to commemorate this historical occasion are being planned in Freetown and some of the provincial cities .The current APC administration and the Freetown municipality led by the Mayor are scheduled to take part. However, a lady by the name of Mrs. Cynthia Jarrett-Thorpe (nee Carlton –Carew) has been working tirelessly over the past year to hijack the occasion in order to promote an organization she personally created and is obsessed about - “The Carlton-Carew ‘Ep’ (help) Foundation. Cynthia Jarrett-Thorpe currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia, US. She’s not only a pariah in the Sierra Leonean community in Atlanta, but also a pollutant of bad vibes. Mrs. Jarrett-Thorpe, sensing the formation of a Sierra Leone Creole Descendants Union - Georgia chapter, hijacked the idea and launched the “Carlton-Carew EP (help) Foundation” (headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia), without any endorsement from her husband and siblings, most of who reside in the US. I was made to understand that the only close relative pursuing this venture with her, is her octegarian father – Pa Carlton-Carew, who coincidentally, was very active in the Creole Descendants Union in Freetown, Sierra Leone. I am not suggesting that Pa Carlton-Carew disclosed to her daughter some of the S.L Creole Descendants Union’s agenda. But who knows! Mrs. Jarrett-Thorpe’s mean-spiritedness, dubious manipulation of events, and callous disregard for the feelings of people she comes in contact with, is known throughout Atlanta. Reputable Sierra Leonean academics and distinguished patriots in Georgia, who were hoodwinked into teaming up with her in Atlanta, are now distancing themselves from her. I will advice the current pool of African –Americans who are interested establishing contact with the motherland to be aware of her evil machinations. Cynthia will hurt you guys badly and then dump you when she cannot get her own way. She’s a master schemer of horrible plots. The “Awujoh”, scheduled for this weekend at beautiful paradise resort Banana Island, Sierra Leone and the pending launch of a building project is a desperate effort by Cynthia Jarrett-Thorpe to associate herself with and rub shoulders with top Sierra Leone government officials not excluding the newly elected and busy President. The “T-Shirt” depicting our black roots, bodes for nothing. This lady is a control freak. She could easily pale Lady Macbeth. She won’t stop at nothing. To Government officials, you have been warned! She’s craving for the oxygen of publicity and recognition when all she deserves is notoriety. Do not waste your precious time with her. She’s very good at creating photo opportunities to prove that she can hang out with the Jones’s. Off springs of Sierra Leonean parents and kin’s, African Americans, black South Americans who have fallen under the spell of Mrs. Cynthia Jarrett-Thorpe and her Carlton-Carew Ep Foundation, I will advice you to throw caution to the wind. The spiritual and emotional re-connection that you are seeking or have already discovered with mother Sierra Leone or the African motherland in general, will be severely dented once you know the “real” Cynthia Jarrett-Thorpe. Part of her repertoire is to throw curveballs and leave you stranded at home plate. If you are seeking information about your roots in Sierra Leone or the motherland in general, please contact the Sierra Leone Creole Descendants Union or other credible Sierra Leonean organizations in the US or Sierra Leone. I am appealing to the Sierra Leone Creole Descendants Union executive and other members to distance themselves from her. She’s nothing but trouble and an embarrassment to her family and close friends. She needs to be schooled about the genuine tenets of the “Creole/Krio and Sierra Leonean culture and tradition. She’s claims to be the first female “Nigerian” air pilot but failed to mention the flight school she attended or produce a bona fide certificate to substantiate her claim.(See excerpts from a book she recently manipulated to get published for her accomplice father). To clear the “air” I may in due course, have to al3rt the Nigerian Aviation Ministry for confirmation of this claim. Cynthia’s charity, (contrary to the bible saying) doesn’t start at home. She alienates close relatives and friends alike. Is there anyone out there who could “ep” (help) her to recover from her controlling and manipulating stupor? Please come forward! Most people, including my very self recognize and acknowledge success and achievements. It does not bode well when arrogance and wickedness is constantly being perpetrated towards others - be it relatives, friends or even your enemies. Subject: ST. Edward's Secondary School Message: 1. School's main tel. nr (We are not sure of the current one on the school's webpage) You may reply at the forum or send an email to: edwards.st@lycos.com Subject: Charles Margai Will Have To Choose...... Message: A couple of months later, the two political bedfellows are now on the opposite end of a peculiar case in which a cursed Lebanese is alleged to have raped and murdered a Sierra Leonean sister. The defense lawyer has turned out to be Charles Margai. Nothing wrong with that professionally! These two lawyer colleagues could easily reflect on court procedings over a bottle of beer ... no strings attached. Nevertheless, the political implications are undoubtedly enormous. Margai's obsession for controversial cases may be worthwhile as he aims to exhibit another one of his mesmerising summersaults in legal matters... but this one is too sensitive a case to be dismissed with imperious disdain. It has all the potentials of triggering a very serious violent/chaotic reaction from the public. Ironically, the man who has played such a pivotal role in the new government's election victory, may turn out to be an unpatriotic thorn in the flesh of the ruling government. Perhaps, it's high time Charles Margai got his priorities right! Either professionalism or patriotism! Otherwise, leadership of Sierra Leone will remain an elusive fulfilment that shall forever dance beyond his grip. Subject: What do you think about Ernest's Administration Message: What do you think about Ernest's Administration? Send your comments to info@ernestkoroma.org or sms 232-33-318613 Subject: Re: What do you think about Ernest's Administration Message: Subject: Re: What do you think about Ernest's Administration Message: Subject: Re: What do you think about Ernest's Administration Message: Failled miserably in diagnosing the hype surrounding this electricity provision. Can't base a negative comment entirely on the amplified 'northern' tilt in the appointment of ministers. Development could still be channeled through the respective APC MPs, who are unarguably the majority in Parliament. Can't base a positive comment on 'paper tiger' travelling trips, can I? OK, the President has got this western stereotype moves, being at the right place for publicity stunts. That's far from what we call 'landmark achievements' ain-it? Olangba, we judge EBK's administration according to delivery. So far, ain't seen nothing yet! Subject: Re: What do you think about Ernest's Administration Message: Subject: Re: What do you think about Ernest's Administration Message: You lied when you said no comment because you have commented Just read below your comment; Failled miserably in diagnosing the hype surrounding this electricity provision. Can't base a negative comment entirely on the amplified 'northern' tilt in the appointment of ministers. Development could still be channeled through the respective APC MPs, who are unarguably the majority in Parliament. Can't base a positive comment on 'paper tiger' travelling trips, can I? OK, the President has got this western stereotype moves, being at the right place for publicity stunts. That's far from what we call 'landmark achievements' ain-it? Olangba, we judge EBK's administration according to delivery. So far, ain't seen nothing yet!" Subject: Re: What do you think about Ernest's Administration Message: Even though I managed to capitalize your log-in name, you might not actually worth it. IQ deficiacy, perhaps? But the above has no complex formula in it! My 'No comments' is quite in place. What YOU call comment is what I call 'an explanation of No Comment'! Any problem with that? You must have derived some obnoxious sort of self satisfaction when you wrote 'You lied'! Indeed, if it makes you feel good, then 'No Comment' again in that regard! Subject: Re: What do you think about Ernest's Administration Message: but .. aye.. no comment.. Subject: Re: What do you think about Ernest's Administration Message: Subject: Re: What do you think about Ernest's Administration Message: Thnak you! Subject: LETRICITY DAE CAM NEXT THOSDAY ...CANDIDO, U YERRI??? Message: Subject: Re: LETRICITY DAE CAM NEXT THOSDAY ...CANDIDO, U YERRI??? Message: me nor wan leh haja tiffi the money, nah dat mek ah dey grumble all this leke grumble... Light cam borbor ah dey inside.. APC stole our life, our youth, our properity.. It is only fitting they make amends.. So nor pluff or fluff aint fooling me.. Subject: Re: LETRICITY DAE CAM NEXT THOSDAY ...CANDIDO, U YERRI??? Message: Subject: Daily Muslim Wisdom Message: -The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as narrated by Abd'Allah bin Amr Subject: MUSICIAN Message: Subject: Re: MUSICIAN Message: Subject: Re: MUSICIAN Message: Subject: CT – Considering those factors, don't you think it was a bet Message: Subject: "Fire O Fire:EBK orders corruption probe!!" Message: He made the announcement after being presented with a an audit into the state of corruption in Sierra Leone. The report has not been published but a copy seen by the BBC reveals widespread mismanagement in key areas such as health, tax and security. Mr Koroma won elections in September on an anti-corruption ticket. The BBC's Umaru Fofana in the capital, Freetown, says some Sierra Leoneans have welcomed Mr Koroma's announcement as a step in the right direction. Others think it will further polarise the country, which remains politically divided since the presidential election. Sierra Leone, one of the poorest countries in the world, is very slowly recovering from a decade of brutal war that ended in 2001. Subject: Re: "Fire O Fire:EBK orders corruption probe!!" Message: Subject: Re: "Fire O Fire:EBK orders corruption probe!!" Message: Subject: SIERRA LEONE MUSIC Message: Subject: Re: SIERRA LEONE MUSIC Message: Subject: Kamara is a fool Message: Subject: Re: Kamara is a fool Message: Subject: Re: Kamara is a fool Message: Subject: Re: Kamara is a fool Message: Subject: Re: Kamara is a fool Message: Subject: Re: Kamara is a fool Message: Subject: Re: Kamara is a fool Message: Was that why she and Golley were at Foday Sankoh's house in Liberia where Victor Foh and others saw them Bottom line, her deeds are as ugly as her bubu face. Subject: Re: Kamara is a fool Message: If you start asking for qualification in Journalism, we will have a whole list of people with none. Subject: Re: Kamara is a fool Message: In Reply to: Re: Sylvia Blyden is busy misinforming the public --UNIOSIL posted by Candid Opinion on December 13, 2007 at 09:07:21: Candid Oinion, Subject: Re: Blitz -Kamara is a fool Message: In Reply to: Re: Sylvia Blyden is busy misinforming the public --UNIOSIL posted by Bonthe Pikin on December 13, 2007 at 06:08:11: Bonthe Pekin, you wrote: "Sylvia will ignite another war in Sierra Leone if not handled and fast." I really share your opinion on this point. The babe is a ticking time bomb! Bo! From one controversy to another? For how long! Subject: Paul Kamara is a fool Message: Subject: DO WE NEED THE MINISTRY OF PRESIDENTIAL AFFAIRS? Message: The Press Secretary alone can act as an emissary between the President and the general public without the duplicitous existence of a ministry pretending to be a presidential baby-sitter. Assuming that the office of the president burgeons with ceaseless news items for Sierra Leoneans, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting can be tasked with the job of communicating presidential messages to the people. State House is surely peopled by enough butlers, security personnel, and many other officials, all paid to dance attendance upon the President Koroma. Needless ministries have always put strains on the economy of a country that frequently appeals to citizens for belt-tightening measures as hardship bites the nation year after year. Once divested of its fake appeal, the "Ministry of Presidential Affairs" will be nothing more than desk of the Press Secretary. A realistic president of Sierra Leone will surely agree that the Ministry of Presidential Affairs is a white elephant to be phased out of existence! Subject: Re: DO WE NEED THE MINISTRY OF PRESIDENTIAL AFFAIRS? Message: The question I have is this: Do we need SUV's for our Ministers and other Department heads? As most countries are scaling down on the use of petrol, we as a country still show interest in "gas guzzlers". Don't we need fuel efficient vehicles for these folks? Subject: Re: DO WE NEED THE MINISTRY OF PRESIDENTIAL AFFAIRS? Message: Subject: Re: DO WE NEED THE MINISTRY OF PRESIDENTIAL AFFAIRS? Message: On other occasions I think Bra E is playing the role of the proverbial dragon, ie: Just mouthing off HOT AIR. Still my bretheren Subject: Re: DO WE NEED THE MINISTRY OF PRESIDENTIAL AFFAIRS? Message: Subject: Re: DO WE NEED THE MINISTRY OF PRESIDENTIAL AFFAIRS? Message: Subject: Re: DO WE NEED THE MINISTRY OF PRESIDENTIAL AFFAIRS? Message: Subject: Re: DO WE NEED THE MINISTRY OF PRESIDENTIAL AFFAIRS? Message: Off the main rail - check this out - you'll enjoy it more if you understand the lyrics hey are in mende - some of the lyrics are also sung in English Subject: Re: DO WE NEED THE MINISTRY OF PRESIDENTIAL AFFAIRS? Message: Subject: Re: DO WE NEED THE MINISTRY OF PRESIDENTIAL AFFAIRS? Message: Subject: Re: DO WE NEED THE MINISTRY OF PRESIDENTIAL AFFAIRS? Message: Can some one find out the functions of these departments/ministries? Subject: ACC BOSS GIVES CONTRACT TO HIS BROTHER Message: Subject: Re: ACC BOSS GIVES CONTRACT TO HIS BROTHER Message: Subject: Re: ACC BOSS GIVES CONTRACT TO HIS BROTHER Message: Subject: Re: ACC BOSS GIVES CONTRACT TO HIS BROTHER Message: Subject: MOH'M JALLOH, CAN WE JUST SCRAP THE LEONE? Message: Subject: Re: MOH'M JALLOH, CAN WE JUST SCRAP THE LEONE? Message: Subject: Re: MOH'M JALLOH, CAN WE JUST SCRAP THE LEONE? Message: Therefore, the real question is what evidence, if any, you have that any of "these things" will happen. Hopefully, you will be kind enough to share any such evidence with us. If, and when you provide the omitted evidence or analysis, there will be a reasonal basis to address your claim. Subject: Re: MOH'M JALLOH, CAN WE JUST SCRAP THE LEONE? Message: "With a lot of money in circulation the simplest of commodities will become an ostentatious good. There is going to be price hikes all over the place." Now answer his interrogatory. You are allowed to speculate since the thrust of the question is itself speculative. Subject: Re: MOH'M JALLOH - GIVE US STRAIGHT ANSWERS Message: Unless Daskin to is wrong, but in his book (Econ Explorer,Chp 11) he states: As we saw in chapter 10, in most countries the money supplied is controlled by a central bank. In the United States, Japan, Switzerland, and Europe the central banks are independent of government control, and the government cannot force the banks to create more money to pay for its reckless spending. In many Latin American and other developing countries, the government controls the central bank and can force it to cough up new money so it can pay for whatever it wants. The result? In the past these countries have had inflation rates of a hundred to over a thousand percent a year! Please Alieu tell me where does Salone fall among the coutries cited above? I guess Mr. Jalloh might need evidence this time again to figure that out. I am waiting for Moh'm to answer my question, like you said "Now answer his interrogatory. You are allowed to speculate since the thrust of the question is itself speculative." Subject: Re: MOH'M JALLOH - GIVE US STRAIGHT ANSWERS Message: Brabanxx: If you have any evidence that I have ever stated or implied that I have a "monopoly on the solutions to Sierra Leone's Economic malaise," I hereby invite you to kindly share it with us. Otherwise, I hope you will admit that your statement has no basis in fact. Significasntly, please note that I do not exempt myself from that test. Therefore, please feel free to ask me for evidence anytime and every time you believe that I have made a claim of fact without duly setting forth the supporting evidence. As regards your false statement that you confidently assumes makes sense, please allow me to correct your mistake by pointing out your unstated -- and therefore illogical -- fatal assumption that you make in your attempt to show that restoring the value of the Leone would create "instant millionaires." You wrote: "Alpha, we don't have to be rocket scientists to know that if we have Le50M buried somewhere in our backyard at Mountain Cut, and we wake up one morning to the news that the 1Le=1$, we can now be assured that we can change Le50M for $50M;hence the 'making of instant millionaires'. The obvious error in your above-quoted statement is that you ASSUME -- falsely -- that the current currency (old Leones) would have the same valued as the new currency (new Leones) that would replace it. Nothing could be further from the truth. Once you understand that NO ONE would be richer just by exchanging old Leones for new Leones, you would finally be able to understand that it makes absolutely no sense to claim -- as you did without evidence -- that the restoration of the value of the Leone would "create instant millionaires." Do you now see why it is always useful to ask for evidence? (smile) How else could we have separated your fiction (that the restoration of the Leone's value would create instant millionaires) from the fact (that no such millionaires would be created by restoring the Leone's value)? Subject: Re: MOH'M JALLOH, CAN WE JUST SCRAP THE LEONE? Message: They will not happen -- at least not under generally accepted economic analyses. Which is the point of my asking him/her to tell us WHY he/she believes they will happen. Subject: Re: MOH'M JALLOH, CAN WE JUST SCRAP THE LEONE? Message: Subject: Re: MOH'M JALLOH, CAN WE JUST SCRAP THE LEONE? Message: Subject: Re: MOH'M JALLOH, CAN WE JUST SCRAP THE LEONE? Message: Thank you for your gracious compliment in regard to my 28-year old quest to reverse the ill-advised and totally unnecessary devastation of the value of our once strong currency that was precipitated by the 1979 devaluation of the Leone at the behest of the cynical, self-serving IMF, aided and abetted by the World Bank and a succession of our own unwitting clueless leaders since 1979. As regards your very interesting inquiry, it is indeed possible to "scrap the Leone" in response to the catastrophic drop in its value over the past nearly 30 years. Indeed, my plan to restore the value of the Leone to parity, which I first comprehensively laid out in my September 20, 2006 article in the Concord Times entitled, "How to Immediately Alleviate Poverty in SL," (please click the link below and scroll down to the article) would indeed scrap the Leone as we now know it today. It is the same plan which formed the basis of the SALONEDiscussion's Think Tank's recommendation to restore the value of the Leone that was sent to President Ernest Koroma last month. Incidentally, I elaborated the plan to "scrap the Leone" set forth in our proposal that has since been published in the Patriotic Vanguard and Awareness Times, in my response earlier this morning to a posting by a fellow member of SALONEDiscussion. I reproduce it below in the hope that it would adequately answer your very intelligent question. The name of my correspondent has been redacted upon privacy grounds: [START EXCERPT] --- In SALONEDiscussion@yahoogroups.com, While these dollar millionaires will not literally be created overnight, if the method set out below is followed using the old Leone notes, the final effect will be to create these millionaires as all people who now possess millions of Leones have to do is sit tight and wait for parity to occur. Changing the exchange value over four years will not work. I still maintain that the only way, in view of the inflated exchange rate at present, is to do it in one fell swoop. This should be by printing new designs of the various denominations of the Leone, setting the number of old Leones equal to one new Leone and a date by which all old Leones should be exchanged for the new one. You got it right when you wrote : [Name Redacted]: Thank you for your valuable contribution quoted above in response to our Think Tank's specific proposal that the SL government set a goal of no later than four years to bring down the exchange rate of the Leone from the current astronomical rate of about Le 3,000 = $1 to parity (Le 1=$1). As I show below, there is no conflict between your suggestion that the restoration of the Leone's value be completed in a single step and our proposal that it be completed no later than the end of four years . The additional benefit of our proposal is that it allows the SL government due flexibility that comes from the recognition that its actions will be subject to reality. 1. You correctly propose that the conversion to parity "should be [done] by printing new designs of the various denominations of the Leone, setting the number of old Leones equal to one new Leone and a date by which all old Leones should be exchanged for the new one." However, such action must be informed by reality. Keeping in mind our clearly stated key to the success of the restoration of the value of the Leone -- the availability of sufficient foreign exchange reserves to enable S/Leonean residents to but dollars at the rate of Le 1 = $1, that reality becomes the faithful answer to a crucial question, namely: Would the banks in SL have sufficient foreign exchange to sell dollars at the new exchange rate at Le 1 = $1 to any and everyone with a legitimate reason for demanding those dollars on the day that the SL government introduces the newly-designed Leone notes? If the answer is yes, then the reality is that the conversion can -- and should be -- completed "in one fell swoop," as you correctly noted. Such action would not be inconsistent with our proposal that the goal should be to complete the conversion by the end of four years, since that does not mean that we are proposing it must be done only at the end of four years. Accordingly, there is no conflict between what you suggest and what we have proposed. However, if the answer is no, the shortage of foreign exchange to meet the demand for dollars at the rate of Le 1 =$1 will create a parallel market for dollars where people who had bought dollars at Le 1 would then turn around and sell them to those who hadn't been able to do so -- at a much higher rate above the "official" rate of Le 1 =$1 as the parallel market would sustain. By giving the SL government the flexibility to complete the process within four years -- while not restricting it to do so only by the end of four years -- our proposal takes note of the fact that the reality of a lack of sufficient foreign exchange to sustain the exchange rate at parity with the dollar would doom to failure a consequently premature attempt to do so "in one fell swoop." However, in order to ensure that the government will still take incremental steps towards meeting the goal of Leone-dollar parity by the end of four years, our proposal sets annual benchmarks that the government must achieve. Those benchmarks -- strengthening the value of the Leone by 25% each successive year starting from 2008 -- would mean that, if the government did not have enough foreign exchange to bring the exchange rate to parity "in one fell swoop," it would have the requisite flexibility to do so in either two, three, of four swoops -- depending upon the reality represented by the quantity of actual foreign currency reserves it holds at any given point in time during the relevant period. The crucial point -- and one which, unfortunately, you appeared to have missed -- is that making the conversion to Leone-dollar parity in two, three or four swoops would be no different from doing so "in one fell swoop" -- since the same process would be involved in any case. That process was described accurately by you when you suggested that it "should be [done] by printing new designs of the various denominations of the Leone, setting the number of old Leones equal to one new Leone and a date by which all old Leones should be exchanged for the new one." " The only difference would be that, instead of changing the design of the new Leone once, when the conversion is done "in one fell swoop," it would be changed more than once, depending upon how many steps the SL government would be obliged to take in order to complete the conversion due to the reality imposed upon it by the actual quantity of foreign exchange reserves it holds. I hope the above explanation sufficiently clarifies the nature of our proposal. Hopefully, it also makes clear that there is indeed no conflict between your proposal and ours -- the only difference between the two being that our proposal gives the SL government the flexibility that comes from the recognition of reality. And that, we believe, gives our proposal a feel of reality to it and gives it a better chance of being taken seriously -- and thus of being implemented by a serious government. Best regards, Moh'm Subject: Re: MOH'M JALLOH, CAN WE JUST SCRAP THE LEONE? Message: Your solution is radical at best. Without a thorough investigation as to how it will play out politically you are not even half way done. And if you would not disagree that an implementation of your suggestion would anger the West, then you should examine ways Sierra Leone can protect itself against the reactions of powerful Western nations including Britain and the United States which unfortunately might include sanctions. While I commend your effort and devotion to your country I also realize how far detached you are from the reality (practical experience in the field) and so even the best theory from a man in your position can be plagued by a very simple omission of fact that renders the theory problematic. Sierra Leone should not be playing the role of DAVID in the real world as in the biblical story of David and Goliath. There are better ways to go around the same thing. A case in point is the recent implementation of debt forgiveness for Sierra Leone and other poor nations. It took a lot of behind the scenes work by poor nations collectively and philanthropists to achieve that. I say that rather than have an economically and politically insignificant nation like Sierra Leone be DAVID, why not let the AFRICAN UNION play the role. Subject: Re: MOH'M JALLOH, CAN WE JUST SCRAP THE LEONE? Message: Allie: Thank you for your commendation of my sincerity. In order to ensure that your claim quoted above is properly addressed, please set forth the evidence that you had omitted which you believe would cause the president of a country which revalues its currency to be regarded as following the "foot steps of the likes of Gaddafi, Mugabe or Fidel Castro in becoming ostracized by the West." Meanwhile, as I await your evidence, kindly answer the following dispositive questions: 1. When Argentina revalued its currency in the 1990's be declaring that the peso was equal to the dollar, did the president of Argentina become "ostracized by the West?" 2. When the same Argentina revalued its currency at that same time, was the president of Argentina following ""foot steps of the likes of Gaddafi, Mugabe or Fidel Castro in becoming ostracized by the West?" Perhaps you would be kind enough to answer the above questions so that we can proceed in this discussion but based on evidence --not based on your unfortunately unsubstantiated claims. I hope you will agree that we should not expect President Koroma to make national economic decisions based on your unsupported opinions -- including your claims of your attachment to reality, or my detachment from reality, which are uniformly marred by your lack of evidence to support either allegation. Subject: Re: MOH'M JALLOH, CAN WE JUST SCRAP THE LEONE? Message: Subject: Re: MOH'M JALLOH, CAN WE JUST SCRAP THE LEONE? Message: Alie: Thank you for your rejoinder. Forgive me, but I do not understand what you are trying to say in your above-quoted statement. Kindly therefore explain your point more clearly. Therefore, I can not say whether I agree with you Furthermore, in regard to your following opinion (""But what you are proposing is quite frankly radical and believe it or not it is a political position that comes with a heavy price.") kindly set forth the evidence that you have consecutively omitted while carefully avoiding answering my question that should have led you away from your unfortunately errant opinion. Subject: Mensah: Narah ay takbir, Allahu Akbar! Ahmadiyya Zinthaba! Message: For some so-called top schools it was all hype and less substance while some schools decided to keep low profiles and let their achievements speak for themselves.We saw it all happen at the uni when some guys from these so-called top schools could not even cross the first semester and had to opt for lower certificate programs rather than degree programs just to have some qualification at hand. There had been a lot of negative propaganda against some modern schools by the 'tangays' schools in those days simply because their glory days were gone and felt threatened by the modern schools' advancements.There was also this christian versus muslim rivalry among schools as well as that Krio versus Kontri man thing which most students never took notice of.Due to a lot of brainwashing by some quarters most youths felt the 'tangays' schools which had been basking on their past reputations were the best schools and not attending these schools means you will not be considered a good student even though it depends on the abilities of the individual student. What the 'tangays' schools could not stomach was while they were sitting on their oars riding on their names, the modern day schools were progressing in all spheres at the speed of light and before they could reckon what was happening the modern schools were far ahead. Subject: Re: Mensah: Narah ay takbir, Allahu Akbar! Ahmadiyya Zinthaba! Message: Subject: Sierra Leone's Music Message: Subject: Re: Sierra Leone's Music Message: Subject: Re: Sierra Leone's Music Message: Subject: Re: Sierra Leone's Music Message: Production quality can be low, and even Jimmy B admits "there's not yet a distinctly Sierra Leonean sound..." Subject: Re: Sierra Leone's Music Message: They called it soca but I argue that it is not - i informed them that we call it Boo Boo. has anyone got recordings of Boo Boo music we can upload on 'Youtube'? I searched for boo boo music on youtube but could not find any. We can be a great people if only we can bring our differences to help our nation. There is so much we can do but the thought of the PhD makes many shy away from pooling resources together for development. Our music is one area that will keep our cultures alive. I sure hope HE's govt will see it culturally and financially beneficial if such areas are resurrected and promoted. Subject: Re: Sierra Leone's Music Message: PRESS RELEASE – DECEMBER, 2007 Contact: Michelle Stubblefield, (301) 577-5225 SHABAKA REVEALS THE “BLACK MOSES” As we prepare to celebrate Black History Month, there are still many stories that need to be told. One of the most compelling is of Thomas Peters, who was captured in Nigeria in 1760 and sold into slavery in Wilmington, North Carolina. A natural leader with an immense desire for freedom, Peters seized an opportunity during the American Revolutionary War by joining other blacks to fight on the side of the British, who offered freedom in exchange for military service. At the end of the war, these men and their families were settled in Nova Scotia, Canada, where they were known as the Black Loyalists. The story of the Black Loyalists and their quest for freedom is told beautifully in “Rough Crossings,” a recent book by renowned historian Simon Schama. Schama contends that Thomas Peters is not in the pantheon of African-American heroes like Frederick Douglas because he fought on the “wrong” side of the revolutionary war. Thomas Peters went to London in 1791 to petition the British government for better treatment of the Loyalists in Canada. He met with prominent British abolitionists who supported the demands Peters made on behalf of the Loyalists, and on January15, 1792, this African-American hero led a contingent of 15 ships carrying 1,196 blacks to the “promised land.” Thomas Peters became one of the founding fathers of a new settlement in West Africa. They called it Freetown, which is the present capital of the Republic of Sierra Leone. These events were the beginnings of the Creole people of Sierra Leone. Out of the Creole people of Sierra Leone comes recording artist Shabaka (aka Freddy Cole), who has just released a new CD called The Black Loyalists. Shabaka says, “My ancestors were descendants of freed African-American slaves, Maroons from Jamaica and freed Africans who were returned to Freetown when the slave trade was abolished. This ancestral mix is reflected in the music I make.” The influences of great reggae singer/songwriters like Bob Marley and others are evident in Shabaka’s music, however, his style and authenticity ushers in a new chapter in the marriage of reggae music and African rhythms. The songs on The Black Loyalist CD are a blend of political, social and Rasta anthems. They are thoughtful, and no matter how impassioned the message or how diverse the elements, the music has a sunny allure that’s hard to resist. Shabaka’s music has been described as poignant, churning, lilting and heartfelt. The Washington Post said, “If West African born singer/songwriter Freddy Shabaka doesn’t win listeners over with his words, the odds are good he’ll do it with his music . . . Shabaka knows how to make his point effectively on several levels as a singer, songwriter and arranger.” Note to Media: Shabaka is available for interviews. Full press kit is available at www.shabakasounds.com. Subject: Re: Sierra Leone's Music Message: Subject: Re: Sierra Leone's Music Message: Artists whose music one could hear the booboo: Alison Hinds - Barbados Square one - Barbados Machel Montano - Trinindad Subject: Sylvia Blyden is busy misinforming the public --UNIOSIL Message: Newspaper lashes at Angelo’s critics The proprietor of Awareness Times, Dr. Sylvia Blyden has come under scathing attack by the media for her paper’s persistently unfounded attacks on the Executive Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Mr. Victor Angelo, and for using the media as a vehicle to promote her enterprise. For Di People sourcing a radio programme, aired on FM 103.7, said, Dr. Sylvia Blyden who was not a journalist but a Para-medic, was using the press to attack people of high standing in society, citing particularly, Mr. Victor Angelo, who had been repeatedly accused of rigging the recently held presidential and parliamentary elections in favour of the ruling APC. Dr. Blyden is not only accused of misinforming the public, but is also said to have a questionable character, who would stop at nothing to enrich herself. The report said now that the SLPP is no longer in power, Dr. Blyden is cunningly sneaking her way into the APC, for her personal benefit; a party that she had been castigating. Subject: Paul Kamara is a fool Message: Subject: Re: Paul Kamara is a fool Message: Subject: Re: Sylvia Blyden is busy misinforming the public --UNIOSIL Message: Subject: Re: Sylvia Blyden is busy misinforming the public --UNIOSIL Message: Subject: Re: Sylvia Blyden is busy misinforming the public --UNIOSIL Message: Subject: Re: Sylvia Blyden is busy misinforming the public --UNIOSIL Message: Subject: Re: Sylvia Blyden is busy misinforming the public --UNIOSIL Message: I really share your opinion on this point. The babe is a ticking time bomb! Bo! From one controversy to another? For how long! Subject: Re: Sylvia Blyden is busy misinforming the public --UNIOSIL Message: The paper is an investigative newspaper.. She asked a few poignant and acidic questions of the UN missions role in the last election.. As a true citizen and one that has the kahonas to stand up for the rights of the citizens who are not RED.. she deserves a lot more credit than this.. Whats wrong with asking Angelo the following questions.. Why was more ballot boxes ordered than needed? Why where there discrepancies in the reults from 1 hor to the next? What happened to OUR election NEC website..? Why the *&#^$%$ is it wrong to question this and tantamount to rebel war if she thinks the election was rigged and that the is a concerted effort to intimidate SLPP supporters nationwide..?????? Why do you all just regurgitated news without first absorbing and analysing.. ???? Can it be that the Agenda here originates from Paul kamara and for the people.. See there are enless possibilities.. Subject: Re: Sylvia Blyden is busy misinforming the public --UNIOSIL Message: "You Kroo bay dwellers are vomitingly ignorant.." I take this as an assault my humble beginings. Some of the dwellers at Kroo Bay had no choice. They were born into that slum that our society created. I know for sure that being a Kroo Bay dweller does not make one "vomitingly ignorant..." You should be joining me and sundry to alleviate the conditions of our people back there in the bay area. Coming back to Gongoli:this lady was calling Victo Angelo all sort of abusive names and castigating him all over the place. If that was good journalism by your standards, then I rest my case. As one from the incumbent party now in oppisition, Gongoli should have engage in constructive and well meaning critisms. Some of the attacks she levied on the UN and her reps. were born out of her own immaginations. She is taking a noble profession to the dogs. "Can it be that the Agenda here originates from Paul kamara and for the people.. The above are assumptions by you. What is wrong if others do the same? For the sake of mother Salone, let us try to see how we can work on our differences for the greater good of the country. God bless Salone. Subject: Re: Sylvia Blyden is busy misinforming the public --UNIOSIL Message: Subject: Re: Sylvia Blyden is busy misinforming the public --UNIOSIL Message: I am not SLPP.. What i said was.. there are unanswered questions she raised.. I dont know or care if she is a paramedic.. Subject: Re: Sylvia Blyden is busy misinforming the public --UNIOSIL Message: Subject: Re: Sylvia Blyden is busy misinforming the public --UNIOSIL Message: That said.. My concerns are.... simple.. Angelo call a press conference and clear the air.. We all know APC won already.. but where there is questions still to be answered.. should we just shy away and proclaim the all knowing and allways on our lips.. "GOD DEY", or "AH LEF ME CASE GEE GOD". The lady is doing a fine job probing the system, asking tough questions, clearing the brush... Half of the salone pappers are run by idiots and cant think a second out of the box... and she come across as extremely savvy and intelligent with a lot of BALLS... Subject: The "Local Boy " from Mattru-On-The-Rails Message: However, that man was stunning when he opened his mouth to teach. He was just a school -leaver but he was fantastic. It was this guy who introduced us to the thrills of English Literature with books like THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER, THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FYN, TOM BROWN'S SCHOOL DAYS , TREASURE ISLAND etc. He knew how to dramatize and excite interest. He was a villager , but his intonation and accent were impeccable. E LOOK SO KORMEH-KORMEH YOU WON'T BELIEVE HE WAS A TEACHER, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SAW HIM SELLING CASSAVA AND POTATOES AT THE MARKET. He carried the bags of cassava and potato on his head. But he was a class act in the classroom .Even the big girls who taunted him for his "LOCALNESS" and Facing Cloth , secretly reverred him when he opened his mouth to teach. His presentation, body language , rapport with students and everything else were superb. And he was very intelligent in discussions about politics and world affairs. I don't know whether he had a radio in that village but he was well-informed. He was very opinionated and he a captivating public speaker . At times, he wore only comfort slippers to school, but he was very bold and confident. Here was a guy who was just a school-leaver. He had never been to college, but he was such a fantastic teacher, whom some of us can identify today as the man who sowed the seed of the love of English Literature in us. He made us to love reading so much that we were always at the Bo Library. I hope God helped him later in his life to attend college and improve his knowledge and his status. It is people like him who make you believe that great teachers are born ! ! ! Subject: SOME OF MY BEST TEACHERS IN AFRICA Message: FBC : Dr. Lemuel Johnson ( English) Dr. Esedegbe : History Dr. Muctarr Kabba : Sociology LOUIS ARTHUR GRIMES SCHOOL OF LAW, LIBERIA Counsellor Tuan Wreh ( Criminal Procedure ) MONROVIA BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL ( KAKATA CAMPUS) What did all these individuals have in common ? PASSION FOR THEIR JOB.SOME OF THEM WERE STUDENT-ORIENTED IN THE EXECUTION OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL DUTIES AND THUS DID EVEN BETTER. Does it mean that I endorsed the things that were manifestly wrong with the educational system in Sierra Leone , especially (Which led to some of the changes that have been made now )? Were all of these teachers real motivators ? Yes, most of them were. After studying in Britain and the U.S., can we frankly say that our educational system in Sierra Leone was designed to help us excel or to make us stumble ?. Some of the teachers did their best but was the system designed to help discover where our potentials lay and to help us develop and master them ?. Did the non-cumulative system of assessment of students help the generality of students or those lucky ones ( With the proverbial flash in the frying pan) ? Subject: Re: SOME OF MY BEST TEACHERS IN AFRICA Message: Subject: Re: SOME OF MY BEST TEACHERS IN AFRICA Message: Subject: Re: MR.CONTEH : SOME OF MY BEST TEACHERS IN AFRICA Message: If I remember more I will add them. Subject: Re: MR.CONTEH : SOME OF MY BEST TEACHERS IN AFRICA Message: Subject: Re: MR.CONTEH : SOME OF MY BEST TEACHERS IN AFRICA Message: Subject: For Brabanxx Re: Al Bangura Message: A fraudulent Permanent Residential Card holder cannot live the country and return through one of the most renown Airports of America, John F.Kennedy Airport without being detained at the Airport for deportation. It takes common sense to understanding simple issues like that. This is what Jean Piaget was talking about when he taught cognitive development (conceptualization.) How one can look at an issue and deduce simple facts from such information. Subject: Re: For Brabanxx Re: Al Bangura Message: Subject: IP REVELATION WORKING FINE Message: If the trend continues, we will unbind some of the blocked IPs . We now know that when people understand that their IPs will be revealed , they are more responsible with their posts. Now we have a decent forum with responsible debates. Congratulations to you all. Subject: For SLPP:Kamajors Declare for APC Message: According to reliable sources close to the Resident Ministry, they have made their intention known to the Minister. Sources further maintained that at that same ceremony, which will be graced by President Koroma, the rehabilitated Provincial Administration Headquarter Building will be named after late Chief Sam Hinga Norman, in recognition of his contribution to the furtherance of democracy and peace in this country. These sources further reveal that all the fifty-two Paramount Chiefs of the Southern Region will publicly declare their support for President Koroma's vision for a better Sierra Leone. It has also been revealed by these same sources that to foster reconciliation the in the region, all political parties have resolved to throw out all politically motivated cases in the courts and negotiations are now advanced to also drop all petition cases in the south. These sources say the youths too have decided to support President Koroma in rebuilding this nation and they have resolved that henceforth they will process only for the President or no other politician. Political observers says this programme will form a new page in the history of the southern region, from that of partisan thinking, to that of unity and cohesion for development in line with the APCs manifesto, and it will mark the first landmark achievement of the Resident Minister, Musa Tarawally. They point out that such an ingenious and meaningful programme could be replicated in all the other regions of the country to foster national unity and cohesion for national development. Subject: Re: For SLPP:Kamajors Declare for APC - WOW Message: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If this is true, it is very troubling to me. I am all for the reconcilliation,peace, and stabilty in my beloved Salone, but this recent move in the south as aforementioned does not smell, feel, or sound good to me. Is this a road map to the one-party manifesto of the 'OLD APC'? I think that after all the controversies surrounding the just concluded elections in the south, the people should have gone ahead with all genuine suits and political petitions so that the world will be able to learn more about what when on that sacred day in September 2007. Are the other political parties in the southern region just willing to accept the NEW APC agenda without an iota of debate? Subject: Re: For SLPP:Kamajors Declare for APC - WOW Message: Subject: Re: For SLPP:Kamajors Declare for APC - WOW Message: This development is hugely welcome for many of us who argued for change and it underlines the critical pre-requisite for unity in development. The south east, where the opposition SLPP arguably, predominates, must recognise that it was the leadership of the SLPP that betrayed their trust and failed them. Thus their embracing of President Koroma suggest the political maturity and tolerance of southerners. It is a blow to a small band of politicians who clinged on their tribal and regional fratanity to block out progressive allignment in regional politics. With the seemingly reconcilatory atmosthphere brokered, president Koroma now has to show the south easterners that he is president of Sierra Leone and hence he cares just equally about the whole of the people he leads. To this extend, president koroma should pay particular regards to employment opportunities by revamping the delapidated forestry industry in Kenema and the public works department PWD in these regions. These institutions were the largest employers and provided means of sustainance for families not only in the townships but as far as north and west. The president need to reassure the people in that area that even though the south east is not his party's traditional stronghold, he can deliver where the corrupt Tejan Kabba SLPP has failed. Politics is not simply about belonging to a party it is about delivery and making a difference to peoples lives. If he can do that, it will be difficult for the SLPP to reclaim these areas. Tejan Kabba left the party in total disarray, demoralised and too many hurt feelings for them to posed any serious threat. How did they allow one man to do this to a once natural party of government build by good men. The president should also address the opposition's concerns with the issue of political violence and intimidation of their supporters. Oh! lunch time. Good Day Subject: Bar Association to clean up its act Message: Minister Balogun Koroma was speaking at the conference organised by the Sierra Leone Bar Association in collaboration with the Human Rights and Rule of Law Section at UNIOSIL on Tuesday 4th December 2007. Minister Balogun Koroma reminded all of President Koroma’s belief that for the overall development of this country and for democracy to thrive, people must have confidence in the judiciary as an institution that is free and fair in the dispensation of justice in an expeditious manner. Earlier, delivering his key note address, the President of the Special Court who also served as the Guest Speaker of the ceremony, Hon. Justice George Gelaga King thanked the Association for choosing him to speak on the problems facing the Legal and Justice System in Sierra Leone. He said the Bar Association has a crucial and pivotal role to play in ensuring that Judges are adequately enumerated, and that there is parity and uniformity in their salaries. He termed the present arrangement in the country’s Legal and Justice System as clearly unsatisfactory and counter productive. Prominent among which he emphasized on is the length of time it takes to decide cases in our courts. Meanwhile, there have been calls for the Bar to also clean up their act following the shameful fight between the President of the Bar Association and a younger colleague right in open court. The Bar’s President headbutted the lawyer leaving his lip bleeding. This was reportedly in reaction to the lawyer earlier delivering a solid slap on his President’s jaw. All of this was done in front of the presiding Judge. Subject: MOMOH K. CONTEH Message: Here in the United States where I reside, the government has an influence on the state of economy by raising/cutting interest rates, making it easy/difficult for folks to borrow money for business expansion/contraction. Another area the government influences the economy is through tax-cuts/increase. A cut in taxes allows people to take home more of their money which increase their spending, vice versa. There are many more programs the government use in trying to stimulate an economy, among them are government programs like: Road/bridge construction, welfare programs and others. These programs provide jobs and resources to people who will be part of the economic cycle. I am available for consultation for free. I am not looking for a job, I have one and happy. Subject: Look for your country and city Message: Subject: Mammy QWueeen, Al Bangura has a whole looooooooot to loose! Message: Subject: Nigerian ex-oil governor arrested --- Message: Subject: PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP AND 'GOOD GOVERNANCE' ... Message: Koroma has to support programs to expunge those negative character traits that are destructive and self-serving to consolidate the democratization process. A cultural conquest and subsequent transformation of Sierra Leone is as necessary as Koroma's 2007 democratic victory, for without extensive character modification it is believed no government is going to win the war on corruption. Thus, any efforts to counteract the national character possessed an interventionist quality and a determination to halt Sierra Leoneans' cycle of ill will and treachery and their vainglorious and narcissistic self-image. Based on the assumption that Sierra Leonean culture is the product of the national group's mental illness or deep-seated iniquity, and on the grounds of Sierra Leone's squandered freedoms, the case is made for the suitability and responsibility of Koroma to re-engineer the allegedly evil enemy culture through assertive leadership and a far-reaching program of civic re-education. "[In fact] a well-designed and successful program of civic education must have two facets: education for democratic CITIZENSHIP and education for democratic LEADERSHIP. Any attempt to focus attention away from one of the two necessary and complementary ingredients misses the target of true civic education—a stable democratic policy" (Sierra Leone Digest, 1994). Sierra Leoneans have turned away from enlightened values. And that is what made the Sierra Leonean society so corrupt—a society corrupt by choice. Subject: Re: PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP AND 'GOOD GOVERNANCE' ... Message: It sounds as if you are saying that Sierra Leoneans are mentally ill. Would I then be justified in saying that we need a psychiatric center large enough to accommodate all of us and may be next time we should try electing a psychiatrist as President. I think we all do know that poverty is the biggest problem in Sierra Leone and corruption is both a cause and an effect of poverty. And though I agree with this statement by Kenday that ‘… without extensive character modification … no government is going to win the war on corruption.’, but I believe that character modification will take place when there is respect for and safe guard of the rule of law and when there is effective enforcement of the rule of law. So, I think that all the President needs to do is to empower the Judiciary by simply allowing it to carry out functions of the Judiciary under strict ethical standards. Subject: Re: PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP AND 'GOOD GOVERNANCE' ... Message: Subject: Name your BADDEST TEACHER in your Sec School life Message: Nox erat. In cubilibus cives omnes erant. Do not fret JT is not behind you! Subject: Re: Name your BADDEST TEACHER in your Sec School life Message: Subject: Re: Name your BADDEST TEACHER in your Sec School life Message: Subject: Re: Name your BADDEST TEACHER in your Sec School life Message: Subject: Re: Name your BADDEST TEACHER in your Sec School life Message: Subject: Re: Name your BADDEST TEACHER in your Sec School life Message: Subject: Re: Name your BADDEST TEACHER in your Sec School life Message: Subject: Re: Name your BADDEST TEACHER in your Sec School life Message: Subject: Re: Name your BADDEST TEACHER in your Sec School life Message: Being an old boy of the school himself, he would often tells us that he was ahead of us in the game of prank. He spent his entire teaching career at St Andrews where he later became the head. Our Motto: "That I may be of service" Indeed that came true, he is still serving. Good luck Sir. Subject: Re: Name your BADDEST TEACHER in your Sec School life Message: Of course Pa Fowler aka "Your Jackass Plus Plus" was adept at targeting those he regarded as troublesome or rascals. But others will argue that Pa Sawyer aka"Take a Trip to my Friend" and Pa Johnson aka "The principal sent you eh?" were just simple sadists. Subject: Re: Name your BADDEST TEACHER in your Sec School life Message: Subject: Re: Name your BADDEST TEACHER in your Sec School life Message: Subject: Re: Name your BADDEST TEACHER in your Sec School life Message: Subject: Re: Name your BADDEST TEACHER in your Sec School life Message: Subject: Re: Name your BADDEST TEACHER in your Sec School life Message: Subject: WAS HE OR WAS HE NOT? Message: Concord Times (Freetown) Print This Page Comment on this article Subject: Re: WAS HE OR WAS HE NOT? Message: We have neglected Zimbabwe - majority of African countries are concern with their bilateral relations save South Africa that continues to throttle along in helping the abandoned nation. Zimbabwe has first-class educational facilities that have deteriorated because of the problem they faced with Britain. I know Mugabe is stubborn - such stubbornness comes from the fact that he knows he people he is dealing with. The Queen and her family still own so much land, lakes and parks in Zimbabwe that a resolve has to be found to keep the balance between the monarchy and the Labour government. I pray our leader does not get himself embroiled in personal sentiments with the Labour government of UK that may affect our bilateral relations with others. Let him explore reason rather than sentimental attachments or sticking to 'grand designs' as set out in UK's foreign policy. As a sovereign nation we should approach global partnerships with reason. Mugabe needs help and that help is for us to remember and highlight the troubles that our brothers and sisters in Zimbabwe and facing. Sierra leone has a long relationship with Zimbabwe. Remember Rhodesia - I went to school with so many boys and girls from Zimbabwe. Siaka Stevens allowed so many of them into Sierra leone to study. I will not forget these loving africans and i think we should all not forget them. Anyone remembers Sizziba of Bulawayo? he was a fine gentleman - he taught me in one of the schools I attended in Sierra leone. let us remember the people of Zim - they are a nation facing serious difficulties - they are hostages to a handful of mismatch politicians. I cannot point the finger alone at Mugabe - all should take the blame - Blair/Brown government's hypocritical undertones should be closely looked at. Subject: Re: WAS HE OR WAS HE NOT? Message: Subject: Re: WAS HE OR WAS HE NOT? Message: Subject: Re: WAS HE OR WAS HE NOT? Message:
Hamjat,
Stop spreading false reports from Cocorioko who's owners are APC and Press Secretary to Ernest Koroma. Here are testimonials from people who are in Freetown.
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DJ,
I also just called other folks in other parts of FNA. They did not see the "light". I guess only Kabs, Gbanabome and EBK saw the light. I called someone at the ministry of education this morning who told me NO LIGHT. On another note, EBK has ordered Sani Abacha Street be closed off to traffic at noon everyday. He is trying to fulfil his promise to street vendors that they would have the streets to themselves. I swore I will never attempt to go through Sani Abacha street anymore. You can imagine the audacity of pedestrians cussing at motorists for using the streets saying "dee pa bin don say na we get dis treet! Well the long awaited change is here LIVE WITH IT. YOU WANTED IT now you have it. TINK YOU DO ME.
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Maada!
There was absolutely nothing to write home about. I live at New England Ville; there was no light in the whole area except for Government Printing which is next door to me. And this morning I listened to the trash EBK and Mrs NPA were saying on the radio that they've been able to provide light for all in the city and they're now working on the provincial towns.
I've never heard such a shameful lie coming from a head of state. We believe the rented generators are here but we hadn't light yesterday. And the gurantee of us having light 24hrs is completely false.
Degauleh.
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From: FREETOWNBOY ---
To: LEONENET@LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU
Sent: Thursday, 20 December, 2007 11:18:51 PM
Subject: Nothing to write home about
Kabs/Gbanbome,
Stop lying and Tell the truth. 85-95% of the city is still dark. A far cry from 24hr electricity for the whole city. No lights in the city center, large parts of eastend, the whole of lumley, you name it. Well may be the APC has another definition of the whole city. Lies have a way of catching up with people. I am yet to see lights from NPA my generator is still running. We will wait and see how a 15mw generator can produce 24hr electricity for a city that uses 60mw.
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Sheku M. Kallon Jr.
CEO
Sierra Gold Records
www.sierragoldrecords.com
ceo@sierragoldrecords.com
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This was my response to Sheku Kallon
At this point in the history of our country, instead of glaoting about the non-deliverance of power by NPA, can you and your compatriots please help us pray that the blackbout in our city, its environs and elsewhere in the country be a thing of the past? I am sorry to hear that your folks did not get the much awaited light yet. Please check and see if they had paid their old bills. My mother is vacationing right now in Freetown at Fadika drive. She had the KOROMA LIGHT since yesterday up to the time I am posting this reply to you. The APC is only trying to do what the SLPP thought was inevitable. The light is not a big deal, it is a doable thing.
From: MUSA KALAWA
To: All
Date Posted: 06:21:38 12/21/07 ()
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A closer watch of this will help one to Study this clip to better understand what happen.
From: MUSA KALAWA
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Date Posted: 06:06:44 12/21/07 ()
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When will Africa learn to respect it's citizens?
sorry...!!!
From: NO !!! to BAMBA!!!!
To: All
Date Posted: 04:23:53 12/21/07 ()
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Ernest Koroma ought to make damn sure that that Sierra Leone does not end up with BAMBA as NRA Commisioner.
Not until his past shenanigans have been truly investigated. Noto BIG BIG Tiffman dat???
LEH WE OLE SORBEH OH !!!
From: Bonthe Pikin
To: All
Date Posted: 08:45:21 12/21/07 ()
Email Address: bontilaynga@gmail.com
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Mi man, you geh for take am easy. Where do you know Bamba has been involved in fraud? I can tell you that Bamba is one of the nicest AND MOST SINCERE AND UPRIGHT human beings I have come across...and you can swear to your evening meal, if not for pull him down, that Bamba is more than fit to head NRA. I doff my hat to President if he thinks of making BAMBA the next boss of NRA.
