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Date Posted: 16:14:40 07/02/07 ()
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Subject: MOMODU KOROMA IS NOT A NORTHERNER
From: FARRAH MARRAH
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Date Posted: 16:03:32 07/02/07 ()
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"According to a contributor at the buzzing COCORIOKO FORUM, "Momodu Koroma was born in Telu Bonghor, Bo District and was raised in Bo Town. He attended the Bo Government Secondary School (Bo School) and CKC. Momodu speaks Mende fluently.". His parents, though, hail from the Northern Province."

The political definition of a Northerner in Sierra Leone's parlance is a Themne/Temne, and I do not disrespect the significance of the other ethninc groups Fullah, Koranko, Limba, Loko, Madinga, Susu, and Yalunka.

There is no ethnic group in Sierra Leone that signifies UNIVERSAL JUSTICE, the RULE OF LAW and ENTREPRENEURSHIP such as the Themne/Temne.

What differentiates the Themne from the Temne is the philosophy of PRIDE, "EN MONEH BENTIEH ME EN KABANEH" (I WILL NEVER COMPROMISE MY PRINCIPLES BECAUSE OF POVERTY).

Momodu has the RIGHT to be a member, a minister and a vice-presidential nominee of the S.L.P.P. But he has compromised his ethos--if he has any--of being associated with a party whose soon to be former president Tejan Kabbah had the EFFRONTERY of going to the provincial capital of his (Momodu's base) clamoring for the Themne/Temne to apologize to the Southern and South-easterners (code word Mendes) for the carnage that their son (Foday Sankoh) had wreacked in that region during the civil war.

His soon to be "boss" the next president Berewa was effusive after 24 army officers of the AFRC had been executed for the coup that had toppled their administration in May 1997.
Berewa had compared that execution with the murder that his colonial masters, the British, had justified on old men, women and children for being supporters of Bai Bureh's Hut Tax war. Berewa had said--I am paraphrasing--that "the execution was part of our colonial legacy".
Nine of those army officers were Themnes/Temnes. Former Ambassador John Leigh had crowed on this forum that ten of the said officers were from a village next to Makeni, the provincial headquarters of the north.

In the late sixties Sorie Ibrahim Koroma (S.I.) of the All People's Congress was a Themne until he was later exposed in the late eighties that his mother was a Temne and his father a Madinga. SI was very instrumental in the extermination of our TRUE NORTHERN BRETHREN, Ibarhim Taqi, Dr. Mohammed Sorie Forna, Bai Mkari N'Silk, Abu Kanu, Habib Lansana Kamara, and Samuel Lansana Bangura (the former Governor of the Bank of Sierra Leone).

To his supporters, Momodu Koroma's parents are from the north, but to RED BLOOD NORTHERNERS such as US, he, Momodu Koroma is not from the NORTHERNER.


Subject: Kabbah's govt. will have problems getting Neville nailed
From: KABS KANU
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Date Posted: 15:46:49 07/02/07 ()
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Seditious libel ? Kabbah better talk to his bootlickers to stop that joke. The government is heading for another big loss as it did in the Paul Kamara case.

Even if the story was not true, the government will have problems proving that :

Philip Neville had a malicious intent.

Public officials are amenable to public criticism in the newspapers without liability for libel, where (1)there is probable cause for the criticism , and (2)where there is no proof of express malice , even though the published statements are not strictly true.

From all indications, Neville had reasonable belief that the story was true (Given Kabbah's criminal record from the SLPMB case and his handling of donor funds and the country's economy ).

The government must provide sufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Neville infact entertained serious doubts as to the truth of his publication , in which case the publication would have been made with reckless disregard for truth or falsity IN THE DEMONSTRATION OF SUCH MALICE.

However, if Neville demonstrates that he had reasonable belief that some of the gifts given by Col.Ghaddaffi were not reported to the people, he may not go down. . It does not matter who mentioned the gifts . The law holds Kabbah to the highest standard of probity , as President of Sierra Leone and a journalist writing that that he had not reported certain gifts he received , in good faith, without any expression of malice, could not be found guilty of Seditious Libel.

The standard in the Pittsburg Times case of 1893 HAS NOT BEEN OVERTURNED ,where the learned Judge held that "Public officials have to prove negligence and recklessness and maliciousness as well as falsity to obtain a judgement in their favour."

Our Lady of Lumley Beach tried to link Neville's report with the acts of bold-faced thieving perpetuated by youths who grabed rice from a container . In law, establishing such a linkage is difficult, especially if people had already started rumour-mongering and complaining before the publication of the report. Rumour-mongering and lawlessness are ingrained in the Sierra Leone community and a mere newspaper report that did not incite people to go and grab rice off containers could be deemed responsible for such lawlessness.

The newspaper did not spark the story or reaction. The rumours and complaining already existed well before the publication of the report.

Neville may have written a false story , but is there reasonable belief beyond a reasnable doubt that he had malicious or subversive intent ?

I DON'T THINK SO.


Subject: Re: Kabbah's govt. will have problems getting Neville nailed
From: KABS KANU
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Date Posted: 15:54:10 07/02/07 ()
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The stement should have read :

"Rumour-mongering and lawlessness are ingrained in the Sierra Leone community and a mere newspaper report that did not incite people to go and grab rice off containers could NOT be deemed responsible for such lawlessness.


Subject: Why is this post being deleted Kabbs
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
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Date Posted: 15:29:10 07/02/07 ()
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> THIS LITTLE PIGGIE WENT TO PARLIAMENT
>
> On Tuesday June 19th, I had the privilege of entering parliament to
> witness president Kabbah's farewell speech. Prior to this day, I never
> had any reason to enter this building before it was quite amazing. I
> must confess that I was proud to be there. All SLPP supporters and MPs
> were sporting the party colors of green while APC MPs were decked out in
> red. I was sitting up in the balcony in a section set out for bank
> executives and permanent secretaries. When I took my seat my mother was
> to my left, the Executive Director (who I had met on previous visits to
> F/Town) of Nigerian owned Guarantee Trust Bank to my right and the
> presidents two sons sat behind me.
> I sat there taking in the sights and gossiping as people took their
> seats. I asked my mom tons of questions: "who's that in the big gown?",
> "why is that man so fat?", "why are they wearing those wigs?"
> Eight High Court Justices walked in and I was surprised to note that
> about six of them were women.....beat that US Supreme Court.
> A projector was turned on with an image of president Kabbah sitting in a
> chair much like a King. Several minutes go by and a man shouts: His
> Excellency the Vice President of Sierra Leone.....trumpets, and horns
> play the first verse of the national anthem and Berewa enters with the
> Speaker of the house (wearing his regalia including lock of white wig)..
> Everyone stands up.....end of the verse we sit down.
> Next up....the man of the hour "His Excellency the president of the
> Republic of Sierra Leone Alhaji Dr. Ahmed Tejan Kabbah", as di PA enters
> behind him I notice the opposition party leader Ernest Bai Koroma.
> Everyone stands and the national anthem plays in its entirety. We sit
> down. Muslim prayers are said followed by Christian prayers. The
> president starts to speak almost as soon as he sits down.
> There is something about all the formality that made me feel proud to be
> there. I don't know what I was expecting but I was actually impressed.
> There are many things that may not work in the country but this
> definitely did.
> NOTABLE POINTS FROM THE 3 HOUR SPEECH
> --war casualties- 20,000 killed, 2 million displaced
> --SLPP govt. inherited the civil war, only regime to bring peace
> --Though donor funding for TRC Recommendations were not forthcoming they
> were implemented nonetheless
> --Pademba Road Prisions will be moved o Masankeh on the outskirts of
> Freetown. The space currently occupied by the prison will be turned to a
> Shopping Mall. 2 million dollars has been secured from the UN Peace Fund
> for this project
> --They public can purchase Shopping Mall stocks from the soon to be
> established Sierra Leone Stock Exchange
> --The dispute over Yenga is almost resolved as indicated of the
> completion of a Mano River Union Bridge
> --US Peace Corps will resume operations in September after a 30 year
> hiatus
> --Anti-Corruption has hired foreign expats to fast track prosecutions
> --SLPP govt created a minimum wage act to ensure that no Sierra Leonean
> makes less than 21,000 leones a month
> --Soon to be implemented is an Executive Senior Service to improve the
> condition of civil service with management training etc.
> --UNICEF is working to strengthen the juvenile detention system
> --The Press & Media more free during this regime and any in previous
> history (as the president said this everyone burst into laughter
> including Ernest Bai)
> --SLPP achievements in education include the construction of Junior
> Secondary Schools (JSS-form1-3/grade7-9) in 46 chiefdoms of which 25
> have been completed with the rest ongoing
> --300% increase in girl enrollment in school
> --Teachers have increased from 17,000 in 1996 to 33,000 in 2007
> --Number of children enrolled in school increased from 400,000 in 1996
> to 1.2 million in 2007
> --Creation of the CREPS program...so that over aged children and young
> adults can complete their primary education in 3yrs instead of 6
> --"Unlike the previous APC govt education is not a privilege but a
> right" (everyone laughs again)
> --The SABABU education project---has created 800 primary schools
> --Starting in September of this year, primary education will be
> compulsory
> --SLPP only regime to give free primary education
> --Government hospitals operational went from 16 to 24 under SLPP regime.
> --51% of all children are now sleeping under nets from a mere 2%
> --In 1996 inflation rate was at 66%, the govt had 10 million in foreign
> revenue, GDP was -17% and the overall deficit was -7%
> --As of 2006 GDP is 7.5%, Inflation is 11.6%, and foreign revenues stand
> at $200m
> --NASSIT, NACSA, NRA...etc....etc....etc....I had to stop listening to
> the speech as something much more interesting was unfolding to the left
> of the president
> My impression of the Speech can best be summarized by quoting my 20 year
> old cousin Mohammed ( 1st year student studying Business at IPAM) whom I
> saw reading a copy of the speech I brought home. When I asked him what
> he thought of the speech he said "Well it is TRUELIES...some of the
> things in this speech are true and others are not...so it is truelies"
>
> BEREWA SLEEPS THROUGH MOST OF THE SPEECH
> As I looked through out the room trying to not fall asleep during the
> very very long speech, I noticed that our very own VP had given up the
> ball and was sound asleep. His head slightly tilted to the back, eyes
> closed, and hands laying loosely on his thighs. I started wondering if
> anyone else had noticed but not before I shared the information with my
> mom. She smiled......
> Slowly, I realize that the police officer in white regalia sitting next
> to the VP had also noticed. He goes behind the VP's chair to whisper
> something in Senior Protocol Officer Soulay Daramy's ear otherwise known
> as SCOPE....(dare I say that Mr Daramy is one of the hardest working men
> in this country)
> Anyhoo...Mr Soulay then finds book and tries to hand it to the VP in
> hopes that this would keep him up. He taps Berewa on his hand as
> discreetly as possible (thought not discreetly enough for someone like
> me who was focused on their every move). He hands the VP the book...Mr..
> Berewa opened the book, closed it, and simply went back to sleep....this
> time bending forward so it was easy to notice his head when it nodded
> deeper and deeper into sleep.
> Noticing that the plan had been foiled, the police officer whispered in
> the VPs ear. I imagined he said "Pa, you day sleep?" The VP simply waved
> him away as if to say "Bo lef me". He leans back into his armchair and
> closes his eyes again. Meanwhile Earnest Bai sits in his seat with a
> smile on his face. I am not sure if he notices his opponent asleep.
> Did I mention that Earnest Bai is HOTT? The man is simply beautiful.
> Rumor has it that he loves the ladies....but with a face like that of
> course Ladies Gotta Love Earnest Bai....hehehe...LGLEarnest
> B.......LLCoolJ Who?? If we had to vote simply on looks, he'd definitely
> get my vote. He has creamy dark skin and a head full of distinguished
> graying hair. Ah yes, Earnest is a cutie.
> Anyway, back to my favorite VP. So I began to wonder how they are ever
> going to get this man awake. Then I saw the vice speaker of the house (a
> lady) whose name I cannot remember but had noticed because of her
> beautifully large head tie call over the police officer who was sitting
> next to the VP but had left his seat heading outside.
> A little while later the Police Officer reenters the chamber and heads
> to his seat. He hands and envelope to Vice President Berewa....WHAT WAS
> IN THE NOTE????
> A LETTER?? NO!!!!
> I saw the Vice President remove KOLA NUT from the envelope and take a
> hard bite....he chewed it down....and that ladies and gentlemen is how
> you keep a Vice President from falling asleep during parliament.


Subject: Re: Why is this post being deleted Kabbs
From: KABS KANU
To: All
Date Posted: 15:48:35 07/02/07 ()
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Message:
The moderator just told me he deleted it by mistake while trying to install that message flasher at the top.


Subject: This little Piggie went to parliament (culled)
From: M. Alieu Iscandari esq
To: All
Date Posted: 14:56:56 07/02/07 ()
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Message:

> THIS LITTLE PIGGIE WENT TO PARLIAMENT
>
> On Tuesday June 19th, I had the privilege of entering parliament to
> witness president Kabbah's farewell speech. Prior to this day, I never
> had any reason to enter this building before it was quite amazing. I
> must confess that I was proud to be there. All SLPP supporters and MPs
> were sporting the party colors of green while APC MPs were decked out in
> red. I was sitting up in the balcony in a section set out for bank
> executives and permanent secretaries. When I took my seat my mother was
> to my left, the Executive Director (who I had met on previous visits to
> F/Town) of Nigerian owned Guarantee Trust Bank to my right and the
> presidents two sons sat behind me.
> I sat there taking in the sights and gossiping as people took their
> seats. I asked my mom tons of questions: "who's that in the big gown?",
> "why is that man so fat?", "why are they wearing those wigs?"
> Eight High Court Justices walked in and I was surprised to note that
> about six of them were women.....beat that US Supreme Court.
> A projector was turned on with an image of president Kabbah sitting in a
> chair much like a King. Several minutes go by and a man shouts: His
> Excellency the Vice President of Sierra Leone.....trumpets, and horns
> play the first verse of the national anthem and Berewa enters with the
> Speaker of the house (wearing his regalia including lock of white wig)..
> Everyone stands up.....end of the verse we sit down.
> Next up....the man of the hour "His Excellency the president of the
> Republic of Sierra Leone Alhaji Dr. Ahmed Tejan Kabbah", as di PA enters
> behind him I notice the opposition party leader Ernest Bai Koroma.
> Everyone stands and the national anthem plays in its entirety. We sit
> down. Muslim prayers are said followed by Christian prayers. The
> president starts to speak almost as soon as he sits down.
> There is something about all the formality that made me feel proud to be
> there. I don't know what I was expecting but I was actually impressed.
> There are many things that may not work in the country but this
> definitely did.
> NOTABLE POINTS FROM THE 3 HOUR SPEECH
> --war casualties- 20,000 killed, 2 million displaced
> --SLPP govt. inherited the civil war, only regime to bring peace
> --Though donor funding for TRC Recommendations were not forthcoming they
> were implemented nonetheless
> --Pademba Road Prisions will be moved o Masankeh on the outskirts of
> Freetown. The space currently occupied by the prison will be turned to a
> Shopping Mall. 2 million dollars has been secured from the UN Peace Fund
> for this project
> --They public can purchase Shopping Mall stocks from the soon to be
> established Sierra Leone Stock Exchange
> --The dispute over Yenga is almost resolved as indicated of the
> completion of a Mano River Union Bridge
> --US Peace Corps will resume operations in September after a 30 year
> hiatus
> --Anti-Corruption has hired foreign expats to fast track prosecutions
> --SLPP govt created a minimum wage act to ensure that no Sierra Leonean
> makes less than 21,000 leones a month
> --Soon to be implemented is an Executive Senior Service to improve the
> condition of civil service with management training etc.
> --UNICEF is working to strengthen the juvenile detention system
> --The Press & Media more free during this regime and any in previous
> history (as the president said this everyone burst into laughter
> including Ernest Bai)
> --SLPP achievements in education include the construction of Junior
> Secondary Schools (JSS-form1-3/grade7-9) in 46 chiefdoms of which 25
> have been completed with the rest ongoing
> --300% increase in girl enrollment in school
> --Teachers have increased from 17,000 in 1996 to 33,000 in 2007
> --Number of children enrolled in school increased from 400,000 in 1996
> to 1.2 million in 2007
> --Creation of the CREPS program...so that over aged children and young
> adults can complete their primary education in 3yrs instead of 6
> --"Unlike the previous APC govt education is not a privilege but a
> right" (everyone laughs again)
> --The SABABU education project---has created 800 primary schools
> --Starting in September of this year, primary education will be
> compulsory
> --SLPP only regime to give free primary education
> --Government hospitals operational went from 16 to 24 under SLPP regime.
> --51% of all children are now sleeping under nets from a mere 2%
> --In 1996 inflation rate was at 66%, the govt had 10 million in foreign
> revenue, GDP was -17% and the overall deficit was -7%
> --As of 2006 GDP is 7.5%, Inflation is 11.6%, and foreign revenues stand
> at $200m
> --NASSIT, NACSA, NRA...etc....etc....etc....I had to stop listening to
> the speech as something much more interesting was unfolding to the left
> of the president
> My impression of the Speech can best be summarized by quoting my 20 year
> old cousin Mohammed ( 1st year student studying Business at IPAM) whom I
> saw reading a copy of the speech I brought home. When I asked him what
> he thought of the speech he said "Well it is TRUELIES...some of the
> things in this speech are true and others are not...so it is truelies"
>
> BEREWA SLEEPS THROUGH MOST OF THE SPEECH
> As I looked through out the room trying to not fall asleep during the
> very very long speech, I noticed that our very own VP had given up the
> ball and was sound asleep. His head slightly tilted to the back, eyes
> closed, and hands laying loosely on his thighs. I started wondering if
> anyone else had noticed but not before I shared the information with my
> mom. She smiled......
> Slowly, I realize that the police officer in white regalia sitting next
> to the VP had also noticed. He goes behind the VP's chair to whisper
> something in Senior Protocol Officer Soulay Daramy's ear otherwise known
> as SCOPE....(dare I say that Mr Daramy is one of the hardest working men
> in this country)
> Anyhoo...Mr Soulay then finds book and tries to hand it to the VP in
> hopes that this would keep him up. He taps Berewa on his hand as
> discreetly as possible (thought not discreetly enough for someone like
> me who was focused on their every move). He hands the VP the book...Mr..
> Berewa opened the book, closed it, and simply went back to sleep....this
> time bending forward so it was easy to notice his head when it nodded
> deeper and deeper into sleep.
> Noticing that the plan had been foiled, the police officer whispered in
> the VPs ear. I imagined he said "Pa, you day sleep?" The VP simply waved
> him away as if to say "Bo lef me". He leans back into his armchair and
> closes his eyes again. Meanwhile Earnest Bai sits in his seat with a
> smile on his face. I am not sure if he notices his opponent asleep.
> Did I mention that Earnest Bai is HOTT? The man is simply beautiful.
> Rumor has it that he loves the ladies....but with a face like that of
> course Ladies Gotta Love Earnest Bai....hehehe...LGLEarnest
> B.......LLCoolJ Who?? If we had to vote simply on looks, he'd definitely
> get my vote. He has creamy dark skin and a head full of distinguished
> graying hair. Ah yes, Earnest is a cutie.
> Anyway, back to my favorite VP. So I began to wonder how they are ever
> going to get this man awake. Then I saw the vice speaker of the house (a
> lady) whose name I cannot remember but had noticed because of her
> beautifully large head tie call over the police officer who was sitting
> next to the VP but had left his seat heading outside.
> A little while later the Police Officer reenters the chamber and heads
> to his seat. He hands and envelope to Vice President Berewa....WHAT WAS
> IN THE NOTE????
> A LETTER?? NO!!!!
> I saw the Vice President remove KOLA NUT from the envelope and take a
> hard bite....he chewed it down....and that ladies and gentlemen is how
> you keep a Vice President from falling asleep during parliament.


Subject: This little Piggie went to Parliament (culled)
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 14:27:50 07/02/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
THIS LITTLE PIGGIE WENT TO PARLIAMENT
>
> On Tuesday June 19th, I had the privilege of entering parliament to
> witness president Kabbah's farewell speech. Prior to this day, I never
> had any reason to enter this building before it was quite amazing. I
> must confess that I was proud to be there. All SLPP supporters and MPs
> were sporting the party colors of green while APC MPs were decked out in
> red. I was sitting up in the balcony in a section set out for bank
> executives and permanent secretaries. When I took my seat my mother was
> to my left, the Executive Director (who I had met on previous visits to
> F/Town) of Nigerian owned Guarantee Trust Bank to my right and the
> presidents two sons sat behind me.
> I sat there taking in the sights and gossiping as people took their
> seats. I asked my mom tons of questions: "who's that in the big gown?",
> "why is that man so fat?", "why are they wearing those wigs?"
> Eight High Court Justices walked in and I was surprised to note that
> about six of them were women.....beat that US Supreme Court.
> A projector was turned on with an image of president Kabbah sitting in a
> chair much like a King. Several minutes go by and a man shouts: His
> Excellency the Vice President of Sierra Leone.....trumpets, and horns
> play the first verse of the national anthem and Berewa enters with the
> Speaker of the house (wearing his regalia including lock of white wig)..
> Everyone stands up.....end of the verse we sit down.
> Next up....the man of the hour "His Excellency the president of the
> Republic of Sierra Leone Alhaji Dr. Ahmed Tejan Kabbah", as di PA enters
> behind him I notice the opposition party leader Ernest Bai Koroma.
> Everyone stands and the national anthem plays in its entirety. We sit
> down. Muslim prayers are said followed by Christian prayers. The
> president starts to speak almost as soon as he sits down.
> There is something about all the formality that made me feel proud to be
> there. I don't know what I was expecting but I was actually impressed.
> There are many things that may not work in the country but this
> definitely did.
> NOTABLE POINTS FROM THE 3 HOUR SPEECH
> --war casualties- 20,000 killed, 2 million displaced
> --SLPP govt. inherited the civil war, only regime to bring peace
> --Though donor funding for TRC Recommendations were not forthcoming they
> were implemented nonetheless
> --Pademba Road Prisions will be moved o Masankeh on the outskirts of
> Freetown. The space currently occupied by the prison will be turned to a
> Shopping Mall. 2 million dollars has been secured from the UN Peace Fund
> for this project
> --They public can purchase Shopping Mall stocks from the soon to be
> established Sierra Leone Stock Exchange
> --The dispute over Yenga is almost resolved as indicated of the
> completion of a Mano River Union Bridge
> --US Peace Corps will resume operations in September after a 30 year
> hiatus
> --Anti-Corruption has hired foreign expats to fast track prosecutions
> --SLPP govt created a minimum wage act to ensure that no Sierra Leonean
> makes less than 21,000 leones a month
> --Soon to be implemented is an Executive Senior Service to improve the
> condition of civil service with management training etc.
> --UNICEF is working to strengthen the juvenile detention system
> --The Press & Media more free during this regime and any in previous
> history (as the president said this everyone burst into laughter
> including Ernest Bai)
> --SLPP achievements in education include the construction of Junior
> Secondary Schools (JSS-form1-3/grade7-9) in 46 chiefdoms of which 25
> have been completed with the rest ongoing
> --300% increase in girl enrollment in school
> --Teachers have increased from 17,000 in 1996 to 33,000 in 2007
> --Number of children enrolled in school increased from 400,000 in 1996
> to 1.2 million in 2007
> --Creation of the CREPS program...so that over aged children and young
> adults can complete their primary education in 3yrs instead of 6
> --"Unlike the previous APC govt education is not a privilege but a
> right" (everyone laughs again)
> --The SABABU education project---has created 800 primary schools
> --Starting in September of this year, primary education will be
> compulsory
> --SLPP only regime to give free primary education
> --Government hospitals operational went from 16 to 24 under SLPP regime.
> --51% of all children are now sleeping under nets from a mere 2%
> --In 1996 inflation rate was at 66%, the govt had 10 million in foreign
> revenue, GDP was -17% and the overall deficit was -7%
> --As of 2006 GDP is 7.5%, Inflation is 11.6%, and foreign revenues stand
> at $200m
> --NASSIT, NACSA, NRA...etc....etc....etc....I had to stop listening to
> the speech as something much more interesting was unfolding to the left
> of the president
> My impression of the Speech can best be summarized by quoting my 20 year
> old cousin Mohammed ( 1st year student studying Business at IPAM) whom I
> saw reading a copy of the speech I brought home. When I asked him what
> he thought of the speech he said "Well it is TRUELIES...some of the
> things in this speech are true and others are not...so it is truelies"
>
> BEREWA SLEEPS THROUGH MOST OF THE SPEECH
> As I looked through out the room trying to not fall asleep during the
> very very long speech, I noticed that our very own VP had given up the
> ball and was sound asleep. His head slightly tilted to the back, eyes
> closed, and hands laying loosely on his thighs. I started wondering if
> anyone else had noticed but not before I shared the information with my
> mom. She smiled......
> Slowly, I realize that the police officer in white regalia sitting next
> to the VP had also noticed. He goes behind the VP's chair to whisper
> something in Senior Protocol Officer Soulay Daramy's ear otherwise known
> as SCOPE....(dare I say that Mr Daramy is one of the hardest working men
> in this country)
> Anyhoo...Mr Soulay then finds book and tries to hand it to the VP in
> hopes that this would keep him up. He taps Berewa on his hand as
> discreetly as possible (thought not discreetly enough for someone like
> me who was focused on their every move). He hands the VP the book...Mr..
> Berewa opened the book, closed it, and simply went back to sleep....this
> time bending forward so it was easy to notice his head when it nodded
> deeper and deeper into sleep.
> Noticing that the plan had been foiled, the police officer whispered in
> the VPs ear. I imagined he said "Pa, you day sleep?" The VP simply waved
> him away as if to say "Bo lef me". He leans back into his armchair and
> closes his eyes again. Meanwhile Earnest Bai sits in his seat with a
> smile on his face. I am not sure if he notices his opponent asleep.
> Did I mention that Earnest Bai is HOTT? The man is simply beautiful.
> Rumor has it that he loves the ladies....but with a face like that of
> course Ladies Gotta Love Earnest Bai....hehehe...LGLEarnest
> B.......LLCoolJ Who?? If we had to vote simply on looks, he'd definitely
> get my vote. He has creamy dark skin and a head full of distinguished
> graying hair. Ah yes, Earnest is a cutie.
> Anyway, back to my favorite VP. So I began to wonder how they are ever
> going to get this man awake. Then I saw the vice speaker of the house (a
> lady) whose name I cannot remember but had noticed because of her
> beautifully large head tie call over the police officer who was sitting
> next to the VP but had left his seat heading outside.
> A little while later the Police Officer reenters the chamber and heads
> to his seat. He hands and envelope to Vice President Berewa....WHAT WAS
> IN THE NOTE????
> A LETTER?? NO!!!!
> I saw the Vice President remove KOLA NUT from the envelope and take a
> hard bite....he chewed it down....and that ladies and gentlemen is how
> you keep a Vice President from falling asleep during parliament.


Subject: Testing
From: Testing
To: All
Date Posted: 14:21:54 07/02/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Testing


Subject: Testing
From: Testing
To: All
Date Posted: 14:20:28 07/02/07 ()
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Entered From: ppp-70-249-138-254.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net at 70.249.138.254

Message:
Testing


Subject: Show me whom you emulate, I'll show you your future.
From: Bambay Lans Kamara
To: All
Date Posted: 13:51:29 07/02/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: sccinstr194030.scc.losrios.edu at 165.196.194.30

Message:
Capitalistic Democracy.
Constitutional Democracy.
Show me whom you emulate I will tell you what future you have.
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/53/07celebrities_Dr-Phil-McGraw_1VDD.html


Subject: Libya rice Lies:Kabbah & Kadi Sesay who's telling the truth
From: Awoko Newspaper
To: All
Date Posted: 13:27:33 07/02/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 24.66.94.142

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In an attempt to seemingly clarify the issue of the Libyan donated rice to Sierra Leone government officials at a press conference at State House last Friday ended up creating more confusion over the issue. We recall that during the visit of the Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi on Tuesday June 26, 2007 President Kabbah in his short remarks welcoming the Libyan leader did say to him “ … now more significantly is that at one stage of our problems in our country, there was severe shortage of our staple food rice and the price had escalated also very much to the extent that the average Sierra Leonean was not able to get our basic, our staple food.” President Kabbah continued “ so you were kind enough to send us two ships load of two not one ship load two of rice.” In the Press Conference called at State House Friday 29th June 2007 to clarify the issue over the rice the Development Secretary Mrs Kona Koroma disclosed that in 2000 they received 5.5 thousand metric tones of rice. The clearing and forwarding she said was done by the Sierra National Shipping Company and storage was done by Daklala. Other speakers like the then Foreign Minister Dr Sama Banya, Labour Minister Alpha Timbo, Secretary to the President Sheka Mansaray and Dr Ramadan Dumbuya all tried to explain the role they played and what they knew about the rice. The ‘telling’ or confusing statement however came from the Trade Minister Dr Kadi Sesay who in her remarks said “this is not a full ship load as the impression is given this is just consignments.” The confusion here is that the President in his remarks did say “two ship loads” and he did not stop there, he went on to stress that it was two and not one ship load, for which the crowd at the stadium loudly acclaimed. On the other hand the Trade Minister who may have actually handled the rice is saying that it was not even a full ship load of rice. The question now is that between President Kabbah and his Trade Minister who is giving us the true information about the true quantity of rice that was donated by the Libyan leader?


Subject: Re: Libya rice Lies:Kabbah & Kadi Sesay who's telling the truth
From: Critical Thinker
To: All
Date Posted: 15:02:01 07/02/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: dhcp-0000092453-28-2c.client.fas.harvard.edu at 140.247.238.106

Message:
The lessons here for Kabba are simply the following:

1. Use your speech writer as often as possible

2. Work on improving your extemporaneous performances

3. Practice your speech in the presence of your aides before going public


Subject: APC running mate
From: Patriotic Vanguard
To: All
Date Posted: 12:59:01 07/02/07 ()
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Message:


Sam Sumana tipped as APC Running Mate

Following the recent announcement of Foreign Minister Momodu Koroma as Vice President Berewa’s running mate in the impending elections next month, a very reliable source in the APC inner circle has intimated the Vanguard that Kono business man and farmer Sam Sumana is likely to to be the APC presidential candidate Ernest Koroma’s running mate.

Momodu Koroma(photo) who has a northern background but was born and raised in the south is expected to deliver the north to the SLPP but this is doubtful considering the fact that he is not very well known and politically accepted in the north. He has however been working hard on these weaknesses over the last couple of months.

Sam Sumana, not very well known nationally, is expected to deliver Konoland to the APC and this is not a far-fetched idea considering the strong APC presence in Kono.

The running mates of the other registered and smaller opposition parties like the NDA are still a mystery.



Subject: Press Release on my Running Mate
From: SLPP Leader
To: All
Date Posted: 11:51:10 07/02/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 84.54.30.6

Message:
SIERRA LEONE PEOPLE’S PARTY (SLPP)

OFFICE OF THE LEADER

PRESS RELEASE

Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) Running Mate for the 2007 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections


In accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of our party, the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) for the appointment of the Running Mate to the Presidential nominee and Party Flag bearer, I have held consultations with the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) and have decided to appoint Alhaji Momodu Koroma, currently the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation as my Running Mate for the forthcoming 2007 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections. In making this decision, conscious of the fact that the Running Mate issue has been a subject of a wide discussion and speculation, I also took certain relevant steps geared towards arriving at a consensus and maintaining party harmony. Accordingly, with the decision now taken, I wish to reiterate my appeal to all party members to continue to concentrate on activities that would enhance our success in the forthcoming elections and that success is now very much within our grip.

ONE COUNTRY, ONE PEOPLE

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

You May Click Here To Read or Discuss Views About This Article
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Subject: SLPP HAS DONE A GREAT JOB
From: ok dok
To: All
Date Posted: 12:24:44 07/02/07 ()
Email Address: okdok@yahoo.com
Entered From: wnpgmb11dc1-17-55.dynamic.mts.net at 207.161.17.55

Message:
Thanks Pa Berewa for thinking smart. God bless you.


Subject: Re: SLPP HAS DONE A GREAT JOB
From: APC
To: All
Date Posted: 13:12:06 07/02/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157

Message:
Why do i smell victory with this ticket?
DO YOU SMELLELELELE WHAT THE SLPP IS COOKING?


Subject: WHY SIERRA-LEONE ALLOWED ANY JACK AND JILL TO RULE ?
From: MUSA KAMARA
To: All
Date Posted: 11:27:15 07/02/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: luna.hypair.net at 194.50.180.4

Message:
The type of government shows the type of people that elected that government.Sierra-Leone lacks leadreship and it has affected our nation,socially,politically,psychologically and above all economically.Why should Sierra-Leoneans keep on allowing any jack and jill to rule the country?We are on a crucial period to elect a leader and with all reasonable thoughts,I hope Sierra-Leoneans will make the right choice this time.


Subject: Re: WHY SIERRA-LEONE ALLOWED ANY JACK AND JILL TO RULE ?
From: Daniel Kaitibi
To: All
Date Posted: 14:32:33 07/02/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157

Message:
They will trust me and that person will be Berewa.
We have to move forward and not backwards.


Subject: Chez Winkabs, why the turn around?
From: Andrew
To: All
Date Posted: 11:23:41 07/02/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: 77-96-89-146.cable.ubr04.croy.blueyonder.co.uk at 77.96.89.146

Message:
I am sure Chez a year back or so, was totally against the present government. I wonder why the turn around? The potholes are still there! The city is still dark at night! The average man is still in dire straights( living on Le 250,000 a month if lucky)!
Chez, I gather is different to most of the blind die hard SLPP supporters but I am sure if some of his articles are culled from the archives you would find him very critical. Could Chez enlighten me? With out prejudice.


Subject: Re: Chez Winkabs, why the turn around?
From: Chez winakabs Europe
To: All
Date Posted: 12:07:14 07/02/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: host86-129-198-105.range86-129.btcentralplus.com at 86.129.198.105

Message:
I was very critical as to the management by the regime by kabbah. Then kabbah had too much power and wa influenced by two-faced lying hypocritical backbiters. Okay most of them are gone and i was not able to get the money and the team to campaign against the leaders of my party. i made a tactical withdrawal and concentrated in trying to work with those who want to see Sierra leone a better place. Some have the will but the means to the will is lacking and that is the bridge i try to make up for. i cannot change pa kabbah - he is more or less a grandfather to me as my paternal grandfather was a colleague of his. I can talk about my country and criticise him for doing what he is/was doing. the era is draw nigh and we are opening a new chapter other the steering wheel of someone I have not tried but have seen his works and studied his behaviour. I MEAN BEREWA. i have no doubt in him for reasons personal to me. The general reason for my support to him and Momodu is that they both have similar beginnings. They worked hard in school and worked hard in their careers. i am not saying this because I want to talk but I have studied the past records of the two. Do not get me wrong - THEY ARE NOT SAINTS - but we can make them become our own saints be giving them the opportunity to prove themselves. under kabbah, they said it was berewa cvontrolling. Do you know how many times berewa nearly lost Kabbah's favour/ many times for difference in ideology and practical governance. kabbah is on his way out and we have to have an open but cautious mind in dealing with our new leader.

I have always been an SLPP and I will tell you the SLPP is a national party and its inception was the North. I see myself as a Sierra leone and then a temne. The tribal issue is what makes the whole (nation) more beautiful. I attended my primary schools in Freetown, Lunsar, Kambia and Bumpe. My Secondary school lidfe was spent in Bo, freetown and madina. i am proud that i was able to mix and got on well with all other tribes. A thing I will never forgot - just spent a year in madina and there came an election for headboyship. I asked about the laws for intending contestants. i was told and immediately jumped to register my name as a candidate. the campaigh was fearce as We only had three temnes, five krios, two susu, one madingo and the rest limba students. I started the campaign by diffusing the tribal myth and preached the national myth. I won that election by 70% and transformed the school. We got the best GCE O'levels result that year for a very long time.

Going back to what you wanted to know, my support for the current leader of my party is that he has succeeded in his career, he has not too many influential thieves who will take our money, his life was well spent in Sierra Leone, and he wants honour and nobility more than anything. i tell you because i know so.

I beleive with our help and not illogical, criticisms with malice or lies will greatly do our country the greatest service anybody has ever done to the nation.

More telling still, he is ready and willing to invest in the young minds of Sierra leone today to prepare them for Sierra leone tomorrow in governance and national affairs - a thing lacking in our previous leaders.


Subject: The idea of a single pan-African government
From: Konouwah
To: All
Date Posted: 10:02:21 07/02/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: red_dog.niehs.nih.gov at 157.98.76.127

Message:
I wonder what serious-minded forumites think about this idea that was initially the dream and vision of Osageyfo, and now championed by the Colonel - Ghaddafi, that is.

What sort of continental government is conducive in mother AFRICA?

Bra Cornie, any thoughts on this subject matter? How about you, Bambay? I know you have to study, but please take some timeout to share your thoughts with us.

We do need to have conversations about this very important notion, and hope and pray that it bears very "nourishing" fruits in the near future.

I shall pop in from time to time to respond, and to share my own views.

No Mammy cuss, please!!


Subject: Re: The idea of a single pan-African government
From: Another Longer Time Forumite
To: All
Date Posted: 12:52:59 07/02/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-ntc-ad04.proxy.aol.com at 207.200.116.198

Message:
you are the only person that creates the enabling environment for "Mami cuss" so caution yourself first.


Subject: Re: The idea of a single pan-African government
From: POLITICAL
To: All
Date Posted: 12:01:52 07/02/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 207.108.136.243

Message:
This was first initiated by Kwame Nkruma of Ghana. It is the best idea that can save Africa from the brink of collpase and mortgaging consequences. The problem with its realization lies on our leaders. They are very selfish and could not want to give up some of their corrupt powers to a single united federal government. Secondly, before this can happen, may be not in our generation, there must be some modalities to be worked with in distributing the wealth of the continent in a very fair way.
The other alternative is the AU which is already in existence. We just have to improve it status like the EU in many capacities from technology to military and education etc. Another obstacle might be the Interference from Western World who does not want to see any other continent to be competitive with these two continents; North America and Europe. However, such obstacle can be easily overcome if Africans are sincerely and progressively united.


Subject: Re: The idea of a single pan-African government
From: POLITICAL
To: All
Date Posted: 12:00:07 07/02/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 207.108.136.243

Message:
This was first initiated by Kwame Nkruma of Ghana. It is the best idea that can save Africa from the brink of collpase and mortgaging consequences. The problem with its realization lies on our leaders. They are very selfish and could not want to give up some of their corrupt powers to a single united federal government. Secondly, before this can happen, may be not in our generation, there must be some modalities to be worked with in distributing the wealth of the continent in a very fair way.
The other alternative is the AU which is already in existence. We just have to improve it status like the EU in many capacities from technology to military and education etc. Another obstacle might be the Interference from Western World who does not want to see any other continent to be competitive with these two continent; North America and Europe. However, such obstacle can be easily overcome if Africans are sincerely and progressively united.


Subject: Re: The idea of a single pan-African government
From: J. U. Kamara
To: All
Date Posted: 11:21:49 07/02/07 ()
Email Address: jetty4ya@yahoo.com
Entered From: c-69-143-53-43.hsd1.va.comcast.net at 69.143.53.43

Message:
In my view, I think such a messure might prevail with the corporation of the leading economic country leaders. I mean leaders from South Africa, Nigeria, Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, Botswana, Kenya etc. If these countries comes together to form a sigle federal government, others might follow suit. The United States was initially started with 13-states and susequently, other states joined the union. Today, we have 50-States plu the District of Columbia. I do believe that if our African leaders are serious about this issue, there is a higher potential of forming a single Pan-Africa government. The champions of Africa have to supress their personal interests and render absolute commitment to unify the continent without the intrusion of Western nations.


Subject: Re: The idea of a single pan-African government
From: Konouwah
To: All
Date Posted: 12:16:36 07/02/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: red_dog.niehs.nih.gov at 157.98.76.127

Message:
I thank you kindly, J.U. Kamara, for this input.

I agree that the economic powers in Africa should lead the way in this effort. Maybe this is the reason the Libyan leader seems to be spearheading a resurrection of this noble idea.

The benefits derivable from this unification are tremendous:

1. A unified defence mechanism - 3 million-man army - to obviate civil wars, coup d'Etats, building needed infrastructure, to prevent warlordism, as in Somalia, no more Darfurs, etc., etc.

2. A unified economy to eradicate poverty on the continent; to develop a manufacturing sector on a larger scale than is now possible; to develop the transportation sector so that all parts of the continent are accessible, which, in turn, will facilitate our cultural unity, etc., etc.