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 02:52:21 12/21/07 ()
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As President Koroma ticks off items, one by one, on his list of electoral promises, it is kinda gleefully satisfying to see the Palmtree boys screaming recriminations against each other. When Bra Enviable disavowed Tejan Kabba as an SLPP impostor- even though Kabba was the most electorally successful SLPP leader ever, with back-to-back victories- I guffawed so hard that I developed a bellyache. By the time we tick off the next item on the list- youth employment- distraught SLPPers, seeing their State House chances disappearing fast like a virgin's 'dross' in a convention of lechers, will bring out the long Kobokos to give a bloody dozen to the buttocks of their discredited leaders. JJ Blood, run O, Borbor run!
From: BRA ENVIABLE
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Date Posted: 21:12:47 12/20/07 ()
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As the SLPP attracts odium from Sierra Leoneans, it must be mentioned that the outrage that transpired under Tejan Kabbah was not the real SLPP. Once cleaned of leeches, the real SLPP will make Ernest Koroma's "new" APC look like a joke from a dunce. Tejan Kabbah's government simply used the SLPP as a mask to sully the image of a nationalistic party that almost went moribund after spending years in a political coma induced by the APC's one-party dictatorship.
Now that it has been deloused, the REAL SLPP is ready to retake Sierra Leone in five years' time and infuse Sierra Leone with the nationalist ethos that gave birth to the party. Tejan Kabbah is not, and has never been, an SLPP man. Tejan Kabbah was part of the initial criminal recruits who joined ranks with the APC to gang-up against Sierra Leone as part of Siaka Stevens' master plan for the destruction of Sierra Leone. How such a man with a criminal, APC-created background took over the nationalist SLPP, has always been a factor in my anger against the party. Please divorce the real SLPP from the criminal brigands who left power after the August elections. If the APC can serve as the architect of Sierra Leoen's destruction only to claim renewal via the so-called "new" party we now see in power, the nationalist SLPP can surely free itself from its old APC captors like Tejan Kabbah. Tejan Kabbah was not, and has never been, an SLPP man. That was not us!
From: nico
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Date Posted: 07:00:29 12/21/07 ()
Email Address: nicoleconsult@hotmail.com
Entered From: 82-35-143-136.cable.ubr03.enfi.blueyonder.co.uk at 82.35.143.136
My dear brother Enviable
From: Mensa
To: All
Date Posted: 07:36:46 12/21/07 ()
Email Address: unikad5@yahoo.com
Entered From: at 213.217.51.30
Lord or Lord! Is this really Nico? Man, I think you're just great! What an eloquent piece! I don't care about your affiliations but the theme of your writing is from the world of the goodies. You are a genuine Sierra Leonean, no doubt.
From: Mensa
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Date Posted: 02:07:04 12/21/07 ()
Email Address:
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Well now my pretty, the eagle has landed! Now I know why Bra Enviable is viciously out to get me. Bra I saw you lurking in my backyard and decided to stay put! Why, of all other days, you never actually stalked Mensa except on the 20th of December, the day EBK was about to deliver on his first major promise? You went haywire on the day people were celebrating! Are you an enemy of Sierra Leone's progress?
From: Erica Adams
To: All
Date Posted: 00:13:56 12/21/07 ()
Email Address: ericamonique82@hotmail.com
Entered From: adsl-074-185-005-235.sip.clt.bellsouth.net at 74.185.5.235
I read your post and then I had to read it again! It really doesn't say much for a party when one of its strongest supporter's only excuse for their misdeeds is that their candidate was an imposter. When you talk about promoting someone for the highest office in the land, this honor should be reserved for the best and the brightest. I believe one of the things that the SLPP needs to do is examine why an imposter was allowed to ascend above all other contenders and win the support of the party and then that of the people.
From: Saidu Daphay Turay
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Date Posted: 06:10:28 12/21/07 ()
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Bra Adams,
From: Kamara
To: All
Date Posted: 08:03:45 12/21/07 ()
Email Address:
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You can comment on the Mendeism of SLPP but not mention anything of the makeni tilt of EBK's govt. I would think EBK was the president of Bombali & Port Loko, Tonkolili not Sierra Leone by the look of his cabinet.
From: Bai Bureh
To: All
Date Posted: 00:02:19 12/21/07 ()
Email Address: rastafari_ish@hotmail.com
Entered From: c83-248-91-119.bredband.comhem.se at 83.248.91.119
Man you are rapidly tarnishing the good image you have struggled so hard to build in this forum.Remember inspite of your EBK and APC bashing the patriots of this forum still accepted and accomodated you in their midst.I just could not fathom what got you started.Is it because EBK against all SLPP pessimism and malevolence has pulled a major one by fulfilling a promise which was a pipedream for the then SLPP govt.?
Seems this event has seriously upset your diabolical plans! Are you trying to transform yourself from Bra Enviable to Bra Envious?
From: Mensa
To: All
Date Posted: 07:49:57 12/21/07 ()
Email Address: unikad5@yahoo.com
Entered From: at 213.217.51.30
Bai Bureh! I have a complain for Bra Enviable. He thought I'm responsible for his miseries ... but then I just couldn't put him out of his miseries. Yesterday, the guy laid seige to my backyard ..... marauding up and down the street with a cutlass? Honest! I was troubled because the guy, having schooled in the US, could have shot the hell out of my postings. I only came out this morning! It was a nightmare brother. Please help! I think the guy has got some features of a bat. He prefers to stand logic on its head in his arguments .... remmeber, the bat hangs upside down when it sleeps. And again, the bat can't stand any brightness. The lights!! ...... Olangba .... the electricity in the country has sparked the disintegration of an intellectual!!
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 22:14:47 12/20/07 ()
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BRA E YOU ARE MAKING YOURSELF REDUNDANT AND YOU ARE STARTING TO SOUND LIKE A BROKEN LP, STILL STUCK ON THE SAME GROOVE
From: KAMARA
To: All
Date Posted: 06:11:08 12/21/07 ()
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I know it sounds like a broken record but in order for SLPP to succeed , the party to has examine itself and determine how an opportinust and mediocre UN employee could lead the party. We do not need to make the same mistake again.Many people who know Kabba well, know him for his long time opportunism, dating and marrying daughters of prominent families to further his goals. Kabba would have contested under APC , If APC was in SLPP's political position in 1996.
From: KING LOGGY
To: All
Date Posted: 21:37:20 12/20/07 ()
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From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 22:29:21 12/20/07 ()
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No hear this
From: K.L
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Date Posted: 00:22:50 12/21/07 ()
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Tell am Alieu, tellam Bra!
From: awoko
To: All
Date Posted: 01:54:04 12/21/07 ()
Email Address: nabi@aol.com
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bra wusei ohnu be dae tay e win two tem en all slpp been dae gladi say ohnu go dae for 20yrs. bra e we the young apc supporters admire and respect you. please do not positioned yourseif to be laughed at. stay cool and be yourseif.
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 20:16:36 12/20/07 ()
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Now that the beautiful light has shone in Freetown amid great jubilation, I wonder when Upline will be pulled out of the bowels of the Dark Ages. It will be really sweet in Salone when our great provincial HQ towns are bathed again in the juice without the nerve-jangling cacaphony of those pesky Kabba Tigers.
If Ernest blazes up the provinces with smaller 3 MW generators, SLPP will face an electoral disaster in 2012.
From: KAMARA
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Date Posted: 20:41:21 12/20/07 ()
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Fen Plaba , the lights have not shone all over Freetown. I called my relatives in the West end and and they have not received light as of 8.00 pm eastern time. May be the SLPP households were excluded from the light. I give your man kudos for his efforts but he has not succeeded yet and i do not unrealistically expect him to provide uninterrupted electricity to Freetown in 90 days. Do not worry about the provinces yet. Maintain uninterupted light in Freetown for 30 days first.
From: A.K . Jet
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Date Posted: 23:35:01 12/20/07 ()
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"We are coming back strong in 2012. We will let you enjoy your honeymoon."
From: Kawusu
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Date Posted: 20:23:05 12/20/07 ()
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"...SLPP will face an electoral disaster in 2012"
From: fmansaray
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Date Posted: 21:29:37 12/20/07 ()
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Is this all we are wishing for our country?I will not be surprise to learn that today's explosion was a sabotage.Eleven years of civil war and still have so much hatred and continue to wishing evil on the ourselves.
From: Fen Plaba!
To: All
Date Posted: 21:02:00 12/20/07 ()
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If and when those generators blow up... Guess what?
Bumbuna would be roaring by then, sending cascades of the sweet juice sashaying down those copper cables, blazing up homes and jazzing up businesses. Kabbah Tigers on the standby? Nah. Even nostalgic Palmtreecrats are gonna deep six those iconic symbols of miserable SLPP rule.
The NEW palmtree? Take away the Buli, Korthor Kawusu. There is no more Mampama in that barren tree. Maybe if we wanna play nice, we will uproot that ugly tree, deck it in Christmas ornaments, place it in the Sierra Leone Museum by Cotton Tree and invite the kids to sing Christmas carols around it. It's all over but the gnashing of teeth Sam.
From: Zaddik Isaac
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Date Posted: 19:48:58 12/20/07 ()
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Seasons Greetings
From: Erica Adams
To: All
Date Posted: 20:08:58 12/20/07 ()
Email Address: ericamonique82@hotmail.com
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That was cute.
From: Bra Alejo
To: All
Date Posted: 19:05:16 12/20/07 ()
Email Address:
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"Finally in my humble opinion, your article “How to Immediately Alleviate Poverty in Sierra Leone” is 95% full of ridiculous rants and rhetoric against the IMF, and 5% high school economics." Milton Friedman on Moh'm Jalloh's Kohkohnomics.
From: KING LOGGY
To: All
Date Posted: 19:05:11 12/20/07 ()
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From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 19:26:43 12/20/07 ()
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You could have saved us the picture of the Human brain on the ground. Its in poor taste. Could you have edited that out prior to posting?
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 19:55:23 12/20/07 ()
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No need to sanitize those gory images. A horrific accident occurred today. I am glad that Awareness Times, via Loggy, brought us the unvarnished horror. If nothing else, I hope this causes the municipal and central governments to pay attention to safety issues. Too many homes are death traps in Sierra Leone.
From: Bijou
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Date Posted: 20:33:08 12/20/07 ()
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There was no need for that distasteful picture of the human brain. It would have sufficed to comment. I think it's ethically wrong to public such materials. Doesn't Sa Lone have a commission that oversees such issues.
From: MUSA KAMARA
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Date Posted: 19:02:12 12/20/07 ()
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The lights came on.God Bless Sierra-Leone and his Excellency Earnest Bai Koroma.
From: Worshipper???
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Date Posted: 19:07:22 12/20/07 ()
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Why won't you guys stop worshipping Ernest Koroma???
From: A.K . Jet
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Date Posted: 23:49:07 12/20/07 ()
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For God sake, the guy is not worshiping H.E EBK, but rather praising his greatful efforts. Why can't you put your palm tree behind you and give credit to EKB for his good leadership. He has only been in office for 3 months, as compared to your palm tree ten years of misfortune. You ain't comming back to State House, you better dig a hole and plant it for some palm oil or poyo.
From: BUFORD HWY
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by Pamela Hess, UPI
December 7th, 2005
' families.
KBR's non-U.S. subcontractors operate within industries and geographic regions that are highly competitive in regard torecruiting and retaining employees. As such, the subcontractors are driven to pay market wages and benefits," saidMelissa Norcross, a spokeswoman for Halliburton in Houston, Texas.' costs are closely guarded propriety information and no details of wages and contractarrangements for other LOGCAP sub-contractors could be obtained to compare them to those paid by ESS.
confirm the old wage. "As more companies competed for contracts -- labor is one of those areas companies have beentargeting" to drive down the bids.
From: Sam
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Could someone please remind me where exactly Free Street is. I am thinking its right around the Regent Road, Kissy Street, Short Street and Upper East Street area but can't remember exactly.
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
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Date Posted: 19:03:20 12/20/07 ()
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If yiou are driving towards town on what was once Kissy Street but now sani Abacha street, from Clock Tower, you make a left turn onto Sacville Street and I believe that it is the second street on the right
From: Mohamed A. Kamara
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Date Posted: 18:32:02 12/20/07 ()
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No prob man. It is located in the Central one constituency of freetown. Bounded by Regent Road and Sackville Street. Upper East Street runs through it. MAKE TWO RIGHT TURNS AND THEN BACK UP FOR TEN MILES. YOU CAN'T MISS IT.
From: NAR U SABI
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WHAT? MAKE TWO RIGHT TURNS AND THEN BACK UP FOR TEN MILES . YOU CANT MISS IT. YOU CANT BE SERIOUS. WHEN LAST DID YOU VISIT SA LON.
From: Sam
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Thanks for the info. Sackville Street area was very busy when I was in Freetown years ago, now with the population explosion in the city and that being a trading area, its probably a miracle the explosion did not cause much damage. Hope the health system can manage and bring some comfort to those in need. I hope they are not lying in pain in the halls of Connaught.
From: Sylvester Johnny
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As a member of the SLPP, I would like to extend my congratulations to EBK for fulfilling one of his many promises.By providing light to the people of Freetown, you are encouraging would be investors to muster the encourage to pump needed resources to the economy. Like me, you have spent all your life in the private sector. I hope you will be mindful in the execution of your duties for the benefit of the entire CITIZENRY and not just a few. We hope that you will live up to the expectation of many who voted for you.
As people who love that country, we are going to praise you when you do things that benefit our people directly. However, we will never relent in bringing to light all your unfulfilled promises. To truely live to the ideals and aspirations of a corrupt free Sierra Leone and to foster the spirit of goodwill, please make your assets and those of your cabinet and heads of government parastatals/agencies and related institutions PUBLIC.
I have to go. No time to read over.
From: Santigie Koroma
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Sylvester,
What light are you talking about? My folks are still in darkness at Lumbley. Where did Mr. Koroma's magic switch light up??
From: BRA ENVIABLE
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The electrifying mood among Sierra Leoneans over the arrival of generators is both relieving and pathetic. The mood is relieving because any effort aimed at bringing electricity to Freetown is an essential step out of our medieval backwardness. Pathetic because after decades of nationhood moored by enormous mineral resources, Sierra Leone remains poor enough to become ecstatic when the bulbs flicker with electricity. Never shy of provocative thoughts, this state of affairs has left me wondering how to think beyond the restrictive confines that have only guaranteed a backward nation. Even a poor, cassava-producing country with responsible leaders can afford a well-lighted capital city. Producing electricity is a feat in diamond-rich Sierra Leone, and several governments have come and gone without performing this feat. If he can sustain it, President Koroma has taken the first step toward the realization of this feat. What we do as a failed nation?
Sierra Leone needs to enshrine "Never Again!" in its constitution. By this I mean we must atone for our national backwardness by exacting a punishing price from those responsible for the backwardness of a country bristling with mineral wealth. Those who are dead and gone will be invariably spared this "Never Again!" justice. Those who bear the greatest political responsibility for our national insolvency should be rounded up and put on trial. The offence? Negligence AND/OR criminality that amounted to the wrecking of a nation and the millions of lives within its frontiers. The accused? All living politicians from the governments we have had since independence.
Constitutionally, "Never Again!" will ensure neglectful leadership, theft and nationally injurious activities on the part of politicians and functionaries become "National Security Crimes," punishable by lengthy terms of imprisonment. An independent commission must be tasked with fault-finding duties after every presidential and parliamentary elections.
Blameless politicians will enjoy living with a stainless reputation while miscreants within an outgoing administration face the statutory consequences of "Never Again!"
Such a national constitution will practically hinder national wreckers, and even bring political criminality to manageable levels. Every nation deserves a constitution to reflect its political realities. Sierra Leone needs a constitution with provisions to punish those who imperil our national security. How can a mineral-dripping country be so backward as to be rhapsodic over the buying of generators? "Never Again" could be the solution to this pitiful state of nationhood.
From: Erica Adams
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Date Posted: 20:03:12 12/20/07 ()
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This is a common condition that black people around the world suffer from. Without good leadership we just self destruct. I see so many parallels between post independence Africa and the post civil rights era for blacks in America. Although Sierra Leone once had very good facilities, once independence occured, leaders have not done a very good job of mantaining what was already in place. They basically squandered Sierra Leone's inheritance instead of building on it and making it a greater nation.
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
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Date Posted: 19:22:46 12/20/07 ()
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"The accused? All living politicians from the governments we have had since independence."
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But wouldnt this be a form of "collective punishment" and ex post facto if applied for past crimes? How about if we legislate certain ECONOMIC crimes as "CRIMES AGAINST THE SECURITY OF THE STATE" and Provide for enhnaced punishments. For Example the stealing of cables bought and paid for by the government for the purpose of bringing electricity from the Bumbuna Dam, is an economic crime that directly impacts national security. Another fine example is wher the government orders drugs and jhealth care supplies which end up in some Pharmacy in Freetown and that which was meant to be provided for the benefit of the general populace at a low or no cost basis, now becomes a comodity beinge sold to the highest biders. Further there should be a special charge for those who sold 85% of our country to Koidu Holdings for the purpose of prospecting, at the expense of the people of sierra leone. All of tehse are fine examples of Economic crimes that idrectly impact NATIONAL SECURITY.
From: BRA ENVIABLE
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Alphaa,
I am in support of measure that aims at stopping the destruction of Sierra Leone. What I proposed above was only a suggestion. Finer, more creative measures, will work even better.
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 20:32:23 12/20/07 ()
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Further there should be a special charge for those who sold 85% of our country to Koidu Holdings for the purpose of prospecting, at the expense of the people of sierra leone. ---------Alieu Iscandri.
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A capital idea, Oremi. Unless sanctions are imposed on economic criminals, we will be on the treadmill forever without any progress at all. The Koidu Holding fiasco is almost treasonable. How else can we describe politicians who sold 85% of our country to a bunch of criminals for seven bags of Zimbabwean dollars? We really have a lot of work to do.
From: Wiri Wiri
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Date Posted: 17:01:07 12/20/07 ()
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For useless and hopeless folks like Alpha Saidu "Foday Sankoh" Bangura, the turning on of lights in Freetown is a very disappointing thing and this date is a sad one for them. All along these pessimistic blind supporters of the other party refuse to take our new President serious and instead decided they will remain as backward as they've ever been. I wonder what they have to say now. Especially Alpha Saidu ( the maggot) owes a lot of people in this forum an apology. But I wonder if Alpha is a decent and stand-up guy enough to do just that.
From: GBANABOM 91
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Date Posted: 15:17:30 12/20/07 ()
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The President Ernest Bai Koroma has just turned on the lights in Freetown . He has fulfilled his promise for Dec. 20th . For those who thought this man cannot do anything (People like Alpha Saidu ) during the campaing , this is just the begining . BRAVO MR. PRESIDENT KOROMA . LONG LIVE SIERRA LEONE .
From: Evelyn
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Date Posted: 01:37:12 12/21/07 ()
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I live in the west, and I have light. I think they said work still needs to be done in certain areas that might have trasformer or cable problems. I think the challenege has been going on side by side, between the npa outdoors team, and the generator operators. I know their has been significant progress by the Morrocan team in upgrading the power distribution system, with underground cables, outdoor line repairs earlier this year.
Right now, with whatever tidbit started, I think we all need to celebrate as Sierra Leoneans, it's about time we start getting rid on the hangover of partisan election/politics.
I would also caution on the need to manage the expectation of when light would get everywhere, as it would take time to gradually get every corner up.
There is still plenty of work to be done in this country, and we need to go to war against those human index reports by attacking the root cuases of our problem as a united military on a mission.
From: Mohamed A. Kamara
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Date Posted: 19:00:52 12/20/07 ()
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Gbroongbroon gbroongbroon gbroongbroon gbroongbroon Hnntem hsix O'clock.....Khkiamp khmtaylan. Sidique Koromahn kornor Mm Khrrrh noo hkehrah kay. Wanhn Ssporlor lon aay morpar ort moth khpaytay, arnwooth.......hnsell PP......arn khmm Sspneh ti. Aar Nngbonkor Nnbeeh noo wan. Tnhknoon. Ss tpp gbo Rrhss. Yorba Rrhss eelayn aar......Bone to bone aaaay ooooooooohhh APCaaayy......bone to bone aaaaaayyy aaaarr SLPP don dieoooooooh. Sore losers please don't hate, participate.
From: okdok
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Date Posted: 18:38:47 12/20/07 ()
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It depends how long they will be on and area it covers. No deal all was initiated by the SLPP and just a follow up.
From: BLACKOUT
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Date Posted: 15:56:57 12/20/07 ()
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OOSAI EEH DAE?
From: kamara
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Date Posted: 15:56:11 12/20/07 ()
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I am not sure that lights are on in every part of Freetown. just spoke to relatives in the West end ,no light yet. unless , there is no light for SLPP households. just kidding. Hopefully tommorrow
From: KING LOGGY
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Date Posted: 15:42:29 12/20/07 ()
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From: nico
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Date Posted: 16:18:32 12/20/07 ()
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Congratulation and thank you president Koroma.
God bless Sierra Leone.
From: KING LOGGY
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Date Posted: 14:33:11 12/20/07 ()
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HOW'BOUT SOME ART WORK TO ENHANCE THE APPEARANCE OF OUR FIRST LADY?
From: seydouba
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Date Posted: 23:36:26 12/20/07 ()
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Loggy,
Do you mean cosmetic surgery?
Please elaborate...
From: KING LOGGY
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Date Posted: 00:27:53 12/21/07 ()
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No Sir, not at all...that's not a piece of art work. Just professional make-up. Lek pancake, lipstick en all dat jazz way woman dem kin rub make we lek dem.
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
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Date Posted: 09:05:55 12/21/07 ()
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Natural is more Beautiful. "pancake, lipstick en all dat jazz way woman dem kin rub make we lek dem"
From: young student
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Date Posted: 13:33:52 12/20/07 ()
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Rest in peace to all our brothers and sisters that died in the explosion in salone. after reading it on the net I was sadened to see it. I know as we get more news we would know someone directly or indirectly that is affected. God bless their families and God bless us all and our great nation.
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 13:00:09 12/20/07 ()
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Two of the most powerful Republican contenders for President are rapidly losing steam and now their chance to change the drapes in the White House seem as wobbly as a house of cards. Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney were so formidable that conventional wisdom had one of them being the Republican flagbearer to go into battle against the Democrats in the Presidential elections. However, these two candidates repeatedly played to the Baptist/Evangelical gallery by slamming and threatening to go to battle against the 'Islamofascists'. Even though a tiny, wretched percent of moslems are terrorists and radicals, these two candidates, egged on by the Neocons, kept spray-painting every legitimate moslem with Islamofascismo to such an extent that many ordinary Americans developed a crude Pavlovian link: Say Moslem in a crowded theater and everyone will be ducking for cover from the bombs of the suicide-bombing Islamofascists.
From: Erica Adams
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Date Posted: 12:42:49 12/20/07 ()
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Aside from this not being very nice visually, the fact that hazardous waste is being dumped in the ocean is a big problem. This could cause illnesses for many others and environmenal problems that would take years to reverse.
From: Sylvester Johnny
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Date Posted: 12:35:43 12/20/07 ()
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Rev Kanu,
Sylvester
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 12:16:10 12/20/07 ()
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MAKENI-PIKIN wrote on December 19, 2007:
From: MAKENI-PIKIN
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Date Posted: 17:29:17 12/20/07 ()
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Mohm'J, you spend too much time on this forum trying to convince people to reason with your quack economics. According to you, no other person understands what needs to be done in addressing Sierra Leone's current economic status. Good luck bra.
From: Fair Observer
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Date Posted: 17:38:03 12/20/07 ()
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That's not my reading of what Mohm replied to you. he said you didn't understand. then he proved it. so how do you go from you not understanding to no other person understands?
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 07:51:41 12/21/07 ()
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Yours is an unerring diagnosis of the bad faith manifested in Makeni Pikin's personal attack in lieu of his focus on the issues I had raised. I coudn't agree with you more.
From: Wilmot Johnson
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Date Posted: 15:45:20 12/20/07 ()
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I appreciate the easy to follow lesson in economics, Mr. Jalloh. My hat off to you. Much obliged to you for setting the record straight.
From: Test
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Date Posted: 12:31:24 12/20/07 ()
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Testing
From: Candid Opinion
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Date Posted: 11:01:41 12/20/07 ()
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Explosions in the heart of the Freetown business district..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7154251.stm
Watin dey go on..?
From: BRA ENVIABLE
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Date Posted: 11:20:08 12/20/07 ()
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Indeed, what is going on in the homeland?
At the moment, not even the BBC is
saying anything concrete. Does
Cocorioko have any information
from official sources?
From: Candid Opinion
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Gas explosion in Sierra Leone kills 17 people 20 Dec 2007 16:32:47 GMT
Source: Reuters
FREETOWN, Dec 20 (Reuters) - A gas explosion on a street packed with Christmas shoppers killed 17 people in the capital of Sierra Leone on Thursday, emergency services in the West African country said.
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 12:12:48 12/20/07 ()
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Thanks candido for bringing this to the forum's attention. We mourn for the deceased. May their souls rest in peace.
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A gas explosion on a street packed with Christmas shoppers killed 17 people in the capital of Sierra Leone on Thursday, emergency services in the West African country said.
The explosion tore through a shop owned by a Lebanese trader in Freetown which was packed with people buying second-hand clothing for the festive season, fire officials said.
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From: Summer
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Date Posted: 07:42:56 12/20/07 ()
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This is well said. Thanks
Written by Mohamed Shaw
Thursday, 20 December 2007
Who said that all women are interested in marriage or having sex with men? Who said that all circumcised women will be married or assured of having husbands? Who said that without FGC a woman's God-given ability is not enough to keep herself pure? Who said that the clitoris is a "sex tumor" that must be excised or tampered with? Are uncircumcised women unsuccessful or failing to hold high profile positions of much responsibility and respect in society? Are their children abnormal, under-performing and lagging behind their school work? Please speak up you Pro-FGC.
Now to God's word and see what it says. According to Genesis 17:10-16 "This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised. You (Abraham) are to undergo circumcision, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you. For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner—those who are not your offspring. Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh is to be an everlasting covenant. Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant." God also said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her."
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 06:44:32 12/20/07 ()
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Alie:
In order to help you understand that until the people of SL are appropriately financially empowered through a restoration of their purchasing power that has been devastated by 375,000% over the past 29 years due to the misguided IMF-instigated devaluation of 1979, I humbly offer the following excerpt from my response to the comments of a reader of our recent Patriotic Vanguard article on restoring the value of the Leone. I had posted my response also on SALONEDiscussion."
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FROM THE COMMENTS PAGE OF THE PATRIOTIC VANGUARD
On November 7, 2007, the SALONEDiscussion Think Tank Committee authorized the delivery of a compendium of recommendations to President Ernest Koroma. The recommendations addressed ways to restore the value of the Leone, and electricity, water and sanitation services to SL. This newspaper will be serializing the four chapters of the compendium. Today, we publish the first chapter of the compendium dealing with the restoration of the value of the Leone.
By Mohamed A. Jalloh, (...) Full story
Posted by Mohamed A. Jalloh, on 10 December 2007 at 17h48
Kabala writes on 10 December 2007 at 11h58: "Mohamed, Thx. for your ideas which is all driven for a quest for Sierra Leone to develop for which every Sierra Leonean needs to work towards. I dont' now if your later presentations will deal with what I am about to say but I must point it out to you that for any economy to be viable their must be a highly impacted manufacturing sector which your statement lacks. If the value of the Leone should return to its glory, we must have companies in place to produce goods that we can export. The natural resource alone can not take care of this because they are never processed thus exported in its raw form in whch we have no control over as soon as it departs our land."
From: The guy next door
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Date Posted: 11:49:55 12/20/07 ()
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Mr. Jalloh, with the principle of "no free lunch" in mind what gains was the Stevens Govt. expecting to realize by subscribing to IMF conditionalities in 1979 that has monumetally contributed to the demise of our economy? was it willful or were the head of departments ineffective forecasting/executing their duties?
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 07:26:27 12/21/07 ()
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The guy next door wrote on December 20, 2007:
"Mr. Jalloh, with the principle of "no free lunch" in mind what gains was the Stevens Govt. expecting to realize by subscribing to IMF conditionalities in 1979 that has monumetally contributed to the demise of our economy? was it willful or were the head of departments ineffective forecasting/executing their duties?"
From: BRA ENVIABLE
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Date Posted: 07:04:28 12/20/07 ()
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Ojallay, From the perspective of an economist, can you tell me how very poor countries like Niger and Burkina Faso can avoid dealing with the IMF when they are in financial straits?
A well-endowed country like Sierra Leone could have done better without having to run for a bail-out from the IMF. Burkina and Mali, for example, are part of an international trading system that bleeds Africa dry. On top of facing the imperialist odds of the West, countries like Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, have little or no resources. Apart from good managerial skills, how can such poor partners thrive over the exploitative designs of their Western overlords?
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 07:42:41 12/21/07 ()
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BRA ENVIABLE wrote on December 20, 2007:
"Ojallay, From the perspective of an economist, can you tell me how very poor countries like Niger and Burkina Faso can avoid dealing with the IMF when they are in financial straits?"
From: John E. Leigh
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Date Posted: 15:43:17 12/20/07 ()
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Bra Enviable:
From: Alfred
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Date Posted: 18:33:48 12/20/07 ()
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I agreed with most of your points.
What about this formular:
GOOD GOVERNMENT=RELIABLE ELECTRICITY=
INCREASE IN PRODUCTIVITY=INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT,INCREASE IN EXPORT BRINGS PLENTY DOLLAR.
PLENTY DOLLARS IN THE MARKET, DEMAND FOR DOLLAR DROPS.MORE AND MORE DOLLARS IN CIRCULATION FROM EXPORT WILL CONTIUE TO stabilise leones against dollar
From: Question
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Date Posted: 17:47:19 12/20/07 ()
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If the the IMF was right in prescribing devaluation because SL was reeling from payments imbalances, as you say, Leigh, why can't you tell us how devaluation makes the payments imbalances go away?
From: BRA ENVIABLE
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Date Posted: 16:55:27 12/20/07 ()
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Bra Leigh,
Kabor. U Loss pan we lek diamond.
I miss your contribution on this forum.
I have my own opinions about the Leone, our economy and the IMF in particular. I was simply asking Mr. Jalloh to tell me his opinion.
By the way, you have a big fan in me. Although I do not agree with everything you say {and that is a normal human trait} I nevertheless like the common sense and brilliance behind your take on issues. Happy Xmas and stay blessed, my Bra.
From: Sore Loser Lee
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Date Posted: 16:07:11 12/20/07 ()
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Seems to me John Leigh that the gibberish is coming from you -- as usual. You say that The IMF was right in prescribing devaluation because SL was reeling from payments imbalances caused by over-consumption, under-production, corruption, over-minting and low productivity in both the public and private sectors.
From: Mensa
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Date Posted: 00:58:25 12/20/07 ()
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In the spin-dominated ethos of contemporary politics, the people normally show a cautious reaction to the promises made by politicians. Most take such promises with a pinch of salt. But perhaps, the arrival of the generators will be a lamppost indicator that things in Sierra Leone are about to change dramatically. If, within this short time in office, EBK has expressed such a crystal clear firmness of purpose, then the future is definitely going be BRIGHT! There is every reason therefore to believe that the pace of development in Sierra Leone will accelerate under the new leadership. EBK can at least sit pretty in office and focus on the next topic in the agenda. If at all, such a statement of intent by the new regime will no doubt emphasize on the basic fact that the SLPP government was like the gadfly …. energetic but fundamentally unfocused!
From: BRA ENVIABLE
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Date Posted: 04:13:13 12/20/07 ()
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"Any negative comment at this point in time …. when the momentum is at it's peak …. {sic}
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UK5 aka Mensa, While you struggle to write like the intellectual you are certainly not, please realize that you cannot tell other Sierra Leoneans when and how to celebrate. There is nothing patriotic in making enemies over the good deeds of government. Engage your opponents on the battle field of ideas and defeat them on that plank if you can. Writing plebeian English with the ability of a secondary school student will not make you any more patriotic than those you attack for attention. From Africa online to now, you have never missed an opportunity in your desperate attempt to impress me. How do you impress a man you secretly envy? I certainly do not know. You will sound nicer if you abandon the "fake-ism" in your competitive intellectual pursuits to get Bra Enviable's attention. If we must tango, let us do so over public figures like Ernest Koroma, and attempt to wear each other down with a superiority of ideas. Alieu Iscandari and I have the tendency to clash over analyses. We do not drop hints like sissies seeking the attention of real men. Learning to become an intellectual is a more honest way of sharpening your skills than the making of a disjointed gushing with writings that point to a newly enrolled secondary school lad. You will NEVER get my attention after this piece. I certainly do not know how to educate a heart filled with petty jealousies!
Bye for now, Bra Muna-figi.
From: Kabineh
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Date Posted: 10:20:21 12/20/07 ()
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Bra E,
From: Mamadu Juma Bah
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Date Posted: 04:13:12 12/20/07 ()
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Mensa, you are right that the common man in Sierra Leone does not ask for bigger things. We believe the small thing with good intentions goes a long way. I am sure this has to do with our faith in God. You will remember our popular prayer "GOD DE."
From: nico
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Date Posted: 09:05:03 12/20/07 ()
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Bah
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 23:32:15 12/19/07 ()
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It's been a long time since we are treated to the refined postings of the erudite Bra Cornie. The gentleman used to wax urbane. I particularly enjoyed the 'War of Words' between him and Chez Winakabs Europa....and then like a stealth plane after a bombing run, poof, he's gone!
Wherever you are Cornelius, have a blast this Christmas season.
From: bigger
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Date Posted: 06:16:36 12/20/07 ()
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What do you expect from a dog that never bites? These are the false prophets that that talk about text book solutions to problems in Sierra Leone but will never be involved in the implementation process.He is either dead or going through a bitter divorce process for spending too much time online and neglecting his matrimonial obligations
From: sabanoh
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Date Posted: 15:38:09 12/20/07 ()
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You have respect for him to suggest that he is married. The Hammelbergs are are usually "Father Pikin" and I think that he is one of the dejected fathers that were sent to Nigeria. I bet he is like Father PETTIGREEN that was frustrated by Father Ganda. Hope that he doesn't meet the same fate as the father who passed away last week .Lonta
From: DeLaw
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Date Posted: 21:40:31 12/19/07 ()
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FOLLOWING ARE SOME WISE SAYINGS OF BLACK FOLKS: MERRY CHRISTMASS.
From: Poster
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Date Posted: 00:04:05 12/20/07 ()
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Thanks for your invite to wisdom.
From: Candid Opinion
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Date Posted: 08:20:24 12/20/07 ()
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Iespecially like this..
From: KKW
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Date Posted: 20:41:07 12/19/07 ()
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500,000 Zimbabwe dollars = US$6.66???
From: BRA ENVIABLE
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Date Posted: 19:18:31 12/19/07 ()
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Optimism" and "Pessimism" have now become the vogue words among Sierra Leoneans on the Cocorioko forum. As the new government in Freetown grapples with the reality of being in power, Sierra Leoneans on the Cocorioko forum have distinguished themselves into optimists and skeptics. The president's supporters have been so filled with the hilarity of defeating the SLPP that skepticism about the new government has been misnamed as pessimism. In a country that has been deceived before, skepticism can be so rife that promises of a new day alone may never be enough to quell the restive suspicions of the president's doubters. As political journalists toy with professional journalism, misinformation is foisted on the public as fact. Those strait-jacketed by a poor grasp of issues easily become the willing recipients of the half-truths published by unjournalistic journalists. Today's edition of Cocorioko, for example, radiates with a quotation from Winston Churchill in which "optimists" are hedged by hope for a better day while "pessimists" live like dwellers in gloom. It is very obvious that Cocorioko's editorial board has a poorly-lit view of Winston Churchill's personality sketch in history.
Winston Churchill was a skeptic {pessimists?} with a gloomy perception toward history and politics. When Europe still had specks of hope in the power of diplomacy, Winston Churchill was "pessimistic" enough to foresee the nihilism in Hitler's Germany. When Hitler eventually repudiated Germany's treaty obligations by going into Poland, Winston Churchill's "pessimism" became the lodestar of the appeasers who shirked military preparedness for pacifism. Churchill's "optimism" was guarded by the pessimistic view that man's fallibility is natural enough to corrupt even those who claim to be well-intentioned.
When the British left Sierra Leone in 1961, Sierra Leoneans took over with a measurable sense of optimism. Since then, every national betrayal against us has been committed by Sierra Leonean leaders. Ernest Koroma is a Sierra Leonean. Almost every Sierra Leonean leader since the mid 1960s has failed us. Until he proves himself otherwise, Ernest Koroma should be treated as though he has the proclivity to go the wrong way, just like those before him. Those who summon Churchillian proverbs to tag others as "pessimists" need to know that Winston Churchill's "optimism" was actually backed by an appreciable sense of fatalism. Until President Koroma proves himself to be a corrective leader with countable results in Sierra Leone, I will remain unmoved in "pessimism."
From: Eddie Grant
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Date Posted: 06:02:26 12/20/07 ()
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During the final stages of the election campaign, I watched and listened to many people's opinions. Some sounded confused while others simply tried to prove that they're patriotic.
From: Karamoh Kabba
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Date Posted: 18:59:51 12/19/07 ()
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Dear Editor (s):
“The constant blasting of granite for diamonds at two kimberlite dikes not too far down the road is a constant menace. We will run for our lives three miles, three times a day sometimes, as the dynamite from the twin dikes are set off in open-air blasting. We cannot afford to take chances any more since a rock killed our neighbor's daughter three years ago.” (Karamoh Kabba)
First Published on World Culture Foundation – Szirine, The Timbuk-Vision Monthly and on World press on November 15, 2006
A piece of land previously excavated for diamonds in the Kono district. (Photo: Theophilus Gbenda in Sierra Leone)
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From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 20:17:10 12/19/07 ()
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Forty six years after Independence, we still have corrupt Sierra Leoneans colluding with foreign thieves to exploit their fellow citizens. The murder of those brave Sierra Leoneans who said no to the constant blasting, the rape of Kono, and the utter disregard for human dignity will live in infamy. I hope the govt sheds light on this slavish contract with Koidu Holdings...and have it terminated if there was any criminality in its inception.
We want foreign investment in our rich Kimberlite fields but not corrupt ones by marauding mercenary and criminal outfits.
By the way, it's about time that the govt declared Kono a strategic economic zone and cleared the place of foreign adventurers. It will not be xenophobia at all. If foreigners love Salone so much, let them build factories and open businesses in Freetown and other places...far away from our diamonds, rutile, bauxite and other strategic reserves.
Whenever a company signs a mining contract in future, their should be a clause requiring them to build roads, health clinics and electrical plants. Diminco, Delco and Sierra Rutile did that in the past. So why not now?
From: MAKENI-PIKIN
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Date Posted: 18:59:13 12/19/07 ()
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The value of "one dollar" fifty years ago was "twenty-one cents." I do not see the U.S. government going crazy in trying to pair its current value to its value fifty years ago. What is important in today's value of the dollar is its ability to give the consumer the same value what buying a product devoid of inflation. Most folks that bought houses twenty five years ago paid a meager $50,000, and that same house is today selling for a whopping $300,000. Are current buyers telling sellers they only paid $50,000 and now asking for $300,000 for the same house? I think not.
From: Necessary Lesson in economics (via Mr. Jalloh)
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Date Posted: 15:37:40 12/20/07 ()
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MAKENI-PIKIN wrote on December 19, 2007:
From: Lan dem
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Date Posted: 10:57:26 12/20/07 ()
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Nor men dem crase man dem ya. Beyond the point you make above, simply put, one Leone is not worth one dollar. Heck, one Leone is not even worth one Leone. While this seems to be one of the most spirited conversations on the board, I am sure our central bankers who for the most part, always seem to have impressive economics/business educational backgrounds, won't waste this much time on the issue.
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 20:47:38 12/19/07 ()
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A country without a manufacturing base cannot survive economically. We cannot, at present, produce quality products that are in demand by the market. That is a fact of life. But we can do something about our raw materials. We can add value to our raw materials by producing valuable intermediates from them, that are in demand by thee West and other international markets. This will help increase our foreign reserves and eventually strengthen the Leone.
For example, we can negotiate with mining companies and hedge funds to build factories to:
From: Oremso
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Date Posted: 10:06:54 12/20/07 ()
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I totally agree with you about enhancing the value of raw materials, however, there are some basic consumables we can produce to a quality comparable to those in the west. The government will need to demonstrate support for private sector involvement in development the economy with generous incentives like tax breaks, land, partnering, removal of obstacles from bureaucracy, etc.
From: Candid Opinion
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Date Posted: 08:12:57 12/20/07 ()
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Pa....
Economy, shiconomics..
PRODUCE, PRODUCE, PRODUCE.... SELL SELL SELL....Export, export, export.. export is all that matters..
An economy that has to import the wood to make matches cannot put the leone at par with the dollar.. Not in a 1000 years...
From: Abdul
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Date Posted: 18:58:15 12/19/07 ()
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compatriots, i hope you don't thimk i am being too forward by sending you this appeal. but I think our country has too may problems for those who others look up to to let them dowm with discussions that add nothing to the progress of our country.
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 06:07:54 12/20/07 ()
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Abdul:
From: KPATA KPATA
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Date Posted: 17:52:50 12/19/07 ()
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Mr. Jalloh,
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I have closely watched as you attempt to force everyone on this forum to accept your erroneous and misleading article on “How to immediately Alleviate Poverty in Sierra Leone”. I have also observed as you constantly become irate and condescending whenever well-meaning Sierra Leoneans challenge your phony proposal. You insulted almost everyone that challenged you from Brabanxx , Fen Plaba! down to Alie Formeh Kamara. Any rookie in economics can easily recognize that the “poverty alleviation” title of your piece has no bearing on your exchange rate revaluation proposal. I now see why someone on this forum earlier suggested that you are probably an “exchange rate 419er” trying to rip-off the government of Sierra Leone. Below are some of the pitfalls in your bogus claims which you have been defending relentlessly;
“Your unfortunate mistake above is one of comprehension. You do not appear to understand that my use of the expression "an increase in purchasing power" refers to the ability of S/Leoneans to buy more imported goods for the same amount of income after the restoration of the value of the Leone -- because the goods are now priced lower (in Leones) to reflect the stronger Leone. So, for example, an imported shoe which cost $10 landed in SL would cost Le 30,000 under an exchange rate of Le 3,000 = $1. However, with the rate at Le 1 = $1, the same shoe would now cost only Le 1” Moh’m Jalloh
According to your nonsense, by merely restructuring the exchange rate of the Leone to be at par with the dollar, purchasing power increases; Sierra Leoneans will then import more and then they become better-off.
Pitfall: When every Sierra Leonean imports due to increased purchasing power, and with little or no exports, there is a trade balance deterioration or deficit. The capital account of our balance of payments is anemic and can not be relied upon to bail out any deficiencies in the current account. In the medium term, as demand for foreign currency rises to meet the need of every import maniac in Sierra Leone, the dollar appreciates which correspondingly mean that the Leone depreciates. In such a case, how will the value of the Leone be kept at par with the dollar when you have contradicted yourself that you are proposing neither a fixed exchange rate regime nor a floating exchange rate regime? Is the Bank of Sierra Leone going to keep making exchange rate decrees every week? If so, then this will be tantamount to a fixed or at best managed exchange rate regime under which monetary policy by the Bank of Sierra Leone is effectively held hostage.
Even on the conservative side, not every Sierra Leonean will import any way. Given the high unemployment rate in Sierra Leone, the “hapless” Sierra Leoneans, as you monotonously call them will not have the sustained income to finance their wishes to import. In addition we still import everything down to our own food. How much of the mineral resource revenue goes through the formal system with our porous borders? Wherein is your poverty alleviation when an already high proportion of the population lives below a dollar a day? Or was that caption meant to disparage Sierra Leoneans?
In one of your tirades against Mr. Alie Formeh Kamara, you use both revaluation and appreciation as if the two terms mean the same. I strongly believe that you lack the fundamental knowledge of the difference between the two concepts. When economists talk about appreciation and depreciation of the exchange rate, it is in the context of a flexible or floating exchange rate regime. And when devaluation and revaluation are used, it is in the context of a fixed or managed exchange rate regime. This is elementary economics still taught at the Form IV level at Christ the King College in Bo.
“On the contrary, what I am proposing with competitively setting the Leone at par with the dollar, is a very active policy wherein the value of the Leone would be actively determined by the usual factors that determine the exchange rate of one currency with another. Under this scenario, the guidance for SL's monetary policy appropriately would come from the central bank of Sierra Leone.” Moh’m Jalloh
Pitfall: Your self-contradiction becomes even more prominent in the foregoing. What are ‘the usual factors that determine the exchange rate of one currency with another’? To the best of my knowledge, those factors (exchange rate determinants) include ; (a) Interest Rate differentials (b) Inflation differentials (c) Current Account Deficits (d) Public debt (e) Trade balance deficits (f) Political Stability. If there is a one time decree which effectively puts the Leone at par with the dollar, then allowing your so-called “usual factors” to play will reverse your so-called revaluation. The Leone will continue to devalue until it hits the pre-revaluation mark. Defending the revalued rate will be nothing the fixed or managed exchange rate regime which you have disclaimed.
Finally in my humble opinion, your article “How to Immediately Alleviate Poverty in Sierra Leone” is 95% full of ridiculous rants and rhetoric against the IMF, and 5% high school economics. In my opinion, the easiest way to alleviate poverty in Sierra Leone is the minimize corruption, not exchange rate revaluation.
You are going to go into a tirade using all kinds of poetic rhetoric. You are going to be dismissive and use terms such as “unfortunate mistake”, erroneously”, “sadly”, “lack comprehension” and so on. As such I WILL NOT RESPOND TO YOUR EXPECTED DIATRIBES.
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From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 18:08:57 12/19/07 ()
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What is difference between a man who offends and that that defends offensively?
From: BRA ENVIABLE
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Date Posted: 17:34:20 12/19/07 ()
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"Optimism" and "Pessimism" have now become the vogue words among Sierra Leoneans on the Cocorioko forum. As the new government in Freetown grapples with the reality of being in power, Sierra Leoneans on the Cocorioko forum have distinguished themselves into optimists and skeptics. The president's supporters have been so filled with the hilarity of defeating the SLPP that skepticism about the new government has been misnamed as pessimism. In a country that has been deceived before, skepticism can be so rife that promises of a new day alone may never be enough to quell the restive suspicions of the president's doubters. As political journalists toy with professional journalism, misinformation is foisted on the public as fact. Those strait-jacketed by a poor grasp of issues easily become the willing recipients of the half-truths published by unjournalistic journalists. Today's edition of Cocorioko, for example, radiates with a quotation from Winston Churchill in which "optimists" are hedged by hope for a better day while "pessimists" live like dwellers in gloom. It is very obvious that Cocorioko's editorial board has a poorly-lit view of Winston Churchill's personality sketch in history.
Winston Churchill was a skeptic {pessimists?} with a gloomy perception toward history and politics. When Europe still had specks of hope in the power of diplomacy, Winston Churchill was "pessimistic" enough to foresee the nihilism in Hitler's Germany. When Hitler eventually repudiated Germany's treaty obligations by going into Poland, Winston Churchill's "pessimism" became the lodestar of the appeasers who shirked military preparedness for pacifism. Churchill's "optimism" was guarded by the pessimistic view that man's fallibility is natural enough to corrupt even those who claim to be well-intentioned.
When the British left Sierra Leone in 1961, Sierra Leoneans took over with a measurable sense of optimism. Since then, every national betrayal against us has been committed by Sierra Leonean leaders. Ernest Koroma is a Sierra Leonean. Almost every Sierra Leonean leader since the mid 1960s has failed us. Until he proves himself otherwise, Ernest Koroma should be treated as though he has the proclivity to go the wrong way, just like those before him. Those who summon Churchillian proverbs to tag others as "pessimists" need to know that Winston Churchill's "optimism" was actually backed by an appreciable sense of fatalism. Until President Koroma proves himself to be a corrective leader with countable results in Sierra Leone, I will remain unmoved in "pessimism."
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 18:31:01 12/19/07 ()
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Bra E,
Tomorrow, the long shadows of Churchillian Pessimism can enter a cautionary crack to our collective psyche. But today, O great son of the Moa, today we gyrate to the rambunctious rhapsodies of giddy optimism. Why? LIGHT DON CAM O, LIGHT DON CAM! Let's celebrate and dance the Bubu Dance as the generators scream tomorrow, making the Freetown nights photic again.
After tomorrow, you are free to go crawl and crouch, fetal position, in the rabbit hole of pessimism.
Isn't it just wonderful to have a leader who delivers on his promises? Let the Wutpah begin...Bring in the Bubu and the batas! Orwaiiii! Orsaaai!
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 18:54:45 12/19/07 ()
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Very happy and congratulations! My happiness compromises with my apprehensions - the cost for a short term and temporal project?
From: BRA ENVIABLE
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Date Posted: 18:53:31 12/19/07 ()
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Fen Plaba,
I am equally celebrating the arrival of electricity in Freetown. Tejan Kabbah failed to deliver a social service so basic that its installation is bringing joy on to the faces of the city's residents. That signifies a colossal failure on the part of Kabbah's SLPP, and nothing can justify that.
If electricity stays in Freetown, Koroma will have succeeded in one aspect where Kabbah criminally failed.
I have no sympathies for Tejan Kabbah, and putting him on trial, or even roasting him after a guilty verdict, will NEVER make me lose sleep. I love Sierra Leone more than I love any political party, and Tejan Kabbah is surely an enemy of Sierra Leone. That love of country is what agitates me more than anything else. I know it and I do not need any man's validation of that fact!
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 19:47:35 12/19/07 ()
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A greater patriot than you I have not yet met, my Kailahun brother. You wear your patriotism in opulent green; I stride in mine in Ariogbo red on the catwalk. Either way, we can all celebrate one small victory against backwardness today. To paraphrase Neil Armstrong: "One small step for Ernest Koroma, One giant leap for Sierra Leone". Today, we pump up the Bubus and the Gumbays and gyrate happily behind our women as they shake those thick Tumbas in celebration...Tomorrow, we move on to tackle another problem. We won't rest until the whole Salone is blazed up and bathed in electricity.
For Chez: Thanks for the Skyy song. Took me happily on a brief trip along memory lane.
Let the Wutpah begin from the Rokel all the way to the Moa! Let's go!!
From: BRA ENVIABLE
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Date Posted: 20:40:48 12/19/07 ()
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Fen Plaba
Before I can even meet you, the open-minded demeanor that is apparently part and parcel of you tells me you are a great Sierra Leonean. I can tell you are far above parochial tribalism. I already have enough respect for you before I may even meet you in future. The only grievance I have against you resulted when your Bo School, Kondor-eating mouth was labo-laboing the other day, claiming Bo School is a step ahead of CKC.
Bra, U know 2 damn well that Bo School nar peggy for CKC. We dated top QRS and UCC girls you guys couldn't get, and we had more hole bom in Bo Town than that Kondor-producing monastery called Bo School. Apart from that offence, everything else about you indicates a fine Sierra Leonean with an open mind. Sierra Leone surely needs more open-minded brothers like you.
You are a great Sierra Leonean, and I need to say that for the sake of honesty. Stay blessed, Orlangba
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 21:00:01 12/19/07 ()
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Thanks Bra Enviable. You are a great Sierra Leonean too.
However Bo School is still number One. To me Olon!
If nothing else, the Bo School Kondoh was sweeter than the grub they served at CKC.
Stay blessed my brother.
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 19:00:14 12/19/07 ()
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Cannot be said better!! Did you know that all these projects sidelined because of greed and selfishness? How will he sleep when his junior boy will do what he deliberately neglected. kabba is a shameless beast of burden. My prayer is for me to come face to face with him someday. it will happen soon. I will give him my piece and the whole world will know about it.
From: Candid Opinion
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Date Posted: 16:15:40 12/19/07 ()
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From: Munafah
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Date Posted: 18:37:33 12/19/07 ()
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Candid Opinion,
Here we are yap yapping about all the rosy ideas, experiences and visions for the Sierra Leone we all love. I do share your view on the ever growing ponderous issue of networking amongst sierra leonean entrepreneurs in the diaspora. Progress, economic growth, personal development etc starts from under our feet before it reaches and infects businesses at home. At the moment I see splinters of individual Sierra Leonean entreprenuers who have little or nothing to do with each other and much less by way of a common ground for support and growth. I would imagine a web site creating a means of advertising a Sierra Leonean business service out there. I do not underestimate the calibre of numerous professionals (Sierra leonean born) From Accountants to Mechanics, Doctors etc that subscribe here every now and again, all perhaps it takes is to tone down our level of discussion or have a change of topic perhaps to business development and the need for a support network. "SCRATCH ME BACK AH SCRATCH YOU OWN"
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 19:18:22 12/19/07 ()
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The problem we have is a simple one - trust and discipline. We most often come together without guiding principles. When there is a dispute we cannot resolve the dispute as no laid down principles are present. In this circumstance, we start fighting and everyone taking sides for personal gain rather than for that which we first came together. This my fellow countryman is our problem. I have operated a lot of businesses to further improve ourselves but I have always faced this difficulties even though there are guidelines to follow. We need to respect each other by standing firm and respect agreements.
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From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 16:14:58 12/19/07 ()
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y apologies if you find the words 'get that in your head' insulting. What I meant was - we messed up and it high time we face reality. I believe in reality. The SLPP of the past ten years has not lived to the principles and ideals of one country one people. The interests of the country are very important if a party is to succeed.
The bone was you making a comment - about 'someone' - when you very well knew who posted the comments in response to Shako’s piece. I meant no offence. This is not the first time we have had some differences in how we operate - one thing though - a common design to unite the party and try to put things seriously.
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 03:49:42 12/21/07 ()
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I know he has problems Alieu. I can deal with that. This is not the first time he uses his uncouth manners to attack me. I know i am SLPP and can leave the party if I believe the majority are not working in the interest of the nation. As I have always said SLPP is not a Mendeman party. The founders thought of uniting the country when it was founded. If now people like us are be classed as fake SLPP - I am lost for words - I pay my dues and does not hide in my support for the party; people cannot stomach the truth.
From: M. Alieu Iscandari
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Date Posted: 12:30:07 12/20/07 ()
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Chez you wasting good energy on tribalistic nepotistic people like "you know who" come on man I thought you would have been abke to see through the thin veneer of his nonsense.
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 16:09:50 12/19/07 ()
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I am trying to respond to Syl Johnny - unable to. His post in repose to mine has also disappeared. please advice us.
From: young student
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Date Posted: 14:25:45 12/19/07 ()
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From: Candid Opinion
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From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 12:48:47 12/19/07 ()
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From: Abdul
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Date Posted: 18:35:47 12/19/07 ()
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mr. jalloh, now i know the answer to a question that i wondered about for the longest time. i remember one time when i was in the AA lower sixth we had one teacher from FBC that sent some of us writing about SLPMB to your office for help with our term papers.
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 06:21:15 12/20/07 ()
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Thank you for your kind sentiments. It is always heart-warming to behold gratitude from those to whom one as been helpful. Yet, as appreciated as such gesture undoubtedly is, in my humble opinion, the truest satisfaction comes much earlier -- at the point of helping another person.
From: Madingo Man
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Date Posted: 12:37:30 12/19/07 ()
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The First Lady is not a state executive job, please stop refering to Sia as Her Excellency, she has no constitutional power and the word Excellency is only use as a protocol for Heads of States and Heads of Missions, it is not widely use anymore, why do we Africans still refer to our leaders as His/Her Excellency when all Head of state in the first world are called the Prime Minister or The President of their respective countries.
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Date Posted: 13:39:01 12/19/07 ()
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From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 12:35:50 12/19/07 ()
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The government of Tejan Kabba signed a Faustian contract with Branch Energy. The movers and shakers behind this devastating deal are really the Sandline mercenaries who surreptitiously helped the SLPP return to power from Guinea. Underground crime bosses from Eastern Europe are also big players in this deal.
From: economics man
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Date Posted: 14:19:09 12/19/07 ()
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what kind of deal was it? was it a joint venture? was it a fully private deal. regardless of what deal it is. doesn't Sierra leone law require foreign companies to pay taxes? if we leave it to these companies most fo them would not invest on our roads and education. if they are not gonna invest we need to tax them. and companies that do a large amount of investment there should be a way so that they get tax breaks. what do you think? i am tryign to deal with the present now. how can we help salone today. or is it possible to restructure the deal. if they do not agree to restructure give them compensation and tell them to leave. next time we give contracts to companies. why dont we have a whole bunch fo companies bid for the contracts. instead of both parties giving contracts to their brothers only hwo about we look into the well been fo the country for once. slpp or apc needs to eb accountable. what was parliament doing when these contracts where signed? how about both parties work together for once and pass a law that would make whom ever is in power more accountable?
From: A.K Jet
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Date Posted: 23:36:05 12/19/07 ()
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Why should we only rely on their tax money? For God sake, these guys are causing fatal environmental destructions. Remember, they are only there to get the diamonds and leave the destroyed land to the common cittizens of our beloved nation. Despite the selfishness played by Kabbah's government to sign such a stupid contract with this company, E.B Koroma should initiate environmental standards for these desastrous companies to abide by. If not, our country will be intoxicated with poisonous aerosols. Those mining companies have no affirnity with our people, hence they have no sympathy for the poor masses. See what they are doing in Niger Delta! It is time for our African governments to develop appropriate standards for every company conducting business in our homeland.
From: economics man
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Date Posted: 12:45:40 12/20/07 ()
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I agree with you that we should set standards for these companies and if they don't follow these standards be fined or possibly contracts terminated. a company investing in a country could be joint ventured or could be 100 percent theirs. if it is 100 percent theirs then we do have to rely on tax dollars. we need them to respect our laws and our people at the same time next time we give contracts do research on these companies human right record. they do not respect us because we just lay down and do not fight back and do not speak up. where was parliament when we allowed such companies to come in? where is parliament now? this should be a bi partisan effort by both sides. if any politician is bribed by this country serious efforts should be made to educate the people by the media. this is a role that the media should play. they should investigate and get strong proof. instead of our journalists focused on just dragging names down on both sides because some are on pay roles by slpp and apc they should seek truth. they should continue to be examples like the few journalists that we have that publish stories with objectivity and constructive critics without showing favor to any candidate because they are slpp or apc.
From: Candid Opinion
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Date Posted: 11:41:48 12/19/07 ()
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From: MILTON FRIEDMAN
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Date Posted: 11:32:35 12/19/07 ()
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Mr. Jalloh,
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I have closely watched as you attempt to force everyone on this forum to accept your erroneous and misleading article on “How to immediately Alleviate Poverty in Sierra Leone”. I have also observed as you constantly become irate and condescending whenever well-meaning Sierra Leoneans challenge your phony proposal. You insulted almost everyone that challenged you from Brabanxx , Fen Plaba! down to Alie Formeh Kamara. Any rookie in economics can easily recognize that the “poverty alleviation” title of your piece has no bearing on your exchange rate revaluation proposal. I now see why someone on this forum earlier suggested that you are probably an “exchange rate 419er” trying to rip-off the government of Sierra Leone. Below are some of the pitfalls in your bogus claims which you have been defending relentlessly;
“Your unfortunate mistake above is one of comprehension. You do not appear to understand that my use of the expression "an increase in purchasing power" refers to the ability of S/Leoneans to buy more imported goods for the same amount of income after the restoration of the value of the Leone -- because the goods are now priced lower (in Leones) to reflect the stronger Leone. So, for example, an imported shoe which cost $10 landed in SL would cost Le 30,000 under an exchange rate of Le 3,000 = $1. However, with the rate at Le 1 = $1, the same shoe would now cost only Le 1” Moh’m Jalloh
According to your nonsense, by merely restructuring the exchange rate of the Leone to be at par with the dollar, purchasing power increases; Sierra Leoneans will then import more and then they become better-off.
Pitfall: When every Sierra Leonean imports due to increased purchasing power, and with little or no exports, there is a trade balance deterioration or deficit. The capital account of our balance of payments is anemic and can not be relied upon to bail out any deficiencies in the current account. In the medium term, as demand for foreign currency rises to meet the need of every import maniac in Sierra Leone, the dollar appreciates which correspondingly mean that the Leone depreciates. In such a case, how will the value of the Leone be kept at par with the dollar when you have contradicted yourself that you are proposing neither a fixed exchange rate regime nor a floating exchange rate regime? Is the Bank of Sierra Leone going to keep making exchange rate decrees every week? If so, then this will be tantamount to a fixed or at best managed exchange rate regime under which monetary policy by the Bank of Sierra Leone is effectively held hostage.
Even on the conservative side, not every Sierra Leonean will import any way. Given the high unemployment rate in Sierra Leone, the “hapless” Sierra Leoneans, as you monotonously call them will not have the sustained income to finance their wishes to import. In addition we still import everything down to our own food. How much of the mineral resource revenue goes through the formal system with our porous borders? Wherein is your poverty alleviation when an already high proportion of the population lives below a dollar a day? Or was that caption meant to disparage Sierra Leoneans?
In one of your tirades against Mr. Alie Formeh Kamara, you use both revaluation and appreciation as if the two terms mean the same. I strongly believe that you lack the fundamental knowledge of the difference between the two concepts. When economists talk about appreciation and depreciation of the exchange rate, it is in the context of a flexible or floating exchange rate regime. And when devaluation and revaluation are used, it is in the context of a fixed or managed exchange rate regime. This is elementary economics still taught at the Form IV level at Christ the King College in Bo.
As usual, I don’t expect you to learn anything from anyone on this forum. You are too arrogant and too full of yourself to learn and to take corrections. Here is what I expect from you;
From: Candid Opinion
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From: Ronaldino
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Date Posted: 10:35:01 12/19/07 ()
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Date Posted: 10:08:29 12/19/07 ()
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Michael Tommy (born June 30, 1979 in Freetown ) is a Sierra Leonean international goalkeeper, he currently plays for Municipal Liberia in the Costa Rican Primera División. Tommy is currently the first-choice goalkeeper for the Leone Stars, Sierra Leone national football team. He started his career with local club Mighty Blackpool in the Sierra Leonean Premier League before moving to Liberian Premier League giant Mighty Barolle in 2001. In the 2003/2004 season, C.S. Cartagines signed him from Mighty Barolle but released him to Municipal Liberia on 2004/05 season.
Unisa Bangura (born 23 July 1987 in Freetown) is a goalkeeper from Sierra Leone. He currently plays for Atlantis FC in the Finnish 1. division. Unisa was Sierra Leone second-choice goalkeeper behind Patrick Bantamoi at the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland
Brima Sesay, popularly known in Sierra Leone as Small Attouga (born 27 January 1981 in Kenema) is a Sierra Leonean international goalkeeper. Sesay plays for Ports Authority in the Sierra Leone National Premier League. Small Attouga, as he is commonly called, was recruited into active football by his late boss Brima Attouga Kamara, a former goalkeeper for Sierra Leone national football team. Having been initiated into active football, small attouga made a name for himself while playing in a series of junior league competitions played all over Freetown. He won several best goalkeeper awards with youth clubs like Blackhall Strikers, Junior Cenegal, and Best Contractors. In 1992, Brima Attouga Kamara brought him to Ports Authority youth team.
Nigel Shola Andre Reo-Coker (born May 14, 1984 in Croydon, London) is an English footballer of Sierra Leonean origin. He is a midfielder, currently playing for Aston Villa. He is known for being a robust midfielder with good overall tackling and passing qualities. Reo-Coker started his career with Wimbledon in 2002, joined West Ham United in 2004 and made a move to his current club Aston Villa in 2007.
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Kabba Samura (born November 26, 1981 in Freetown) is a Sierra Leonean international soccer player. Currently he's playing for Finnish Veikkausliiga club HJK Helsinki. Samura began his career with Mighty Blackpool in the Sierra Leonean Premier League and later moved to Assyriska FF in Sweden and Aalesunds FK in Norwegian Adeccoligaen 2007 where he helped the team earn a promotion to the Norwegian Premier League.
Suma’s blistering pace and dribbling ability while in possession of the ball with his dangerous left-foot, often leave defenders marking shadows.
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Julius Gibrilla Woobay (born May 19, 1984 in Bo) is a Sierra Leonean International footballer. He is a defensive midfielder for Universitatea Craiova in the Romanian first division and for the Leone Stars, Sierra Leone national football team.He began his football career in his native Sierra Leone with powerhouse East End Lions in the Sierra Leone National Premier League. He joined Cyprus first division club Nea Salamis FC in 2004 from East End Lions. He has recently moved to Romanian side Universitatea Craiova on a four year contract from Cyprus club Nea Salamis FC.
Stephen "Steve" Kabba (born 7 March 1981 in Lambeth) is an English professional football player of Sierra Leonean origin who currently plays for Watford. He plays as a striker.
Mohamed Kallon (born October 6, 1979 in Kenema) is a professional footballer, currently the captain for the Leone Stars, Sierra Leone national football team, and the most famous Sierra Leonean footballer. At club level he plays for Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia. He is the younger brother of fellow Sierra Leonean international Kemokai Kallon, and former Sierra Leonean international Musa Kallon
Kei Kamara (born September 1, 1984 in Kenema) is a soccer striker who currently plays for the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer in the United States. Kamara played college soccer at the Cal State Dominguez Hills. In his senior season, he was named third-team All-American. After spending two seasons with Orange County Blue Star in the USL Premier Development League, Kamara was then taken by Columbus ninth overall at the 2006 MLS SuperDraft.
Mohamed Kamara, better known as Medo (born November 11, 1987 in Makeni) is a Sierra Leonean professional football player. He is a midfielder and plays for HJK Helsinki in the Finnish Premier League. He won the Finnish League Cup in April 2006 with KuPS
Sidney Kargbo (born July 1, 1986 in Freetown) is a Sierra Leonean international footballer. He is a defender, and currently plays for FC Brussels in the Belgian Jupiler League and for the Leone Stars, Sierra Leone's senior soccer team. He is the younger brother of fellow Sierra Leonean international defender Ibrahim Kargbo, who plays for Willem II in the Dutch Eredivisie.
John Keister (born Manchester, 11 November 1970) is a football (soccer) player currently playing for Dover Athletic. Although born in England he has gained international caps for Sierra Leone. Keister played professionally for Walsall (1993-2000), Chester City (2000) and Shrewsbury Town (2000-01), where he made over 100 Football League appearances in total, but has spent most of his career in non-league football, playing for Stevenage Borough and Margate before joining Dover in May 2006. He gained his two international caps whilst with Margate, making him the first ever player from that club to play for his country.
Paul Kpaka (born May 21, 1981 in Kenema) is a Sierra Leonean international footballer. He is a striker, and plays for K.S.V. Roeselare in the Belgian Jupiler League. Kpaka is a regular starter for the Leone Stars, Sierra Leone national football team. He made his international debut for Sierra Leone as the Leone Stars defeated Gabon 2-0 on October 12, 2002 in a 2004 African Cup of Nations qualifier in Freetown. He scored the first of Sierra Leone's two goals and then got himself sent off for elbowing an opponent. Kpaka along with Mohamed Kallon form one of Africa's deadliest strike partnership on paper.
Mamadu Alphajor Bah (born January 1, 1977 in Freetown) is a Sierra Leonean international soccer player. He is a striker and plays for Al-Qadisiya in the Saudi Arabian Premier League
Alhassan "Al" Bangura (born 24 January 1988, in Freetown) is a Sierra Leonean midfielder who currently plays for Watford F.C. in the Football League Championship in England.
Samuel Barlay (born September 9, 1986 in Freetown) is a Sierra Leonean international footballer. He plays as a central midfielder for Malmo FF in the Swedish first division and for the Sierra Leonean national football team. Barlay captained the Sierra Leone U- 17 soccer team at the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland. He signed for Malmo FF from local club East End Lions shortly after the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship. In 2006 he was on a season long loan at IFK Mariehamn in the Finnish Veikkausliiga
Kewullay Conteh (born 31 December 1977 in Freetown) is a Sierra Leonean footballer. He is tall 185 cm, weighs 78 kg, and since August 2007 plays for Serie B side Albinoleffe. Conteh first moved to Italy in November 1995, joining Serie A team Atalanta from Swedish side FC Café Opera (now FC Väsby United).
Sam Obi Metzger Jr. (born September 19, 1987 in Freetown) is a Sierra Leonean soccer player. He is a striker and plays for Atlantis FC In Finland second division. Obi played for Sierra Leone in the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland. He scored two goals in the Fifa World Youth Championship (2003) in Finland.
Albert Cole (born July 7, 1981 in Freetown) is a Sierra Leonean international footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder for Raufoss I.L. in the Norwegian first division. He began his career with local club Mighty Blackpool in the Sierra Leonean Premier League.
Albert Jarrett (born 23 October 1984 in Freetown) is a Sierra Leonean winger, born in Freetown but raised in South London, England. He is currently a free agent following his release by Watford. Jarrett started his career as a schoolboy at Arsenal, but, when not offered a professional contract in the summer of 2003, joined Wimbledon. He played 10 games for the Dons in the 2003/04 season, but was released at the end of the season and subsequently joined Championship side Brighton.
Malvin Kamara (born November 17, 1983 in Plumstead, London, England) is a Sierra Leonean footballer who plays as a midfielder with the Coca-Cola League One side Huddersfield Town. Kamara joined Cardiff City from Milton Keynes Dons in July 2006, where he had came through the club's youth setup, joining on a professional basis on January 17, 2003. In January 2007 he signed for Port Vale on a free transfer until the end of season.
Ibrahim Kargbo (born April 10, 1982 in Freetown) is a Sierra Leonean international football player, who currently plays as a defender for Willem II in the Dutch Eredivisie and for the Sierra Leonean national football team. Former teams are East End Lions, Feyenoord Rotterdam, RWD Molenbeek, Sporting Charleroi, Malatyaspor and FC Brussels.
Lamin Conteh popularly known as Junior Tumbu (born January 17, 1976 in Freetown) is a Sierra Leonean international footballer, who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Negeri Sembilan FA and the Sierra Leone national football team.
Brima Koroma (born July 8, 1984 in Makeni) is a Sierra Leonean professional soccer player. He currently plays as a striker for Kalmar FF in the Swedish Premier League.
Aluspah Brewah (born August 24, 1983 in Bo) is a Sierra Leonean international soccer player. He is a striker for Bodens BK (on loan from Assyriska FF) in the Sweden First Division (Level 3) and also for the Sierra Leonean national soccer team.
Mohammad Rashid (born 1 December 1983 in Magburaka) is a Sierra Leonean professional football defender who currently plays for Norwegian team Sandnes Ulf. He has previously played for Moss and Bryne.
Benjamin Sesay (born April 18, 1981 in Freetown) is a Sierra Leonean international footballer. He is a striker, and currently plays for Belgian second division side Dender.
Hassan Mila Sesay (born October 22, 1987 in Freetown) is a Sierra Leonean international footballer, currenly playing as an attacking midfielder for Kuopion Palloseura in the Finnish Premier League and for Sierra Leone national football team. Sesay was a member of Sierra Leone U-17 team at the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland.
Muwahid Sesay (born June 15, 1984 in Freetown) is a Sierra Leonean international footballer who plays as a striker for Atlantis FC in Finland second division and for the Leone Stars, Sierra Leone national football team.
Gibril Sankoh (born May 15, 1983, in Freetown) is a Sierra Leonean footballer. He is a defender and he currently plays for FC Groningen in the Dutch Eredivisie. His former teams are De Kennemers and Stormvogels Telstar.
Liam James Rosenior (born 9 July 1984 in Wandsworth, England) is a professional footballer of Sierra Leonean origin currently playing for Reading in the English Premier League. He is the son of ex-Brentford manager Leroy Rosenior, and spent time on loan at Torquay United, where his father was manager, during their most recent promotion season (2003–2004).
Carlton Michael Cole (born November 12, 1983, in Croydon, London, England) is an English football player who plays for West Ham United. Cole was brought up in West London in Brentford and attended Chiswick Community School. He is of Nigerian and Sierra Leonean descent via his parents but rejected the chance to play for either of the national sides.
Sahr Senesie (born June 20, 1985 in Koindu) is a German soccer player of Sierra Leone origin. The attacker, who is also in the attacking midfield that can be used, came in the year 2000 in the youth of Borussia Dortmund. Previously, he played for the Berlin club SV Tasmania Gropiusstadt 73 and VfB Neukölln. The youth of Borussia Dortmund, he came 2002 with the professionals. There he played until 2005, where he is not convincing. Then he was promoted to the traditional Swiss club Grasshopper Zurich borrowed, where he completed a season.
In the summer of 2005 he went to the German regional league to TSG Hope home. Since the beginning of the 2006/2007 season he plays again at Borussia Dortmund, has a contract for only the second team. Because of Personalnot in the offensive stood Senesie few times in the professional cadres; on 5 In October he was against VfL Bochum his comeback in the Bundesliga.
From: Bambay Lans Kamara
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Date Posted: 09:40:39 12/19/07 ()
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From: Bambay Lans Kamara
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Date Posted: 09:34:16 12/19/07 ()
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From: Brima Kamara
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Date Posted: 07:36:28 12/19/07 ()
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The Bangura issue is taking a turn for the worse. I hope forumites will not be in support of such unpatriotic behaviour.
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It's a shame that a man like you who have failed to succeed in the diaspora is now turning on other brothers and trying to ooze your little failures.You are one of the few sierra leoneans who does not know much about the culture and cults in the country? Any sierra leonean who have travelled beyond waterloo can tell you that we have several cultural societies which sometimes forced people to join them or even threatening death if the person refuses.
From: Alimamy Turay
To: All
Date Posted: 11:50:55 12/20/07 ()
Email Address: deltablast@yahoo.com
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Political or economical! you should shut the fucking ass up!!!!! Brima is on the right track! I think you are on the verge of becoming a failure! Dont you think smearing the image of the country for personal aggrandizement is tantamount to patriotism! So SHUT YOUR ROTTEN ASS UP!!!
From: Gongoli
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Date Posted: 12:01:33 12/20/07 ()
Email Address: gonos@yahoo.com
Entered From: 79-65-53-216.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com at 79.65.53.216
You need to wash your mouth out. You have just displayed your character and nullified any sane point you wanted to make. I wonder what the moderator is doing about this
From: LOW GRADE SAN SAN
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Date Posted: 13:40:31 12/19/07 ()
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Man you sound like a frustrated Asylum reject who do not wants to go back home alone but want to take someone with you. Well, Al is definitely not going back with you. Why the hate? oose Sa.Lone man dae wae nor dae lie for geh paper. When those pirate/THIEVES who called themselves explorers went to our continent did they obtain any visa? Never! Did they behave themselves when they landed on our shores? Not at all. Your anger should be directed towards our leadership back home for making such a mess of things so much so that we have been reduced to the level of even telling lies on our secret societies, a honourable traditional institution.
From: Alimamy Turay
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Date Posted: 11:54:10 12/20/07 ()
Email Address: deltablast@yahoo.com
Entered From: e178103105.adsl.alicedsl.de at 85.178.103.105
YOU ARE MYOPIC SHUT YOUR ASS! WHAT IS PAPER? I AM IN EUROPE AND A STUDENT ! YOU GUYS SHOULD STOP THIS ADVERT THING OF A PAPER! PAPER FOR SHIT CLEANING?
From: elvis
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Date Posted: 09:12:12 12/19/07 ()
Email Address: elvisk2004@yahoo.co.uk
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I know u very well. You've been in the same position. you claim your Asylum that you fear to go back to your country because they will kill you because of political reason. Stop this stuff about the Bangura issue in London. Think about the fake documents and false statement you take under oath. And mine you, you Asylum case is still under the process call review so if you trigger/ridicle someone I will surely bring you to justic.
From: Fatu
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Date Posted: 10:52:17 12/19/07 ()
Email Address: mammyfatu78@yahoo.com
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Mr. Moderator, can you advise forumites to make sure they mention their real names instead of using someone else name when doing their postings. Though they are many Kamaras, Sesays, Turays, etc, etc in sierra Leone, we should use our real names when posting in the forum. This is not fair. I dont believe any patriotic Sierra Leonean will mean bad for our fellow Sierra Leonean in Britain who is seeking asylum. Some of us know what we went through during those odd years of the civil war. I believe this forum is to address issues that are affecting our country and find ways to solve them and not to pull down people who have good intentions for our country. Rumors that this or that person is writing negative things about people in this forum is not creating any unity among us. Let us all work for the improvement of our country.Over to you Rev. Kanu and Chairman, Foday Mans.
From: Alimamy Turay
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Date Posted: 11:57:41 12/20/07 ()
Email Address: deltablast@yahoo.com
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You are stupid! how can u prove my name electronically? and what has that got to do with patriotism? you fool!
From: elvis
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Date Posted: 19:19:27 12/20/07 ()
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Remember that I am a computer specialist and I working a criminal case right now that is dealing with CYBER Crime. This mean I can investigation and know exactly were this information is coming from and who used it.
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 08:05:54 12/19/07 ()
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What is the problem. Do you know how the european got to conquer Africa and the rest of the worlds?
merry christmas
From: Bambay Lans Kamara
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Date Posted: 14:03:55 12/19/07 ()
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Ladies and gentlemen, as our abilities are different so are our characters. All most every contributor here has a unique style, a goal and a targeted audience. Everything any individual writes here can attract a specific audience based on such audience members' experience, knowledge, class and conceptualization capacities. In light of that therefore, and specifically with reference to whomever is impersonating "Chez Winakabs Europeus" whose writings I have followed for years, and whom except factors beyond my comprehension, has transformed him to this form of writing, otherwise the one that wrote the following: "They have information on the issues brought before the tribunal - they will deal with that - any more from will just create discomfort for another," Let me categorically state that there is nothing most of us say here can impact (gush, she is beautiful) the outcome of any decision to be reached by the British government.
My reasons for saying this is clear to any one whose experience about Immigration Laws and other Constitutional bearings should know that what most people talk about here does not come from the premise of understanding governmental functioning let alone understanding constitutional matters. As such, huge mistakes are made in that such people tend to sway from rationality to maligning endeavors, an endeavor of which the targeted people to sway, whose ability to understand simple concepts is a huge cock of somnambulist idealism, marinated with bedrock gossip-fanfare. Some of which are nothing but filthy breeze in thin air that goes nowhere and does nothing but storm their very world of psychotic mental masturbation.
At this point, the evil Sierra Leoneans and those who are posing as one of them need to repair damage done to themselves not that done to Sierra Leone as a nation. We have about about five million people who are not all bad people. Majority of whom have pride, integrity, charisma, courage to name a few. These are the ones who are patriotic and wish to see their compatriots do well.
It is imperative to note that the world, including other Sierra Leoneans particularly the leaders have categorically distinguished the grain from the chaff, the self-seekers from the well-wishers, good from bad. In which case, nothing any one from the described group with ill-intentions say or try will influence the decisions of the said leaders and people with conceptual abilities because of the said in-capacities of the group I have outlined that has been identified for evil. The actions of which will not affect those geared toward and ,"any more from will just create discomfort for another" because they already know the various mindsets and civility. It is best for us to strive for the best so that we will be proud of us and not hate others for their abilities. Read the big deal from the real story.
God willing, this brother will go through as you shall read in the following:
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 14:24:11 12/19/07 ()
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BLK, I wrote the piece. It is very hard to touch on such an issue especially when one knows about it. You see the immigration and appeals tribunal seats on this type of cases and all information are already with them. The border and immigration agency hates losing and therefore will look for anything contrary to what to hand.
From: Bambay Lans Kamara
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Date Posted: 17:30:52 12/19/07 ()
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Brother Chez thank you for the response and I must take this opportunity to apologize for misreading you. How is Britain? I hope you and family are healthily ready for Christmass.
On this subject and many others, especially with regards to Mr. Bangura's plight, I believe we are in the same line of thinking. The reason I doubted the posting is because you hardly get engaged in such discuss especially when they are hate-related towards your compatriot regardless of their political, sectional affiliation or gravity of the plight they are in.
I am doing much better than ever. There is a person that has been part of my life for years then we kept missing each other for years. She has been a true Sierra Leonean who has made this visit an exception. I am now laughing my heart way back to high school and college days in Sierra Leone. This individual knows me than almost any human that is currently on the planet because we use to spend much time together and hid nothing from one another no matter the subject. She is on the verge to fatten me up together with my sisters. I am having a quiet fun.
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 17:54:01 12/19/07 ()
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Thank you BLK. I see hope in our people. We should not fear those that have underhand tactics. I always confront them. I will someday explain to you how I deal with the treacherous amongst us.
Merry Christmas.
From: Brima Kamara
To: All
Date Posted: 23:13:59 12/19/07 ()
Email Address: brimakam@yahoo.com
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I can see the mindset of most of the contributors to this forum. They all belong to the same class with that Bangura fellow who will stop at nothing to get thir own way. I pity most of you. You have lost all vestige of decency and uprightness. I will be waiting when you will start calling politician names when they go wrong. Most of you entered the west through these same means, no wonder you are jumping to his defence. For those who dont know me, I am still residing in sweet old Mother Sierra Leone. I only go to England or America as a JC so I dont have any need to bring myself to that level. And here I will stay until I meet my maker. I dont have to wash the white man's plate or clean his toilet to make my living. I have a far better job to do serving my country than wasting time and energy on this forum castigating others without contributing anything to national development. Most of you are claiming politicians did this and that, that why you are shaming us like this. But ask yourselves, What have you done. Nothing. Most of you ended up in the west either by falsificating your documents or through money stolemn by your benefactors. you then sit back and start calling other people names especially politicians. You have not contributed an iota towards the development of the country. In fact you have helped in it retrogression and you are here justifying an outright wrong that is being done by an individual just to fulfill his own agenda. We have no use for him and his kind. let hin try to get his asylum but he should leave my country out of it. Sierra Leone cannot progress on its own. It needs the people to do it. If you cannot then shut up and allow others to do it. But please dont try to drag the name of the country into the gutter, you good for nothing imbeciles.
From: Alimamy Turay
To: All
Date Posted: 20:01:45 12/20/07 ()
Email Address: deltablast@yahoo.com
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Thanks man! bravo! keep telling them useless wan dem wae get complex pan first world. we are all here but we know how to conduct our business without smearing the country! tell them!!!
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 04:58:58 12/20/07 ()
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Brima Kamara, your problem is you speak that which you do not know. Your insults, calling people you do not know, never met imbeciles tells me how you were brought up. Did you see any rebuke or insult in my post to you - a much refined character.
Merry Christmas
From: Brima Kamara
To: All
Date Posted: 05:19:01 12/20/07 ()
Email Address: Brimakam@yahoo.com
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My post was not meant for Chez Winikabs but for that so called Political and his henchman San San boy who started throwing unsults when I never mentined anyone of them in my post.
For Chez, I wonder why you have to ask that kind of question about where I work. Have you ever asked yourelf where the Lebanese and other foreign national in my country are getting the money they use are using to tour the world and send their children and girlfriend all over the world. "bO IF LEBANESE ABLE GET MONEY NA SALONE AR WONDER WHY MAKE ME SON OF THE SOIL NOR GO ABLE GET AM. MIND YOU ME BRAIN NOR DAE SLEEP YA. You can see the difference between us. There is enough for everyone in mother Sierra Leone if only you know what to do. Use your head, come back home and help rebuild. Dont stay in america and England and be writing some of these thesis about how to move the country forward. Put your words into acion and see if you will not be able to assist in national development. We have enough of theorists especially on this forum. What we need now are the people who can put all these plans into action. Every Tom, Dick and Harry on this forum has all the answers to the problems in the country but none of tem are ready to put it into action. If you cant help to assist in tarnishing the image that other people are fighting to improve.
From: Chez Winakabs Kamara
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Date Posted: 05:42:33 12/20/07 ()
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Brima kamara, even if the post was not meant for me - one should learn not to be like the offender - or else you become the same. How did i treat what i thought was directed at me. i was shocked for I did not say anything derogatory against you - why should you insult me, I asked myself. I did not respond in a nasty way but to explain to you that it was not called for.
From: Bambay Lans Kamara
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Date Posted: 23:57:04 12/19/07 ()
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Thank you brother Chez for the Godly and patriotic spirit explained in your response and thank you for the response.
The desire to allow Sierra Leoneans to see the true reality of life has been my struggle for decades especially I meet a Sierra Leonean or Sierra Leoneans who view their coming abroad as an opportunity for competition or sees abroad as an arena for competition, one which they did not do while they were back home. I have often said it to myself and the many with such a mindset that we came and met progress in the lands we reside, we shall live them progressing. If we are opportune to return to these lands, we will meet more development than we left. We met jobs and more job-creation and job-increase while we are in these lands; they will continue to soar and refine every day. We met riches here, some of which we can only imagine; we shall live these riches if we are to return. Whatever we accumulate here is not even felt by those who have it in abundance. There are opportunities here but these opportunities are only open to those who have the know-how or a strong support system and or a market for success. As such, why compete with one's compatriot or relative, people from the same home town, district and country, refusing to apply ourselves in the manner that will help us rise together. Fear is in us about us. We are afraid of our shadow. We are afraid because others might "get the name." What name do we wish to create? Positive name that might help establish a good image for the country is probably worth having not one that will create doubts about the entire people of our national origin. So it is best to do good to have a reputation that will earn our nation and us respect not disrepute. Some of these names most of us desire are or will only be known and appreciated by niches of the Sierra Leonean population that know us. In vein of which sometimes don't mean much because they represent cheap-popularity.
Further more, as it is apparent, we cannot individually solve our people's problems, not even close relatives because the problems that exist are humongous. Why then must we serve as stumbling blocks to others, our very compatriots knowing fully well that these will have to shoulder a part of the problem? If each individual carries a portion of the the problem, the tendency for us to vanquish the problem is greater. Order than that, we will wipe the surface but the residue will crop-up, recycling the problems. It is like a doctor giving Tylenol P.M. to a patient who surfer from a bubonic Plague. Such a patient will sleep for that night maybe, but will rise the following morning with the illness. On the contrary, we have to unite to solve the problem to ensure that the entire problem is attacked from the causative source to ensure a total cure.
However, as is noted, many come here without slight knowledge of the system. As such, they compare and identify with the systems and ways-of-life they are accustomed to in Sierra Leone because they cannot penetrate customs outside the Sierra Leonean community. One which in many cases is grossly misinterpreted. As a result of this misinterpretation of our Sierra Leonean culture, confused about the way the one they met here, they are left with no other alternatives but to emulate others; most of the latter whose confusion of the very system leads them to misdirect the former. Which is con-sequenced in the hate, gossip and pull-down syndrome exemplified.
Attacking them, as you may have noted, is not an effective tool to moving them away from the living in false-consciousness." Opening them up to reality and educating them of the impact the attitude they posses has had or will impact all Sierra Leoneans is an effective tool to moving them towards the string of positivity, devoid of boisterous manipulations, centered around the very living you have concisely mentioned: unconsciously "living in false consciousness.
Educating them to realizing that Sierra Leoneans at home are not impressed by "the leaving in false consciousness" is the way to go. Educating them about the achievements and manner by which other Sierra Leoneans have achieved will be an eye-opener. Educating them about other nationalities and how cohesion has helped their nations and them can be a very effective tool to revolutionizing us to helping Sierra Leone diverting our attention to cooperation rather than negative competition facilitating the possibility to helping our poor people and us.
Many who gossip do not have much to talk about. When they are given solid information to chew on, the discuss and actions will be redirected from refusing other Sierra Leoneans opportunity and from the from many gossips they have indulged-in, in tightening our belts to joining the array of nationalities and compatriots who have contributed immensely and significantly towards their nations of residence and to compatriots.
I have an idea in mind that I have put on a hold because it will involve a lot of traveling to meet influential Sierra Leoneans in the Diaspora. Currently, I do not have the resources to do so and have not had one we can share similar sentiments. But I think I am getting there.
Once again, thanks for your efforts and keep it up. Our poor people will be redeemed one day and Sierra Leone will once again say, free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty we are free at last.
From: Sheku Kallon
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Date Posted: 07:22:29 12/19/07 ()
Email Address: shekukal@yahoo.com
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ERNEST BAI KOROMA DISHES OUT NACSA POST TO BROTHER OF LONG TIME LOVER - ISATU WIL - AND GIVES FOREIGN POSTING TO SISTER OF LOVER AND SECOND LADY - ARABELLA FORAY.
From: LOW GRADE SAN SAN
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Date Posted: 13:55:29 12/19/07 ()
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AND GIVES FOREIGN POSTING TO SISTER OF LOVER AND SECOND LADY - ARABELLA FORAY
From: New Blood
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Date Posted: 08:31:50 12/19/07 ()
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Mr Kallon! You did not have to go there!
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 08:48:13 12/19/07 ()
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I may disagree with you on the assertion (if I read you correctly)that these people are supporters of the APC. I know most of them are diligent workers and non-partisan. They put Sierra leone's interests more than party interests. You give them a job and they will do exactly what the job entails. They are type who will resign if they suspect any external influences that may compromise their job descr1ptions.
From: New Blood
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Date Posted: 11:07:02 12/19/07 ()
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Semantics? Whatever! My point is, Why such impudence?
It seems like "Your brother does no wrong mentality" makes it extremely difficult for someone like you to
What you cannot deny is that his targeting of Ms. Will and Ms, Foray in such an insipid spin was quite unnecessary...for that,
If ee day target Earnest Koroma pan politics..fine,...but wetin dem poor woman dem do am?
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 12:17:07 12/19/07 ()
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You can do that but I have a better way of making someone understands when s/he errs.
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 08:20:30 12/19/07 ()
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My goodfellow sheku!! Compliments of the season!!
b) bootlickers
c) Yesmen
Stay Blessed.
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 08:44:09 12/19/07 ()
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Thank you Chez for gently but firmly reprimanding Kallon. With some of these SLPP propagandists, it's damn if you do and damn if you don't when it comes to Ernest Koroma. After practically criminalizing the president for his Northern Tilt, the guy is now condemned as a nepotist for giving jobs to qualified sons and daughters of the Southeast. People should chill on the venom and give the guy a chance. Sheke enjoy the electricity buddy.
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 08:54:02 12/19/07 ()
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I would never reprimand/rebuke my friend. Fen Plaba, Sheku is a good man - very enterprising. I still remember in our school days how he championed financial issues pertaining to the progress of an outfit he helped formed. Sheku was one of the youngest man, at school age - 14 -16, who was able to lead us to open bank accounts to save for the future. he may have forgotten - i will not for he opened my eyes.
From: Sheku Kallon
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Date Posted: 10:43:47 12/19/07 ()
Email Address: shekukal@yahoo.com
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I'm simply forwarding news stories from the New People gentlemen usually headlines. You've got to remember that some journalists have their own baises which may come through in the headlines. In light of my friend and school mates's caution I'll be more careful next time. Thanks for the nudge Chez.
From: Sylvester Johnny
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Date Posted: 12:25:34 12/19/07 ()
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Sheku,
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 13:58:58 12/19/07 ()
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it's easier if placed as below.
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 13:44:08 12/19/07 ()
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Syl, you do not need to beat around the bush! I cautioned Sheku, because I happened to know the information was incorrect. Charles is a mende and whatever relationship there is between a relation or Charles and the president has nothing to do with his capability to perform the task.
From: Sylvester Johnny
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Date Posted: 14:55:00 12/19/07 ()
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I never wanted to respond to you but I felt I should let you know that I am not happy with some of your comments like "We screwed up and I want you to get that in your head". Why do you have to insult me?.
The true SLPPiers are working behind the scene and not spending all their time on internet fora. I am no more on the fence when it comes to politics in Sierra Leone. I continue to believe that APC as a party will only bring misery to Sierra Leone. I do believe in the principles of SLPP.We have not had the best of leaders in the party but we are now doing something about it. I am getting positive responses as I interact with Sierra Leoneans at the grassroot level who suffer the brunch of the decisions made in high places.
You need to read the ARIGBO section in this link. You will be well informed.
http://www.thenewpeople.com/
I POST ON THIS FORUM WITH MY REAL NAME BECAUSE I HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR.
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 12:42:56 12/19/07 ()
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By all means necessary..eh Sylvester?
You fail to comprehend a very salient lesson from the last elections: Empty propaganda devoid of accomplishment doesn't wash. You can lie until your face turns purple but if the lies are only to cover rubbish then your propaganda wouldn't take you back to State House. Keep exhorting partisan lies....we will give you electricity.
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 12:19:47 12/19/07 ()
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Don't mention it!! It is our duty to make sure we do not get misled.
From: Bai Bureh
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Date Posted: 07:37:30 12/19/07 ()
Email Address: rastafari_ish@hotmail.com
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Have you got any proof? If so just bring it!
What about 'tangays' Pa Kabba's Miss Janneh? Need I say more?
From: FORREST GUMP
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Date Posted: 04:03:58 12/19/07 ()
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WISHING ALL NETTERS GOOD HEALTH, LOVE AND HAPPINESS , PROSPERITY AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
FORREST GUMP
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 14:28:19 12/19/07 ()
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Wishing you the same Forrest Gump. I left my phone in France should be with it by sunday.
From: Abu
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Date Posted: 03:22:06 12/19/07 ()
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Which party do you support; APC, SLPP or one of the others?
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 06:43:25 12/19/07 ()
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Abu, I am a paid-up SLPP - I believe in the foundation principles and ideals of the founders. Over the years we have seen the party transformed by a few myopic individuals for their own gains. This greatly affected some of us. I am still SLPP but put country above party politics.
From: MUSA KALAWA
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Date Posted: 23:59:34 12/18/07 ()
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I hadly grow interest in watching movies especially that of a nigerian actors. However, this seem to caught my eyes... !!!
so please enjoy.
From: Fanning the flames for revaluation
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Date Posted: 22:27:07 12/18/07 ()
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FANNING THE FLAMES FOR REVALUATION
From: Kamara
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Date Posted: 06:42:18 12/19/07 ()
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The value of the leone is determined by market forces not a unilateral govt decision to revalue. Sierra leone needs to produce goods that the developed nations want. If the demand for Sierra Leonean goods increase , then the demand for the leone increases as nations need more leones to purchase Sierra Leonean goods. Thus the leone value will increase. Right now . Sierra Leonean goods are not in high demand in developed countries. The leone will not maintain a high value regardless how many times it is revalued.
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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Date Posted: 07:54:51 12/19/07 ()
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I agree with you in part but there are other considerations. Sierra Leone foreign currency intake has increased dramatically following the civil war in a manner that makes that portion inelastic. I mean that we have more than quadruple Diasporans and moneys comming home to families and freinds will never stop.
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 07:30:19 12/19/07 ()
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Kamara writes on December 19, 2007:
"The value of the leone is determined by market forces not a unilateral govt decision to revalue."
From: Oremso
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Date Posted: 09:13:44 12/19/07 ()
Email Address: oremso@yahoo.com
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Firstly, exchange rates between currencies in two countries could be hypothesised to be a function of relative prices, relative interest rates, and relative inflationary expectations in the two countries.
In most developing countries like Sierra Leone with little or no financial markets, a number of factors other than the relative current prices of goods and services can affect exchange rates. In particular, the supply and demand for currencies for investment for future consumption may have an important effect on the exchange rates between currencies.
There is not a single mechanism in exchange rate determination and factor like: the business environment, financial market, economic and political factors are all important. Most economists in this area categories exchange as those controlled by government (for e.g. China) and free market economies like the West.
whereas a failure in economic development results in a sharp currency depreciation.
Consequently, one key objective of open economy macroeconomics is to provide policy makers with a framework on equilibrium exchange rate level compatible with economic equilibrium, as well as policy instruments necessary to correct the possible misalignment.
The government of Sierra Leone is young and this will take time and careful planning to develop such policy team. Furthermore, the government should focus on developing the agriculture and manufacturing industries, thereby curtailing the need for importing most basic consumables, an effective tax system and anti-corruption drive.
Most of the literature on exchange rate may not be relevant to Sierra Leone, for example, “the law of one price”, “purchasing power parity”, however interest rates effect is real and is also dependant on a country balance of payment (BOP) as stated by MAJ.
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 10:09:34 12/19/07 ()
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Oremso [ at 212.22.25.10] writes on December 19, 2007:
"Furthermore, the government should focus on developing the agriculture and manufacturing industries, thereby curtailing the need for importing most basic consumables, an effective tax system and anti-corruption drive."
From: ALIE FORMEH KAMARA
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Date Posted: 22:41:55 12/18/07 ()
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Fanning the flames for revaluation
By Alie Formeh Kamara
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 07:11:49 12/19/07 ()
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ALIE FORMEH KAMARA wrote on December 18, 2007:
"In my view a revaluation of Sierra Leone’s currency to bring it to par with the Dollar should be done piece meal within a twenty year interval."
"Which brings me to the most important lesson to be learnt from the collapse of SL’s economy: Significantly, it is the absence of effective demand in SL’s economy which — more than any other factor — contributed to the collapse of SL’s manufacturing industry, in particular, and the rest of SL’s economy, in general. In order to understand why the economy of SL will not thrive sustainable unless and until the value of the Leone is restored, one needs only understand a simple but very important fact.
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 19:31:25 12/18/07 ()
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LETTER
Glasgow
From: Ignorant
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Date Posted: 06:06:27 12/19/07 ()
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Abass did not sell Passports.Passports were sold by Strasser and Bio, when Abass was Minister of Foreign Affairs.He was fixed by SLPP, hence he had to join them, to get out of the mess.With the downfall of SLPP, he is convinved that he is a free man, and wishes to come to the Party of his choice.I do not see anything wrong with this.
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
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Date Posted: 10:24:25 12/19/07 ()
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Hey you post like your name sounds. Abass is supposed to be a trained lawyer and he is therefor held or should be held to a higher standard. Got it. As far as I am concerned he knows what to do if he has been convicted of crimes without recourse. Advise him to do it if the statute has not yet run out to do so.
From: The guy next door
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Date Posted: 11:15:41 12/19/07 ()
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Is Abass A lawyer? I don't think so... please check that out. However, regardless, he is an elderly state man and should be held to the highest ethical standard. Is he a lawyer though?
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
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Date Posted: 12:54:05 12/19/07 ()
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He does have a law degree and that makes him a lawyer not necessarily an Attorney at Law oer a barrister or solicitor as the case may be in Sierra leone. Regardless, of what his status is as to his practice of Law of Knowledge thereof, he and otheres similarly should be held to a very high standard and the present policy of "ZERO TOLERANCE" for corruption should be retroactive just as much as it is forward looking.
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 07:14:38 12/19/07 ()
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So easy to narrate albeit unconvincing. You know very well he was implicated and this was only overturned when as [they] concocted that had evidence in the initial trial avail;able he would not have been convicted.
From: Siaka Margai
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Date Posted: 07:06:53 12/19/07 ()
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Many others did; SLPP sent Police Solomon Musa to Hong Kong; AFRC sent Police Samuel Sesay. etc, etc
Who knows if new APC will consider doing the same, though I know Hon Zainab bangura will not do such
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 18:31:34 12/18/07 ()
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STATEMENT BY THE RUF's FORCES COMMANDER, "COL." SAM BOCKARI
For the past six years or so, we have been living in an environment of hatred and divisiveness. We looked at our brothers and killed them in cold blood, we removed our sisters from their hiding places to undo their feminity, we slaughtered our mothers and butchered our fathers. It was really a gruesome experience which has left a terrible landmark in our history.
But the atrocities that occurred must not be taken in the context of a personal vendetta. They were the result of a rottenness of a system which could not be uprooted except by brutal means. We did not take to the bush because we wanted to be barbarians, not because we wanted to be inhuman, but because we wanted to state our humanity to a society that looked at us as sub-humans. The APC had spread its tentacles so deep that had the RUF not emerged, we wonder if we would not have still been under the yoke of that wretched regime.
In the process of cleaning the system, however, we have wronged the great majority of our countrymen. We have sinned both in the sight of man and God. We therefore openly and publicly apologize to you, our Sierra Leonean brothers and sisters, for all the terror and the mayhem we unleashed on you in our bid to make Sierra Leone a country that all Sierra Leoneans would be proud of.
Today, we have rejoined you. We have come back as prodigal sons, brothers and sisters, to meet our families in our different homes, so that we all can sit in our houses in peace and tell tales to our young ones of how Sierra Leone was once cleansed of the mess that unpatriotic politicians brought to her in yonder years. Let the farmers take their tools and go to their farms in peace, let the young women go to the stream and swim in peace, let them sing to their loved ones under the moonshine in peace, let Sierra Leoneans walk in peace, let us talk in peace, let us travel in peace, let us live in peace. We have finally discovered the right atmosphere for a peaceful co-existence. We must accommodate each other if we want to live in peace, and that is the miracle that has occurred in Sierra Leone through the coming of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC). We have accepted to join forces with this government because it is the first to demonstrate a genuine feeling of brotherhood for us - it is the government that has seen us as Sierra Leoneans who come together to stand for a cause for the general good. We want to assure everybody that we are sincerely and genuinely committed to the maintenance and sustenance of this miraculously achieved long-awaited peace. We have not come to terrorize you, our brothers and sisters, we have come to embrace you in love and harmony. Our members are not involved in the recent spate of armed attacks on residents of Freetown. No RUF member has so far been caught looting or behaving in any undisciplined manner. Perhaps what has delayed the wholesome practicality of this long-cherished peace is this threat of a Nigerian invasion. But the moment that chapter is closed, we are prepared to disarm and melt into the civilian populace and the regular army, because we are fully convinced that the foundation for lasting peace and true democracy has been laid.
We have all along been most willing to end this crisis peacefully, but the past governments proved insincere and unfaithful to their words. The NPRC did not come with the desired reformation, and the SLPP made mockery of the Abidjan Peace accord. Instead of integrating us into the society as promised, the SLPP only tried to bring divisions into our camp by selling our leader Corporal Foday Saybana Sankoh to the Nigerians and staging a coup against him. This was a blatant disregard of the articles of peace accord. Even when some of our members surrender, they were still ostracized and treated as the dregs of society. And further still, even though we were abiding by the dictates of cease-fire agreement, Hinga Norman directed the kamajors to attack our bases. This clearly showed that the SLPP was not ready for peace, and so we prepared for the worst.
But we must give bountiful thanks to the Almighty for the refreshing fact that instead of the worst, it is the best that has come through the concrete unbelievable peace that has been attained through the AFRC. We have not therefore denounced attempts at bringing back Tejan Kabbah because we hate him, but it is because he is not willing to accept us as his fellow Sierra Leoneans. Ex-president Kabbah disappointed us gravely, and we can never trust him again. We were prepared for peace, but the SLPP was not.
We are therefore appealing to the international community, and all those that love Sierra Leone, to critically examine the Sierra Leonean problem before any unwarranted action is taken. For six years we have lived in bloodbath, let us now have fresh baths in our streams, swimming pools and beaches. We assure the international community and all Sierra Leoneans of the RUF’s total and unflinching commitment to lasting peace. All that we need now is for the United Nations to take the lead in assisting the AFRC in demobilizing and re-integrating our combatants into the society for the ultimate achievement of true democracy through free and fair elections that will be conducted in the whole country in peace. At least we can today sleep in peace with the thought that Sierra Leone has finally achieved its nationhood by being bold enough to tell the whole world that we are capable of solving our own problems.
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 18:36:54 12/18/07 ()
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AFRICAN REBEL WITH ROOM SERVICE
By Howard W. French (for the New York Times, 23 June 1996).