With the natural resources we have over there, and their conversion into usable / marketable forms, we could convert our latent wealth into tangible wealth so that no one goes to bed hungry; everyone would have a roof over his/her head; etc., etc.

We will be the next superpower provided we harness these resources correctly for the benefit of the masses of Africans.

3. The health sector would be vastly improved so that no African dies of preventable and curable diseases as is now the case.

4. The educational sector would be markedly enhanced. And so would the agricultural sector, and the other sectors that provide a very decent standard of living for ALL Africans.

The list goes on, and on.

Furthermore, we already have a sound base as a starting point. We can extract the good from the Western powers in terms of science, technology, and engineering while discarding the bad habits that were imposed on us through colonialism, neo-colonialism, and imperialism. Our corruptive practices would be minimized through continental legislation, and Sharia laws, perhaps.

Our dignity and respect in the eyes of the rest of world would be markedly affected positively, if this unification really came to pass.

The main question that we need to concern ourselves with is; what form of governmental structure would be put in place that would be conducive to the African spirit to sustain this unity?

That is a very difficult question to answer at the present time, however if we revert to governance that is indigeneous to us as Africans, the question is readily answerable.

Will the present corps of African leaders be willing to succumb their vast powers in this arrangement?

What is the timeframe in order for this unification to be effected?

What are your thoughts along these lines?


Subject: Re: The idea of a single pan-African government
From: MUSA KAMARA
To: All
Date Posted: 12:55:55 07/02/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: luna.hypair.net at 194.50.180.4

Message:
The idea of a Pan-African Government is just perfect and will be the only way out from the circle of poverty in which the continent is entrapped.But there are stumble blocks that need great attention.The African continent is diverse in terms of people,culture or religion.The Arabs on one side and the Black Africans on the other side.Why cant we start with a Sub-Saharan African State,then we can extend northwards?


Subject: Re: The idea of a single pan-African government
From: Konouwah
To: All
Date Posted: 13:03:26 07/02/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: red_dog.niehs.nih.gov at 157.98.76.127

Message:
"...Why cant we start with a Sub-Saharan African State,then we can extend northwards?..."

That is NOT a bad idea at all.

Presently, we have regional groupings - ECOWAS, SADC, etc?

Where has that taken us?

Nevertheless, please give a brief exposition about your idea for the benefit of all.

Thank you!!


Subject: Re: The idea of a single pan-African government
From: MUSA KAMARA
To: All
Date Posted: 15:47:54 07/02/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: luna.hypair.net at 194.50.180.4

Message:
Well,we have to start to work and sort out vital modalities like a common language.We should have a common language to interact in any way or form,either on trade,communications or cultural exchange.Take for instance,if we decide to adopt English language as a means of communication which I do support because of its popularity then,The French and Portugese speaking countries should be ready to forgone theirs.Just imagine,how language could be of moral importance to bring the people of the continent ever closer.During my studies abroad,one thing I realised is that,people speaking the same language despite the region they came from are closer and more interacted.Take for instance A Guinean may be closer to a Congolese than to a Sierra-Leonean because of the language.My brothers and Sisters,we should start with the language as a foundation to build up the super state.


Subject: Re: The idea of a single pan-African government
From: Foolish Slpp
To: All
Date Posted: 12:48:25 07/02/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-ntc-ad04.proxy.aol.com at 207.200.116.198

Message:
Will the present corps of African leaders be willing to succumb their vast powers in this arrangement?

Very good issue to bring up to your present slpp leadership.


Subject: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
To: All
Date Posted: 07:38:39 07/02/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: host86-129-198-105.range86-129.btcentralplus.com at 86.129.198.105

Message:
I believe that Philip Neville's publication as to what Qaddafi said during his visit to Freetown was crassly iirresponsible reporting. I beg to know what was Government's press office's answer to Philip Neville's enquiry about the information he got that Kabbah and his SLPP government did not tell the people of Sierra Leone that they - the government - received such donations from Qaddafi to help our country? Did hi actually made enquries before reporting the matter he was concerned about and believe had public interest? If he did, who did he - neville - speak with?

I know our young brothers and sisters who are journalists can sometimes act irresponsibly but this has caused serious concerns all over the world. i was called today by more that 20 people asking me about the 'RICE KABBAH AND HIS CRONIES STOLE' - how untrue I lamented. i asked them to check with sources from the Libyan press offices and also search cocorioko archives to see if what neville wrote was true.

I am begging our government to have mercy on this irresponsible self-centre fellow country man. he is not a bone to cost us an already victorious election. His tactics should be ignore and a strong sanctions imposed on him by the courts, if found fowl of responsible reporting and incitement to cause unnecessary public alarm.

I implore the investigators/prosecutors to grant him bail pending the outcome of the legal proceedings to be followed.


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Alisson kamara
To: All
Date Posted: 11:52:16 07/02/07 ()
Email Address: villyfree@yahoo.com
Entered From: dslb-088-076-218-188.pools.arcor-ip.net at 88.76.218.188

Message:
Shame on you chez! you are just one of these fake SLLP supporters and an enemy of progress.Your article is just full of rubbish!Neville did the right thing and as a matter of fact He is our Hero and deserves respect from people like you who are not objective in writing.The Kabba government is a disgrace to Sierra leoneans.
Alisson Kamara, Germany


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
To: All
Date Posted: 12:18:51 07/02/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: host86-129-198-105.range86-129.btcentralplus.com at 86.129.198.105

Message:
read my rubbish and you will see objectivity in them. i pray not to ever trade insults with an opponent. if I think you are not making a point I move on. now please answer - what 'right thing' did Neville do? is it right to just report because you believe this will cause a sensation and you report with the truth backed by facts and cross checking with the person you accuse. Allison try to know what really happened in Freetown with regards to the alleged theft of rice and other donations by Pa kabbah and his ministers - shall I say the whole parliament as they all knew of these donations.

i want nothing illigally from my country. I only pray to someday utilise my little head to help the hundreds of thousands of heads in Sierra leone. that is my prayer. what is yours ?


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Journalist
To: All
Date Posted: 08:54:15 07/02/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: adsl-074-166-099-181.sip.asm.bellsouth.net at 74.166.99.181

Message:
The SLPP regime is the irresponsible one in this case. It is denying bail to a journalist who stands by his story against the provisions of the law. As the SLAJ president reminded the SLPP regime, Neville should have bail, even if he is charged with sedition.

The SLPP regime is corrupt. Blama, blama, look milikiloe. If Kabbah knows that he did not steal Salone rice, let him take Neville to court. Beating up Neville and attacking his newspaper offices is the work of thugs.

The SLPP is telling the country that when it comes to democracy, it is a party full of thugs. Maybe even thieving thugs. Remember, kabbah was banned from holding any office in Salone by Beoku Betts comission for just the kind of thieving that he has again been accused of doing now. Once a thief, always a thief.


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: CADMUS
To: All
Date Posted: 11:39:58 07/02/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 82.198.250.80

Message:
JOURNALIST(how very original)

It has now come to something when the SLPP Government is accused of refusing an accused person BAIL.

To my mind, and my Under standing, and that of my six year-old niece, Bail is a matter for the Courts, not the SLPP Government. And so it should be.

You,my friends, are undermining the seperation of powers in Sa Lone.


Seperation of power goes the very foundation of the freedom that our democratic principle is built upon, within the RULE OF LAW which we all so much enjoy now as never before in Sa Lone.

The fact of the matter is that no one ia above the Law. Neville knew waht he was doing, he could have checked his stories properly, he could have requested Kabba's previous pronouncements in relation to the said gifts. It is a matter of public records. It would have taken him just a few minutes telephone call.He decided to be irresponsible, abuse the freedom so many have fought and died for. He abused his rights and he should account for the legal consequencies that follows irresponsible behaviour. He has himself to blame.

As long as the Law is the law of Sa Lone in terms of the Criminal Libel, it must apply to all.

Even SLPP senior ministers are not exempt from arrest if the are found wanting.....this is not the APC.


Subject: Re: For Cadmus. The Purpose of Bail
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 13:07:06 07/02/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-ntc-ad04.proxy.aol.com at 207.200.116.198

Message:
The purpose of Bail Cadmus is to ensure the appearance of an accused in court. In setting bail the court must look to different factors some of which include the seriousness of the charges against the accused, any history of failures to appear by the defendant, the potential penal exposure of the accused based on the charges and many others. There is one thing that must be made clear and it is that Bail or the admission to reasonable bail should never be for punitive purposes.

I agree with you that the law is the law and the law is an ass you would agree with me. The criminal libel laws based on the public order act of 1965 a purely slpp creation is archaeic and would be sent to the dustbin of history as soon as the APC wins the next elections.

If Mr. Nevile had been beaten by the police as I have come to understand lately from my informants on the ground in sa lone, then this is against the law and who ever represents him must present a writ of Habaes corpus so that there will be a judicial determination of his physical condition. If it is shown that he has suffered any beatings while in custody then the government inthe persn of the attorney general MUST be called to answer on the issues.


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Journalist
To: All
Date Posted: 11:55:02 07/02/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: adsl-074-166-099-181.sip.asm.bellsouth.net at 74.166.99.181

Message:
"To my mind, and my Under standing, and that of my six year-old niece, Bail is a matter for the Courts, not the SLPP Government. You,my friends, are undermining the seperation of powers in Sa Lone."

CADMUS, I am sorry to bring you back to reality (I know how much you SLPPers love being blind to it), but tell me: Where have you heard that there is separation of powers in the corrupt SLPP government of President Kabbah? and his corrupt sidekkick, Solo berewa

Who decides whom to prosecute in Salone if not the SLPP Attorney general who is also Minister of Justice?

How can you have separation of powers under such a case when the president is accused of stealing rice and the only person who can decide whether or not he is charged to court is his own Attorney General AND Minister of Justice whom the presidentr can sack any time he wants, no questions asked?

Even you, Cadmus are not that blind to call such a legal system which is blatantly dpendent on the whims and caprices of Presidet Kabban as one of a system of separation of powers.

Even your 6-year old niece, if she exists, would tell you that you can't be that blind, SLPPer or not!

What is the proof? Here check this out: Was the SLPP parliamentarian Fatmatta Hassan charged by the SLPP Attorney Hgeneral for instigating the beating of journalist Yansanneh?

I have never seeI tell you, Cadmus, I have never seen a bunch of unpatriotic Saloneans like you SLPP traitors to the people of Salone.


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 09:59:01 07/02/07 ()
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I agree with you that he should have the right to be bailed to return to court having been charged or to be bailed if the police think they have sufficient information that his release will not cause furhter problems. See the artilce below and have a think again if this is how we have to solve our problems.


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: MUSA KAMARA
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Date Posted: 10:21:29 07/02/07 ()
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I condem all forms of illegal possession of private property.But as the saying goes"an hungry man is an angry person" If the youths were well fed and had hope for tomorrow,they would not bother to plung on someone's rice.More than 80 percent of the populace go to bed hungry,while the few heartless politicians and other government officials eat morethan enough at the detriment of the poor masses.Is it human?In such situation it is very easy to ignite riot.


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: BUFORD HWY
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Date Posted: 11:45:54 07/02/07 ()
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Musa you are so right "AN HUNGRY MAN IS AN ANGRY MAN",and that is why we are going to chase the crazybald heads out of power come Aug 11th.


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 10:37:49 07/02/07 ()
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have you seen neville's proof that the government refused to tell the people? There is on the other hand proof that these matters were presented and discussed in parliament. here is a extract from the parlaimentary questions time - exchange between the speaker and Hon. Dauda kamara. this may help you calm down and help others to better understand the issues. neville's motive, if he did not communicate with the government's office to give there version of the story or information he had, is suspect. Why will he raise such an alarm )if untrue) at a crucial time like this. We have a fragile peace and the people are been fed untrue lies by unscrupulous politicians to cause lawlessness.


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Journalist
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Date Posted: 10:04:22 07/02/07 ()
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That article you referred me to misses the point. Not surprise to me becos the newspaper that publishes it is known for its SLPP sympathies.

Had the writer been objective, this is the question the article should have asked: Would Salone youths have taken the law into their own hands if their govrnment was not led by a crook who is accused of stealing rice given to the govt. for the people of Salone?

Go ahead, answer that question that the SLPP rag sheet called Awaretimes times did not answer.


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: MUSA KAMARA
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Date Posted: 10:37:16 07/02/07 ()
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Nobody in Sierra-Leone will never dream of war again as to what the country has just gone through.My compatriot,the African leaders or governments care less about the plight of their people and they seem to enjoy great impunity,because the African populace for a long time unlike the Europeans and North Americans are passive and relaxed towards their human rights.Therefore,African leaders will continue to be wicked and corrupt,unless the citizens start to take matters into their hands,and to finally put it accross that,the leaders are elected to serve the people and not themselves.


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 10:43:05 07/02/07 ()
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I agree but let us have law and order. Without it, we might as well go back to our beginnings - the bush. We can get rid of our corrupt leaders without lawlessness. We have a world that is different from the worlds we had up to the births of some of us.

This will help you understand that this government did not hide the rice issue from the public - every parliamentarian knew about the rice and it was there responsiblity to have convenyed such, on a local, level to their constituents. We all want change in Sierra Leone but not a change by force. Force begets force!!


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Journalist
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Date Posted: 10:57:32 07/02/07 ()
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"This will help you understand that this government did not hide the rice issue from the public - every parliamentarian knew about the rice and it was there responsiblity to have convenyed such, on a local, level to their constituents."

I have already warned you about relying on the SLPP mouthpeice for facts. The rice referred to in the thar newspaper's article is NOT the only rice or even the only Liyan aid at issue. So, stop confusing aplles for oranges.

Like I said, if kabbah is not guitly of repeating his theft of salone money from his last looting of SLPThe people of Salone will not be intimated either by your wolf cries of "let us not have force" or by lies from your thieviong SLPP.


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 11:18:15 07/02/07 ()
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Are you trying to tell me that I have to take your word for it or the article by Neville that Kabbah stole rice without any evidence? At least we got evidence to show that there was a discussion in parliament and a matter raised by a parliamentarian about 'some' rice donated by Libya. if you have further evidence to show us that there was more rice and not only the one Hon dauda Kamara mentioned in parlaiment in december 2006. let us help simplify matters by not carrying on an argument for argument's sakes. come out with something to help me have a plan of action as to how I will help myself in helping my country!!


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Journalist
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Date Posted: 11:41:56 07/02/07 ()
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Stop trying to evade the issue. Kabbah is accused of stealing Liyan aid. That includes rice, vehicles, fuel, and money.

Talking about a discussion of rice in parliaemnt does not addrss the totality of those allegations. I am not goping to repeat my answer to your question for evidence.

I know you prefer not to get at the truth about the SLPP's latest act of corruption. That kind of unpatriotism is what allows thieving SLPP politicians like Kabbah abd Berewa and Koroma to get away with looting Salone money. That, in turen, is how billions of dollares that should have made live easuier for millions of Saloneans ended up corruptly enriching the despuicable few treaitors of the people otherwise known as SLPP leaders.

It is unfortunate that you fail to realize that ridding Salone of the corrupt, thieving SLPP constitutes an initial step for any successful "plan of action as to how I will help myself in helping my country!!"

But, apparently, your blind allegiance to the looting SLPP prevents you from seeing that truth.


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 10:10:51 07/02/07 ()
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Show me the evidence that they actually stole this rice and they did not sell the rice for the purposes of developing other sectors. I am not in denfense of the SLPP here. I saw the statement and presentation communication by Dr. Kadie Sesay and that gave me the reason not to take neville's word. Prove me wrong my compatriot.

The youths have no right to do what they did and continue to do. We have a fragile peace and others not wanting peace in the country will seize these incidents as opportunities for them to wreck havoc on us again. Do we want this?


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Journalist
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Date Posted: 10:27:01 07/02/07 ()
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My blind SLPP apologist, the evidence is in the words of the giver of the rice, Kaddafi.

It is true that the youths have no right to do what they did. But it is equally true that Kabbah had no right to lie about stealing rice given as a gift to all Saloneans including those youths.

You cannot say because you have a fragile peace and you don't want others to seize on opportunities to wreak havoc, therefore you should allow Kabbah to steal Salone people's rice. If that's is your argument, well, then, my unpatriotic SLPPer, allow the youths to steal rice, just as you allow Kabbah to steal their rice.

Afetr all, like in the case of allowing Kabbah to steal rice belonging to Salone, the youths can also steal because you want to maintain "peace." I say, you are talking nonsense, Chez.


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: FACT
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Date Posted: 11:41:36 07/02/07 ()
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Gaddafi gave the rice as ZAKAT (free gift) to the poor people of Sierra Leone(Miskina). It was not intended to be SOLD. The money he gave was not intended for NASSIT or nass rass(to be stolen by politicians).The money was given to the MISKINA of Sierra Leone, not to to Kabbah.


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 12:21:48 07/02/07 ()
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Where did you get such information from? Could you let me in as i do like to speak what i think is the truth and to out of malice.


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Referee
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Date Posted: 12:55:32 07/02/07 ()
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From the horse's mouth (no pun intended) Ghaddafi. That speech waa reported in Standard Times. Kabbah's press release is also a source of confirmation of then fact that Libya gave gifts to the people of Salone.

It is amazing that you are not aware of these multiple sources and yet have beena arguing about them. It is your obligation to make sure you know what you are talking about, not that of those you are arguing with.


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 14:57:21 07/02/07 ()
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Thank you for the information. my argument was based on the reporting of mr. Neville. I thought it would have be wise if he had contacted the heads concern to give their position on the story he had to publish for public consumption. Any responsible journalist should have given the government's version of the matter. in his publication such was lacking.


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 10:52:31 07/02/07 ()
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I refer you to the parliamentary discussion below that took place in december 2006:


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Journalist
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Date Posted: 11:09:58 07/02/07 ()
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I refer you to my reply to your diversionary point.


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 11:25:34 07/02/07 ()
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My reply is directed to the reference below:


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 11:22:35 07/02/07 ()
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My reply to this post is directed to the reference below


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Journalist
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Date Posted: 11:05:35 07/02/07 ()
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And I will again refer you to the posting below. It should help you understand that Kabbah is not accused of failing to discuss in parliament. He is accused of stealing Liyan aid, including rice, vehicle, fuel and money.

Tryu to understand the difference betwe3en that and a discussion about a single shipment of rice. Niow, try to also undertstand this anser to your diversionary point:

Posted by Journalist on July 02, 2007 at 10:57:32:

In Reply to: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!! posted by Chez Winakabs Europe on July 02, 2007 at 10:43:05:

"This will help you understand that this government did not hide the rice issue from the public - every parliamentarian knew about the rice and it was there responsiblity to have convenyed such, on a local, level to their constituents."

I have already warned you about relying on the SLPP mouthpeice for facts. The rice referred to in the thar newspaper's article is NOT the only rice or even the only Liyan aid at issue. So, stop confusing aplles for oranges.

Like I said, if kabbah is not guitly of repeating his theft of salone money from his last looting of SLP The people of Salone will not be intimated either by your wolf cries of "let us not have force" or by lies from your thieviong SLPP.


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: MUSA KAMARA
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Date Posted: 09:41:58 07/02/07 ()
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I am wondering why Kabbah was considered as a Presidential candidate in 1996.To start with,that was the biggest blunder by the crooks,selfish and greedy Sierra-Leoneans who placed him there with all his criminal records.Today the nation and people are bearing the consequence


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Believe Me
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Date Posted: 09:59:58 07/02/07 ()
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"I am wondering why Kabbah was considered as a Presidential candidate in 1996."

The answer, Musa, is that Salone people, sad to say, are the most backward people in the world. They have allowed every kind of low life to lead them. From a dog catcher, to a buffoon "general" to a junior sojaman, to a self-promoted brigadier", to a banned permanent secretary to lead them. Now, they are about to allow the crook kabbah to pick another crook, Solo Berewa to lead them.

That tells you I am saying is true.


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: MUSA KAMARA
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Date Posted: 10:53:21 07/02/07 ()
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IT is true my compatriot,Sierra-Leoneans are strange and unreasonable people.As you have indicated,they have allowed all forms of life to rule them from a dogcather to dcumented tiffman.It is a pity


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Cee Bah
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Date Posted: 11:36:02 07/02/07 ()
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ANd you are Sierra leoneans yourselves, part of the " most backward people on earth"

This is ridiculous and this is where I don't agree with feel good, think better twits like you guys. You think you are better off and the rest of the country are just uninformed because they don't agree with you. That is total bullocks and yes, the country that produced the first university in sub Saharan Africa, the first African knights, with an individual who was currently named among the most influential in the world by times magazine and the list continues can not be and is not the most backward country in the world.

We have problems, big problems and we need to fix them but it is insane and disrespectful to call the entirey of your country folks backward. That is a fallacy of differentiation. We have backward people and guess what, you are the backward ones!


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Independent Observer
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Date Posted: 12:14:25 07/02/07 ()
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"ANd you are Sierra leoneans yourselves, part of the " most backward people on earth"

This is ridiculous and this is where I don't agree with feel good, think better twits like you guys. You think you are better off and the rest of the country are just uninformed because they don't agree with you."

What is truly ridiculous is your failure to understand what you read. Did anyone say he was excluded from the Sierra Leoneans who are so backward they keep allowing you every type of misfit to rule our country?

From that failure to understan what you read, you blissfully proceeded to insult others. My advice to you is if you are going to treply to a posting, at least try to understand it first. You are allowed to get someone to explain it to you, if necessary. However, you are not allowed to insult others just because you can't understand what you read.


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Cee Bah
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Date Posted: 15:06:46 07/02/07 ()
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"IT is true my compatriot,Sierra-Leoneans are strange and unreasonable people.As you have indicated, they have allowed all forms of life to rule them from a dogcather to dcumented tiffman.It is a pity"

Do you notice the use of the word THEY in that posting? You guys can rain as much insult and continue to feed your misinformed egos, but whatever the situation in my country, I would not agree with you making disastrous blanket judgments like you both did, especially when it is not based on facts.

As for you Musa, again I urge you to make use of the advice that you always labour to offer others. Read and understand before you jump into the erronous conclusions that you are most often guilty of. I mentioned our merits in education and indicated that the list is long and it is! Corruption, nepotism and other vices are the essentials pitfalls of our system but they exist in many other societies and that does not make them the most backward people on earth.

If for once you think that you have superior credentials, why not proffer them to the people and allow them to make a judgment as is the case in all democratic societies (but since you refer to us Sierra Leoneans as "they", I can hardly see the possibility of that).

And for you claim of inferiority complex, that is what you two are suffering from. You see the rest of the world as being "more forward" than "you" are and so you attempt to put the whole of our country within your limited context. I don't think that I belong to the most backward people on earth, unlike you two. So who is really suffers from an inferiority complex?

Una lef bo. Na wae una nor sabi me na dat make una dae tak all dat bo bata about inferiority complex!!!


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: MUSA KAMARA
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Date Posted: 11:49:39 07/02/07 ()
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You are the elements in our society that are preaching false idiology of sufficiency.What the university of Sierra-Leone has to do with poverty,backwardness,nepotism,and endemic corruption?You are the folks always bragging about education and Sierra-Leone has produced a lot of them but where are we today?with all the phds.Most of you guys have inferiority complex and you tend to overcome it by exposing your educational status.When you meet a Sierra-Leonean,maybe someone like you,he will tell you who is a doctor, a lawyer etc but no constructive discussion on development towards the country.It is a pity.Try to argue on issues and not for the sake of arguement.You are the type of opportunists misleading people in the country


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: MUSA KAMARA
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Date Posted: 08:51:43 07/02/07 ()
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Do you have any proof that,Qaddafi did not deliver such contributions? And can you convince us with reliable source that,he did not mention about the rice and money during his speech at the stadium?You should be responsible and reasonable in drawing conclusions.The slpp is notorious for corruption and embezzling state funds from donor countries.A brighter instance is the multiple millions of pounds from Britain.Is this also untrue?You people have to think like human beings or else Sierra-Leone will never progress.Saying the truth wont deprive you from supporting your party,but it will shed light to the problems our nation is currently facing,that need immediate attention like ENDEMIC CORRUPTION


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 09:36:23 07/02/07 ()
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Rumour spread like wild fire!!! Qaddafi did mention that he has given us help in the form of Money, equipment, food, etc. the government on the other hand provided proof that these were accounted for and channelled to the appropriate authorities and those to be sold were sold and the proceeds used for the ventures which the government had in mind.
brother, if you want to know about the funds britain channelled to Sierra leone, call the House of Commons and ask for the Africa desk or the person in charge of Africa Affairs. When you get through ask them to put you to the person in charge of Sierra leone. requerst any information from them - in the UK Freedom of Information Act - gives you the right to know all these things. they will advise you and direct you as to how you will obtain the information you want. Another place to find out is throught the Foreign and Commonwealth office in London.

i am not one who will see the truth and conceal it. the kabbah, Berewa, momodu and others are born from lowly beginnings and through God's blessing, and their determination - they are able to be were they are today. Everyone of us have that right. Why should I fail to speak the truth if at all the story was true. i have spent time trying to track down information that will shed light to the current issue but nothing seems to be pointing a bad hand on the Government. they did what they as leaders were suopposed to do. they accounted for the donations and made presentations, published reports regarding these donations. I cannot exclusively say some where down the chain; no one has down wron. The heads were able to do what they were supposed to do.

I did ask about the answer the government gave to Neville prior to his publication. Do you have any information on that? If anyone knows about the issue can they enlighten us. i do not seem to have any luck in securing such an answer!


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Chez Help
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Date Posted: 10:21:29 07/02/07 ()
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Professor PEEP!

Parliamentary Question
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SIERRA LEONE GOVERNMENT

FROM: The Clerk of Parliament
To: The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Trade and Industry 26th July, 2006

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

I am directed to forward the following questions, (which will, shortly be orally asked in the House), for a written answer from the Minister of Trade and Industry. The procedure is that, on receipt of the written answer from the Minister by this office, the questions will be put on the Order Paper, and Members will her the answer for the first time only when it is orally given by the Minister on the floor of the House. Supplementary questions, arising only from the original question, may then be asked. The convention is for answers to be given within ten days from the date of the correspondence.

HOW DAUDA S. KAMARA: To ask the Minister of Trade and Industry to explain to the Honourable House: i. the status of Account No. 01-1010138-01 at the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank, Siaka Stevens Street, Freetown, into which proceeds have been paid from sale of a consignment of 2000 metric tons of rice donated by the Great Socialist people of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to the people of the Republic of Sierra Leone. ii. the minister if further to provide justification for the sale of the said - rice and explain the use to which the money has been put. J.A. Carpenter, Clerk of Parliament

HON. DAUDA KAMARA: Mr Speaker, Honourable Members, I rise to lend my voice to the nation's budget. A national budget is a point of meeting between Parliament, the Executive, Judiciary and the nation at large. That is the time we interpret politics into policy to see whether declarations at elections are matched by achievements. A budget tells how serious an elected government is prepared to conduct the affairs of the nation. That is the thrust of my contribution. Mr. Speaker, Honourable Members, I shall make close reference to foreign relations factors. I would start with a letter addressed to Members of this Parliament regarding the donation of rice from the Republic of Libya because, in my view, it has a strong budgetary bearing. A letter was written informing Members of this Parliament that the government of Libya had donated 2,000 metric tons of rice, equivalent to 40,000 bags of rice and that 1,500 bags were allocated to Members of Parliament at a cost of Le 24,000 a bag. If this money is paid, then it would among to Le 36,000,000. If the entire stock is sold at the same price, it would total Le 96, 000,000.

Now, Mr. Speaker, Honourable Members, the curious thing is that proceeds from the sales are not going to be paid into the Consolidated Fund but into the account of a government ministry. The question is: why is the money not going to be paid into the Consolidated Fund? I ask this question, Mr. Speaker, because we were in government and I was an ambassador for this country. I know the drawback after donations are converted into money. I am appealing, therefore, to my colleagues not to buy this rice (Undertones). (unedited)



Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 10:30:44 07/02/07 ()
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Thank you for such help. Our people believe in rumours and not try to find out the reality of the matters they speak about. I will appreciate any other information relating to this issue, especially why the money was paid to a ministry and not to the Consolidated Fund as deamnded by the HOn. dauda Kamara. thank you again.


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Help Chez
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Date Posted: 12:57:40 07/02/07 ()
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AWARENESS TIMES

Libya Rice Saga in Sierra Leone: What Kabbah Said Exactly One Year Ago
By President Kabbah
Jun 29, 2007

However, we encountered severe resource constraints to finance this scheme. Consistent with our commitment to enhancing the social well being of our people, when we received ship loads of rice from the Chinese, French, Libyan and Italian Governments as commodity aid in 2001 and 2002, we sold it at concessionary rates to our people, with the following amounts realized: Libyan Food Aid: Le2,027,684,370 - Italian Food Aid: Le579,260,100 - French Food Aid: Le558,364,154 - Chinese Food Aid: Le961,599,184
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STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT,
ALHAJI DR AHMAD TEJAN KABBAH ON THE OCCASION OF
THE LAUNCHING OF THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET (SOCIAL ASSISTANCE) SCHEME ON
THURSDAY, 29th JUNE 2006 (Exactly One Year Ago)

SALUTATIONS!

Let me join the Chairman and other speakers to heartily welcome you all to this gathering, which has been rightly described as the first of its kind in the history of this country, and probably in many other countries particularly in Africa. In our desire to promote the general wellbeing of the people of this country, my Government is today taking another giant step forward by launching the first ever Social Assistance Programme (or Social Safety Net Scheme) in the country. We are proud to be part of this history.

Before I proceed to do the launching, let me first of all make a few remarks.

Post-conflict countries like Sierra Leone often face a range of social protection needs, which may include:

*an increase in the number of persons without work or income support;

*the emergence of vulnerable groups such as widows, widowers, orphans, disabled, etc.

Therefore, an appropriate social protection system is crucial in promoting social justice and peace that support the vulnerable amongst us.

Mr. Chairman, it is precisely as a result of these considerations, among others, that in my inaugural address to the nation during the State Opening of the First Session of the First Parliament of the Second Republic of Sierra Leone in 1996, I committed my Government to addressing the deepening poverty situation in our country, in all its manifestations. As in 1996 then, it is still my firm conviction that the most precious gift to workers and their dependants in retirement is an effective National Social Security Scheme. Those who give their best years to the service of their nation deserve a comfortable life in retirement. This remains the driving force behind the establishment of the National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT).

NASSIT as you may know attracted criticisms and misgivings from some quarters when it was being established. After four years of commitment and hard work, NASSIT is not only a reality today, but has become a huge success.

Mr. Chairman,

The social protection provided by NASSIT is for those of our compatriots who have contributed to the scheme during their working lives up to and until their retirement at 60. This leaves out a large number of other vulnerable persons - our compatriots who are already 60 years and above, and who never had the opportunity to contribute to NASSIT. These people, old and perhaps now incapacitated, may have, in their own little way, contributed towards nation-building. Some of these people may have lived a decent life only to be faced with extremely challenging circumstances in old age. In most cases, women, particularly widows in traditional customary settings are the most affected. Therefore, my Government had equally conceptualized the establishment of a Social Safety Net Scheme for this special category of the aged and other vulnerable persons.

However, unlike NASSIT, which is a Contributory Scheme by the active working population, the Social Safety Net/Social Assistance Programme is a non-contributory programme, which will rely heavily on Government and the support of the private sector and our development partners. My Government has already opened a separate Account for this purpose, and we will do everything in our power to ensure that appropriate budgetary provision is always made by Government for this programme.

Mr. Chairman,

The current budget basket of the scheme has been developed from several sources.

When we were setting up NASSIT, we realized that it needed to be complemented by a Social Safety Net Scheme. However, we encountered severe resource constraints to finance this scheme. Consistent with our commitment to enhancing the social well being of our people, when we received ship loads of rice from the Chinese, French, Libyan and Italian Governments as commodity aid in 2001 and 2002, we sold it at concessionary rates to our people, with the following amounts realized:

Libyan Food Aid - Le2,027,684,370

Italian Food Aid - Le579,260,100

French Food Aid - Le558,364,154

Chinese Food Aid - Le961,599,184

These funds were invested, yielding an interest of Le345,487,497.24. The Government also augmented these resources with dividends it received from the Rokel Commercial Bank in 2001 in the sum of Le571,069,200.00.

Part of the funds from these sources was later utilized as seed money to set up NASSIT as a first step in the establishment of a comprehensive National Social Security System. We thank all these friendly countries for having provided such valuable assistance. I am sure that they will be pleased that their assistance has been used in such a constructive way especially when one recalls that in the past such food aid was either shared among politicians and other government functionaries or otherwise misappropriated. Today NASSIT, being in a good financial standing, has been able to pay back over Le5.3 billions towards the establishment of the Social Safety Net Scheme. Additional support to the scheme amounting to Le5 billion will be made by government sometime in the future, as a demonstration of our strong commitment to, and faith in the value of the potential contribution of this scheme to the general well being of our people. The total amount available for the operation of the Social Safety Net Scheme is now about Le5.7 billion. Since all the money is not going to be spent at the same time and NASSIT is not going to charge administrative costs for administering the Scheme, the bulk of the money will be invested and the returns from such invested funds will be placed into the Safety Net Scheme account to ensure its sustainability.

Mr. Chairman,

Beneficiaries of the Social Safety Net Scheme comprise:

** The Disabled

** Widows and Widowers

** The Aged

** Children up to 15 years, who lost contacts with their parents during the war and are still separated and

** Orphans

The Social Safety Net Scheme will ensure that eligible beneficiaries have:

(a) basic provision for food

(b) reasonable housing

(c) access to basic health care

(d) access to rehabilitation in the case of the disabled.

Those eligible for the Programme should:

(a) have no regular income;

(b) have no other regular means of support;

(c) unable to work;

(d) must be sixty years and above except for separated children, orphans and the disabled.

Scrupulous efforts will be made to ensure that only those that meet the strict eligibility criteria benefit from this Scheme.

Mr. Chairman, my Government is finalizing plans for the construction of moderate homes in each of the 12 districts for those who fall in these categories and who may prefer to be at those homes. A number of consultants and Programme officials of the Social Safety Net programme will shortly undertake visits to the districts and chiefdoms with the view, in consonance with all stakeholders, to identifying suitable sites for these construction activities to take place.

In a bid to facilitate the effective take-off of the scheme, a nation-wide sensitization exercise was embarked upon, in all the 149 Chiefdoms in the twelve (12) districts in the Provinces and in twenty-one (21) communities in the seven wards in the Western Area. A Pilot Verification exercise was undertaken in November 2005 in some parts of the country to determine potential beneficiaries. I am informed that all stakeholders welcomed the idea and are anticipating a successful implementation of the Programme.

Mr. Chairman, in conclusion I wish to emphasize that the success of the Social Safety Net Scheme should be the concern of every citizen. Social Safety Net Committees have been established in all Chiefdoms across the country with a responsibility, among others, to identify eligible persons. I am pleased to announce that these Committees are providing voluntary service to their communities, a practice, which is very highly commendable. We all have a collective responsibility to ensure the success of this Programme. By so doing, we would have been, in diverse ways, our "brothers' keepers".

I now have great pleasure in launching the Social Assistance Programme otherwise known as the Social Safety Net Scheme, and I wish it every success.

I thank you all for your attention.

Culled from www.statehouse.sl


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Not relevant
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Date Posted: 13:05:28 07/02/07 ()
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What does this have to do with Kabbah stealing more rice than reported in his alleged speech?

Produce a speech where Kabbah acknowledged that he recieved the rice in the quantities reprted by Gaddafi and the fuel, vehicles and monies that he also said he gave to President kabbah for the people of Sierra leone.


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: ?? Sir
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Date Posted: 14:25:51 07/02/07 ()
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What a job...
Everytime, a President receives a donation, he must make a speech to that effect.
Bo nor kill me with laugh..


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Chez Help
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Date Posted: 12:29:15 07/02/07 ()
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You are quite welcome, Bra Chez.

I remain to be the humble servant that wants to eradicate ignorance amongst our peoples so that rumours are verified before being acted upon as that rowdy crowd did yesterday in Freetong.

Sengbe


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 12:57:27 07/02/07 ()
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EDUCATION! EDUCATION! EDUCATION! EDUCATION! EDUCATION!
Should be our new goverment's priority. lLike you rightly said, to dispense with ignorance amongst our people. thank you again my compatriot.


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: SLPP
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Date Posted: 13:09:49 07/02/07 ()
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HONESTY! HONESTY! HONESTY! HONESTY! HONESTY among SLPP politicians. That is the most needed priority for the corrupt SLPP.

ACCOUNTABILITY (jailing SLPP thieves) is the priority for the next government.


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Patriot
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Date Posted: 10:18:47 07/02/07 ()
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" kabbah, Berewa, momodu and others are born from lowly beginnings and through God's blessing, and their determination - they are able to be were they are today."

You are the one spreading lies, Chez. Kabbah, Berewa, Koroma got to where they are now in the SLPP because they STOLE salone money.

We know people who rose from humble beginnings and made good through their hard work and God's blessing. Kabbah, berewa, and Koroma are not one of those people. They are thieves.

Every major donor has said Kabbah is the head of a corrupt SLPP government. So only an idle SLPP apologist would go and file a freedom of information request to find out what the looting SLPP did to British aid. We already know because DFID has already told us what the Beoku Betts commission told the world in 1968: That Kabbah is a thief.

For once, put your country above the thieveing SLPP trio of Kabbah, Berewa and Koroma. God don't like ugly ( I am not refering only to Berewa).


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 10:56:25 07/02/07 ()
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Show anyone before the kabbah and co came to pwer that the following statement relates to:

"We know people who rose from humble beginnings and made good through their hard work and God's blessing."

I will be happy to objectively comment on them


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Patriot
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Date Posted: 11:01:32 07/02/07 ()
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You are now trying to change the subject. We are not talking about the people who rose from humble beginings. We are talking only about the SLPP trio of Kabbah, Berewa and Koroma.

Go ahead and deny that they are not leaders of a govenrment that has been fingered by every major aid donor as corrupt. I am waiting for you to "objectively comment on them."


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Chez Wianakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 11:37:09 07/02/07 ()
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I have on numerous occasions highlighted the problem the present government has. kabbah' is not a saint and so are the leaders in previous regimes. I have criticised kabbah's appointments and other issues. i do not want to go into to that now. The day we stop spreading untrue rumours that have devastating consequencies the better our country will be. the issue of this rice or more rice needs to explained to the people and this was done. if you have any proof that government received rice or more rice from donors and did not inform parliament, then bring such evidence forward to the people or the parliamentarian who represents you - do you know the parliamentarian that represents the constituency you haile from? listen my fellow - get evidence of i will stop responding to you. i am not learning anything from you. You said nevill said that kabbah stole rice and sold the lot. Where is the evidence. the government said, this matter was brought to the attention of parliament and the matter was discussed further - evidence was presented. Show me the reason why i should contniue my learning process with you? Bring me the evidence, good fellow, and we will learn from each other. Thanks


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Journalist
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Date Posted: 12:05:57 07/02/07 ()
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"The day we stop spreading untrue rumours that have devastating consequencies the better our country will be. the issue of this rice or more rice needs to explained to the people and this was done."

You are the one who continues to spread rumours. To repeat it for the unpteenth time, Presidnet Kabba is not accused only of stealing rice!

He is accused of a theft of multiple shipments of rice, AND vehicles, AND money, etc. So, by what stretch of your blindly supporting SLPP imaginatiion does a self-serving press release about a shipment of rice issued by the same government which is headed by the accused thief "explain" the multifarious acfcusations of theft?

Don't you know what the word "explains" means?

If you belive that an accused thief need only issue a press release and he would have explained his theft, why don't you ask President Kabbah to abolish the courts of law?

Then, when someone steals from your house, all you will get from him is an "explanation" that he had stolen from someone else's house, not yours!

Look Chez, like I told you earlier today, you are talking nonsense. If Kabbah believes that he has an explanation, let him present it to an INDEPENDENT legal forum -- such as an independent commission of enquiry.

Otherwise, let him stop fooling himself that he has "explained" his alleged theft. Only a blind SLPPer like you and your kind would be fooled by such foolish talk.


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: MUSA KAMARA
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Date Posted: 09:59:25 07/02/07 ()
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I have no clue.DO you justify his arrest?Is it the only method the government should use to explain to the nation by intimidating and detaining Journalists?


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 10:05:11 07/02/07 ()
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it is wrong not to grant bail to an individual under the laws of our country. However, police have certain powers to apply to a magistrate or of similar authority for the extended detention of an individual they suspect has committed a crime. in this case the situation has caused more problems not by the arrest of Neville but by his publications. read the article below of call home and they will tell you the current situation. We do not want such. There are people who are ready to benefit from these disturbances. Are you happy that our people are reacting this way to reports by a journalist?


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Journalist
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Date Posted: 10:31:50 07/02/07 ()
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Like some forumite told you already, your article misses the boat. You don't blame the symptoms for causing an illness -- you blame the CAUSE.

Wake up, Chez and see that it is your SLPP tiffman who is the cause of this current problem. He is the one who is accused of stealing rice donated to Salone. He is the one who has refused to establish a commission of inquiry to get to the truth of the allegations against him. He is the one who, before that, tried to cover up the truth by intimidating a journalist.

So, forget the nonsense article. Look to the truth: Kabbh the thief is the cause of this proble. He should not have stolen Salone rice like he stole Salone money 40 years year and was banned for life from holding public office for his looting.


Subject: Re: FAO: JOURNALIST
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 11:06:31 07/02/07 ()
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I refer you to the following parliamentary discussion that took place in parliament in december 2006. It may help you in your judgement. Kabbah's recklessness turned self-conceit is the cause of this problem. i believe that he is not a thief but surrounded by brothers and sisters, so hungry and lacking foresight, makes all believe he has done something which in my judgement, he has not done.


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 11:03:20 07/02/07 ()
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I refer you to the following parliamentary discussion that took place in parliament in december 2006. It may help you in your judgement. Kabbah's recklessness turned self-conceit is the cause of this problem. i believe that he is not a thief but surrounded by brothers and sisters, so hungry and lacking foresight, makes all believe he has done something which in my judgement, he has not done.


Subject: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!!
From: Journalist
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Date Posted: 11:06:35 07/02/07 ()
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And I will again refer you to the posting below. It should help you understand that Kabbah is not accused of failing to discuss in parliament. He is accused of stealing Liyan aid, including rice, vehicle, fuel and money.

Tryu to understand the difference betwe3en that and a discussion about a single shipment of rice. Niow, try to also undertstand this anser to your diversionary point:

Posted by Journalist on July 02, 2007 at 10:57:32:

In Reply to: Re: CLEMENCY FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST NEVILLE!!! posted by Chez Winakabs Europe on July 02, 2007 at 10:43:05:

"This will help you understand that this government did not hide the rice issue from the public - every parliamentarian knew about the rice and it was there responsiblity to have convenyed such, on a local, level to their constituents."

I have already warned you about relying on the SLPP mouthpeice for facts. The rice referred to in the thar newspaper's article is NOT the only rice or even the only Liyan aid at issue. So, stop confusing aplles for oranges.

Like I said, if kabbah is not guitly of repeating his theft of salone money from his last looting of SLP The people of Salone will not be intimated either by your wolf cries of "let us not have force" or by lies from your thieviong SLPP.


Subject: Sierra leone Muslims in Somerset
From: med
To: All
Date Posted: 23:38:25 07/01/07 ()
Email Address: aminah@usa.com
Entered From: pool-72-82-202-124.cmdnnj.east.verizon.net at 72.82.202.124

Message:
How about also look into fixing the problems in the Sierra Leone Jamaats in Somerset?


Subject: Professor enters cyberspace race.
From: Salone Internet Observer
To: All
Date Posted: 18:33:28 07/01/07 ()
Email Address: see-all@three-eye.com
Entered From: 5ac87e70.bb.sky.com at 90.200.126.112

Message:
Coming soon (under construction)


Subject: Re: Professor enters cyberspace race.
From: Salone boy
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Date Posted: 03:49:53 07/02/07 ()
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Entered From: 114-64-ftth.onsneteindhoven.nl at 88.159.64.114

Message:
Congratulations Peep. When a nation fortune is being turned turn upside down, we need a fearless individual to rise up for that Nation. With the creation of an online news outlet for Peep, Sierra Leoneans in the diaspora will find a source for credible news stories devoid of bootlicking and sensationalism.
Bravo Peep and we will stand by you whenever the Kabbah/Berewa try to stifle your freedom.


Subject: Re: THE MORE, THE MERRIER Professor enters cyberspace race.
From: KABS KANU
To: All
Date Posted: 20:09:14 07/01/07 ()
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Entered From: h167-156-253.63.chubb.com at 167.156.63.253

Message:
Richard Gordon, you and your newspaper are welcome. I am sure many Sierra Leoneans welcome you too. The more newspapers online, the merrier. There will more news reports, different perspectives and indeed democracy will flourish ever so more.

I like your layout.Seems there are very good web designers back home.

Welcome, me man. WELCOME, WELCOME.


Subject: How to track Edmond Koker
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 11:54:58 07/01/07 ()
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Message:
Edmond B. Koker, Ph.D.
Professor
418 Jenkins Science Center
Phone: 252-335-3245
Fax:
ebkoker@mail.ecsu.edu

Stay Tuned his home address and telephone number car license plate number, and other pertinent facts of this very well known "GRONIDGE" will be posted on this site. Full Exposure is the only way to curb the excesses of this base less specimen of the human race.


Subject: Re: How to track Edmond Koker
From: So tired of you two
To: All
Date Posted: 12:26:19 07/01/07 ()
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Entered From: at 144.226.173.69

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I am 25 years old with a 5-year old son and my dad is withing your age group. And as you, Alieu and Sengbe, can imagine, I am old or young enough to be your son. In as much, I expect both of you to act your age when you are not in your bedroom with your wives. Unfortunately, both of you grandpas lack the discipline necessary to socialize among younger folks like me. Honestly, I sometimes dream of kicking both of your rear ends to instil some morals in your childish skulls. Unfortunately, it is not possible.


Meanwhile, I will suggest you both talk to other forumites like Critical thinker, Kabs Kanu, Cadmus, Chez, Loggy, Alie Formeh Kamara, Bra Enviable, Farrah Marrah, Hashim Daboh and many others. What do you two think might be running through their heads about your behavior? Yet both of you want us to consider you as educated and heads of families. What families are you two heading? I really want to know big men bigfool.
Now both of you can rain mammy curses on me now. But bear in mind that those mammy curses will not hurt me as much as those I will render you because of you bigman bigfoolness.


Subject: Re: How to track Edmond Koker
From: NIGHTMARE
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Date Posted: 12:07:50 07/01/07 ()
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Message:
iS IT THE GREY HAIRED GUY WITH THE DOG LOOKING FACE THE SKEWED TIE WITH MANY COLORS AND THE STUPID LOOK ON HIS FACE


Subject: Re: How to track Edmond Koker
From: Sengbe
To: All
Date Posted: 12:17:00 07/01/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: red_dog.niehs.nih.gov at 157.98.76.127

Message:
No! I am the guy in white "square checkered" linen shirt. Don't I look handsome?


Subject: Re: How to track Edmond Koker
From: Sengbe
To: All
Date Posted: 12:06:27 07/01/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: red_dog.niehs.nih.gov at 157.98.76.127

Message:
So! why do you want to track me?

All of that stuff is general information that is obtainable by anyone, if you are important. You are not that important to me to want to do that to you.

Why are you so testy, little boy?

I never mentioned you by name in that comic relief piece I wrote yesterday. The musings must be true then. Are they?

Track me if you must. But be warned that I am very well protected.

Have a calm day.


Subject: Re: Edmond Koker IS IT TRUE THAT YOU ARE SEXUAL DEVIANT
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 12:13:11 07/01/07 ()
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Message:
EDMUND KOKER THATNKS FOR RESPONDING. WILL YOU PLEASE RESPOND TO THE GUY DOWN THER WHO IS ACUSING YOU OF BEING A SEXUAL DEVIANT? iS IT TRUE THAT YOU TRIED TO HAVE SEX WITH YOUR SISTERS DAUGHTERS? iS IT ALSO TRUE THAT ON YOUR LAST TRIP TO SIERRA LEONE THAT YOU HAD SEX WITH A BLOOD RELATIVE AND PROMISED TO BRING HER TO THE us AND SINCE YOUR RETURN HAVE FAILED TO COMMUNICATE. IS IT TRUE THAT ON YOUR TRIPS TO SA LONE YOU HAVE USED YOUR SUPERIOR FINANCIAL ABILITY OVER THE NATIVES TO HAVE SEX WITH UNDER AGE GIRLS?

pLEASE ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS AND DONT ASK FOR HELP NOW ITS JUST YOU AND ME LETS SEE HOW FUNNY YOU THINK THESE ISSUES ARE.


Subject: FOR KABS-KANU: THE TRUTH ABOUT COCORIOKO FORUM
From: LongTime Forunite
To: All
Date Posted: 10:42:47 07/01/07 ()
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Entered From: ool-44c29146.dyn.optonline.net at 68.194.145.70

Message:
Kabs-Kanu,


You deserve a great award for your patriotism and hard work in ensuring that a public forum that serves our diverse communities continues to click. However, I venture to state that your hard work will continued to be tattered as long as three forumites continue to post here: They are Alieu Iscandari, Sengbe Konouwah and Mohamed Jalloh. These three are behind all the rudeness in this forum. Alieu single-handedly tore down the now difunct Africaonline with his trade-mark 'mamy-cuses'. He is doing the same thing on this forum. Sengbe is in the habit of provoking other forumites while Mohamed Jalloh like Alieu resorts to 'mamy-cuses', albeit under different handles (monikers), once he sees the name Sengbe. In fact with Jalloh any posts that criticizes him comes from Sengbe and Jalloh's usual responses are laced with profanities.

Kabs, please sum up the courage to ban these three guys for life and you see how this forum will become better.
Thanks.


Subject: Re: FOR KABS-KANU: THE TRUTH ABOUT COCORIOKO FORUM
From: FORUM VETERAN
To: All
Date Posted: 16:21:22 07/01/07 ()
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Message:
You were doing fine until you mentioned the name Jalloh. Then your ignorance showed. That is one man who never has used profanity. Get that? Never.

So, try again. Your smear attempt did not work. It is liars like you that Kabs must ban so decscent people like Mr. Jalloh will return to this forum.


Subject: Re:Sengbe Konouwah is DR. EDMOND KOKER
From: ANOTHER LONGER TIME FORUMITE
To: All
Date Posted: 11:27:42 07/01/07 ()
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Long time Forumite I have been on all of the forums for the past 12 years. I was on Africa Online and Alieu was NOT the reason why africa online was closed. Lets place the blame where it must. I have been an avid reader of the things that Alieu writes on these frorums since he caused the set up of the NUP forum when he penned a very briliant letter sent around the world to John Benjamin on the excesses of the NPRC. That letter was so briliantly written that John Benjamin who at the time was running as the presidential candidate for the NUP, thought it fit to open up a forum where sierra leoneans can post their gripes.

What I have observed is that Alieu is a very tempremental man and he is bound to react to provocation from certain people. As soon as I read the post by EDmond Koker I knew that it would create problems. Edmond Koker insinuated that at Alieus Party, there must have been some drug use there by his use of the term THC consumption. To you it may be funny but to many of us an allegation such as that is defamatory. You may have reacted differently had it been you, but Alieu has a right to react in the manner he did and let the chips fall where they may.

Many people on this forum insult others and alieu is no exception. There have been insults of alieus mother by monikers believed to belong to Edmond Koker. What we must exhort Kabbas Kanu to do is to prohibit mende tribalists like EDMOND KOKER from posting and watch how great this forum will become


Subject: Re:Sengbe Konouwah is DR. EDMOND KOKER
From: LongTime Forumite
To: All
Date Posted: 15:29:14 07/01/07 ()
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It does not seem that you have been around long enough to know the origins of the 'bad blood' between Sengbe and Alieu. Alieu has always been in the habit of insulting Mendes. He has called Mendes cannibals and has levelled all sort of derogatory remarks against them. Due to this behavior, almost all the Mende guys ( I am not one of them) have at one time or the other clashed with Alieu on different Sierra Leone forums. Sengbe seems to be the one Mende guy that has prolonged this clash by getting at Alieu any time he has the opportunity. So as long as these guys keep posting here the problem will continue. On the contrary ban them and see if this forum will not attract many sound minds.


Subject: Re:Sengbe Konouwah is DR. EDMOND KOKER
From: ANOTHER LONGER TIME FORUMITE
To: All
Date Posted: 18:28:31 07/01/07 ()
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Long time, I have been here long enough and have read AI's so called controversial pieces from his days at leonenet and through all the other forums. I have read most if not all of AI's postings on the issue of insulting mendes and to the best of my knowledge I do not recall any post that could be characterized in any objective way as an insult on mendes. If you have any such documents or reference to any such documents please post it for all to see.

The unadulterated truth, is that AI has posted materials about the alleged cannibalism charges leveled against the Kamajors who are mende. He has NEVER to the best of my knowledge made any statement or written anything that categorically states that ALL mendes are cannibals. This is untrue and to characterize it as such would be unfair to AI.

The truth is that AI has been very outspoken on all issues relevant to the country we ALL love so dearly. The Truth is that some people like Sengbe cannot take it. Go back and look at the origin of the most present fracas. It was Sengbe that posted something derrogatory about AI and wants to pass it off as humour. If it were humor it was wry indeed.

If we must judge, we must do so fairly. If we want Peace we must tell the objective truth.


Subject: Re:Sengbe Konouwah is DR. EDMOND KOKER
From: Sengbe
To: All
Date Posted: 19:57:56 07/01/07 ()
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Entered From: red_dog.niehs.nih.gov at 157.98.76.127

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Damage control at its worst.

Did Sengbe mention him by name in that piece?

Did Sengbe not "roast" even his Mende people, Temene people, Bra Cornie, Bra Yaya, ex-Poochie J, Pa Kabbah, etc, in that piece?

Did Bra Cornie, or Bra Yaya, per se, take offense in such a manner and curse out Sengbe's parents in such a gross manner as a consequence of that parody?

It is a case of HATEFULNESS that you may not understand fully.

Your defence in this case is very weak, my "friend".

Go defend another [nut] case.


Subject: Re:Sengbe Konouwah is DR. EDMOND KOKER
From: ANOTHER LONGER TIME FORUMITE
To: All
Date Posted: 12:27:24 07/02/07 ()
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Did Sengbe mention him by name in that piece?

You did not have to mention him in that oiece for regular forumites to know who you were talking about. In fact if you had named AI, in that post it would have been overkill.

You dont have that kind of a relationship with AI where you can make stupid comments about alleged drug use at his party. Your statements were reckless. If his response as you put it, is hatefulness then you caused that hatefulness upon yourself. You are a very crude individual and you are treading on quick sand when you mess with that brother because there are many of us who would go to bat for him. As far as we see it AI is probably one of the very few forumites, not including you, who are objectively reasonable in their posts on this forum.

Cornie or yayah did not take any offense because you did not make the same stupid defamatory insinuations about them. Lets put it this way what if someone makes a pst about a certain unnamed individual who teaches at Elizabeth State in North Carolina, is a memeber of the SLPP, a supporter of kamajors, who has been accused of having sex with underage girls how would you react? Would cry foul, would you frantically call Kabbs Kanu to delete the thread? It wouldnt be funny to you would it? Why not? Might it be because the post was inherrently defamatory and untrue? Now if all of your answers to the above are in the affirmative then you would understand how AI feels and if I was he I would fht back in the way he did which is to insult your mother as a way of getting back under your nails.

So how do you feel to have the sacred name of your mother who you claim you love so much be dragged in the dirt? The same way other people feel when you drag their own mothers in the dirt under your numerous names. Do you remember the post that you made in response to someoneelse who you though was AI and you said that you had slept with the persons mother and that the persons name started with an I and ended with an I. Funny the name Iscandari satrts with an I and ends with an I were you referring to him then?

You see here are thos of us who follow this site very well and we een save many of the posts here for posteritys sake. Even when you dont see IP numbers being displayed, they are being displayed and we know who writes here.

Now go ahead and act up like you always would. Someday you may see reason and hopefully you are not too old to have figured it out.


Subject: Re:Sengbe Konouwah is DR. EDMOND KOKER
From: Sengbe
To: All
Date Posted: 12:48:43 07/02/07 ()
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Entered From: red_dog.niehs.nih.gov at 157.98.76.127

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I will not waste my precious time on a MALICIOUS LIAR such as yourself.

I will let the good Lord heap everlasting DAMNATION upon you, and yours for ALL those LIES you've stated in your piece that I am NOT even aware of.

So let it.

Bye!!!


Subject: Re:Sengbe Konouwah is DR. EDMOND KOKER
From: ANOTHER LONGER TIME FORUMITE
To: All
Date Posted: 14:46:13 07/02/07 ()
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and just as I thought you cannot take the truth and your usual response has been to act up in an infantile manner.

See ya You are not worth reasoning with. No insults from me but if you want to know why things are as they are between you and AI, Look inwards and you will see why. Who or what gives you the gumption to call anyone on this forum a drug addict or insinuate that. You think about it you education places you in a position where you are held to a higher standard much more than people like the other slpp person who writes as Alpha Saidu Bangura. You are way above that guy in education but one cannot tell by the way you behave. You are very vindictive and petty.

AI has never accused all mendes of any crimes. But he has accused Kamajors of committing crimes against humanity. You just hate him because he has been brave enough to bring these things which I am sure as a mende man like me you would want to keep secret. But should you keep secret something as dastardly as cannibalism? Dont hate AI hate those amongst your tribe who have let the "bones out of the bag" no pun intended.

You can be a great contributor to the sierra leone cause but you have chosen to be the great instigator and the great divider. Do you remember when AI made a contribution about changing the traffic laws and your contribution to that debate was to accuse him of PLAGIARISM? Now lets put the shoe on the other fot what if someone were to accuses you of being a fraud in your much touted work with utilising your knowledge of chemistry to fight cancer. How would you feel? What if that person was a sierra leonean brother whose duty it should be to uphold your achievements and your contributions rather than put them down. How would you feel then? Sometimes you may have to put you self in other peoples shoes and see how they feel.

I am going to try to bring out the reasonable you. I am determined to do that. Without Insults.


Subject: Re:Sengbe Konouwah is DR. EDMOND KOKER
From: sheriif
To: All
Date Posted: 14:15:42 07/02/07 ()
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Sengbe, here is advice for you: Stop teasing people or other ethnic groups. If you dont stop it's possible that a crazy somebody from here wouldone day go to elizabeth city university in north carolina to look for you. what will you do then? Run?


Subject: Re:Sengbe Konouwah is DR. EDMOND KOKER
From: FORUM VETERAN
To: All
Date Posted: 13:37:30 07/02/07 ()
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I will not waste my precious time on a MALICIOUS LIAR such as yourself.

------------------------

You should have given yourself that advice before you started spewing your malicious lies about people you don't know and will never have the privilege of knowing.

You are reaping the fruits of your lack of home training.



Subject: Re:Sengbe Konouwah is DR. EDMOND KOKER
From: Sengbe
To: All
Date Posted: 16:23:05 07/01/07 ()
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Entered From: red_dog.niehs.nih.gov at 157.98.76.127

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LongTime Forumite, you truly know the genesis of why I do not like that guy, in return.

He HATES us Mendes.

I do NOT care if his first, second, and third wives are Mendes or not. And that 70% of his so-called "friends" are Mendes [that is what he states when he is pushed in a corner over his outright BIGOTRY against us, and I know that statement is a damned LIE].

How can anyone of S/Leonean heritage who claims to be nationalistic, and PATRIOTIC show such gross HATRED for 35% of her population? That is INSANE.

Me Mammy way born me (RIP) nar Mende woman from Daru, Jawi Chiefdom. Me Papa way born me (RIP) nar Mende man from Jimmi, Bagbo Chiefdom. Me nar full-blooded Mende man, ehn ar proud of da fact day. Ehn me nar full-blooded S/Leoneon by birth also. No one is going to constantly INSULT me, my people, and by extrapolation, my peoples (ALL S/LEONEANS), and get away with it without me fighting back.

You state and I quote:

"...Sengbe seems to be the one Mende guy that has prolonged this clash by getting at Alieu any time he has the opportunity..."

May be the rest of them are "bloody sissies". Not me.

You constantly show hate toward me and my peeps, I show you the same. I do not turn the other cheek as most of them would do in their petrified acquiescent stance collectively on issues such as this.

"Mu doe Ngewor ma" (lef am gee God), they would perhaps state. Not me.

Me na KAMAJOR. U bring war to me, ar go bett u heart out of u chest in the fight.

If u start the war with me, na me go finish ahm, standing up.

The boy too passmark.

I know it seems harsh to state these things on such a forum, but somebody needs to check that "motha" before he wrecks himself in na we Sa Lon.

Why show such gross hatred toward your own countrymen? Who does he think he is, to constantly decry my people in such barbaric terms on the www? I will NEVER stand for that.

I yearn to meet him face-to-face one fine day, so that I can really "communicate" my feelings toward him and his ilk.

HATE DOES NOT PAY, ONLY LOVE WILL.

Based on Biology, I am a Mendeman first, a SaLonMui, and an American. I am very proud of that order, because GOD made it so.

"Sengbe Konouwah is DR. EDMOND KOKER" - the title reads.

SO?

I am NOT ashamed of that fact.

My preference is to write under the moniker of "Sengbe Konouwah" on this forum to preserve communality, and collegiality on this forum.

Should my Mother be abused for that reason? Because somebody told him that I do not want my real identity to be known.

I am a FREE-BORN. That is why I became a Professor, and a Research Scientist. It affords me the FREEDOM to operate to my own tune.

I fear no one, but GOD.


Subject: Re:Sengbe Konouwah is DR. EDMOND KOKER
From: Patriot
To: All
Date Posted: 20:18:55 07/01/07 ()
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"Me na KAMAJOR. U bring war to me, ar go bett u heart out of u chest in the fight. "

"If u start the war with me, na me go finish ahm, standing up. "

And where did the Kamajors end ? Jail and the dustbin of history . We are glad for the Special Court because it is this court that stopped you from eating the hearts and flesh of your people .So your bragging about being a kamajor is disgraceful.


Subject: Re:Sengbe Konouwah is DR. EDMOND KOKER
From: Sengbe
To: All
Date Posted: 21:34:29 07/01/07 ()
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But where would your country be today without them, while you languish somewhere overseas?

In the hands of Foday, and the sobels.

I guess that is what you wanted all along. But it didn't happen, did it?

"...And where did the Kamajors end? Jail and the dustbin of history..."

The ones that survived the war ended up in their towns and villages of origin.

Only two are in detention, NOT jail, as you erroneously stated.

"...We are glad for the Special Court because it is this court that stopped you from eating the hearts and flesh of your people..."

Wrong again!! They won the war for you and every conscientious S/Leonean.

"...So your bragging about being a kamajor is disgraceful..."

Wrong for the third straight time.

What is really DISGRACEFUL is waging a war of plunder on your own INNOCENT people at the behest of foreigners; committing very barbaric atrocities against them, as your folks in the sobel and ruf organizations did; and refusing to fulfill the oath to defend them as soldiers in the national army. Was it not for the brothers in the CDF you'd be wailing a different song, if you are really patriotic.

Anyway, I have to go home now. Enough of this chat with ingrates.


Subject: Re:Sengbe Konouwah is DR. EDMOND KOKER
From: Tamba
To: All
Date Posted: 06:09:13 07/02/07 ()
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But where would your country be today without them, while you languish somewhere overseas?
_________________________

It would be a country with no history of canibalism.

It would also be a country without people like you who see nothing wrong with killing and eating your fellow human beings just to return thieves like Tejan Kabba and his thieving SLPP to power.


Subject: Re:Sengbe Konouwah is DR. EDMOND KOKER
From: DISGUSTED
To: All
Date Posted: 17:08:53 07/01/07 ()
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Message:
You nar jes unbrought up porsin.

Like they say, you can take the man out of the bush, but you can't take the bush out of the man. Dat nar you. With you being about 60 years old, you too old to be acting like an illbred brat.


Subject: Re:Sengbe Konouwah is DR. EDMOND KOKER
From: Bambay Lans Kamara
To: All
Date Posted: 23:06:49 07/01/07 ()
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Greetings my brothers and sisters. It is said, "examples are better than precepts." I am convinced that the examples we portray are majority a time, an expose of what we actually are. It is with this characterization sensible people view us most of the time. But it is important and intelligent to understand that no one is accountable for the act of another person. You are accountable for what you say, and sometimes what we say will have grave future impact on us especially, when we have no justifiable reason for saying or acting in a such a way.
It is evident that a gathering that constitutes the simple-minded, the out-come of such a gathering will be simple mindedness. But when a forum is comprised of greater percentage of well informed dialogue, the tendency for such knowledge-base discuss to serve as a parameter for civil discuss and better product is great. We tend to miss that guide from time to time therefore, hate or vehement disagreements ensue that result in low-down contrives. Sometimes, I tend to look at it that most of these are means of relaxation or relaxing the mind since certain people spend a good amount of time here therefore, they need to relax from time to time, sometimes at the expense of others and our nation.
By and lager, we ought to realize that images are at stake when certain words of miss characterized verbiage are employed but to a larger extent, some of these jargon or insults are considered by educators as the lack of appropriate terminology, information or vocabulary therefore, we are sometimes forced to adopt the methods sometime employed here that you ladies and gentlemen men are in reference with. It is based on this reason certain miss-characterized displays are ignored by greater thinkers who can understand concepts.
Nonetheless, the frequency of the usage of misguided verbiage is what has encouraged me to presume that as touchy as the subjects discussed here are, it is imperative that some people blow steam. But let us be mindful that regardless of the nature of these disagreements, we hold the symbol of and are obliged to exercise caution, sincerity in civility, knowing that our interest is, should be and must be our beloved nation and the future of generations to come and ourselves.
It is in this vain I sometimes wonder why some of us are aggravated when a member or members seek to push for a better future. How can one get mad about another person's desire to push for a better tomorrow especially when you have got what you considered is your best or "the best". It is evident that you were able to do so because you were fortunate to go to school, where one is trained to discuss soundly. But why should be vexed at another the way it is sometimes done here beats me. Let us be respectful of one another regardless of the difference in credentials or profession, tribe, or section, party affiliation or female affiliations. (well I don't have that problem my girlfriends are always in sight. So I am not worried about another man's. smile)
On a serious note, this forum could or be a training ground pending on how proficiently and judiciously it is employed. Here we can know who the brains of Sierra Leone are, not based solely on how articulate they deliver but their ability to conceptualize and deal with another mankind judiciously, guided by moral, ethical conduct guided by the advancement in the studies many have undertaken, which are meant to transform us to better thinkers and civil doers.
Do not have time: studying.
How ya doing!


Subject: Re: FOR KABS-KANU: THE TRUTH ABOUT COCORIOKO FORUM
From: Sengbe
To: All
Date Posted: 11:07:48 07/01/07 ()
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Entered From: red_dog.niehs.nih.gov at 157.98.76.127

Message:
Hello LongTime Forumite! How are you doing today?

Most of what you've written is quite true about those two guys, but I beg to differ with you when you state my inclusiveness in being "behind all the rudeness in this forum". Only those two guys are guilty of that.

On the other hand, "me day jus throw me corn, me nor call nobody, but if the kiap fit let dem wear it".

Those two other blokes are NOT witty, and articulate enough to respond intelligently in a debate, so they resort to "mammy cuss", character assasination, and libelous defamation through GROSS LIES instead. They are so limited intellectually that they have no other recourse but to operate in the mode that you have so eloquently described.

I, Sengbe Konouwah, do not curse "mammy cuss". NEVER! But those two do out of disrespect for their own mothers, I presume.

Have a good day!

I must retire to my work now.

Love you all a lot.


Subject: REV KABS KANU
From: CADMUS
To: All
Date Posted: 07:38:07 07/01/07 ()
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REV,

When you decided to remove the entire posting between Alieu and Sengbe, you also removed postings from other people, including myself, appealing to these two guys for peace. Why did you think it right to remove those postings.

I personally wrote a piece appealing to the two of them to cool it without taking sides, and I believe others did two.Don't you think those types of postings should remain to show that you have reasonable contributors irrespective of political affiliation?

Secondly, there are now postings of selacious nature on the forum about SENGBE,these postings may well be Defamatory,since no evidence has been supplied in support of what has been said. Are you going to request the Moderator to remove them as you RIGHTLY did in OTHER CASES? If not why not?

Do you think a reason man will think you are playing a FAIR game if fail to do so?

Consistency in the adminstration of this forum will improve confidence in some of us,who may be politicaly active, but reasonable in nature.So Rev please do the right thing.

I am not in anyway saying you are politicaly bias, you are a Sierra loenean, and so you are entitled to your own political openion, but since you established this VERY SUCCESSFUL FORUM which we all hold in high esteem,and have continued to contribute to, irrespevtive of the insults and abuses, most of it gratuitous, I must say, you should also try to be fair to one and all.

I hope you please understand what I have written before you reply.It is not an attack on you it is a suggestion.


Subject: Re: REV KABS KANU
From: KABS KANU
To: All
Date Posted: 07:53:27 07/01/07 ()
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Message:
Cadmus, all those postings will be removed and if the writer continues, his IP may be blocked.

The point, my brother, is that we are too busy with our regular chores. We don't have time to monitor this forum 24 hours a day. It is not easy to run such an open forum. You can never be up to date in your monitoring and deleting of objectionable stuff.

About the other posting , we just took down the whole thread because of the profanities. Your message was very good and we thank you for it. People know you are one of the responsible ones here. If we delete some and leave some, readers will be confused.They won't know what people were responding to on the forum.

PLEASE JUST BEAR WITH US. wE WILL IMPOSE SANITY ON THIS FORUM.


Subject: Re: REV KABS KANU
From: CADMUS
To: All
Date Posted: 11:59:16 07/01/07 ()
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Message:
KABS,
Thanks for that......This is a good forum, you have done a great job, and we will keep it that way...it is good to CUSS political parties,Politic is fair game, but personal and especially MAMMI CUSS should never be tolorated.

Keep up the good work..you have our support at the SLPP.


Subject: Re: REV KABS KANU
From: APC
To: All
Date Posted: 11:11:48 07/01/07 ()
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Message:
This forum needs some RULES bra. Couple of old folks making it hard for us to meaningfully participate.


Subject: Re: REV KABS KANU
From: Truth
To: All
Date Posted: 07:46:42 07/01/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
"Secondly, there are now postings of selacious nature on the forum about SENGBE,these postings may well be Defamatory,since no evidence has been supplied in support of what has been said. Are you going to request the Moderator to remove them as you RIGHTLY did in OTHER CASES?"

Hypocrite CADMUS, you SLPP alakitors will never stop your corruption.

Where were you when the FIRST 'selacious nature on the forum about AKLIEU" were posted by the no-mama-blessing, Sengbe?

Bo, jes clea4r out, you Mende hypocrite.


Subject: To9 an SLPPer who want to defend impunity
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
To: All
Date Posted: 07:35:33 07/01/07 ()
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Message:
and what we call - in Krio - korokoro ADVANTAGE - SHAME ON ALL OF YOU!


http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=22757
Your emphasis is on whether the Colonel made a public or none public declaration. The public or none-public nature of the truth is what we want to know. Did the Colonel send bags of rice etc? Gifts of rice is one of the electioneering vote winning tactics is it not or can you keep such matters secret in public Sierra Leone?
Here’s my reason for not doubting Colonel al-Qadhafi’s generosity and concern:
http://www.mathaba.net/forum/forum.shtml?x=27247
Equally important: Have the Sierra Leone authorities ever been given gifts to the nation, gifts which should have been declared, as received on behalf of the nation, but which in fact up till today have not been declared or accounted for and instead been quietly transferred into private pockets (if money) or private possession and misappropriated for utterly selfish ends, for gainful utility, if material goods?
Real bags of rice cannot just disappear like that, into thin air. They did once, long ago, under SLPP custody and the guilty could only cup up with an unspectacular explanation: that RATS had eaten a whole pyramid of rice. As Emerson would say, yes two-footed rats/ human vermin:
http://www.google.se/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4GGLJ_enSE229SE229&q=Emerson%3A+two+foot-arata
I am inclined to believe that Colonel Muammar a-Qadhafi, the good-hearted, could have made such generous sadaka to the people of Sierra, being aware of the ineffectiveness of the food security programme and its shortfalls which did not allow Mr. President Alhaji Kabbah to fulfil his promise that no one would go to bed hungry by the year 2007.
This is a question for SLPP can do and has never done any wrong fanatics to answer:
Should Mr. Neville be detained for making such a statement or should a habeas Corpus come into play as he and many others are given an opportunity to prove his case?
Like Paul Kamara, Philip Neville is of some mettle and in my opinion is being unduly harassed and perhaps intimidated and his life threatened. Your SLPP monkey boy was talking about”Satire” in his self-glorification bouts. Dr. Ed, I can show you some real satire that will make the SLPP reel and keep their heads ringing and their rickety old bone legs wobble into premature collapse.
How is Omrie Golley?
Too bad that Chief Hinga Norman didn’t receive Sierra Leone’s highest honour medals for promoting peace and stability in the country, your for a few dollars more petty minded so called nationalists and intellectuals too cowardly to challenge all the lies, spin and deceit which you knowingly acknowledge as truth like other scum bags scum bags who are and will be faithful to your corrupt SLPP to the last drop of your armchair blood as you continue to bloom like grass in your wickedness.



Subject: WHY is PIlip Neville being DETAINED?
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
To: All
Date Posted: 03:55:28 07/01/07 ()
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Message:
This was the state of official Libya-Sierra Leone relations during Colonel Muammar al-Qadhafi’s visit as reported in Mathaba:

http://www.mathaba.net/news/qadhafi/

After reading JOHN MANNAH‘s “The SLPP Government should
Avoid the Temptation of using a Sledge Hammer to Kill a Fly” the following questions remain unanswered even as international eyebrows a raised about

Are there any other instances of aid or monies, goods or other types of donations ( equipment etc) being given to the people of Sierra Leone , without those who received it , reporting to the people of Sierra Leone? On the face of it, Mr. Neville and Co are suggesting that donations to the nation have been privatised by people who should be investigated and detained, even temporarily relived of their portfolio juts as was done to Dr. Prince Harding, whilst the investigation is being carried out.
They should know that as they do unto others so too it should be done unto them.

For now, it all seems to hinge on the facticity of this statement:

” Government wishes the public to know that there is absolutely no iota of truth in the publication. Colonel Ghaddafi never made such a statement nor did he make any reference to donations made to Sierra Leone. On the contrary, it was President Kabbah who, in welcoming the Libyan Leader once again reminded the public about the various items Libya has donated to Sierra Leone. ”

If indeed the colonel never made such a public statement then Mr. Neville must be given a chance to explain himself about speaking falsely.
If the colonel did make such a statement, then are we to assume that the foreign press was also too afraid to report because they are also too afraid of being detained? If the Colonel did make such a revelation public, where all could hear him at the stadium, then who should be detained?

http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=nw20070630110706355C346761

http://news.google.se/news?hl=en&rlz=1T4GGLJ_enSE229SE229&um=1&ct=title&ie=UTF-8&q=Philip+Neville+%28+Sierra+leone&btnG=Search+News


Subject: Re: WHY is PIlip Neville being DETAINED?
From: Alisson kamara
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Date Posted: 06:11:39 07/02/07 ()
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Posted by Alisson kamara, Germany.I firmly disagree with john mannah"s article.We should be very greatful to have such journalist like Philip Neville in Sierra Leone because he is not an hypocrit and he was just trying to do his job in exposing the heartless,tribalistic,corruptive,selfish SLPP government led by Tejan Kabba and his greedy cronies.
I am really disappointed with the likes of John Mannah supporting the Kabba government in their plot in plundering the nation.Achievements SLPP:no electricity supply,Lack of water supply,embezzling the nations wealth,etc etc.Dont give up the struggle Philip Nevill!! Keep up the good job! Shame on all corrupt journalists!!


Subject: Re: WHY is PIlip Neville being DETAINED?
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
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Date Posted: 04:08:20 07/01/07 ()
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Sorry, the news from Sierra Leone is


Subject: I'M A SIERRA LEONEAN
From: HI
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Date Posted: 22:04:45 06/30/07 ()
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Subject: Re: I'M A SIERRA LEONEAN
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That bag of shame fits over the head of one porsin. Sengbe. The idiot that begins many rudeness in this forum. Lek say ee nor geh blessing.


Subject: Re: I'M A SIERRA LEONEAN
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Date Posted: 06:15:12 07/01/07 ()
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what else do you expect pf someone who passes for a Koker but was born by his mothers boyfriend. De man wake up normor nar morning e wan for leh dem cuss im mama. De man nor geh blessings


Subject: MODERATOR, PLEASE DELETE ALLIEU AND SENGBE'S EXCHANGES
From: KABS KANU
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Date Posted: 20:45:49 06/30/07 ()
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Please moderator, if you have chance, delete the exchanges between Allieu and Sengbe , as well as others. Just take down the whole thread, please.

I will send personal letters to Prof. Sengbe and Mr. Iscandari.

Readers, sorry for the profanities .We will handle the situation.


Subject: Re: MODERATOR, PLEASE DELETE ALLIEU AND SENGBE'S EXCHANGES
From: Sengbe
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Date Posted: 20:56:38 06/30/07 ()
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The profanities were one-sided; by iscandari, so delete his postings relative to that, if you'd like and leave my comic-relief piece alone.

In fact I think that it was so funny and witty that I would recommend forumites to make hard copies of it. I shall do so myself since it is not copyrighted and just came from the top of my head.

Rev, why are you so afraid of this mammy-cussing idiot?

I hope to face him one fine day.

ee go holler "murder".


Subject: Dr. Edmund Koker is a SEXUAL DEVIANT
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EDMUND KOKER A PROFESSOR OF SCIENCE AT ELIZABETH CITY SATATE UNIVERSITY IN NORTH CAROLINA IS A SEXUAL DEVIANT. SO SAYS FAMILY SECRETS. HE IS BELIEVE TO HAVE ATTEMPTED TO SLEEP WITH HIS SISTERS DAUGHTERS.


Subject: Re: MODERATOR, PLEASE DELETE ALLIEU AND SENGBE'S EXCHANGES
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
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Date Posted: 02:02:40 07/01/07 ()
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As far as this topic is concerned
I’m signing off here – prefer to talk to Lady Sylvia live and direct and not wash any dirty linen in public.
Re Curtis Mayfield: Dirty Laundry (in the Country…….)

Your summing up of Lady Blyden's essay:

The alleged

“theft of the ballots which were in the vault at the Bank of Sierra Leone under the auspices of the then Bank Governor S.B. Nicol-Cole. He gave those ballots to the APC which enabled them to be victorious. S.B. Nicol-Cole was rewarded as the Managing Director of the Commercial Bank.”
” If there were no veracity to this issue Sylvia will not have RANTED about it.”
” Solomon Berewa and the SLPP should be monitoring these ACTIVITIES CLOSELY.”

Not that I believe for a moment what you have to say about the ignominious SLPP loss of the entire Western area in 1967. Does this mean that we should beware of Berewa and Dr Rogie of the Central Bank where the ballot papers may find their premature way out of the vault into waiting and willing and fraudulent hands of the partisan bank governor’s benefactors and friends?

I always seem to be at the top of Sengbe’s mind.
Well, I’ve given him and the SLPP he represents the LAST before his ass turns to grass.

There a guy who was to be discovered scrawling his self-praise in the Lady’s toilets.
Methinks there is too close a collusion between Sengbe and the one who calls himself Cadmus, but it doesn’t bother me at all. They can go on licking each other’s pores or soe-foot. As Bob Dylan asks in “Temporary Like Achilles”
“How come you get someone like him to be your guard?”

I‘m used to hearing him singing, “How come you get someone like him to be your god?”

I have real people and other moral standards to admire. Have my most respected teachers and mentors.

Dr Senge and his many aliases, always trying to spoil an otherwise decent forum with their adverts about themselves and thin disguises Sengbe praising himself under another handle, asking himself questions and answering as the distinguished Dr Sengbe of Elizabeth City State University.
Nothing wrong about the name Elisabeth. My better half is called Elizabeth as in blackie boy Rogie’s “MY lovely Elisabeth”.

Reminds me of these lines from Shelley’s Ozymandias

“And on the pedestal these words appear:
`My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!'”


Subject: Re: MODERATOR, PLEASE DELETE ALLIEU AND SENGBE'S EXCHANGES
From: J. U. Kamara
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Date Posted: 23:48:39 06/30/07 ()
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It is rahter unfortunate for our community, some of you are still uncivilized despite your residence in civilized nations. I felt pitty as a Sierra Leonean to see such behaviors from grown up men. Mr. Alieu and Sengbe should go back to high scool and learn about the rules related to cyberspace.
Mr. Kabs-Kanu, please get rid of those two primitive creatures. They have no understanding about the use of cyberspace.


Subject: Re: MODERATOR, PLEASE DELETE ALLIEU AND SENGBE'S EXCHANGES
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JUK go back and read the original post and you will see why AI got pissed off. AI is a regularly nice guy. This act was provoked by the skaff.