ABIDJAN, Ivory coast, June 21 - Until he emerged from the bush to engage in peace talks here recently, the most frequently asked question about Foday Sankoh, the leader of West Africa’s most mysterious guerilla movement, was whether he really existed at all.
For five years under Mr. Sankoh’s shadowy command, the so-called Revolutionary United Front indiscriminately burned Sierra Leone’s villages, turned farmers into indentured servants and drove peasants like pack animals on long foot campaigns.
Anyone caught protesting this treatment risked amputation as punishment, villagers say. And for a villager deemed truly defiant, the Front’s favourite punishment was to impale the person on a stake and leave the body in warning to others.
Beyond this bewildering cruelty, the mystery surrounding Mr. Sankoh was deemed by his own elusiveness. Throughout the obscure conflict, the guerrilla leader was never photographed. The voice of the man reputed to be Mr. Sankoh was heard only in rare radio messages to the International Committee of the Red cross.
All of this has changed since peace talks began here recently, and Mr. Sankoh, whose lightly armed guerillas frustrated a national army backed by regional troops and South African mercenaries, left the bush that he had mastered and took up residence in one of this city’s most luxurious hotels.
“Every Chateaubriand he eats will be a meal for peace”, a senior Western diplomat said enthusiastically about Mr. Sankoh’s stay here, speculating that the comforts of hot showers, ironed clothes and fine foods after years of life in mosquito-ridden camps made a resumption of the conflict increasingly unlikely.
But what emerged from a two-hour discussion with Mr. Sankoh, a squat, soft-spoken man of 59 who builds his sentences with almost painful deliberation, is a picture of someone still rolled by offended real and imagined that caused him to start his war.
Like other guerilla leaders throughout this continent, Mr. Sankoh comes across as a man so blinded by the “rightness” of his vague calls for social justice and his eclectic assortment of ideological influences that he has become oblivious to the pain his struggle has brought his country.
He does not seem especially concerned about the havoc he has caused.
“When two lions or elephants are fighting, who is going to suffer?” he said with a smile in response to a question about atrocities. “The grass, of course. I cannot deny it.”
He said that however impatient his countrymen are to get on with their lives, he is not in a hurry to reach peace with a recently elected Government that is his country’s first democratic leadership.
The milestones of Mr. Sankoh’s life are sources of the bitterness that remains with him today. He blames the British, the colonial masters in Sierra Leone until 1961, for his upbringing in poverty and the slow pace of his advancement in the colonial army, where it took him six years to reach the rank of corporal. He blames the United Nations for his deployment in the early 1960's as apart of the peacekeeping force in Zaire in that country’s turbulent early days of independence from Belgium, and sees the force as having betrayed the nationalist Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba, who was assassinated.
Back in Sierra Leone, he was arrested a number of times in the 1960's on vague charges of association with coup plotters. But Mr. Sankoh, who spent several years in his country’s horrible prisons, seems to bear more of a grudge toward the plotters for never having brought him into their inner circle than he does toward his jailers.
“They wanted to make coups, while I always wanted a real revolution’” Mr. Sankoh said, seated in his hotel room along with two aides. “But I was still a corporal and nobody listened to my suggestions because of my rank.”
When he was released from prison in 1976, Mr. Sankoh began a new life as an itinerant photographer, snapping portraits and photo identity cards in one town after another throughout the countryside. As much as he enjoyed this work, he says the job was never more than a cover for his true passion; putting together his own revolutionary organization.
Like rebel movements that have spread across Africa, Mr. Sankoh’s loose association of radicals absorbed the broadest variety of influences, from the ideals of the Boston Tea Party and the French Revolution to the Communism of Cambodia’s Pol Pot.
His biggest model, however, he said, was the 19th-century leader of a rebellion against British rule in Sierra Leone, Bai Bureh, a mystic leader whose traditional nickname, Kebalai, meant “one who never tires of war.” Mr. Sankoh has emulated both Bai Bureh’s kill in setting ambushes against vastly superior forces and his messianic grip on his followers.
More than anything, however, Mr. Sankoh’s movement drew upon an accumulation of resentments common throughout independent Africa that began with the legacy of colonialism and gathered weight with the bitter experience of corruption, deepening poverty and incompetence that came with self-rule.
“By 1983 we had cells all over the country, “ Mr. Sankoh said. “It wasn’t so hard, really. All over Sierra Leone people were crying. Our country was dying and everyone wanted change.”
His movement’s big break came in December 1989, when a former government official named Charles M. Taylor launched a civil war in the neighbouring country of Liberia.
It is widely believed that Mr. Sankoh received training from Mr. Taylor, whose own efforts had been supported by Libya and several french speaking countries in the region. But Mr. Sankoh denies this and scarcely conceals his scorn for his Liberian counterpart, whose only agenda, he says, is personal power.
Where Mr. Taylor is widely seen as being consumed by his ambitions, Mr. Sankoh has befuddled representatives of Sierra Leone’s Government and diplomats alike by inciting that he seeks no high-ranking post or any of the other traditional spoils of war.
‘There is nothing on the table which we want for ourselves.” he said. “What we want is justice for the people of sierra Leone.”
From: Anthony Sisay
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Date Posted: 18:06:01 12/18/07 ()
Email Address: anthonysisay@yahoo.com
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Watch the video on the ongoing Bangura's saga.
From: LOVEY DOVEY
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Date Posted: 17:02:51 12/18/07 ()
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Fen Plaba, I can see that a lot of suitors are trying to befriend you for the sake of that Sierra Leonean jewel, Isha Sesay.
How can we ward them off? I hope you are not trying to double-cross me. I did tell you a long time ago that I want to be your komanneh. Why the heck do we have all these subversive agents trying to whisper a word or two in Isha's ear? In typical upline krio, I will never "lef hakeh for you" if you dupe this Kailahun brother.
Think about it, Orlangba!
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
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Date Posted: 11:49:34 12/20/07 ()
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Brother, this is the wrong forum for bringing this issue of your feelings towards the sister. It is my humble opinion that your post is in bad taste. I would suggest to the administrators that this whole thyread be removed forthwith on the grounds that it is in VERY POOR TASTE.
From: Lovey Dovey
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Date Posted: 13:44:41 12/20/07 ()
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Writing under your real name this time, uh?
Alphaa, where is the "poor taste"
in admiring a sister?
Where in my posting does
it sound so obscene as to be in poor taste?
If I meet her in real life,
I will say thesame words in that
piece, and I am yet to meet a sister
who hates being admired.
I wonder why my expression of admiration for a beautiful sister will be so "munku" and disgusting in your eyes.
Bra, this kind of attitude should be below a revolutionary-thinking brother like you.
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq.
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Date Posted: 18:59:28 12/20/07 ()
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Bra I always write under my own name. Now lets address the issue of Ms. Sesay, she doesnt deserve to have her name being the subject of discussion on the WWW with regards to who would want to date her or not. I still say that it is in poor taste and I stand by what I said. I also think that you are above this type of behavior, and if you arent, you should be.
From: Mohamed A. Kamara
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Date Posted: 22:43:08 12/20/07 ()
Email Address: Saghinosoccerworld@yahoo.com
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Brother Alieu I couldn't agree with you more. Sign of the times the young fellas would say. If that's wassup (as the norm for the fabulous and hip generation), I guess i am stuck in a timewarp. What ever happened to being discreet about the whole process i.e to fancy a lady and make your move, without broadcasting about it first to the whole world; before even the desired individual knows. True some women will bask in the rays of such public AMORE, not knowing a thing or two about the prospective RUDOLPH VALENTINO. Chances are a lady with a rather conservative view in that department; will prefer things to be kept under-wraps.
From: Wilo Wise
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Date Posted: 08:28:59 12/20/07 ()
Email Address: imtu71@hotmail.com
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LOL at Lovey Dovey painfully begging to seek my future wife's attention. I feel your agony and desperation but sorry she's taken (by me). I'll encourage you to be actively involved in Salone's social events or check out one of these dating sites and you might get lucky, hey who knows? I don't even need Fenplaba's introduction to infiltrate and captivate Isha's heart. The feeling is mutual brother!!!! By the way get a life and live Isha alone.
From: denmunkubypacketya
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Date Posted: 01:26:36 12/19/07 ()
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I think this whole thing is in bad taste. Here is a young, progressive Sierra Leonean lady making a mark in the world of television in one of the greatest broadcasters in the world(cnn) and here are a few nasty guys trying to drag her name in their nonsense and bad hart. The moderators should do something about this kind of outrage. Some people can sue for this.
From: Wilo Wise
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Date Posted: 09:02:59 12/20/07 ()
Email Address: imtu71@hotmail.com
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Hey denmunk, you sound like one notorious pathetic homosapien here beyond redemption. What's with it when people express their feelings about a public icon? Is it hating or stupidity? Whatever it is, it appears as if as somebody needs help here. What do you mean by "someone could sue here"? I'd like to know which law has been violated here because neither you nor someone stands a chance for slander which is the closest charge I could imagine. Nevertheless, to be liable for slander a character has to be tortiously damaged here and it would be helpful if you substantiate an act of character assasination here for me. See I'm really trying hard to help you by preventing you from committing potential academic catastrophe by exhibiting gross ignorancy. Let me enlight you a bit. Don't you know it is a feeling of gunuine admiration for Isha which I'm sure you also wish for but just that you lack the credentials and charisma. So I really don't know what is tormenting your brain cells. I know you trying to practise how to sound smart after watching some CNN but you fell short, keep trying bro and harder next time.
From: Chill
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Date Posted: 09:47:46 12/19/07 ()
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This was all in fun. If anything, your observation reflects the exact opposite of what these guys feel about this young woman. My take is that they are all full of respect and admiration for her. So do not be overly sensitive about something that is not a big deal
From: nico
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Date Posted: 05:32:05 12/19/07 ()
Email Address: nicoleconsult@hotmail.com
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Dear denmunkubypacketya
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 20:56:12 12/18/07 ()
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Komaneh Enviable,
If anyone deserves an intro, it is the Lion of Kailahun. A match made in Heaven indeed. Imagine the brain power! The cerebral Adonis Bra E himself and the intellectual Cambridge graduate at CNN. You're the man, bra!
From: Secrets
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Date Posted: 17:22:29 12/18/07 ()
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Lovey Dovey, a wise man should always try to win or attempt to win the heart of the suitee.
From: Lovey Dovey
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Date Posted: 18:24:10 12/18/07 ()
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"Secrets," Paying for "a dinner place" is nothing when compared to the joys of being with a vivacious African Queen from the historic Lion Mountain Republic, AKA Sierra Leone.
I just want to be assured that the Jewel will be within reach when I make my move.
From: Secrets
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Date Posted: 18:34:59 12/18/07 ()
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Make the move and 'secrets' will do the rest. Ned not worry - a serious mind can have it all with 'Secrets'. We specialise in matchmaking.
From: Sugar Ray
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Date Posted: 07:36:40 12/19/07 ()
Email Address: unikad5@yahoo.com
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But Lovey Dovey, aren't you married? Sugar Ray isn't!
From: Lovey Dovey
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Date Posted: 08:15:06 12/19/07 ()
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Sugar Ray,
Your man is single.
I am divorced, single.
My first wife was American.
Nuff said!
From: nico
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Date Posted: 17:17:04 12/18/07 ()
Email Address: nicoleconsult@hotmail.com
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She is not looking for a lion, lions are carnivorous creatures. She is looking for a softly softly cuddle. I had already put my bid. I am her mother's choice. Khadi will soon be my in Law. So keep off. In fact you are a sub photo of Bra Enviable. Aisha will have no dealings with disputed identity.
From: Lovey Dovey
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Date Posted: 18:28:05 12/18/07 ()
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Nico, bad hart nor mix.
Back off dis partikilar sista. Are u another ooman lappa?
This Lion is soft when it is time to be soft, and protective when the Queen needs a masculine defender.
From: Mensa
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Date Posted: 14:35:10 12/18/07 ()
Email Address: unikad5@yahoo.com
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I was over the moon when I saw that the Sierra Leonean born Aisha Sesay was covering the Hajj proceedings for CNN. Anchoring in the respectfully radiant Islamic veil, the tiny angel had a tremendous presence. May her pilgrimage be acceptable to the Almighty Allah just as we wish the same for the rest of all the other muslim brothers and sisters! Hajj Mabroor Haja Aisha!
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Over the years, Sierra Leonean pilgrims have been hitting the news for all the wrong reasons – the major problem being flight arrangements. Once in the thick of events, I guess the Minister for Presidential Affairs would know better about what I'm talking about. This year though, we've been able to breathe a sigh of relief when our pilgrims arrived a few weeks before time! Credit to the Minister of Social Welfare …. and 'goodwill' credit again to the Minister of Presidential Affairs who must have presumably passed over his practical experience, for both to collectively make a distinctive difference. Sometimes a good statesman/stateswoman is recognized through his ability to identity a potentially explosive spot and respond to it with positive remedial measures.
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Intellectuals! Intellectuals! We all love them when their primal concern revolves around realism, rationality and the pursuance of objectives that bring benefit to the general well-being of their people! We read their input in this forum with inward admiration! Even before a click, we know that the stuff to be read in their postings is definitely going to be a masterpiece as usual! Then you get shocked by the sheep's clothing! You feel a disappointment that could be equaled to the desertion of a sunray! So …. in reality ...given the opportunity ... this intellectual would prefer to push through an upside-down ideology at the expense of national interest! No way! We shall hit the keyboard with gusto!! The majority will despise them because their politics evolve around image-projection, irrationalizing the rational and focusing on a misfiring strategy of partisan politics. Real intellectuals create the bases for the exaltation of our national spirits … not the extinguishers of hope! Everybody has a right to his or her opinion. No qualms! But where the deceptive justification provided appears to be eating into the fiber of national intelligence, someone has to stand up to it! The objective is not to win, but to enlighten.
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The APC has to be cautious! The peoples' expectations are immense and cannot be underestimated! The New APC came to power not entirely on the platform of intellectual display … far from it! The masses were simply disillusioned by a docile regime in the SLPP! People toiled with the party and are yet to be rewarded! Some are still parading the corridors of power with growing impatience. The unity of the party is far more important than empty intellectual attraction. In principle, the membership of the party should be open to every Sierra Leonean, but those with a shady past must be put on hold!
From: Candid Opinion
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Date Posted: 18:47:10 12/18/07 ()
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Your style of writing is invigorating..
Lovely pieces above..
Like you said, enlightening..
About Ish.. yeah thats what i call my gyal at CNN...
I watch her religiously sundays.. lovely kid..
From: Mensa
To: All
Date Posted: 07:19:14 12/19/07 ()
Email Address: unikad5@yahoo.com
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Candid-O, I didn't see your posting earlier, but when I did, I felt really touched man!!! Thanks for the compliments! Your style is always rich with humour ... a unique style that could only be traced to a smart and witty guy! Becareful though! You log-in name, writeen in the shorten form as I just did, could make other people intrigued ..... particularly the opposite sex!!!
From: Candid Opinion
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Date Posted: 10:05:01 12/19/07 ()
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well enlighten me my brethren...
Candi do?
Can di do?
candid-ole?
I want to grasp this new "more knicker" that you think will make the o sex gasp in awe....
From: Wilo Wise
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Date Posted: 15:00:27 12/18/07 ()
Email Address: imtu71@hotmail.com
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Isha is my dream wife and I'm willing to offer 20% of my salary to whoever can make it happen :). I'll do whatever it takes to get her and wish me good luck.
From: Sesay Family
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Date Posted: 06:48:33 12/19/07 ()
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Isha is a top person of world calss.Person posting such garbage is not fit to be her husband.By the way, what is you salary??Le 500,000 or Le1,000,000???Isha earns this much in 1-2 hours.Try to respect Ladies, particularly your own compatriots
From: Eddie Grant
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Date Posted: 11:44:04 12/20/07 ()
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I don't think there's disrespect here by Wilo.
From: Brabanxx
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Date Posted: 15:12:14 12/18/07 ()
Email Address: brabanxx@aol.com
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Talk to her uncle:FEN PABLA. If everything goes well, I will demand 5% out of the 20 for my referal fees. Good luck Wilo Wise!
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 15:11:33 12/18/07 ()
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Is this the Super Wilo of FBC and Berencia fame?
From: Brabanxx
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Date Posted: 15:16:27 12/18/07 ()
Email Address: brabanxx@aol.com
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Kortoh Fen Pabla, if Wilo Wise is our "Or Wilo" of Berencia fame, then he is too old for your neice. Or Wilo resides in the same ATL area in Georgia as Aisha.
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 15:33:08 12/18/07 ()
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What is in age that is not in intimacy? Age is a number and assessing humans' age using chronological assessment is evil - I would prefer to assess one by the way you keep yourself - health - body and mind. Make sure you keep within societal norms and values - the world is your oyster - for the imbalance, check out 'lapela' - it can rejuvinate the dead age. Make sure you do not come near my wife!!
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 15:27:53 12/18/07 ()
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Brabanxx, since I am an avid practitioner of the beautiful game called 'Robbing the Cradle', I'm not gonna fault my man here. Remember the immortal decadence of Groucho Marx: "A woman is as old as she feels. A man is as old as the woman he feels!"
From: DeLaw
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Date Posted: 16:57:22 12/18/07 ()
Email Address: contehlawrence@yahoo.com
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I find the comments about Aisha very interesting.To some gentlemen,she appears to be the ultimate 'trophy';she is 'drop dead geogeous',educated and articulate,works for CNN and is Sierra Leonean.I really don't know much more about her.
I feel very proud of the lady and I hope she visits Sierra Leone to encourage other women to follow her footsteps in her chosen field.Some day, in future, I would like to see her run for president of Sierra Leone.Who knows, she might be our Sirleaf.
From: Mensa
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Date Posted: 15:09:37 12/18/07 ()
Email Address: unikad5@yahoo.com
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Really? Dream wife? Pretty cool!! I wish you the best. But, if I may ask, have you really been in contact with her? She could be engaged .... u never know! If only you had been chanced to be in Mekkah to perform the Hajj and Pray for your dream to come true, the angels might have heard you!
From: Wilo Wise
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Date Posted: 09:13:01 12/20/07 ()
Email Address: imtu71@hotmail.com
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Hahahahahha... I know, right? I should have gone to Mecca and convert from Christian to Muslim for Isha right? Then she can interview me for making such a move... lool. That was a good one.
From: Kawusu
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Date Posted: 13:42:24 12/18/07 ()
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It is common knowledge that criticizing public figures is fair game in democratic societies. However, I sometimes wonder why the legal constraints relative to applying the same standard (criticizing public figures) to private citizens cannot somehow be scaled without incurring any liabilities? This brings me to the case of my best friend, Fenplaba, the Northerner who ate Kondoh at Bo School with reckless abandon while romancing beautiful SOUTHEASTERN girls. The audacity of him to behave in this fashion in SLPP territory.
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 14:52:19 12/18/07 ()
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Korthor Kawusu,
Thank you very much for the wonderful compliments (with the accompanying back-handed slaps of course). I thought I was being clever with the morphing of pseudonyms but of course I couldn't fool you, Kalos and the powerful Candid Opinion. Personally, I think Forumite of the Year should go to either Candid Opinion or the formidable Bra Enviable.
It is true that I have changed political colors, along the way, on this forum. If Charles Margai had won, we would have blazed up the house with crazysexy ideas. However, the results being what they are, some of us PMDCers fell back on our second choice (I smiled at the rising sun and Bra Enviable climed up the Palm Tree). Can you imagine how ridiculous I would have appeared supporting Charles Margai, post election, while the Forum is raging with the burning issues of the day, with Charles Margai already supporting EBK? Eeeeeww!
I am a polemicist first and foremost Kawusu. The give-and-take of political discourse is more important to me than the reverential onservance of party orthodoxy. And not for political gain either... That is why I roll with the pseudonyms.
You mentioned two things in your posting that made me wax nostalgic:
Stay Blessed Komaneh Kawusu,
Fen Plaba!
From: Candid Opinion
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Date Posted: 18:56:26 12/18/07 ()
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Bra nor make ah choke..
The compin good but you dey butter me up too muss...
That does not show much respect for the eloquent brother..
I have only been here 3months..defending my greenies..so please nominate soba and erudite gentlemen with sound minds and proven records instead of me..
Nico..
Bra E..
YOU..
Bai Bureh etc all come to mind..
From: conteh
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Date Posted: 13:00:25 12/18/07 ()
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wild jubilation everywhere
From: Candid Opinion
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Date Posted: 13:18:41 12/18/07 ()
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God bless Ernest...
WHAT THEY TOOK FROM US.. he is determined to restore..
From: foday mansaray
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Date Posted: 13:58:53 12/18/07 ()
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Say Amen
From: Candid Opinion
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Date Posted: 14:12:43 12/18/07 ()
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Bra is this a warning..??
Even with all me hibament...
*************Disclaimer***********
I supported them the last election
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supporters go tell god tenki we heart go cole lek Bazzi fridge.. or was it basma..????
From: Ronaldino
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Date Posted: 12:47:29 12/18/07 ()
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Did Tejan Kabba and SLPP have electricity as a priority when they governed? Even small generators were named after TK,'Kabba Tiger'. Plus dutty pump wata became known as 'KAbba Kool- Aid'. What an endictment!
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 15:21:40 12/18/07 ()
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Electricity in Sierra Leone: 11 years of the SLPP..Koe-koe (Natin in Temne). Just 11 WEEKS of APC. SOMBHKMFIG! (Spinning on my bald head, kicking my feet in glee). OrSaaiii! OrWaaiii!
From: Chinua
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Date Posted: 18:45:57 12/18/07 ()
Email Address: fumi@comcast.net
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Great news!! I was convinced that the selection process was fair and I was hoping that the Government will not be side tracked by all the critics which would have lead to a delay in getting these Generators to Freetown. You cannot imagine what it took for these guys (GTG) to pull this off in such a short time. THey definitely had the full support of the "Giant" behind their team, Caterpillar to make this happen. Therefore I am not surprised that they had to air freight a total of 25 MW Generators. Huge effort!! I give credit to NPA, Energy and Power and World Bank staff for putting this procurement on a very fast track and selcting a company that so far seems to be delivering the goods. I just hope that NPA has enough transmission and distribution capacity to receive the generated power. Note that they are delivering 25 MW compared to the contract of 15 MW. The excess 15 MW will serve as a backup when the 15MW Generator is down for maintenance and allow them to not violate the contract which calls for 15 MW, 24 hours/day and 7 days per week. However do not be surprised if the Government ask them to put more that 15 MW if they need it and can pay for it. Good news all round.
From: Cemmat
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Date Posted: 10:24:09 12/19/07 ()
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Why were Tani Pratt and Redwood Sawyerr, not allowed to arm twist Bazzy and obatin some kickback, and perhaps jobs as Consultants to do nothing????Shame on Haja
From: Chinua
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Date Posted: 18:49:32 12/18/07 ()
Email Address: fumi@comcast.net
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The statement on my last post above should have read:
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 12:12:16 12/18/07 ()
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One of the most aggravating things for those of us who are Kono either by birth, language, conception (in my case, at Seidu, Sandor Chiefdom) or other flick of fortune, is the grinding poverty and continued rape of that blessed land. The recent blowout between youths in Koidu and the mercenaries and mafiosi who are daily dynamitimg the kimberlite rocks around Koidu should be an eye opener. Koidu Holdings is just a front for the mercenary interests and East European scofflaws. How the SLPP could have been hoodwinked into selling not just Kono but almost 85% of Sierra Leone to this subsidiary of Branch Energy is one of the most noxious cases of corruption in African politics. Yes, Branch Energy has prospecting rights to about 85% of the land area of Sierra Leone. Unless this abusive situation is reversed, there would be conflagrations in Sierra Leone. We need sunlight to shine on these corrupt mining contracts that have enslaved our people in poverty and hopelessness. What a bloody shame!
From: Mamadu Juma Bah
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Date Posted: 09:25:44 12/19/07 ()
Email Address: jumadba@gmail.com
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The problem of Koidu Holdings should not be for the Kono People alone. It is a problem that will affect every Sierra Leonean. We have to act now before the situation gets out of control.Already we have two people dead and many more wounded.
But, not sure any one MP from that area had made statement on behalf of the Kono people. Are they waiting for more people to die before they act? Or are they going to continue the blame game rather than finding solution to the problem?
From: Candid Opinion
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Date Posted: 12:23:47 12/18/07 ()
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Me sef sef dey shame for defend this wan ya.
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 14:05:57 12/18/07 ()
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Thanks Candido. Indeed all patriotic Sierra Leoneans should be concerned about the mess in Kono. People's homes are being bulldozed; the environment damaged and rocks are raining down and killing defenceless people with no benefit whatsoever for the Kono people, or Sierra Leoneans in general.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Forum, these atrocities that are committed in Kono are not for partisan sniping. It is an issue on which we can all unite, regardless of party or tribe, to agitate against these predatory mining companies that are sucking the life out of our communities. We need to bring to right the outrageous skewdnesss of the Koidu Holdings contract by renegotiating it so that a substantial portion of the profits benefit Kono Land and the environment protected. Politicians should realize that the corrupt, nocturnal deals they make can no longer be tolerated by the sons and daughters of Sierra leone at home and in the diaspora. Enough is enough. My fear is that unless this perfidy is stopped by the govt, the powder keg that is Kono is gonna explode big time. EBK, Sam Sumana, please take action!
From: Jonathan T. Boima
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Date Posted: 18:20:41 12/18/07 ()
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Mr Fen Plaba,
I think every concerned Sierra Leonean did raise a brow at the ratification of the Kabba/Executve Outcome diamond mining contract ( T/A Branch energy or Koidu holdings) in Kono. From the inception to the execution of the contract it was diamond clear the contract was not designed to benifit the masses of Kono or Sierra Leone as a matter of fact. The contract was designed to benifit only a handfull of individuals; Alhaji Dr. kabba being the principal benificiary. When news of the contract was first aired on BBC, concerned Kono's did write to the president drawing his attention to the long term effects of this troublesome contract not to mention the eviromental and ecomnomic loss we might encounter in the near future.He actualy promissed to look into it...... but he got busy with more important issues.
Now the buck stops at EBK's door. We as concerned Sierra Leoneans should call on the president to revisit most of the mining contracts if not all in the entire Country!
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 21:16:41 12/18/07 ()
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I agree with you Jonathan. I think we should use every avenue available to make our case to the powers-that-be. I wonder if there is a pressure group dedicated to that issue right now. If there is none, I think we should set one up and use it to get this nasty company off the backs of our people. I am asking all patriots to join us in this fight. Write a letter, send an email, corner a bureaucrat, nudge someone....into action on behalf of Kono, Sierra Leone and the legacy we want to leave our children. Aluta Continua!
From: Jonathan T. Boima
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Date Posted: 21:53:39 12/18/07 ()
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The Kono's in the UK and around are working on a letter to the President which is going to be hand delivered by Aiah M'briwa. I think that if the people of Sierra Leone have to by any contract that will affect their lies then they should be aware of its fine details. I dont think any body actualy knows the details of these contracts other than the creators. The Paramount Chief of Tankoro (where the Kimbelite is located in Kono); PC Paul Saquee is right here in Georgia as I write you may want to ask him for the details of the contract. You dont want to create a situation where the local authorites are at odds with their subjects.
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 23:23:24 12/18/07 ()
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True that. Indeed the effrontery of Branch Energy is already causing a severe strain between the people and their Chiefs. The people truly believe that their chiefs are corrupt beneficiaries of these diabolical contracts. This assumption has greatly undermined the moral authority of the P.Cs plus the fact that most of them were actively partisan during the elections. That's all water under the bridge now. I think the strained relationship between the chiefs and the youth can be repaired if the chiefs take the lead in repudiating these horrid mrecenary outfits that have been foisted on our people. The chiefs can regain the respect of thir subjects again by refusing the scraps they have been getting from Branch Energy and demanding a more equitable arrangement for their chiefdoms.
Plese post a way to contact Chief Saquee, if you can.
From: Jonathan T. Boima
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Date Posted: 20:40:48 12/19/07 ()
Email Address: jtboima@aol.com
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Fen Plaba,
Contact me by mail for his number!
From: JS
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Date Posted: 04:14:42 12/19/07 ()
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I am not from Kono but i do have a right to say that the whole saga is disgraceful. Kono should have been the most developed in Sierra Leone. The people of Kono should no longer be complacent. They should now come together and put pressure on these giants against their evil deeds. I am not too sure about the renegotiation aspects since the terms of the existing contract has not been made available to the public. However, renegotiation could be done at the end of the existing contract depending on how same was drafted. It is crucial to get hold of the contract which may be impossible for the ordinary man but not the President.
From: Philosopher
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Date Posted: 11:54:31 12/18/07 ()
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I will not judge Abass in the light of whether he is APC or SLPP or wishes to come back home(APC).Abass is the most educated Sierra Leonean and I am proud for him.He is one of the best Diplomats Sierra Leone ever produced.Instead os posting rots about him, will anyone dare to enter into a face to face debate with him????
From: DeLaw
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Date Posted: 17:25:30 12/18/07 ()
Email Address: contehlawrence@yahoo.com
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IT IS A SHAME THAT BOTH ABASS BUNDU AND ABDULAI CONTEH ARE YET TO DEFEND THEMSELVES ON THIS FORUM.I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HEAR FROM THEM AS WELL!
From: nico
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Date Posted: 12:13:42 12/18/07 ()
Email Address: nicoleconsult@hotmail.com
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I do not have a higher degree as Abass but I once beat him in a debate in London when he argued for non- military intervention to remove the AFRC junta.
From: Candid Opinion
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Date Posted: 12:22:12 12/18/07 ()
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Oh well..
We just put this argument to rest..
From: AL. KHAN
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Date Posted: 11:34:55 12/18/07 ()
Email Address: alhajie@comcast.net
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I saw an article about Doctors and malpractices, how about the judges and majistrate. Anti-coruption should pay more attention to them also. If they are kept honest in the country, everything will go smooth, but if they are crooked, how can we keep others honnest. Anti-corruption should start under cover work such as (sting operation) to crack down and combat corruption. They can do this at the quay, where those customs guys are pocketting a lot of money that the Govt. should be using.
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 15:08:07 12/18/07 ()
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No one is above or below the law - so let it be - all equal before the law. If a thief could be stoned in kassire - let a minister be stoned in Freetown. I still do not understand the gain behind selfishness and greed which is the motive for corruption - leading to floating the laws.
From: Brabanxx
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Date Posted: 08:34:10 12/18/07 ()
Email Address: brabanxx@aol.com
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I have stated in one of my earlier posts that Sierra Leoneans are a bunch of smart people. Dr Bundu and Dr Conteh are not excluded from this group. However, since they are human, both of them have their positives and negatives. At this point I think if we should focus on the merits and demerits of the impact of these two fine brains on Sierra Leone, so far as I can recall the merits far outweigh the demerits. I will live with that on the condition that I will remind them of their failings and aid to their reformation, if that lies within my power to do so.
ORSAIII.....
From: Jonathan T. Boima
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Date Posted: 18:28:52 12/18/07 ()
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Please jog my memory.
Was he the guy whose wife slapped an ISU officer during the confussion? There were so many instances of those types of incidents that I tend to mix them up!
From: broke ose
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Date Posted: 08:40:42 12/18/07 ()
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Brabanx, your honesty is brighter and I won't doubt your background. Being my teacher and someone who made our School proud, I will only say you still cloaked in honesty.
Stay bless
From: KKW
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Date Posted: 08:16:36 12/18/07 ()
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In terms of integrity and the need for progressive political thinkers, Abbas Bundu and Abdulai Conteh are identical myrmidons cut from the same clothe of treachery used to stitch our national backwardness.
Wow!
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 11:24:39 12/18/07 ()
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For a nincomidiot like me, what the hell is a myrmidon?
From: BRA ENVIABLE
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Date Posted: 12:11:40 12/18/07 ()
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KKW, How dee bodi, bra.
Ow dee otutu up north?
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Orlangba Fen Plaba, Kabor.
Brabanxx has defined it all.
In political terms, a myrmidon is a man willing to sacrifice integrity in order to do anything sycophantic to satisfy his master. Doctors Bundu and Conteh are so brilliant that in my adolescent days, I spent a lot of time wanting to be like them. Who can forget the intellectually melodious voice of Dr. Bundu representing Sierra Leone on the international stage? And Dr. Conteh? He made many Africans wonder whether every Sierra Leonean is of Shakespearean descent. Away from their intellectual capacities, these men stooped so low as to participate in the running of governments that wouldn't pass the easiest test on civilized politics. In the process, they became the opposites of the erudition that makes them admirable. I am willing to serve Sierra Leone in a political capacity, but being a tool in the hands of a corrupt, repressive and ineffectual government will never be my cup of tea.
From: Brabanxx
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Date Posted: 11:54:07 12/18/07 ()
Email Address: brabanxx@aol.com
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Kortoh Fen Pabla do not let the hills of mount olympus come rolling down.
According to Webster's Third New International Dictionary: myrmidon:- 1. one of lendary Thessalian people accompanying Achilles to the Trojan War. 2 a: a loyal retainer or attendant b: a follower or surbordinate who unquestioningly or pitilessly executes orders : HIRELING
From: Mensa
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Date Posted: 15:01:05 12/18/07 ()
Email Address: unikad5@yahoo.com
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Thanks Brabanxx. I was going to check it out on the dictionary, but you simply beat me to it! This forum is in essense a place where we learn a lot! Best regards!
From: Brabanxx
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Date Posted: 07:52:21 12/18/07 ()
Email Address: brabanxx@aol.com
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My secretary forwarded this to me. I thought it was interesting.
From: Candid Opinion
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Date Posted: 09:11:24 12/18/07 ()
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Oh Ye sons who do not know about an american invention called GOOGLE..
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 11:41:33 12/18/07 ()
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I believe in urban legends, Candido. Thanks Brabanxx.
From: Candid Opinion
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Date Posted: 12:04:11 12/18/07 ()
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Let there be light..
So sayeth the bra..
2 months ago.. and it has come to past that it is 40 days and 40 nights since the bra sayeth that.. and still natin.. we nor know ormus he worth..
Nigerian criminal code:
Chapter 4: verse 19.
From: Bai Bureh
To: All
Date Posted: 05:52:45 12/18/07 ()
Email Address: rastafari_ish@hotmail.com
Entered From: dator5678.161.gbgsd.se at 62.88.180.78
Does it realy require even a year to do it? Hell nooo!
Eleven years? Unthinkable! So what does it take to pull it off like this? Dedication, honesty, patriotism,empathy and above all good,strong and modern leadership.
What the 'TANGAYS' leadership failed miserably to do in eleven years the 'BABYBOOMERS' have done in just 'a few' months!
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 04:01:51 12/18/07 ()
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Alie:
From: repeat and repeat and
To: All
Date Posted: 11:51:10 12/18/07 ()
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E do so.........
From: MILTON FRIEDMAN
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Date Posted: 10:30:38 12/18/07 ()
Email Address: mfriedman@imf.org
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Mr. Jalloh,
According to your nonsense, by merely restructuring the exchange rate of the Leone to be at par with the dollar, purchasing power increases; Sierra Leoneans will then import more and then they become better-off.
Pitfall: When every Sierra Leonean imports due to increased purchasing power, and with little or no exports, there is a trade balance deterioration or deficit. The capital account of our balance of payments is anemic and can not be relied upon to bail out any deficiencies in the current account. In the medium term, as demand for foreign currency rises to meet the need of every import maniac in Sierra Leone, the dollar appreciates which correspondingly mean that the Leone depreciates. In such a case, how will the value of the Leone be kept at par with the dollar when you have contradicted yourself that you are proposing neither a fixed exchange rate regime nor a floating exchange rate regime? Is the Bank of Sierra Leone going to keep making exchange rate decrees every week? If so, then is tantamount to a fixed or at best managed exchange rate regime under which monetary policy by the Bank of Sierra Leone is effectively held hostage.
Even on the conservative side, not every Sierra Leonean will import any way. Given the high unemployment rate in Sierra Leone, the “hapless” Sierra Leoneans, as you monotonously call them will not have the sustained income to finance their wishes to import. In addition we still import everything down to our own food. How much of the mineral resource revenue goes through the formal system with our porous borders? Wherein is your poverty alleviation when an already high proportion of the population lives below a dollar a day? Or was that caption meant to disparage Sierra Leoneans?
In one of your tirades against Mr. Alie Formeh Kamara, you use both revaluation and appreciation as if the two terms mean the same. I strongly believe that you lack the fundamental knowledge of the difference between the two concepts. When economists talk about appreciation and depreciation of the exchange rate, it is in the context of a flexible or floating exchange rate regime. And when devaluation and revaluation are used, it is in the context of a fixed or managed exchange rate regime. This is elementary economics still taught at the Form IV level at Christ the King College in Bo.
As usual, I don’t expect you to learn anything from anyone on this forum. You are too arrogant and too full of yourself to learn and to take corrections. Here is what I expect from you;
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 11:26:16 12/18/07 ()
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"As usual, I don’t expect you to learn anything from anyone on this forum. You are too arrogant and too full of yourself to learn and to take corrections. Here is what I expect from you; You are going to go into a tirade using all kinds of poetic rhetoric. You are going to be dismissive and use terms such as “unfortunate mistake”, erroneously”, “sadly”, “lack comprehension” and so on."
As with everthing else in your shallow posting which you no doubt imagine makes sense, you are very wrong about your expectation of me quoted above, my sadly indecorous friend.
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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Date Posted: 09:05:50 12/18/07 ()
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Moh’m writes:
Accordingly, kindly permit me to inform you that whereas the value of accumulated savings and other static wealth held in local currency (Leones) are AUTOMATICALLY changed in accordance with the change in the exchange rate to the new currency, no such automatic relationship exists for future non-static streams of income AFTER the change to the new currency. Thus, your untenable assumption to the contrary proves that you still do not understand how revaluation works.
My reply:
I feel that I am getting some where in re-educating you. I see some progress at least.
One thing we have agreed on is that there will be no ‘increase in purchasing power’ from the value of savings and other static wealth held in local currency (Leones).
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 11:13:36 12/18/07 ()
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Alie Formeh Kamara writes on December 18, 2007:
"My reply:
I feel that I am getting some where in re-educating you. I see some progress at least.
One thing we have agreed on is that there will be no ‘increase in purchasing power’ from the value of savings and other static wealth held in local currency (Leones)."
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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Date Posted: 13:00:58 12/18/07 ()
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What I was afraid of is finally coming to light. I originally suspected that you had a sleezy ace under your sleeves.
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Date Posted: 14:05:47 12/18/07 ()
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Alie Formeh Kamara [ at 198.22.236.230] on December 18, 2007:
Alie:
From: KKW
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There may be a typo in the above. The said shoe would cost Le10 under a Le1 = $1 exchange rate regime, not Le 1.
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KKW:
From: MILTON FREIDMAN
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Mr. Jalloh,
“Your unfortunate mistake above is one of comprehension. You do not appear to understand that my use of the expression "an increase in purchasing power" refers to the ability of S/Leoneans to buy more imported goods for the same amount of income after the restoration of the value of the Leone -- because the goods are now priced lower (in Leones) to reflect the stronger Leone. So, for example, an imported shoe which cost $10 landed in SL would cost Le 30,000 under an exchange rate of Le 3,000 = $1. However, with the rate at Le 1 = $1, the same shoe would now cost only Le 1” Moh’m Jalloh
According to your nonsense, by merely restructuring the exchange rate of the Leone to be at par with the dollar, purchasing power increases; Sierra Leoneans will then import more and then they become better-off.
Pitfall: When every Sierra Leonean imports due to increased purchasing power, and with little or no exports, there is a trade balance deterioration or deficit. The capital account of our balance of payments is anemic and can not be relied upon to bail out any deficiencies in the current account. In the medium term, as demand for foreign currency rises to meet the need of every import maniac in Sierra Leone, the dollar appreciates which correspondingly mean that the Leone depreciates. In such a case, how will the value of the Leone be kept at par with the dollar when you have contradicted yourself that you are proposing neither a fixed exchange rate regime nor a floating exchange rate regime? Is the Bank of Sierra Leone going to keep making exchange rate decrees every week? If so, then this will be tantamount to a fixed or at best managed exchange rate regime under which monetary policy by the Bank of Sierra Leone is effectively held hostage.
Even on the conservative side, not every Sierra Leonean will import any way. Given the high unemployment rate in Sierra Leone, the “hapless” Sierra Leoneans, as you monotonously call them will not have the sustained income to finance their wishes to import. In addition we still import everything down to our own food. How much of the mineral resource revenue goes through the formal system with our porous borders? Wherein is your poverty alleviation when an already high proportion of the population lives below a dollar a day? Or was that caption meant to disparage Sierra Leoneans?
In one of your tirades against Mr. Alie Formeh Kamara, you use both revaluation and appreciation as if the two terms mean the same. I strongly believe that you lack the fundamental knowledge of the difference between the two concepts. When economists talk about appreciation and depreciation of the exchange rate, it is in the context of a flexible or floating exchange rate regime. And when devaluation and revaluation are used, it is in the context of a fixed or managed exchange rate regime. This is elementary economics still taught at the Form IV level at Christ the King College in Bo.
As usual, I don’t expect you to learn anything from anyone on this forum. You are too arrogant and too full of yourself to learn and to take corrections. Here is what I expect from you;
From: BRA ENVIABLE
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The disparaging remarks you made against Abbas Bundu were quite in line with the Alieu Iscandari I know. On every occasion I have talked to you via telephone, your opinions have always come out of an unstinting candor that never fails to impress me. Little wonder I call you "Alphaa," the word that refers to a learned teacher of the Islamic faith.
Earlier on, you posted a message that figuratively walled off the APC against Abbas Bundu because you find the man too scandal-prone to be allowed into the "new" party in power. When I read that message, I tried to reconcile your admiration for Abdulai Conteh with the vitriol thrown at Abbas Bundu. In terms of integrity and the need for progressive political thinkers, Abbas Bundu and Abdulai Conteh are identical myrmidons cut from the same clothe of treachery used to stitch our national backwardness. In layman's terms, Abbas Bundu and Abdulai Conteh are political errand boys who will do anything to snuggle themselves into the warmth of power. The same brush with which you tarred Abbas Bundu should have been used to decry Abdulai Conteh's cozy appointment to China as head of our diplomatic mission.
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
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Date Posted: 22:17:24 12/17/07 ()
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I forgot to add Bra E that I was APC when to be one wasnt cool in the Sierra Leonean community. I will be APC, when APC is cool and I have a vested interest in the party to make sure that we do not attract people to it or allow those into positions of trust who have at one time o the other breached the public trust. Theres nothing worng with that me fren is there?
From: nico
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Alieu
From: David Bangura
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M Alieu, Earnest Koroma still has to show that he is the father of the nation. Since the past election, people believed to be supporters of the SLPP are still being victimized. We dont want to see opponents running away from their own country for fear of intimidations from the rulling party. That is very uncivilized. That is one of the reasons why I dont want to think that this is a new APC, because the same thing that was happening during the old APC, as they called it, is the same thing that is happening. APC always use terror as their campaign strategy. They throw fear into people. The only thing they should know is that, Sierra Leone is not the country they use to know. People are determined now to fight for what they believed in. Come 20012, let them dont mistake. A word for the wise is suffecent.
From: Alimamy Turay
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Date Posted: 14:48:01 12/18/07 ()
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You are bias! this is a new APC! what did your slpp do for the nation; hunger and poverty continue to hit people! Boh sidom dae
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
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Date Posted: 22:02:22 12/17/07 ()
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Bra E thanks for asking. I have a tremendous amount of respect for Dr's Abass Bundu and Abdulai Conteh as two legal professionals who have attained the highest degree attainable in the profession. Furthermore I have had an opportunity to meet, sit, discuss and have lunch with Dr. Abdulai Conteh and I must say that if you ever had the opportunity to meet him your opinon of him would change. He is effervescent, humble non arrogant and a great thinker. Surely you cannot take away from him those great atributes.
From: BRA ENVIABLE
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Date Posted: 22:26:15 12/17/07 ()
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Alphaa Alieu,
Let me clarify a phrase you may not have understood as used in my posting. Writing from the standpoint of a critic, "esoteric nonsense" refers to highly academic language incomprehensible to ORDINARY PEOPPLE. I admire Dr. Conteh so much that during my secondary school days, I frequently read some of the speeches he wrote as Sierra Leone's Foreign Minister. I certainly recognize his towering academic status.
What I do not have in abundance for the man is political respect. How did a man of such refinement stand by Siaka Stevens to clamp a brutal dictatorship on Sierra Leone?
By the way, u norber don with hiberment. When did I become head of the SLPP "propaganda machine?" Now that the good for nothing Kabba is gone, the party needs all its sons to help in the process of intra-party recovery. Sierra Leone deserves a strong SLPP to stand up against the APC.
Peace out, Alphaa.
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
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Date Posted: 22:35:49 12/17/07 ()
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What I do not have in abundance for the man is political respect. How did a man of such refinement stand by Siaka Stevens to clamp a brutal dictatorship on Sierra Leone?
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In that he was not alone, so why pick on him. Salia Jusu sherriff and many who were members of the last SLPP administration wer members of the so called Siaka Stevens Dictatorship. I never saw that dictatorship. Under Siaka stevens, Sierra Leone was relatively safe and peaceful I am sure you would agree.
From: SGK
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Date Posted: 20:52:21 12/17/07 ()
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Bra Enviable,
You have my support on this 100%.
I cannot understand why the gentleman would want to defend the likes of Pa Sheki and Dr.Abdulai Conteh but cry down on Abass Bundu. To me, they are all the same. Maybe this is one of the ethics of his profession as a lawyer defending the "undefendible". But i believe one should always try to be honest to themselves and the public irrespective of their profession or affiliation with others. He is practicing a honest religion and i am expecting him to be unbiased in all his arguments.
Do not get me wrong, i have tremendous respect for Mr. Iscandari in this forum. He his one of the level-headed people here.
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
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Date Posted: 22:24:12 12/17/07 ()
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True advocacy means that one must take a position on issues and use cogent argumentation to make their point. It is an art form steeped in BIAS. BTW how do you know that I am practicing an honest religion? To what extent if any should my ability to take positions relevant to my political party, givernment be dictated by my religious belief. Are the two not mutually exclusive?
From: SGK
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Date Posted: 23:21:48 12/17/07 ()
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Mr Iscandari,
You are not talking to a child, you are a Muslim.
You are my brother, i am not going to argue with you.
Have a nice Eid.
God bless.
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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Date Posted: 20:34:06 12/17/07 ()
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We live in a democracy, I hope. Abass Bundu is free to join any party that he wants at anytime. But his reputation has suffered because of that. He might be an opportunist that is simply promoting himself.
DR Abdulai Conteh on the other hand is a fine gentleman who, unlike Abass Bundu, has never left the party. He is with the party. You have the right to your opinion about him. But there is no reason for a forward thinking APC members to resent Dr. Abdulai Conteh. If he had a chance to rebut your statement that amounts to an indictment, I trust that he will do so with the eloquence that you admire in him and with candor .
Good try but no cigar.
From: Brabanxx
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Date Posted: 20:18:03 12/17/07 ()
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"...Abdulai Conteh's cozy appointment to China as head of our diplomatic mission."
From: BRA ENVIABLE
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Brabanxx, Thank you for rectifying that.
I only realized that gaffe after posting the message. Still, that should not affect the question put to Alphaa Alieu regarding Abbas and Abdulai Conteh.
From: Mohamed A. Kamara
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Date Posted: 00:30:09 12/18/07 ()
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Thank you very much Enviable for subduing my cardiac arrest. Boy! Was I ready to throw in my pennies into the issue. Now that I know it is not Abdulai (morally bankrupt)Conteh representing our homeland in China, I can get some good sleep. I was Ready to paint a not so rosy picture of him, for my fellow Princewalean, Alieu. The Lord knows we do not need his excess baggage in our new APC. Cheers.
From: bankie
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Date Posted: 05:55:26 12/18/07 ()
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The best way to live with a FOOL is to compliment him.
Apparently,this self-proclaimed lawyer is total illiterate when responding to well researched piece of work from fair and balanced contributors on this forum.If ALIEU fails to comprehend the identical political traits of Dr Bundu and Dr conteh,then surely his only role in life could be to retreat to his village as KARMOR ALIEU ISCANDARI.Oh the poor and vulnerable villagers will be at serious RISK .
The fact of the matter is that Alieu is not only a die hard APC but belongs to the innermost core of late S I KOROMA'S SCHOOL OF THOUGHT which advocated for the total elemination of SLPP .Unfortunately, Dr Bundu happened to have embrassed the SLPP and that he should have no role in the developmental process in Sierra Leone.
Mr Iscandari,you must REFORM OR ROT IN HELL as even reoffenders are given chance to reintegrate into communities.
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq.
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Date Posted: 10:08:28 12/18/07 ()
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"The fact of the matter is that Alieu is not only a die hard APC but belongs to the innermost core of late S I KOROMA'S SCHOOL OF THOUGHT which advocated for the total elemination of SLPP"
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Man I am in stitches from laughing so hard. It is interesting how some people can sell their OPINIONs based on fiction as FACT. Is it really a "fact of the matter" or is this another of your usual fictional statements being paraded as fact?
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"Mr Iscandari,you must "REFORM OR ROT IN HELL" as even reoffenders are given chance to reintegrate into communities.
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I would rather rot in hell than not tell the truth and speak my opinion. I still stand by my opinion that the NEW APC must be very careful of "snake oil sales men who come as friends only to destroy the good name of the party. As an SLPP supporter you would agree with me that prior to the elections one of the issue that the SLPP talked about the most was the perceived corruption of the prior APC governments. So what beef do you or others in the SLPP have if I as a vested memeber of the APC, warns my party against Politicians who do not have a clean public record? Do you guys have an interest in having the APC take in all of your rejects?
From: Alimamy Turay
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Date Posted: 14:58:28 12/18/07 ()
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Allieu is right on this! Let Abass stay out! One should be principled!!!!!
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
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Date Posted: 19:01:57 12/17/07 ()
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The Day of `Arafah & `Eid Al-Adha: Those who can not perform Haj may fast on this Day(Tuesday-Tomorrow)..........
From: Siaka Margai
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Alpha,
thanks again but please avoid being raw as on your recent posting on Dr Abass Bundu ( I mean using the three letter word beginning A)...
Islam condemns an Alpha who knows the whole Quran but does not live by it and commends an Alpha who knows just little but lives by it.
A verse alive in you better than verses dead in you
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
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Date Posted: 19:21:37 12/17/07 ()
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Thanks a lot for the advice even the prophets were known to get angry at times and expressing it is good rather than having it get bottled up in your mind. Appreciate the comment.
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 18:37:16 12/17/07 ()
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THE WEDDING TEST
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 22:51:13 12/17/07 ()
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Bad boy Chez! That was funny. Ar laff lek hyena.
From: Patriot
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Salone Stand the most visited at d exhibition, visit www.ernestkoroma.org/news1.htm for more
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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Date Posted: 17:45:12 12/17/07 ()
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I admitted that I was wrong for thinking that your article was a proposal to end poverty. But there are a lot of unanswered questions still. I know you do not do well with criticisms because you tend to become insulting. But I am ready to take all your insults because you are presenting a theory for practical application in Sierra Leone and frankly you make a lot of assumptions and you should not assume everyone is with you.
In the past, I expressed concern about your proposal because I thought you intended to enrich Sierra Leoneans in the process by rolling back the value of the currency to what it was in 1969 while correspondingly leading to the devaluation of all other currencies. Therefore I tried to caution you that the speed of the devaluation will cause insurmountable problems and public uproar. In fact I went to the extent of saying that it would irritate our neighbors.
"If revaluation of the Sierra Leone currency does not effectively lead to the devaluation of other currencies how is the purchasing power of sierra Leoneans expected to increase?" You then gave this assigning response :
Then you went on to say that my statement ‘does not make any economic sense.’
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 04:05:53 12/18/07 ()
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Alie Formeh Kamara wrote on December 17, 2007:
Alie:
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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Date Posted: 06:40:43 12/18/07 ()
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Moh’m
My guess is that you and other members of the Think Tank have differing understanding about the kind of revaluation proposed and this will become clear due to this discussion that we are having.
First of all I do not think that you and other members of the Think Tank had sufficient time to discuss and review the proposal before you presented it to the President. In fact there seem to be a crack in your ranks over the issue of presentation of the document to the President. I know this because there is the question as to who the presenter was representing and there was another question as to whether there would be a follow up to the first document for the purpose of filling in the gaps.
Here is where you went wrong:
‘You do not appear to understand that my use of the expression "an increase in purchasing power" refers to the ability of S/Leoneans to buy more imported goods for the same amount of income after the restoration of the value of the Leone -- because the goods are now priced lower (in Leones) to reflect the stronger Leone. So, for example, an imported shoe which cost $10 landed in SL would cost Le 30,000 under an exchange rate of Le 3,000 = $1. However, with the rate at Le 1 = $1, the same shoe would now cost only Le 1.
My answer: Remember that you said that the current Leones will be exchanged to the new Sierra Leone currency at the rate of Le 3000 for one unit of the new currency. Let’s call that new currency, for purposes of simplicity, Bai Bureh and denote it with the symbol BB. So that in effect if someone had Le3000, after the conversion, he/she will now have BB1. Now, please note that the BB1 is equivalent to $1 after your proposed revaluation. In other words BB exchanges to the dollar at the rate of 1 to 1.
Now a basket of imported commodities which was previously bought for Le 3000 is now bought for BB1. Where in this analysis is the ‘increased purchasing power’ that would alleviate poverty when all you have done is simply use another currency.
For your information income and wealth will all be expressed in the new currency. Therefore a Civil servant, for example, that was receiving Le300,000/month will now receive an amount equivalent to BB100/month.
Can’t you see that there is no gain in ‘purchasing power’ for the new currency. In fact you can hardly called that a revaluation.
Now take the example of a true revaluation that confers a higher purchasing power to a currency which is revalued. Let us say, hypothetically, that formerly Le12 was valued at $1. Let us assume that the Leone gets revalued and now Le10 is exchanged for $1.
Now using this example, if a basket of commodities that cost $1 was previously bought with Le12, now for the same basket of commodities because $1 is now equivalent to Le10, ceteris paribus, one has to spend only Le10 for the same basket of commodities. Note that in this example, income and wealth were not depreciated.
I hope this explanation will help you.
I am for revaluation that makes sense and will actually lead to a higher purchasing power. But any such revaluation should have to be moderate or it will cause alarm.
,
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 07:27:09 12/18/07 ()
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Alie Formeh Kamara writes on December 18, 2007:
"For your information income and wealth will all be expressed in the new currency. Therefore a Civil servant, for example, that was receiving Le300,000/month will now receive an amount equivalent to BB100/month."
"What happens to incomes expressed in terms of the leone would it be expected to take a dip and be set to the new value? In other words would a Le300,000 in income be equivalent to 300units of the new currency?"
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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Date Posted: 08:12:47 12/18/07 ()
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Yuo are wrong Moh'm. I will give my response in a little while.
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 08:58:13 12/18/07 ()
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Alie:
From: Boli
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Date Posted: 10:24:19 12/18/07 ()
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Is this the same Mohamed Jalloh who did a 'holiday job' at Sierra Leone Electricity sometime in the 80s. If it was, we both worked together with Baimba Mansaray and others in the Accounts Dept. I hope you are okay.
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 11:34:52 12/18/07 ()
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My friend, it was not a "holiday job" -- it was a holiday job! (no quotation marks) {laugh]
From: Boli
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Date Posted: 10:46:30 12/19/07 ()
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I had almost forgotten Pa Temple. I was your 'borbor'. It must have been in 1975/76 as I had just completed my A levels and I was always in admiration of you, and you were a great source of advice and inspiration. I have left the motherland for quite a while now and have lost contact with the folk at SLEC.
From: Bobor Pain
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Date Posted: 11:32:34 12/18/07 ()
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Obviously not. Cant you see the man is in pain. He is obviously howling at
the moon, someone is handing his nuts to him and he cant recognize that
they are his despite the pain. I am glad Ali has taken the time to
dismember this mad mans rantings.
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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Date Posted: 06:50:28 12/18/07 ()
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Please disregard the last paragraph on my posting. That was actually a quote from Moh'm Jalloh. I inadvertently left it in the document after posting.
From: Freetong Pikin
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Date Posted: 16:44:21 12/17/07 ()
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TRENTON, N.J. - Gov. Jon S. Corzine signed into law Monday a measure that abolishes the death penalty, making New Jersey the first state in more than four decades to reject capital punishment.
From: mamusu
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Date Posted: 16:14:48 12/17/07 ()
Email Address: Ihksa@dlh.de
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You may need to be reminded that in the game of dirty politics some body/people are planning to never get Freetown to be lit in the same the publicity to light Freetown is going on.So every body must be on look out.
From: Shawn Anderson
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Date Posted: 15:46:46 12/17/07 ()
Email Address: Shawn_1977@yahoo.com
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Mr. Kabs Kanu what is your opinion regarding the posts below that is on the mayor's web blog? It seems to suggest that your not objective enough to allow opinions that is not in line with yours to be posted, even if they are not offensive.
A message to the Readers of the Mayor’s Home News Tribune Web Blog and Cocorioko…
(Anonymous)
2007-12-10 07:09 pm UTC (link)
Recently there were many posts regarding citizens of Franklin Township. Though none of the people mentioned are perfect the post were with out merit or proof. It is a shame that someone is using the disagreement between individuals to fuel animosity. Listen Mayor and Mr. Kabs Kanu editor of Cocorioko, if half of what was said regarding Victor Fakondo chairman of Bethel United African Church, SCAP board of Trustee member and Saint Peter’s University Hospital Employee were true, I doubt he would hold any of these positions. If what was written about Isaac Dorsey were true, he would not still be the director of the Somerset Community Action Program, helping the children of Franklin Township. If a third of the things written about Tyrone Jamison were true, he would not have been on the Rent Leveling board for Franklin township, nor served under Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula, nor still be employed as a deportation officer for the department of Homeland Security. The fact that Mr. Darryl Simpkins has a thriving law office is a testament to his honesty and good relations with the community. Ms. Agnes Kulu Banya is a school teacher and a board member for the Franklin Township Housing authority. Now all of these people have impressive academic credentials and have provided service to the Franklin Township New Jersey community for everyone regardless of ethnicity. These people may disagree with one another publicly and have stood there ground tenaciously; they have never been proven to have disrespected each other publicly, so why should we the citizens of this township entertain this rumor mongering and gossip. If anyone of these people were accused of something, then the proof should be submitted. Only an uneducated mind adopts the thoughts of others without creditable evidence to corroborate the allegation. I know that both the Mayor and Mr. Kabs Kanu editor of Cocorioko removed the horrendous posts regarding these individuals. People should have the right to write about the issues, but they should not be allowed to abuse any public forum to spread slander and lies. Nobody’s family is perfect, however many of these people profess to be Christian, if that is the case Jesus Christ said you would know his people by the love they have amongst them. For those who are Christian that is something that should be thought about. As a member of this township, a Sierra Leonean by birth, and a member of the Bride of Christ Global Ministries church, I think we should all praise God and think of Love and peace in this time of year.. I pray for all the people slandered and for the families of those people. I sincerely hope that in the future people do as the Mayor suggested and use these forums for thoughtful discourse that raises the awareness of the citizenry...
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Re: A message to the Readers of the Mayor’s Home News Tribune Web Blog and Cocorioko…
(Anonymous)
2007-12-10 08:24 pm UTC (link)
The above message was posted on Cocorioko, I guess it was removed because Kabs Kanu did not want it on Cocorioko but why?.. I know there were many articles negative ones written about Victor Fakondo and his church Bethel United African church, but because this story is told exactly as it should be told, objectively without bias that is why it was not allowed to remain?.. Now if you can post negative things about Victor Fakondo why not positive ones? I don't know why but I hope it is not what it appears to be? Thank you Mayor for allowing non-bias positivity to be posted on your blog..
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Re: A message to the Readers of the Mayor’s Home News Tribune Web Blog and Cocorioko…
(Anonymous)
2007-12-11 12:38 pm UTC (link)
I agree, as a matter of fact Bethel United African church just had a successful fund raising event at the Holiday Inn..... Boyabei and Sengulay's churchs are doing well, please let calm resume,, and let us all work for a better state of New Jersey......
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Re: A message to the Readers of the Mayor’s Home News Tribune Web Blog and Cocorioko…
(Anonymous)
2007-12-16 07:59 am UTC (link)
First let me say that I agree with everything mentioned in the previous post. A little history needs to be reviewed. All of the people mentioned above are connected, Agnes Kulu Banya and Victor Fakondo are from the same African tribe Mandee, which are known to be of the educated class in Seirre Leone, not to get into tribal Psychology but here it is significant... For Americans that don't know tribal psychology still seperates and unites many Africans from Seirra Leone, many will attribute Agnes Kulu Banya's fierce support for Victor Fakondo in the past due to this affliation. Agnes Kulu Banya's son in law is Tyrone Jamison, Victor Fakondo served on the Bethel United African Church board of Trustees with Agnes Kulu Banya, Agnes Kulu Banya also served on the Somerset Community Action Program board of Trustees several years ago, and currently serves with Darryl Simpkins Former SCAP and current Franklin Township Housing authority attorney. Tyrone Jamison's engagement party was held at SCAP at the Hamilton Street locat1on, Victor Fakondo SCAP board of Trustee member arranged it with none other than Isaac Dorsey SCAP director. Christiania Fakondo, Victor Fakondo's daughter served as a bride's maid for Tyrone Jamison's wedding with Victor Fakondo and his family being honored guess... Christiania Fakondo also requested that Tyrone Jamison and Agnes Kulu Banya's daughter invite Mathew Brehaw's Christiania's husband to the wedding who was in Africa at the time. The Fakondo and Banya family were against this move for undisclosed reasons. Tyrone Jamison played Santa Clause for the children of SCAP one year at the behest of the former daycare manager of the SCAP daycare program, Tyrone Jamison and Victor Fakondo worked together on a Bethel United African church project called CAGI. Tyrone Jamison served on the Rent Leveling Board and was nominated to that position by former council woman Wandra Ashley Williams, served under Upednra Chivukula by recommendation of former Governor James Mcgreevey, and became a democratic committeeman for district 44, while retaining memberships with NAACP, and the American Legion. So you see people how can any of these people talk about each other when they all associated in formal and informal settings, some even being related or close friends of each other's family? The people of Franklin Township must know that Victor Fakondo and his family are very respectable people that has helped the community.. Though these people may have problems now they can never deny the facts... If problems still exist between these people it is more than political it is personal. Maybe that is where these disagreements should be resolved, these people should not allow third party people who are unaware of the history to turn them against each other, or keep the fire burning with non-sense....
From: KABS KANU
To: All
Date Posted: 17:55:17 12/17/07 ()
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" The above message was posted on Cocorioko, I guess it was removed because Kabs Kanu did not want it on Cocorioko but why?.. I know there were many articles negative ones written about Victor Fakondo and his church Bethel United African church, but because this story is told exactly as it should be told, objectively without bias that is why it was not allowed to remain?.. Now if you can post negative things about Victor Fakondo why not positive ones? I don't know why but I hope it is not what it appears to be? Thank you Mayor for allowing non-bias positivity to be posted on your blog.."
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I extended Fakondo. And so were other pastors from out-of-state. Many wrote me to say that I should not have published the Emmanuel Harding interview which was heavily pro-Fakondo and heavily anti-Boyabi and good men of God like Pastor Gibrilla Bangura of Maryland.
From: John
To: All
Date Posted: 14:39:49 12/17/07 ()
Email Address: sales@salonebizdirectory.com
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Hi
From: aratadokomot
To: All
Date Posted: 14:19:21 12/17/07 ()
Email Address: elvisk2004@yahoo.co.uk
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Where is Foday, Dauda, Alex Mansaray, Bubu Kamara and Alie Kossay? Did they give up the political race or waiting for an appiontment by Ernest Koroma or are they in Freetown waiting for appiontment or Voluntering. Let me know?
From: aratadokomot
To: All
Date Posted: 09:26:44 12/19/07 ()
Email Address: elvisk2004@yahoo.co.uk
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Where is Foday, Dauda, Alex Mansaray, Bubu Kamara and Alie Kossay? Did they give up the political race or waiting for an appiontment by Ernest Koroma or are they in Freetown waiting for appiontment or Voluntering. Let me know?
From: Candid Opinion
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Date Posted: 14:07:42 12/17/07 ()
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Kabs.. I sent an email requesting quotes on advertizing..
Can someone respond back please..
From: fmansaray
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Date Posted: 23:33:58 12/17/07 ()
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Please Email your advert to muchsonsesay@yahoo.com and we will get back to you.
From: fmansaray@aol.com
To: All
Date Posted: 13:19:24 12/17/07 ()
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muckson please call me or kabbs.
From: Alfred Sesay
To: All
Date Posted: 13:09:17 12/17/07 ()
Email Address: zakapal@comcast.net
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Again this idea is not politically motivated. For the fact that some people have asked for contact information, you can reach me with suggestions by email at zakapal@comcast.net. We need to alleviate poverty in Sierra Leone
From: FMANSARAY@AOL.COM
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Date Posted: 13:08:41 12/17/07 ()
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PLEASE CONTACT ME OR KABBS
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 10:50:57 12/17/07 ()
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I was just made to understand that ABASS BUNDU is now attempting to join the APC can someone confirm this? All I can say is that it is time that the APC starts giving the boot to certain who do not mean well for the party. Ernest Koroma and the APC outta look into the records of these "refuseniks" and tell them in no unequivocal terms, that when the APC needed them they turned their backs and now that the APC is back in power, we should really be concerned by folks like these who want to warm their way back into the APC party fold.
From: New Blood
To: All
Date Posted: 19:59:01 12/17/07 ()
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As an APC Diehard, I think that you certainly have the right to feel very strongly about Kothor Abass' political flip flopping...
The fact is that some People are APC "NOW" and others will "NEVER" be.
From: Alimamy Turay
To: All
Date Posted: 19:22:36 12/17/07 ()
Email Address: deltablast@yahoo.com
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Allieu has been attacking other people's personalities on this forum... he may be right or wrong in his judgements... Now if such substantive info about his father's alleged fraudulent practices are exposed on this forum why can't others be allowed to air their opinions? Mr. Moderator we need fairness! YOu are not fair because the other day you deleted my post because i debunked your lies about verifying the VP's graduate studies in the US. I repeat it " Mr VP has no university degree"... and there is no way you can tell people that you have spoken with the registrar at the alleged university on his enrolment status. If you care ban me2!!!!! eigentlich egal... ich bin Deutsch!!!!!!
From: APC
To: All
Date Posted: 11:26:46 12/17/07 ()
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Alieu,
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 12:35:40 12/17/07 ()
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If you call my post a polarizing post then I wonder a lot about where your mind set is. I am polarizing if I have ce=oncerns about a politican who has a tendency to worm his way into the favors of whomever is in power? I am polarizing if I have concerns about a politician whose record of corruption speaks for itself and is a matter of public record? I am polarizing if I ask that the leader of my party take not of the record of someone like Dr. Abass Bundu who ewas once APC then after the overthrow of the APC, while his former cabinet colleagues were languishing in jail he schmoosed his way into the NPRC and while the APC was struggling to regain its credibility, again Schmoosed his way into becoming a member of the SLPP? and Now that the APC through its struggles has again been elected to forge a path for the future of sierra leone he now wants to become a member of the APC. You call that "POLARIZING".
From: Jay
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Date Posted: 14:35:37 12/17/07 ()
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I am surprise at your outbusrst. You always come across as someone who will rise above certain level unfortunately you have let down all those who thought highly of you. Politics can change people even those who claim to be professionals like yourself. If you are an attorney then start acting like one. By the way I support no party I am a Sierra Leonean.
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq.
To: All
Date Posted: 18:55:51 12/17/07 ()
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Jay I am not perfect. I have never claimed perfection and please allow my unusual outbursts, its good for the bnerves. Now I feel so much better. I promise you that next time I will live up to your expectations. Maybe!!!!
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 18:54:45 12/17/07 ()
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What is your bone in respect of Alieu's assessment of Abass bundu? Is it not advisable for your man - Abass Bundu - to address his problems as a professional. he failed and should be in jail serving time for deceit and a lot of other misdemeanors as well as professional misconduct.
From: Candid Opinion
To: All
Date Posted: 13:37:09 12/17/07 ()
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Thank god you guys at least went for a select breed of new people this time around to handle the affairs of state..
What was his last name again..?????
From: Lawrence Billgreyhood.
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Date Posted: 18:44:37 12/17/07 ()
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Iscandari ??????? (Laugh OUT LOUD.)
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 12:24:08 12/17/07 ()
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I do not believe Alieu was supporting the APC and continues to support the APC because he wants them "to reach out" to him.
From: Joseph
To: All
Date Posted: 12:14:40 12/17/07 ()
Email Address: joseph@hotmail.com
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GUYS LIKE YOU WHO ARE SUPOSE TO BE FUTURE LEADERS OF SIERRA LEONE ARE FULL OF VENOM,"BAD HEART",REVENGEFUL OR AVENGEFUL SPIRIT.YOU HATE ABASS BECAUSE HE WAS A MEMBER OF A GOVERNMENT(NPRC) WHOSE COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY FOUND YOUR FATHER GUILTY OF MASSIVE CORRUPTION WHEN HE WAS THE MINISTER OF TOURISM(UNDER THE THEN APC GOVERNMENT).YOUR FATHER PAID THE COMMISSION LE 100 MILLIONS.THAT IS ONE OF THE REASON WHY YOU ARE FULL OF VENOM FOR THE NPRC BOYS.
ABASS HAS THE RIGHT TO JOIN ANY PARTY OF HIS CHOICE SO WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM.TALKING ABOUT THE SELLING OF OUR PASSPORT.WHO STARTED IT.WHAT GOVERNMENT SOLD THE MOST PASSPORT.THERE IS NO WAY THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIR WILL SELL PASSPORT WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE PRESIDENT OF SIERRA LEONE.INSTRUCTIONS COME DIRECTLY FROM STATE HOUSE BY THEN AND GO IN TWO DIRECTION,FIRST TO THE CONSUL-GENERAL IN HONG KONG FINDING OUT HOW MANY INTERESTED BUYERS HE HAD IN THE PIPELINE.AFTER GETTING FEED BACK FROM HONG KONG THE INSTRUCTION IS THEN GIVEN TO FOREIGN AFFAIR MINISTER TO INSTRUCT SIERRA LEONE HEAD OF IMMIGRATION TO PRINT OUT PASSPORT IN THE NAMES OF THE INTERESTED BUYERS IN HONG KONG.
PAST PRESIDENTS OF SIERRA LEONE WERE THE MAIN CULPRIT OF THE PASSPORT DEAL ABASS BUNDU AND ANY OTHER WHO WERE INVOLVED WERE A FRONT OR SCAPE GOAT.
THAT IS WHY WE THANK GOD FOR PRESIDENT KOROMA'S EXCELLENT START.KEEP IT UP MR PRESIDENT.GOOD JOB.
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 12:25:28 12/17/07 ()
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I would not respond to Crap.
From: Candid Opinion
To: All
Date Posted: 13:40:18 12/17/07 ()
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You just did a no-comment on a comment..
is that considered a faux pas?
Or an oxi something something..
So after my LAST ban was release today (revo must have had a good sunday. Collection was in paper money.. no coins) i am spreading the love..
From: KABS KANU
To: All
Date Posted: 12:35:08 12/17/07 ()
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I don't think that is the reason for Allieu's posting. It has been said over and over here that his father was not found guilty of financial wrongdoing .The old man's simple lifestyle in Sierra Leone is testimony to the fact that he did not enrich himself while in power.
From: Question time
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Date Posted: 03:14:01 12/18/07 ()
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Rev please be fair.Who started personal attacks on Abass?????His name was mentioned nowhere, and out of blue your Lawyer goes for him.Is it fair and decent???If others go for him or his father, then he will become vulgarly abusive.
From: Lawrence Billgreyhood.
To: All
Date Posted: 16:54:33 12/17/07 ()
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Kabs Kanu, Kabs Kanu. What’s going on with you these days? I have seen you transformed from a “Modest Journalist” to a “Dictator.” That’s very childish of you. I think you should just close your news paper’s forum. This is too much from you guys. I think you are all power drunk and frustrated. Give peace a chance and let people express themselves. This is not North Korea. If you don’t stop this, I will lunch a new paper and ask all your participants to move. Don’t let these guys “Soil” your good reputation. Let them defend themselves and don’t take or throw a punch for them. Let’s keep the family together.
From: KABS KANU
To: All
Date Posted: 18:40:56 12/17/07 ()
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Would you say the same thing if such allegations were launched against your father ? Let's be honest. The point Allieu made did not warrant any abuse on his dad. We have to stop people from needlessy using this forum to damage other people's character.
From: Lawrence Billgreyhood.
To: All
Date Posted: 22:10:19 12/17/07 ()
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That's not an allegation. That's a fact. It happened. He was found quilty and fined. But Kabs, wait a minute. Allieu's dad is not your dad. That's why he got his son educated. Let him defend his dad.
From: Alimamy Turay
To: All
Date Posted: 14:38:13 12/18/07 ()
Email Address: deltablast@yahoo.com
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Man! what a complex over allieu? Who is he? A lawyer of course! but the german would say egal(it doesn't matter): His father was corrupt and he the son is so shameless toattack his father's former counterpart in corruption. Boh leh Allieu shut up!!!!!!!
From: Candid Opinion
To: All
Date Posted: 18:45:06 12/17/07 ()
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E....
This thread was started by someone looking for information on Dr Abass Bundu...
On this thread..????
From: LOW GRADE SAN SAN
To: All
Date Posted: 14:49:44 12/17/07 ()
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Kabs, Pa Iscandari was and is still a public figure. Although you want us to believe that he was a honest man in a dishonest government, you also have to understands that as a former cabinet minister of the most discredited government, Momoh APC, people will always try to ridicule him by making reference of the NPRC commission. Alieu am sure is tough enough to handle that, hence his response to the post. I have heard people attack JBD, Amara Bangali, Joe Jackson, Puawi Gbanya and Kabba who also went through a similar commission though he never had a second chance to clear his name like Pa Iscandri. But you've never barred any of them from this forum, I wonder why? Is it because the site is yours and you can allow and BLOCK whoever FITY FATA? Man nar for lef dis unfairness yer. Alieu is making all this noise about Khot Abass. But i haven't heard a single condemnation of the President from him regarding the President conciliatory move towards the Kamajor. A tribe of people he calls CANNIBALS. Honestly i will prefer to have Khotor Abass in my party than have a group of people whom i perceive as CANNIBALS, declaring for my party and vowing to die for my leader. Come on Lawyer Iscandari whats your take on those your so called CANNIBALS now declaring for your party and vowing to die for your party leader?
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
To: All
Date Posted: 12:40:41 12/17/07 ()
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Rev! Oh! Rev!! The formidable!!
From: Candid Opinion
To: All
Date Posted: 13:46:32 12/17/07 ()
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Thats harsh..
In a post where alieu is burning Dr Abass Bundu with hot water.. (i dont know if he deserves it, he said its public record - Where is it kept in salone..?)..
REVO .. lef dem Pikin..
Caution small...
John benjamin is a canibal.. he ate my 2 kids..
John karimu is tiff we money..
Kabba is a he goat..
So let pa Iscandari or his petty fight thier own battles..
From: M. Alieu Iscandari
To: All
Date Posted: 22:31:24 12/17/07 ()
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In a post where alieu is burning Dr Abass Bundu with hot water..
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Contrary to your belief, I am not in any way being mean here to Abass. I am just bringing his record of political morphing and the charges of official moral turpitude to the fore front of the debate. Dr. Bundu is a Public official, he has thruse=t himself into the vortex of the public debate on fraud, corruption, and political morphing. I have not burned him he has burned himself by betraying his country by selling its passports to people whose need to have a sierra leonean passport may not be so holly.
From: Alimamy Turay
To: All
Date Posted: 14:41:56 12/18/07 ()
Email Address: deltablast@yahoo.com
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Thanks a lot for your concerns Allieu! This is quite patriotic! Could you please tell us about your father's fraudulent practices in his reign as a public figure... say the 100 million issue.Let the cleaning start from your house... man write on!!!
From: M. Alieu Iscandari esq.
To: All
Date Posted: 15:02:18 12/18/07 ()
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Mr. Turay you obviously are new to the forum and or sierra leonean fora. I choose not to expplain to amn who has failed to do his research homework prior to making baseless accusations. I would rather you stay mirred in the puddle that you have found your self in and want to drag me into.
From: Candid Opinion
To: All
Date Posted: 08:42:11 12/18/07 ()
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Point taken..
From: Onliner
To: All
Date Posted: 11:08:03 12/17/07 ()
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Is this the same guy that sold passports?
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
To: All
Date Posted: 19:02:11 12/17/07 ()
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Dead right, he is!!
From: NEWS
To: All
Date Posted: 09:44:39 12/17/07 ()
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A Kenyan slum child inspired by finding a Manchester University prospectus on a rubbish tip says he is overjoyed to realise his dream of getting a degree.
From: Alfred Sesay
To: All
Date Posted: 09:38:31 12/17/07 ()
Email Address: zakapal@comcast.net
Entered From: c-69-138-227-91.hsd1.md.comcast.net at 69.138.227.91
The Brain Drain has exhausted the human resources all over the world. This is clearly seen in third world countries such as Sierra Leone. All the educated elites have migrated to Europe and the Americas in search of better lives. I know it is a challenge, but I am appealing to all Sierra Leoneans to plan a vacation from May 1st to June 1st 2009 and Offer some needed services to the country. Be a volunteer in your area of specialty. All doctor, nurses, engineers, chemist, physicist, accountants, lawyers, teachers, administrators, social workers, drivers, etc who are outside the county, should go and help just for a period of one month. Let’s all tell them that we in the Diaspora are doing daunting tasks regardless of job qualification to get the money we send to them. Those without specialty should not attempt to go because we already have more than enough manual labor due to the high rate of employment. One month of free services to the various departments and sectors will go a long way.
This is what we should do for our country and not what the country can do for us. We cannot always achieve the things we want in life. If we say we are waiting for the government to do this for us it will take longer than expected. We are trying to bring the standards of living to human levels.
Please not that this idea is not politically motivated.
From: Lanre
To: All
Date Posted: 16:49:58 12/17/07 ()
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This is not as easy as it seems. Siera Leonean society is quite complex, and if not properly organised, any attempt to travel to Sierra Leone with the intention of "volunteering" in various sectors will be greeted with suspecion and resistance. From experience, I know 2 well qualified Sierra Leoneans (a professor and a medical expert - radiology and physics) that demonstrated interest in, and actually went back to volunteer (to teach for 2 terms at FBC without pay) and where snubbed and sidelined by the establishment with the notion that they were there to "show-off" their foreign qualifications or "pull braid na dem mot". These are people with University and Hospital jobs here and you can imagine their disappointment in their own country.
Thanks.
From: BUFORD HWY
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Date Posted: 11:13:04 12/18/07 ()
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"From experience, I know 2 well qualified Sierra Leoneans (a professor and a medical expert - radiology and physics) that demonstrated interest in, and actually went back to volunteer (to teach for 2 terms at FBC without pay) and where snubbed and sidelined by the establishment with the notion that they were there to "show-off" their foreign qualifications or "pull braid na dem mot". These are people with University and Hospital jobs here and you can imagine their disappointment in their own country."
I need the names of those good volunteering brothers of ours.
From: nico
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Date Posted: 18:32:01 12/17/07 ()
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I have no doubt that such venture will be difficult and fraught with unusual challenges for diasporas professionals. Some people in our country actually have this dichotomous mentality-you are there, we are here, so don't tell us what to do.
From: nico
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Date Posted: 11:55:31 12/18/07 ()
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Ethics not etnic.
From: Joseph Sherman
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Date Posted: 18:28:19 12/17/07 ()
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Hi, Lanre,
From: Lanre
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Date Posted: 21:59:42 12/17/07 ()
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Thanks Joseph,
Being honest about your achievements doesn't mean you are boastful - if you have worked hard and acquired certain skills and qualifications, we should all be proud as you are an asset to the country, so brothers and sisters should not be shy about spelling out what they are capable of doing for our collective benefit. I am sure that most of us will agree with me that whenever, we encountered "sympathetic" white people, here they always tell us that they will like to go and "save" Africa - and i often tell them that only we the Africans can save our continent so they should have forget that topic.
Thanks.
From: SGK
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Date Posted: 15:44:32 12/17/07 ()
Email Address: sheku-kamara@hotmail.co.uk
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I would be interested as well. My contact is sheku-kamara@hotmail.co.uk
From: nico
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Date Posted: 11:32:07 12/17/07 ()
Email Address: nicoleconsult@hotmail.com
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If this can be properly coordinated, I may be interested. Immigration for Sierra Leone has never been an issue and it should be if we want to build a balace society in which all our citizens can tap in to our resources and benefit from national security. I have a wealth of experience and skills to impart but pending an early retirement whic I am contemplating.
From: MUSA KAMARA
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Date Posted: 15:14:02 12/17/07 ()
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If well coordinated as Nico indicated,I am also interested and this is my contact mpkamara@hotmail.com
From: Joseph Sherman
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Date Posted: 10:27:58 12/17/07 ()
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Mr. Sesay,
From: madsan
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Date Posted: 09:48:05 12/17/07 ()
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Please provide your contact.
From: Chinua
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Date Posted: 20:43:05 12/18/07 ()
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Folks:
From: Ose broke
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Date Posted: 07:44:44 12/17/07 ()
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The campaign by APC basher has proceeded against the background of a growing development that the nine weeks old government of Ernest Koroma has carried out magnificently.
The SLPP wrecked Sierra Leone's socio-political base by creating its own thievery space and today, its kith and kin are defending the interests of an SLPP that stained state Institutions and stifled those who do not belong to the SLPP family.
The SLPP interests are diametrically opposed to the needs and aspirations of ordinary Sierra Leoneans and at the same time, its rulimng elites has an ability to strike raw deals to fatten their pockets.
The SLPP tried to contradict the wishes of Sierra Leonean who checked their malfeasance through the ballot box. The APC victory is a stabilizing factor to openly take Sierra Leone into a new level free from corruption. in order to hide its looted wealth, the SLPP used every method to scare our people away from the polling boothg, but the steadfastness of Christiana Thorpe guaranteed that the majority prevail. The NEC head directly identified with honesty and refused to bend to the machinations of the SLPP predatory oligarchy.
This stance made road for quick change and undermined the SLPP scheme to rig the elctions.
NEC has proved to Sierra Leone's last relatively stable political institution and will continue to play a critical in maintaining its mandate which is to ensure elections are free and fair in Sierra Leone.
From: Candid Opinion
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Date Posted: 13:30:39 12/17/07 ()
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Some of you just fell from the sky or just act like you did...
It just does not cut it... I shows that if given the chance.. with you KLEPTS with the KEYS.. its onlyu a matter of time before we see the dawning of APCheee..
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 22:07:50 12/17/07 ()
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Hehehehehehe!
Candido, I just remember your very earnest declarations a while back that you are not SLPP. Ar go die O. In light of your slamming, yet again, of APC, your 'not SLPP' claims are as hilarious as a Koro who claims chastity without irony.
From: Candid Opinion
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Date Posted: 08:48:05 12/18/07 ()
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Distortion of our history by park junks sellers and sani abacha street traders should endear any well meaning Sierra Leonean into DEFCON3 mode.
We used to call it "Ya" in school..
From: dakay
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Date Posted: 21:01:40 12/17/07 ()
Email Address: med@aol.com
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BO CANDID LEF WE YAR, MK SUMA NAR BI SLPP CHAIRMAN TAY E KIK BOKIT. YOU WAN TAK BOT CURRUPTION NOR TO DAT MAKE SLPP LOSS ELECTION. WHO DAT TIFF PASS WUNA. DE WAR NAR WUNA START AM WUNA DAE NAR BOSH DAE FET FOR POWER WUNA NOR SABI WIN ELECTION. WHY YOU DAE TIFF SAI WAY YOU GO WIN ?BO CANDID GO PAK EN WAYT FOR LIT EN KLIN WATA .
From: Candid Opinion
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Date Posted: 22:01:21 12/17/07 ()
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Power, is sought by these ahlagbas even if they have to sell thier souls the devil...
MK sumu, if he was alive today would have long don a red frock and tore up his green bandana the day the first election results came out..
SLPP came in and could only rescue it by 5..
Nah we all benefit.. ah nor get 1 gripe with that...
From: dakay
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Date Posted: 18:53:13 12/18/07 ()
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MR CANDID WE RESPECT U FOR TINAP FOR SLPP, BOT WANTIN WAY YOU NOR DAE TOK BUT DE APC 20 YEARS AGO NA ABASS BUNDU ,SS BANYA ,J B DAUDA EN AKT NADEM BEEN DAE RUN AM ,NOW WE GEE PEPPUL DEM WAY LEK SALEONE.
From: Brabanxx
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Date Posted: 06:37:42 12/17/07 ()
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Bra Enviable wrote:
"I just want to be sure of the sincerity behind this much-delayed exercise."
Its a new ACC in the new dawn. ORSAII....
From: Candid Opinion
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Date Posted: 13:20:02 12/17/07 ()
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"Till then chill out and hope that we name and shame these people and recover some of your ill-gotten wealth from the SLPP this time around."
Rubbish..
The man has always come across as a standup fellow..
What of bra E's ill-gotten does the SLPP harbor..that needs to be recovered??
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 11:15:33 12/17/07 ()
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....ORWAAAI! The wheels of justice grind slowly...but surely. I hope those who steal are prosecuted and made to cough up the money. Those who are found innocent should have their names rehabilitated and afforded the opportunity to seek compensation if they think that their prosecution was politically motivated.
From: YELIBA
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Date Posted: 05:54:02 12/17/07 ()
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Can someone confirm the onformation that our sports supremo duped two saudi teams and is a wantred man in Saudi?
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 12:01:19 12/17/07 ()
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Mohamed Kallon's 10 Million Dollar Move to Saudi Arabian Club Al-Hilal Has Fallen Through
Posted by Mohamed Fajah Barrie BBC Sports on Nov 29, 2007, 04:39
The Sierra Leone captain was to have signed an 18-month contract with the Riyadh team.He says that Al-Hilal allege that after receiving a $250,000 payment from them, he then went on to attempt to sign for rival club Al-Ittihad of Jeddah.
From: Brabanxx
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Date Posted: 08:41:46 12/17/07 ()
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It was alledged that Mr Kallon tried to sign with another team in the same league contrary to the provisions set forth in his former contract which precludes him from signing with another team for x number of years after termination of that contract. He has however refuted the allegation.
From: news
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Date Posted: 22:27:06 12/16/07 ()
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Thousands of African pilgrims heading for next week's annual Muslim pilgrimage, the Hajj in Saudi Arabia, are stranded across the continent.
Around 3,000 are in Ghana, where a plane arrived on Thursday but was unable to take off.
From: FMANSARAY
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Date Posted: 21:10:19 12/16/07 ()
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Why is The New People posting with no IP adress?
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
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Date Posted: 18:46:57 12/16/07 ()
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The Virtues of the Day of Arafat Which Falls on a Tuesday . Fasting the day of `Arafat expiates the sins of two years: a past one and a coming one.
1.It is the day on which the religion was perfected and Allaah's Favour was completed.
In Al-Saheehayn it was reported from Umar ibn al-Khattaab (may Allaah be pleased with him) that a Jewish man said to him, 'O Ameer al-Mu'mineen, there is an aayah in your Book which you recite; if it had come to us Jews, we would have taken that day as an Eid (festival).' Umar said, 'Which aayah?' He said: 'This day I have perfected your religion for you, completed My favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion.' [al-Maa'idah 5:3 interpretation of the meaning].
Umar said, 'We know on which day and in which place that was revealed to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). It was when he was standing in Arafaah on a Friday.'
2.It is a day of Eid for the people who are in that place.
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: 'Yawm Arafaah (the day of Arafaah), Yawm al-Nahr (the Day of Sacrifice) and Ayyaam al-Tashreeq (the 3 days following Yawm al-Nahr) are Eid (festival) for us, the people of Islam. These are days of eating and drinking. This was narrated by the authors of al-Sunan.
It was reported that Umar ibn al-Khattaab said: 'It i.e., the aayah 'This day I have perfected' was revealed on a Friday, the Day of Arafaah, both of which praise be to Allaah are Eids for us.'
3.It is a day by which Allaah swore an oath.
The Almighty cannot swear by anything except that which is mighty. Yawm Arafaah is the 'witnessed day' mentioned in the aayah (interpretation of the meaning):
'By the witnessing day [Friday] and by the witnessed day [the Day of Arafaah].' [al-Burooj 85:3].
It was reported from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: 'The promised day is the Day of Resurrection, the witnessed day is the Day of Arafaah, and the witnessing day is Friday.' Narrated by al-Tirmidhi and classed as saheeh by al-Albaani.
It is the 'odd' [i.e., odd-numbered, Witr] by which Allaah swore in the aayah (interpretation of the meaning):
'And by the even and the odd' [al-Fajr 89:3]. Ibn Abbaas said: 'The even is the Day of al-Adhaa [i.e., 10th Dhul-Hijjah] and the odd is the Day of Arafaah [i.e., 9th Dhul-Hijjah] This is also the view of Ikrimah and al-Dahhaak.
4.Fasting on this day is an expiation for two years.
It was reported from Abu Qutaadah (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was asked about fasting on the Day of Arafaah. He said, 'It expiates for the sins of the previous year and of the coming year.' Narrated by Muslim.
This (fasting) is mustahabb for those who are not on Hajj. In the case of the one who is on Hajj, it is not Sunnah for him to fast on the Day of Arafaah, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not fast on this day in Arafaah. It was narrated that he forbade fasting on the Day of Arafaah in Arafaah.
5.It is the day on which Allaah took the covenant from the progeny of Adam.
It was reported that Ibn Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: 'Allaah took the covenant from the ...[offspring] of Adam in Na'maan, i.e., Arafaah. He brought forth ... all his offspring and spread them before Him, then He addressed them, and said: 'Am I not your Lord? They said, 'Yes, we testify,' lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection: 'Verily, we have been unaware of this.' Or lest you should say: 'It was only our fathers aforetime who took others as partners in worship along with Allaah, and we were (merely their) descendents after them; will You then destroy us because of the deeds of men who practised Al-Baatil (i.e., ploytheism and committing crimes and sins, invoking and worshipping others besides Allaah)?' [al-A'raaf 7:172-173 interpretation of the meaning].' Narrated by Ahmad and classed as saheeh by al-Albaani. And there is no greater day than this and no greater covenant than this.
6.It is the day of forgiveness of sins, freedom from the Fire and pride in the people who are there:
In Saheeh Muslim it was narrated from Aa'ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: 'There is no day on which Allaah frees more people from the Fire than the Day of Arafaah. He comes close and expresses His pride to the angels, saying, 'What do these people want?'
It was reported from Ibn Umar that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: 'Allaah expresses His pride to His angels at the time of Ishaa on the Day of Arafaah, about the people of Arafaah. He says, 'Look at My slaves who have come unkempt and dusty.' Narrated by Ahmad and classed as saheeh by al-Albaani.
And Allaah knows best.
From: VICTIM
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Date Posted: 16:25:57 12/16/07 ()
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GIVING THE KAMAJORS SPECIAL ATTENTION IS THE BEGINING OF TROUBLE.PLEASE LET THEM KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN ARMY OF ONE. WE DO NOT NEED A PRIVATE OR REGIONAL ARMY. WE SAY THANK YOU TO THEM FOR KEEPING AFRC IN CHECK I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST THE GROUP BUT THIS CDF THING MAY BE THE START OF ANOTHER PROBLEM IN SIERRA LEONE.
From: Town Crier
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Date Posted: 15:17:19 12/16/07 ()
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Of all the pictures you had to show, you chose one of Ernest Koroma with Prince Harding to show reconcilation between the parties!!!
From: Honesty
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Date Posted: 10:58:43 12/17/07 ()
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Sierra Leone Journalist are the most ridiculouse and funny journalist you cannot easily find their types around the world. They have been promoting politicians and their political parties before the elections. And they have not yet got any reward as that was their silly imagination. They have now embark on creating government positions and fooling themselves by post fake articles about each other been offered a government assginment. WHAT A SHAME?
From: KABS KANU
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Date Posted: 12:45:03 12/17/07 ()
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Thank you for your tirade. It just shows how much you love your country.
From: Honesty
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Date Posted: 10:55:07 12/17/07 ()
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Sierra Leone Journalist are the most ridiculouse and funny journalist you cannot easily find their types around the world. They have been promoting politicians and their political parties before the elections. And they have not yet got any reward as that was their silly imagination. They have now embark on creating government positions and fooling themselves by post fake articles about each other been offered a government assginment. WHAT A SHAME?
From: Lopu
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Date Posted: 15:38:16 12/16/07 ()
Email Address: lopu@aol.com
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Dr. Harding is the architect of an SLPP resurgence in Sierra Leone politics and I believe the party's chances at the past elections would have been much greater if he remained as the Party's Secretary General. Reconciling with Prince Harding and the SLPP inner core is the right thing to do.
From: Flag of Convenience
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Date Posted: 16:15:39 12/17/07 ()
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Prince Harding did so many dirty things with the issuance of sierra leone flag of convenience to shipping lines all over the world that he thinks the only way out is to embrace the APC leader to escape a probe by the anti corruption commission. But in his own case his matter is already with the commission and there can be no escape.
From: Candid Opinion
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Date Posted: 08:59:15 12/18/07 ()
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Tried to dig up some info on that ship registry and this is what i got...
No Sierra Leonean staff..
From: Town Crier
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Date Posted: 23:27:19 12/16/07 ()
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Are you going to talk about the big white elephant in Prince Harding's room???
From: Elephant
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Date Posted: 03:34:57 12/17/07 ()
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Chez Winakabs, bo do ya lef for hambug we!
From: The New People Newspaper
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Date Posted: 11:25:04 12/16/07 ()
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COCORIOKO EDITOR BAGS COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR POSITION.
From: FMANSARAY
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Date Posted: 21:07:58 12/16/07 ()
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Why is the Newpeople posting with no IP adress.
From: fact
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Date Posted: 20:58:43 12/16/07 ()
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"Rev. Wilfred Leeroy Kabs-Kanu is a seasoned journalist who has practised in three countries spanning 34 years. A preacher, educator, and graduate, Rev. Kabs-Kanu is an articulate writer and speaker, a focused man of God who is untainted by the corruption and unethical journalistic practices (coasting) that Shekito may have engaged in as a journalist."
From: Mensa
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Date Posted: 12:08:47 12/16/07 ()
Email Address: unikad5@yahoo.com
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Heartfelt Congratulations to our dear brother! Judging from his principled character, I strongly believe that he is the right man for the job. He will surely bring more substance and cohesion between government and the people. Indeed, the appointment of nationals to such positions should be vested solidly on the shoulders of the more responsible elements of the nation. Bra Kabs has definitely merited it in all respect! I wish you a successful tenure of office.
From: Referee Adejobi
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Date Posted: 11:05:58 12/16/07 ()
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John Mannah and Mohamed Allie are back to make this forum interesting. Right now on my cards I have John Mannah on 10 points and Mohamed Allie on 5 points. LEH DE CASE WAM. WE want to see more action.
JOHN MANNAH VS. MOM ALLIE
From: BRA ENVIABLE
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Date Posted: 10:26:09 12/16/07 ()
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I am not a psychoanalyst but Cocorioko has taught me a thing or two about effect of partisan politics on the human brain. Uncritical devotion to leaders and political parties can impair a man's ability to comprehend written messages about the politician he supports. This conclusion was reached after several observations involving APC supporters and the trite responses they make to analyses about Ernest Koroma. On more occasions than I can count, some APC brothers are known to fix their gaze on the scathing part of a written piece without stretching their minds for a full absorption of the message. I am not a snob, but I definitely do not suffer fools gladly. I do not engage myself in throwing brickbats at people whose analytical strengths fall below the levels expected of political debaters. This is why I do not respond to messages arising out of porous minds pretending to be politically hinged.
From: Candid Opinion
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Date Posted: 09:51:38 12/17/07 ()
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From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 05:52:22 12/17/07 ()
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Bra Enviable, please understand that not supporting certain rhetorics of yours means no one is with you or understanding you.
From: Baa baa Black sheep
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Date Posted: 01:29:16 12/17/07 ()
Email Address: baabaa@yahoo.com
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The fact that you are an avowed supporter of a party in Sierra Leone makes you bias in your posts. The truth is that in as as much as you may be trying to bring out the ills in the EBK regime, your actual goal is to ensure that he and his government are perceived as failures so that your party will gain more supporters. That is enough for people to see you as being biased.
From: DeLaw
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Date Posted: 00:15:14 12/17/07 ()
Email Address: contehlawrence@yahoo.com
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I BELIEVE THERE IS NO NEED TO DISPARAGE THE COMMENTS OF THOSE WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE FORUM.
YOU ARE REGARDED BY THOSE WHO KNOW YOU,AS A DOYEN IN POLITICAL DEBATES.
TO ME,YOU COME OFF AS A DISPASSIONATE PATRIOTIC SIERRA LEONEAN WHO CRAVES A BETTER COUNTRY OR SOCIETY.
YOUR DISQUISITION ABOUT THE APC IS DEFINATELY IN PLACE.THE PARTY'S ACTIVITIES NEED TO BE MONITORED AT ALL TIMES.INDEED,ANY PARTY IN POWER IN SIERRA LEONE NOW AND IN FUTURE NEEDS CRITICAL MINDS THAT CAN FIGHT FOR AND REPRESENT THE INTEREST OF THE MASSES FOR THE COMMON GOOD.
AS YOU KNOW,THE FORUM HAS BECOME A POLITICAL KITCHEN AND WE CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE ANY ONE CREATE DYSPHORIA.
I DON'T THINK YOU ARE A LONE VOICE.WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE CRITICAL OF OUR LEADERS AND YOU WILL ALWAYS RANKLE THOSE WHO ATTACK YOUR IDEAS.SO ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES.AFTER ALL YOU ARE ENVIABLE.YOU ARE A PATRIOT.THIS FORUM WILL BE BORING WITHOUT YOU.
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
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Date Posted: 19:09:10 12/16/07 ()
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I wish there were sharper, political minds on Cocorioko to attack my political stands without craving my attention with apolitical rubbish.
________________________________________________________
ROTFLMMFAO
M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
2007
From: BRA ENVIABLE
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Date Posted: 21:04:18 12/16/07 ()
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Alphaa Alieu
I do not take umbrage at being ideologically opposed. Accepted, my views can be provocative. Besides, I make my views known in the hope that they can be challenged by equally controversial minds. What I do not understand is the intolerance on the part of APC brothers and their misperception of democracy. This forum will be quite boring if every man had to fire off one pro-Koroma message after another.
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
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Date Posted: 23:58:24 12/16/07 ()
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This forum will be quite boring if every man had to fire off one pro-Koroma message after another.
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Bra E you are right but please understand that as much as you are opposed to the APC leadership based on what you perceive as "one upmanship" of the previous APC givernment, governments which I might add were just as populated with south easterners as they were with Northerners, there are just as many people on the forum who are Pro APC, and just as oposed to the perceived or real tribalistic practices of the Last and former SLPP governments. So rather than bunch all of us into one big bag, why dont you say "SOME" apc SUPPORTERS.
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 05:46:46 12/17/07 ()
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"The rationale being that you would loose credibility when the real wolf comes around and you wanna cry wolf. Keep the faith and the fires of dissent burning."
From: KING LOGGY
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Date Posted: 14:01:28 12/16/07 ()
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On more occasions than I can count,
some APC brothers are known to fix
their gaze on the scathing part of
a written piece without stretching
their minds for a full absorption
of the message.
(Bra E)
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Alexander Pope, I will like to believe, once said "to err is human" and you Bra E are not exempted. You must, however, try not to underestimate passion and the power of perception within the arts and sciences of politics.
a written piece without absorbing the full message, The same can be said of you too Bra.
Consider the following message:
leader, but it must never be forgotten
that he is operating within the
structures of a party that was
once mired in political one-upmanship".
They know times have changed and those APC structures you referred to are not just going to cut it this time around. People are concerned about clean water, electricity, security, tribalism, corruption and not so much about party affiliation like you perceive them to be. Bringing up this same old "APC structures" talk is considered an insult to those who are willing to give the APC another chance, hoping they learned from not only their past mistakes, but from those of the past administration.
So please brother, keep the criticisms alive because this is what some of us have come to like about you. But also bear in mind that being passionate about the APC does not necessarily impairs our ability to comprehend YOUR written messages. We just perceive you as trying to be as objective as possible yet not being perfect at do so. YOU ARE JUST AS HUMAN AS ANY APC BROTHER AND THIS KING LOVE YOU MAN.
From: nico
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Date Posted: 12:44:05 12/16/07 ()
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All these labo labo is not necessary. Your fear that Sierra Leone can be turn in to a dictatorship/one party rule is misplaced. Firstly, unlike the period of the cold war, dictators and their undemocratic practices exploited the rivalry between the west and East and got away with human right abuses.
From: Town Crier
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Date Posted: 13:38:58 12/16/07 ()
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Kind Sir, No 10 Downing street and your so called dvelopment partners are only interested in democracy when it serves their interests. A powerful example is the case of Palestine, where they pushed for elections, the people voted in Hamas, and they then decided to boycott the government and the people's votes because they view Hamas as a terrorist organization.
From: Fen Plaba!
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Bra Enviable,
Please go through the thread you are referring to again. You will see that the responses to your posting are fairly balanced with about the same number of 'batoers' and 'mokoers'. I am surprised that you have taken umbrage at some of the dissensions to your article. The very essence of democracy is to be able to take the slings and arrows of the critics as willingly as the encomiums of the fans. If you arrogate for yourself the civic duty of slamming the president, then you should be able to withstand the blowback from his supporters.
I know for sure that there are many APC supporter on this forum who are not doctrinaire robots that uncritically support, like a reflex arc, President Koroma and the APC. On the contrary most APCers have been as scathing in their criticisms of EBK as some of the SLPPers. As for me, my postings speak for themselves.
Please continue the good work that you are doing, not just for the SLPP but for democracy in Sierra Leone. We need critics like you to keep the govt on the staraight and narrow and to counteract the shameless sycophancy of the toadies. We just hope those critics are less sensitive to criticism themselves...
From: Aminata Dumbuya
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Date Posted: 08:57:28 12/16/07 ()
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Like most forumites, I am concerned that Mbalu has not yet been able to post the results of her anti-FMG campaign in Sierra Leone. I am a Shaymah (a Bondo graduate) who was initiated as a child. As an adult, I have come to view the FGM aspect of Bondo, not as mutilation, but as a circumcision that is steeped in ancient tradition. I believe that education, not condemnation, will have a greater effect on the practitioners of the Bondo culture. I think that was what Sister Mbalu was trying to do.
I really wish Sister Mbalu well because things can get a little bit tricky in the Bondo Bush, even for women who have gone through the exercise.