Subject: Re: MODERATOR, PLEASE DELETE ALLIEU AND SENGBE'S EXCHANGES
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
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Date Posted: 21:39:49 06/30/07 ()
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Like I have warned you before asshole, you dont know me and making false statements about me will get the reaction you just got and some more. And when you do face me one day some day you better come as a man because i am about to shove some size and a halfs up your rinky dinky pemahun and gbagbay eating ass. You got that Punk?

What may be funny to you may not be so funny to me especially when you make insinuations from which others may extrapolate wrong information about me.

Keep fucking with me and see what I will do to you EDMUND KOKER. YOU BASTARD CHILD!!!!!!


Subject: Re: MODERATOR, PLEASE DELETE ALLIEU AND SENGBE'S EXCHANGES
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EDMUND KOKER. YOU BASTARD CHILD!!!!!!

Yes, he sho is.

Born of out of wedlock. Nar boyfren pikin.


Subject: Re: MODERATOR, PLEASE DELETE ALLIEU AND SENGBE'S EXCHANGES
From: u
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Date Posted: 22:14:01 06/30/07 ()
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Yo Momma!!


Subject: Part one: GOOD MANNERS
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
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Date Posted: 19:59:24 06/30/07 ()
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And if I said “Everyone (including KRIOS) please VOTE APC!”? (Part one: Good manners)
Would I be putting Miss Blyden’s Krios in mortal danger then?
” You May Click Here To Read or Discuss Views About This Article”, she jokes. But just try posting a reasonable comment on her so called discussion forum and it’s no entry: three O’clock, Road Block.
So the only recourse is to avail myself of the democratic Forum that is COCORIOKO – not that there are not occasionally even ugly (gongorlee) fights here. But we are men enough to endure and carry on with the struggle.
This is part one of what I think will be a response in FIVE Parts – a response to what she (S: O: has written) part two three for and five are not Cornelius talking to himself but to some of my friends. who also read what I write in this Forum.
To begin with, a word that Dr. Blyden uses a word “ hateredness” a couple of times in her article perhaps to express one of her dominant passions. Strictly speaking it is not good English. Hatred, I understand, but to me “hateredness” is foreign as an expression or an emotion perhaps a neo-Krio expression from a member of a prominent Krio family?
Another misconception that should be cleared out of the way in good time is Miss Blyden saying that she and Ms Cassandra Garber “ are several generations apart” from my understanding of the Jewish concept of generation, they are not ” several generations apart”. What (how many years, is a generation? Of course Ms Blyden is being flippant as usual and wielding a word with imprecision. She studied medicine not history, English, sociology or anthropology or journalism.....
Good home training in the true old Krio sense, that which S.E. Rogers called “good breeding” in his “Advice to School girls” is something that is obviously lacking in Miss Sylvia Blyden’s rant.

Respect for elders is an essential part of Yoruba culture and if she wants to take cover in Creoledom as a sub-tribe, she’s free to do so, but respect for elders is also part of Krio culture no matter that the Krios are not homogeneous group – even if she considers herself a rebel, headstrong and determined to be wrong.

If Miss Sylvia did not call her mother and grandmother “this old woman”, then it is indecent of her to refer to Ms Cassandra Garber in that derogatory way. Mrs Garber after all has children and grandchildren, was the principal of one of the best secondary school in Freetown Sierra Leone for a good twenty four years and that school (Freetown Secondary School for Girls) produced some of the best women of Sierra Leone at that time and today. She has earned respect and so deserves it. Even if she is to be reprimanded, it should be done respectfully, decently, like one who comes from the prominent Krio family that she boasts of, and I do know Sylvia’s father. He was the president of the Excelsior fraternity started by Mr. Lynch-Shyllon who also got a decoration from Mr. President (Kabbah) this time round.

(FSSG is the sister school to POW, Annie Walsh to SLGS and St. Edwards is always traditionally mated with the houris of St. Josephs Convent (like Mary & Joseph)

Talking about tribalism and Krios/ Creoles, let me tell you a little true story involving Babatunde Edward Blyden , Sylvia’s father – who by the way is a few years my senior. I respect him and have always respected him. Short of his advocating the re-colonisation of Sierra Leone or his recommending the re-commencement of the slave trade or denying the Holocaust, it is unthinkable that I should disrespect him verbally because we have a difference of opinion. After the debate between my team and Blyden’ Jenkins-Johnston’s’ team on the subject “Should university rules be permissive or compulsory? “ in which I represented permissive – one of the senior Economics students AMIR BAHLOO a Kenyan of Indian extraction visited me in the dorm to invite me to be a member of this very exclusive Fraternity and I felt honoured and accepted the invitation.
Even before the first meeting of Excelsior, I was approached by Francis Stevens who was campaigning to be president of the Students Union and without any hesitation I accepted to be on his side …….
Sometime after the first Excelsior meeting (we had to wear the full Monty and dinner jackets to dinner, secret handshakes etc….) well Babatunde Edward Blyden also declared his candidacy and so, I was thrown into a dilemma.” You just can’t desert the president of Excelsior to go and v support Francis Stevens “one of the Excelsior members told me. So I conveyed the same to Francis – but I didn’t get beyond saying that “Francis I*m sorry that I can’t continue to support you. Before I could go on with my explanation of why, “ He had walked away “ Mumbling something about Krioman , and it turned out that he thought that I had changed horses in midstream to saddle the Krio horse, since he was a Mende horse.
IT was the first tribalistic Student Union Election that I witnessed. People brought out their Kongomas and there was a definitive divide between Krio and “countryman” on Campus (about the election” Well there are popular myths about Krio cultural habits, that Krios feel superior to “countrymen” etc – and many of the foreign students, mostly from Nigeria, some from Ghana, many from the Gambia, Cameroon, some more form Kenya, South Africa, United Kingdom
(Do you remember Bruce Reynolds???) of course more than a few post-graduate and research students , and lots of e American exchange Students, mostly from Kalamazoo, Michigan, a few Wisconsin farm girls ( looked like) and some from California – none of whom I must assure you seemed particularly Creole – well some of the African Americans were more Krio and less non-Krio………
Anyway, there was a sudden proliferation of regional consciousness on campus, in the form of meetings convened by students belonging to far away places like (The South –Eastern Students Association, OBBA old CKC Boys Etc and on a demographic basis we were able to predict the outcome of the elections. (Of course the Yoruba students we were to expect would vote for Babatunde, and this probably meant that the Igbos would cast their lot with Francis. Hausa students and other floating foreigners? Well Babatunde was the better persuader as far as rhetoric and oratory goes Francis was no match for him. However Francis won. Rather too quite and mild I thought. I used to see him with a pre-formed cringe when approaching Canon Sawyer about student matters – perhaps the same pre-formed cringe that some of our politicians approached Tony Blair, Hilary Benn and certainly Colin Powell.

Whereas Miss Sylvia Blyden might complain with a surrogate voice” What is wrong with Aunty Cassan? Tink ya ee done senile or ee done craise bah?" Miss Blyden ought to take critical stock of her personal assets.
WE do not refer to out mothers and grandmothers as “this old woman” and again as ” this old woman.”

There is an adage “age before beauty” – and this is something that Sylvia Blyden should apply to her self – no matter how wonderful and beautiful or beautyful she or the late Pa Foday Sankoh thinks or thought that she was.

(To be continued)


Subject: Re: Part one: GOOD MANNERS ( for bother CEE BAH)
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
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Date Posted: 22:35:27 06/30/07 ()
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Cee Bah writes to me: “But you will not admit it, because all you want to hear about Salone from the diaspora is bad news, so you could feed you egos and justify your abandoning of you country”

There is the idea of one country one people that I subscribe too wholeheartedly. However in subscribing to the notion of one country one people as I would apply to Sierra Leone – as opposed to Israel AND the Palestinians) we must be realistic about acute differences , animosities and even in the post conflict& reconciliation situation , some latent feelings of scores that remain unsettled.
I am assuming that Sylvia Bee is familiar with all the writings of Edward Wilmot Blyden and also with the history of the Krios- not just the written histories of Arthur Ported, Leo Spitzer, Akintola Wyse – what we glean from Robert Wellesley-Cole’s “ Kossoh Town Boy “ or Abioseh Nicol or DR. Sarif Easmon’s “ Dear Parent and Ogre “ & “ The New Patriots” or from biographies of eminent Sierra Leonean Creoles and their struggles, people like I.T.A. Wallace-Johnson for example at one end of the scale and Bankole –Bright, another example of otherness.

I first heard about the Settlers Descendants Union as twelve year old. I don’t want to get into the history of their position in connection with Sylvia’s article but suffice it to say that their case went as far as the Privy Council – they were aware of a demographic threat which the possibility of one man one vote posed to their political status of self-determination as a colony a British Crown colony of what is the Western Area and a protectorate – all this similar in a developmental sense to what Hong Kong was/ has been to China. As a minority of some 40,000 (when I was last in Sierra Leone) they were also worried the social mobilisation and improved communication ( roads , railways) would wipe out their cultural identity inter-marriage would absorb them into what is elsewhere called assimilation / integration.

Sierra Leone is still on the ascendancy in developing from tribal to national consciousness.

Sol Roth’s “ Halakhah and Politics – The Jewish idea of a state” - is gold and diamond mine of ideas, insights and understandings with chapters on
Power,
Land,
Sovereignty,
Equality,
Justice and Equality,
Justice and Consent,
Justice and Dissent,
Freedom,
Individualism,
Human Rights,
Democracy,
Peace
Galut,
Social Policy,
Revolution

There are comparisons e.g. people called Settlers. Imagine if the African Diaspora West were part of Marcus Garvey’s black Zionism and Sierra Leone were their promised land (read the chapter on LAND). But Sierra Leone is not Israel, not cross culturally, not historically, especially not tribally speaking on a mission and with as sense of DIVINE purpose. That’s the Almighty’s project called Israel.

I should encourage all who I love to read this Sabbath’s PARASHAT BALAK and say no more about it …..Ball’s in your court.
Now there are some interesting definitions that are relevant to Sierra Leone, even relevant to our self definition as Diaspora:
In the preface the author mentions “Emancipation; that is the joyful acceptance of citizenship and equality in the countries to which we belong and for Sierra Leoneans the extended possibility of dual nationality means that should Sierra Leonean feels persecuted (to a more extraordinary degree) there is home to return to and home should not be where the hatred is (as Esther Phillips sang)

I think that Ms Cassandra Garber who we may call one of the Krio matriarchs, is trying to draw attention to the existence of what is now perhaps fragmented and marginalised Krio community (many of whose members have sold their lands and properties, emigrated to less troubled pastures and are scattered far and wide, mostly in the United Kingdom, USA, Canada, Australia… I have two brothers ain the UK, one in Holland and a sister in Florida.
Ms Garber is saying and saying as loudly as she can “We exist!” How should the other (SLPP /APC/ PMDC responds to the cry of “Don’t marginalise us, we have been a backbone once”? They should t not take revenge on the Kruo’s one exalted social, political, cultural and financial status. They should respond to some of the needs and some of the demands and by so doing better absorb Creoles into more meaningful and significant roles in the new modern context of – not colony and protectorate mentality, but “one country one people!” If I had stayed a little longer in Sierra Leone, I’m sure that I would have discovered the South – the only part that I don’t know, and I would have discovered that by living there, working there – contributing to the educational upliftment where it is most needed. At present that upliftment is of equally vital importance among the underprivileged, neglected and sometimes victimised Creoles, as it is with other san san boys and girls.
Perhaps the agenda of Ms Garber’s interest group is not the most inclusive and all (Krio-) embracing way of going about it – for the very fears that Miss Blyden expresses:

"Kotoku" which had as its main objective:- having all Krios gang up against the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) to ensure that the SLPP loses the 2007 Elections.
Mama Garber, at her current ripe old age, failed to think about the consequences of their unguarded and reckless boasts on behalf of us, Krios. Did she even stop to ask what could be the repercussions should the SLPP also decide to retaliate and gang up against all Krios also? “

Now it is not enough that there are some symbolic representation of power in Creoledom, people with high positions in the administration and the rest of Creoledom is neglected.
On the morning of 7th of January 1998 –the morning after my mother passed away - in London – I phoned my uncle the then Chief Justice Olu Beccles- Davies, the most senior of my mother’s relatives to inform impart the sad news. That morning there were Nigerian soldiers in his house. He was free to talk. “The Rascal”, he said, “is in the hills”. The rascal? Johnny Paul Koroma.

Such positions - Chief Justices a position now held by another Yoruba descendant Ade Renner- Thomas are symbolic and palliative. But more should be done for all communities and no community should be especially targeted because they do not support the government or are livelily to vote against the government. The situation is that Freetown has been overwhelmed by an unprecedented influx of people from all over Sierra Leone during the war. And the government seems to be lagging behind with implementable ideas of how to get people back to working the land - as part of the food security programme – and perhaps to retain them there to vote for them??

I don’t know
What I do know is that Miss Blyden accuses thus:

“ To those who are not aware of who is Arnold Bishop Gooding, be informed that Arnold Bishop Gooding was the de-facto Attorney General and Minister of Justice in Sierra Leone on December 29th 1992 when 29 Sierra Leoneans (including bonafide members of Freetown’s Krio Community) were executed here in this Freetown without due judicial process. 29 lives were snuffed out extra-judicially in a manner reported not to be with respect to even their basic human rights but yet still as the State’s Attorney General and Cabinet Minister of Justice, Lawyer Arnold Bishop Gooding Esq. from a "prominent Krio family" strode on despite the extra judicial killings!”

Who can account for the veracity of such an accusation?
Look who’s talking!
Well what was the same Sylvia Blyden doing with the people who invaded Freetown on 6th January, exactly a year after my mother passed away?
There are others who accuse HER of doing nothing less than consorting with the rebels even being the loving mistress of the old man, Pa Foday Sankoh.!

You CEE Bah, sound like one of my brothers, who, every time he gets to Lungi airport is accosted by some of the airport and Customs and passport personnel. They first accuse him of being a Fullahman (and threaten to deport him to Guinea. He confide sin me, “Corn, some people are living in the bizarre past. There are Fullahs living culturally elite lives in Paris, at a level undreamed of by some of the o9ld school who are still want to confined the Fullah man to his little trading roadside kiosks , selling cigarettes and matches, sardines and little cans of tomatoes puree and diamints……”
Well, Cee B or Uncle Cyril (Rogers –Wright) that has never been my scene or conception. And I haven’t read Aluisne Jalloh’s thesis on Fullah Traders, but consider that the three presidential candidates for the last presidential elections in Nigeria, are all Fulani: Muhammadu Buhari, Umaru Yar’adua and Abubakr Attiku are all Fulani.

Here is some food for thought, all rather abstract but see how they could apply to Sierra Leone generally and specifically.
In the introduction Sol Roth writes “It is evident that the idea of a state differs from that of a community; indeed, it does so in a variety of way………
…..” the word community will be employed here to refer, not to a geographic community but to a community of commitment. The difference between the two is clear. A geographic community is most often pluralistic; at least in democratic society, it generally encompasses a variety of groups who practice diverse creeds and adhere to conflicting ideologies. A community of commitment is homogeneous; each of its members adopts the identical creed, though the degree of observance may vary among them.
Fundamental to the existence of a community is the exemplification of certain ATTITUDES by its citizens; basic to the existence of a state is the exercise of POWER by those who govern. The community focus is primarily the cultivation of internal commitment to values by which the community defines itself. It may employ force and persuasion to accomplish its purpose – the rod in the classroom and ostracism in the public domain, for example – but its essential goal is the development of attitudes, the inculcation of commitment. It seeks to motivate and to inspire its members to adopt a common creed in order to inspire its members in order to assure the community’s cohesiveness and preservation. The state, on the other hand, relies primarily on power - indeed it is an instrument of power, and it is so labelled in the international forum of states – to achieve the values that it seeks to embrace in the social pattern of conduct. This is not to say that the state does not strive to instil commitment to values as well; what is intended, rather is that the state does not rely on voluntary obedience to rules that reflect those values, but seeks to enforce them”
Leaves you dreaming about president Kabbah’s seven national values and the ACC doesn’t it CEE B?

“The primarily values that a state wishes to achieve differ from those aimed at by a community. This is particularly the case in a pluralistic democratic society. In such a political context, whilst government pursues freedom, equality, and justice, and substantially focuses on related activities, a community within such a society will aspire as well to a whole series of other values………….

Ama tired. Johnny Mbizo Dyani gave me the name THEMBA FEZA (hope to complete), so, I hope to give you Part two of my response to dear Sylvia tomorrow and one day she will reply since it takes TWO TO TANGO.

Inspiration for jazz lovers:


Subject: Re: Part one: GOOD MANNERS (corrected for brother CEE BAH)
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
To: All
Date Posted: 23:11:17 06/30/07 ()
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Cee Bah writes to me: “But you will not admit it, because all you want to hear about Salone from the diaspora is bad news, so you could feed you egos and justify your abandoning of you country”

There is the idea of one country one people that I subscribe to wholeheartedly. However in subscribing to the notion of one country one people as it could apply to Sierra Leone – as opposed to Israel AND the Palestinians, we must be realistic about acute differences, animosities and even in the post-conflict & reconciliation situation, some latent feelings of scores that remain unsettled.

I am assuming that Sylvia Bee is familiar with all the writings of Edward Wilmot Blyden and also with the history of the Krios- not just the written histories of Arthur Ported, Leo Spitzer, Akintola Wyse – what we glean from Robert Wellesley-Cole’s “ Kossoh Town Boy “ or Abioseh Nicol or Dr.. Sarif Easmon’s “ Dear Parent and Ogre “ & “ The New Patriots” or from biographies of eminent Sierra Leonean Creoles and their struggles, people like I.T.A. Wallace-Johnson for example at one end of the scale and Bankole –Bright, another example of otherness.

I first heard about the Settlers Descendants Union as a twelve year old. I don’t want to get into the history of their position in connection with Sylvia’s article but suffice it to say that their case went as far as the Privy Council – they were aware of a demographic threat which the possibility of one man-one-vote posed to their political status of self-determination as a colony, a British Crown colony of what is the Western Area and a protectorate – all this similar in a developmental sense to what Hong Kong was/ has been to China. As a minority of some 40,000 (when I was last in Sierra Leone) they were also worried that social mobilisation and improved communication ( roads , railways, bicycles) would wipe out their cultural identity, that inter-marriage would absorb them into what is elsewhere called assimilation ( not in the French colonial sense) / integration.

Sierra Leone is still on the ascendant in developing from tribal to national consciousness.

Sol Roth’s “ Halakhah and Politics – The Jewish idea of a state” - is gold and diamond mine of ideas, insights and understandings with chapters on
Power,
Land,
Sovereignty,
Equality,
Justice and Equality,
Justice and Consent,
Justice and Dissent,
Freedom,
Individualism,
Human Rights,
Democracy,
Peace
Galut,
Social Policy,
Revolution

There are comparisons e.g. people called Settlers. Imagine if the African Diaspora West were part of Marcus Garvey’s black Zionism and Sierra Leone were their promised land (read Roth’s chapter on LAND). But Sierra Leone is not Israel, not cross-culturally, certainly not historically, especially not tribally speaking on a mission and with a sense of DIVINE purpose. That’s the Almighty’s project called Israel.

I should encourage all who I love to read this Sabbath’s PARASHAT BALAK and say no more about it …..Ball’s in your court.

Now there are some interesting definitions that are relevant to Sierra Leone, even relevant to our self-definition as Diaspora:
In the preface to the author mentions “Emancipation; that is the joyful acceptance of citizenship and equality in the countries to which we belong” and for Sierra Leoneans the extended possibility of dual nationality means that should Sierra Leoneans feel persecuted (to a more extraordinary degree) there is a home to return to and home should not be where the hatred is (as Esther Phillips sang “Home is where the hatred is”)

I think that Ms Cassandra Garber who we may call one of the Krio matriarchs, is trying to draw attention to the existence of what is now perhaps a fragmented and marginalised Krio community (many of whose members have sold their lands and properties, emigrated to less troubled pastures and are scattered far and wide, mostly in the United Kingdom, USA, Canada, Australia… I have two brothers in the UK, one in Holland and a sister in Florida.

Ms Garber is saying and saying as loudly as she can “We exist!” How should the other (SLPP /APC/ PMDC respond to the cry of “Don’t marginalise us, we have been a backbone once”? They should not take revenge on the Krio’s one exalted social, political, cultural and financial status. They should respond to some of the needs and some of the demands and by so doing better absorb Creoles into more meaningful and significant (constructive) roles in the new modern context of – not colony and protectorate mentality, but “one country one people!” If I had stayed a little longer in Sierra Leone, I’m sure that I would have discovered the South – the only part that I don’t know, and I would have discovered that by living there, working there – contributing to the educational upliftment where it is most needed. At present that upliftment is of equally vital importance among the underprivileged, neglected and sometimes victimised Creoles, as it is with other san-san boys and girls.
Perhaps the agenda of Ms Garber’s interest group is not the most inclusive and all Krio- embracing way of going about it – for the very fears that Miss Blyden expresses:

"Kotoku" which had as its main objective:- having all Krios gang up against the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) to ensure that the SLPP loses the 2007 Elections.
Mama Garber, at her current ripe old age, failed to think about the consequences of their unguarded and reckless boasts on behalf of us, Krios. Did she even stop to ask what could be the repercussions should the SLPP also decide to retaliate and gang up against all Krios also? “

Now it is not enough that there are some symbolic representation of power in Creoledom, people with high positions in the administration and the rest of Creoledom is neglected.
On the morning of 7th of January 1998 –the morning after my mother passed away - in London – I phoned my uncle the then Chief Justice Olu Beccles- Davies, the most senior of my mother’s relatives to inform impart the sad news. That morning there were Nigerian soldiers in his house. He was free to talk. “The Rascal”, he said, “is in the hills”. The rascal? Johnny Paul Koroma. I sent a Swedish friend (an official) to uncle Olu but uncle Olu was not seeing anyone. In my opinion, he too was victimised for swearing in Johnny Paul – at a time when commander-in-chief himself hopped into the nearest helicopter to be out of sight and into safety.

Such positions - Chief Justices, a position now held by another Yoruba descendant Ade Renner- Thomas are symbolic and palliative. But more should be done for all communities and no community should be especially targeted because they do not support the government or are likely to vote against the government. The situation is that Freetown has been overwhelmed by an unprecedented influx of people from all over Sierra Leone during the war. And the government seems to be lagging behind with implementable ideas of how to get people back to working the land - as part of the food security programme – and perhaps to retain them there to vote for them??

I don’t know.

What I do know is that Miss Blyden accuses thus:

“ To those who are not aware of who is Arnold Bishop Gooding, be informed that Arnold Bishop Gooding was the de-facto Attorney General and Minister of Justice in Sierra Leone on December 29th 1992 when 29 Sierra Leoneans (including bonafide members of Freetown’s Krio Community) were executed here in this Freetown without due judicial process. 29 lives were snuffed out extra-judicially in a manner reported not to be with respect to even their basic human rights but yet still as the State’s Attorney General and Cabinet Minister of Justice, Lawyer Arnold Bishop Gooding Esq. from a "prominent Krio family" strode on despite the extra judicial killings!”

Who can account for the veracity of such an accusation?
Look who’s talking!
Well, what was the same Sylvia Blyden doing with the people who invaded Freetown on 6th January, exactly a year after my mother passed away?
There are others who accuse HER of doing nothing less than consorting with the rebels even being the loving mistress of the old man, Pa Foday Sankoh.!

You CEE Bah, sound like one of my brothers, who, every time he gets to Lungi airport is accosted by some of the airport and Customs and passport personnel. They first accuse him of being a Fullahman and threaten to deport him to Guinea. He confides in me, “Corn, some people are living in the bizarre past. There are Fullahs living culturally elite lives in Paris, at a level undreamed of by some of the old school who are still want to confine the Fullah man to his little trading roadside kiosks , selling cigarettes and matches, sardines and little cans of tomatoes puree and diamints……”

Well, Cee B or Uncle Cyril (Rogers–Wright) that has never been my scene or conception. And I haven’t read Aluisne Jalloh’s thesis on Fullah Traders, but consider that the three leading presidential candidates for the last presidential elections in Nigeria, are all Fulani: Muhammadu Buhari, Umaru Yar’adua and Abubakr Attiku are all Fulani.

Here is some food for thought, all rather abstract but see how they could apply to Sierra Leone generally and specifically:

In the introduction Sol Roth writes “It is evident that the idea of a state differs from that of a community; indeed, it does so in a variety of ways………
…..” the word community will be employed here to refer, not to a geographic community but to a community of commitment. The difference between the two is clear. A geographic community is most often pluralistic; at least in a democratic society, it generally encompasses a variety of groups who practice diverse creeds and adhere to conflicting ideologies. A community of commitment is homogeneous; each of its members adopts the identical creed, though the degree of observance may vary among them.

Fundamental to the existence of a community is the exemplification of certain ATTITUDES by its citizens; basic to the existence of a state is the exercise of POWER by those who govern. The community focus is primarily the cultivation of internal commitment to values by which the community defines itself. It may employ force and persuasion to accomplish its purpose – the rod in the classroom and ostracism in the public domain, for example – but its essential goal is the development of attitudes, the inculcation of commitment. It seeks to motivate and to inspire its members to adopt a common creed in order to inspire its members in order to assure the community’s cohesiveness and preservation. The state, on the other hand, relies primarily on power - indeed it is an instrument of power, and it is so labelled in the international forum of states – to achieve the values that it seeks to embrace in the social pattern of conduct. This is not to say that the state does not strive to instil commitment to values as well; what is intended, rather is that the state does not rely on voluntary obedience to rules that reflect those values, but seeks to enforce them”
Leaves you dreaming about president Kabbah’s seven national values and the ACC doesn’t it CEE B?

“The primarily values that a state wishes to achieve differ from those aimed at by a community. This is particularly the case in a pluralistic democratic society. In such a political context, whilst government pursues freedom, equality, and justice, and substantially focuses on related activities, a community within such a society will aspire as well to a whole series of other values………….

Ama tired. Johnny Mbizo Dyani gave me the name THEMBA FEZA (hope to complete), so, I hope to give you Part two of my response to dear Sylvia tomorrow and one day she will reply since it takes TWO TO TANGO.

Inspiration for jazz lovers:


Subject: MODERATOR , KABS KANU AND AI
From: APC
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Date Posted: 19:53:41 06/30/07 ()
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Message:
When we(young Ones)visit this forum, we come here to learn from the Kothors.

But what i am seeing and reading today as a regular on this forum is very distateful and unfortunate.

One thing every sierra leonean hold secred is our mother.

It is because of your mother that you are what you are today.

Moms go hungry just so that we(kids) are fed.
Moms wear rags just for the kids to look good when they go out.
Moms go all out just to save up for your school fees.
They are jack-of-all trade, farmers, petty traders, teachers.

Some of us grew up dirt-poor, yet our mothers made sure we had our heads held up high inspite of the poverty.

So Please, Please guys stop.


Subject: Re: MODERATOR , KABS KANU AND AI
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq.
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Date Posted: 21:35:01 06/30/07 ()
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Message:
kindly take your freaking speech on the virtue of mothers to someoneelse not me. You probably did not read the clearly defamatory statements made about me or in the alternative you are just as much an ass hole as he is and if you are welcome to my club.

I fix assholes for a living.


Subject: Re: MODERATOR , KABS KANU AND AI
From: Polygamist
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Date Posted: 11:07:11 07/01/07 ()
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Message:
Bo fuck off you polygamist. How de two woman dae do?


Subject: Re: MODERATOR , KABS KANU AND AI
From: sexual deviant
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Date Posted: 11:12:15 07/01/07 ()
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Message:
one pan dem nar you mama nam im de bra dae fuck. You sabi ehn you raray mama, wae im baksie nor dae steady wan sie.


Subject: Re: MODERATOR , KABS KANU AND AI
From: polygamist
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Date Posted: 11:14:51 07/01/07 ()
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Message:
bo you know say yours was a long step regular.
The man get two woman people nor for talk?
Lef we yah...


Subject: Re: MODERATOR , KABS KANU AND AI
From: SEXUAL DEVIANT
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Date Posted: 11:30:10 07/01/07 ()
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Message:
wan pan de ooman dem wae de bra get nar you MAMA.


Subject: Re: MODERATOR , KABS KANU AND AI
From: Polygamist.
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Date Posted: 11:34:34 07/01/07 ()
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Message:
Nope you mistake. Both belong to your family. One nar you MAMA en the other nar you 13 yr old Daughter.


Subject: Re: MODERATOR , KABS KANU AND AI
From: Sexual deviant
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Date Posted: 11:58:08 07/01/07 ()
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Message:
nope nar you en you paddy dae fallah una mama en una pekin dem dat nor dae appen nar we yone family wan day. nar dat mek AI im orda wef nar you mama way you see eee nor lef yate nar becos AI day gee am good tin way you papa nor able for gee am


Subject: Re: MODERATOR , KABS KANU AND AI
From: GAY
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Date Posted: 02:25:11 07/01/07 ()
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Yeah we know you are a GAY. You surely right. fix ass for a living.


Subject: Re: MODERATOR , KABS KANU AND AI
From: APC
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Date Posted: 02:20:04 07/01/07 ()
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Growup pa. Do not go down that road with me. I am 25yrs your jr and try to hold myself to a higher standard.
Now if you think you can threaten me, Pa you are surely mistaken.

TRY ME!


Subject: Dr. Edmund Koker is a SEXUAL DEVIANT
From: FAMILY SECRETS
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Date Posted: 06:28:23 07/01/07 ()
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We heard that he tried to sleep with his sisters daughters. It is part of his culture to sleep with female family members.

EDMUND KOKER OF ELIZABETH STATE COLLEGE IS A SEXUAL DEVIANT


Subject: Re: Dr. Edmund Koker is a SEXUAL DEVIANT
From: KINI JOHNNY
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Date Posted: 12:05:50 07/01/07 ()
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http://nia.ecsu.edu/onr/04-05/050221rsrch_wk/three.html


Subject: Re: Dr. Edmund Koker is a SEXUAL DEVIANT
From: Sengbe
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Date Posted: 12:14:21 07/01/07 ()
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Message:
Hey alieu, where am I in those pictures you posted through that link?

Bra, do not be obsessed with me, I am just an ordinary human being like any normal being, unlike you.

Be calm!!

Is your Mom still staying with you? She must spank you on your bare buttocks for misrepresenting her through your very bad manners on this forum.

My regards to your two wives.

Adieu, little boy!!!


Subject: Re: Dr. Edmund Koker is a SEXUAL DEVIANT
From: Fan of Sengbe
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Date Posted: 13:18:39 07/01/07 ()
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I think that you are the person with the dog looking face now answer the questions posed by alieu have you ever had sex with an underage girl in BO Town?


Subject: Re: Dr. Edmund Koker is a SEXUAL DEVIANT
From: M. Alieu Iscandarai Esq
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Date Posted: 13:15:05 07/01/07 ()
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Edmund Koker is it true that you are a sexual deviant who has had sex with the children of your very close family members. Is it also true that you on your trips to sierra leone have been known to have sex with UNDERAGE CHILDREN. Rather than ask Kabbs to delete these posts, you MUST respond to them. You don buck you kaktoe nar peperbag dis weekend.

edmond have you ever slept withy under age girls in BO.


Subject: Re: MODERATOR , KABS KANU AND AI
From: RBS
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Date Posted: 04:53:42 07/01/07 ()
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Sengbe, you nor get shame. Wus tem you became 25 years younger than Alieu? You are almost 60 years old, 10 years Alieu's senior! Clear out, tuppit Mende lie man. Alieu done already kicked you all over the place.

Next tem, you will run from him when you want to jealous the many people who make you feel small. That is what you are. Pea brained, jealous, foolman.


Subject: Re: MODERATOR , KABS KANU AND AI
From: APC
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Date Posted: 11:05:48 07/01/07 ()
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Message:
You need for shut you foul mouth. Who says i am shengbe?

Alieu know who dat ar be. En if he wants to go down the road i am ready.

Lets ROLL. Everytime e post nar dis forum, nar mammy cuss are dae reply am with.


Subject: And if I said “Everyone (including KRIOS please VOTE APC!”?
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
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Date Posted: 19:51:02 06/30/07 ()
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And if I said “Everyone (including KRIOS please VOTE APC!”?Would I be putting Miss Blyden’s Krios in mortal danger then?
” You May Click Here To Read or Discuss Views About This Article”, she jokes. But just try posting a reasonable comment on her so called discussion forum and it’s no entry: three O’clock, Road Block.
So the only recourse is to avail myself of the democratic Forum that is COCORIOKO – not that there are not occasionally even ugly (gongorlee) fights here. But we are men enough to endure and carry on with the struggle.
This is part one of what I think will be a response in FIVE Parts – a response to what she (S: O: has written) part two three for and five are not Cornelius talking to himself but to some of my friends. who also read what I write in this Forum.
To begin with, a word that Dr. Blyden uses a word “ hateredness” a couple of times in her article perhaps to express one of her dominant passions. Strictly speaking it is not good English. Hatred, I understand, but to me “hatredness” is foreign as an expression or an emotion perhaps a neo-Krio expression from a member of a prominent Krio family?
Another misconception that should be cleared out of the way in good time is Miss Blyden saying that she and Ms Cassandra Garber “ are several generations apart” from my underestanding tof the Jewsih concept of generatuon, they are not ” several generations apart”. What ( how many years , is ageneration? Of course Ms Blyden is being filippant as usuaul and wildinng a word with imprecison. She studied medicine not history, Englsih, socilogy or likanthroplogy or joutrnalsim.....
Good home training in the true old Krio sense, that which S.E. Rogers called “good breeding” in his “Advice to School girls” is something that is obviously lacking in Miss Sylvia Blyden’s rant.

Respect for elders is an essential part of Yoruba culture and if she wants to take cover in Creoledom as a sub-tribe, she’s free to do so, but respect for elders is also part of Krio culture no matter that the Krios are not homogeneous group – even if she considers herself a rebel, headstrong and determined to be wrong.

If Miss Sylvia did not call her mother and grandmother “this old woman”, then it is indecent of her to refer to Ms Cassandra Garber in that derogatory way. Mrs Garber after all has children and grandchildren, was the principal of one of the best secondary school in Freetown Sierra Leone for a good twenty four years and that school (Freetown Secondary School for Girls) produced some of the best women of Sierra Leone at that time and today. She has earned respect and so deserves it. Even if she is to be reprimanded, it should be done respectfully, decently, like one who comes from the prominent Krio family that she boasts of, and I do know Sylvia’s father. He was the president of the Excelsior fraternity started by Mr. Lynch-Shyllon who also got a decoration from Mr. President (Kabbah) this time round.

(FSSG is the sister school to POW, Annie Walsh to SLGS and St. Edwards is always traditionally mated with the houris of St. Josephs Convent (like Mary & Joseph)

Talking about tribalism and Krios/ Creoles, let me tell you a little true story involving Babatunde Edward Blyden , Sylvia’s father – who by the way is a few years my senior. I respect him and have always respected him. Short of his advocating the re-colonisation of Sierra Leone or his recommending the re-commencement of the slave trade or denying the Holocaust, it is unthinkable that I should disrespect him verbally because we have a difference of opinion. After the debate between my team and Blyden’ Jenkins-Johnston’s’ team on the subject “Should university rules be permissive or compulsory? “ in which I represented permissive – one of the senior Economics students AMIR BAHLOO a Kenyan of Indian extraction visited me in the dorm to invite me to be a member of this very exclusive Fraternity and I felt honoured and accepted the invitation.
Even before the first meeting of Excelsior, I was approached by Francis Stevens who was campaigning to be president of the Students Union and without any hesitation I accepted to be on his side …….
Sometime after the first Excelsior meeting (we had to wear the full Monty and dinner jackets to dinner, secret handshakes etc….) well Babatunde Edward Blyden also declared his candidacy and so, I was thrown into a dilemma.” You just can’t desert the president of Excelsior to go and v support Francis Stevens “one of the Excelsior members told me. So I conveyed the same to Francis – but I didn’t get beyond saying that “Francis I*m sorry that I can’t continue to support you. Before I could go on with my explanation of why, “ He had walked away “ Mumbling something about Krioman , and it turned out that he thought that I had changed horses in midstream to saddle the Krio horse, since he was a Mende horse.
IT was the first tribalistic Student Union Election that I witnessed. People brought out their Kongomas and there was a definitive divide between Krio and “countryman” on Campus (about the election” Well there are popular myths about Krio cultural habits, that Krios feel superior to “countrymen” etc – and many of the foreign students, mostly from Nigeria, some from Ghana, many from the Gambia, Cameroon, some more form Kenya, South Africa, United Kingdom
(Do you remember Bruce Reynolds???) of course more than a few post-graduate and research students , and lots of e American exchange Students, mostly from Kalamazoo, Michigan, a few Wisconsin farm girls ( looked like) and some from California – none of whom I must assure you seemed particularly Creole – well some of the African Americans were more Krio and less non-Krio………
Anyway, there was a sudden proliferation of regional consciousness on campus, in the form of meetings convened by students belonging to far away places like (The South –Eastern Students Association, OBBA old CKC Boys Etc and on a demographic basis we were able to predict the outcome of the elections. (Of course the Yoruba students we were to expect would vote for Babatunde, and this probably meant that the Igbos would cast their lot with Francis. Hausa students and other floating foreigners? Well Babatunde was the better persuader as far as rhetoric and oratory goes Francis was no match for him. However Francis won. Rather too quite and mild I thought. I used to see him with a pre-formed cringe when approaching Canon Sawyer about student matters – perhaps the same pre-formed cringe that some of our politicians approached Tony Blair, Hilary Benn and certainly Colin Powell.

Whereas Miss Sylvia Blyden might complain with a surrogate voice” What is wrong with Aunty Cassan? Tink ya ee done senile or ee done craise bah?" Miss Blyden ought to take critical stock of her personal assets.
WE do not refer to out mothers and grandmothers as “this old woman” and again as ” this old woman.”

There is an adage “age before beauty” – and this is something that Sylvia Blyden should apply to her self – no matter how wonderful and beautiful or beautyful she or the late Pa Foday Sankoh thinks or thought that she was.

(To be continued)


Subject: HEHEHE: SENGBE FOR PRESIDENT: PLEASE DON'T BAN HIM
From: Forum Veteran
To: All
Date Posted: 19:27:35 06/30/07 ()
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Message:
Rev. Kabs-Kanu,
Please don't ban Professor Sengbe. He has the skills to wake a sleeping forum up. So does John Leigh and Alpha Saidu Bangura. THESE GUYS ARE FIRST CLASS INVESTIGATORS. Salone Man say U dat get short hat nor for join kaka debul dance. HeHeHeHeHaHaHa. Long Live Sengbe, Long Live John Leigh, Long Live Alpha Saidu Bangura, Long Live the SLPP, Long live Cocorioko, Long Live Rev. Kabs-Kanu. I am still laughing my sides out HeHeHeHe.


Subject: Re: HEHEHE: SENGBE FOR PRESIDENT: PLEASE DON'T BAN HIM
From: KABS KANU
To: All
Date Posted: 20:37:41 06/30/07 ()
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Message:
I have just been called to come and read the postings. I will read them all and make recommendations to the Moderator and our helper, Forum Police.


Subject: Re: HEHEHE: SENGBE FOR PRESIDENT: PLEASE DON'T BAN HIM
From: Sengbe
To: All
Date Posted: 19:46:15 06/30/07 ()
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Message:
Thank you for those sentiments, Forum Veteran.

These folks know nothing about satire.

I hope you will still be in my corner in the year 2012 when I shall seek the leadership of the SLPP, after Bra Solo's first term.

I am only giving him 5 years before I challenge him for the presidency, if he intends to run again in that year. I want to know what his mettle is as the President of Sa Lon. Whether he is in the mold of TK, his mentor, or is he his own man?

You know both of them are lawyers, and I am a PROBLEM SOLVER, by training. I think I can take Sa Lon out of the Dark Ages with the help of my Uncle Sam.

The Brits have been in our sphere for too long with nothing to show for it. I will try my American brothers, and my progressive brothers in the Tiger nations for our development.

Again, thank you for the support.


Subject: Re: HEHEHE: SENGBE FOR PRESIDENT: PLEASE DON'T BAN HIM
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
To: All
Date Posted: 21:01:39 06/30/07 ()
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Message:

You say that ”these folks know nothing about satire.”
Does that mean that you are still on course to make your bid for the SLPP party leadership AFTER you win the Nobel PRIZE for Chemistry?- or have you abandoned that idea – or is it SLPP leader do or doe Nobel or no NO belprize to your credit ( yoy could also go for the peace prize if you don’t mak eit to Chemistry between now and 2112... when ( better luck next time?)
You will have to battle it out with J.E. (JR) -the survival of the fittest. Mr. Beer will then be 74 and like Johnny Walker, still growing strong, getting enough rest, sleeping through important negotiations, when you should be by his side to wake him up to attention.
You need some political experience my dear fellow -picking up tennis balls for the Pa is not enough.
You can't just fly in from outer space and hope to knock JED out at the 2112 Makeni Conbention.
You need a basic few million dollars to buy some rice fro local distribution. The way to their electoral hearts is through their stomachs remember?
“Take the money,” said John Ernest Leigh, “take the money, but vote for your conscience” and apparently that is what they did and that is why he wept into his beer.


Subject: No escape for the rude "professor" Sengbe
From: Fan of Mohamed Jalloh
To: All
Date Posted: 18:50:17 06/30/07 ()
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Message:
Sengbe, We will follow you to your whore baby sister's forum , wherever you go. Runwawy from here and we will follow you. You have to learn to respect other people or no peace for you.


Subject: Re: No escape for the rude "professor" Sengbe
From: Sengbe
To: All
Date Posted: 19:18:55 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: red_dog.niehs.nih.gov at 157.98.76.127

Message:
I must be a very TOUGH GUY for you guys to want to "bote" me.

Well then, let us get it on.

I shall trash, and thrash each and everyone of you.

I am Sengbe, the Conqueror of Idiots. Remember that.


Subject: Dr. Edmund Koker is a SEXUAL DEVIANT
From: SUMONGAMA
To: All
Date Posted: 06:32:34 07/01/07 ()
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Message:
UNCLE YOU TRIED TO HAVE SEX WITH MY SISTER AND WHEN SHE REFUSED YOU PUT US OUT OF YOUR HOUSE. I WANT YOU TO DENY THIS IN PUBLIC. IF PEOPLE REALLY KNEW WHO YOU WERE THEY WOULD HAVE NO RESPECT FOR YOU. HOW DARE YOU TRY TO SLEEP WITH YOUR OWN SISTERS DAUGHTERS.

THE SAME THING HAPPENED THE LAST TIME YOU WENT TO SIERRA LEONE. YOU SLEPT WITH YOUR COUSINS DAUGHTER MANY YESARS YOUR JUNIOR ALL BECAUSE YOU COULD AFFORD TO GIVE HER SOME LITTLE DOLLAR CHANGE. YOU MADE SO MANY PROMISES AND AFTER YOU RETURNED YOU WOULDNT EVEN TAKE HER CALLS TO YOU.


Subject: Re: No escape for the rude "professor" Sengbe
From: FAMILY SECRETS
To: All
Date Posted: 19:26:52 06/30/07 ()
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Message:
I am Sengbe, the Conqueror of Idiots. Remember that.


NO YOU ARE SENGBE THE MENDE BOY WHO HAD SEX WITH HIS SISTERS GIRLS. DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT WE DO NOT KNOW THE TRUTH


Subject: Musings, Part 4
From: Sengbe
To: All
Date Posted: 16:41:58 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: red_dog.niehs.nih.gov at 157.98.76.127

Message:
I know quite well that the political season is upon us at home and in the diaspora, but all these political bickerings / ramblings on this forum are getting to be a bit annoying and redundant, to say the least.

In the hope of diverting attention from some of the LIES, INNUENDOES, DENSAYS, ANTAGONISMS, CUSS-CUSS, RUDENESS, BADHeART, WArMHeART, INSULTING LANGUAGE, PERSONAL JEALOUSIES, etc. that we usually encounter in gatherings, characteristic in SaLonBlia, generally, please allow me to suggest that we MUSE [to become absorbed in a state of deep thought or dreamy abstraction] jovially for a moment, and forget about our frustrations as "politicians" on the sidelines.

I have some time on my hand today, so let me start.

1. Can a Yoruba man become a Jew?

2. If Prof AKB has four doctoral degrees to his credit, should we then refer to him as Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. AKB, to simply recognize his astounding achievements in academia, or simply Dr. AKB?

3. Why does my former Poochie wanna now be my 'sista'? Because she wants to put the nails in the amorous coffin you bought for her.

4. The Akarta boys are at it again. Recently, they staged a party that lasted for a whole week in the Bay Area to commemorate one of theirs becoming of age. Reminds me of the days when they frolicked in Binkolo, being up to no good. How many pounds of THC was consumed at that gathering? Only the good Lord knows.

5. Do you think the typical SLPPer would have spent ALL that money just for a 50th birthday celebration? No! He would have put that money to better use in order to save some of his people from hunger or malnutrition.

6. In the photodynamic therapy for curing certain forms of cancers, is it true that the photosensitizing molecule / photosensitizer is the gun, the singlet oxygen so produced is the bullet, and the absorbing photons at about 630nm serve as the trigger to kill tumor cells? Yes!! I am working on that right now.

7. Was Bro Moammar Ghaddafi practicing Islamism by writing that check in the name of "his brother", Hajj Ahmed, on behalf of all SaLonBlia? I dunno.

8. Why do some men behave as -itches most times do when they gossip on the telephone so much about folks on this forum? Talking about one forumite to another on the telephone, and after hearing the response, calls the person he had just gossiped about and tells him or her what the other person had said or had done, or is doing in his or her life? Would you not consider this LA technological investigator an agent provocateur? Or a LIEMAN? Or simply just a troublemaker. Take yah, tell yanda kind of fella.

9. Is it possible to acquire an MD(Hons) degree in the States? No! Probably in the Carribean. And I even doubt that.

10. I wonder whatever happened to the BORTUKID [sorry, I meant Botkidi. Mamu wan]. Maybe he posts under a different moniker nowadays.

11. I saw cousin Victor cunningly rehashing and re-shaping the APC constitution at Swarray's house in 2003 for the benefit of Ernestino. I am NOT lying.

12. Why are FAT people such HYPOCRITES? Even FAT Reverends act hypocritically at times.

13. Why did the signifying monkey fall off the tree?

14. I wonder what Munda and Sahr T/ are up to these days?

15. If Barack Obama is not Black enough for the voters in the Black community, is Hilary black enough?

16. Is it right for Aunty Cassan to perpetrate as a Krio militant in her ripe old age of 87? Talking about KOTUKU. If she is the president of that organization, is KLA her vice-president?

17. What is the difference between an Aku Creole, and an Oku Creole? The Aku prays at a mosque only in Foulahtong, and the Oku goes to church wherever he darn well pleases after the Ojeh masquerade. Aren't those people originally from Naija? Well! yes, but they claim to be Sierra Leoneans now, all 200 of them.

18. Why do illiterate Mende people pronounce the letter "R" as if it were the letter "L" when they try to speak english? "I want to get home so that I can eat some lice".

19. If Pa Kabbah said he endorsed that check to the General Accounting Fund, would you believe him? I would, but not that many people, because the rats ate the "lice" under his supervision, way back then. But he still became President. Twice. Salone peeple fool? I dunno.

20. If Bra Solo wins in August, should he consider Bra John and Bra James Jonah for posts in his cabinet? Will they accept? I dunno.

21. And the Falui would state: Sanganya walali, kulumanhufeh. Which translated in Mende means; Geh bi nyinika waja wajeh na, bi mahu gbay. Mansa beh, mansamusu beh, kulumanhufeh: Chief sef, chief wef sef, be very careful.

22. How come Temene dem nor geh social debul ba? Just lek way dem nor geh Woman Paramount Chief, or ooman chief period? Beacuse they are male chauvinist oinks. Sorry about that, folks. Mamu wan. Sengbe, ee gbarl mor torkoh.

23. Why has my BabySista not responded to my email. Because they have no electricity in Freetong.

24. And why is Freetong so dirty? Because the APC Mayor is a Yenki Man by day, and a kaka-bailer by night.

25. Has Bra Yaya moved to my other City in MD yet? Why does he have such a fat stomach. Because he drinks a lot of grape juice (wine).

26. No Bra Cornie I will not be on the Amistad when she sails to Sa Lon. I hate the sea. I can tolerate the air though.

Okay folks, that is all for now. Got to go back to work in order to save humanity.

Love you all a lot.

It is I,
Sengbe


Subject: Re: Musings, Part 4
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
To: All
Date Posted: 00:06:20 07/01/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: c-338472d5.01-32-73746f42.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se at 213.114.132.51

Message:
Here too try to give some credit to TONY BLAIR for peace in Northern Ireland.
It'¨s mostly a question of identity.
Please stay in the Porro meat -etaing society.....where you feel most at home.


Subject: Re: Musings, Part 4
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
To: All
Date Posted: 00:00:59 07/01/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: c-338472d5.01-32-73746f42.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se at 213.114.132.51

Message:
You ask: Can a Yoruba man become a Jew?

Some of my recently German ancestors were.

Sengbe, you damn borfima idiot, don't push your luck. Whatever I am you would like to be, right? With the word too. And the guitar. And as honourable Krioman perhaps that too is too late you will probably have to be re-born or adopted.
You don't even look cute and you think that you are witty? You are as dry as a bone, boring, philistine and incompetent with the word as you are when playing with your little wee wee self.

I am not your bed mate Mrs Säng-bee and I'm not AI either. If I kick your SLPP ass so hard that it will stay kicked and never recover. That was my last warning to you. Now read this or listen to Kenny Burrell’s “I’ll close my eyes”.


Subject: Sengbe im mami sweetheart
From: Sengbes Real father
To: All
Date Posted: 19:16:06 06/30/07 ()
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Message:
aye bra you don pull you mami sara nar dis dunia dis weekend. You know very well say dem day cam cuss you mami way fork born you norto so?

aye bo nar me sweetheart you wan mek dem dreg nar dorty so. You nar bastar pekin for real. If ar bin no ar tell you mama leh ee pwell de belleh wen e bin geh you belleh. Nar wae normor da chief bin don ton okobo en you mama bin wan pekin nar dat mek ar tolerate mek ee born basta pekin lek you


Subject: Re: Sengbe im mami sweetheart
From: Sengbe
To: All
Date Posted: 19:25:41 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: red_dog.niehs.nih.gov at 157.98.76.127

Message:
Typical APC boys, and apc mentality.

They can only express themselves through gross lies, gross rudeness, and character assasination that is so off base no one in his or her right mind will ever take you seriously. And that is why you will LOSE big time in August.

Go ask your Secretary General about my pedigree, you COWARD.


Subject: Re: Musings, Part 4
From: CADMUS
To: All
Date Posted: 17:54:33 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 86.157.188.212

Message:
SENGBE,

THAT WAS soooooooooo FUNNY.

since I dropped all science subjects just before my O'Levels, I am very interested in the amswer to Question 6......

You should hurry and save Humanity.


Subject: Re: Musings, Part 4
From: FORUM POLICE
To: All
Date Posted: 18:21:14 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: h167-156-253.63.chubb.com at 167.156.63.253

Message:
SENGBE,
If you do not stop your provocative articles aimed at others personally , I might block you from participating here, with the advice and consent of Rev. Kabs-Kanu and the Moderator.

If Allieu spent millions to celebrate his 50th birthday, that should not be any of your concern. If the Rev. is fat, that too is not your business. You too do not look any better than others.

This forum was set up to discuss Sierra Leone, not what individuals do at their homes. That is gossip and prying into other people's business and we will not allow that here.

I hope you understand when you are banned.


Subject: Re: Musings, Part 4
From: Sengbe
To: All
Date Posted: 18:33:16 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: red_dog.niehs.nih.gov at 157.98.76.127

Message:
If you are really the Forum Police, I dare you to block my participation here.

I wrote my comical piece without calling any names. You are the one calling folks out. Where is the provocation in that piece?

And, by Jove, where wuz u at when they were besmirching my name on this same forum you are "policing"? Eh! where wuz at? Mr. Ugly Police.

Go ahead, block me!!

I will then go to my BabySista's forum and make it more popular than your rude cock-a-doodle-do forum.

Bird sidom ee wan fly u shake tik?

Selective policing at its best.

Bi ma nyimi gway na.

Go ahead and block my participation here!!


Subject: Re: Musings, Part 4
From: Forum Police
To: All
Date Posted: 19:06:43 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: h167-156-253.63.chubb.com at 167.156.63.253

Message:
Mr. Sengbe, I can assure you that your sister's forum will never be up to even 10% of the standard of this forum. Go , if you want but I was trying to avoid confusion on this forum by warning you to stop provoking other people. Nobody is holding you captive here.

No open forum will beat this. You know that , so behave or get banned.


Subject: Re: Musings, Part 4
From: Sengbe
To: All
Date Posted: 19:14:10 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: red_dog.niehs.nih.gov at 157.98.76.127

Message:
What makes you think that I am NOT behaving?

Must I "behave" according to only your expectations?

Why don't you behave to my expectations as well, in your capacity as the forum police, and do justice to ALL those who participate on this forum in your service? That is what I am wondering about.

Go ahead and ban me now, or forever hold your piss (I meant peace).

Bi nyamu gway na kia biznessi loto ma gbole beki.

Gi yah!!


Subject: Re: Musings, Part 4
From: sengbe firr
To: All
Date Posted: 19:29:00 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
sengbe, ar firramu-rasa.


Subject: Re: Musings, Part 4
From: Sengbe
To: All
Date Posted: 19:32:45 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: red_dog.niehs.nih.gov at 157.98.76.127

Message:
What does that mean? Is that in Themne?

Bra ar nor feel u rasa. Ah nor even know u.


Subject: Re: Musings, Part 4
From: KOMKANDA
To: All
Date Posted: 19:18:30 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Bi nyamu gway na kia biznessi loto ma gbole beki.

Gi yah!!

STICK IT UP YOUR MENDE ASS AND EAT IT WITH SOME PIMA HUN. MOTHER PHOCKER


Subject: Re: Musings, Part 4
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 18:49:55 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Then get the fuck outta here we have had enough of your stupid assed rantings ass hole


Subject: Re: Musings, Part 4
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 18:30:15 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-ntc-ad04.proxy.aol.com at 207.200.116.198

Message:
Please do no not ban him from the forum at least not until after I tell him how his mother had him for another man and passed his sorry ass over to RB Koker the Chief. I have told sengbe once before that I will ONLY respond to a personal attack on my person. Sengbes continud insinuation of THC being consumed at my party and by etension drug use is defamatory and If it is not taken ioff the web site I am ready to stick my foot up everyones mothers ass starting with Sengbe and his Raraygial mother. Sengbe has not told you how his mother died and he maybe should start telling the truth that his mother died in a road accident after she had been laid by one of the filthy looking men that she has been to known to frolick with.

Now dont you think thats funny sengbe? I do. Now I am of course awaiting you fucking uncle KNICE to get into the fray so that I can put his fucking ass in his place also.


Subject: Re: Musings, Part 4
From: Kohtoh Kamal
To: All
Date Posted: 21:42:48 06/30/07 ()
Email Address: kamal@yahoo.com
Entered From: c-24-127-53-17.hsd1.va.comcast.net at 24.127.53.17

Message:
is this all APC has to offer? no wonder they killed people during their reign. You should apologize for this behavior.


Subject: Re: Musings, Part 4
From: Abu Cole
To: All
Date Posted: 04:31:47 07/01/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-mtc-aa04.proxy.aol.com at 64.12.116.8

Message:
Look who's talking. if I rembember correct, you refusaed to apologize when someone caught lying that Wolfowitz did not partial his girlfriend at World Bank.

You and that tuppit Mende skaff with the tiff papa are the one dem wae need for apologize to Alieu. You are both rude. And not civilized, at all.


Subject: Re: Musings, Part 4
From: Professor Kponiwo
To: All
Date Posted: 18:44:26 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: h167-156-253.63.chubb.com at 167.156.63.253

Message:
Allieu, do not bring yourself down to Sengbe's level. Sengbe is nothing but a bushman. Haven't you seen his tangains glasses ? De man nar shevon man.


Subject: Re: Musings, Part 4
From: Sengbe
To: All
Date Posted: 18:53:24 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: red_dog.niehs.nih.gov at 157.98.76.127

Message:
Hey Prof!

What does "tangains" mean? And "shevon"?

Thanks in advance for the education.

BTW, I am a very proud "bushman" living in the greatest country for most of my life. Thank you very much.


Subject: Re: Musings, Part 4
From: Sengbe
To: All
Date Posted: 18:40:41 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: red_dog.niehs.nih.gov at 157.98.76.127

Message:
You should know.

That is how your Momma lives. Na dat u meet na u papa een hose.

I wrote my comical piece. I did NOT call your name. Do you have a guilty conscience?

Dem say udat ugly for go tote wata, babu begin cry. U na babu?

I will NO LONGER respond to your STUPIDITY.

I know whom I am. Do you know who you are, little boy?


Subject: Re: Musings, Part 4
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 18:51:42 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-ntc-ad04.proxy.aol.com at 207.200.116.198

Message:
Yes and I got some size 11and a halfs specially suited for your freaking fat oblong ass. Damn Jackass mende boy.


Subject: Re: Musings, Part 4
From: Doctor
To: All
Date Posted: 02:54:20 07/01/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: host86-129-160-37.range86-129.btcentralplus.com at 86.129.160.37

Message:
Physical disorder


Subject: Re: Musings, Part 4
From: Specialist
To: All
Date Posted: 04:33:34 07/01/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Wrong patient.


Subject: Re: Musings, Part 4
From: Sengbe
To: All
Date Posted: 18:57:52 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: red_dog.niehs.nih.gov at 157.98.76.127

Message:
Wai yo ya, mi Mammi tiday!!!!

The aku boy don vex.

Bra u vex for nartin, me nor call u name.

You've never seen me in your life, so how can you describe me in such a manner? Bra, I don't play that!!


Subject: Re: Musings, Part 4
From: Sengbe Watcher
To: All
Date Posted: 19:00:32 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: h167-156-253.63.chubb.com at 167.156.63.253

Message:
Sengbe, how many sticks of diamba did you smoke today ?


Subject: Re: Musings, Part 4
From: Sengbe
To: All
Date Posted: 19:15:44 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: red_dog.niehs.nih.gov at 157.98.76.127

Message:
None!! How about you?


Subject: Re: Musings, Part 4
From: gatemapiyongor
To: All
Date Posted: 19:21:30 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
nor ar tink say nar you mama im wili wili ar wan for begin smoke now


Subject: Re: Musings, Part 4
From: Sengbe
To: All
Date Posted: 18:18:17 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: red_dog.niehs.nih.gov at 157.98.76.127

Message:
Thanks, Cadmus. That was written just to break the monotony of our peoples sordid outlook on politics in Sa Lon.

By the grace of the Almighty God, the problem in #6 will be used as a routine form of cancer therapy in the very near future. In fact, some centers are already operating in the NYC area.

But the answer to #1 is: only if he lives in Stockholm, Sweden.

Bra Cornie will "kill" me for that answer.

How are you doing, my SLPP brother?

PS:
Add the following to that list:

Is it possible to call yourself a PATRIOTIC S/Leonean if you corruptly STOLE substantial amounts of funds from a prominent parastatal in that country? Only if you "manage" a financial services firm in MD.

You know him; his signature tunes are:
"Where is the evidence?"
"Blind SLPP apologists are so 'dumb' ".
"Go back and take O'level english," as if that is his original language.
"Did you understand what you've read?" (which he stole from one of my writings on this forum - check the archives.)

The MOST stupid, and arrogant SOB on this forum, always wanting to pass off as someone who is so very clever, but he is really NOT. Look deep, and you shall see for yourself.

Kehtamia!!


Subject: Re: Musings, Part 4
From: Raymond
To: All
Date Posted: 20:09:20 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-dtc-ad10.proxy.aol.com at 205.188.116.204

Message:
Sengbe, are you talking about your "father" R.B.S. Koker, who stole money from SLPMB during the akata SLPP days before Tejan Kabbah casme and stole more rice money?

Word around town was that he needed money to cure his "okobo" disease that made your mother go have fun with your real father. After that, she came back saful to your "father" the SLPMB tiffman, R.B. S. Koker.

Bra, you wan tell us say your "father" after he done o stole Sa Lon money nar SLPMB, then now, he wants to call himself patriotic. That go make even your mother laugh! The man could not function! Patriotic? Nor mek ar laugh, stupid Mende scaff boy.


Subject: Re: Musings, Part 4
From: Sengbe
To: All
Date Posted: 20:34:09 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: red_dog.niehs.nih.gov at 157.98.76.127

Message:
"...Bra, you wan tell us say your "father" after he done o stole Sa Lon money nar SLPMB, then now, he wants to call himself patriotic..."

Bra my father died in 1982. So you see how STUPID your LIES are?

No!! Indeed, I am NOT "talking" about him. I might be talking about YOU, Tiffman on this forum, that talks and acts "big" with empty pomposity.

"...who stole money from SLPMB during the akata SLPP days before Tejan Kabbah casme and stole more rice money?..."

Let me rebutt some more of the STUPIDITY and LIES in your statement:

My father was appointed as Chairman of the SLPMB by Pa Shaki in 1970 after his stint as Chairman of SLET for a number of years prior to that appointment, in order to sanitize that parastatal from the corruptive practices that were going on. He left in 1976 to govern his Chiefdom on a full-time basis until his death at age of 70 years.

"...needed money to cure his "okobo" disease..."

There are fifteen of us that he reared into maturity. And we, boys / men, ALL look like him, and the three girls just look like our mother. Well! he must have done a good job before he got this, your so-called "disease".

How about your own parents? Do you have parents, or did you germinate from SAMBA GUTTER?

I will no longer respond to you, Coward. I just wanted to set the record straight since you folks are such incorrigible LIARS and gross DEFAMERS in order to score points that you do not have, and cannot make.

Good bye!!


Subject: Re: Musings, Part 4
From: Raymond
To: All
Date Posted: 20:59:48 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-dtc-ad10.proxy.aol.com at 205.188.116.204

Message:
Sebgbe, bo stop lying. Your "father" R.B. S. Koker was known all over Freetown as one of the big big Ayampi under the tiff APC junta. He was among the SLPP-turned-APC Akartas (Jlike Jusu Sheriff and Minah). Those Mende Ayampis did everything just for conitnue stealing Sa Lon money.

Your "father" was caught by Akibo-Betts stealing at SLPP. When Akibo reportede him to Sheka Stevens, that was when Sheka Stevens sacked your tiff-man "father" from SLPMB.

Let me tell you because you don't know anything about the man your mother told lies upon and said was your father.

R.B. S. Koker was a tiff-man. That is why Sheka Stevens sacked him. He was suffering from Impotence "okobo" disease. Like many other Mende chiefs, most of his "children" were born by their mothers boyfriends. The fool chiefs knew they were okobos , like your father. Others knew they were not abble to satisfy their "juvie" wives because they werew too old and feeble downn there. So, the fools like your father, they played along with their banboat wives.

You call people defamers and liars? Bo Sengbe nor mek ar laff. OOdat lie pass you mama? Nor to dat mek you lek for lie pan people dem? Born me ah feeba you.

No doubt you are your lying mother's son. And no doubt she lied to your SLPMB tiffman father that he was the father of her boyfriend's son -- you!

You can run, but you can't hide from the truth. Just ask your uncles. They know.


Subject: Re: Musings, Part 4
From: CADMUS
To: All
Date Posted: 19:38:24 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 86.157.188.212

Message:
My brother Sengbe,

I am well and doing fine,SLPP is doing very well.I was in the village for some ten days last month, and intend to return middle of july just to make sure that SLPP wins in my Village.That is now sealed.

We as SLPP supporters are having hard times on this forum, but we will never give up, we will continue to give as good as we get.

I would like to appeal to you, my brother,to cool it with Alieu Iscandri. Alieu is not realy that bad.....there are some very nasty pieces of work on this forum whom I would help you to wipe the floor with if need be.

You are both patriotic Sierra leoneans, highly intelligent(inspite of the abuses and political differences) and well educated. It does not tell well for the younger ones to read MIMI CUSS from poeple that we all respect and look up to.PLEASE, PLEASE PLEASE.

Politics is fine, but Sa Lone is more Important

I am a Sierra leonean First and last, and I am SLPP first and Last.

I do hope you both have a good week end...Remember MONDAY is another Day.


Subject: Re: Musings, Part 4
From: Sengbe
To: All
Date Posted: 19:53:35 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: red_dog.niehs.nih.gov at 157.98.76.127

Message:
"...It does not tell well for the younger ones to read MIMI [mami] CUSS from poeple that we all respect and look up to.PLEASE, PLEASE PLEASE..."

Cadmus, tell that to him. He is the one that does that, with his Foulahtong up-bringing / training [or lack of it, thereof], I suppose. Me? I just use my wits, and write satirical pieces when I am inclined to. That is the classy thing to do. U know where I am from. We don't do that.

Kehthamia!!


Subject: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA: WHO IS A NORTHERNER?
From: Alhassan
To: All
Date Posted: 14:52:27 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
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It is rather perplexing that much emphasis has been placed on regionalism as opposed to competence relative to the presidential running mate issue in the Sierra Leone People's Party.

But even when we attempt to succumb to regionalism as a benchmark for holding the second most important position in our country, a question that must not be swept under the rug is, who is from where?

Two names that have featured prominently in SLPP circles to fill the running mate slot are Kanja Sesay and Momodu Koroma. Are these two really northerners?

Kanja Sesay was born and raised in Bo Town. He attended the Ahmadiyya Muslim Secondary School in Bo and the Bo Government Secondary School (Bo School). Kanja speaks Mende fluently.

Momodu Koroma was born in Telu Bonghor, Bo District and was raised in Bo Town. He attended the Bo Government Secondary School (Bo School) and CKC. Momodu speaks Mende fluently.

With the above information, who do we consider a northerner, westerner, easterner or southerner in Sierra Leone?


Subject: IS THIS ALHASSAN MY NEPHEW{RABIEU}?
From: okdok
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Date Posted: 23:46:53 06/30/07 ()
Email Address: okdok@yahoo.com
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Please respond.


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA: WHO IS A NORTHERNER?
From: Neneh
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Date Posted: 19:08:15 06/30/07 ()
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Surely, the actual place of birth of a Sierra Leonean is irrelivant.

If for example a Creole person (remember they are geographically identified as Westerners), is born in Kono land, would that person cease to be creole or a westerner? I don't think so... Why then should Momodou Koroma (a Northaner, albeit born in the South) eaase to be a Northerner.

Another important reason why Momodou Koroma would be the most ideal candidate is the fact that as a muslim he will provide the balance to the Christian President, something that would be very vital in a Multi-faith society.


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA: WHO IS A NORTHERNER?
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
To: All
Date Posted: 06:19:40 07/01/07 ()
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Aside his faith and regional affiliation, the man has profound wisdom. the likes we as Sierra leoneans should be proud to have amongst us. I say this because I have on ocassions communicated to the office of the president regarding issues that affect aggrieved individuals in the country. His reponses were always satisfactory in terms of the way his office was going to manage the complaint. An instance was when an elderly colleague of mine was finally leaving the UK to return and reside in Sierra leone. He shipped a number of vehicles that he believed were confiscated by officers at the President's office (then momodu was there). I wrote a letter to the president and explained my colleague's grievance. A week later I received detailed information of the matter with copies of information relating to the incident. How many offices in Sierra leone will you write and they reply you within a very short time. I remember writing to Sally Koroma, whilst she was at the Administrator and Register-General's office, it took nearly two month to get a reply. That was still goood compared to the likes A.O. Conteh, Abass Bundu - they will not even bother. They were self-deluded gods. Let us congratualte Momodu and watch him serve our country. let us stop the politics of putting others down when we have not tested their competence or assessed their track records. I think Berewa has made a wise choice and Momodu will be president of Sierra leone someday if they serve us well. No electorate will want to kick-out an honest and hardworking servant. Momodu is our servant perse and we should try to respect that in the SLPP. CONGRATULATIONS MOMODU!! LONG LIVE BEREWA! LONG LIVE SIERRA LEONE! LONG LIVE THE SLPP!!


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA: WHO IS A NORTHERNER?
From: Question
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Date Posted: 03:00:52 07/02/07 ()
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"CONGRATULATIONS MOMODU!! LONG LIVE BEREWA! LONG LIVE SIERRA LEONE! LONG LIVE THE SLPP!!"

How can you expect for Sierra Leone to live long if its SLPP destroyers like Berewa and Koroma live long?


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA: WHO IS A NORTHERNER?
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 03:09:39 07/02/07 ()
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Hi compatriot, stop this overtone. Do you really believe Berewa and Momodu will destroy Sierra Leone. if they dare attempt, it is their destruction. None has gotten away in messing about the people and the country without an absolute 'bad omen' on their entire lineage. berewa and Momodu are aspiring to restore honourability and nobility in our leadership. They prefer that to wallowing in our nation's coffers. They have seen whatever became of some of the ills of our society so entrusted in the running of our affairs. these are great lessons learnt. let us watch and see what the development institutions now in place will yield for us in the next government of Berewa and Momodu. We can never become enlightened by imagining figures of light but by making the darkness conscious. May You live long to see the transformation of our country under the leadership of these two GIANTS OF STATE.


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA: WHO IS A NORTHERNER?
From: Question
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Date Posted: 06:01:12 07/02/07 ()
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"Do you really believe Berewa and Momodu will destroy Sierra Leone."

You ask a funny question. It is fact that both Berewa and Koroma are already members of the most destructive government in Salone's history. That means your question is kind of dumb, sorry to say.

Your hope that "if they dare attempt, it is their destruction" is nothing more than wishful thinking about Berewa and Koroma. As you can see, both destroyers of Salone's future are still very much far from being destroyed themselves.

But, like a true blind SLPPer, don't let that reality stop you from imagining "figures of light" when you see Berewa and Koroma, even though in reality they are the agents for "making the darkness conscious." Salone people have been living in that darkness ever since Berewa's and Koroma's tiff-man boss, President Kabbah started ruining Salone 11 years ago.

So, keep imagining good in the face of evil corruption by Berewa and Koroma. Just don't expect me to join you in your make-believe world. Neither should you expect the Salone people to close their eyes to a "CONTINUITY" of SLPP corruption beyond August 2007.


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA: WHO IS A NORTHERNER?
From: Chez winakabd Europe
To: All
Date Posted: 07:48:42 07/02/07 ()
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Thank you Question! I will wait to have my laugh and to this I will give you my email so that I can have yours to show you in the not to distant future the works of these great minds we now lean on. I always unlock the darkness to see light. I still believe that we are on course to deliver the greatest and most prosperous nation in sub-saharan africa. Sierra Leone will become the envy of the region (like the old days - 1950s and 1960s). i will not fret under these two people from lowly and humble beginnnings. They did not come from renowned families like a great number of us on this forum. Through God's blessings and their dogged determination - they are able to be where they have been destined to be. let us pray for them so as not to be misguided and that they serve us with sincerity and profound courage. I bet you my compatriot - these two will take us to where we've always dreamed of.


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA: WHO IS A NORTHERNER?
From: Independent Observer
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Date Posted: 08:39:04 07/02/07 ()
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"I bet you my compatriot - these two will take us to where we've always dreamed of." -- Chez

You are closing to your eyes to reality. That is what I understand Question to be saying to you. Basically, he is saying that Solo B and Momodu have already taken us down the road to povert, so why allow them to continue dragging down our country?

I agree with Question: Dar marrade wae geeh for sweet, nar die bachelorsie ....

The SLPP is bad for Sa Lon. The past 10 years of their corruption and poverty of patriotism is enough proof of that. So, no need to wait to see where they will take us. We already know. And that place is bad. Very bad. I say, give them the boot in August.



Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA: WHO IS A NORTHERNER?
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 09:19:54 07/02/07 ()
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Independent Observer, I still believe that our country is far safer and much improved compared to the 28 years of APC rule. Our establishments are now open to scrutiny by its citizenry at all levels. Okay this may be down to technological advancement. I can agree with most non-SLPP Sierra Leoneans that kabbah should have handled the country with an iron fist. I sometimes blame him a lot but when i consider the country he inherited I tend to pass the buck around even his desk is the last stop. He had an 'all inclusive' government that was packed with 'rebodied canvassed APC turn SLPP two-faced lying, thieving hypocritical backbiters'. Kabbah's myopia was not shared by the men we are going to have. I sometimes liken the Berewa and Momodu scenerio to that of Gordon Brown's. If you are part of a government you have to stand firm and make sure all who are supposed to be working with you adhere to laid down principles and ideals. kabbbah had his henchmen who were able to mentally victimise anyone who dare see wrong in what they were doing. Those people, i will not name names, left us and the party came to someone who did not lift a spade to line its building blocks. The disarray in the SLPP party then saw individuals of self-interest controlling Kabbah. Thank God we lost many of them some time back before Berewa had his vision to serve our nation. had them been around, Berewa would not have succeeded in coming to our aid. My fellows, we do not have, for now, a strong candidate to help alleviate our problems other than Berewa.

Take heart my guys, Sierra Leone under Berewa will see enough changes. I am aware of the pact made to have Momodu serve as a running mate - I think the plan was a brilliant one. Some have called me to say that "Momodu was a begger when he was a lecturer" and all sorts of statements synonymous to character smear. I repeat again, the lowly and humble beginings of these two people is a testament that they will not want to be removed from government in disgrace and allow their offspring to senselessly suffer their seeds sown. What I envisage is that they will want to establish a legacy of honour and nobleness, a thing long lost in our community. I pray we all beseech them not to stray from the goodness we think they will bring to the country. I will keep dreaming of a lovely country and loving people. LONG LIVE BEREWA! LONG LIVE THE SLPP! LONG LIVE SIERRA LEONE!!!


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA: WHO IS A NORTHERNER?
From: Question
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Date Posted: 09:55:13 07/02/07 ()
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What you fail to realise is that before those "APC turn SLPP two-faced lying, thieving hypocritical backbiters" became the tiff-man, Kabbah's SLPP's advisers and ministers, they were originally SLPP tiff man dem under Albert Margai.

So, how can you blame the APC for Kabbh's corruption when he is surropunded by original SLPP tiffman dejm?

Come on, Man, be real, for once. Was Kabbah SLPP when he stole Salone money under the SLPP tiffman, Albert Margai? Of course not!

No wonder somepeople say you SLPPersd are blind apologists for Salones' Kings of Coruption -- the SLPP government led by Kabbah. Only you and people like you who love the SLPP pass their owwn country will say Kabbah is not corrupt. But, Britain, the World Bank, The EU, the IMF, the G8,all of them have said the same thing: Kabbh is the head of a very corrupt SLPP regime.

So, only haters of Salone like you will come and tell us that the chief hencmen of such a two-time tiff-man like Kabbah, Berewa and Momodu Koroma, should continue Kabbh's 11-year corruption in Sa lon.

Try to get some shame, me man, even if you are a SLPPer.


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA: WHO IS A NORTHERNER?
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 10:20:50 07/02/07 ()
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Where was Albert Margai when he had his first troubles with the SLPP? Did he form an alliance with Pa Stevens and others, initially? Do you think the 28 years of APC damage is comparable to the 10 years of relative peace, reconstruction and development of our country after a long civil destruction? Answer me Question and we can continue this beneficial and educative dialogue. I will becareful of my words as I am bred that way. I speak my mind without profane use of words.


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA: WHO IS A NORTHERNER?
From: Question
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Date Posted: 10:46:44 07/02/07 ()
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"Do you think the 28 years of APC damage is comparable to the 10 years of relative peace,"

First of all, it is incorrect to say that APC ruled Salone for 28 years. That is a lie that SLPP apologists try to pass off to vover their lenghty corrupt rule in Salone. More ion that shorly.

Second of all, it is wrong to insiniuate that Albert Margai committed his looting together with Stevens. Stevens was in opposition to Albert Margai's SLPP when the SLPP was looting salone money from including the current SLPP leader, Tejan Kabbah's looting of SLPMB money in the 1960s.

Returning to your first wron, the APC ruled Salone alone for only 10 years: From 1968 to 1978. From 1978 to 1992 the Salone gov. was a coalition of both SLPP and APC thieves, such as the SLPP leader, Salia Jusu-Sheriff , and opthers like Minah, etc.

So, it is a blatant lie to say when you did -- thast the APC thieves ruled Salone for 28 years. They did for only 10 years. Since then, they have not rules Salone for the past 15 years. During that time, Salone has been damaged by the returning SLPP tiffman,. Tejan Kabbah.

So, to help you with a subjheect you have difficulty with, namely, arithmentic, get this: The SLPP has ruled Salone for a total of 21 years (1961-1967 and 1996 to 2007). That is more than double the 10 years that the APC ruled Salone (1968 to 1977). From 1977 to 1992, BOTH the APC and the SLPP ruled Salone.

Now, answer my question: Since you believe that length of time in power determines responsibility for the damage to Salone, which of the two parties, SLPP or APC is more responsible for damaging Salone?



Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA: WHO IS A NORTHERNER?
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
To: All
Date Posted: 12:49:49 07/02/07 ()
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Question, APC was the only party we had in the era 1978 to 1992 under the leaderships of APC memebers. Whatever the so-called 'theiving minah or salia did was done under the watchful eye of a leader who was APC. Sometimes I do not want to talk about party politics as i see Sierra leone as such a small democracy and that these big ideologies, if utilised well for their purpose will help the whole nation. i am an advocate for a 'NATIONAL AGENDA' werein independent of partisan politics minded people assemble to map out the future progression of our country. These minds should have the mandate to deamnd accountability from a government of the day and they should see that the government is working in accordance with the 'GRAND NATIONAL AGENDA'.

My arithmetics is wrong to suit your convenience. I still believe APC ruled for 28 years and we sufferd a lot and the best minds of Sierra Leone under APC were prejudicially annihilated. Some were not even in politicians but their love for their so expressed in demonstrations were terminated.

APC did more damage to Sierra Leone than the SLPP did. Go to Kambia, Port Loko, Kamabombo, sami Town, kmabassa, makeni, Mambolo, Kankubramaiya, Linsar, Kukuna, etc, etc, etc. these places had people like pa Stevens, S I koroma, C A kamara taylor, SAT koroma, Abass Bundu, Abdulai Conteh, MK Sumah, Abdul karim Koroma, Abdul karim (One time head of Civil servants and Secretary to the president) and many many more. What did they do to their people. Question, if you are unable to go to Sierra leone to visit these places, commission someone with a video camera to get you the looks of these places. the only new developments and infrastructures you will see around are those put by the present government. Your leaders were so negligent that they died in hopeless conditions crying for forgivenness for the destruction and embarrassment they left behind. Their children cannot even visit their once proclaimed strongholds. I am so happy going all over the place because my love for my country trascends politics. Ask Abdulai Conteh's child to go to Rogberray in Gbenleh Chiefdom in the kambia district. he would not dear. ask Abdul karim's children to visit there home in kambia they will tell you it no longer exists. the chaos APC created caused the untold sufferings of many. i do not like to speak the past but your actions is pushing me to do that.

APC = DESTRUCTIVE CHAOS OF THE HIGHEST WORLD ORDER


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA: WHO IS A NORTHERNER?
From: Question
To: All
Date Posted: 14:22:14 07/02/07 ()
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Message:
"Question, APC was the only party we had in the era 1978 to 1992 under the leaderships of APC memebers. Whatever the so-called 'theiving minah or salia did was done under the watchful eye of a leader who was APC."

Chez, I am sorry to say but you rae trying to speak from both sides of your mouth. When you started on this slippery path of defending the thieving Presidnet kabbh, you said this morning that kabbah's corruption is the result of his SURROUNDING himseld with "APC turn SLPP two-faced lying, thieving hypocritical backbiters." In other words, even though Kabbah is the head of an SLPP government, you sought to blame the alleged APC advisers for the SLPP government's corruption.

Why then are you now trying to eat your cake and keep it too?

That's what you are trying to do when you deny that, even though President Stevens government was comprised of the "SLPP turn APC two-faced lying, thieving hypocritical backbiters" like Salia Jusu Sheriff, leader and other SLPP top ofiicials like Minnah, etc., that Stevens must be blamed for the corruption of the APC. However, President Kabbah can NOT be blamed for SLPP corruption because his SLPP was comprised of ""APC turn SLPP two-faced lying, thieving hypocritical backbiters?"

If what you said about5 the APC is true, is it not even more true that "SLPP = DESTRUCTIVE CHAOS OF THE HIGHEST WORLD ORDER" because by your standard, the SLPP spent more that twice the time spent by the APC damaging Salone?


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA: WHO IS A NORTHERNER?
From: Question
To: All
Date Posted: 14:20:32 07/02/07 ()
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Message:
"Question, APC was the only party we had in the era 1978 to 1992 under the leaderships of APC memebers. Whatever the so-called 'theiving minah or salia did was done under the watchful eye of a leader who was APC."

Chez, I am sorry to say but you rae trying to speak from both sides of your mouth. When you started on this slippery path of defending the thieving Presidnet kabbh, you said this morning that kabbah's corruption is the result of his SURROUNDING himseld with "APC turn SLPP two-faced lying, thieving hypocritical backbiters." In other words, even though Kabbah is the head of an SLPP government, you sought to blame the alleged APC advisers for the SLPP government's corruption.