In Temne Bondology, the Kantha (literally Bondo House) is always a welcome space for discussions, ideas, arguments- a place where Mbalu could have her say, for instance. However, the inner sanctum of the Kantha where the sacred cultural rites are carried out is called the YARRMAH. In the Yarrmah, the Digba holds sway. If Mbalu enters the Yarrmah and speaks against FGM or FGC, an orthodox Digba may impose wrathful sanctions like 're-initiating' Mbalu. I pray this is not the case.
So Sister Mbalu, please post and let's know that you are OK!
From: Mbalu
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Date Posted: 23:16:04 12/16/07 ()
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Thanks Aminata for checking on me. I am actually doing great and currently enroute to....where else?.....S/L.
From: Bai Bureh
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Date Posted: 09:40:11 12/16/07 ()
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Orwont you are spot on.
I was one of those anti-Mbalu forumites but after she clarified that her mission will not include going for a showdown with the Bondo society rather with FGM or Declitorisation (as I suggested sometime back),she got my full support with some tips.What actually beats me is whether there is any possibility for the existence of Bondo without Declitoriation.If so what will be its new terminology? If Mbalu pulls this off then she must some master-planner or some master-tactician I will be in awe of all my life!It could well mark the begining of rewriting our cultural books.
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 08:26:14 12/16/07 ()
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John Mannah writes on December 16, 2007:
"I indeed share your passion and enthusiasism in presenting ideas to our leaders, especially the new leaders that have been entrusted with the responsibility of managing the Sierra Leonean economy. Where I however disagree with you is the fact that you have made these suggestions without laying the facts in an appropriate framework, so as to be able to prescribe a better solution for the ails of our economy.
The problem that started the Sierra Leonean economic malaise, leading to the devaluation of the Leone in 1979 is not hyperinflation as you claimed in your piece, but stagflation. Here is what you said " What we actually stated -- which unfortunately you apparently missed-- was that the debauchery of the German currency unleashed forces of hyperinflation which we believe were the same forces of hyperinflation that were released due to the debauchery of the Sierra Leonean currency in 1979".
Stagflation on the other hand is a period of price inflation combined with chronic unemployment and eventually recession. This is rooted in the failure of the overall market to allocate goods and services efficiently. This is what Sierra Leone went through in 1979, which led to macroeconomic distortions."
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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Date Posted: 12:08:54 12/17/07 ()
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Let me be a gentleman to admit that I mistook your article as one purporting to end poverty solely by the revaluation of our currency.
For the benefit of readers, I have the following questions for you:
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 13:48:30 12/17/07 ()
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Alie Formeh Kamara writes on December 17, 2007:
"You said that the leones would be depreciated by the value of the revaluation when a new currency is adopted."
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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Date Posted: 15:34:46 12/17/07 ()
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What happens to incomes expressed in terms of the leone would it be expected to take a dip and be set to the new value? In other words would a Le300,000 in income be equivalent to 300units of the new currency?
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 16:05:34 12/17/07 ()
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Alie Formeh Kamara writes on December 17, 2007:
"What happens to incomes expressed in terms of the leone would it be expected to take a dip and be set to the new value? In other words would a Le300,000 in income be equivalent to 300units of the new currency?"
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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Date Posted: 15:21:58 12/17/07 ()
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Moh'm Jalloh
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 15:41:49 12/17/07 ()
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Alie Formeh Kamara writes on December 17, 2007:
"If revaluation of the Sierra Leone currency does not effectively lead to the devaluation of other currencies how is the purchasing power of sierra Leoneans expected to increas?"
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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Date Posted: 14:41:01 12/17/07 ()
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May be you did not understand my question. Did you not say that we will have to convert the leones to the new currency and that if the Dollar is Le3000, every Le3000 will be converted to one unit of the new currency?
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 15:25:17 12/17/07 ()
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Alie Formeh Kamara writes on December 17, 2007:
"May be you did not understand my question. Did you not say that we will have to convert the leones to the new currency and that if the Dollar is Le3000, every Le3000 will be converted to one unit of the new currency?"
From: Ethelbert Pratt
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Date Posted: 14:21:08 12/16/07 ()
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Mr. Jalloh, I have been reading your posts for ther past ten years from when you used to write on the Leonenet. To say I have been impressed would be putting it mildy.
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 13:58:49 12/17/07 ()
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Ethelbert:
From: Mensa
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Date Posted: 04:04:10 12/16/07 ()
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Political mudslinging aside, EBK’s declarative steps so far should be seen as a significant victory in our patriotic pursuit of integrity and transparency in governance and a warning to those dictatorial sponsors of corruption and mediocrity that this new government is out to hunt them down and bring them to justice.
For the sake of analytic enrichment, I would like to take a closer look at EBK’s action through the carefully chosen word above: ‘declarative’!
(1) Under normal circumstances, such a vanguard declaration brings along the pre-supposition that the President himself would not be found wanting of corruption – not now, not in the future. Good for the country!
(2) There’s also the implicit understanding that the President will be determined enough - fully charged with his mandated wand – to implement the same no-nonsense policy within the ruling house! Charity begins at home. The power behind leadership is not the ability to give orders, but the capacity to get them obeyed! Prospectively good for the country!
(3) The salient message of the government’s commitment in developing the country by controlling the undue wastage of it’s recourse earnings cannot be ignored under the circumstances. The move speaks volumes about a seriously determined government trying to improving on the lives of the ordinary Sierra Leonean.
(4) The brilliant way the APC went about implementing this policy is nothing short of a mouth-watering political display done with exuberance! Watch the trend as it unfolded…..
(a) EBK won the elections……
(b) He attempted to cajole and relax the jumpy nerves of SLPP leaders with the announcement of a govt. of national unity [God! We thought the guy was mixing up a government of ‘regional balance’ with that of ‘national unity’! Not knowing there was a hidden agenda behind it all!] ……..
(c) the SLPP ministers swallowed big time and relaxed…..A few smart ones surely saw the cat growing too aggressive and attempted to flee ……too late though!
(d) What they thought they saw was not really a cat…..it was tiger draped in red! They were eventually subdued and returned to face due crucifixion!
(e) Surprised by the smartness of the few, the APC had to move a gear! Can’t afford to provoke the north/south sensitivities too soon after the elections. Shrewdly, they went for passports. The excuse was there on the wall …… a few stalwarts had attempted to flee! The guilty are always afraid!
(f) This is a matter of maintaining a grip on power, therefore the strategies must not only be shrewd and cunning, they must also be extensive and long-lasting like the 9 lives of the cat-turned tiger. Time of delivery…Bingo! While the rumour mill went into overdrive with news of the transition committee’s findings being handed over to the anti-corruption squad, ….where was the president? Busy pacifying the southeast! Why start with the southeast in particular? Because they have an axe to grind with the SLPP on the Hinga Norman betrayal! They both have a common agenda against the SLPP!
(g) The target now is to prove that, however much they tend to amass power during their reign, the number of politicians is mostly insignificant compared to the population. When push comes to shove, the number of SLPP stalwarts to be behind bars will not affect the democratic running of the country in anyway …. literally speaking! In the end, the headache will be with the lawyers in court ……. And that’s what their profession is all about, anyway!
Indeed, EBK is a Lovey Dovey! Hate him or despise him, his political dynamics will fascinate you ….notwithstanding! The message he might have now for the people is simple. HE IS THE EMBRACING PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTRY READY TO IMPROVE ON THE LIVES GENERAL WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE…….BUT IF YOU HAVE A PROVLEM WITH THE LAW THEN YOU FACE THE LAW……..YOU HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH NEITHER THE PRESIDENT NOR HIS PARTY…LONTHA!!! The Kamajors will help him to cleverly and successfully put that into an exemplary plan of action! Oh God! I don’t think they can afford to miss that opportunity!!!
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 07:35:12 12/16/07 ()
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Mensa,
If I were running for President, I would be a fool not to hire you as my campaign director. You really are a genius. Karl Who?.....Puleeeze! I stumbled into your postings about a month ago and I have been awed by two things:
1) The raw brilliance of your arguments
Enjoy the snowy Sunday (if in NY).
From: Mensa
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Date Posted: 11:13:07 12/16/07 ()
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Thanks for the brotherly compliments, Bra Fen Plaba! I wish I could have earned such trust on merit, but I think the cap is too big for my size. Frankly, I wholeheartedly believe that you're more shrewed, crafty, well exposed and a bit more diplomatic. If anyone deserves to be your future campaign manager, it would have to be you. I won't mind taking some notes though!
From: marlin
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Date Posted: 05:17:23 12/16/07 ()
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More! More! More! pleeeeeeeeeeeese
From: KING LOGGY
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Date Posted: 01:21:09 12/16/07 ()
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From: KING LOGGYB
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Date Posted: 01:48:47 12/16/07 ()
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From: Bai Bureh
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Date Posted: 09:47:15 12/16/07 ()
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"Tell your men to drop their weapons".
From: BUFORD HWY
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Date Posted: 11:30:36 12/16/07 ()
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Check out YADON KI BARAAT
From: Campala
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Date Posted: 09:04:46 12/16/07 ()
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Ewa!
From: BUFORD HWY
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Date Posted: 11:34:25 12/16/07 ()
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NEETU SINGH
From: KING LOGGY
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Kamajors : 'We will die for Ernest Koroma'
Written by Cocorioko Newspaper Limited
Sunday, 16 December 2007
Grandmasters of the Civil Defence Force ( CDF) have vowed to die for the President , His Excellency Ernest Koroma , and his government. The Kamajors made the vow after pledging their loyalty to the President and the government following a reconciliation meeting in Bo yesterday .
From: awoke
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Date Posted: 21:44:46 12/15/07 ()
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FODAY PLEASE GIVE US YOUR BUSINESS CONTACT TO ASK FOR HELP, IT WILL NOT BE MISUSED.
From: BRA ENVIABLE
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Date Posted: 18:56:35 12/15/07 ()
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If Cocorioko is to be believed, Freetown is agog with news about the impending arrests of former SLPP ministers for the alleged misuse of state funds. When government puts its security arm on al3rt to prevent prospective suspects from becoming fugitives, one can only expect the state to swoop down on targets known as kingpins. In this case, the kingpins will be yesterday's rulers thrown out of their peacock seats by the government that is now poised to oversee the carriage of justice. This topic is very personal to me. I have spent years as an ordinary Sierra Leonean, fulminating over corruption and the effects of shadiness on a country that could have been a West African economic success. With its tentacular hold on Sierra Leone, corruption has retarded, even killed, our country's ability to grow. A government with a fighting trim to attack corruption will surely rouse the patriotic sensibilities of Sierra Leoneans.
From: neurtal one
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Date Posted: 08:27:55 12/16/07 ()
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I support the inquiry into corruption as long as its done in a professional manner and no witch hunts. It should be done independent of either our government or SLPP. Also any former SLPP politicians that are found not to be part of corruption but where accused there name should be cleared and they should be in a position to sue any one for libel. The inquiry should investigate all those that were in government. ALl contracts signed in the past should also be reevaluated not cancelled. If investors see us as a country anytime a new government comes cancels there contract that would reduce foreign investment. I wish the best in this period of our country and I ask us all to pray for Good will in our people. God bless salone
From: DeLaw
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Date Posted: 06:30:38 12/16/07 ()
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I THINK THE CURRENT REGIME IS WORKING HARD TO STAMPOUT CORRUPTION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IT IS DOING SO INORDER TO FULLFIL A PROMISE MADE TO THE PEOPLE OF SIERRA LEONE.THE SLPP HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO LIKEWISE BUT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE MORAL CONVICTION PERHAPS THE GUTS TO TACLKE CORRUPTION IN THE COUNTRY.
"YOU CAN'T EAT YOUR CAKE AND HAVE IT." WE MUST GIVE THE APC THE SUPPORT IT NEEDS TO EXECUTE ITS POLITICAL AGENDA.AT THE SAME TIME WE MUST CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIER ACTIVITIES TO ENSURE FAIRPLAY.WHEN THE CITZENS OF SIERRA LEONE SUPPORT CHANGE AND REJECT WHAT AMOUNTS TO A POLITICAL WITCHHUNT AS SOME PEOPLE CURRENTLY BRAND THE EFFORTS OF THE APC,THEN,TIME WILL DEFINATELY TELL.
THE ONE THING I KNOW IS THAT THE MINISTERS WERE NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE CULPABLE.CORRUPTION HAS INSIDEOUSLY PERMEATED IN TO THE PSYCHE OF SO MANY SIERRA LEONEANS AND SOME WILL 'FIGHT' VERY HARD TO PUT UP RESISTANCE TO ANY PARTY THAT TRIES TO MINIMIZE IT.REMEMBER,CORRUPTION IS A TWO WAY STREET.IT WILL THRIVE IF WE ACCEPT AND CONDONE IT.WE DO NOT NEED TO ENCOURAGE IT IF WE WANT TO SEE A BETTER SOCIETY NOW AND IN FUTURE.
BESIDES HOUNDING CORRUPT MINISTERS OR POLICE PERSONNEL OR TEACHERS,THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD ALSO LOOK INTO THE ACTIVITIES OF THE LEBANESE,THE PORTS AUTHORITY,ACTIVITIES OF EXPATRIATES WHO RUN THE NGOS OPERRATING WITH IN THE COUNTRY.
I URGE THE GOVERNMENT TO DO THINGS QUIETLY.
From: Bai Bureh
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Date Posted: 02:36:40 12/16/07 ()
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Remember this: JAH WILL NEVER GIVE DA POWER TO A BALDHEAD AND COME CRUCIFY DE DREAD.
Now baldhead will be crucified instead because he could not see,hear or talk when in power or maybe he never had such disabilities but was just totally negligent thinking he was a supernova.
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 01:15:34 12/16/07 ()
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In the people's interests, we should support the anti-corruption inquiries. No one in our previous government should be ignored. All HAD A HAND IN OUR NATIONAL COFFERS.
From: trusaytokme
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Date Posted: 06:53:25 12/16/07 ()
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he gave us security, which is better than the basic necessities. now that we have security we can talk about restoring these necessities. without security, we are all domed as a people.
From: nico
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Date Posted: 07:38:10 12/16/07 ()
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Are you saying that Kabba gave security to Sierra Leone? He did not. He made it worse by his weakness and bad judgements.
From: Sieh
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Date Posted: 23:38:54 12/15/07 ()
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Bra enviable, there's no need to obscure your name if you were a true and patriotic citizen of Sierra Leone. The comparisons you are making are so out of touch with reality that you need to examine you political motivation and assess you knowledge on the rule of law. What Ernest Koroma is dong is an attempt to extract what some of your friends and relatives misappropriated and squandered. What was meant for the ordinary person in Sierra Leone is exactly what ended in their pockets and the purses of girlfriends. We have for too long, suffered in a county where you have only two groups of people based on economic status. You can either be rich or very poor. Whatever happened to the middle class? Oh, I might be talking to an individual whose knowledge is very limited statutory class. The inquiry should go on and if anyone is found guilty the punishment should not be less than life in prison and forfeiture of all accumulated wealth before and during their ministerial or secretarial position. Sierra Leone has all these laws in place but they have never been implemented. Here comes a gentleman who is attempting to make a difference by upholding the law, holding peope accountable for woring dong, and people are trying to brand him and call him names. You stay put; you will see what is going to happen in the next couple of years. Please go find yourself a job and stop writing all these rubbish using a borrowed computer.
The SLPP party is under decadence. The party does not have the resources to sustain itself for the next eleven years. Whay can't the SLPP just desolve.
Anti SLPP or not here he Comes.
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 01:05:33 12/16/07 ()
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What is your name? Can you conspicuously display your name? I think he has a right to his opinion on matters that will or may affect us. Do you really want a one party state? To be effective - have tolerance of opposing views!!
From: babbob
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Date Posted: 21:31:51 12/15/07 ()
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Bra E,
Once the system starts working, then the same rules will be applied to APC current operatives and appointees.
But now, I'm liking what I'm hearing and seeing at the moment.
From: Mensa
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Date Posted: 00:11:38 12/16/07 ()
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What a beautiful piece, brother Babbob! The comprehensive way you presented your points, the objectivity in your analysis .......and above all, the clean sense of patriotic nationalism left me awe-struck! Most of us really don't care about the ruling party of the day! All we wish to see is a prosperous Sierra Leone! What I enjoy most is the freedom of expression.....the freedom to critise and remain genuine about it....the consistency, ..the unflinching bond with your conscience ....... the unaffectd sence of juegement.....the pure feeling of being just to yourself and your nation.
From: babbob
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Date Posted: 05:36:10 12/16/07 ()
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Thanks Bra Mensa.
At this time, we all need a better Sierra Leone.
Regardless of whether we're in the diaspoara or not, we're all suffering due to the world-wide bad image about Sierra Leone.
Now we have a government which is at least attempting to improve on the image of Sierra Leone, and in which case all of us holding Sierra Leone passport will gain from. Yet, we have some people going-on about party issues and forgetting that elections and campaigns was completed a while ago.
Cheers!!
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 19:59:53 12/15/07 ()
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Bra Enviable, you seem to be genuinely conflicted by the war on Terror (Oops, I mean Corruption). As long as the rule of law is observed, I am at ease with this exercise. With a precedent steeped in law, we would expect APC functionaries to be investigated by the ACC in 2012.
What we cannot afford are bleeding hearts in the war against corruption. We've gotta be resolute and stand firm. No revolving doors in our determination: We're in, we're out!....Nah!
From: BRA ENVIABLE
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Date Posted: 20:30:37 12/15/07 ()
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Orlangba Fen Plaba,
I have been itching for economic justice for as long as I have lived as an adult. If exposing and punishing corruption are the main reasons behind this anti-corruption drive, I will support the president with a full blast.
As long as political thieves continue to rob Sierra Leone, we cannot grow as a nation. Let heads roll.
I am only sounding alarm bells against any probable misuse of the anti-corruption drive that could eventually lead us to a state-inspired war against the opposition. Once it becomes clear that the APC is not up to its old tricks of stifling the opposition, this anti-corruption drive will have a big fan in me. I will even nail my colors to the mast by writing op-ed after op-ed in Sierra Leonean newspapers cheering the war against corruption. I just want to be sure of the sincerity behind this much-delayed exercise.
From: KING LOGGY
To: All
Date Posted: 20:51:25 12/15/07 ()
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There's no need for alarm bells.
You are witnessing a new era in Salone politics.
Have a cone and a smile!
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 06:59:07 12/16/07 ()
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Oh Great King Loggy,
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but...you have outdone yourself this time. You are indeed the master of the Cut-and-Paste. I bet you, Bra Enviable nearly laughed his sides out with your graphics. Your eloquence, in both the written word and the targeted picture, makes you, well...the one and only KING LOGGY!
Stay blessed.
Your Fan,
Fen Plaba!
From: KING LOGGY
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Date Posted: 19:06:20 12/15/07 ()
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"What I find a bit strange is the boldness of an APC government to talk about corruption in a country where venality was born and baptized by seventeen years of APC misrule. If the latest anti-corruption move is grounded in patriotism, heads must roll with pitiless speed".
(DA BRA)
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Fen Plaba where are you when we need you?
From: KING LOGGY
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Date Posted: 18:48:35 12/15/07 ()
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A Kenyan broadcaster has lodged an official complaint after video images of the president's wife slapping an official were seized and erased.
A cameraman tried to sue Mrs Kibaki for assault in 2005
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 19:31:16 12/15/07 ()
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I think she is a great woman! The official who made that gaffe was trying to be funny. How do you think Sia Koroma, the first lady would react if Alpha Khan introduced her by the name of a known paramour of Prezzy Koroma? I bet you fireworks would be popping at State House. Alpha Khan would get rapid karate chops by the irate First Lady.
Good for Mrs. Kabaki. Strong black women turn me on bra!
From: Wiri Wiri
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Date Posted: 23:28:31 12/16/07 ()
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The comparison to Sia Koroma is a rude one and not appropriate. You can make your point without that crapy analogy or whatever.
From: KING LOGGY
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Date Posted: 20:37:09 12/15/07 ()
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Bra, lek yu en Da Bra, ar lek strong black woman dem too but nor to de wan way di loss ihm cool especially na public. Mrs. Kibaki bin for rise above such pettiness if na dat really happen. Problem is, dis nor to de fos tem e do dat.
From: Imaam Kamara
To: All
Date Posted: 16:23:33 12/15/07 ()
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On Wednesday, December 19th, 2007, muslims in Sierra Leone will join the UMMAH in celebrating Eid-Ul-Adha (DONKI-SALI)...At this time muslims remember the Prophet Ibrahim (Peace Be Upon Him) by slaughtering a Ram (Cow/Camel) in obdience to Allah's orders. Muslims are commanded to perform hajj (if you can afford the cost in heatlh and financially). We congratulate those from Sierra Leone and the Ummah presently answering Allah's call (Labaika, Allahuma Labaika, Lasharikala).
From: WANT TO KNOW
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Date Posted: 16:21:52 12/15/07 ()
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Is this statement true of false?
From: Bird
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Date Posted: 04:54:08 12/16/07 ()
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A bird in hand is worth 10 in the bush.Underground diamond and gold is meaningless, and what is important is what do we have.Natural resources is important, but human resources are moe important.A word to the wise.
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 19:43:30 12/15/07 ()
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False! That statement is as false as the breathless undying love declared to me by that sweet, intoxicating hottie in Freetown- as she gently caressed my rustling dollars- during my last JC Christmas.
From: ,3
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Date Posted: 16:48:22 12/15/07 ()
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Go
From: Conteh
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Date Posted: 16:05:11 12/15/07 ()
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Click below to see pictures of Sierra Leone stand at the Exhibition.
From: Patriot
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Date Posted: 16:08:49 12/15/07 ()
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nice pics. keep it up
From: FODAY
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Date Posted: 14:06:12 12/15/07 ()
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KABBS PL. CALL ME. I NEED MODERATOR AND MUCKSON ON THE PHONE TODAY.
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
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Date Posted: 13:49:50 12/15/07 ()
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The Day of Arafat What is the meaning and significance of the Day of Arafat, which occurs during the annual Islamic pilgrimage, the Hajj?
The 9th day of Dhul-Hijjah (the Month of Hajj) is called the Day of Arafat. This day is the culminating event of the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
237. Laa 'ilaaha 'illallaahu wahdahu laa shareeka lahu, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamdu wa Huwa 'alaa kulli shay'in Qadeer.
None has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone, Who has no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He is Able to do all things.
Reference: At-Tirmithi. Al-Albani graded it good in Sahih At-Tirmithi 3/184, and also Silsilatul-'Ahadith As-Sahihah 4/6.
The first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah are marked blessed for both, the pilgrims and the non-pilgrims. Rewards of good deeds are multiplied in these days. Imâm Ibn Qayyim (rahimahullah) (d. 751H)
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 14:29:43 12/15/07 ()
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Oremi, I notice the distinct piety of your recent postings. Good for you. Out of curiosity, did you do something bad that you are repenting for...that needs God's forgiveness? Or is End of Days fast approaching? Please let's know so that we all can start praying earnestly. I got tons of things I need to pray for to get on God's good side.
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
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Date Posted: 07:05:28 12/16/07 ()
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These postings are sent to me by a brother called Abdul Hakim Dumbuya. I have never met him and he has never met me. I however see the value of these posts as a muslim and I want to share them. What better place to disseminate the truth than on Cocorioko Forum.
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 08:07:38 12/16/07 ()
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By 'End of Days fast approaching..' I meant, End of Days quickly approaching?....Is End of Days around the corner?...
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq.
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Date Posted: 08:39:18 12/16/07 ()
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"End of My days" Afa that is only a question of rmy maker to decide. he is the DECIDER.
From: KING LOGGY
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Date Posted: 17:10:43 12/15/07 ()
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HE IS NOT REPENTING...HE CELEBRATED HIS ??TH BIRTHDAY RECENTLY AND YES.....
From: Bai Bureh
To: All
Date Posted: 13:37:07 12/15/07 ()
Email Address: rastafari_ish@hotmail.com
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Freetown and Kono are waiting for you.The Digbas and Soweis,the Wothos and the Sampas are waiting to catch a glimpse of the new revolutionary.Please don't fail to hog the limelight;all the newspapers will be at your service! It will be a red-letter day in Salone.
From: MUSA KAMARA
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Date Posted: 13:15:44 12/15/07 ()
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This is what all African heads of state should be heading for,combating graft should be a priority in their policies Or else Africa and her people will remain to be the poorest and forgotten on Earth.
Bravo Mr President.Each cent must be accounted for.God Bless Sierra-Leone
From: Ethelbert Pratt
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Date Posted: 14:38:57 12/16/07 ()
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I concur. President Koroma must start setting an example.
From: nico
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Date Posted: 14:04:06 12/15/07 ()
Email Address: nicoleconsult@hotmail.com
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This step by president Koroma is very welcome. Unlike former president Kabba who encouraged, tolerated and promoted corrupt officials to responsible positions, President Koroma is doing what he had promised the people of Sierra Leone that he would do if elected.
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 12:26:48 12/15/07 ()
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When Charles Margai threw his support behind Ernest Koroma, thereby ensuring the win of the Bombalista, I absolutely felt that Margai's clout in State House would be so powerful and influential. I actually thought he was gonna be the co-president.
From: FORREST GUMP
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Date Posted: 14:42:52 12/15/07 ()
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I did asked for him once but nobody seem to know what happened to him, I bet he now regrets his decision to form another party, I have heard that he is going to challenge for the leadership of the SLPP.
FORREST
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From: nico
To: All
Date Posted: 14:47:17 12/15/07 ()
Email Address: nicoleconsult@hotmail.com
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I know the truth, one is that he will not rejoin the SLPP.
From: Mensa
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Date Posted: 11:56:26 12/15/07 ()
Email Address: unikad5@yahoo.com
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What's the latest development on the panick-stricken SLPP former ministers? Just saw it as Breaking News in the homepage of this website. So there's a mass exodus put on hold!
From: nico
To: All
Date Posted: 14:17:14 12/15/07 ()
Email Address: nicoleconsult@hotmail.com
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"The SLPP is just about being killed softly ..... and the party diehards ain't helping out either!"
From: ITK
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Date Posted: 15:02:14 12/15/07 ()
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Keep on dreaming, mate. Unlike the APC, which was in the political wilderness -- a spent force for decades -- only to come back to power completely unvarnished and still the same spent force, you will soon witness a revitalized and ferocious SLPP juggernaut!
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 07:43:56 12/16/07 ()
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ITK, nor make ar laff. SLPP...a ferocious juggernaut? Ee nor possible Kortoh!
From: SGK
To: All
Date Posted: 10:41:53 12/15/07 ()
Email Address: sheku-kamara@hotmail.co.uk
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Mammy Amie,
We have not heard from you for a while now. We miss you in this forum.
Please feel free to contribute here. Don't be intimidated by any criticism in this forum. This is part of the game. We all live to learn. Please come back if you're on holidays.
From: FORREST GUMP
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Date Posted: 14:50:30 12/15/07 ()
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She has been with us all along never left us for a day ar lek for fen plaba
FORREST
From: Aminata Dumbuya
To: All
Date Posted: 11:28:05 12/15/07 ()
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Thank you Brother SGK for the sweet shout-out. I was kinda busy with those pesky exams but I just finished my last paper. I am right now prepping some gastronomical delights for a friend's NIKAO in Upstate New York this evening. I'm gonna party-hardy tonight and then will jump in on a thread in the forum tomorrow. I have been following the conversation though. I think that, with the proper guarantees, we may actually rescue the Leone from the doldrums. Moh'm Jalloh's idea about revaluation is all of a sudden do-able with the additional benefit that it will impose financial discipline on the government by restraining spending. Take care sir. Will tap in later. Bye.
From: Ethelbert Pratt
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Date Posted: 14:41:30 12/16/07 ()
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Aminata, I am in agreement with you. Mr. Jalloh may be on to something with his rescue of the Leone from the doldrums (I love your phrase).
From: SGK
To: All
Date Posted: 12:01:00 12/15/07 ()
Email Address: sheku-kamara@hotmail.co.uk
Entered From: at 91.84.136.50
Now that i know my mum is still around and safe is tantamount to a big week end present.
Have a good week end Mammy Amie and enjoy yourself but look after yourself as well.
Bye for now.
From: SGK
To: All
Date Posted: 10:29:15 12/15/07 ()
Email Address: sheku-kamara@hotmail.co.uk
Entered From: at 91.84.136.50
Has this woman posted her work on FGC as she promised us?
If she has not, i am sorry to say this is a manifestation of unreliability. I believe that one should always keep to his/her words.
If she has done so, then my apology.
From: KKW
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Date Posted: 10:23:06 12/15/07 ()
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Until I read through the latest threads discussing this topic, I thought I had a clear idea of how the revaluation process is expected to work toward the goal of poverty alleviation. But the arguments put forward to refute the bogeyman of overnight US dollar millionnaires has thrown me off.
From: Mohamed A. Jallloh
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Date Posted: 11:26:20 12/15/07 ()
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KKW:
From: Ethelbert Pratt
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Date Posted: 14:24:49 12/16/07 ()
Email Address:
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Sir, if you don't mind, would you please post your reply for us that don't belong to SALONE DISCUSSSION to read? I want to learn what your answer is, if that's okay.
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 06:05:34 12/15/07 ()
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Reverend Kabs-Kanu,
Although there is not yet a formal announcement, all indications are that you will be Mr. President's spokesman. An informal congrats now.... black-tie encomiums later when it is official.
Rev Kabs, you will be a great spokesman not just for the president but for all Sierra Leoneans. As you negotiate your way through the backstabbing and the treachery of the Inner Circle, always keep smiling...and never allow yourself to be seduced by your own spin.
From: POLITICAL
To: All
Date Posted: 21:56:00 12/15/07 ()
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What about Mr. Alpha Kanu (presidetial affairs minister)?
From: kamara
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Date Posted: 12:03:19 12/15/07 ()
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You wan leh the man loss ihn job. Sa lone leader nor wan yerri true word. Lek wae die man don sacrifice ihn income nar ya for woke na Sa lone wai you geh for wait up to sixth month for geh you first pay.Eh you know say shekito die wait corner for take die man ihn woke. Leh die man settle na in job first before ihn begin ask Ernest die fiteye questions dehm.
From: SGK
To: All
Date Posted: 09:31:55 12/15/07 ()
Email Address: sheku-kamara@hotmail.co.uk
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Fen Plaba,
Can you please explain to me by what you mean that a great President is one who builds coalitions with his political enemies?
Do you mean the President forming a coalition with all the other political parties in the country?
If that is the case, we are left with no opposition but a one party state which implies we are back to square one.
Also, opposing the government constructively does not necessarily mean that you are an enemy of the president. It simply one of the fundamental principles of democracy.
Please forgive me if i misunderstood you.
Have a nice week end with your budweiser.
From: DeLaw
To: All
Date Posted: 15:34:24 12/15/07 ()
Email Address: contehlawrence@yahoo.com
Entered From: cpe-71-74-87-80.insight.res.rr.com at 71.74.87.80
A COALITION IS A'TEMPORARY UNION FOR A COMMON PURPOSE',THE MIRIAM WEBSTER DICTIONARY.TRUST ME, THE PRESIDENT WILL NOT 'SLEEP WITH THE "ENEMY"'.HE MUST HOWEVER REACH OUT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITION TO INSURE THEIR COPERATION AND SUPPORT FOR HIS POLICIES, AS WE MOVE FOWARD AS A NATION.AT THE SAME TIME, THE OPPOSITION SHOULD NOT BEHAVE LIKE SORE LOOSERS WHOSE PRIMARY INTEREST MIGHT BE TO SABOTAGE THE CURRENT LEADERSHIP.SUCH AN ACTION COULD BE SEEN AS A DIS-SERVIVCE TO OUR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR TOO LONG TO LIFT THEM FROM MISERY, TO SAY THE LEAST.
ALWAYS REMEMBER,GENERATIONS MAY COME AND GO,BUT OUR BELOVED SIERRA LEONE IS GOING TO BE HERE.
I BELIEVE THE AFTERMATH OF THE PAST ELECTION HAS BEEN VERY TROUBLING FOR SOME BUT WE MUST HONOUR THE WISHES OF THE VOTERS."KEEP HOPE ALIVE"."LIVE AND LET LIVE".YEH.
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 11:09:41 12/15/07 ()
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By building coalitions, I do not mean co-opting the political opposition into a grand governing coalition. I just mean that the Prezzy should consult the opposition leaders and try and act like the leader of the whole country, instead of a regional parochial party. For example, EBK would not have exposed himself to the accusations of tribalism if he had included more Southeasterners (not necessarily SLPP supporters) into his cabinet, even though the Southeast was lukewarm to the APC. The Prezzy should be consulting not just his support base but people who may not have supported him in the elections. There is a treasure trove of wonderful ideas within the opposition ranks, you know.
From: SGK
To: All
Date Posted: 12:55:22 12/15/07 ()
Email Address: sheku-kamara@hotmail.co.uk
Entered From: at 91.84.136.50
Thank you for your precious time to explain to me my misunderstanding of your post.
Fen Plaba, to be honest this president has got this opportunity to turn the country around, so he does not want to be held accountable for his mistakes thus he has to be cautious in appointing his ministers. Naturally, human beings tend to work with people they know and trust. I would not blame the president and i don't think this is tribalism on his own side. The man is married to a Kono woman. A tribalist would never married someone outside his/her tribe.
He is just trying to protect his position. He might be right or wrong but let wait and see.
All the same, i hope he gets it right for the benefit of the nation. Then everyone would forgive and rally around him.
Another thing you most realize is, it is very difficult to satisfy people and i won't advice him to try and satisfy any section of the country. He should always try to do what is best for the nation as a whole.
From: Eddie Grant
To: All
Date Posted: 14:04:17 12/15/07 ()
Email Address:
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Why are we having this unpatriotic conversation again here?
From: SGK
To: All
Date Posted: 04:11:31 12/16/07 ()
Email Address: sheku-kamara@hotmail.co.uk
Entered From: at 91.84.136.50
To be honest, i could not understand a thing of what you're talking about here. Who mentioned about Southeasterner/Easterner in my last postings? Nobody my friend.
If you want to know what we were talking about you simply ask us.
In order to give you a clear picture of what we were discussing, i would briefly give you an explanation here.
Fen Plaba wrote that the president's government had been accused of tribalism by the opposition because of the composition of his cabinet, mainly Northerners.
I was trying to justify the president's decision by emphasizing that he is not a tribalist. His decision is based on people he trusts, knows and comfortable to work around with.
I hope you understand now what we were trying to talk about.
From: Eddie Grant
To: All
Date Posted: 06:53:08 12/16/07 ()
Email Address:
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Hi SGK, my response is not directed at you, perhaps its due to the fact that I hanged it on your post.
From: SGK
To: All
Date Posted: 07:49:28 12/16/07 ()
Email Address: sheku-kamara@hotmail.co.uk
Entered From: at 91.84.136.50
Eddie,
I have got you now, probably the reason why i was confused.
Have a nice day.
Cheers.
From: FREE SPEECH
To: All
Date Posted: 11:24:55 12/15/07 ()
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"Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes." George Bernard Shaw
From: Fen Plaba!
To: All
Date Posted: 11:32:32 12/15/07 ()
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Nice quotation, Brother Free Speech.
Kinda like it better than Atkinson's 'arse kicking' schtick! That raised my hackles, lol.
From: KALOS
To: All
Date Posted: 08:55:07 12/15/07 ()
Email Address:
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FEN PLABA and FORUMITES: I told you about five days ago"IF KABBS KANU wants the Press Secretary job, he will get it". God knows how many names I have called KABS for his rigid and unwavering support of EBK; the REV deserves anything he wants in the APC administration. ENOUGH RESPECT, SIR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am in NJ this morning to attend a funeral....hope to see the REV in person.
From: 1N1P
To: All
Date Posted: 23:52:48 12/14/07 ()
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From: Bra fox
To: All
Date Posted: 13:48:10 12/15/07 ()
Email Address: sshek_2@hotmail.com
Entered From: 62.79.85.195.dhcp.gl.tiscali.dk at 62.79.85.195
Can we not just forget about this election wahala for now??There are all indications that the people of S/Leone grew tired of the slpp rule thats while apc won most of the paliamentary seats.There is some thing wrong with the slpp leadership so you guys need to put your house in perfect order. All those grey/ white hair men should go on pension now . The people of S/Leone will NEVER take you guys serious when people who do not have credibility are still controlling the strings of the party.
To EBK now,removing government officials simply because they are from S/east is not in any way doing good in the interest of reconciliation. We bknow officials were corrupt but not the entire segment of the work force from the east/south.
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 05:32:52 12/15/07 ()
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SLPP will never forgive Lady Thorpe for WAY EE PULL BRADE NAR DEM MOT. They will go to all lengths to harass her for not stamping the seal of approval on their election shenanigans in the Far East and the South.
So my buddy SLPPers, please keep on litigating until you win the presidency by a technicality. That way, you will put a full stop to all horrible APC perversions like electricity, clean water, real anti-corruption and protection of inept, corrupt officials simply because "they are our brothers..."
From: sandu
To: All
Date Posted: 15:03:46 12/15/07 ()
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i agree.
From: kamara
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Date Posted: 08:29:55 12/15/07 ()
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Fen plaba , It is democray, let us exercise our democractic rights. Did nt Gore and democrats exercise their legal options during 2000 elections. Ernest should be busy right now as they are going to electrify freetown by Thursday December 20, 2007, a historical day.
From: KING LOGGY
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Date Posted: 05:43:24 12/15/07 ()
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From: Fen Plaba!
To: All
Date Posted: 06:08:04 12/15/07 ()
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Loggy, you go kill me O!
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
To: All
Date Posted: 18:36:58 12/14/07 ()
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I am assuming that your plan to revaluate will not confer unwarranted gratitude to anyone in the process but will obey fair rules.
In your article,'A Plan to Alleviate Poverty' you were not very clear on how poverty will be alleviated and the article showed weakness on the process of revaluation. I got the impression that it was a sort of get rich quick scheme. I also quite frankly thought that you were exagerating the impact of revaluation and the effect on peoples purchasing power. The article was long on history and short on how the process works and on the economic principles involved.
I dont think we should expect miracles. I think Sierra Leones emphasis on agriculture will be the key factor to reduce poverty.
From: Jackal
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FORGET THR ECONOMIC PROSE. DISCUSS NUMBERS & DATA.
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Alie Formeh Kamara writes on December 14, 2007:
"In your article,'A Plan to Alleviate Poverty' you were not very clear on how poverty will be alleviated and the article showed weakness on the process of revaluation."
I look forward to your hopefully responsive answers to the above questions in the hope of learning from you.
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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1. The whole argument you postulated can be summarised as follows: The government of Sierra Leone should issue a dcree and set the par value of the currency then the leone will in four years be reverted to its old value prior to devaluation in the 1960's. That action to revalue the Leone will resolve the issue of the high cost of living and that folks will wipe out poverty.
Will there be a new currency?
Will the Leone be pegged to another currency or to a basket of currencies?
If a new currency, will the leone be exchanged to the new currency by the factor the dollar is greater than the Leone?
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 05:11:47 12/15/07 ()
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Alie:
Thank you for your responses to my questions yesterday arising from your claims of fact which, unfortunately, you did not support with evidence -- thus prompting me to duly request the omitted evidence by asking you questions. Regrettably, your answers to my questions confirm that you have no basis for your opinions. As always, let us go the evidence.
1. My question to you was: "1. Please show exactly HOW and WHY you think in my article, I was "not very clear on how poverty will be alleviated and the article showed weakness on the process of revaluation."
YOUR ANSWER: "1. The whole argument you postulated can be summarised as follows: The government of Sierra Leone should issue a dcree and set the par value of the currency then the leone will in four years be reverted to its old value prior to devaluation in the 1960's. That action to revalue the Leone will resolve the issue of the high cost of living and that folks will wipe out poverty."
EVIDENCE OF YOUR MISTAKE(S): You failed to answer the question responsively. My question asked you to show exactly HOW and WHY you think in my article, I was "not very clear on how poverty will be alleviated and the article showed weakness on the process of revaluation."
Your answer -- consisting entirely of your merely summarizing "the whole argument [I] postulated" does not show exactly HOW you think I was "not very clear on how poverty will be alleviated and the article showed weakness on the process of revaluation." In addition, your answer does not show WHY you think I was "not very clear on how poverty will be alleviated and the article showed weakness on the process of revaluation."
CONCLUSION: You failed to answer my question responsively, thereby proving that you have failed to show that your opinion has any basis in fact or logic -- thus establishing its invalidity by the very best evidence, namely, your own written words.
2. My second question to you was: "2. Kindly set forth the specific sentence(s) in my article which gave you "the impression that it was a sort of get rich quick scheme."
YOUR ANSWER: "2. The absence of a thorough explanation linking revaluation to the eradicating of poverty led me to believe that either you have a sleezy ace under your sleeve - a get rich quick scheme, or you are actually dreaming."
Your failure to set forth the specific sentence(s) in my article which gave you "the impression that it was a sort of get rich quick scheme" proves that you have failed to show that you found any such sentence(s) in my article. You also failed to show the existence of "[t]he absence of a thorough explanation linking revaluation to the eradicating of poverty" because you failed to show how the article failed to link revaluation to the eradication of poverty. Your failure is not surprising. This is because the article stated clearly that S/Leoneans have been impoverished by the catastrophic destruction of the value of the Leone, and therefore, restoring the Leone's value would reverse their needless impoverishment.
CONCLUSION: Your "impression that [our article] was a sort of get rich quick scheme" did not come from anything we wrote in our article, but only from your own imagination -- as attested to by your failure to cite any sentence(s) in our article supporting your consequently erroneous impression.
3. My third question to you was: "3. Please state the sentence(s) which made you "also quite frankly [think] that [I was] exagerating the impact of revaluation and the effect on peoples purchasing power."
YOUR ANSWER: "3. The percapita income of Sierra Leoneans will still be dependent on the national income. The value added to the purchasing power vis a vis imports will not be sufficient to alleviate poverty."
EVIDENCE OF YOUR MISTAKE(S): Your failure to set forth any sentence from my article which made you "also quite frankly [think] that [I was] exagerating the impact of revaluation and the effect on peoples purchasing power" proves that you have failed to show that you found any such sentence(s) in my article.
CONCLUSION: Your opinion that "[I was] exagerating the impact of revaluation and the effect on peoples purchasing power" did not come from anything I wrote in my article, but only from your own imagination -- as attested to by your failure to cite any sentence(s) in my article supporting your impression.
4. My fourth question to you was: "4. Kindly explain precisely how "[t]he article was long on history and short on how the process works and on the economic principles involved."
YOUR ANSWER: "4. Here are a list of questions for you that your article did not address:
Will there be a new currency? Will the Leone be pegged to another currency or to a basket of currencies?
If a new currency, will the leone be exchanged to the new currency by the factor the dollar is greater than the Leone?"
EVIDENCE OF YOUR MISTAKE(S): First, stating what you believe to be "a list of questions ... that [our] article did not address" is NOT proof of your earlier unsubstantiated claim that "[t]he article was long on history." Therefore, you failed to show that our "article was long on history" -- thereby confirming your failure to show that your claim has any basis in fact. It is that incontrovertible failure that establishes the invalidity of your claim.
Second, when a currency is revalued (given a new value), it obviously means that the currency would be replaced by a new currency. This should be clearer to you upon your answering a very simple question, namely: How can a currency remain unchanged if it is given a NEW value? The answer: It can not remain unchanged and still be given a new value. Therefore, far from showing that our article did not address the question of "[w]ill there be a new currency?," your question thereof only proves, unfortunately, that you still do not understand the concept of revaluation of our currency, the Leone.
Your unfortunate lack of understanding was further displayed by your second question: "Will the Leone be pegged to another currency or to a basket of currencies?" The fact that no statement was made in the article that the Leone would "be pegged to another currency or to a basket of currencies?" would suggest to any diligent reader an obvious point, namely: That the Leone would neither be "be pegged to another currency [n]or to a basket of currencies?" Therefore, your opinion that those questions were not answered does not prove that they were not answered -- it only proves, unfortunately, that you did not understand what you read in the article.
Third, that unfortunate tendency was again on display in your final question: "If a new currency, will the leone be exchanged to the new currency by the factor the dollar is greater than the Leone?" Again, it is obvious that if a currency is revalued, it is given (in this case) a NEW value. How then can the NEWLY-valued currency be exchanged with the dollar at anything other than the rate implied by its NEW value? The answer: It ca not be exchanged at rate but its NEW rate.
Clearly, therefore, by asking whether "If a new currency, will the leone be exchanged to the new currency by the factor the dollar is greater than the Leone?," you did NOT prove that "[t]he article was long on history and short on how the process works and on the economic principles involved." On the contrary, unfortunately, you only proved the sad fact that you -- and only you -- failed to understand "how the process works and [] the economic principles involved."
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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Jalloh,
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Alie Formeh Kamara writes on December 15, 2007
So, do you see how it is impossible for anyone to become an "instant dollar millionaire overnight" as our friend, Brabanxx, and yourself, claimed in separate equivalent error yesterday, merely by exchanging old Leones for new Leones?
From: Fen Plaba!
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Moh'm,
If erudite forumites can be confused by your coversion rate, imagine the cacaphonous confusion among average Sierra Leoneans.
How about scrapping the old currency for now, in the interest of elucidation, and maintain all tenets of your arguments. Suggestions:
Also for such a scheme to be credible, the amount of printable money should be tied to our forex reserves and the SL$ must be readily convertible to the US$ in the banks without any bureaucratic hassle or red tape. Now that our foreign debt of $1.5 billion has been wiped out, we would only have to make sure that the government does not incur additional loans, and that we do not ship jobs to the neighboring countries because manufacturing is gonna be more expensive in SL than in Guinea, Liberia, Gambia etc...and goods from these countries would be cheaper. We wouldn't want to see a flight of our hard-earned dollars to our neighbors.
Also we would need to think of measures we would need to take in the case of a recession in our strong-currency economy.
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 10:01:08 12/16/07 ()
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Fen Plaba! wrote on December 15, 2007:
"If erudite forumites can be confused by your coversion rate, imagine the cacaphonous confusion among average Sierra Leoneans."
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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Date Posted: 08:37:06 12/15/07 ()
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Thank you for your reply.
I feel much safer that we are not going to cause public outrage with a revaluation.
From: Jonathan T. Boima
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Date Posted: 11:56:32 12/15/07 ()
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Mr Alie.
Do you realy believe that we can eradicate poverty in Sierra Leone by re-valuing of the Leone? Or you simply just got tired of the argument and caved in. I was realy following your line of thought until you gave in.
Your argument was very enlightening!
Keep up the good reasoning.
Jonathan.
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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Date Posted: 12:12:27 12/15/07 ()
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No sir.
I do not believe for one moment that revaluation would end poverty in Sierra Leone. That is fallacious. I was so amazed at this leap of faith that I became suspicious he may have a sleezy ace under his sleeves and where I went wrong was that I assumed he was going to try to make millionairs out of Sierra Leoneans.
As you now know, you dont make erronious assumptions when dealing with Moh'm as he will throw a barrag of missiles on you. But when you ask him to axplain a point he writes in german.
I want him to continue the debate on the issue of poverty, now that we are on the same page, so he can see how lame his argument is.
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 13:08:57 12/15/07 ()
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"I do not believe for one moment that revaluation would end poverty in Sierra Leone. That is fallacious."
From: Moh'm's Timekeeper
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Hey Formeh,
iF NOT, HE SHOULD NOT TEACH YOU ANOTHER THING. LONTA
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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Time Keeper,
While we can say that devaluation hurt our economy, we cannot blame poverty on devaluation alone. Poverty was there before devaluation and poverty will be there after devaluation unless we take stringent measures to uplift our economy through workable policies.
Dont buy into the euphoria that revaluation is the tablet to end poverty. That is simply a fallacy self evident by the lack of adequate information in his article to prove it.
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 13:03:27 12/15/07 ()
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Alie Formeh Kamara writes \ on December 15, 2007:
"It is the errant claim that revaluation will eradicate poverty that makes me suspicious that his so called plan may have a sleazy ace under his sleeves to make millionaires out of Sierra Leoneans."
From: Eddie Grant
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Date Posted: 13:44:21 12/15/07 ()
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It's a very important issue to discuss. As I follow these guys tearing themselves apart, I saw that there's a mission to discredit Mohamed Jalloh by Alieu Formeh Kamara.
From: Ethelbert Pratt
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Eddie, I agree with you, except for the part about the two gentlemen teasring themselves apart. I don't see that.
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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Date Posted: 07:06:23 12/15/07 ()
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It is needless to argue with you.
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 07:23:41 12/15/07 ()
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Alie Formeh Kamara writes on December 15, 2007:
"Since your article was not published in a professional Journal of Economics but in our news papers and since you are claiming that I do not understand the concept of revaluation I am asking you, for the benefit of the readers, to explain in lay man's terms how revaluation will eradicate poverty."
From: Bai Bureh
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Date Posted: 10:46:34 12/15/07 ()
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Maoudor, are you a PAIKOON or BALIEN?
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Please keep your subjects short and avoid thread gaps like what we have below.
/Moderator
From: NEWS
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Current strong indications are that the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) which lost the just concluded UN/Christiana Thorpe conducted elections to the All People’s Congress (APC) of President Ernest Bai Koroma are displeased with Thorpe and Koroma.
From: Nar true
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Yes it is true.Soon after elections, spate of violence erupted in Kono.Hundreds victimised, hundreds jailed, and now a few killed as well.Vow!!!!!Great Democracy, and even Greater Vice President\, a true reincarnation of SI
From: Bonthe Pikin
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This was the way it began after 1968. Just wait for few months, they will start joining APC. Trust me. I know these guys in and out. They would not have the gut to remain in opposition for more than five years. By the time Ernest wins the next elections they will all be moving on board.
From: Correction
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Bonthe Pikin, doya nor kill me wit laugh.
From: Eddie Grant
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Bonthe Pikin, doya nor kill me wit laugh.
From: DeLaw
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Date Posted: 16:28:35 12/15/07 ()
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I THINK WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE THE SLPP TO MAINTAIN A FORMIDABLE OPPOSITION IN PARLIAMENT.WE DON'T NEED A ONE PARTY SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN SIERRA LEONE, PERIOD.
From: Kamara
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Do not be to sure . Oppotunism and sycophancy will reduce with the advent of real democracy. People joined the old APC out of fear for their lives. In the current climate , people are free to criticize Ernest without being sent to jail.
The genuine SLPP will stay the course , the opportunists who joined SLPP will jump ship. it is a little early to predict Ernest's victory in 2012 when he has nt delivered anything yet. let us see Freetown electrified by December 20, 2007. Then we can talk.
From: nico
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Kamara:
Development? Please ask Puawei Sama Banya. He is a professor of development in Sierra Leone.
From: Kamara
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You did not read the whole piece . The true SLpp will stay the course, only the opportunists will jump ship. Yes many True SLPP did not betray SLPP. My father , a Northerner was asked many times by his bretheren to leave SLpp and join APC but refused.
Many were afraid for their lives in Siaki's dictatorship, with the likes of Highway running around. I am sure that the fear of being killed pushed many to joined APC , seconded by greed. We know, there are people of principles around who would rather die than succumb to dictatorship. There were not many of them in Sierra Leone during siaki's dictatorship.
From: nico
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So if they did not sack their party supporters from jobs they would not make noises. These people are really very selfish. Earnest Koroma can take a leaf from Siaka Steven and give them jobs and positions to keep them quiet. Once he does that they will be the biggest sycophants. That was why the SLPP remained in the wilderness until the NPRC put a brake on the APC rule.