Why then are you now trying to eat your cake and keep it too?

That's what you are trying to do when you deny that, even though President Stevens government was comprised of the "SLPP turn APC two-faced lying, thieving hypocritical backbiters" like Salia Jusu Sheriff, leader and other SLPP top ofiicials like Minnah, etc., that Stevens must be blamed for the corruption of the APC. However, President Kabbah can NOT be blamed for SLPP corruption because his SLPP was comprised of ""APC turn SLPP two-faced lying, thieving hypocritical backbiters?"

If what you said about5 the APC is true, is it not even more true that "SLPP = DESTRUCTIVE CHAOS OF THE HIGHEST WORLD ORDER" because by your standard, the SLPP spent more that twice the time spent by the APC damaging Salone?


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA: WHO IS A NORTHERNER?
From: Question
To: All
Date Posted: 14:20:16 07/02/07 ()
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Message:
"Question, APC was the only party we had in the era 1978 to 1992 under the leaderships of APC memebers. Whatever the so-called 'theiving minah or salia did was done under the watchful eye of a leader who was APC."

Chez, I am sorry to say but you rae trying to speak from both sides of your mouth. When you started on this slippery path of defending the thieving Presidnet kabbh, you said this morning that kabbah's corruption is the result of his SURROUNDING himseld with "APC turn SLPP two-faced lying, thieving hypocritical backbiters." In other words, even though Kabbah is the head of an SLPP government, you sought to blame the alleged APC advisers for the SLPP government's corruption.

Why then are you now trying to eat your cake and keep it too?

That's what you are trying to do when you deny that, even though President Stevens government was comprised of the "SLPP turn APC two-faced lying, thieving hypocritical backbiters" like Salia Jusu Sheriff, leader and other SLPP top ofiicials like Minnah, etc., that Stevens must be blamed for the corruption of the APC. However, President Kabbah can NOT be blamed for SLPP corruption because his SLPP was comprised of ""APC turn SLPP two-faced lying, thieving hypocritical backbiters?"

If what you said about5 the APC is true, is it not even more true that "SLPP = DESTRUCTIVE CHAOS OF THE HIGHEST WORLD ORDER" because by your standard, the SLPP spent more that twice the time spent by the APC damaging Salone?


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA: WHO IS A NORTHERNER?
From: Neneh
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Date Posted: 17:51:29 07/01/07 ()
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Message:
Ameen Ameen Ameen!!!


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA: WHO IS A NORTHERNER?
From: U
To: All
Date Posted: 15:03:18 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: red_dog.niehs.nih.gov at 157.98.76.127

Message:
You!


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA: WHO IS A NORTHERNER?
From: Kohtoh Kamal
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Date Posted: 15:57:17 06/30/07 ()
Email Address: kamal@yahoo.com
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Message:
How about me? And Momodu speaks Temne too.


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA: WHO IS A NORTHERNER?
From: Konouwah
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Date Posted: 16:46:55 06/30/07 ()
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Message:
That is real good.

"Smallboy" Momodu speaks Mende, Themne, Madingo, Krio, English, and some French too.

Okay Zainab, stay over there in Monroe City with the monkey-meat eaters, we have Momodu as Bra Solo's running mate. I revoke my support.

Bye!!


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA: WHO IS A NORTHERNER?
From: Liberian
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Date Posted: 18:24:47 06/30/07 ()
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Message:
Who are you calling monkey-meat eaters ? Liberians ? Don't you eat frogs ? Should we call you frog-eaters ?


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA: WHO IS A NORTHERNER?
From: Konouwah
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Date Posted: 18:49:48 06/30/07 ()
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They say monkey-meat is very delicious, especially with palm-butter. I have never tried it. They say the meat is very lean, clean (monkey lives up in the canopy of trees), and very nutritious. Is something wrong with that? I do not believe so. I was merely stating a fact. Please do not get angry with me.

No! I don't eat frogs, but they do eat frog legs in France. It is a delicacy for the very sophisticated. They say that they are very delicious also. Tastes like chicken, they say.


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA: WHO IS A NORTHERNER?
From: gbaygbay
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Date Posted: 19:41:53 06/30/07 ()
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Message:
the gbaygbay (frog in mende) is highly delicious and nutritious.


Subject: salone
From: news
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Date Posted: 11:34:02 06/30/07 ()
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Salone News

Standard Times Editor in Hospital

By Gibril Koroma - Saturday 30 June 2007.

Philip Neville, Managing Editor of the Standard Times newspaper and Vice President of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists has been admitted at the police hospital at Kingtom in Freetown.

Speaking to the Vanguard this morning from his hospital bed in Freetown Neville(photo))said he is an asthma patient and that because he was dumped three days ago in a stuffy and airless cell with common criminals at CID headquarters in Freetown, he suffered an asthma attack and had to be rushed to the hospital.

He said the Kabbah government arrested him and accused him of publishing false information but he maintains that his paper published the truth. "Bo na wetin den tork na stadium,bo"( that was what was said at the stadium), he said.


Subject: Re: salone
From: CADMUS
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Date Posted: 18:08:41 06/30/07 ()
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The arrest was on the authority of the Athorney general, not the President.
No one is, and no one should be above the Law.
Mr Neville,has commited an offence against the Laws of Sa lone. the Law must take its due course. untill the Laws are changed, the current Laws must apply to each and every one equally.......Not so long ago a Government ministers was thrown in that same Police Cell at CID.
So there is nothing special about that serial defamer and his hopeless RAG that passes for a newspaper.
He continues to lie and insult people in Sa lone gratuitously.

It is payback time.

He has made his bed, he should sleep in it.


Subject: Re: salone
From: LAwyer
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Date Posted: 12:13:09 06/30/07 ()
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Message:
It is not the President, but the Attorney General, who had him arrested, for subversive activities.


Subject: Re: salone
From: salone
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Date Posted: 12:23:16 06/30/07 ()
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"kabbah govt.", not di kaboos.


Subject: FOR KABS
From: BORBOR BELLEH
To: All
Date Posted: 02:38:14 06/30/07 ()
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Message:
It is weird to hear that your computer is under attack by someone. Your computer must be very old with outdated security.

Cautionary note:
1. Do not open emails that you are nopt sure of.
2. Your ISP should have security software to protect you.
3. If you have a home network, try to secure it.
4. Some security softwares mistaking some images to be a threat especially if it is embeded in ActiveX.
5. Homestead is a mess.


Subject: emk we dwitt on a friday in a jah style
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 19:50:54 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Thanks to you know who. This was an upliftment in my spirit today. Rastafari!!!!!!


Subject: SLPP DON FAIL SA LONE
From: M. ALIEU ISCANDARI ESQ
To: All
Date Posted: 19:35:46 06/29/07 ()
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Message:
http://cocorioko.net/Mondayjune252007p6.html


Subject: Re: SLPP DON FAIL SA LONE
From: CADMUS
To: All
Date Posted: 18:23:24 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 86.157.188.212

Message:
Alieu,

We have been used to Kai-Samba's boring rant about the SLPP and especially Pa Kabbah for some time now.

Kabbah is his Uncle(for real)he was criticising Kabba even when he was a member of SLPP in London.They have some family thing goin.....

He is now one of the founding members of the PMDC in London,so I would advise you to take his RANT with caution,(a pinch of salt) It is not an objective comment.


Subject: Re: SLPP DON FAIL SA LONE
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 18:46:21 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Cadmus,
I did take it with more than a grain of salt. I took it with two aspirins. I feel better now. Thanks for your concerns.


Subject: Re: SLPP DON FAIL SA LONE
From: Tupit Lawyer
To: All
Date Posted: 09:01:12 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ool-44c29146.dyn.optonline.net at 68.194.145.70

Message:
U nor go say so becos:

1. U nor sabi buk lek Yanguba Kai-Samba.

2. U nor honest lek Yankuba Kai-Samba.

3. U plain Tupit


Subject: Re: SLPP DON FAIL SA LONE
From: FORREST GUMP
To: All
Date Posted: 04:34:21 07/02/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: host86-141-230-253.range86-141.btcentralplus.com at 86.141.230.253

Message:
And the GOOD REV KABS KANU was asking why the SLPP supporters don't write rebuttals. ONE OF THE REASONS ABOVE.
FORREST


Subject: Re: SLPP DON FAIL SA LONE
From: London Boy
To: All
Date Posted: 18:16:17 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 86.157.188.212

Message:
I dont know about Alieu, but Yankuba Kai Samba has a third class first Degree, and no more.I know that for sure.

Alieu must have a bit more than that surely.

Respect the guy.


Subject: Re: SLPP DON FAIL SA LONE
From: Envy
To: All
Date Posted: 13:34:01 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Are you envious of Alieu? Atack the message not the man. I know him very well and if anyone could be called honest Alieu is but I cannot vouch for you.

I have never known alieu to brag on this forum about his education. Have you?


Subject: Re: SLPP DON FAIL SA LONE
From: Really ?
To: All
Date Posted: 15:18:27 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: h167-156-253.63.chubb.com at 167.156.63.253

Message:
You must be sick. You don't know Allieu . But what to do ? You are Allieu talking to himself.


Subject: SOLOMON PRATT IS A LOKO , SO LET SYLVIA LEAVE PEOPLE ALONE
From: Leicester resident
To: All
Date Posted: 18:31:53 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 65.54.155.14

Message:
Sylvia Blyden is not even a typical creole. Her grandfather, Solomon Pratt is a Loko man that changed to Creole, so why all the fuss about others endangering the creoles because they want to fight the SLPP ?

The creoles have always fought the SLPP. It is not a new thing. Has Sylvia forgotten that her aunt, Mammy Nancy ( Nancy Steele)hated Mendes with a passion and openly advocated the dismissal of all Mendes from the Civil Service when APC came to power in 1968? Was Mammy Nancy not one of those who helped the SLPP lose the 1967 General Elections.

We know that Kabbah and Berewa have been stuffing Sylvia's mouth with money to make her change colors. If she is SLPP now because of that , after all she wrote about the party in the internet when she was struggling, why not sit down and enjoy your bounties and leave others alone ?



Subject: Re: SOLOMON PRATT IS A LOKO , SO LET SYLVIA LEAVE PEOPLE ALONE
From: Historian
To: All
Date Posted: 02:56:39 07/01/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: host86-129-160-37.range86-129.btcentralplus.com at 86.129.160.37

Message:
Now he is Mende, and sometimes back he had some links with Limba.True Saloneman


Subject: SORBEH
From: PDP JOINS APC
To: All
Date Posted: 17:39:21 06/29/07 ()
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Message:
The Patriotic Vanguard, Sierra Leone News Portal|

Bombshell: PDP joins APC
- Friday 29 June 2007.
By Sorie Sudan Sesay, Freetown.


One of Sierra Leone’s biggest political parties, People’s Democratic Party (PDP), popularly known as Sorbeh, has joined the opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party.

The ceremony which took place Friday evening at the Hannah Benka Coker Street headquarters of the APC, came barely two days after the expiration of the deadline for the submission of Parliamentary names of political parties.

The PDP whose entire executive stormed the APC offices with flying banners while singing and chanting political songs, were greeted with thunderous applause by APC supporters as they arrived at the party’s headquarters.

This is the first merger of political parties ahead of the August 11, 2007, Presidential and Parliamentary Elections, and political analysts have described the development as a major breakthrough for the APC with only six weeks to the elections.

APC leader, Hon. Ernest Bai Koroma(photo), welcomed the PDP officials saying his party is there for everyone, adding that the only way out for every politician is through the APC.

Hon. Koroma said that he was happy that people are beginning to realise that the APC is the only political party that will save Sierra Leone. Koroma said all PDP were members of the APC and if they decided to return, they are welcome. "Home is home," the APC leader said amidst thunderous applause.

APC Secretary General, Victor Foh, speaking to the Patriotic Vanguard on mobile phone described the development as a positive step towards the APC’s chances of winning the elections, saying “this is to tell the world and the nation that we are a stronger force absurbing the weaker ones.”

He said his party appreciates the fact that the people who previously deserted the APC are beginning to come back, saying, “they were part of us and their coming back is highly welcomed.”

Foh said his party will give the new members the support and coordination they needed to move the country forward through the APC.



Subject: Re: SORBEH
From: Sorbeh
To: All
Date Posted: 03:55:47 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: host86-151-1-112.range86-151.btcentralplus.com at 86.151.1.112

Message:
I thought PDP had sold itself to SLPP in 1996??


Subject: Re: SORBEH
From: Independent Man
To: All
Date Posted: 22:31:43 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: adsl-68-127-105-250.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net at 68.127.105.250

Message:
Join SLPP TIDAY, JOIN APC TOOMARA
PDP BROKE LEK CHURCH OSE ARATA
DEN NOR ABLE "SELECT" NO-BODY FOR PARLIAMENT BECAUSE NO-BODY NOR WAN JOIN DEM
SO DEN DO THE NEXT BEST THING. JOIN DEN CONPIN ALAKI PARTY.....


Subject: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA
From: Hashim Daboh
To: All
Date Posted: 17:33:35 06/29/07 ()
Email Address: Gboyama@yahoo.co.uk
Entered From: 87.113.13.125.plusnet.pte-ag1.dyn.plus.net at 87.113.13.125

Message:
Reliable sources from Freetown have confirmed that Foreign Minister Momodu Koromah will be officially declared SLPP's running mate to Solo B. over the weekend. Koromah is unfortunately the choice of Kabbah.


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA
From: Cee Bah
To: All
Date Posted: 09:36:41 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: res-48-149.dyn.ihouse-nyc.org at 209.2.48.149

Message:
I have closely followed the runnig mate saga in the SLPP over the past one to two years since the convention in Makeni. Many prominent northerners in the SLPP campaigned vigorously for this position including Bobson Sesay, Alpha Wurie, Timbo, Kadie Sesay, Justin Bangura and his boss Kanja Sesay, Ambassador Wurie and even Zainab Bangura.

No one can deny that there are very influential and distinguished northerners in this list. There are some young, dynamic and outspoken people (not as boring as Berewa) who would have been an effective balance to Berewa's passive and usually uninspiring personality. Timbo is young and might have appealed to the youths, Ambassador Wuire and Justing Bangura are charismatic and dynamic individuals, whilst offcourse Zainab Bangura and Kadie Sesay represent the best in our female folk, bright, charismatic, experienced and definitely from the North.

Unfortunately, all these names were dropped in the preliminaries and tabloids have led us to beleive it has remained a two legged race between Momodu and Kanja whose northern credentials have been seriously and justifiably questioned. Momodu is fundametally an introvert, can hardly be refered to as popular, and widely percieved as corrupt. Kanja on the other hand is loved by the people in the provinces for NACSA (although that love is misplaced) and is far more charismatic, appealing to young people and does not have the gloom of corruption hanging over him (although some might suggest is debateable but certainly not to the extent as protrayed of Momodu).

Berewa in my opinion needed (needs) someone who could make up for where he falls short and in this case I think that Momodu is hugely inadequate. The fact that it has taken the SLPP all this time to appoint their running mate tells a lot about how cumbersome this process has been for Berewa who I am pretty sure has been in a dilenma between choosing his man (kanja) and paying Kabbah for his support by choosing the latter's protege (Momodu).

It took a trip to Libya by all of these parties ealrier in the year for this issue to be finally settled. And even then, Ghaddafi has had to comeover to the country befroe the annoucement is to be made.

For all I know, whosoever Berewa chooses (or is forced to choose), there is bound to be a fall out in the party as most of our politicians are unprincipled. Berewa has to stand up and live with it and work hard to survive the elctions.

However having said that, what amusues me is this fuss about appointing a Northerner for the runnig mate position in the SLPP and how the opposition has been playing with this issue. The APC in the last election had five aspirants for the leadership of the party, all of them from the North, precisely Makeni and when Ernest Koroma won he appointed a certain Jalloh as his running mate. Can someone please tell me where he was from and why was that not an issue?

I think the most importnat question we have to answer for our selves in lobbying for the right leadership should be "is the man competent"? and the region or tribe I beleive should be secondary. As it is currently it has been the region first and competence has been the opportunity cost. Who is APC's running mate? Do we have a short list of people being considered yet?

May God help Sierra Leone. amen.


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA
From: lieman
To: All
Date Posted: 10:33:45 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Zainab has nothing to do with your slpp nonsense. she is never slpp.


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA
From: Independent Man
To: All
Date Posted: 22:32:20 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: adsl-68-127-105-250.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net at 68.127.105.250

Message:
NAR U SABI


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA
From: NAR U SABI
To: All
Date Posted: 03:58:09 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: host81-154-56-119.range81-154.btcentralplus.com at 81.154.56.119

Message:
Hey Independent Man nor form o dem go mean to say me nar u
NAR U SABI


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 18:54:53 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-ntc-ad04.proxy.aol.com at 207.200.116.198

Message:
wasnt Berewah the choice of Kabba, so whats wrong with the choice of Momodu being Kabba's. Everone knows that Momodu Koroma does not have a constituency in the North and if his appointment was meant to swing Norhern votes, then it is more likely than not that it would be a negative effort.

I heard that the appointment of Brewah was at the suggestion of James Jonah. I got that from a "good source" and he promised me not to tell and I aint telling no one jack.


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA
From: Moijue
To: All
Date Posted: 03:55:01 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 89.243.33.170

Message:
The guy is not his own man.Remember Momoh how he miss up.Let us stop solo bee.


Subject: BUT ALIEU
From: okdok
To: All
Date Posted: 22:09:32 06/29/07 ()
Email Address: okdok@yahoo.com
Entered From: wnpgmb11dc1-49-49.dynamic.mts.net at 207.161.49.49

Message:
How can Jonah be a member of PMDC and advise SLPP or Kabba?


Subject: Re: BUT ALIEU
From: Politician
To: All
Date Posted: 12:03:58 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: host86-151-1-112.range86-151.btcentralplus.com at 86.151.1.112

Message:
Jonah now is a die hard SLPP, and expects a position in the new Government, if they win the election.


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA
From: foday mansaray
To: All
Date Posted: 19:08:01 06/29/07 ()
Email Address: fmansaray@aol.com
Entered From: host-24-225-160-74.patmedia.net at 24.225.160.74

Message:
Here you go. All these names making recommendations are the very people who wrecked sierra leone .Jonah, Kabbah both with experience and education of 180 years
still manage to dragged us into a war that will never be forgotten.My point is ,if Kabba and Jona are making recommendations that means they are going to continue the same failed economic policies they have engaged on for years. Thanks for this useful information Mr Daboh.
I will find time to remind you on August 11th 2007


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA
From: Independent Man
To: All
Date Posted: 22:59:56 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: adsl-68-127-105-250.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net at 68.127.105.250

Message:
"...Still managed to drag us into a war..."

Tell me you are not that dishonest......
Are you on some sort of medication that twists your Brain matter into liquid ......?


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA
From: fmansaray
To: All
Date Posted: 15:41:32 07/01/07 ()
Email Address: fmansaray@aol.com
Entered From: host-24-225-160-74.patmedia.net at 24.225.160.74

Message:
Its pays to debate constructively.It is not my fault if you are not well informed ,please do your investigations before logging on the forum.Who dragged us into war?Who dat begin dobowusu? Was it APC.Be nice and watch your monuth.


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA
From: FORREST GUMP
To: All
Date Posted: 04:07:24 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: host81-154-56-119.range81-154.btcentralplus.com at 81.154.56.119

Message:
Dont worry I-Man they are dreamers they will wake up with hot cold sweat on August 12
FORREST


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA
From: CADMUS
To: All
Date Posted: 18:34:13 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 86.157.188.212

Message:
Thank you Frorest Gump,

Foday Mansaray is joking.Even a six year ond kid knows that the war actually started during the APC rule.
Come on Foday, be honest.
Even Alieu knows that.


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA
From: C'mon
To: All
Date Posted: 17:45:35 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cbl168082.sce.ceinetworks.com at 216.169.168.82

Message:
"Koromah is unfortunately the choice"

Why is this unfortunate? I don't know much about Momodu. Could someone give us some more details about this guy? I mean what's in his CV, in terms of professional and academic experience, that makes him qualified for the second most powerful office in the country?


Subject: Re: SLPP RUNNING MATE SAGA
From: APC
To: All
Date Posted: 19:31:53 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: c-75-66-114-24.hsd1.tn.comcast.net at 75.66.114.24

Message:
Former physics lecturer NUC. Has a MS in Physics- Nuclear Physics. Very brilliant and well spoken.
The rest you know...


Subject: Something fundamentally wrong!
From: Cee Bah
To: All
Date Posted: 14:41:25 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 69.176.196.103

Message:
The thinking pattern of most of you guys truly baffles and scares me. If the nation of SIerra leone is going to rely on you for these patterns of thinking to come up with a constructive solution to our problems, then we are in serious trouble.

The fact however is that most of you are lying down in comfort and luxury in the west, benefitting from the ruin of our country by your parents. All you wish for is for these "your men" to grab hold of power, by publishing incredulous fabrications and taking advantage of the grand illiteracy in the country (don't even ask who caused it, SLPP, APC and all the others).

How can you for God's sake say APC or Pa Kabbah should take credit for the resolution of Yenga. This was a constructive and collective effort led by the president of the country and supported by the international community through ECOWAS and the MRU. Plain and simple.

I know I am going to be branded again for saying this but one thing I admire about APC and PMDC is when things go wrong (and many have gone utterly wrong under the SLPP) the are qucik to blast and bark, but when things go right (and to be fair Yenga is one of them) they also seize the praise and take the glory. Is being fair and objective too difficult for you. I watched the democractic debate here in the US yesterday and on a few occassions the DEMS were commending Bush for the very few good things he has done, not manipulating them to look like DEMS issue. That is being insincere.

I mentioned here a long time ago that I was dissapointed not only in Ernest but also in Margai (the opposition in general) for their passive role in the yenga crisis. It only became an issue for Ernest to be vocal about when he was refused entry to campaign in yenga. And you guys heap praise on him for that? This issue has been around for the past what years and he has been opposition leader for the past ten years. Our politicians should not only be concerned with an issue when it affects their selfish desire to grab power? Something is fundamentally wrong with our so-called democracy.

Here is the equation, the SLPP is crap, full of opportunists, lack of decisive and partiotic leadership, and so far proven harldy fit to move the country as progressively as it aught to, but the opposition is hardly any thing to write home about. APC has been in oppostion for ten years and in those years they can not point to a signature thing they achieved, no clear policy, Ernest has been dormant on critical national issues and the party has been too fragmented over the years to put up any serious challenges against the ills of the current government. They failed to represent the people as a competent opposition.
PMDC, for all its messages of change is full of ex cabinet ministers of the current regime whose political agenda is predicated on lack of opportunities in the SLPP for them, not the people. They even hardly have a structure, talk less of a grand plan and policy for moving the country forward, beyond rhetorics.

Now you tell me, should I join any of these parties? I am not only saying these here using a pen name like others do, my identity as Cee bah is very well known and I have a track record of consistently advocating for a true positive change. That is why in the current dispensation, my decision is to work with the children and youth (because the adults are a lost cause), lay a solid foundation and make sure that these corrupt and incompetent bunch are made more accountable and responsive to the needs of the future of the country. Is that being unpatriotic? I am sure an idiot is going to think so..hahahah


Subject: Re: Something fundamentally wrong!
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 18:44:54 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-ntc-ad04.proxy.aol.com at 207.200.116.198

Message:
I mentioned here a long time ago that I was dissapointed not only in Ernest but also in Margai (the opposition in general) for their passive role in the yenga crisis. It only became an issue for Ernest to be vocal about when he was refused entry to campaign in yenga. ....................................

Mr. Bah the above quoted statement is a MISSTATEMENT and untrue. I am personally aware of speeches made by Ernest Koroma in and out of parliament, on the Yenga Issue. Mr. Kokromas interest in the Yenga Issue did not come only after he was refused entry into Yenga for campaign purposes, but that act in and of itself reflects the greatness of ernest koroma as a leader in that he shed light on the inaccessibility of Yenga even to sierra leonean legislators.

Do you know that the leader of the SLPP and his deputy have not ever made that attempt to Go to Yenga since its occupation. That speaks to their lack of leadership qualities. Lets face it in the category of leadership skills and bravery, Ernest Koroma is heads and shoulders above the rest and that includes the president and his vice.


Subject: Re: Something fundamentally wrong!
From: Cee Bah
To: All
Date Posted: 21:04:56 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: res-48-149.dyn.ihouse-nyc.org at 209.2.48.149

Message:
Mr Iscandri, to be "personally aware" as you claim and the real truth might not be in complete harmony. Proove me wrong and I am glad to admitt by posting a high profile speech or newpaper clip of something Ernest said about Yenga prior to his refusal of entry for campaign purposes.

You can not make me the edefender of the SLPP becuase as I maintain I don't belong to their party and do not think they are great either. I am saying let's give the dog its due.

Again, you "glamourise" Ernest's leadership in the skills and bravery but you and I know fully well that there is very much to be desired in that light from him. Tell me his major issue he championed during his ten years as opposition leader of our country. The man spent more than half of the time fighting cases against his own party members in court. Do you remember his accusations and the things the court found were true? Him and Foh forged your party's consitution. That tells so much about his leadership skills.

Look here man, jungle leader says it best, "den all na the same soup!"


Subject: Re: Something fundamentally wrong!
From: C'mon
To: All
Date Posted: 17:40:43 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cbl168082.sce.ceinetworks.com at 216.169.168.82

Message:
Be realistic. We are at the midst of the season for presidential politics. You can expect parties to claim credit for things like these. Why do you think there are spin doctors and almost all western governments?

A lot of issues in the country demand serious debate and attention, but fighting over who is taking credit for what is not one of them. Not at this time.


Subject: Wae Me Yone
From: Onliner
To: All
Date Posted: 14:07:26 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: adsl-66-137-225-138.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net at 66.137.225.138

Message:
I heard that "slang" in Sa Lone has changed from "suck
air" to "Wae me yone".

What happened? Can someone please elaborate?


Subject: Re: Wae Me Yone
From: MUSA KAMARA
To: All
Date Posted: 16:42:32 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: luna.hypair.net at 194.50.180.4

Message:
It was alleged that,Kabbah and the slpp didn't inform the nation about donations made by the Libya government.Donations like shipsloaded with rice,money etc.The public came to awareness of such donations during a speech made by the Libyan Leader in Freetown.To the astonishment of the populace,the issue has turn to be a mockery by saying the aabove.


Subject: Re: Wae Me Yone
From: Onliner
To: All
Date Posted: 19:10:22 07/01/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ppp-70-249-138-254.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net at 70.249.138.254

Message:
Thank you bra!


Subject: APC claims victory in the YENGA ISSUE
From: APC
To: All
Date Posted: 13:33:11 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157

Message:
APC comrades in cyberspace are taking credit for the peaceful resolution of the YENGA situation, eventhough millions of sierra leoneans know te Kabba government was the one responsible for the outcome.

Our President whose job includes the security of the sovereignty of salone, has used his diplomatic skills once again to get Guinea out of salone with out firing a single shot, contrary to the Beliefs and intentions of the APC leader ernest bai-posseh Koroma.

i only wish we had a leader like kabba when the RUF started in 91. We would have seen the back of the war longtime ago with minimal destruction.


Subject: Re: APC claims victory in the YENGA ISSUE
From: foday mansaray
To: All
Date Posted: 18:00:48 06/29/07 ()
Email Address: fmansaray@aol.com
Entered From: host-24-225-160-74.patmedia.net at 24.225.160.74

Message:
who brought mercenaries to restore him to power.Kabba contributed to the death of almost every last person who died in the strugggle to restore him.
This guy and Berewa knows nothing about peaceful solution.He murdered 24 people in broad day light without a fair trial.
Now,what did you say about Kabba and Berewa.?


Subject: Re: APC claims victory in the YENGA ISSUE
From: Two Fodays
To: All
Date Posted: 12:39:54 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: red_dog.niehs.nih.gov at 157.98.76.127

Message:
Foday Laimpaybana is dead and gone, but it seems we have another Foday Laimpay on this forum, and he is a mansaray. Aye dunia, why salone pipul tan so ba; lie-lie ehn badheart.


Subject: Re: APC claims victory in the YENGA ISSUE
From: SLPP
To: All
Date Posted: 13:58:01 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-dtc-ad10.proxy.aol.com at 205.188.116.204

Message:
Of course, the credit bel;ongs to the APC, particularly its decisive leader, Ernest Koroma. Less than two months after Koroma showed up at Yenga and demanded that the Kabbah govt. end its 5-year or so lethargy and demand that the Guineans leave, they did just that.

The Kabbah government is a govt, only in name. The international community leads it by its pauperous nose. It needed a local patriot the Apc Leader to show it how to get seized Salone territory of Yenga back.

That is why the SLPP emty suiit govt. will be sent to the dry cleaners on August 11.


Subject: TO SENGBEH AND ALL S.L.P.P: BEWARE OF THE KRIOS
From: FARRAH MARRAH
To: All
Date Posted: 12:40:31 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 134.113.7.100

Message:
Cassandra Garber recklessly exposes Krios to danger in Sierra Leone!
By Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden (A Krio)
Jun 28, 2007, 22:10 Email this article
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I honestly do not know which Krios she claims to be speaking on behalf of but this old woman named Cassandra Garber has been making quite a lot of loud mouthed statements on behalf of a group of Sierra Leoneans (the Krios) of which I am a proud member.
Last December 2006, Standard Times Newspaper published locally and over the World Wide Web, an article written by one Ishmael Dumbuya entitled, "Krios Form Union to Defeat SLPP in 2007" in which Cassandra Garber is amongst those who spoke during the launching of a newly formed ‘something’ they termed as "Kotoku" which had as its main objective:- having all Krios gang up against the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) to ensure that the SLPP loses the 2007 Elections.
Mama Garber, at her current ripe old age, failed to think about the consequences of their unguarded and reckless boasts on behalf of us, Krios. Did she even stop to ask what could be the repercussions should the SLPP also decide to retaliate and gang up against all Krios also?
Yesterday, she published another of her recent statements purportedly on behalf of us, the Krios, in which she starts off by speaking about Arnold Bishop Gooding, a member of what she terms as "a prominent Krio family".
To those who are not aware of who is Arnold Bishop Gooding, be informed that Arnold Bishop Gooding was the de-facto Attorney General and Minister of Justice in Sierra Leone on December 29th 1992 when 29 Sierra Leoneans (including bonafide members of Freetown’s Krio Community) were executed here in this Freetown without due judicial process. 29 lives were snuffed out extra-judicially in a manner reported not to be with respect to even their basic human rights but yet still as the State’s Attorney General and Cabinet Minister of Justice, Lawyer Arnold Bishop Gooding Esq. from a "prominent Krio family" strode on despite the extra judicial killings!
Today, Cassandra Garber, the self-appointed Krio Spokesman who could not even get a few hundred Krios to vote for her in 2004 Elections, claims to be speaking on behalf of the rights of Krioman Arnold Bishop Gooding. In her disjointed statement, she promotes her ethnic divisiveness by ignoring others similarly affected like Fulas, Temnes, Mendes or Limbas.
Promoting what she claims to be the interest of her Krio clansmen over the interest of other Sierra Leoneans, smacks of her probable feeling that as Krios, we deserve preferential treatment over others. Bullshit!
Cassandra Garber has put herself to shame with that position of hers. The Krios affected are no better than the others. What would have been more civilized and more African, was if this old woman had also mentioned that Sierra Leoneans were affected rather than just isolated Krio cases as if it is only the Krios that us, the Krios care about.
To make matters even worse, Cassandra Garber has recently been making utterances that in my view are designed to incite hatredness against the Krios by SLPP partisan activists. As we the Krios only make up a very minute portion of Sierra Leoneans, if we should expose ourselves to such undue hatredness by claiming to be ganging up to bring down one of the leading (if not the leading) political parties in the country, we will numerically and otherwise, not be able to defend ourselves should such a political party decide to also gang up against all the Krios.
I honestly do not know how any sane person can expect the SLPP with Krio Ministers like Abator Thomas and with Krio appointees in very high places like Chief Justice Dr. Ade Renner Thomas to swallow the purported statement from Garber and her ilk that the Krios were going to gang up against the SLPP. What if the SLPP ganged up in retaliation against the Krios? Such reckless exposure of Krios to harm’s way by Cassandra Garber and her cohorts should be condemned outrightly.
Sylvia Olayinka Blyden, like Arnold Bishop Gooding also comes from two very prominent Krio families and this inalienable right of mine as a bonafide Krio is causing me to speak out today to publicly ask Mama Cassandra Garber to please stop promoting the reckless partisan hatredness that she is currently embarking upon, under the deliberate guise of fooling her readers that her recklessness is being perpetuated in the name of the Krios!
Which Krio gave her the mandate to expose us to the wrath of any of the nation’s political parties? Infact, which Krio has even given this old woman any mandate to speak on our behalf?
The Constituency formerly known as Freetown West III is full and overflowing with Krios. And so it was that when women of substance like SLPP’s Selwina Francis from that constituency and APC’s Rosaline Forde (APC) (Central II) were proving the respect they commanded by being mandated by their people to speak for them during the last Local Government Elections of May 2004, Old Mama Cassandra Garber contesting in Krio dominated Freetown West III could only manage to get a scattered handful of votes.
One would have thought that shameful performance of hers at the polls should have given this old woman some food for thought about her perceived popularity in Freetown or even amongst the smaller percentage of Freetownians who are Krios.
But, oh no! Old Mama Cassandra Garber thinks she has been divinely accorded the right to expose us, Krios to partisan hatredness with her unguarded statements which are the epitome of recklessness! When some six months ago in December 2006, she first took part in that reckless exercise as reported on by Standard Times, many eyebrows of Krios in the Diaspora were raised.
Infact, many concerned Krios in the Diaspora sent emails in to Awareness Times Newspaper seriously questioning the psychological frame of mind of Cassandra Garber in light of those utterances as published by Standard Times Newspaper.
The crazy claims that the Krios had formed a union to ensure the defeat of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) not only raised a lot of eyebrows but actually left concerned former students of hers who grew up under her tutelage, wondering just what has happened to their former sober minded Principal.
"What is wrong with Aunty Cassan? Tink ya ee done senile or ee done craise bah?" one of her former students who is also a Krio, wrote in to Awareness Times Newspaper’s email box.
At the time, I had also been concerned about her show of recklessness and how by claiming to be speaking on behalf of Krios, she and her handful of like-minded cohorts were exposing me and my Krio people to unwanted partisan attention! However, since the Internet Edition of that article was slightly different from what was actually published locally and knowing the well recognised penchance of the Standard Times Newspaper to distort facts, I had given Cassandra Garber the benefit of the doubt.
However, yesterday’s release as published by local tabloids in which she again pens down some opinionated release in the name of the Krios, has caused me to realize that someone from amongst us, the Krios needs to let the reading public know that Cassandra Garber does not speak for the vast majority of Krios.
Garber is certainly speaking on behalf of a group of something or the other (Kotoku?) but not on behalf of us the Krios. She is therefore well advised to limit and guide her utterances accordingly.
Please Mama Cassandra Garber, do not expose Krios to dangerous situations. You and your partisan cohorts can still exercise your constitutional right to oppose whosoever you wish and condemn whatever political party you wish to condemn BUT please do it all on your Kotoku own, representing just yourselves without bringing us Krios as a group, to face risky scenarios and outcomes.
So, to end, as we say up in the Mountain Rural District where you and I both hail from, (though we are several generations apart), just one more thing will I say here and that is our popular Mountain phrase of … Krio Man Say LONTA!

Previously, I had opined about the intentions of the APC towards the August 11 elections and this is another indication of their strategy.

Sylvia-Blyden is the grand-daughter of Solomon A. James Pratt, who wrote the Republican constitution of Sierra Leone without any debate from the masses, and was also a VERY CLOSE CONFIDANT OF Siaka Stevens. Consequently, Sylvia is APC.

The Krios were VERY INSTRUMENTAL in the landslide victory of the APC in the Western Area during the March 1967 elections. APC won the Western Area through any means necessary, which involved rigging, and the theft of the ballots which were in the vault at the Bank of Sierra Leone under the auspices of the then Bank Governor S.B. Nicol-Cole. He gave those ballots to the APC which enabled them to be victorious. S.B. Nicol-Cole was rewarded as the Managing Director of the Commercial Bank.

Sylvia's commentary is a foreshadowing of the tendencies of the APC. If there were no veracity to this issue Sylvia will not have RANTED about it.
Solomon Berewa and the SLPP should be monitoring these ACTIVITIES CLOSELY.


Subject: Re: TO SENGBEH AND ALL S.L.P.P: BEWARE OF THE KRIOS
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
To: All
Date Posted: 14:49:12 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: c-358472d5.01-32-73746f42.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se at 213.114.132.53

Message:
I am very happy - I see that Olayinka Blyden the recently decorated turned sycophant has written this. I am now at liberty to answer without any restraint. I have wanted to tango with Ms. Blyden for a long time - and will treat her decently, gently, powerfully as a man should treat a Krio woman, without gloves etc on…..

Don’t go away, and you can come here. Where else should the discussion take place when I put you in your place?


Subject: Re: TO SENGBEH AND ALL S.L.P.P: BEWARE OF THE KRIOS
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
To: All
Date Posted: 14:26:37 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: c-358472d5.01-32-73746f42.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se at 213.114.132.53

Message:
I can see right through you and intuit what your scheme is.

"FARRAH MARRAH" - Marah is certainly a Kuranko name and although you call yourself "a proud member" of the Krio family, you have not called yourself by your real name and you and only know why you have not done so. For all we know you could be a man from Lesotho masquerading as a CREOLE.

Ms.Cassandra Garber has the absolute right to express herself. She also has the absolute right to express her concerns on behalf of the Krios that perhaps constitute her interest group. As do Mendes, and other interest groups. Take a look at interest groups in the US right now and I can furnish you with many examples of ongoing struggle in the world’s greatest democracy, which is the United States of America.

We know Ms. Cassandra Garber as a civilised, a very cultured and educated woman - she was the principal of the FSSG, when my wife was a French teacher there, and Ms. Garber then comported herself excellently - that is the professional view of a cultured and professional educator.

You should not attempt to scapegoat her, because she wants to champion the cause of Krios. You sound more like a Mende than a Krio and a Mende man who is distressed because the SLPP doesn’t have a ghost of a chance in Freetown and the Western area. In 1967, the APC won all twelve seats in the Western area - I think mainly through the very informative “WE YONE" which was Ibrahim Taqi’s newspaper, and it sure seems that the APC is all is set to repeat the feat this time too.
I have rapid read your posting (about 30 seconds) and will return to respond more fully to it after the Sabbath.

In the meantime please be calm. And don’t try to rake up anti-Krio feelings even if you make an unidentified claim of being Krio.
I look forward to a civilised exchange of views with you, so don’t disgrace yourself with anything (from my point of view) which could be substandard. I do not claim to be representing a tribe – although you are at liberty to identify me as an honourable Yoruba man, and you know who I am?


Subject: Re: TO SENGBEH AND ALL S.L.P.P: BEWARE OF THE KRIOS
From: Cee Bah
To: All
Date Posted: 14:50:13 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 69.176.196.103

Message:
Tribalism is your problem. All of you.

How can someone sound like mende or temne? I must say I am dissappointed in you Cornelius and in you Marrah.

You guys are all still iving in the past. Our country today (hwere you have not been in a long time) is moving beyond those destrctive tribal tendecies and becoming more integrated. But you will not admit it, because all you want to hear about Salone from the diaspora is bad news, so you could feed you egos and justify your abandoning of you country.

Una lef me ya.


Subject: Re: TO SENGBEH AND ALL S.L.P.P: BEWARE OF THE KRIOS
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
To: All
Date Posted: 17:25:43 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
There are Irish names, English names, German names, Swedish names, Indian names Themne names Italian names, and BAH sounds absolutely Fullah.
Keep on being disappointed but let me now get down to the task of responding to Miss Sylvia - and I will not disappoint myself.
Phillip Neville is the more pressing item on the agenda - wait and you will see.


Subject: Re: TO SENGBEH AND ALL S.L.P.P: BEWARE OF THE KRIOS
From: FARRAH MARRAH
To: All
Date Posted: 14:45:54 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 134.113.7.100

Message:
Cornelius Hamelberg,

Though, I am not a Creole/Krio I have biological relatives that are Creoles/Krios.

"You should not attempt to scapegoat her, because she wants to champion the cause of Krios".
I am not reprimanding her, but most of her Creoles/Krios are responsible for the demise of Sierra Leone. I am also articulating their role in the March 1967 elections.


Subject: Re: TO SENGBEH AND ALL S.L.P.P: BEWARE OF THE KRIOS
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
To: All
Date Posted: 17:37:40 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: c-358472d5.01-32-73746f42.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se at 213.114.132.53

Message:

Farrah Marrah, my sincere and humble apologies to you, for mistaking you as the author of that atrocious piece of writing.
The Sabbath was approaching and I was badly pressed for time - I identified the writer as you and my eyes jumped to the main text which I read in approximately 30 seconds. Sorry.
As far as I am concerned you are a brother and a Sierra Leonean.
How could you possibly agree with yourself "her Creoles/Krios are responsible for the demise of Sierra Leone.”?
What was "their role in the March 1967 elections"?
After sending this, I'll attend to the isssues that Miss Blyden the opportunits takes up in her unjustifiable rudeness towards Ms. Cassandra Garber( lack of good home training, and not paying attention to Rogie's/ S. E. Rogers "Advice to Schoolgirls"


Subject: Re: TO SENGBEH AND ALL S.L.P.P: BEWARE OF THE KRIOS
From: kroobaymom
To: All
Date Posted: 13:24:12 06/29/07 ()
Email Address: kroobaymom@yahoo.com
Entered From: at 206.113.148.2

Message:
Who is Sylvia Blyden to question the integrity and the inalienable right of Mrs. Cassandra Garber, Principal of FSSG 1967-1987 and President of the Krio Descendants Union to voice her opinion?

Now we know what an award can do to increase "BATOLYISM"


Subject: SLPP GOVERNMENT HOUSING ACHIEVEMENTS OVER 10 YEARS
From: Olu Beckley
To: All
Date Posted: 12:14:37 06/29/07 ()
Email Address: mariamab@aol.com
Entered From: at 206.113.148.2

Message:
SLPP GOVERNMENT HOUSING ACHIEVEMENTS OVER 10 YEARS

Save for the mention of the NASSIT housing investments, no other mention was made in the President’s farewell speech of his government’s efforts in addressing the nation’s inadequate housing situation. In the last 10 years, in addition to resettlement kits given to IDP’s and a few hundred units developed by non-profit organizations, only 20 public housing units were developed.

While NASSIT and the private sector are taking advantage of a hot real estate market, policy documents are gathering dust on office shelves of the Minister of Housing with no strategies in place to address the needs of low income families. J.L.K. Muana & Mwaluma A.M. Gbegbe attribute the abysmal delivery rate to the fact that “there is no housing program to indicate how government proposes to tackle the housing problem it faces”. Sierra Leone Housing Situation and Characteristics, November 2006. The poor housing situation in most of our urban cities and towns, combined with inadequate resettlement packages leave most of the returnees with no alternative but to return and swell the slum populations of our heavily congested urban cities. In the 10 years of President Kabbah’s administration, the Ministry of Housing has not for once come up with a comprehensive plan of how it intends to achieve the objectives of the National Housing Policy. Piecemeal state land allocat1ons, and the demolition of slum settlements which government’s inaction created in the first place continue to be the order of the day.

The current rhetoric about “enablement and public/private sector partnership” is making the housing delivery process in Sierra Leone heavily reliant on the private sector as if it is the panacea to the nation’s housing problems. The continued pretence of this government that the “trickle down” and “broke ose“ strategies will create an improvement in the housing conditions is a delusion. Let us stop this madness and get some serious minds to address the people’s agenda.


Subject: Re: SLPP GOVERNMENT HOUSING ACHIEVEMENTS OVER 10 YEARS
From: SERIOUS MINDS
To: All
Date Posted: 12:20:30 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 129.49.7.126

Message:
Who are the serious minds? You? Former Tiffy Tiffy housing director? Bo do ya, ah beg you yar.


Subject: Re: SLPP GOVERNMENT HOUSING ACHIEVEMENTS OVER 10 YEARS
From: olu Beckley
To: All
Date Posted: 12:24:03 06/29/07 ()
Email Address: mariamab@aol.com
Entered From: at 206.113.148.2

Message:
Great minds discuss ideas

Average minds discuss events

Small minds discuss people. Where do you fall?


Subject: Re: SLPP GOVERNMENT HOUSING ACHIEVEMENTS OVER 10 YEARS
From: ADVICE
To: All
Date Posted: 12:27:57 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157

Message:
I think i admire your style. You are slowly coming out of the closet.

The sierra leone housing issue is because of your poor, one-maniac, warm hart, no-strategy, style of management of SALHOC.

So if you have finally decided to address an issue that can only be corrected by you, why not listen to you?

Then say: nar coco mammy nor mor know usai de coco dae.


Subject: Re: SLPP GOVERNMENT HOUSING ACHIEVEMENTS OVER 10 YEARS
From: Lawyer
To: All
Date Posted: 14:05:11 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
"The sierra leone housing issue is because of your poor, one-maniac, warm hart, no-strategy, style of management of SALHOC."

Now that ytou have given us your "judgement," can you give us the evidence that led you to make your baseless statement?


Subject: Re: SLPP GOVERNMENT HOUSING ACHIEVEMENTS OVER 10 YEARS
From: Olu Beckley
To: All
Date Posted: 12:36:47 06/29/07 ()
Email Address: mariamab@aol.com
Entered From: at 206.113.148.2

Message:
I do not claim to have all the answers, but we can start off by pointing to the abysmal failure of this government to follow up on professional advice.


Subject: Re: SLPP GOVERNMENT HOUSING ACHIEVEMENTS OVER 10 YEARS
From: ADVICE
To: All
Date Posted: 12:44:03 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157

Message:
Why don't you start by telling us where you put the LOOT?
Then we can make an honest debate out of this issue.

Until then you have no moral authority to discuss the failures of others when you are the cause/effect


Subject: Re: SLPP GOVERNMENT HOUSING ACHIEVEMENTS OVER 10 YEARS
From: Olu Beckley
To: All
Date Posted: 13:00:00 06/29/07 ()
Email Address: mariamab@aol.com
Entered From: at 206.113.148.2

Message:
Read my subsequent posting and you'll find out where all the state lands have gone.


Subject: Re: SLPP GOVERNMENT HOUSING ACHIEVEMENTS OVER 10 YEARS
From: ok dok
To: All
Date Posted: 21:49:26 06/29/07 ()
Email Address: okdok@yahoo.com
Entered From: wnpgmb11dc1-49-49.dynamic.mts.net at 207.161.49.49

Message:
His loot was all for women


Subject: Re: SLPP GOVERNMENT HOUSING ACHIEVEMENTS OVER 10 YEARS
From: Hit
To: All
Date Posted: 13:24:19 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157

Message:
Are you then saying in so many words that you do not intend to continue with this discussion?

You know you have a brilliant idea and a serious message, but the messenger is the problem.

My question for you sir is: Why did you not sue the standardtimes for making inyour words" Bogus" statemenst that are not true?

Ar jus wan know....


Subject: Re: SLPP GOVERNMENT HOUSING ACHIEVEMENTS OVER 10 YEARS
From: Olu Beckley
To: All
Date Posted: 13:33:14 06/29/07 ()
Email Address: mariamab@aol.com
Entered From: at 206.113.148.2

Message:
I wish I had the power to ramsack their offices as is currently happening in Freetown for their publication 'Bomshell-Colonel Qhadafi exposes government." I cross my bridges when I get to them.

If you want to continue this debate please feel free to rebutt any of my preceeding statements.


Subject: Re: SLPP GOVERNMENT HOUSING ACHIEVEMENTS OVER 10 YEARS
From: okdok
To: All
Date Posted: 21:52:44 06/29/07 ()
Email Address: okdok@yahoo.com
Entered From: wnpgmb11dc1-49-49.dynamic.mts.net at 207.161.49.49

Message:
So you are one of the people that circulate false romours as a campaign?


Subject: Re: SLPP GOVERNMENT HOUSING ACHIEVEMENTS OVER 10 YEARS
From: Hit
To: All
Date Posted: 13:44:37 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157

Message:
so you believe they are capable of malicious propaganda, just to sell their issue for that day?
as they did in your case?


Subject: PROMISE BY TEJAN-KABBA IN 2002
From: FODAY MANSARAY
To: All
Date Posted: 10:56:20 06/29/07 ()
Email Address: FMANSARAY@AOL.COM
Entered From: at 74.8.30.110

Message:
To rehabilitate and construct our infrastructures. I have vowed that no sierra Leonean will go to bed hungry. We want to show the world that we as a nation are able to feed ourselves.

This was Tejan –Kabba on CNN/TIME on August 18th 2002 when ask what was his primary goal for his your 2nd term.

How will you Rate Tejan Kabba's statement and SLPP Based on this interview.
Did they try to accomplished that
Yes or No?


Subject: Re: PROMISE BY TEJAN-KABBA IN 2002
From: FORREST GUMP
To: All
Date Posted: 15:17:20 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 217.41.217.22

Message:
Foday have you ever seen an under feed person in all the pictures that you see that comes out of Sierra Leone I bet you have not so nobody is going to sleep on an empty stomach Even the raray boys are so fat that some cant even see their toes
FORREST


Subject: Re: PROMISE BY TEJAN-KABBA IN 2002
From: fmansaray
To: All
Date Posted: 18:09:01 06/29/07 ()
Email Address: fmansaray@aol.com
Entered From: host-24-225-160-74.patmedia.net at 24.225.160.74

Message:
STOP IT. PLEASE. 80 TO 90 % Cannot have a decent meal a day. Please this is not funny.


Subject: Re: PROMISE BY TEJAN-KABBA IN 2002
From: FORREST GUMP
To: All
Date Posted: 03:41:00 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: host81-154-56-119.range81-154.btcentralplus.com at 81.154.56.119

Message:
STOP WHAT? THINGS MIGHT BE EXPENSIVE BUT THERE IS PLENTY OF FOOD IN SIERRA LEONE .Everywhere in the World you have a small percentage who might not have a decent a day It does not only happen in Sierra Leone I think the SLPP is keeping to its promise and the people will surely vote them in again in August 11
FORREST


Subject: Re: PROMISE BY TEJAN-KABBA IN 2002
From: GBANGBANI
To: All
Date Posted: 11:46:22 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: adsl-69-230-183-56.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net at 69.230.183.56

Message:
All was an inspiration of his trashy element.

It was all a hokes. Once a criminal will always be one.

Below is a simple mathematical calculation of that:

(Kabba)^2(corrupt)+(SLPP)^2=criminal

if the above calculation is true, there fore they are guilty of Wrecking the country.


Subject: Re: PROMISE BY TEJAN-KABBA IN 2002
From: APC
To: All
Date Posted: 12:41:34 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157

Message:
How about 2X+4Y+24=APC
X=Minister and wife/Girlfriend
Y= Kids( in this case average 4)
24 being the number of yrs that the apc ruled our country.

Come up with the answer. You will know why they are calling themselves the NEW APC.


Subject: Re: PROMISE BY TEJAN-KABBA IN 2002
From: APC-Hint
To: All
Date Posted: 13:00:31 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157

Message:
Use the Quadratic formula to solve the equation.

It can be tricky if you try (X+-)(X--).
Use -b+-Square root of... you know the rest. Unless if you went to a crappy high school and you are the usual DUMB APCer.


Subject: Re: PROMISE BY TEJAN-KABBA IN 2002
From: CADMUS
To: All
Date Posted: 11:26:02 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 82.198.250.15

Message:


YES


Subject: Re: PROMISE BY TEJAN-KABBA IN 2002
From: foday mansaray
To: All
Date Posted: 12:18:11 06/29/07 ()
Email Address: fmansaray@aol.com
Entered From: at 74.8.30.110

Message:
Did Kabba/Berewa eliminate hunger in sierra leone.Did they restore our infrastratures,Pleease answer this like IT is the last question before you face your almighty.Please honestly this very serious cadmus.

Be a good boy.


Subject: Re: PROMISE BY TEJAN-KABBA IN 2002
From: Kekway Cadmus, answer my question
To: All
Date Posted: 11:41:26 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Posted by Lawyer on June 29, 2007 at 11:21:45:

In Reply to: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets posted by CADMUS on June 29, 2007 at 10:35:59:

"People declare assets at the START of taking ofice,not at the END.....Dummy" -- CADMUS

Nonsense. A declaration if assets can be made at ANY time, real dummy, CADMUS. The reason for asking for a declaration of assets is to determine what people own at a given point in timenot to determine what

That information usually is needed to answer the ultimate question of how they came to acquire those assets. The question can be asked at ANY time, real dummy CADMUS.

Why are you SLPP supporters so stupid, CADMUS?


Subject: Re: PROMISE BY TEJAN-KABBA IN 2002
From: FORREST GUMP
To: All
Date Posted: 15:46:43 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 217.41.217.22

Message:
ON the 25.06.2007 REV KABS KANU wrote an open letter to MR JOHN MANNAH asking why he does not write his articles in his news paper anymore Mr Mannah gave his reasons which the Good Rev said he never received. he too gave a good reason and invited him to start doing so BECAUSE he said he was a die hard SLPP of which he is proud of and so am I The first person who replied started abusing him and now they are doing the same to CADMUS and the Good REV is asking why the SLPP supporters don't write any rebuttal
FORREST


Subject: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: Olu Beckley
To: All
Date Posted: 09:25:50 06/29/07 ()
Email Address: mariamab@aol.com
Entered From: at 206.113.148.2

Message:
Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
By Ihuoma Chiedozie and Yemi Kolapo
Published: Friday, 29 Jun 2007

President Umaru Yar‘Adua on Thursday publicly declared his personal assets after about four weeks in office. He is the first public officer and President of Nigeria to make his assets public. Records indicated on Thursday night that he had consistently released his assets to the public since his election as a governor in 1999.

A copy of Yar’Adua’s Assets Declaration Form made available to journalists in Abuja showed that his total assets, excluding the value of his shares in two banks and an hotel, are worth N945,446,162.

A breakdown of the assets shows that he has N132,396,162.21 in Bank PHB and Intercity Bank which merged with Unity Bank during the consolidation of banks in the country.

According to the form, the cash in the President’s hand is N7,500,000. The value of his property in Katsina, Abuja and Kaduna is N527m. His undeveloped plots of land and farms are valued at N75m. The form also indicates that the former governor of Katsina State owned vehicles whose total value is N181.550m, while his household furniture is worth N3m. He owns 2.2m shares in Bank PHB, Unity Bank Plc., and Muradi Hotels Limited.

The President has no foreign account. As a governor of a state, he was barred by the constitution from owning an account outside the country. His wife’s properties, comprising three ‘local houses,’ a twin bungalow and three vacant plots are valued at N19m.

Yar‘Adua had during his electioneering promised to publicise his assets in line with his vow to set a personal example in the fight against corruption. The President, who said he was planning a bill that would make it mandatory for all public office-holders to publicly declare their assets, explained that the Code of Conduct Bureau had advised him against disclosing the assets publicly.

The bureau was said to have reasoned that such an action from the President would put pressure on other public officers to do same. Paragraph 11 of the Fifth Schedule of the 1999 Constitution requires that asset declaration be a confidential matter.

But Yar’Adua said he intended to work with the National Assembly in order to make asset declaration an effective instrument in the war against corruption
The Special Adviser to the President (Media), Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi, released the declaration form filled by Yar’Adua.

Explaining what he described as ‘the dilemma of the President in the last four weeks,’ Adeniyi said, “Shortly before he was sworn-in on May 29, 2007, he submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau, his completed Assets Declaration Form as demanded by law.

“The President also notified the bureau of his intention to make the form available to the public in fulfilment of his campaign pledge which was borne out of his conviction that the war against corruption cannot be meaningful until those at the helm of affairs begin to live by example.

“The bureau, while appreciating the noble intention of the President, however, counselled against the move on the grounds that such an action from the number-one citizen would put pressure on other categories of public officials to do same even when the constitution makes the exercise a confidential matter.

“The dilemma of the President in the last four weeks has, therefore, been where to strike a balance between the well-meaning concerns of the code, bearing in mind the enormous responsibility of his office; and following his conviction that his campaign pledge to Nigerians is a solemn commitment.

“Having weighed the two sides, the President has come to the conclusion that since he will not be breaking any law, he cannot go back on his promise to the nation.

“Therefore, he has mandated me to disclose the assets he declared to the Code of Conduct Bureau. “While the constitution does not currently compel any public officer to declare his assets publicly, President Yar‘Adua intends to work with the leadership of the National Assembly to see what can be done to make asset declaration an effective weapon in the fight against corruption and abuse of office.

“The President is equally interested in discussing with the Assembly leadership the Freedom of Information Bill which lapsed with the last administration with a view to ensuring a quick passage in pursuit of his determination to instil transparency and accountability in the conduct of government business.

“With those few remarks, I release to the public the photocopies of his duly and honestly-completed Assets Declaration Form.” Adeniyi further explained that Yar’Adua was not going to compel other public officers to follow his example, unless the law demanded such.
The Special Adviser said, “You know the constitution, as it is, does not compel anybody to make his Assets Declaration Form a public affair. He has elected to do it; it is now incumbent on others to do it. It is a constitutional matter.

“He is working with the National Assembly on how to make it work so that the essence will not be lost because as it were now it is lost. Anybody can declare whatever he likes. “People do anticipatory declaration and they get away with it. So, those are the issues Nigerians will have to find a way to resolve. “But the President is now leading by example. The constitution does not even compel him to do so. It is his own choice, and until the law is amended, that is the way it is. “It is the choice of whoever is mandated by law to declare his assets to decide whether he is going to make it public, or to make it confidential as demanded by the law.” Explaining further on the FOI bill, the presidential spokesman said that Yar‘Adua expected the National Assembly to come up with a new bill since the former one died with the Olusegun Obasanjo administration on May 29, 2007.
Adeniyi said, “There was a bill that actually went through a process in the National Assembly. That bill was actually passed, but since the then President refused to sign it, it has lapsed.

“The bill is dead. The ball is now in the court of the National Assembly to initiate another bill. “Fortunately, a former President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Mr. Smart Adeyemi, is a member of the Senate now. So I don‘t see any issue there.”
THE PUNCH has been in the vanguard of the calls on public office holders to publicly declare their assets. In the last three years, THE PUNCH had led the agitation for the release of assets declaration forms of public officers for scrutiny by Nigerians.
The newspaper had in a letter in November 2004 specifically demanded for a copy of the assets declaration form Obasanjo from the CCB.

It wrote to the bureau in response to a challenge by the then Special Assistant (Public Affairs) to the former President, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode on November 27, 2004 that Obasanjo had nothing to hide. In a reply to THE PUNCH, on December 17, 2007, the CCB said that it lacked the power to publish the former President’s assets declaration form.

The letter, signed by Mr. Usman Jimoh, on behalf of the chairman, read, “I am directed to inform you that the law does not empower the bureau to publicise or release assets declaration documents of public officers until the National Assembly passes a legislation to that effect as prescribed under Part 1 of Secton 3(C) of the Third Schedule of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
As at press time, there were indications that Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan may follow the footsteps of Yar’Adua. An aide to the Vice-President, Mr. Dennis Sammy, who spoke with our correspondents, said his boss would “soon declare his assets.” Asked if the VP would make his assets public, Sammy simply said, “The VP will soon declare his assets.”

DETAILS OF ASSETS AT A GLANCE

(A) Cash in Nigeria Banks
- Bank PHB – N26,602,681.01
- Bank PHB – N12,000,264.21
- Bank PHB – N4,999,947.22
- UB Plc – N26,817,362.19
- UB Plc – N61,975,907.58
Sub-total – N132,396,162.21

(B) Cash in hand – N7,500,000

(C) Details of property in Nigeria
- Yar’Adua Quarters Katsina – N105m
- Multi-storey building in Abuja – N212m
- Duplex, Kaduna – N120m
- 7-Bedroom duplex in Kaduna – N90m
Sub-total – N527m

(D) Undeveloped plots –N50m

(E) Farms:
- Farm at Katsina –N10m
- Farm at Ajiwa, Katsina –N15m
Sub-total – N75m

(F) Vehicles
- Honda Accord AC 151 ABC – N350,000
- Mercedes –N6,500,000
- 29 new vehicles – 174,700.00
Sub-total – N181,550,000

(G) Household furniture –N3,000,000

(H) Details of spouse’s properties
- 3 local houses –N1,500,000
- 1 twin bungalow –15,000,000
- 3 vacant plots –N2,500,000
Sub-total – N19,000,000

(I) Investments in and outside Nigeria
- 2,000,000 units of Habib Nigeria Bank shares
- 100,000 units of Intercity Bank Plc shares
- 100,000 units – Muradi Hotels Ltd.
Total worth of assets (minus value of shares) = N945,446,162.21


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: Nigerian
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Date Posted: 13:23:42 06/29/07 ()
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Message:
After his term, it will change slightly, perhaps,
945.446,162,000,000.00


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: FARRAH MARRAH
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Date Posted: 11:29:09 06/29/07 ()
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Message:
Olu Beckley,

Did your Siaka Stevens and Alieu Iscandri's father declare their assets?


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: Olu Beckley
To: All
Date Posted: 11:42:36 06/29/07 ()
Email Address: mariamab@aol.com
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Message:
Only God and fools dont change. I do not hold birief for Mr. Iscandri, but I dont believe the NPRC Commission found him wanting. Have you ever heard of the Beoku Betts Commisssion Report?


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: Porrot
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Date Posted: 12:21:03 06/29/07 ()
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Message:
So.... who was asked to pay 100millions leones? Mr Beckeley.
By the way how is francis beckeley and flo kabba,doing?


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: FARRAH MARRAH
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Date Posted: 12:07:59 06/29/07 ()
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Message:
Olu Beckley,

You did not answer my question: "Did Stevens and Alieu Iscandri declare their assets?"
Please let us keep the debate to facts and no name calling.


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: APC
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Date Posted: 09:32:32 06/29/07 ()
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Message:
Did he really say 29 new vehicles?
For what?


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: SLPP
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Date Posted: 09:49:14 06/29/07 ()
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Message:
What difference does it make to you if he owns 29 new vehicles? If your APC president Shaki had declared his assets publicly at the time he became prime minister of Sierra Leone we would never had been in the mess that we are in today.


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: Kabbahlaria
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Date Posted: 11:12:51 06/29/07 ()
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You must be suffering from the common SLPP diseas -- blindness. Was the the APC president Siaka Stevens who has received more money from the international communit5y than all other presidents of Sa Lon combined?

Only a blind SLPP apologist like you, talking to yourself, will fail to answer that it is not. In fact, it is Kabbah -- theo worst president in the history of Sa Lon. When you open your eyes, you will alos see that the APC has not ruled Salone in the past 15 years. It was your looting SLPP and their fellow loters, the NPRC, which has been destroying Sa Lon since 1992.

Kabbah should have declared his assets in 1996. It is not too late for him to do so. BUt he will not do so because he is notorious all over the world as the leader of the corrupt SLPP govt.

You SLPP traitors will never fail to betray your own country for your looting party.


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: Accountant
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Date Posted: 13:25:53 06/29/07 ()
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Message:
Siaka Stevens died a pauper.He left Le8000 overdraft in commercial bank.All his children are dragging around, without any money.QED


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: APC
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Date Posted: 11:18:21 06/29/07 ()
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Message:
What a perfect way describe yourself. Akarta party loyalist. How come your name is not amongst the APC list of aspirants?
Thanks to your corrupt Government we( salone) are still in the stone age of development.


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: Kabbahlaria
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Date Posted: 11:43:18 06/29/07 ()
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"How come your name is not amongst the APC list of aspirants?"

Obviously, blind SLPP supporter, because I am not one! Why are you SLPP suporters so stupid?


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: APC
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Date Posted: 11:46:27 06/29/07 ()
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Message:
bo you too lie. You are APC to the bone. Your dad---- mek ar nor talk.
Do not denounce your party because you are using another handle.


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: Kabbahlaria
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Date Posted: 11:49:04 06/29/07 ()
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Just answer the question: Why are you SLPP apologists so stupid?


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: APC
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Date Posted: 12:07:05 06/29/07 ()
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You denied your allegiance to the APC. Why don't you tell us why at this eleventh hr?


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: Kabbahlaria
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Date Posted: 12:08:46 06/29/07 ()
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Stop displaying your chronic SLPP disease. The question I asked you is not that hard to understand, ewven for an SLPP suporter like you.

Why are you SLPP supporters so stupid?


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: APC
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Date Posted: 12:35:16 06/29/07 ()
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what are you? The Judge? You decide what way the discussion goes?
why don't you stick to the issue and debate like a Fifty year old man- that you are, with gray hair on his balls?

Heh. lamplay mu ras ah.


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: BEHAVE YOURSELF
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Date Posted: 13:51:28 06/29/07 ()
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RAs you have bene told many times before, rudeness is not a substitute for reason.

Behave yourself.


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: APC
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Date Posted: 09:53:34 06/29/07 ()
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Thank you. my point exactly. But next time post that reply to OLU, though i raised the question.


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: Olu Beckley
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Date Posted: 09:42:53 06/29/07 ()
Email Address: mariamab@aol.com
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Message:
Transparency at its best. Can the SLPP Government officials publicly declare their assets now that parliament has been dissolved?


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: ADVICE
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Date Posted: 09:48:09 06/29/07 ()
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can you declare your assets in freetown?
Charity begins at home...


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: Question
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Date Posted: 11:16:06 06/29/07 ()
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Did Yar'Adua ask anyone below his position as president to first declare his assets before him?

That is the meaning of charity beginning at home in this context. Olu Beckley is not president of Salone. What sense does it make to ask him to begin by declaring his assets in the context of an example set by the president of Nigeria that Beckley sugest the corrupt SLPP president follow?

As someone asked one of you SLPP hengandays, Why are you SLPP supporters so stupid?


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: ADVICE
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Date Posted: 11:27:36 06/29/07 ()
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Message:
Why do you always ask stupid questions?

For your good. it is purely an ethics issue.

You do not have to be President to declare assets.

Secondly Kabba is going/gone. get it?

Did he declare his asets when he left( fired)SALHOC?

NOPE.


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: Question
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Date Posted: 11:39:01 06/29/07 ()
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"Secondly Kabba is going/gone. get it?"

Hey, SLPP Fooloomunuku, is Kabbh going or gone? Which is it, Dumbo? Because although no one expects a fool like you to know it, there is a difference between gone and going. Do you get it, Dumbo?

Like someone said, why are you SLPP supporters so stupid?


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: ADVICE
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Date Posted: 11:44:57 06/29/07 ()
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Message:
Electioneering . Focus on Berewa. You are wasting time on kabba.
We think ahead not now or behind.
when some of you post, you sound so dumb.


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: Question
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Date Posted: 11:55:45 06/29/07 ()
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"Focus on Berewa. You are wasting time on kabba.

Bwerewa is Kabbah's successor. Only a dumb SLPP suporter trying to hide from the SLPP's 110-year record of looting will make a stupid statement like yours.

It is a dumber SLPP suporter who will believe, before I say, write, that asking Kabbah to explain his loot is wasting time. The SLPP tiffman Kabbah will realise soon enough while he wis spending time in jail that it is no waste of time, Traitor.


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: ADVICE
To: All
Date Posted: 12:04:24 06/29/07 ()
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Message:
Only a dumb APC like your and yours will think Kabba has anything to hide.

The Kabba adminsitration has been the most transparent in the history of Salone.

You had your chance. What did you do?

Steal all our money and flee the country. Send your DUMD kids to Eastern Europe on a communist scholarship, while the best minds a left to rot and suffer. And you have the guts to question someone on corruption?

Bo do yah. betteh set u mot.


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: Question
To: All
Date Posted: 12:07:13 06/29/07 ()
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Message:
"The Kabba adminsitration has been the most transparent in the history of Salone."

Hey, dumb SLPP apologist, it is obvious you have no idea what transparent means.


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: Independent Observer
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Date Posted: 12:12:15 06/29/07 ()
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Hey, dumb SLPP apologist, it is obvious you have no idea what transparent means.
-------------------

Ee look lek say dee SLPP dumbeh tink say transparent mean corrupt.


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: ADVICE
To: All
Date Posted: 12:17:05 06/29/07 ()
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Message:
Ar tink say nar you own definition that.
Or that they are synonimous.

My point. Educate me bra. Compare the record of the Kabba Administration to any previous and see where he stands. Only then will people like you realise he has done far better than you dads ever did.


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: Independent Observer
To: All
Date Posted: 12:24:29 06/29/07 ()
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Message:
To start your belatedly requested education, please stop continuing yo assassinate the English language by saying words like "synonimous."

Furthermore, please stop pretending that you are blinder than even the typical SLPP follower. You can simply type the words "corruption, Sierra Leone" into any good search enghine, and you will come up with too much evidence of SLPP corruption under the banned-rom-public ofiice convict Tejan Kabbah.

Like I said, stop acting dumber than you are.


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: ADVICE
To: All
Date Posted: 12:30:07 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157

Message:
"To start your belatedly requested education, please stop continuing yo assassinate the English language by saying words like "synonimous." ".

Do you see anything wrong with the above statement?

Nope. you won't. the usual APC


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: Independent Observer
To: All
Date Posted: 13:53:24 06/29/07 ()
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Message:
I don't see what is not there to be seen.

I leave that esoteric type of blindness to you and your fellow SLPP supporters.


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: Olu Beckley
To: All
Date Posted: 11:37:00 06/29/07 ()
Email Address: mariamab@aol.com
Entered From: at 206.113.148.2

Message:
Fired? How many Directors have ever (not under duress)resigned their positions in Sierra Leone? There are very few of us you know!!


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: CADMUS
To: All
Date Posted: 10:35:59 06/29/07 ()
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Message:
OLU

People declare assets at the START of taking ofice,not at the END.....Dummy.


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: Lawyer
To: All
Date Posted: 11:21:45 06/29/07 ()
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"People declare assets at the START of taking ofice,not at the END.....Dummy" -- CADMUS

Nonsense. A declaration if assets can be made at ANY time, real dummy, CADMUS. The reason for asking for a declaration of assets is to determine what people own at a given point in timenot to determine what

That information usually is needed to answer the ultimate question of how they came to acquire those assets. The question can be asked at ANY time, real dummy CADMUS.

Why are you SLPP supporters so stupid, CADMUS?



Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: kroobaymom
To: All
Date Posted: 10:42:54 06/29/07 ()
Email Address: kroobaymom@yahoo.com
Entered From: at 206.113.148.2

Message:
The "WEY ME YONE" embarrasment could have been avoided if only the SLPP Parliament had passed the Freedom of Information Bill.

What stops Sierra Leoneans from believing that a lot more is in the closet? The guilty are always afraid.


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: Olu Beckley
To: All
Date Posted: 10:48:39 06/29/07 ()
Email Address: mariamab@aol.com
Entered From: at 206.113.148.2

Message:
Kroobaymom has said it all. Cadmus is there anything that bothers you about disclosure?


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: ADVICE
To: All
Date Posted: 11:05:11 06/29/07 ()
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Message:
What bothers ll of us is that you( Olu) is driving this vehicle- when you are fisrt time DUI offender.


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: Amy
To: All
Date Posted: 11:24:12 06/29/07 ()
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Message:
Show us the evidence. If you do not do that, please stop exposing your lack of seriousness. We are not interested in lies made up by desperate SLPP losers like you.


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: ADVICE
To: All
Date Posted: 11:29:50 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Generalisation. Why do you think i am a looser?

I am happy with what i am doing and what i have.

On a second thought., you and your types are the loosers.



Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: Amy
To: All
Date Posted: 11:40:11 06/29/07 ()
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Message:
"Why do you think i am a looser?"

For starters, you don't know how to spell.


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: ADVICE
To: All
Date Posted: 11:49:10 06/29/07 ()
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Message:
Ehn. now i know i am wasting time on/ with you.

You are on this forum and doing "spell check"?

Do you now see why i said you are the born loser?


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: Amy
To: All
Date Posted: 12:05:37 06/29/07 ()
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Message:
"You are on this forum and doing "spell check"? "

You disease is showing! You never understand anything you read! I was not doing a spell check by answering your question you asked me to provide you evidence that you are not a loser.

You SLPP losers really have many intelelctual and practical problems. No wonder you and your dimwitted, corrupt leaders have destroyed Sa Lon.


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: ADVICE
To: All
Date Posted: 12:10:50 06/29/07 ()
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Message:
There you go again with your usaual idiotic stance.

for a start you, mr Spell Check, can't spell Intellectual.

secondly, you are denying the fact that you accused me of not been able to spell.


reproduced: "For starters, you don't know how to spell".

You see why i say the APC is full of dishonest people?


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: Amy
To: All
Date Posted: 12:19:35 06/29/07 ()
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Message:
"secondly, you are denying the fact that you accused me of not been able to spell."

You are again proving that you never understand anything you read!

To tell you that I was providing you an answer to your question by pointing to evidence that you are a loser nor mean say I am "denying the fact that you accused me of not been able to spell."

Only a person incapable of understanding what he reads would make such a dumb statement.

I am beginning to believe the guy who asked why you SLPP supporters are so stupid!


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: ADVICE
To: All
Date Posted: 12:24:12 06/29/07 ()
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Message:
My friend quit this crap. Ok.

now i know where you stand.

There is a saying: a half educated man is the most dangerous person you can ever meet.

En Bra, ar think i just did.


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: Amy
To: All
Date Posted: 12:26:26 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
"There is a saying: a half educated man is the most dangerous person you can ever meet. En Bra, ar think i just did."

You mean you just met yourself, after all these years you've been on earth? Wow, I knew SLPP followers were blind. But I never knew they wer so blind!


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: APC
To: All
Date Posted: 11:06:51 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157

Message:
So... What you are saying is: He was caught only once. Right?


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: Amy
To: All
Date Posted: 11:25:40 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-rtc-ae10.proxy.aol.com at 152.163.101.14

Message:
Wrong, dummy!What he is saying is that he is unserious. Only unserious people accuse people of something for which they do not have any evidence.


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: Olu Beckley
To: All
Date Posted: 11:16:45 06/29/07 ()
Email Address: mariamab@aol.com
Entered From: at 206.113.148.2

Message:
There you go again with your propaganda, wanting to divert attention from reality. The Beoku Betts Commission Report has a lot for all of us to learn from.


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: APC
To: All
Date Posted: 11:20:32 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157

Message:
That was not a diversion. We are still talking on the issue of assets declaration and its primary key- corruption. So stay focused. You are getting edgy.



Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: Olu Beckley
To: All
Date Posted: 11:32:54 06/29/07 ()
Email Address: mariamab@aol.com
Entered From: at 206.113.148.2

Message:
As I did say, only the guilty are afraid. As I struggle to live with the libellous article published in the Standard Times Newspaper, I am proud of having served my country beyond reproach.


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: SLPP
To: All
Date Posted: 11:29:03 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-rtc-ae10.proxy.aol.com at 152.163.101.14

Message:
"We are still talking on the issue of assets declaration and its primary key- corruption."

Stop talking multiple nonsense. Forst of all, primary and key mean the same thing in the context of your sentence quoted above. So, try to learn how to focus your attention before telling Olu to "stay focused.'

Second of all, if you want to talk about corruption, talk about the SLPP's corruption, Kabbah, and tell tell us why he has not followed the Nigerian President, Yar'Adua's example and declare his assets.


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: Hit
To: All
Date Posted: 13:16:17 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157

Message:
Aye bo nar so den reduce you? Why are you silent on this matter?

No try for get into what you do not know.
There is a reason why you do what you do.

Ok a word for a wise is sufficient


Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: APC
To: All
Date Posted: 11:41:41 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157

Message:
"Forst of all, primary and key mean the same thing in the context of your sentence quoted above. So, try to learn how to focus your attention before telling Olu to "stay focused".

ar loss you ehn.. not your fault. those who know will be laughing their a-- off.

Stop "Cramming" There is a connotative and a denotative meaning to most words.

You should not attempt to talk about something you are blank about.

Stay with what you know RUDENESS.

Let me help you. A Primary key is a unique identifier. In this case i am making corruption my primary key vis-a-vis asset declaration.

Check it out and stop been stupid.

if you still need help, read a little about SQL and database.

In the IT field we use these wods you know.



Subject: Re: Yar’Adua declares N945.4m assets
From: Hit
To: All
Date Posted: 13:03:53 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157

Message:
Aye bo nar so den reduce you? Why are you silent on this matter?

No try for get into what you do not know.
There is a reason why you do what you do.

Ok a word for a wise is sufficient.


Subject: Kenyan’s Are Unconvinced Govt Is Fighting Graft
From: Moi Kibaki
To: All
Date Posted: 06:32:34 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 38.119.107.79

Message:
Kenyan’s Are Unconvinced Govt Is Fighting Graft
By Peter Clottey
Washington, D.C.
29 June 2007

Clottey's Interview With Koigi Wamwere
Listen to Clottey's Interview With Koigi Wamwere


The chairman of Kenyan’s anti-corruption campaign steering committee says the country has lost faith in the ability of President Mwai Kibaki’s government to fight corruption. Reverend Mutava Musyimi said the government has done very little to prosecute those who are alleged to have committed various acts of corruption, including members of the government. Musyimi also adds that in all the districts his committee visited, the public expressed the need for the media to provide more coverage of corruption.

Koigi Wamwere is Kenya’s Deputy minister for information. From the capital, Nairobi he tells VOA English to Africa reporter Peter Clottey that the government’s attempt to fight graft has lost steam.

“I think that Kenyan’s would be entitled to lose faith because I too feel that our campaign against corruption has stalled in the sense that we have managed to put institutions into place. We have created some laws that are meant to punish those people who are engaged in corruption, but the truth of the matter is that beyond that we haven’t done much,” he said.

Wamwere said the Kibaki government has so far failed to punish the perpetrators of corruption.

“We have not punished, we have not prosecuted successfully; we have not jailed anyone of these people who are openly known to have been corrupt. To the extent that corruption has not been punished, people know for sure that it cannot just disappear by itself. So, I think, yes, Kenyan’s have the right to feel disappointed,” Wamwere pointed out.

He said the public is yet to know the details about the recent investigations into corruption scandals that have rocked the country.

“Actually, since the commission that was investigating the Goldenberg scandal, we don’t even know what is the position. People who are known to be corrupt and who should actually be in jail are now fighting for the presidency; others are leading parties and fighting to come to parliament. So all these are indicative of the fact that we have given up on the fight against corruption,” he said.

Wamwere said President Kibaki’s government is not politically motivated in its fight against graft.

“I think it’s lack of political will. In a way, it is dictated by the fact that the government feels that it needs the political support of some of these corrupt people. Also we must accept the fact some of our media houses are owned by people who have been associated with grand corruption, and they have therefore done a very good job of cleansing these people in the eyes of the public, thereby, intimidating the government. There are also many elements in the government who probably feel that their job in government is to make money and not fight corruption,” Wamwere noted.

He said the capitalist system of governance is the genesis of corruption.

“It’s a system that worships greed and money. It’s a system whose logic is that it doesn’t matter how you become rich, the important thing is to get rich. It’s a system that despises morality it’s a system that doesn’t care about values that make us human beings or allow us to share what belongs to all of us,” he said.

Wamwere said the capitalist system is not the right system to alleviate poverty.

“It’s a system that cannot fight corruption, and because it cannot fight corruption it cannot also fight poverty in the real sense of the word. Even as the country grows and economic growth increases, you still find that because the logic behind the system is corrupt, you find that the growth that is earned they cannot reach the majority of the people, who remain poor and whose poverty continues to grow in its intensity,” he said.


Subject: What's happening with the May - June Archives?
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
To: All
Date Posted: 06:14:11 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: c-358472d5.01-32-73746f42.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se at 213.114.132.53

Message:
Dear Admin

Urgent need to access May- June Archives ( for research purposes)

(Greetings to Dr. Nahim)


Subject: Re: What's happening with the May - June Archives?
From: Alieu Sesay
To: All
Date Posted: 09:41:55 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157

Message:
Coni-man.. how are you?


Subject: Re: What's happening with the May - June Archives?
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
To: All
Date Posted: 13:30:51 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: c-358472d5.01-32-73746f42.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se at 213.114.132.53

Message:
Sad about the bomb scare in London - possibly a response to the Sir Sallyman Rushdie provocation.

Waiting not for Godot or as the British press says these days Gordo, but waiting for the archives.

In case your nom de plume begins with a CAD, then I’d like you to know that if I had so wanted, I would have a had a London law degree from somewhere ina London before I was twenty years old…..no big deal for those who boast of being chicken lawyers. I don’t know what kind of lawyer I would have been though, but certainly not a chicken one

Any prospect (the prospector used to ask his beloved), well
Sierra Leone could be one of the important States of

A happy (positive) thought: The United States of Africa – and who knows, Johnny Leigh could be the first president of continental Africa –after qualifying (as the most qualified) for the job as the next Secretary-General of the United Nations, whilst Charles Margai is governor of the State of Sierra Leone.

Have a happy weekend.