From: Bai Bureh
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It is about time you put to practice what you have acquired over the years at uni.It will not do you any good if you go on constructing roads, houses and bridges on this forum and think you are great.Don't try to follow the footsteps of Alpha T.Wurie who has been going round telling the world in the most vociferous manner that he took his doctorate in chemistry at the age 26 (and that was a long, long time ago)without producing even a three-symbols formula for the benefit of Sierra Leone.Dunno if this is the reputation or just one out of a million worse traits of SLPP bootlickers and frontliners.
From: Anthony Sisay
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Bai Bureh,
You are great. Yes, like I said, we and nobody but Sierra Leoneans are the ones responsible for building their own country. I have never said that we can hold the government alone accountable for the lack luster country that we had destined to call our home.
From: M. Alieu Iscandari esq.
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We have sent you an apostle who belongs to your own nation. He will recite our revelations and purify you of sin. He will explain to you the book which we have dictated to him; he will make you wise, teaching you things of which at present you know nothing. Remember me, and I shall remember you. Give thanks to me, and I shall never reject you.’
From: Mensa
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May the Almighty Allah continue to guide and protect you in your daily endeavours, brother. May you live long, to continue the good work... for every posting on the net earns you multiples of blessings!!
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Alie Formeh Kamara writes on December 14, 2007:
"Mr. Jalloh, International economic relations are shrouded in politics. You will agree that it is safer for there to be a semblance of world order that assures human rights are respected and protected. Therefore we can agree that the greatest assurance of stability in an environment were the law is as good as compliance is where it is led by gentlemen."
From: Jackal
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FORGET THR ECONOMIC PROSE. DISCUSS NUMBERS & DATA.
From: John Mannah
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Date Posted: 03:30:18 12/15/07 ()
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Mr. Mohamed Jalloh, I commend you for your relentless effort in bringing forth solutions to address our economic problems which rightly so, has a lot to do with the poor purchasing power of our national currency the Leone. Thus your article titled “Plan to Alleviate Poverty in Sierra Leone” was brought forth with the tacit intention of helping the present government in Freetown address the chronic economic prolem facing our people.
I must however hasten to say that the comparison you made with the debauchery of the German currency that John Maynard Keynes referred to in his seminal book, "The economic consequences of the peace" is not correct. The hyperinflation in Germany after the 1st world war was solely as a result of the heavy reparations and other stringent conditions imposed on Germany by the Allied powers after the war, that consequently resulted in German authorities resorting to printing of money that ruined its currency.
Contrasting this situation with the 1979 devaluation of the Leone, one will see the stark difference in construction and mechanism.
The Leone was devalued due to the failure of our macroeconomic policies in Sierra Leone. Among the factors responsible for this is the failure of the commodity board i.e. the SLPMB to ensure consistency between set prices, domestic costs and international prices; the widening gap between the retail food prices and stagnant producer prices that engendered further transfer of resources from the agricultural sector to other sectors, especially the service sector; the use of fixed exchange that culminated in real exchange rate apprciation. This in turn, further increased the aggregate demand in the economy and had a consequent negative impact on the current account balance.
Our economy being so heavily dependent on imports of manufactured and intermediate goods, import demand could not adjust quickly enough to declining foreign exchange receipts. To facilitate importation of these goods, the government set real exchange rates at unsustainable appreciated levels and engaged in some short and medium term borrowing, creating an increase in our debt service obligations. This policy response resulted in current account and balance of payments deficits, reduced foreign exchange reserves and an increase in external debt obligations.
In response, the government put trade and exchange controls in place. This policy response of exchange controls proved inadequate in dealing with the current account deficit problems. The nature of the exchange control administration created uncertainties among private investors and reduced incentives for private investment and encouraged corruption, rent-seeking activities, and smuggling. This introduced distortions into the economy that greatly affected its overall performance. The government was left with no alternative to address this problem, as it had turned into a crisis, but to introduce austerity measures through the structural adjustment program of the IMF.
The IMF did not come to us, we went to them asking for help with our structural macroeconomic distortions, and as there is no free lunch in economics, we had to pay the price for our illness, and structural adjustment is not an easy prescr1ption.
As a member of the international community, we make international commitments that expose us to situations where exchange rate changes are inevitable.
The only way therefore that our currency can be brought to parity with the dollar, is not by any decree or legislation, but by market forces, through working very hard on improving our current account balance position, thank god the size of our external debt is now manageable, continue on the path of economic reform that will lead to sustained long-term economic growth thereby improving on our fiscal deficits and the adequacy of our foreign exchange reserve. Lastly, the government in Sierra Leone if they are serious about moving our country forward, can create the necessary socio-economic and political environment for take off of the private sector by using some of Mr. Mohamed Jalloh's advice in improving supply of foreign currency into the Sierra Leone economy.
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 06:55:47 12/15/07 ()
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John Mannah writes on December 15, 2007:
"Mr. Mohamed Jalloh, I commend you for your relentless effort in bringing forth solutions to address our economic problems which rightly so, has a lot to do with the poor purchasing power of our national currency the Leone. Thus your article titled “Plan to Alleviate Poverty in Sierra Leone” was brought forth with the tacit intention of helping the present government in Freetown address the chronic economic prolem facing our people.
I must however hasten to say that the comparison you made with the debauchery of the German currency that John Maynard Keynes referred to in his seminal book, "The economic consequences of the peace" is not correct. The hyperinflation in Germany after the 1st world war was solely as a result of the heavy reparations and other stringent conditions imposed on Germany by the Allied powers after the war, that consequently resulted in German authorities resorting to printing of money that ruined its currency.
Contrasting this situation with the 1979 devaluation of the Leone, one will see the stark difference in construction and mechanism."
Dr. Mannah:
Thank you for your gracious commendation of my longstanding efforts to address our country's economic problems by publishing suggested solutions to them in the hope that those who have been entrusted with making economic decisions on behalf of our people would be accordingly informed of alternatives to their own actual decisions.
Pursuant to the interest of accuracy that has been a hallmark of my writings over the past 28 years, kindly permit me to point out the material error of fact evident in your above-quoted claim that the comparison to Nazi Germany made in our "Plan to Alleviate Poverty in Sierra Leone" is not correct.
I. In order to understand your error, it is sufficient to note the basis of your claim that our comparison is not correct. The basis of your claim is that:
"The hyperinflation in Germany after the 1st world war was solely as a result of the heavy reparations and other stringent conditions imposed on Germany by the Allied powers after the war, that consequently resulted in German authorities resorting to printing of money that ruined its currency. Contrasting this situation with the 1979 devaluation of the Leone, one will see the stark difference in construction and mechanism."
The question that exposes your error is evident in the answer to a dispositive question, namely: Did we claim in our article that the SAME FACTORS led to the debauchery of the Leone in 1979 and the debauchery of the German currency in pre-World War II Germany?
ANSWER: Not at all.
Therefore, on what basis can we not be correct on a claim that we never made?
ANSWER: None.
I hope you can now see that, accordingly, your claim has no basis in fact, since it is based only upon your clearly erroneous assumption that we equated the factor(s) which led to the debauchery of the currency of pre-World War II Germany with the factor(s) which led to the debauchery of the Leone in 1979.
What we actually stated -- and which unfortunately you apparently missed -- was that the debauchery of the German currency unleashed forces of hyperinflation which we believe were the SAME FORCES OF HYPERINFLATION that were released due to the debauchery of the S/Leonean currency in 1979.
Hopefully, it is now clear to you that, in our article, we were NOT equating the CAUSE of the hyperinflation in Germany with the cause of the hyperinflation in Sierra Leone, as you claimed in error. On the contrary, what we actually equated was the EFFECT of the debauchery of the German currency (due to whatever cause) with the effect of the debauchery of the Leone (due to whatever cause).
Accordingly, your opinion that the causes were different is totally irrelevant to our argument because we never argued that the causes were the same -- only that the EFFECTS were the same.
II. Furthermore, in the usual interest of accuracy, I am also obliged top point out another material error in your opinion that "[t]he Leone was devalued due to the failure of our macroeconomic policies in Sierra Leone. Among the factors responsible for this is the failure of the commodity board i.e. the SLPMB to ensure consistency between set prices, domestic costs and international prices;"
The error in your opinion is evident in the answer to a simple question, namely: What evidence did you set forth to show that "the failure of the commodity board i.e. the SLPMB to ensure consistency between set prices, domestic costs and international prices" caused the Leone to be devalued?"
ANSWER: None.
Therefore, the conclusion is inescapable that you failed to rebut the implication that your opinion that "[t]he Leone was devalued due to the failure of our macroeconomic policies in Sierra Leone" has no basis in fact -- thereby rendering it invalid.
If you have any evidence that there was a "failure of the commodity board i.e. the SLPMB to ensure consistency between set prices, domestic costs and international prices" I hereby invite you to kindly set it forth. Such evidence should include at a minimum:
1. The specific "domestic costs and international prices" to which you are referring.
2. The specific commodities to which you are referring.
3. The specific period covered by the prices to which you are referring.
4. The precisely stated standard which you believe evidences "consistency between set prices, domestic costs and international prices" to which you are referring.
5. Exactly HOW you believe that particular standard was breached when, as you claimed without evidence, "the commodity board i.e. the SLPMB" failed to "to ensure consistency between set prices, domestic costs and international prices."
Hopefully, you will provide the answers to the above questions which you had omitted in your reply, or failing which, you will duly admit that your claim that "[t]he Leone was devalued due to the failure of our macroeconomic policies in Sierra Leone" has no basis in fact -- and therefore, it is plainly invalid.
III. Your following opinions are also readily shown to be erroneous upon the answer to another simple question. First, kindly permit me to set forth your claim:
"In response, the government put trade and exchange controls in place. This policy response of exchange controls proved inadequate in dealing with the current account deficit problems. The nature of the exchange control administration created uncertainties among private investors and reduced incentives for private investment and encouraged corruption, rent-seeking activities, and smuggling. This introduced distortions into the economy that greatly affected its overall performance. The government was left with no alternative to address this problem, as it had turned into a crisis, but to introduce austerity measures through the structural adjustment program of the IMF.
The question that would lead you to the conclusion that the above claims lack any basis is this: Is going to the IMF, as the SL "government was left with no alternative to" do the ONLY response to the "distortions into the economy that greatly affected its overall performance?"
ANSWER: Clearly not.
IV. The error in your following claims is also readily apparent upon the answer to yet another simple question. Again, first, let us set forth your claims:
"The IMF did not come to us, we went to them asking for help with our structural macroeconomic distortions, and as there is no free lunch in economics, we had to pay the price for our illness, and structural adjustment is not an easy prescr1ption.As a member of the international community, we make international commitments that expose us to situations where exchange rate changes are inevitable. The only way therefore that our currency can be brought to parity with the dollar, is not by any decree or legislation, but by market forces, ..."
The question that exposes the error in your above claims is this: If, as you imply via your statement that the "only way therefore that our currency can be brought to parity with the dollar, is not by any decree or legislation, but by market forces, ..." how is it that many a devaluation (a decree announcing a change in the value of a currency) have been carried out for the past 30 years in Africa by African governments, including the SL government in 1979, at the uniform and misguided behest of the IMF?
ANSWER: Because, contrary to your unsupported opinion, it is not only possible for exchange rates to be set by decree but they have been set by decree throughout the modern financial era. Indeed, it is precisely because mainly Western countries did so in order to obtain significant trade advantages -- through devaluing their currencies -- that the victorious allies after World War II, Britain and the USA, with the acquiescence of the other Western countries, created the IMF at Bretton Woods in the American state of New Hampshire in 1945.
From: John Mannah
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Date Posted: 00:28:58 12/16/07 ()
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Mr. Mohamed Jalloh,
The problem that started the Sierra Leonean economic malaise, leading to the devaluation of the Leone in 1979 is not hyperinflation as you claimed in your piece, but stagflation. Here is what you said " What we actually stated -- which unfortunately you apparently missed-- was that the debauchery of the German currency unleashed forces of hyperinflation which we believe were the same forces of hyperinflation that were released due to the debauchery of the Sierra Leonean currency in 1979". Hyperinflation that Germany and presently Zimbabwe is experiencing at the moment is completely different from stagflation. Hyperinflation is an economic situation where inflation is out of control, and without any tendency towards equilibrium. Money supply in such a situation is out of control and thus a drastic debasement of coinage and is often as a result of wars , (or its aftermath), economic depression and political unheaval. In such an environment,the inflation is at least 50% and prices double every month.
Stagflation on the other hand is a period of price inflation combined with chronic unemployment and eventually recession. This is rooted in the failure of the overall market to allocate goods and services efficiently. This is what Sierra Leone went through in 1979, which led to macroeconomic distortions.
The international community through its institutions have a stake in world economic peace and prosperity,because open economies need markets to sell their goods and services, and thus the formation of the IMF to help countries with balance of payment problems. The IMF though is not a charitable organization and therefore operates on fundamental market principle of demand and supply with opportunity costs to its resources. So when Saika Stevens sent his finance ministers there due to the crisis we found ourselves in, with the petrol and rice lines that had started in Sierra Leone, he knew what he was doing. Mr. Jalloh, I want you to recall that during this period in Africa's history, there were military coup's taking place all over West Africa. Ghana, Nigeria and even Liberia were on the march with soldiers taking political power. Samuel Doe came to power as a result of demonstrations that took place in Liberia due to increase in the price of rice. So against this backdrop, Saika Steven's back was against the wall.
He either had to accept the austerity measures of the IMF and get the money to fund the budget deficit that had plagued the country or risk the shortage of rice and other essentials and then have the army take power. He had to devalue the currency.
I will agree with you that devaluation especially with its SAP is not tenable in our environment as its prescr1ptions are hypocritical. They are not meant to create the type of environment where our exports will be cheap thereby generating the necessary windfall for us to repay the laons back. Our exports these people know are inelastic and without a stong manufacturing base to produce the type of goods that other people want, we will not grow ourselves out of the debts incurred.
We must however also put this into perspective though, as the monies that were loaned out to us are both public and private money and sometimes they are monies from peoples 401K plans here. How will I feel if after working this hard here and come time to retire, I am told that we loaned your money out to Sierra Leone and they are bankrupt and thus cannot repay the loan and implicitely we cannot pay your pension. This is what happened to Enron employees. So like it or not, the IMF and the World Bank are a force for good in the world. The responsibility lies with our leaders to make responsible use of these opportunities and not abuse them as some of our African leaders are used to doing.
This brings me to your suggestion of bringing the leone to parity with the dollar on a one-to-one basis in about four or five years. Taking our present socio-economic environment, this is an impossible task as we do not have the environment for this to happen. It happened in Argentina because they had the socio-economic and infrastructural environment, especially the human resource environment to make it happen. They did not it by decree or legislation as you are suggesting, but by tacit negotiation with the IMF and the American administration that allowed them to peg the Argentinain peso to the dollar on a one-to-one basis. They were then given the necessary laons that enabled them to balance their budget and maintain the parity for about 10 years. Again due to the some asymmetries and moral hazard, they defaulted on thier loan and thus had to renegotiate and devalue their currency to remain in the good books of the IMF.
Look at Zimbabwe that decided to flaunt the rules of the almighty west. Sierra Leone would have found herself in the same situation like Zimbabwe had former president Kabbah not had the wisdom to go with the dictates of the west to change the regime in Sierra Leone.The Post 9/11 world is a different world, especially with the neocons in power here, you are either with the program or you are out.
Our present government should study Mr. Mohamed Jalloh's suggestion to alleviate poverty in Sierra Leone by looking at the supply side of his plan, that is aimed at generating the necessary revenue to enable us negotiate with the IMF or the United States to peg the Leone to the dollar and bring it to parity. Good job Mr. Jalloh and continue to keep the debate alive in the interest of mother Sierra Leone.
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 08:19:18 12/16/07 ()
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John Mannah writes on December 16, 2007:
"I indeed share your passion and enthusiasism in presenting ideas to our leaders, especially the new leaders that have been entrusted with the responsibility of managing the Sierra Leonean economy. Where I however disagree with you is the fact that you have made these suggestions without laying the facts in an appropriate framework, so as to be able to prescribe a better solution for the ails of our economy.
The problem that started the Sierra Leonean economic malaise, leading to the devaluation of the Leone in 1979 is not hyperinflation as you claimed in your piece, but stagflation. Here is what you said " What we actually stated -- which unfortunately you apparently missed-- was that the debauchery of the German currency unleashed forces of hyperinflation which we believe were the same forces of hyperinflation that were released due to the debauchery of the Sierra Leonean currency in 1979".
Dr. Mannah:
Thank you for your rejoinder. I am glad that you say you share my passion to help our leaders help our people by helping the leaders to avoid the mistake of installing inappropriate policies. Our country needs every S/Leonean on deck, as I mentioned yesterday to our friend, Alie Formeh Kamara (who, unfortunately, seems to have run away from our nation-helping debate after I was obliged by the interest of accuracy to duly point out his error in confusing the word "alleviate" which we used in relation to our plan to reduce poverty in SL, with "eradicate," which we never used in that regard. [laugh]
It is in the continuing interest of accuracy that I am also obliged to point out that I do not share your belief that SL needs to obtain the approval of the IMF in order to correct the IMF's unconscionable instigation of the devastation of the value of the Leone that has massively impoverished millions of S./Leoneans during the past nearly 30 years. Nor do I share your regrettable self-denigrating preference for our country's continued harmful dependence upon Western countries evident in your suggestion "to peg the Leone to the dollar and bring it to parity." Furthermore, I do not believe, as you do, that Argentina's disastrous pegging of its currency to the dollar during the 1990's should be a model for our own country.
On the contrary, our proposal to President Ernest Koroma is that the Leone should NOT be pegged to the dollar. This would ensure the maintenance of the independence of SL's monetary policy, among other reasons that I explained in greater detail in my 2006 article entitled "How to Immediately Alleviate Poverty in Sierra Leone." As a courtesy, that article is accessible via the link I provide below by clicking on it and scrolling down to the article. http://www.concordtimessl.com/bintumani.htm
Moreover, I do not share your view that former President Tejan Kabbah showed wisdom by agreeing to "go with the dictates of the west to change the regime in Sierra Leone." On the contrary, as my published articles since 2005 make plain, I believe that the SLPP regime of President Kabbah was the worst government in the history of SL because it received more foreign aid than all previous governments combined, and yet it was globally notorious not only for its massive and pervasive corruption, but also for being the only government of SL that presided over SL's ranking as the poorest, or next poorest country in the world for each and every year of its regime.
I will now proceed to duly document the other specific areas in which our views differ materially. Kindly permit me to do so, in the usual interest of accuracy, by identifying and analyzing the unfortunate errors of omission and commission in your above-quoted statement. First, let us set forth your error of omission.
1. The error in your opinion that I "have made these suggestions without laying the facts in an appropriate framework, so as to be able to prescribe a better solution for the ails of our economy," is readily evident upon the answer to a rather simple question. That question is: Did you present any credible evidence to show that I "have made these suggestions without laying the facts in an appropriate framework, so as to be able to prescribe a better solution for the ails of our economy?"
ANSWER: No, because the only evidence you presented is easily shown to be false. Which leads us to your error of commission:
2. The only evidence you presented to support your opinion that I had not laid "the facts in an appropriate framework, so as to be able to prescribe a better solution for the ails of our economy," is your further opinion that I had stated that "[t]he problem that started the Sierra Leonean economic malaise, leading to the devaluation of the Leone in 1979 is [] hyperinflation." However, your claim is transparently false -- since I did not write that hyperinflation led to devaluation. On the contrary, my statement was that it was devaluation which CAUSED hyperinflation -- not the other way round, as you claimed in error.
Indeed, you yourself provided evidence of the falsity of your own opinion -- unfortunately without realizing it -- when you quoted my statement, viz.
"Here is what you said " What we actually stated -- which unfortunately you apparently missed-- was that the debauchery of the German currency unleashed forces of hyperinflation which we believe were the same forces of hyperinflation that were released due to the debauchery of the Sierra Leonean currency in 1979".
In order to understand your unfortunate error of commission, it is sufficient to make a simple distinction between what we stated (which you accurately quoted above), and what you understood thereof in unfortunate error. To state, as we did, that the debauchery of the German currency unleashed forces of hyperinflation which we believe were the same forces of hyperinflation that were released due to the debauchery of the Sierra Leonean currency in 1979 does NOT mean -- as you claimed in palpable error -- that hyperinflation "started the Sierra Leonean economic malaise, leading to the devaluation of the Leone in 1979."
I respectfully submit that the only valid conclusion that can be drawn from our actual statement is that the hyperinflation in Germany was the same as that in SL. Therefore, your additional conclusion that we had stated that the hyperinflation "[led] to the devaluation of the Leone in 1979" is, regrettably, entirely a figment only of your imagination. Which leads us to your next error of commission.
3. Having claimed -- erroneously -- that we had stated that hyperinflation caused the devaluation of the Leone in 1979 (when in fact we had stated the exact opposite), you then proceeded to compound your error by making the following erroneous distinction between hyperinflation and stagflation in SL when you wrote:
"Hyperinflation that Germany and presently Zimbabwe is experiencing at the moment is completely different from stagflation. Hyperinflation is an economic situation where inflation is out of control, and without any tendency towards equilibrium. Money supply in such a situation is out of control and thus a drastic debasement of coinage and is often as a result of wars , (or its aftermath), economic depression and political unheaval. In such an environment,the inflation is at least 50% and prices double every month.
Stagflation on the other hand is a period of price inflation combined with chronic unemployment and eventually recession. This is rooted in the failure of the overall market to allocate goods and services efficiently. This is what Sierra Leone went through in 1979, which led to macroeconomic distortions."
Dr. Mannah, I respectfully submit that a simple question would have led you away from the spurious distinction that you unfortunately sought to make above between hyperinflation and stagflation. That question is this: Is is possible for hyperinflation to lead to stagflation?
ANSWER: Yes.
Indeed, that is exactly what happened in Sierra Leone -- and exactly what I had predicted in my 1979 article in We Yone would happen in SL -- following the transparently inappropriate devaluation instigated by the IMF that year. To repeat for your benefit -- in SL, hyperinflation resulted immediately from the ill-advised IMF-instigated devaluation of the Leone in 1979 and then later turned into the current stagflation. Therefore, your opinion that SL did not experience hyperinflation is, regrettably, additional evidence of your unfortunate apparent twin unfamiliarity with SL's contemporary economic history, in general, and the easily predictable effects of devaluation in SL's economy, in particular.
4. In the interest of accuracy, I am also obliged to note that, unfortunately, you also demonstrated similar unfamiliarity regarding Argentina when you claimed, regarding the revaluation of the Argentine currency to parity with the dollar, that: "They did not it by decree or legislation as you are suggesting, but by tacit negotiation with the IMF and the American administration that allowed them to peg the Argentinain peso to the dollar on a one-to-one basis."
The question that exposes the error in your above claim is one that also exposes its illogicality, namely: Does the "tacit negotiation with the IMF" by a country preclude it from enacting a decree changing its currency's exchange rate?
ANSWER: Not at all.
5. Finally, your following claim set forth far below leads us to a familiar, unfortunate tendency on your part that I was obliged to note yesterday, in regard to your still unsubstantiated claim that "[t]he Leone was devalued due to the failure of our macroeconomic policies in Sierra Leone. Among the factors responsible for this is the failure of the commodity board i.e. the SLPMB to ensure consistency between set prices, domestic costs and international prices;"
Which raises a familiar question: What evidence did you provide to support your opinion?
ANSWER: None.
Thus, the conclusion that your claim is invalid is inescapable. It follows from your failure to substantiate your claim -- just as you have unfortunately failed to substantiate your claim quoted in the opening paragraph of this section. Accordingly, in the interest of intellectual honesty, I respectfully invite you again to carefully consider my advice that I was obliged to offer to you yesterday when I had cause to pose several questions to you regarding another claim of yours which, unfortunately, have remained unanswered. I duly reproduce my advice to you:
"Hopefully, you will provide the answers to the above questions which you had omitted in your reply, or failing which, you will duly admit that your claim that "[t]he Leone was devalued due to the failure of our macroeconomic policies in Sierra Leone" has no basis in fact -- and therefore, it is plainly invalid."
In closing, I would like to thank you for your comments on a very important issue that been affecting the lives of each and every S/Leonean for the past 28 years -- and which our newly-elected President Koroma now has a chance to finally correct. So, I look forward to your answers to my outstanding questions so that we may continue the search for solutions to our country's problems on the basis of evidence.
Best regards,
Moh'm
From: Sabi Nor Geh Worry
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Date Posted: 09:49:11 12/15/07 ()
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This is the best rebuttal I have ever read about how the IMF folks messed up Salone's economy. It makes me confess that I am a fan of Moh'm jalloh . The Man simply knows economics. Makes Salone man like me feel proud that Moh'm is one of our best.
From: Fen Plaba!
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Thank you John Mannah for your felicitations. I must confess that I honestly got a very serious lesson in economics from your brilliant article. Indeed, I was one of those who gleefully villified your credentials, not just because of partisan sniping but also because you tended to allow your politics to blur your economic ideas. However, this article has emphatically demonstrated to all and sundry that yours is an earned Ph.D and that you are indeed an erudite scholar.
I salute you, Dr. John Mannah, and I look forward to engaging you respectfully in this forum of ideas. I hope you continue to contribute.
Sincerely,
Fen Plaba!
From: John Mannah
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Date Posted: 01:07:16 12/16/07 ()
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fen Plaba,
I will however concede that it was a heated and passionate battle of ideas and we all held to our own points of views and opinions. Your side won this and thus have therefore decided to give the current president a one year grace period before starting to analyze his stewardship.
I realize you are one of the few moderate and considerate voices within the ranks of the APC, and as tough as such a job is, you are doing it with eloquence and dexterity. Keep the good job man. Guess how I was able to know that you are Fen Plaba, as your moniker has plagued me for a long time? You gave yourself away when you mentioned that you studied chemistry in the debate about the best high schools in Sierra Leone. I thought that was a good topic you brought up. You are one of the guys that make me visit Cocorioko. You and Bra Enviable are the guys. I am still working on Bra Enviable. If he attended Aureol when we were there, I will pick him up one of these days, as he is another asset to this forum. I was not able to bump into you throughout my stay in New York.
Happy Holidays man and good luck.
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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Date Posted: 14:17:00 12/14/07 ()
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After you create those dollar millionairs in Sierra Leone, where do you think they are going to use most of the money?
You guessed it. They will buy up Liberia, Guinea and Gambia.
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 14:49:13 12/14/07 ()
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"After you create those dollar millionairs in Sierra Leone, where do you think they are going to use most of the money?" -- Alie Formeh Kamara
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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If you create a new currency and have the leone exchanged at the fair rate, there would be no problem.
If that is not the case, then I am with you whole heartedly.
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 15:46:07 12/14/07 ()
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"Let me tell you that my fears derived from the lack of clarity on the issue of whether the current leone will suddenly appreciate in value by a multiple of 3000.
If that is not the case, then I am with you whole heartedly."
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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Date Posted: 15:24:33 12/14/07 ()
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First, you tell the world that when you revaluate the Leone from its current Le3000 : $1, you will have the leone exchanged to a new currency at the rate of Le3000 : 1 new currency.
When you do that, then you will release pressures from everyone. Otherwise it will be Robin Hood economics that will cause outrage.
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 15:30:09 12/14/07 ()
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Alie:
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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Just in case you do not know, Guinea, Gambia and Liberia and other African trading partners in the immediate neighborhood would be very angry at us unless they do the same. You are starting a war my freind.
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 14:59:02 12/14/07 ()
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Alie Formeh Kamara writes on December 14, 2007:
"Just in case you do not know, Guinea, Gambia and Liberia and other African trading partners in the immediate neighborhood would be very angry at us unless they do the same. You are starting a war my freind." -- Alie Formeh Kamara:
When the U.K. devalued its currency in the 1970's, did the British government wait to ask the OAU to do it for the British people?
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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Date Posted: 15:07:54 12/14/07 ()
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I mean the AU
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 15:23:29 12/14/07 ()
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The question remains essentially the same, namely:
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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Mr. Jalloh,
Simply multiply our NNP X 3000 and you will get an idea of the maximum dollar reserve that we are going to need. We cannot raise that kind of money even in a decade.
Third, the idea of suggesting a fixed schedule of increaments is dangerous. That is likely to cause a recession and hamper the agricultural sector further.
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Alie:
--- In SALONEDiscussion@yahoogroups.com, "MohmJ@... wrote on Dec 14, 2007:
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If a leone becomes a dollar, would that mean that I will earn USD3 million a month, instead of Le 3 million????
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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"If a leone becomes a dollar, would that mean that I will earn USD3 million a month, instead of Le 3 million???? "
From: foday mansaray
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It is a long way home for Sierra Leone to start talking about Parity.Certian safety valves have to be put in place in order to discourage or allow groups or individual to take advantage of the flaws in the process of conversation.
major moves should not be a concern to Investors and Stakeholder.
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foday mansaray writes on December 14, 2007:
"Sierra Leone will succeed in the year ahead to accomplish Parity only with high level of revenues collections, enabling the government to post large budget surpluses."
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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You seem to be forgetting that devaluation is actually a tool to aid local exports. Unless we disagree with the economic theory of supply and demand but devaluation was actually expected to stimulate economic growth in Sierra Leone. It was hoped devaluation would increase demand for our goods and local production was expected to face the challenge and increase supply accordignly. But this construct did not work as well with Sierra Leone because we lacked the infrastructure and the international experience and connections coupled with our turbulent political environment to take advantage of the economic opportunity. This does not make the theory wrong only that there are barriers that must be overcome before its practical application for it to be successful. Put succinctly, we needed to lure interest on our locally produced goods, train our citizens to be international trade experts, cut all red tapes that are burdensome, aid farmers and local businesses, manage the smooth flow of exports and maintain a stable political climate. We did not do any of these. Thus the outcome of the devaluation experiment was disastrous.
We would still have the task of removing those barriers to exports that plagues the agricultural sector for us to realize export earnings.
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Alie Formeh Kamara writes on December 14, 2007:
"You seem to be forgetting that devaluation is actually a tool to aid local exports."
Re: Devaluation & the Indoctrinated Mind - Africa's Curse [1]
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Date: Thu Feb 01 2001 - 04:27:25 EST
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great African curses inflicted upon hapless citizens of African countries, viz. corrupt foreign aid, particularly, devaluation.
themselves of the fallacy that any and all foreign ideas are inherently superior to homegrown African ideas.
devaluing country hopes to entice foreigners to buy more of its suddenly less expensive exports and thus reduce or eliminate its trade deficit with those
countries.
that is not the only assumption necessary for devaluation to work successfully.
was in place when they succumbed to IMF dictates that they devalue their currencies.
masses and crushing mountains of foreign debt shackled to African economies, thereby guaranteeing their collective current demise.
Regards,
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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You ommitted the thrust of my argument perhaps because you are engaged in self aggrandisement.
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 13:21:56 12/15/07 ()
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Alie Formeh Kamara writes on December 15, 2007:
"You ommitted the thrust of my argument perhaps because you are engaged in self aggrandisement. My freind devaluation works for many countries. China is a typical example."
From: foday mansaray
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Date Posted: 11:39:27 12/14/07 ()
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While I understand frustration of my SLPP collegues, I also need clarification on hiring practices of the now defunct SLPP government at the Ministry of Education,other strategic government positions and parastalas.
We all know Sierra Leone is a very small country. We should also recognized when a new Government comes in; it is a natural process and a matter of time to replace personnel and ideology. Trust me on this, majority of personnel in the civil service needs to be re-circled, to properly assess progress and accountability of the incoming government at the end of its term. Most of these people on the same position for dooms year are resistance to change and progress.
From: ITK
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Date Posted: 13:01:43 12/15/07 ()
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Foday:
I don't get your point. You seem to be desperate to create an issue out of a non-issue.
From: MAKENI-PEKIN
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Date Posted: 11:25:08 12/14/07 ()
Email Address: makeni_one@yahoo.com
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I am not sure of why people are wrapped-up on the December 20, deadline for the supply of electricity. The date is artificial and should by no means be associated with success or failure. Given that there may be unforeseen circumstances beyond management's control, the project may be completed on time or at a later date. It is all about logistics. The president may wish that things are in place as he wants, but he has no control of what is happening in the field. If one is familiar with a course called project management, you will understand why certain projects are not completed on time. Certain mile stones need to be reached along the project before other activities can take place. Please "Cut" this man some slack. He has only been in office for less than a year. And please give him some credit because of his desire and courage to even think of bringing electricity to the country. May the lord continue to bless and guide him in his endeavors.
From: Electricityman
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Date Posted: 01:05:25 12/15/07 ()
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Meeting the deadline or no, is quite irrelevant to President Koroma's success.He has tried, and if the deadline is met, well and good, or else, light will come a week or 2 later.We have already suffered over a decade and another few weeks will not kill us.
From: FREE SPEECH
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Date Posted: 19:59:23 12/14/07 ()
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It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.
-- Upton Sinclair, "The Jungle"
From: KKW
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Date Posted: 14:06:07 12/14/07 ()
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The date should be certain. The government is accountable for that date. They should have taken all the logistics into account before annoiuncing the date. No one would have complained if they said Jan 20, 2008. But you can't throw a date out there and not be held accountable for it.
From: MAKENI-PIKIN
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Date Posted: 20:32:41 12/14/07 ()
Email Address: makeni_one@yahoo.com
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KKW, you never cease to amaze me with your responses toward issues that may require some form of flexibility. Your inflexibility in this regard gives me cause for concern if you were to hold a [public service] position in a place like Sierra Leone where a vast majority of the population lacks the ability to understand your [reasoning] perspective. My brother, am I to assume that if someone was to meet you somewhere at a specific time and fail to appear means they will not get a second opportunity in your book [zero tolerance]? What if the circumstance(s) that caused the individual to be either late or could not be present is/were not under their control?
From: Mamadu Juma Bah
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Date Posted: 09:15:44 12/15/07 ()
Email Address: jumadba@gmail.com
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Makeni Pikin, you mentioned Project Management to justify your argument about the Emmergency Electricity Project For Freetown. I am sure you are aware that when undertaken a successful project, you have to do your fesibility studies. This will guide you in confirming that the Project is realistic and achievable. Also you will be able to determin a realistic completion time.
I am of the openion that, the past election is a turning point in the politics of Sierra Leone. We fought for change and now is the time to build on that change. At this earlist time we have to participate and engage with government fully in sustaining the change we struggled for. We will achieve this by being true to the comments we make and avoid the sentimentalism that exist. We have to set the standards we want the government to achieve.
Sierra Leone is for Sierra Leoneans and no place like home. EBK's government must deliver what they promise. We need light by December 20th, 2007. SLPP faild the nation and they are out. No excuse! No if's! No But!.
From: Mensa
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Date Posted: 12:33:50 12/14/07 ()
Email Address: unikad5@yahoo.com
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Me Man, Nor begin that-o! You can't be seen to be giving an excuse with 'Project Management' phylosophy even before things actually start to go wrong - or have they already? Certain things are better left unspoken...particularly when the timing is not just not right!
From: MAKENI-PEKIN
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Date Posted: 13:39:56 12/14/07 ()
Email Address: makeni_one@yahoo.com
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Mensa-how many times have Sierra Leoneans been promised regarding the construction of the Lungi bridge? If my memory serves me right, since the 70’s, yet those politicians never had the courage to even make an attempt to start on the project or inform the public of why the project was not undertaken. In my field of study, there is something called cost-benefit analysis. In layman terms, the following questions should be addressed before pronouncing the construction of such a bridge. Among many, here are a few that should be answered. Is the bridge worth building? What are its economic benefits? Are we going to have resources to maintain the bridge over time? Let’s wait and see.
From: lawlawde80
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Date Posted: 05:24:49 12/15/07 ()
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Makeni Pekin, if you know truely that the politicians have been failing us since the 70's so is it clear that Koroma also is going to follow as well. His promise to have electricity by December is his promise, if he fails to meet that deadline them he is just another dummy criminal who is in to take the people of Sierra Leone for a ride. politics is far different from implementing or reinforcing policies, this is why we are so behind in Africa.
From: Kondo
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Date Posted: 07:08:31 12/15/07 ()
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lawlawde, you are absolutely right. we have been taken for a ride for far too long. a promise is a promise and must be fulfilled especially when it comes froum the mouth of the president. if EBK is going to be taken seriously, he MUST fulfil the december 20 promise or else is the begining of his downfall.
From: MAKENI-PIKIN
To: All
Date Posted: 10:11:16 12/15/07 ()
Email Address: makeni_one@yahoo.com
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Folks try conducting some research on the construction and completion of projects. Based on my own personal research, to any 10 projects started, only one will be completed on time. For example, the "MIXING BOWL" project in Virginia, USA was expected to be completed in 5 years, it took almost 10 years before it reached completion despite the available resources and technical experts that were working on the project. The bottom line is, the project is now complete and functioning as expected. Another example would be the many delays space shuttles undergo, there have been times that launch dates arrive and go without actually launching. The bottom line is, they will eventually launch. It is all about logistics. Electricity will actually be realized and sustained. Quick fixes don't get the job done. Later folks.
From: Bonthe Pikin
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Date Posted: 10:25:04 12/14/07 ()
Email Address: bontilaynga@gmail.com
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Dear Kabs,
This is totally wrong. This was not the democracy that we fought for. I, for one, didn't support SLPP but sacking people in a country with such high unemployment rate at such speed is seriously inhuman. Lack of funds is not an excuse for NACSA becuase their contract was renewed by donors for the next five years (about three years remaining).
From: foday mansaray
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Date Posted: 11:31:18 12/14/07 ()
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While I understand your frustration, I also need clarification on hiring practices of the now defunct failed SLPP government at the Ministry of Education, other strategic government positions and parastalas.
We all know Sierra Leone is a very small country. We also know when a new Government comes in; it is a natural process and a matter of time to replace personnel and ideology. Trust me on this, majority of personnel in the civil service needs to be re-circled, to properly assess progress and accountability of the incoming government at the end of its term. Most of these people on the same position for dooms years and are resistance to change and progress.
From: SIK
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Date Posted: 11:45:09 12/14/07 ()
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This sentence, "He has done more in 90 days than Kabba’s five years in office" is not precise. The precise statement is: HE HAS DONE MORE IN 90 DAYS THAN KABA'S 10-YEAR RULE OF TYRRANY AND CORRUPTION.
From: Ibrahim Turay
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Date Posted: 10:07:25 12/14/07 ()
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Whatever happened to the "thrilling" interview with 1st lady Sia Koroma Kabs promised??? Readers have been hung in the air with suspence waiting for Kabs to recipocrate. I'm just curious to know what she has to offer as a first lady.
From: KABS KANU
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Date Posted: 10:16:22 12/14/07 ()
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I was supposed to have been in Freetown that weekend to conduct it, but something came up and the trip was delayed. Fortunately, Mrs.Koroma herself was engaged that weekend with Aids Day programs and last weekend, she was in Senegal. It's been rescheduled.
From: NEWS
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Date Posted: 10:04:27 12/14/07 ()
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President Ernest Bai Koroma will today December 13th 2007, pay his very first visit to Bo Town since he became President. This was confirmed to Awareness Times last evening by impeccable State House sources who said the President will be carrying out a "variety of duties and functions" up in Bo but his primary mission is going to be to "reach out and reconcile" with the people of the South.
From: BRA ENVIABLE
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Date Posted: 07:39:58 12/14/07 ()
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I have noticed that the head of the Electoral Commission that oversaw the previous elections in Sierra Leone, Christiana Thorpe, is no angel among some SLPP diehards. Accordingly, Christiana Thorpe has been punched left, right and center like a sandbag dangling in front of a pugilist. For the sake of decency and political maturity, this poor woman should be left alone. Tactful political fighters must know how to identify their opponents, followed by the improvisation of strategies intended to checkmate an opponent that has defeated them. Defeated but unbowed, the SLPP should regard Christiana Thorpe as a distant memory that belongs to the past. The task before the SLPP should not be ignored for time-wasting exercises that continue to be backward-looking. If we must look back at the past, Christiana Thorpe should not be an image of distraction in our rear-view mirror. The political blunders that enabled the APC to send us packing are more worthy of discussion than the personality of Christiana Thorpe.
From: Mensa
To: All
Date Posted: 11:00:29 12/14/07 ()
Email Address: unikad5@yahoo.com
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Bra Envaible wrote:
From: Bai Bureh
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Date Posted: 08:15:50 12/14/07 ()
Email Address: rastafari_ish@hotmail.com
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Bra,being so much obssessed with APC's fiasco,here is the million dollar question that requires a million euro answer:
From: KKW
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Date Posted: 08:01:04 12/14/07 ()
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Strong words from the formidable Bra E. Thanks for the morning smile. Being politically non-aligned, and a little less concerned about ethnic imbalances, I continue to give EBK and his team the benefit of the doubt.
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 12:00:47 12/14/07 ()
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Bra Enviable, which side of the bed did you jump off this morning? Too much pessimism, even from a towering intellect like yours, is terrible for your health. Smile a little, smell the roses....and chill out like a villain (as the kids say). A little more optimism like KKW's is a'ight.
From: Anthony Sisay
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Date Posted: 07:34:39 12/14/07 ()
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You will need Realplayer to view the clip below. It's a discussion on the EU-AU summit with professor Bangura.
From: Employment Bureau
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Date Posted: 03:02:40 12/15/07 ()
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All the serious and important jobs have been given out, so please try later.
From: Bai Bureh
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Date Posted: 08:18:58 12/14/07 ()
Email Address: rastafari_ish@hotmail.com
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Paddy you nor pack you bundle yate for go Salone? Den need you day for build den flyover en den tunnel for reduce the traffic.
From: Bai Bureh
To: All
Date Posted: 06:46:13 12/14/07 ()
Email Address: rastafari_ish@hotmail.com
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Man here is some info I beleive you will be interested to have!Remember in the days of Shaolin prevalence at Starco,Globe,Saroulla and Byblos cinemas? We used to struggle so much to raise ticket fees as well as enter the cinema theatre.I know you have still not forgotten blockbusters like "Seven secret rivals","Invincible Armour",Snake's fists, Cat's Paws", Shaolin-born Invincible", "Secret of shaolin poles" etc.
I re-watch most of these movies whenever I feel like going to the past or recalling past events.
Try it give me some feedback some time later.
From: Mohamed A. Kamara
To: All
Date Posted: 19:23:19 12/15/07 ()
Email Address: Saghinosoccerworld@yahoo.com
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Bai Bureh those were the days of the simple but interesting life brother. Chinese flicks like "Brutal Boxer" starring Chen Sieng...........paddy the man wamup normor the screen ort, can yeri alar nar Globe. "Furious Slaughter" with Wang Yu......my alltime favourite chinese star. "Boxer from Shantung" starring Carter Wong, "36 Chambers of Shaolin" with borbor pain........i can't remember his professional name. For my money the best villain character was Golden Fox. It takes two or three guys most times to kill him. Bolo Young nar orda tough badman. Do you remember those roman movies? "Kunta", "The Ten Gladiator series" "Spartacus" "Remulus and Remus" "Archelis" starring Gordon Michele.......some fierce looking man he was. Then "Erick the Viking" and many others of that era. I had to save part of my lunch money two or three days out of the week to see movies on weekends. Way you see man don wam een cole ress nar morning en eat,especially the crawo, man set for school bobs. To buy a ticket to see a blockbuster movie was another matter. Sometimes you should have the extra money to hire the service of a ticket buyer as well. Man those guys were well toned and strong. They will wiggle into the jostling crowd in front of the box office window in a minute. I remember one time I decided to do it myself, because I did not have the extra money to hire someone. A couple of older guys had to pull skinny me from where I was pinned against the box office wall at Odeon Cinema, before the crowd could sqeeze all the breath i had in me. My younger brother had a field day laughing at me. I went home with a slight headache.
From: Bai Bureh
To: All
Date Posted: 03:16:27 12/16/07 ()
Email Address: rastafari_ish@hotmail.com
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Paddy you day kill me wit laff!Lol.
I also have my funny stories.Once I went to Saroulla very early hoping to be the first to buy a ticket at the counter.Unfortunately for me, the seller came late and at a time when there was already a huge crowd behind me.There was a scramble and the hell was squeezed out of me such that I could not even put my hand in my pocket to take out the money.I nearly suffocated and started yelling for help.I had to be rescued by a huge guy and by the time he got me out of the crowd my money had gone.I forgot my ordeal and the favour the guy did me and directly accused him of stealing money.Boy that was when I got a sound beating I never got at home. And you know how I got the money? I did 'koaling' on mangoes.
From: Mohamed A. Kamara
To: All
Date Posted: 08:23:16 12/16/07 ()
Email Address: Saghinosoccerworld@yahoo.com
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Yes man that was a classic lineup you mentioned in your post. I remember Meng Fei in "King Boxer" and who would forget about Kao Li..........the guy's feet are like rubber. Flexible to the max. There was another guy, John Liu i think, who could stretch his legs pretty good. He was in "Snuff Bottle Connection". You mentioned money hungry Fernando Sancho in cowboy movies (western). That's the man no posse member should laugh more than. Those who did, couldn't ride to the next bank robbery...........shot dead. Django with Franco Nero (Spagetti western) was a hit big time back then. The coffin gave the movie a mysterious edge. I lived at Central...........Regent Street before i left for Babylon.
From: Sir Badara
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Date Posted: 22:34:29 12/14/07 ()
Email Address: Sirbadara@yahoo.com
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Bra Bai Bureh,
I also share you guy love for the old days and I am an avid colector of old asian movies. I tried accessing the site but after registering etc, I am still not able to download the movies. Can you please send me directions on how to do so, any help you can offer will be greatly appreciated. May Allah keep you and your families safe.
From: Bai Bureh
To: All
Date Posted: 10:24:05 12/15/07 ()
Email Address: rastafari_ish@hotmail.com
Entered From: c83-248-82-252.bredband.comhem.se at 83.248.82.252
Are you talking about youtube or mininova?
From: Mensa
To: All
Date Posted: 09:59:56 12/14/07 ()
Email Address: unikad5@yahoo.com
Entered From: at 213.217.51.46
Yes, man. Memories of those days of adolescence are wide awake and kicking. I so much appreciate the websites. Tell you what, I was just about to post a long version of my response to this very mail when my daughter plugged of the current by mistake. I'll send you a lengthy response later.
From: Mohamed A. Kamara
To: All
Date Posted: 18:25:11 12/15/07 ()
Email Address: Saghinosoccerworld@yahoo.com
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Mensa the addiction for african movies is contagious man. I live in the big apple, and i am sure you know how ethnically diverse its residents are. You will be surprised by the increasing number of african americans, jamaicans other islanders, hispanics
and others buying african movies. The business is growing rapidly bro. And the trend will continue as the quality of production gets better. Search for the titles "Byonce......the president's daughter" and "The return of Byonce". You will have a couple of classics in your collection.
From: KING LOGGY
To: All
Date Posted: 23:21:38 12/14/07 ()
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From: Mohamed A. Kamara
To: All
Date Posted: 18:06:25 12/15/07 ()
Email Address: Saghinosoccerworld@yahoo.com
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King Loggy talk to me brother. I was sleeping. YOU JUST WOKE ME UP. Man Oh Man indian movies these days are a far cry from the quality productions of old. Now they have too much of the westernized trend on them. Movies like Sholay ( which i think has the late Amjad Khan aka Ghabar Singh's best performance), Andaz, Aag Ghali Lakgha, Charas,Love Story, Lalka...........waiting name blackout dem tem dem day. Two shows at the Globe cinema for twenty cents (two shilings as my dear mother would say) for matinee on fridays. The blackout generation will think that we are making up stories man.
From: KING LOGGY
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Date Posted: 01:04:28 12/16/07 ()
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"The blackout generation will think
that we are making up stories man".
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Ha ha ha ha!
Man those were the days we can only hope to live again.
From: alimamy kamara
To: All
Date Posted: 05:08:35 12/14/07 ()
Email Address: deltablast@yahoo.com
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Everybody is praise singing you today for a 'marvelous job'. Becareful!!! it may turn out to be a curse!
From: ishmael yillah
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Date Posted: 20:22:50 12/13/07 ()
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Can you please repost the link about "telemarketer and Mr. Okoro" that was very funny.
thanks.
From: Chez Wi nakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 02:27:19 12/15/07 ()
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The Grave Seller
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From: njahloh deigh-bett
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Date Posted: 17:30:56 12/13/07 ()
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THIS COCORIOKO FORUM has been set up to provide Sierra Leoneans with a vehicle through which they can express their views about matters affecting their country. It must be made quite clear that the views expressed on this forum in no way represent the position of the COCORIOKO Newspaper on these issues. Articles written on this forum solely represent the views of the writers, not COCORIOKO.The forum and the newspaper are two different entities.
This Is A Must Read - Carlton- Carew Ep Foundation
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From: njahloh deigh-bett
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Date Posted: 17:26:05 12/13/07 ()
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The Ultimate Manipulator and Controller – Cynthia Jarrret-Thorpe (nee Carlton-Carew)
NB: This article is written with information acquired through reliable sources including the internet. It is not written out of spite, malice, hate, jealousy, anger or application of the” PHD” (pull her down) doctrine sometimes utilized by Sierra Leoneans to personally settle scores. Readers are free to verify the full content or any part of this article with Sierra Leoneans/Nigerians/African-Americans or any other group of people, who during the course of time, have interacted with Mrs. Cynthia Jarrett-Thorpe. The reference to Pa. Carlton-Carew is vital to the core subject of this article and should not be construed as a deliberate attempt to show disrespect or bring his name into disrepute.
From: STEDSS
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Date Posted: 17:13:42 12/13/07 ()
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The St. Edward's website is being updated. We need help getting the following data updated:
2. The principal's phone number (JPK's phone number)
3. The school's fax number number
4. School Secretary's number
5. The Vice Principal's phone number (Walter Davis's phone number)
From: Mensa
To: All
Date Posted: 14:58:52 12/13/07 ()
Email Address: unikad5@yahoo.com
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From a reliable source, it is quite clear now that Charles Margai awkwardly turned down the position of Minister of Justice and Attorney General and infact pleaded with Abdul Sherry Kamal to accept it. [Those who have resorted to this bad habit of launching a 'full blown' critism of EBK's choice of ministerial appointment would need to have a re-think!]
From: Opinion
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Date Posted: 13:26:27 12/13/07 ()
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Opinion Pool
From: DeLaw
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Date Posted: 20:29:07 12/13/07 ()
Email Address: contehlawrence@yahoo.com
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Perhaps it is too early to comment on the current administration in Sierra Leone.I prefer to wait and see what the current leadership will do about so many issues directly impacting our people.Issues such as Education,Health Care,Energy,Agriculture,Road Infractucture improvement and maintenance,Urban Flight into the cities,Freedom of the Press and Civil Liberties to name a few.
The other day the President was on the BBC addressing the problem of corruption in the schools as well as the police department.I am sure he will tackle the issue in other areas as well.
I am still waiting to see what the administration is doing about the Sierra Leonean lady who was allegedly murderded in Kenema not too long ago.This incident, I believe is a test case for the Attorney General and we are waiting to see its closure.
From: nico
To: All
Date Posted: 04:09:53 12/14/07 ()
Email Address: nicoleconsult@hotmail.com
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Eloquent piece.
From: Mensa
To: All
Date Posted: 14:05:31 12/13/07 ()
Email Address: unikad5@yahoo.com
Entered From: at 82.99.234.62
No comments until after the 20th of December. Premature timing - this question! Ludicrous!
From: realistic
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Date Posted: 17:07:45 12/13/07 ()
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We will talk, when euphoria is over
From: nico
To: All
Date Posted: 14:34:02 12/13/07 ()
Email Address: nicoleconsult@hotmail.com
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Mensa:
"No comments until after the 20th of December. Premature timing - this question! Ludicrous!
From: Mensa
To: All
Date Posted: 15:10:48 12/13/07 ()
Email Address: unikad5@yahoo.com
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Nico,
From: Candid Opinion
To: All
Date Posted: 16:11:53 12/13/07 ()
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Hehehe...
He might comment on your no-comment again saying that you commented on a no-comment and he thinks thats worth a comment..
From: nico
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Date Posted: 17:02:31 12/13/07 ()
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Candid:
This make my day. It appears you read my mind, because I wanted to say to Mensa that people don't normally give reasons for not commenting, they will stick to it or any explanation will open them to further probing that would lead the questionare to secure exactly what he wanted to get from him. No comment is a self explanatory term.But then Mr Mensa has another thing to say about his high IQ. Who am I to argue with him.
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 13:52:51 12/13/07 ()
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Can you please post us the state house web address. I can see the president's website is brilliant.
From: Santiki Bancura
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Date Posted: 13:08:14 12/13/07 ()
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This is to tells all my brothers and sisters dem that tiday is the 13 of Desember. And since tiday is the 13, next week will been the 20 0f Desember. And that day is next week Thorsday! DO YOU KNOE WHART DAYS IS NEXT WEEX THORSDAY? My fambuls that is the day when LETRICITY IS COMING to Sarraleone for true true reality!
Yes Ernest will bring the clean lite to the hole contri yos three month after he wins unoppose the elekshon. Ernest is our bomba and we all sopport him from fretown to Bo ton to kenema to killahun.
Also I hope say the lite will cold the hart of Pa Candido becos he is wex hart hart wan on peoples who provokes miss Sylvia Blyden, the fine yonalist.
Anyways, concrats to the createst presdent, Dr Ernest for helping us get letric lite.
Cod bless!
Byby for right now.
It's me,
Crammar Sukool craduate,
Santik
From: Candid Opinion
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Date Posted: 16:08:44 12/13/07 ()
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Bo leko me bo fen plaba..
Yu kin wan for dey mekeh lekeh sey me yone fullahboy, ah nor wan fro mek lectic dey nar sarone..
Ah nor wan for we go pulling arata for takam the leppet and put it insie..
Light nor cam, we all dey insie..
From: Santiki Bancura
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Date Posted: 17:32:06 12/13/07 ()
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Candido, you ket me, boys. You mek ar laff tranka betteh wan. Yenyoy the lite.
You brother,
Santiki.
From: M. Alieu Iscandari esq
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Date Posted: 12:40:40 12/13/07 ()
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A true Muslim is the one who does not defame or abuse others; but the truly righteous becomes a refuge for humankind, their lives and their properties.
From: Siaka Margai
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Date Posted: 11:25:36 12/13/07 ()
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www.soriekondi.com
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 13:25:58 12/13/07 ()
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http://www.audicaentertainment.com/soriekondi/music.html
From: Siaka Margai
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Date Posted: 16:12:33 12/13/07 ()
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Thanks......
From: Bonthe Pikin
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Date Posted: 09:53:37 12/13/07 ()
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Berewa – We didn't hold him. We didn't arrest him. There are international norms which are applied to war just like journalism. Given it that there is no law about journalism in this country, you can insult anybody you want to insult. In other countries, there are norms to prepare their ethics. If you are waging a war, we do not know how they prepare. We were not with them but those who were fighting with him alleged they did certain things outside those norms.
From: Umaru Fofana
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Date Posted: 09:45:26 12/13/07 ()
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S Leone orders corruption probe
Mr Koroma was elected on an anti-corruption platform
Sierra Leone's new president has asked the country's anti-corruption body to probe ex-government ministers and other senior officials for alleged graft.
Ernest Bai Koroma said this would set an example by making all accountable.
From: Bai Bureh
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Date Posted: 04:42:52 12/14/07 ()
Email Address: rastafari_ish@hotmail.com
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They've got it coming!Now they have only the snuff-eating Solo Bee to blame as he made the cookie crumbled for them!
From: Mensa
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Date Posted: 14:09:56 12/13/07 ()
Email Address: unikad5@yahoo.com
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Well now my pretty, the eagle has landed!
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 08:44:47 12/13/07 ()
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eysvjm2-eIY&feature=related
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 08:46:58 12/13/07 ()
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwjFIoCmtHQ&feature=related
From: Times
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Date Posted: 08:41:06 12/13/07 ()
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How can someone like Paul Kamara says Sylvia Blyden is not a journalist, what she has achieved with media Paul can never achieve it till he will die,Sylvia has taken journalism to next level in Sierra Leone with up to date website and quality prints, what can we say about Paul
From: freedom rules
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Date Posted: 12:07:00 12/13/07 ()
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I belive in freedom of speech even how ridiculous someone might sound. it is up to the readers to cypher the information. I am sure our people can read and filter out what they feel is true on both sides.
From: POLITICAL
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Date Posted: 09:55:08 12/13/07 ()
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Uptodate website does not qualify you as good journalist. What actually is Blyden's qualification? Journalist or Doctor?
From: sabanoh
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Date Posted: 14:09:49 12/13/07 ()
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Will all the "journalists" in Sierra Leone with a Journalism degree please stand up? Ms Blyden is more than qualified to be a journalist. If Sierra Leone is to go forward as a democracy you will have to make room for her opinions as long as she does not abuse her freedom of speech privileges. AG Serry Kamal would love to drag her into court if she infringes on your rights so you have nothing to worry about. Convicting her would be another matter, cause I don't think he can match her in any arena. My advice to you haters is to "bare her because she pass una". Lonta
From: Press Officer
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Date Posted: 17:03:17 12/13/07 ()
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This is Sylvia herself coming to this forum under different monikers to defend herself.You should be ashamed of yourself to say that you have not trampled on others' rights. You can only do all of these in an unserious country like Sierra Leone. If you had been in other countries, all your nonsense would have been put to an end long ago.
From: sabanoh
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Date Posted: 20:23:53 12/13/07 ()
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You can only do all of these in an unserious country like Sierra Leone. If you had been in other countries, all your nonsense would have been put to an end long ago.
I am glad that you know that Sierra Leone is an unserious country. You are one of the most unserious person in that country for spreading misinformation. I am not Sylvia but I am tired of you haters talking about her as if she is the worst person in Sierra Leone. I met her once during the struggle to unseat the rebels at her aunt's residence in New York and have never seen her since. There are worst people in SL for you haters to go after. Leave her alone. Lonta
From: Sidonluk
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Date Posted: 21:15:56 12/13/07 ()
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"struggle to unseat the rebels"?
Was that what you were fooled to believe?
So, the The Ninja distorting machine she set up during
the campaign was to unseat the rebels, uh?
after the latter were released from from RUF stronghold in Buedu?
From: Sharka sesay
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Date Posted: 10:42:09 12/13/07 ()
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The fact remains the lady is a BUMBER in Journalism....
From: Press Officer
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Date Posted: 11:01:50 12/13/07 ()
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Posted by Press officer [host-24-225-157-170.patmedia.net at 24.225.157.170] on December 13, 2007 at 10:03:35:
Awareness Times is neither an investigative newspaper nor a serious paper.As Paul Kamara rightly said, Sylvia has become a menace in the society .If she were an investigative writer, she should have been investigating the mess John Karimu created at the NRA, the corruption allegations against John Benjamin and the way these men and Patrick Foyah behaved in the South-East during the elections. She is selectively picking on anybody she perceives as responsible for the APC victory over the SLPP. She has much to lose with the SLPP out because she has lost a lot of lucrative contracts. Imagine she is so broke now she cannot even pay for her forum. She thinks Victor Angelo is the cause of her downfall. I think we in Sierra Leone are unserious too.If not, we would have made sure that people like Sylvia never became journalists. She is just a failed paramedic disguising as doctor .She has no business in journalism. I think we should give Paul Kamara credit for taking this ugly devil on. Paul's is the voice of Sierra Leone. We are sick of charlatans like Sylvia Blyden attacking innocent people who she feels are undermining her greedy designs. You wait and see. APC will fix Sylvia Blyden. Dudu long tay e go cut .
By the way, you are SLPP so what else can we expect from you ?
From: Press Officer
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Date Posted: 11:04:24 12/13/07 ()
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Posted by Blitz [ at 213.217.51.217] on December 13, 2007 at 06:33:21:
From: Awareness Times
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Date Posted: 08:39:21 12/13/07 ()
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How can someone like Paul Kamara says Sylvia Blyden is not a journalist, what she has achieved with media Paul can never achieve it till he will die,Sylvia has taken journalism to next level in Sierra Leone with up to date website and quality prints, what can we say about Paul
From: BRA ENVIABLE
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Date Posted: 06:37:37 12/13/07 ()
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As Sierra Leone exhales in convalescence, one cannot deny the fact that the little West African nation has covered quite a distance as it journeys from dictatorship to constitutional rule. The moves towards democratic politics have made a qualitative difference in the life of a nation that once reeled under one-party rule. Once regarded as treasonous, criticism of national leaders is slowly being accepted as an inseparable part of healthy politics. As Sierra Leone soldiers on toward recovery, retrogressive habits can be seen in our political system, waiting to be rinsed out by a practical president. Poor but wasteful, Sierra Leone needs to prune its political system by abolishing unnecessary administrative positions in government. The blame for wastefulness does stop at the desk of any specific Sierra Leonean president. Wastefulness has always been a feature of every government in Sierra Leone, and not even the rebirth of democracy has pinched us into cutting our coat according to our economic size. Why, for example, do we have a whole EXECUTIVE arm of government known as the "Ministry of Presidential Affairs?" How indispensable is the Minister of Presidential Affairs in the day to day running of Sierra Leone? With the meager resources in our national coffers, can we afford an elaborate political system decorated with a superfluity of offices?
From: Error
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Date Posted: 09:43:45 12/13/07 ()
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I wish we have several Bra Enviables on this forum who shed light on important matters that is good for Salone. I have read several of your postings and most of the items that you have put forward for discussion appear to be legitimate. We need to cut down on a lot of things and use the available resources elsewhere for the benefit of the general populace.
From: Bonthe Pikin
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Date Posted: 09:41:31 12/13/07 ()
Email Address: bontilaynga@gmail.com
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Yes, we need this position. Kabbah had it, why not KOROMA...because na APC?
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
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Date Posted: 12:34:40 12/13/07 ()
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Because Kabba had it, is not a good reason for keeping it. In an atmosphere of austerity we must cut down on redundant ministries and positions. Bra E is on point and I support him fully with regards to this discrete issue on his post.
From: BRA ENVIABLE
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Date Posted: 16:00:30 12/13/07 ()
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Alphaa Alieu Kushe oh.
Ow dee bodi?
Ar ope say u well.
Peace out and talk
to u later.
From: KKW
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Date Posted: 08:10:30 12/13/07 ()
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Bra E, I think the Minister of Presidential Affairs is similar to the White House Chief of Satff which is a cabinet level position. He is not the president's spokesperson, he runs the Office of the President. In Siaka Stevens days I think the position was called Secretary to the President, but it was not a cabinet level position.
From: BRA ENVIABLE
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Date Posted: 08:39:11 12/13/07 ()
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KKW, As far as I know, the presidency in Sierra Leone makes it automatic for the chief of state to have an aide known as "Secretary to the President." This man or woman equals to the chief of staff mentioned in your message. Of course, there are other State House aides, all working at the President's beck and call. Having a cabinet position known as the Ministry of Presidential Affairs makes it a bit needless in a State House equipped with the Secretary to the President. It is a simple fact that a poor, agrarian country should be mindful of the limits to which bureaucracy can burden the government of the day. If the imperialist IMF can tell us to reduce spending on health, education and on very essential social services needed for basic survival, why not take the practical step of streamlining government for financial and efficient purposes?
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 08:32:17 12/13/07 ()
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In Steven's time the Secretary to the president was also the head of the Civil Service.
From: The Guy next door
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Date Posted: 14:27:27 12/13/07 ()
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You may be wrong Chez, the Establishment Secretary is the head of the Civil Services (e.g. Eugene Jones)
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 15:46:16 12/13/07 ()
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Check it out - the then, under sheki's govt, Secretary to the president was the head of the civil service as well. I understand the timeline you are looking at. Most permanent secretaries will confirm this.
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 07:47:41 12/13/07 ()
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I cannot agree with you more!! One point to note that we have not been able to cover; a) because we have not asked; b) because we do not know; What is the roles of these various departments/ministries - their functions and to whom they are responsible. if we are able to answer or know these things we should be able to assess whether these postions or ministries serve the interest of the people and not just at the expense of the economic purse gathered through taxpayers contributions and taxes on other resources.
From: alieu sesay
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Date Posted: 05:42:14 12/13/07 ()
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What a way to start a fight against corruption.
The Guy gives the renovation of his Lodge to his own Brother and he goes on BBC calling former Government Ministers CORRUPT.
From: Evelyn
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Date Posted: 02:55:19 12/14/07 ()
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If the insinuation here is that he is also corrupt, then it means you have no idea about who Abdul is and it's about time SL gets such pleaseant surprises in such people of ethical and professional conduct. I think those who think the post of ACC is ceremonial, watch out under this his leadership!!! That includes current not just past government members.
For starters, Abdul has already relinquished all ties with his chamber, and clients are now mostly with other firms etc., In fact, the firm itself is more or less being dissolved so that they don't benefit from his position in any shape or form. To me that is character, as all he is obliged to do is resign from his firm.
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 08:49:49 12/13/07 ()
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Elaborate please!
ATC's brothers are abroad; one in Surinam, the other in the Maryland area. I think the other who just won a seat in parliament was a resident in London.
Please provide evidence before making incendiary claims. Then we can make a sober assessment of bidding and contracting. ATC is a man of integrity, bra.
From: Albert Moinina
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Date Posted: 07:20:32 12/13/07 ()
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EVIDENCE, PLEASE
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 04:28:22 12/13/07 ()
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Mr. Jalloh, I have been following your arguments about taking action to reverse the IMF-precipitated downward slide of the Leone. I find your views to be sensible, reasonable and actionable. I have one more question to ask:
Given the wretched state of the Leone, could it be possible for us to simply scrap the old currency and replace it with a new, stronger currency with a higher exhange rate with the pound sterling and the dollar? If this is feasible, what steps can we take to make sure such a move is feasible? Thanks.
From: Brabanxx
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Date Posted: 11:17:03 12/13/07 ()
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Fen Pabla I can assure that Mr. Jalloh is still basking in euphoria-having obtained a joint honours degree from west africa's best. Mr. jalloh has never for once mentioned about the effect of the parity of both currencies on our wage structure and payments, internal debts, and inflation. At the pronouncement of the parity of both currencies, vast numbers of Sierra leoneans will become instant millionaires in the true sense-real money($). With a lot of money in circulation the simplest of commodities will become an ostentatious good. There is going to be price hikes all over the place. My question is; How are we going to curb these things from happening?
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 14:36:57 12/13/07 ()
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"At the pronouncement of the parity of both currencies, vast numbers of Sierra leoneans will become instant millionaires in the true sense-real money($). With a lot of money in circulation the simplest of commodities will become an ostentatious good. There is going to be price hikes all over the place. My question is; How are we going to curb these things from happening?"
You have provided no evidence or analysis to show that any of "these things" will happen.
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
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Date Posted: 12:53:53 12/14/07 ()
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Okay Mohm lets Assume in arguendo that these things that BRABANX speaks about might happen ie:
From: Brabanxx
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Date Posted: 14:53:09 12/14/07 ()
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Alpha Alieu:
Mr. Jalloh will want you to think that he has a monopoly on the solutions to Sierra Leone's Economic malaise. Whenever one differs from
Moh'm he will demand evidence or proof to support one's idea as a means to avoid him giving straight answers. You can check his replies in other posits on this forum whenever he is challenged. His tone is however different when one concurs with him. It has to be either his own ideas or none. Alpha, we don't have to be rocket scientists to know that if we have Le50M buried somewhere in our backyard at Mountain Cut, and we wake up one morning to the news that the 1Le=1$, we can now be assured that we can change Le50M for $50M;hence the 'making of instant millionaires'. This is true for the reverse as Mr. Jalloh himself mentioned in an earlier post. In 1979 following the devalation and or the delinking of the leone, Sierra Leone woke up to the fact that their monies' purchasing power has been reduced. They have to spend more to purchase the same identical goods that were purchased the day before. Also with too much money in Sierra Leone, there is going to be INFLATION (prices are going to skyyrocket); even Mr Jalloh knows this.
What Causes Inflation? The most common cause of inflation is too much money chasing too few goods. If everybody had 5 times as much money but the amount of goods and services produced remained the same, prices would naturally rise by a factor of 5.
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 15:18:31 12/14/07 ()
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Brabanxx writes on December 14, 2007:
"Mr. Jalloh will want you to think that he has a monopoly on the solutions to Sierra Leone's Economic malaise. Whenever one differs from
Moh'm he will demand evidence or proof to support one's idea as a means to avoid him giving straight answers."
It should be obvious to you why I ask for evidence when someone makes a claim of fact for which he fails to provide requisite evidence -- it is to allow the readers to separate fact (which is supported by evidence) from fiction (which is not supported by relevant evidence).
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 13:30:35 12/14/07 ()
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"Okay Mohm lets Assume in arguendo that these things that BRABANX speaks about might happen." -- Allieu
Allieu:
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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Date Posted: 14:39:52 12/14/07 ()
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You must be kidding.
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 15:26:23 12/14/07 ()
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Please go ahead and tell us exactly WHY you believe I "must be kidding."
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 07:29:28 12/13/07 ()
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Fen Plaba:
>
"In a message dated 12/11/2007 6:43:35 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [Name Redacted]@XXX.co.uk writes:
" Issues such as the use of the old currency and corruption of the restoration
process could derail the effort." Therein lies the key to the whole process - " use
of the old currency." It must be changed in order not to cause inequality."
[END EXCERPT]
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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Date Posted: 12:25:01 12/13/07 ()
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While I commend your sincerity of purpose and your devotion to your country, I do not think it is wise for Sierra Leoneans to desire an Ernest Koroma that follows the foot steps of the likes of Gaddafi, Mugabe or Fidel Castro in becoming ostracized by the West. While the stance of some of these public figures may have plenty of secrete admirers including me but Sierra Leone is just too poor, too small and too weak in many respects to go it alone against the norms of the international community.
Sierra Leone is no China.
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 14:51:50 12/13/07 ()
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"While I commend your sincerity of purpose and your devotion to your country, I do not think it is wise for Sierra Leoneans to desire an Ernest Koroma that follows the foot steps of the likes of Gaddafi, Mugabe or Fidel Castro in becoming ostracized by the West."
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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Date Posted: 06:22:05 12/14/07 ()
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Mr. Jalloh, International economic relations are shrouded in politics. You will agree that it is safer for there to be a semblance of world order that assures human rights are respected and protected. Therefore we can agree that the greatest assurance of stability in an environment were the law is as good as compliance is where it is led by gentlemen.
That been said, I will admit that Sierra Leone, like most African nations, has suffered for far too long and that something drastic needs to be done. But what you are proposing is quite frankly radical and believe it or not it is a political position that comes with a heavy price.
In order to maintain a balance in the flow of ideas, I have decided to respond to your article because failing to do so is a display of indifference and a diservice to my country.
In due course I will make public my position on the subject.
From: Mohamed A. Jalloh
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Date Posted: 11:52:03 12/14/07 ()
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Alie Formeh Kamara writes on December 14, 2007:
"You will agree that it is safer for there to be a semblance of world order that assures human rights are respected and protected. Therefore we can agree that the greatest assurance of stability in an environment were the law is as good as compliance is where it is led by gentlemen."
From: Bai Bureh
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Date Posted: 04:17:26 12/13/07 ()
Email Address: rastafari_ish@hotmail.com
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Boy let sleeping dogs lie.No need to start opening up a Pandora's box here or a can of worms.We all went to school in Freetown and know the real realities of goings-on in the various schools.
From: Mensa
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Date Posted: 05:25:46 12/13/07 ()
Email Address: unikad5@yahoo.com
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Points well noted. Very solidly expressed. Pretty busy in the office right now, but will make a follow-up later! Regards!
From: Researcher
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Date Posted: 02:12:23 12/13/07 ()
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For those in the know, Sierra Leone used to have a lively musical culture best defined by a lilting folk style called Palm Wine music.
But when civil war engulfed the country, music was a long way from everyone's minds there. Five years since the end of that brutal civil war, music is re-emerging in Sierra Leone.
The new music may not be as pleasant as that old style, but it's definitely outspoken. The World's Jessie Graham visited some studios in the capital Freetown and sent this report...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltUTj_grvS4&feature=related
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sog0FiL0Uag&feature=related
From: Bai Bureh
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Date Posted: 03:40:57 12/13/07 ()
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Nice piece but I disagree with part of the following statement:
What about booboo music? Is it not hundred percent a Sierra Leonean sound?
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Bai Bureh, the want's of the city suffocates countryside music like the Boo boo and the shegburreh. Only last week I was with a friend from St. Lucia and I heard Boo Boo music on an FM station the friend was listening to. I told her that music come from the countryside in my country. She said no it was their music. We agreed on something though - both could dance the music the same way. I did my 'wuthpa' dance - you know the style that takes you forward and then you start coming backwards.
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Date Posted: 11:59:33 12/14/07 ()
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SHABAKA
Black Loyalist
Thomas Peters – AMERICA’S FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERO
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Date Posted: 10:16:18 12/13/07 ()
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Hey, Chez what country that plays this boo boo music beside sa lone?
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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You can hear the booboo in St. Lucia, Dominica, Barbados, Trinindad & Tobago, Grenada
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Date Posted: 08:32:58 12/13/07 ()
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How can someone like Paul Kamara says Sylvia Blyden is not a journalist, what she has achieved with media Paul can never achieve it till he will die,Sylvia has taken journalism to next level in Sierra Leone with up to date website and quality prints, what can we say about Paul
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Sylvia has taken journalism to a new ridiculous level you mean ? You must be sick in the head to compare a fake journalist just out to feather her own nests to one of the icons of our journalism .Sylvia is everybody's problem child and will wreck the country, if she is not checked now.
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I shall not say anything about Sylvia Blyden at this stage, but I am shocked that see UNOISL going into this length against a local citizen.This is very undiplomatic, and amounts to a street fight.I would have expected, UN to behave is a more diginified manner.
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Date Posted: 03:32:03 12/13/07 ()
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I do not think that it is wrong for a Saleonean that airs on radio UNIOSIL to point out the ills that have manifested in the persons of Sylvia Blyden et el. Diplomat the truth is the only thing that will give one absolute freedom. At some point in time someone has to tell Gongoli the truth; if it has to radiate from the UN radio, so be it. When I was in Freetown during the elections, Gongoli published her own elections results and told her readers and SLPP supporters that the NEC results were false and unofficial. Gongoli is RUF incarnate. Let her be exposed.
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Date Posted: 06:21:41 12/13/07 ()
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The UN has lately been rigged with scandals so if what she says is true about the UN guy in salone it should be addressed. This issue should be investigated. The un is not an angel nor is it a devil. but their are always good and bad elements in it. and also those whom aim to witchhunt its members if they dont agree with it. as well as those whom witch hunt political and even business people in salone. whether it be for good or bad reasons. The United states which funds majority of the Un, as a lot of people do not know gets bothered when the un officials are corrupt, mainly because its tax payers pay majority of the bills. But if its false information sylvia is spreading on him I ask those in the spirit of responsibility to desist from such. All the local papers going after her are not angels them selves. This culture of spreading false lies and irresponsibility by the press needs to stop. Nevertheless freedom of speech should never be trampled upon in the name of security. I don’t have a solution for accountability by the press. But at the same time is the freedom of speech that makes democracy stronger. Like in the US you have the left wing people like moveon.org and you have the right people like Rush Limbaugh. But then a lot of people I talk to say we are not the US we are a premature democracy stories like that would hurt our security. but then if we start trying to stop stories like that then any government in power be it slpp or apc would use that as a way to silence its enemies that speak the truth. In every democratic society there are going to be partisan newspapers and neutral ones. We know awareness times is slpp and cocorioko is apc. Others would say lets start neutral newspapers. But when you are neutral what is the possibility that anyone would read your newspaper? It seem like in a lot of societies people like to take sides. So I say it’s up to the readers to read and come to conclusions. Don’t believe everything you read. Do some critical thinking something that I hope was learnt by all of as we grew up.
From: Bonthe Pikin
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Date Posted: 06:08:11 12/13/07 ()
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Sylvia will ignite another war in Sierra Leone if not handled and fast. This lady has nothing positive in her thoughts except what will bring down others. Only desperate people like SLPP losers will treat Sylvia seriously because they think alike. That is where she belongs. SLPP is the only party that treats people with dignity who calls them DOG PIKIN DEM. No wonder they are where they are today.
From: Blitz
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Date Posted: 06:33:21 12/13/07 ()
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Bonthe Pekin, you wrote: "Sylvia will ignite another war in Sierra Leone if not handled and fast."
From: Candid Opinion
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Date Posted: 09:07:21 12/13/07 ()
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You Kroo bay dwellers are vomitingly ignorant..
Doing a great job in exposing the ills of our society and this is the payback she gets..?
Why was more stamps ordered than needed?
Why was the NEC result and publishing a duty of the UN technical staff...?
Why was it updated and covered with lies..
What happened in East Timor and Iraq under angelo's watch..?
Could it at all be possible that this is a couter attack by uniosil..?
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Date Posted: 10:38:45 12/13/07 ()
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Bra Candido as Fen Pabla would say, you are one of my favourite forumites alongside HE JEL, Fen Pabla, Bra E, and Chez. It was disheartening to find out upon perusal of your posit that you will call people names and even make use of the '*&#^$%$' word when another person differs from you.
Could it at all be possible that this is a couter attack by uniosil..?"
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Date Posted: 10:03:35 12/13/07 ()
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Candid Oinion,
Awareness Times is neither an investigative newspaper nor a serious paper.As Paul Kamara rightly said, Sylvia has become a menace in the society .If she were an investigative writer, she should have been investigating the mess John Karimu created at the NRA, the corruption allegations against John Benjamin and the way these men and Patrick Foyah behaved in the South-East during the elections. She is selectively picking on anybody she perceives as responsible for the APC victory over the SLPP. She has much to lose with the SLPP out because she has lost a lot of lucrative contracts. Imagine she is so broke now she cannot even pay for her forum. She thinks Victor Angelo is the cause of her downfall. I think we in Sierra Leone are unserious too.If not, we would have made sure that people like Sylvia never became journalists. She is just a failed paramedic disguising as doctor .She has no business in journalism. I think we should give Paul Kamara credit for taking this ugly devil on. Paul's is the voice of Sierra Leone. We are sick of charlatans like Sylvia Blyden attacking innocent people who she feels are undermining her greedy designs. You wait and see. APC will fix Sylvia Blyden. Dudu long tay e go cut .
By the way, you are SLPP so what else can we expect from you ?
From: Candid Opinion
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Date Posted: 10:56:01 12/13/07 ()
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Sorry if my anger at this salone menace of calling the Awareness times proprietess names just because she has an opinion came tru...
I just get tired of brothers laying the lady in the mud.. for her views..
And what sylvia do in her off time or prefers to do as regards to party affiliation is non of my business..
Should Angelo do the right thing and clear his and his orgs name.. or does he pinch small kyash in opposing newspapers hands to write a counter for him....??
She has one of the best newspapers in salone..
That we can debate about..
You wait and see. APC will fix Sylvia Blyden???
Take tem talk..She has not broken any laws.. and bush justice mentality only breeds more rebels..
This mindset is uncalled for..
From: Bonthe Pikin
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Date Posted: 09:37:10 12/13/07 ()
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Candid Opinion, I seriously understand your concerns and believe me instead of blaming others for SLPP' woes your bet is to blame your very SLPP for its woes. Had SLPP won all this blabla of Angello wouldn't have been heard. Be brave and kick out the likes of JJ Blood who calls anyone who disagrees with him his POLITICAL ENEMY FOR LIFE. Trust me with the likes of JJ Blood still masquerading as SLPP decision makers, you have no option but to remain in opposition for the next fifteen years, at least. No malice brother (or otherwise).
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Date Posted: 11:03:27 12/13/07 ()
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BP.. i am not SLPP..
I supposrted them during the election because i believed they are a more democratic and open party.. And been burned by APC growing up was too much for me to stomach..
Not that i would support them again if elections where held today.. (Not saying i would support APC either).
Thorpe stop playing yuki yuki....
NEC website should not have gone down..
And the fact that it went down the same week Awareness Times and Dr Same Banya started comparing results and asking questions is a bit too con-incidental for me..
I applaud her for that.. always..
Especially in our male dominated society..
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Date Posted: 01:09:55 12/13/07 ()
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One of the best teachers who inflamed my passion for English Literature was Mr. Sannoh, a young man who travelled all the way from Mattru-On-The-Rails on foot to teach at SLC, Bo. Some students teased him that he was "LOCAL" because he was a villager. On Saturday, some big girls who were not good in his subject and loved to provoke him used to go to the Bo Market to watch him .He sold cassava and potatoes at the market weekends.
From: KABS KANU
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Date Posted: 00:33:12 12/13/07 ()
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Instead of talking about the bad teachers, let us celebrate the good ones. I hardly had a bad teacher in my life , to be honest.
Mrs .Wright : Fergusson Street Municipal School 1960
Mrs. Mustapha : St.Edwards Primary School, Freetown . 1962
Mr.Setchi ( The headmaster ): St. Edwards
Mr. Tucker ; St. Francis Primary School , Bo 1963-64
Mr. M.K. Foray ( The Headmaster); St. Francis
Mr.Sannoh : English Literature Teacher , Sierra Leone Church School ( SLC ) , Bo
Mrs Keili : Same SLC School , Bo
Mrs. Lansana : Same SLC School , Bo
Mr. Lansana ( They were not related ) SLC , Bo
Mr. C.L. Bendu ( The Headmaster)SLC, Bo
Mrs. Paris : SLC , Bo
Mr. Kaye : SLC , Bo
Mr.Lumumba Rogers (Lumumbs: History ): CKC , Bo
Mr.Henry Sheku : ( Kavour)Geography CKC , Bo
Mr. Ben Morrison, ( French) CKC, Bo
Pa. Deen -Irish man-( English Literature) ,CKC , Bo
Mr. J.M .Gaima ( Latin and Bible Knowledge ) --Never mind the "BLACK MAGIC" Electric cord wey bin dey make lightning flash nar you face when he wass am nar de gbakor ) CKC, BO
Mr. F.S.Allie ( Corrosive ) Science, CKC, Bo
Mr. K.P.Jackson : English man ( English )
Mr Kelly : English man : ( English).
Father O'Dwyer : Irish man ( Maths ) : Form 1
Old Man Sellu : Agriculture.CKC
2 STUDENT TEACHERS FROM NUC (Mr. Williams and a Ghanaian ): Agriculture, CKC.
Mr. Hyland --Canadian .Did not do well teaching Bible Knowledge but sparked in History ( Strangely African History ) .
Mr. Josie Ganda : Science , CKC , Bo
Dr. Eldred Jones ( English)
Dr. Eustace Palmer ( English)
Dr. February ( English)
Dr. Coomber ( Englsh)
Pa. Fyle ( English )
Dr. Peterson : History
Dr. Thomas ( GRHC : Prelim )
Counsellor Mabande ( Criminal Law )
Bishop Sam Boyabei
Rev. Bert Farias
Rev. Hermenia Carroll--Inhouse training
Rev. Clara Webb -Inhouse training
Why do people who WERE outcasts and dropouts in our educational system in Sierra Leone excel themselves in Britain and the U.S to the point of getting PH.Ds but just could not make it back home ? What were the missing elements ?
If I live long to finish my memoirs, these are questions I might address.
By the way, I may have inadverently left out some names. If so, forgive the omission.
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How could you forget SLPP Joe Jackson and Samba who taught you at CKC? Did you omit Joe Jackson from your list because he is SLPP?
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are you the director of communications or have decided to turn it down because of sweet america? Kabs i want a straight answer please.
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Date Posted: 00:46:24 12/13/07 ()
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I left out a great individual --Mr. Conteh , who was the History teacher in Form 1 at CKC .He was a great motivator .He left to become a lawyer, if I am getting this right . How dare I leave out such a gem of a teacher ?
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 03:50:15 12/13/07 ()
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My best teacher was an Indian expatriate from Madras who taught me English. Mrs. Devashahayam, wherever you are, thank you from the bottom of my heart.
She wanted me to study English or Law, I ended up with Chemistry.
Mrs. Devashayam, a fantastic teacher and a wonderful soul indeed.
From: Bai Bureh
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Date Posted: 04:23:29 12/14/07 ()
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Korthor Plaba alias Gboas Gboas how many medicines or other chemical utilities have you planned to invent or develop or produce in or for Sierra Leone if you have not yet done so.What have you been waiting for? You know what? I will like to take your medicine anytime I fall sick which I am confident will cure me.
From: Bambay Lans Kamara
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Date Posted: 23:28:28 12/12/07 ()
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+Greetings my brothers and sisters. I wish to inform the public that God willing, I will be leaving Sacramento, California for the Washingotn D.C. Metropolis on the coming Saturday 15 Dec. for the Exmass vaccation. Taking-off will be at 8:00am landing at 7:00pm.
Brabanxx the fact is that most people are ignorant of how the American and British systems work. Even some of the so-called professionals are not well equipped to understand simple issues such as Selective Services and how they work in colleges and universities, let alone knowing how the Immigration systems work in these countries.
In America for instance, there is a vast difference between Selective Services and Immigration and Naturalization Services. Some are virtually ignorant of how the democratic system works period. As such they are in limbo, deep-rooted in guessing and gossip arena, paramountly preoccupied with others' problems when they never examine their situations and the reasons for their situations to compare such reasons with the people they gossip.
Selective Services is a mandate for people 16 and older, including American-born and or Alien males who enter the country to either register if they did not enter after their Twenty-sixth birthday or are exempt if they came above the entry age. Schools are authorized by government to request Permanent Residency and Selective Services registration to approve for government assistance. One who registered for Selective Service is signing to show that he is willing to fight for the U.S. in times of an invasion of the country. One does not need to be legal in the country to register for the Selective Services. If a Sierra Leone or an American or British who calls himself professional does not know that difference between the two is a huge disgrace.
Most Sierra Leoneans go through what they go through due to the lack of Professionalism in our midst and certain systems, the greed amongst us and desire to see others fail. Otherwise, if I who is not an Attorney can get a Permanent Residential Card, I can see how getting Selective Services Registration or Exemption proof can be difficult to do or understand by any one who went to at least High school in America or any male that came to America and went to college. Sierra Leoneans Lawyers, I am of the belief, can take-up the case if they have prove to be good lawyers in International cases.
It is imperative that we realize that not all Sierra Leoneans are fortunate to leave Sierra Leone the way most of us did by going through the right channel/s. Nonetheless, certain circumstanstances permeates into the factors that make most of leave the way they leave or do what they do. As such, and as I am confident any one who knows what is right will hardly do what is wrong except they are foolish or through accidental circumstances. Nonetheless, we must also realize that circumstances in the outside world forces people to do what they do being that these are not their homes.
Therefore, it is impertinent on all concerned to find out what catalyzes these circumstance that permeates into the action most people take especially if it is wrong so as to prevent a recurrence. We look into the cause, the effect and then the solution. But our focus and the focus of the British government especially in Al Bangura's issue must be looking into what will result should this young man returns to Sierra Leone under the present condition. That is one Sierra Leoneans' dream gone causing many more hundreds that depend on him to defaulter. As such, all the help they are rendering in Sierra Leone will not change a situation but create loophole for more dependency because the said people will depend on the government and the chain reaction will continue. -
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Date Posted: 23:38:16 12/12/07 ()
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Bambay,
I thought I was following you but then you just took too many turns. Anyway, God bless and enjoy your time with your family.
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Date Posted: 23:12:41 12/12/07 ()
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We are happy to announce that the showing of IP numbers has worked. It has not affected the level of debates and people have become more accountable and responsible.
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Date Posted: 23:09:07 12/12/07 ()
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KAMAJORS DECLARE FOR APC
12 December, 2007
Over five hundred Kamajors of the Southern region will tomorrow formally declare their loyalty and support, to President Ernest Bai Koroma and the APC in Bo during the Southern Region Reconciliation Programme, spearheaded by the Resident Minister South, Musa Tarawally.
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Date Posted: 03:02:50 12/13/07 ()
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"These sources further reveal that all the fifty-two Paramount Chiefs of the Southern Region will publicly declare their support for President Koroma's vision for a better Sierra Leone.
It has also been revealed by these same sources that to foster reconciliation the in the region, all political parties have resolved to throw out all politically motivated cases in the courts and negotiations are now advanced to also drop all petition cases in the south.
These sources say the youths too have decided to support President Koroma in rebuilding this nation and they have resolved that henceforth they will process only for the President or no other politician.
Political observers says this programme will form a new page in the history of the southern region, from that of partisan thinking, to that of unity and cohesion for development in line with the APCs manifesto, and it will mark the first landmark achievement of the Resident Minister, Musa Tarawally.
They point out that such an ingenious and meaningful programme could be replicated in all the other regions of the country to foster national unity and cohesion for national development."
"...they have resolved that henceforth they will process only for the President or no other politician." It behooves me to read that the people from the south are going to root only for their drum major. What is going to be the role and importance of their respective parliamentary representatives? What is the future of party politics in the land?
APC back to power: This was only possible because Tejan Kabba and his SLPP created and maintained an atmosphere that encouraged some degree of democracy during the past elections. I hope our people in the south will not be giving HE EBK and the APC a blank cheque.
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 04:11:57 12/13/07 ()
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The idea of reconciliation is a wonderful thing in our polarized plitics. That the South will make this big move to embrace this president, who has been roundly castigated for some of his lackluster appointments, just confirms my adopted home region as the trendsetters of mature politics in Sierra Leone.
You make a valid point about the South giving EBK a blank point. I hope that never comes to pass. We wouldn't want the excesses of my APC's One-Party regimes to ever blight the political landscape again.
I am hoping that SLPP gets their house in order and remain a formidable opposition because that is the only thing that will keep APC honest and stay in the democratic corner. To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, "Reconcile but verify...".
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Date Posted: 06:50:06 12/14/07 ()
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If the information is correct, then it is a monumental achievement by the resident minister in Bo.It shows that people in the south are demonstrating their willingness to cooporate with any serious minded leader who convinces them with his commitment and determination to tackle the challeneges facing our beleaguared country from a national prism rather than regions.
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Date Posted: 22:54:08 12/12/07 ()
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The Minister of State, Vice President’s Office, Leonard Balogun Koroma has recently assured of the commitment of both President Ernest Bai Koroma and Vice President Chief Sahr Sam-Sumana towards ensuring a robust and independent judiciary.
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Date Posted: 21:50:49 12/12/07 ()
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The last time I checked, Momoh K. Conteh was not speaking in economics terms with respect to the status in which Sierra Leone finds herself [economically]. Rather, he was voicing an opinion based on what he perceives can be done based on his personal perspective. A true economist would first develop a hypothesis that will be based on certain determining variables, and based on these variables (all things being equal), a few expected outcomes can be determined based on the methodologies applied. In real economies, market forces (demand and supply) determine the status of an economy with the government being a catalyst in promoting sound economic policies.
From: Bambay Lans Kamara
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Date Posted: 20:16:04 12/12/07 ()
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Once again, the world map.
From: Bambay Lans Kamara
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Date Posted: 20:14:28 12/12/07 ()
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The brother has so much to loose until we fix Sierra Leone.
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Nigeria's anti-corruption agency has arrested former Delta State Governor James Ibori, over allegations of corruption and money-laundering.
From: Kenday S. Kamara
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Date Posted: 19:08:27 12/12/07 ()
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The national character places a premium on ill will and treachery characterized by a set of affects that runs to paranoid lengths. Another serious moral issue with the national character is the pull him down syndrome, a practice where Sierra Leoneans destroy each other in their struggle for progress. These are motives, self-serving biases, and belief systems shared by Sierra Leoneans who manifest the same shared habits or culture.
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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Date Posted: 22:36:53 12/12/07 ()
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'Based on the assumption that Sierra Leonean culture is the product of the national group's mental illness or deep-seated iniquity, and on the grounds of Sierra Leone's squandered freedoms...' ----------Kenday.
It also sounds as if you are saying that the mental illness is caused by squandered freedoms. I wanted to read about the logical connection between the mental illness and the specific actions of squandered freedoms that caused it rather than ranckle my brains trying to guess what you are really saying.
But may be you will quench my thirst for the missing information by providing the same.
I don’t quite buy the statement by Kenday that ‘… any effort to counteract the national character possessed an interventionist quality.’ This statement and a previous one characterizing Sierra Leoneans as mentally ill appears to be borrowed from the field of psychology. Intervention in the field of psychology is normally carried out by a psychiatrist. If Sierra Leoneans are mentally ill then they cannot be found guilty of corruption.
On the contrary, I believe that most Sierra Leoneans are normal people who do normal things and corruption is widespread because respect for the law has withered.
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 20:36:54 12/12/07 ()
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Kenday,
I want to thank you for giving me a comprehensive and nuanced education about the pernicious corruption that has devastated our country. Your solutions make sense and every leader in Dierra Leone worth his salt should put your article on their must-read list for Christmas. A very literare analysis indeed.
From: Ronaldino
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Date Posted: 17:29:45 12/12/07 ()
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Jonathan Thomas. A.K.A JT Gun MUT,TOT THOMAS(the third Accuse). Latin Teacher with a mean temper,who was prone to give you six of the best on the slightest mistake in translating Latin to English.
Can anyone translate confidently the following?
From: wan bone
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Date Posted: 01:53:51 12/14/07 ()
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I would like to nominate Pa Carew, my woodwork teacher at the Albert Academy. He is not actually a bad guy(on reflection) but one hell of a disciplinarian. The "Carew Bat" at AA was legendary. He is now a paramount chief somewhere in the north.
There was also Mr. Thanansingh(from India) our chemistry teacher at the same school. He just loved flogging with a huge and long rattan. In the chemistry lab he used to warn us this way while caressing his cane: "Don't touch any yasid(acid) here; if you touch any yasid here you will open your mouth and die". Good advice for eleven year olds in the 70s. I wonder where Thansansingh(Ten en Six) is.
From: Ibrahim Turay
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Date Posted: 10:38:50 12/13/07 ()
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Taego was the meanest teacher at St. Edwards. Pray that he doesn't spot you parabulating without stocking your shirt in.... hmmmm.... he'll tell you to touch your toes and give you straight dozen or 2 on your buttocks publicly, especially during assembly. He'll tell you " I'll make gutters on your backsides!!!" Those were the best days though but not the happiest.
From: CKC Boy
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Date Posted: 23:23:46 12/12/07 ()
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Patrick Lavahun. Poor Form 2 Maths teacher.He made me to hate Maths. He destroyed everything Father O'Dwyer had built in me in Form 1 .
From: Tank
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Date Posted: 19:44:42 12/12/07 ()
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Mr.Emeneh aka Teacher Lion of St.Anthony's in Brookfield.His catchphrase was "if I handle you,you vomit blood" with a thick nigerian accent.
From: Ronaldino
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Date Posted: 22:23:14 12/12/07 ()
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Sounds like one bad ass mother.
From: Fen Plaba!
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Date Posted: 18:15:10 12/12/07 ()
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Mr I.K Normanyo, a Ghanaian who later taught English at Boys School in Magburaka. When Normanyo flogs you, the sting will spread like white heat from your backside to your extremities, back and forth, all the while throbbing with indescribable pain for a week. I still shudder when I think of Normanyo. Nar bad man da wan dae.
From: M. Alieu Iscandari esq
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Date Posted: 17:37:28 12/12/07 ()
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Abraham ben George
"When I flog i flog to Vound"
From: nico
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Date Posted: 12:06:06 12/13/07 ()
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I B Kargbo, the Information Minister. I would not say he was bad. I think and there was a consensus of opinion that he was a very strict disciplinarian and honest when getting at the bottom of things as he was confronted with issues of investigation and discipline as head of the borading school at St Andrew's in Bo. Infact because of these qualities we nicked named him arro- short for arrogant. I remember on two occasions I B administered 12 lashes at my backside. He will tell you: touch your toes. Do not touch your backside when I lash, if you do I will start all over again. And believe it or not I B would start all over even when he had inflicted 11 out of 12 lashes if one violate his edit.
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I also think that our Latin Teacher, Lewellyn Rogers Wright aka "Non Sedete" ...and the Biafran Mr Etiebet aka" If you want to k@k@ you K@k@ there!"...are also candidates in this category...
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Date Posted: 21:06:55 12/12/07 ()
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Alpha Iscandari, Mr Ben-George died in MD few years ago.
From: Ronaldino
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Date Posted: 17:54:42 12/12/07 ()
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A close second was a teacher whose name I have fogetten. He would say 'I will flog you,you will neither sit nor stand,you will lay on your side'.
From: MAIN MAN
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Date Posted: 21:01:52 12/12/07 ()
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MR.NICOLE OF COLLEGIATE SCHOOL
I WILL MAKE GUTTERS ON YOUR BACK.
From: Ronaldino
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Date Posted: 22:28:17 12/12/07 ()
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could a teacher say that now?
From: Ibrahim Turay
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Date Posted: 10:47:18 12/13/07 ()
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Come on men... why you acting like you've forgotten Africa? They don't only say worse than that but they techically perform the real action. And they'll get praises from your parents to top it off. But then we say, Kanda warm kanda cold. lool
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Date Posted: 15:28:21 12/12/07 ()
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Sierra Leone: Why Was Ernest Koroma Absent At the EU-Africa Summit?
COLUMN
11 December 2007
Posted to the web 12 December 2007
Chernoh Alpha M. Bah
Freetown
When I read newspaper reports some days ago that Ernest Koroma - the new president of Sierra Leone - has gone to Uganda to attend the recent Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting held in Kampala, what came to mind was the question of Zimbabwe and the then pending EU-Africa Summit.
Few days later, a newspaper in Freetown published pictures of Ernest Koroma as honorary guest of the Queen of England. The pictures, showing the new president in a jolly-be-good mood, put forward the question of how independent is the new Sierra Leone president going to be? Surely, this is a question that most African governments face today and one that they can hardly answer.
Of course the EU-Africa summit held in Lisbon, Portugal has ended last weekend but Ernest Koroma - the new president of Sierra Leone -like Gordon Brown, the British prime minister - was conspicuously absent.
Why?
While this is an expected development, it is a question that the new president should endeavor to address. It was during an interview with the BBC that Ernest Koroma was asked whether he would honor an invitation from president Robert Mugabe to visit Zimbabwe. Ernest Koroma's response at the time did not only appear very puerile of a politician, but it was wrapped in fear of a seemingly invisible external force whose wrath he dare not invoke. It raises a fundamental question: what is the role and influence of the British government in Sierra Leone? And how has this impacted on the internal dynamics of the country?
During the run-off election campaigns in September, the SLPP raised accusing fingers on the intrusive role of international powers in the domestic affairs of our people. Many SLPP members and supporters still hold the view that APC's victory was made necessary by the intervention of international forces, whom they believe orchestrated a conspiracy that snowballed into a regime change agenda. This was a cry coming from a dying devil so repugnant to be taken for granted by people who themselves had suffered pain inflicted on them by the very SLPP guys. But it was a serious charge and still remains a serious charge that needs investigation especially now that the defeated SLPP is still accusing the so-called international community of having rigged the elections in favor of the APC.
Personally, I have been thinking very seriously about the nature and level of British presence in Sierra Leone. I hold the view that the current political and economic contradictions we face in this country are the products of British colonialism and the neo-liberal policies forced on the various puppets governments and presidents that we have had during the last forty-seven years of so-called independence. It is my view that recents problems faced by the masses in this country are connected to the continuous increased British and United States presence in every sector of the country.
Some two or three years ago, I stated in a newspaper article that the Americans were not very pleased with the SLPP government because of Tejan Kabbah ties with the Arab states of North Africa, the middle east and his relationship with the Cubans. My position was in response Peter Chevas, the former US Ambassador to Sierra Leone, refusal to attend a state reception organized by Tejan Kabbah for the former Iranian president, Mamoud Khatamie when he visited Sierra Leone.
Kabbah's membership of the Islamic World Council and his darling relationship with Ghadhafi sent cold spines on his American friends but Kanji Daramy, then spokesman to the president, refused to acknowledge this fact and chose to say that it was in pursuit of non-alignment. After September 11, non-alignment disappeared from American political vocabulary as the principle was defined on the basis of "if you are not with us, you are against us." The Arab factor undeniably played a significant part in the downfall of the SLPP and in determining the outcome of the last elections. For the Americans and their British cousins, there is no compromise on this: the policy to elevate the punks and puppets that listen and serve them unquestionably is a matter of political priority that occupies prominence in international relations.
But is this why the new man of Sierra Leone refused to go to Lisbon?
British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown refused to attend the EU-African Summit on the basis that president Robert Mugabe, the veteran soldier who drove his parents from Zimbabwe through the barrel of the gun, was going to be in attendance. Conspicuously, Ernest Koroma, the new man from Sierra Leone to be added on the "British African-good-guy-book", did not have the nerves to attend perhaps for fear of incurring the wrath of the masters who contributed to the victory.
When the BBC asked Ernest Koroma about his position on Zimbabwe some two months ago, little did he realize the implication of the Zimbabwe question to his future international relations and foreign policy. Like Mugabe said at the summit, those who remain silent or criticize Zimbabwe do not speak their own minds, but the mind of British prime minister, Gordon Brown.
Since the start of the bilateral dispute between Zimbabwe and Britain over the land issue, the British have been canvassing world opinion against Mugabe painting him as a dictator and sanguinary despot. Most African presidents could read between the lines and they feel Mugabe's pains but they appear speechless and over-powered by neo-liberalism and the burden of the international financial institutions. They therefore chose to play the hypocritical politics of smoothing their shoulders for the imperialist.
It is obvious: Ernest Koroma couldn't take-up the man-like leadership of progressives like Mugabe.
Because of the Zimbabwe controversy, he absented himself from a forum of leaders from over 70 African and European countries and a meeting of some 5000 delegates and journalists who have gathered in the Portuguese capital to discuss issues of trade, development, the conflicts in Darfur and DRC.
It appeared that if he had gone to Lisbon, the British could have been extremely disappointed and he is not prepared for a reproach. The reasons being that there is a British military base in Freetown - the British International Military Advisory Training Team (IMATT) and the British Department for International Development (DFID) - they could scold him up and kick his buts if he messes up with their interest. What a shame? We need leaders and not pukes and maggots that are terrified when a pale-looking-man yells from a distance. If this is not the case, then why was Ernest Koroma absent at the EU-Africa Summit?
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From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 16:49:17 12/12/07 ()
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I was just thinking of Zimbabwe today - in fact in the early evening hours. I had enrolled on a distance learning course - Postgraduate diploma in water supplies and sanitation (DWASS) and needed some information.
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
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Date Posted: 16:21:32 12/12/07 ()
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Why dont you concern yourself with Former Presaident Kabba and his many trips to Libya?
From: Jack
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Date Posted: 16:39:00 12/12/07 ()
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Alie bo wake up... Kabba is gone, relegated to history and those who care. Koroma is now in the seat and we should CONCERN ourselves with whatever he is doing especially when most of it will be on our behalf.
From: Basco
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Date Posted: 17:18:17 12/12/07 ()
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Imagine Mugabe was ruling Salone for 27 years and you have lived to see the country detiorate. Would you be still backing Migabe? To see your mother and father queing up to buy a loaf of bread at 5 million leones. For the guy who started this thread, Mugabe is a dictator and with his clan ,he is finishing of a great nation. But for a country with a high literacy index the oppressed have taken it on the chin. If it was Salone civil war would have broken out. The Mendes went to war becuase they could not take APC so called oppression no longer!
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