Subject: Re: What's happening with the May - June Archives?
From: manners maketh man
To: All
Date Posted: 13:21:16 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157

Message:
You fen plaba oh? You sef. You want tha man for give you a quad-reply.


Subject: Re: What's happening with the May - June Archives?
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
To: All
Date Posted: 13:32:49 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: c-358472d5.01-32-73746f42.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se at 213.114.132.53

Message:
His days are numbered. leh ee try for go evin foss, sometem ee go be president dae.


Subject: Sharia
From: Research. University of Copenhagen
To: All
Date Posted: 04:56:23 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: 213-84-242-179.adsl.xs4all.nl at 213.84.242.179

Message:
In recent years, Sharia (Islamic law) has been heavily debated all over the world. But what is Sharia really and how does it work?

PhD Dorthe Bramsen from the University of Copenhagen uncovers the reality of and argumentation behind Sharia in her recent thesis called “Divine Law and Human Understanding: Interpreting shari’a within the institutions of ifta’ and qada’ in Saudi Arabia”.

Women and Cars
In her analysis of Islamic law in Saudi Arabia, Dorthe Bramsen analyses a number of concrete issues of current interest, such as why Saudi women are not allowed to drive cars.

Sharia is often compared to Islamic law, but Dorthe Bramsen argues that Sharia is ambigous and not a defined concept. It is rather to be understood as a theological principle, which can be interpreted differently by different people at different times. In her thesis, Bramsen explains how Saudi Arabian religious sholars understands and interprets Sharia today.

The Saudian rationale
In Saudi Arabia, the law, with a few exceptions, is not laid down in paragraphs. It is defined and construed by Islamic law scholars based on the Koran and the words and deeds of the Prophet Muhammad. Former interpretations of the law do not automatically take precedence in cases where similar matters are discussed.

The rationale is that former desicions could be based on misinterpretations, and all scholars are obliged to seek the truth. Thruth in the shape of Sharia is understood to be universal and can be found in the Koran. If thruth in a specific case can not be directly found in the Koran, it must be found indirectly through consensus among scholars of law or to be concluded by analogi.

The research
The thesis consists of three parts: The first part gives an introduction to Islam and Islamic law in Saudi Arabia and the ”usul al-fiqh" science (Islamic-legal principles and the legal epistemology).

The second part examines and analyses the argumentation of Saudian legal scholars through topical cases.

The final part of the thesis examines and analyses the judicial process and logic of the Saudian court, with a particular focus on production of evidence.


Subject: When will politicians discard FGM practicein S/Leone?
From: BBC NEWS
To: All
Date Posted: 02:39:02 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: 125-65-ftth.onsneteindhoven.nl at 88.159.65.125

Message:
Last Updated: Thursday, 28 June 2007, 19:32 GMT 20:32 UK

E-mail this to a friend Printable version

Egypt forbids female circumcision
By Magdi Abdelhadi
BBC Arab Affairs Analyst



Suzanne Mubarak campaigned to ban the practice
Egypt has announced that it is imposing a complete ban on female circumcision, also known as genital mutilation.
The announcement follows a public outcry after a young girl died during the operation.

A ban was introduced nearly 10 years ago but the practice continued to be allowed in exceptional circumstances.

A health ministry spokesman said no member of the medical profession would be allowed to perform the operation in public or private establishments.

Those who broke the law would be punished, the spokesman said.

Psychological violence

The new ban cancels out a provision that allowed the operation to be performed by qualified doctors in exceptional cases only.

But the death of a 12-year-old girl in Upper Egypt a few days ago triggered an angry barrage of appeals from human rights groups to both the government and the medical profession to act swiftly and stamp out the practice.

The doctor who carried out the operation has been arrested.

Egypt's first lady, Susanne Mubarak, has spoken out strongly against female circumcision, saying that it is a flagrant example of continued physical and psychological violence against children which must stop.

The country's top religious authorities also expressed unequivocal support for the ban.

The Grand Mufti and the head of the Coptic Church said female circumcision had no basis either in the Koran or in the Bible.

Recent studies have shown that some 90% of Egyptian women have been circumcised.

The practice is common among Muslim as well as Christian families in Egypt and other African countries, but is rare in the Arab world.

It is believed to be part of an ancient Egyptian rite of passage and is more common in rural areas.

Conservative families believe that circumcision is a way of protecting the girls' chastity.



Subject: COCORIOKO THE BEST
From: Loyal Fan
To: All
Date Posted: 01:33:37 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-dtc-ad10.proxy.aol.com at 205.188.116.204

Message:
Anyone who lives in Sierra Leone will confirm this:For first-hand information from Sierra Leone, people are confuse if cocorioko don't update for one day. This forum and your newspaper are the thing that make many go to the internet in Sierra Leone.Keep it up. Don't become SLPP Propaganda website like Awareness Times and other.


Subject: Re: COCORIOKO THE BEST
From: Kunta Kinte
To: All
Date Posted: 01:57:06 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: adsl-68-127-105-250.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net at 68.127.105.250

Message:
You mean: remain an APC propaganda website?????


Subject: Re: COCORIOKO THE BEST
From: Stupid SLPP Complainers
To: All
Date Posted: 02:18:56 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-mtc-aa04.proxy.aol.com at 64.12.116.8

Message:

Did not Kabs explain the reason that more SLPP articles no longer appearing ?

WHY APC SEEMS TO BE ENJOYING MORE PUBLICITY THAN SLPP : BLAME SLPP OPERATIVES


By Wilfred Leeroy Kabs-Kanu

Yesterday, New Jerseyan SLPP fanatic, Kai Lebbie, provided a firestorm when he called the Editor of this newspaper ( Your humble servant ) to make many allegations that I will take some time to refute in this popular newspaper that has become the household word wherever Sierra Leoneans live all over the world.

At the risk of being considered immodest winners, we would not conceal this---COCORIOKO has made such an impact and is continuing to make so much waves that we do not need anybody to tell us how much we are affecting our nation and the Sierra Leone community in the diaspora.

Given the world-wide appeal of COCORIOKO, we will be the last to make this a partisan newspaper. But let us hit the nail on the head from the word GO-----APC seems to be enjoying more publicity in COCORIOKO because the APC is the one writing. The SLPP seems to have stopped enjoying publicity in COCORIOKO because the SLPP operatives HAVE STOPPED writing. That is the truth, the undisputed truth and the unalloyed truth.

Since we opened this newspaper, we have been drumming home the fact that we are independent, even if key players in the paper are affiliated with other parties. We demonstrated it by covering the SLPP activities and sensitization tours abroad of Presidential candidate, Solomon Berewa , that some people though we too have been bought over by the Vice-President. And democratic SLPP members who saw our efforts demonstrated their appreciation by giving us an award.

Given these facts, where do people like Kai Lebbie come from to accuse us that we are APC. We do not care whether it is true or false that some rebel from our midst squealed to them that the Editor writes articles for some people. We are too big to be moved by petty-minded people just out to create trouble. God knows that it is not true and that all the APC operatives contributing articles in COCORIOKO write their own articles. As Editors, we who are Senior Editors, do edit articles that come to COCORIOKO because we concede that if an article with grammatical and spelling errors goes out to the public , we are blamed more than the writers. But it is thoroughly misleading , insulting and mischievious for somebody to go and tell Mr. Lebbie that some people's articles are written for them. As I said earlier, whoever sunk so low to make such an ungodly and malicious allegation is only a trouble-maker. We shall not dignify his/her foolishness .

When that has been said however, WE WANT TO ASK THE QUESTION : who stopped these SLPP operatives from writing their own articles in COCORIOKO ? The pages of the paper are open to APC, SLPP, PMDC and other parties. We have never refused to publish anything from any political party. We are ready to publish any article from any party.

AS A MATTTER OF FACT, WE WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF COCORIOKO ( REV.WILFRED LEEROY KABS-KANU) IS THE VERY ONE WHO HAS BEEN SPENDING MONEY TO CALL SLPP OFFICIALS FOR NEWS TO CREATE A BALANCE IN THE PAPER . HE HAS BEEN CALLING JERRY GEORGE, BRIMA ALPHA AND KAI LEBBIE OF NEW JERSEY ; SPARCO AND FELIX SANDY OF PHILADELPHIA AND THE NORTH AMERICAN BRANCH CHAIRMAN OF THE SLPP, MR. MATTHEW MAGONA. His regular appeal to all of them is : "Gentlemen, write.Send us your stories and news. This is a democratic newspaper. We want to publicize every political party and organization ".Some of them would apologise profusely and promise to write or send news. They will take down the Editor's telephone numbers .But then they would write or send nothing. Given this situation, if the APC operatives send us stories and articles, need we to be blamed for that ? The APC supporters know their rights and they are making good use of it.

Infact, the active part APC opoeratives are playing now to write is a good sign that democracy is taking hold in our society. Few years ago, we were complaining at Leonenet that APC supporters were not talking and only the views of SLPP fans were being heard. If APC people have risen from their inactivity and are now predominating, it shows that democracy is working in Sierra Leone.How beautiful it will be if supporters of other parties follow suit.

If a man organizes a big banquet and goes to the market place and invites everybody to come to feast sumptously, if anyone fails to honor the invitation, does that person have the right to blame the host for those who came and feasted heartily ?

What is more, we are not responsible for what other supporters of parties write. They are entitled to their opinions. We are not going to stop them from expressing their views. If anyone disagrees with their views, why not write and provide your own views too ? What is the meaning of democracy ?Is it not the cross-pollination of diverse opinions ? Some people need to understand the meaning of democracy.

We at COCORIOKO have no apologies for what we write.We are entitled to our opinions. Whoever does not agree with us has the option to write back and refute what we write.

Please let us stop this old wives whinning and let democracy prevail. If you disagree with others, write.



Web site designed & hosted by Leeroy Wilfred Kabs-Kanu © 2007 at Homestead™


Subject: Re: COCORIOKO THE BEST
From: Cee Bah
To: All
Date Posted: 09:34:57 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 69.176.196.103

Message:
Shame on Kabs Kanu for an editor to start an article and accuse another of being a "fanatic".He shoud not dabble in those issues and must stay aloof petty political squabbles.

I however think that the paper has been doing a good job of updating and bringing those Sierra Leoneans who are out of the country into the politcal debate. I only remian appalled that most of their contributions have left much to be desired.


Subject: Re: COCORIOKO THE BEST
From: ADVICE
To: All
Date Posted: 09:53:34 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: c-69-140-42-143.hsd1.md.comcast.net at 69.140.42.143

Message:
Marchidoor:
No one forced you to read cocorioko,you have a choice in reading the other SLPP Propaganda mouth piece.You have blown your cover on this forum,I guess you are one of the opportunistic Sierra Leonean who sees black and call it white,because of people of your ilk,sierra leone will never progress.


Subject: Re: COCORIOKO THE BEST
From: MODERATOR
To: All
Date Posted: 13:59:13 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: adsl-66-137-225-138.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net at 66.137.225.138

Message:
Advice, you have banned for using inappropriate language.


Subject: Re: COCORIOKO THE BEST
From: boli
To: All
Date Posted: 12:21:14 06/29/07 ()
Email Address: boli@yahoo.com
Entered From: 79-66-95-198.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com at 79.66.95.198

Message:
Whatever you wanted to say, you don't have the right to use the 'M' word on anyone. You are quite aware of what that word means, and I equate it to the 'N' word. If you are who you are, you should be ashamed of yourself.

I am sure you are in the diaspora somewhere. If your hosts start using the 'N' word on you, I am sure Amnesty International would hear about it. Look in the mirror before you start using tribalistic names on others. Tribalism is the same as racism and should not be condoned.

I know you are not using your real name, but am sure this reply to you will definitely make you think.


Subject: Re: COCORIOKO THE BEST
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 11:41:26 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-ntc-ad04.proxy.aol.com at 207.200.116.198

Message:
Marchidoor:............................................

You are wrong and 7you owe him an apology. You have attacked his tribe just because he has contributed even though most of his contributions are partisan and devoid of any inkling of a nationalist spirit he still deserves NOT to be denigrated because of his tribe.


Subject: Re: COCORIOKO THE BEST
From: Ahmed
To: All
Date Posted: 12:00:45 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: c-69-140-42-143.hsd1.md.comcast.net at 69.140.42.143

Message:
Apology my foot.Can you apologize on my behalf,Bro.Allieu or can you ask my good friend, your brother Abdul, to apologize in my stead.


Subject: Re: COCORIOKO THE BEST
From: Cee Bah
To: All
Date Posted: 14:12:10 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 69.176.196.103

Message:
I took no offense in his use of the "M" word. This is not the first and will surely not be the last time that he exposes his sheer ignorance, subjudices and prejudices. I will not waste my precious time on you.

As for Iscandri, suggesting that I have been an apologetic of the SLPP, I think you need to take a closer look at my other comments here and then make a more fair judgement on that. Did you think it was appropriate for Kab Kanu to call someone an SLPP fanatic? If he starts his atricle and refers to you as a "fanatic" would that only then be an issue? Why can't you people think and judge people based on their merits and not necessarily trying to squeeze them to fit in your pre-concieved and unreasonable boxes?

Just another reminder since you only pick out and distort stuff in the postings you read, there is no need to be ashamed or shy of saying I am SLPP if I were. Those who know me would tell you that I am no coward and no psychophant. I just don't think that any of the politcal parties curently out there are principled, serious and progressive enough for me to join them. My hope and prayer is for us to engage these parties more seriously, force them to come out with realistic policies and programs and make our choices based on these, not on sentiments. In case you need to know, I am currently working on putting together a youth advoacy manifesto which political parties would committ to and by which we would evaluate their stewardship after the next election. Is that being unpatriotic and SLPP? Think!


Subject: Re: COCORIOKO THE BEST
From: KABS KANU
To: All
Date Posted: 18:21:01 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 65.54.155.14

Message:
WhAt is all this noise about from this Bah fellow ?I am a Manchester United fanatic .I have described myself that way many times, so what is wrong with that ? Why can't we just focus on important things and leave all these petty complaining, grumbling, fussing and whinning ?

Somebody loves a party to the very death and is a fanatic. What is wrong with that ?


Subject: Re: COCORIOKO THE BEST
From: Cee Bah
To: All
Date Posted: 09:49:11 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: res-48-149.dyn.ihouse-nyc.org at 209.2.48.149

Message:
Kabs you ask to focus on the important things? I pray that you lead the way. A fanatic, check your dictionary is a derogratory word. A party member or a supporter in this context should not be refered to by you, as editor of a paper as a fanatic. It means you are saying he is in capable of seeing the other side and no matter what is a blind supporter as you are of Man Utd.
And why refer to me as this Bah guy? Does that sound good to you. I can stand that from other forumites not you expected to keep the peace and moderate the debates here.

ANd since you want us to focus on the important things, why did you publish that rotten and unchecked stroy about what Ghaddafi said in the front page (as the first and main item) in your paper, which by the way is one of the lenses through which the international world sees our country? Would it not have been serious enough for you to at least cross check and see whether in deed it was Ghaddafi's words and the other facts?

Please Kabs, I have always commened the good work you have been doing here but I think you are currently allowing your sentiments to interfere with your objectivity. Branding and name calling by the "editor" is in my opinion not very responsible.


Subject: Re: COCORIOKO THE BEST
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 13:37:04 06/30/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-ntc-ad04.proxy.aol.com at 207.200.116.198

Message:
A fanatic, check your dictionary is a derogratory word.

I disagree with you on that Mr. Bah. I would proffer that the context in which the word is used makes it derrogatory.


Subject: Re: COCORIOKO THE BEST
From: Kunta Kinte
To: All
Date Posted: 04:10:06 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: adsl-68-127-105-250.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net at 68.127.105.250

Message:
Who is complaining?
There is a difference between stating the fact and complaining.

By the way, just because a paper publishes articles from everyone does not mean it is completely neutral. Take awareness times for instance, they seem to publish stories about all political parties (good and bad). But it is very clear that they tend to heap praises on SLPP every chance they get and ridicule the opposition in very subtle ways. Kabs' paper is no different: They take the side of the opposition (most often the APC). That is their right of course... But let them not come here and pretend to be what they are not.....


Subject: Re: COCORIOKO THE BEST
From: SLPP
To: All
Date Posted: 04:20:11 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-rtc-ae10.proxy.aol.com at 152.163.101.14

Message:
"Who is complaining?
There is a difference between stating the fact and complaining."

In your case, that difference is huge, even though, of course, you can't be expected to know that --if you did you would not be blind! And that means you could not a SLPP supporter.

You imply that you did not complain. But, that is not a fact. If you ever learn the difference between the two, you would recognize that you were complaininmg when you said "But let them not come here and pretend to be what they are not....."

You would also know that what you said is not a fact: "Kabs' paper is no different: They take the side of the opposition (most often the APC)." That is a complaint.

See what blindness does to you SLPP supporters? It makes them not able to see their complaints as different from facts. COCORIOKO is 10 times more independent than the SLPP-bootlicking Awareness.


Subject: Re: COCORIOKO THE BEST
From: boli
To: All
Date Posted: 12:34:28 06/29/07 ()
Email Address: boli@yahoo.com
Entered From: 79-66-95-198.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com at 79.66.95.198

Message:
Whether Cocorioko is the best or not,I read it every day. I also read Awareness, Times, Sierra Herald, Awoko, The Patriotic Vanguard, and am interested in any website that duscusses Sierra Leonean issues. The reason we fought for multi parties in Sierra Leone is for everyone to express their views. If we all support the same party, we might as well have a One Party State.

I am sure we remember how it worked under the APC. I dont want to go back to that anymore. Newspapers can have their leanings, I have no problem with that as I can assimilate fact from fiction. We must applaud the fact that Sierra Leoneans can discuss issues from different political facets and still be proud of our country.

Let's disaggree on party politics, but still respect ourselves as brothers and sisters of one nation - SIERRA LEONE


Subject: Re: COCORIOKO THE BEST
From: Cee Bah
To: All
Date Posted: 14:57:05 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 69.176.196.103

Message:
God bless you. well said!


Subject: Re: COCORIOKO THE BEST
From: SLPP
To: All
Date Posted: 02:44:42 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-mtc-aa04.proxy.aol.com at 64.12.116.8

Message:
my dear,SLPP will not write.They prefer Ndorgborwusu and Kamajoh.


Subject: APC Parliamentary Cand. from Dispora: So So APC Pickin Dem!!
From: Independent Man
To: All
Date Posted: 23:05:23 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: adsl-68-127-105-250.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net at 68.127.105.250

Message:
(Many of them are offsprings of former APC Loyalists from Siaka Stevens’ Days)


NORTHERN PROVINCE

Constituency 40 M. Allie Kossay

Constituency 63 Hassan Sheriff

Constituency 65 Benner Bangura

Constituency 66 Combo Kamara

Constituency 67 Abu (S.A.T.) Koroma

Constituency 62 Martin Timbo

Constituency 63 David Bai Conteh

Constituency 32 Kandeh Bangura


WESTERN AREA

Constituency 97 Victorio Saidu Kamara

Constituency 99 Alimamy G Kargbo

Constituency 98 Alimamy Coleson Turay

Constituency 104 Tunde Lewally

Constituency 105 Nurideen Bash-S. Yillah
-----------------------------------------------
APC MOTTO: MONEY TALKS
NEW APC = OLD APC


Subject: Re: APC Parliamentary Cand. from Dispora: So So APC Pickin Dem!!
From: Kunta Kinte
To: All
Date Posted: 04:12:21 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: adsl-68-127-105-250.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net at 68.127.105.250

Message:
The MONEY WAE DEN PAPA DEM BIN DON TIFF DON DON, SO DEN WANT CAME FOR CAME CHAP MORE......

WE NOR GO GEE DEM CHANCE

THIEF THEIF APC


Subject: STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT, ALHAJI DR AHMAD T
From: SPEECH
To: All
Date Posted: 21:36:19 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 38.119.107.79

Message:
STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT, ALHAJI DR AHMAD TEJAN KABBAH AT THE CEREMONY OF THE HANDING OVER OF TRACTORS
By HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT, ALHAJI DR AHMAD TEJAN KABBAH APRIL 2005

SALUTATIONS!

1. Since May 2002 when I announced the Food Security Goal of my Government we have acquired forty-one tractors which have been distributed throughout the country. These tractors have contributed immensely to the attainment of rice self-sufficiency as part of the food security programme in the country. I am pleased to note that we are now on schedule to achieve this Goal by 2007, especially now that Agricultural Business Units - ABUs - are being so widely adopted.

2. Information received from the recent surveys of the farming community in the country indicates, firstly, that some Districts are now producing sufficient food, especially rice, whereas others are not producing enough to be food secure. This latter category comprises six out of the fourteen agricultural Districts, each of which needs more support to bring them to the self-sufficiency mark by 2007, while at the same time sustaining the gains already made in the other Districts. To this end, we intend to increase our support to those Districts most in need.

3. Secondly, the recent surveys also indicate that there remains a continual deficit in food availability, characterized as the 'hungry season' i.e. July to October sets in. Indeed, the first objective of the Food Security Pillar in the PRSP is to ensure the continual high level year-round supply of food produced by farmers. This will remain the focus of government. We will continue to provide the necessary support from core budgetary allocat1ons, as well as mobilize support from our bi-lateral and multi-lateral partners.

4. What we are witnessing today by the presence of these tractors before us, bears testimony to the goodwill extended to us by friendly governments, more specifically the Arab Jamahariya of Libya whose Minister of Cooperation is here with us today. This great sister nation has generously donated to this government the tractors and implements - thirty in all - to support our Food Security drive. I may add that these tractors are only part of a package of donations which also include forty 50-seater buses, 20 skip trucks, 6 trucks for refuse collection, 20 water tanks, 14,500 and 11,000 litres capacity each, water tanks, and the construction of four executive villas. I should like, on behalf of my government and the people of Sierra Leone to express our profound gratitude to the Leader of the Libyan Arab Jamahariya and the people of Libya for these generous gifts.

5. We want to assure you, Mr Minister of Cooperation, that these tractors will be utilized for the national good. The Libyan Government also made an earlier gift to the people of Sierra Leone in the form of rice as a contribution towards the rehabilitation of war victims. We came to the conclusion that to distribute the rice at that time would not have had the type of impact that was desired. We therefore sold the rice and realized the sum of two billion, twenty-seven million, six hundred and eighty-four thousand, three hundred and seventy Leones (Le2,027,684,370.00). This amount was invested in Treasury Bearer Bonds and later injected into our Social Security Scheme as social safety net. The intention is to use the returns of this investment to meet the cost of food and shelter for old people who have no children and are unable to work. Urgent needs of war-affected victims will also be financed from this source. In line with government's objective, we have assigned the tractors according to carefully designed criteria, which take into account the need for higher farm productivity, disadvantaged groups and agricultural institutions.

6. Therefore, the distribution will be as follows:

(a) Four tractors to amputee groups, one per Province in the country these groups will be organized into Co-operatives with the objective of ensuring that the amputees get regular income on a sustainable basis.

(b) Special needs of institutions whose activities contribute to the promotion of agriculture and food security. These include Njala University, Institute of Agricultural Research, Rice Research Station, Rokupr and National Agricultural Training Centre.

(c) The largest portion of these tractors will be assigned to cooperatives and Agricultural Business Units - ABUs - as part of a new hire purchase scheme intended to promote the input supply of agricultural machinery to farmers. This scheme will enable farmers to purchase and own their own farm equipment, and manage them to improve the efficiency of their farms. The proceeds from the Hire Purchase Scheme will be reinvested for the procurement of additional farm inputs such as fertilizers and other equipments, to ensure the continuation of the business.

(d) Three tractors will be reserved for a community project that has been identified as a role model for farmers because of its excellent management and organizational structure

7. The Agricultural institutions referred to above will pay to the country in kind by way of providing high quality seed and farming materials to the benefit of the nation. They will also train technicians and operatives in the correct usage of modern farming methods.

8. Finally, while we look forward to the arrival of the buses, the skip trucks, the garbage collectors and the water tanks, we want to thank the Government and people of Libya for these generous assistance and would like to assure you, Mr. Minister, that they will be put into good use. We have planned the use of these tractors in a manner that will ensure that we get the maximum benefit from them and use them as a demonstration of the excellent relations that exist between Libya and Sierra Leone


Subject: Re: STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT, ALHAJI DR AHMAD T
From: GBANGBANI
To: All
Date Posted: 05:58:22 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: adsl-69-230-183-56.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net at 69.230.183.56

Message:
Again, GBANGBANI on the Quest for the truth.

We need the original extract of the speech made by the President on 2005 of the receipt of these said goodies "RICE & Check" paid. you may forward a copy of the transaction number of the said check made payable to our president. Online fund verification has been made so easy today that you need just little formal education to know the truth from the untruth.

Trust me Giving speeches and press releases isn't going to help. we need tangible facts not fictional.


Subject: The toughest list from the heart of slpp KAILAHUN
From: M. Alieu Iscandari esq
To: All
Date Posted: 20:07:31 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-ntc-ad04.proxy.aol.com at 207.200.116.198

Message:
NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION
POLITICAL PARTY LIST OF ENDORSED PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES


DISTRICT: KAILAHUN
CONSTITUENCY NAME OF CANDIDATE (SURNAME, FIRST NAME, MIDDLE INITIALS) ID CARD NUMBER
1 JUSU, JOSEPH B. S. 124721369
2 MOIWO, MOMOH N. 147750838
3 JIMMY, FRANCIS F. 123841469
4 SENGU, VICTOR K. 110891105
5 JUSU, MUSA K. 110924075
6 MASSAQUOI, MOMOH 129830484
7 GBOW, HINDOLO 114528242
8 MANSARAY, ABU P. 132107998

NAME OF PARTY ALL PEOPLES CONGRESS (APC)


SIGNATURE OF THE NATIONAL CHAIRMAN__________________________


SIGNATURE OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL__________________________



Subject: Re: The toughest list from the heart of slpp KAILAHUN
From: ALPHA SAIDU BANGURA
To: All
Date Posted: 11:30:04 06/29/07 ()
Email Address: SAIDUBANGSO@AOL.COM
Entered From: c-67-191-248-172.hsd1.ga.comcast.net at 67.191.248.172

Message:
ALL THE RIGHT THINKING PEOPLE IN KAILAHUN ARE IN THE SLPP.ALL THE PEOPLE WHO MATTER IN THE APC KNOW THAT,THERE IS NOT WAY THE APC WILL CARRY KAILAHUN OR ANY PART OF THE SOUTH AND EAST.


Subject: Re: The toughest list from the heart of slpp KAILAHUN
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
To: All
Date Posted: 22:46:09 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-mtc-aa04.proxy.aol.com at 64.12.116.8

Message:
This is a clean sweep for APC.

Remember those words.


Subject: Re: The toughest list from the heart of slpp KAILAHUN
From: APC
To: All
Date Posted: 09:46:14 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157

Message:
Aye bo? you nor dae shame? Clean sweep for the APC. ..in Kailahun ...
Hmm.


Subject: Re: The toughest list from the heart of slpp KAILAHUN
From: Independent Man
To: All
Date Posted: 22:41:37 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: adsl-68-127-105-250.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net at 68.127.105.250

Message:
Hmmm.....
A bunch of handpicked candidates.......
August 11th is just around the corner.....
We shall see how many votes some of these "handpicked" candidates will get.... Hope their own households don't vote (oops I mean bote) against them...........


Subject: Re: The toughest list from the heart of slpp KAILAHUN/ Fake
From: GBANGBANI
To: All
Date Posted: 06:08:31 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: adsl-69-230-183-56.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net at 69.230.183.56

Message:
Your true name..."Independent Man" no, It is fake. The "true slpp man" correct, this is your true identity and habitual name. Stop making a fool of your self. you are more of a human than you think.


Subject: APC Bombali
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 20:05:39 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-ntc-ad04.proxy.aol.com at 207.200.116.198

Message:
POLITICAL PARTY LIST OF ENDORSED PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES


DISTRICT: BOMBALI
CONSTITUENCY NAME OF CANDIDATE (SURNAME, FIRST NAME, MIDDLE INITIALS) ID CARD NUMBER
28 SERRY-KAMAL, ABDUL F. 138858901
29 KAMARA, ALIMAMY A. 137860236
30 SESAY, MOSES O.M. 137193043
31 BANGURA, IBRAHIM M. 121144077
32 BANGURA, KANDE 157031872
33 TURAY, EDWARD M. 117336174
34 CONTE-KONDEH Y. 117731510
35 CONTEH,JALLOH, MARIE M. 166068789
36 YANSENEH, MARIE 149654070

NAME OF PARTY ALL PEOPLES CONGRESS (APC)


SIGNATURE OF THE NATIONAL CHAIRMAN__________________________


SIGNATURE OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL__________________________



Subject: Re: APC Bombali
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
To: All
Date Posted: 22:17:01 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-mtc-aa04.proxy.aol.com at 64.12.116.8

Message:
Looks like a formidable force that could deliver points.
These are all winners.

Make that 9 points.


Subject: APC Candidates for WESTERN AREA
From: M. Alieu iscandari esq
To: All
Date Posted: 20:04:01 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-ntc-ad04.proxy.aol.com at 207.200.116.198

Message:
POLITICAL PARTY LIST OF ENDORSED PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES


DISTRICT: WESTERN AREA RURAL
CONSTITUENCY NAME OF CANDIDATE (SURNAME, FIRST NAME, MIDDLE INITIALS) ID CARD NUMBER
92 JONES, RAYMOND M. 149873996
93 DUMBUYA, DAUDA 138324338
94 JOHNSON, VICTOR C. 163552167
95 KAMANDA, CLAUD D.M. 149683844

NAME OF PARTY: ALL PEOPLES CONGRESS (APC)

SIGNATURE OF THE NATIONAL CHAIRMAN__________________________


SIGNATURE OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL__________________________



NEC Form OMP 00 (page 14 of 14)
POLITICAL PARTY LIST OF ENDORSED PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES

DISTRICT: WESTERN URBAN AREA
CONSTITUENCY NAME OF CANDIDATE (SURNAME, FIRST NAME, MIDDLE INITIALS) ID CARD NUMBER
96 SESAY, DAVID A. 160944323
97 SAIDU-KAMARA, VICTORIA 160159693
98 TURAY, ALIMAMY C. 120623125
99 KARGBO, ALIMAMY G. 164830837
100 DUMBUYA, SHEKU B.B. 146714706
101 KAMARA, ABDUL R. 134124067
102 DEVENEAUX, VICTOR 135291528
103 MANSARAY, MINKAILU 142277417
104 LEWALLY, ALPHA BABATUNDE 157598635
105 YILLAH, NURU DEEN BASHAR SANKOH 167733751
106 OSHO-WILLIAMS, CECIL .A. 144874331
107 OSHO-WILLIAMS, BLISS 161787485
108 BETTS-PRIDDY, MANIE 148810877
109 CUFFIE, JULIUS N. 129504781
110 BAH, CHERNOR R. M. 133560939
111 KALAWA, CHARLES H. 125679013
112 TURAY, SALAMATU 157955454

NAME OF PARTY: ALL PEOPLES CONGRESS (APC)

SIGNATURE OF THE NATIONAL CHAIRMAN__________________________


SIGNATURE OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL__________________________


Subject: Re: APC Candidates for WESTERN AREA
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
To: All
Date Posted: 22:19:57 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-mtc-aa04.proxy.aol.com at 64.12.116.8

Message:
These are all winners. Theirs would be a replay of the City Council elections.

Add 17 points


Subject: Re: APC Candidates for WESTERN AREA
From: APC
To: All
Date Posted: 09:36:37 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157

Message:
Where is AI's name? Bra what's going on? Or are you the running mate?
Reliable sources have disclosed to me that Alieu Iscandri is on a short-list of comrades for the post of Akata People's Conferees' runnng mate position.
Will continue to investigate and ascertain the facts in this very important news.


Subject: APC Candidates for KENEMA
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 20:02:10 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-ntc-ad04.proxy.aol.com at 207.200.116.198

Message:
POLITICAL PARTY LIST OF ENDORSED PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES


DISTRICT: KENEMA
CONSTITUENCY NAME OF CANDIDATE (SURNAME, FIRST NAME, MIDDLE INITIALS) ID CARD NUMBER
9 KAMARA, ABDUL 130211615
10 KARIFA, ABDUL K. 144038541
11 MANSARAY, MOHAMED K. 139043219
12 BULL, JAMES E. 168529961
13 GENDEMEN, JERIMIAH 151798942
14 SANDY, ALIE M. 147386200
15 KAMANDA, SOLOMON 159601797
16 GOBA, HAWA 118518284
17 NYAGBE, JOSEPH M. 131830645
18 KALLON, IBRAHIM 147314159
19 LAHAI, JOHN K. 131671911

NAME OF PARTY: APC PEOPLES CONGRESS (APC)


SIGNATURE OF THE NATIONAL CHAIRMAN__________________________


SIGNATURE OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL__________________________


Subject: Re: APC Candidates for KENEMA
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
To: All
Date Posted: 22:26:37 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
APC manages 50% victory.

PMDC would be a close third position.

Make that 5 more seats for APC.


Subject: Re: APC Candidates for KENEMA
From: CADMUS
To: All
Date Posted: 10:52:52 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 82.198.250.15

Message:
NOW. for sure this is the DREAM FACTORY.

You will wake up on August 12 in cold and hot sweat.


Subject: APC Candidates for BONTHE District
From: M. Alieu Iscandari esq
To: All
Date Posted: 20:00:34 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-ntc-ad04.proxy.aol.com at 207.200.116.198

Message:
NEC Form OMP 00 (page 10 of 14)
POLITICAL PARTY LIST OF ENDORSED PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES


DISTRICT: BONTHE
CONSTITUENCY NAME OF CANDIDATE (SURNAME, FIRST NAME, MIDDLE INITIALS) ID CARD NUMBER
78 CONTEH, THOMAS M. 168515557
79 BAYOH, ALEX 134514639
80 TAMIMU, ABIBU 154119671

NAME OF PARTY: ALL PEOPLES CONGRESS (APC)



Subject: APC Candidates for BO District
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 19:58:16 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-ntc-ad04.proxy.aol.com at 207.200.116.198

Message:


NEC Form OMP 00 (page 9 of 14)
POLITICAL PARTY LIST OF ENDORSED PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES


DISTRICT: BO
CONSTITUENCY NAME OF CANDIDATE (SURNAME, FIRST NAME, MIDDLE INITIALS) ID CARD NUMBER
67 KARGBO, ISATU 135448397
68 SILLAH, SHEKU S. 138342875
69 HANCILES, HAROLD 134734035
70 SHERIFF, AYOUB 130158056
71 TARAWALLY, KENNETH B. 157865994
72 COLE, BEATRICE G. 148854734
73 KASSAY, FODAY I. 128638261
74 MUNIRU, SIDIE M. 163008645
75 KAMARA, SORIE I 121998343
76 FOFANAH, MUSTAPHA 145315387
77 MBAWAH, VICTOR 125658385

NAME OF PARTY: ALL PEOPLES CONGRESS (APC)

SIGNATURE OF THE NATIONAL CHAIRMAN__________________________


SIGNATURE OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL__________________________


Subject: Re: APC Candidates for BO District
From: Alie Formeh Kamara
To: All
Date Posted: 22:43:03 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
These are areas where the APC has shown the most improvement.

Like all areas that were formally SLPP strong holds the PMDC effect is catastrophic.
The stronger PMDC becomes the more imminent the notion of the APC as a come back kid in the first round.

I think that five of these guys would make it.


Subject: Re: APC Candidates for BO District
From: Independent Man
To: All
Date Posted: 22:46:17 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: adsl-68-127-105-250.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net at 68.127.105.250

Message:
Keep Dreaming Alie...
You will wake up on August 11th ........


Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
To: All
Date Posted: 15:47:16 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: host86-129-198-105.range86-129.btcentralplus.com at 86.129.198.105

Message:
JONES, RAYMOND M. 149873996 congratualtons for winning a symbol for the party you so believe in - APC. it is not a party for you but as you truly believe in its principles and ideals, I congratulate you and hope to see you in the opposition bench. You nare really a fine man that Sierra Leone needs. Call me please!!


Subject: READ AWEARNESSTIME
From: okdok
To: All
Date Posted: 19:32:02 06/28/07 ()
Email Address: okdok@yahoo.com
Entered From: wnpgmb11dc1-167-164.dynamic.mts.net at 142.161.167.164

Message:
To get news firsthand about Sierra Leone,read that newspaper


Subject: Real mission in Sierra Leone
From: FOOTBALLER
To: All
Date Posted: 14:08:42 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 38.119.107.79

Message:

BBC SPORT

Real mission in Sierra Leone

Casillas spent four days in Sierra Leone
Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas completed a four-day visit to Sierra Leone on Thursday with a promise to come back and help establish a football academy.
The Spanish international arrived in Freetown on Tuesday and immediately went to the proposed academy site in Kambia district in north of the country.

Not surprisingly, Casillas was mobbed by adoring fans at every turn during his stay in this football-mad nation.

Casillas told BBC Sport that he was sent to Sierra Leone by the newly-crowned La Liga champions on a mission to look at the possibilities of setting up an academy.

"I'm here to look at the possibilities of constructing a football academy for the kids of this country," Casillas said.

He added: "We would like to put up the academy in Kambia district.

"It's not easy to raise the required funds but we'll try all possible means to raise the money needed for this academy."

Casillas also told BBC Sport why they chose Sierra Leone because of the country's chequered history.

"We heard a lot about the country and how the people, particularly children, suffered during the war.

"So we want to contribute in our own way by helping the kids."

Idrissa Tarawalley, a football official in Sierra Leone, said he was thrilled at the prospect of a Real Madrid-run academy in the country.

He said: "It's good news for Sierra Leone football as it will help improve the game.

"We just hope and pray that the construction of the football academy materialises."


RELATED BBC LINKS:
BBC African News
Programmes and schedules



Subject: Guinean troops pull out
From: YENGA
To: All
Date Posted: 13:37:45 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 38.119.107.79

Message:
Guinean troops pull out

According to reports the dispute over the ownership of Yenga village, Kailahun District has been resolved following a diplomatic intervention of African Union, ECOWAS and Mano River Union. According to reports areas which have been occupied by Guinean troops have been vacated and are now fully occupied by Sierra Leonean soldiers.



Subject: Re: Guinean troops pull out
From: kidnap
To: All
Date Posted: 13:52:38 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
it's like handing over a kidnapped, raped and impregnated woman to her husband.


Subject: Re: Guinean troops pull out
From: foday mansaray
To: All
Date Posted: 23:18:38 06/28/07 ()
Email Address: fmansaray@aol.com
Entered From: host-24-225-160-74.patmedia.net at 24.225.160.74

Message:
While the last 8 Soldiers are finally finished with the harvesting of their cassava farms belonging to the people of Sierra Leone, We have to give credit to the Leader Hon. Ernest Koroma for taking a stand during his sensational tour in kailahun District

Although he was not allowed to enter YENGA but his enormous persistently in taking the leadership role in defending the sovereignty and territorial integrity of of Sierra Leone pays off at last .This is what you espect from a Leader100% of the time.

We don't need a leader who cannot hold a decent conversation without taking a nap. This is quite understandable that Berewa is tired of been dragged up and down and the SLPP operatives does not even sympathize with him.

My fellow Sierra Leonean, please send a message to the SLPP Camp that Solo B. has been busy writing his concession speech to mark the end of an Era.

I am sure your new vacation spot in Africa, West of the Atlantic (Banana Island) awaits Kabba and Berewa. They don’t have to run to Guinea, Banana Island is just fine.



Subject: Re: Guinean troops pull out
From: Independent Man
To: All
Date Posted: 23:09:12 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: adsl-68-127-105-250.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net at 68.127.105.250

Message:
Foday,
Now I am convinced that you must be on some "medication"..for APCglaria...that is making your brain turn to moosh......


Subject: Re: Guinean troops pull out
From: kamara
To: All
Date Posted: 01:29:35 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: pool-71-172-31-34.nwrknj.fios.verizon.net at 71.172.31.34

Message:
Foday:

Why can't you give credit where credit is due. Kabba's government solved the issue diplomatically without going to war, a war in which the Sierra Leone army would have been routed by Guinea.Thanks god, there are people with cooler heads and that do not go out blasting cheap rhetoric. Besides it was in the lazy Mommoh Govt that the blasted mess started any way.


Subject: Re: Guinean troops pull out
From: APC
To: All
Date Posted: 07:51:08 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157

Message:
Don't mind him/them. What has Ernest Koroma's visit got to do with the resolution on yenga? APC Oh boy


Subject: NACSA BOOST BOMBALI AND KENEMA DISTRICT
From: GOOD WORK NACSA
To: All
Date Posted: 13:35:30 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
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NaCSA boost Bombali District

National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA) has boosted the people of Bombali District on four community building project. The project includes two primary schools at Kambia and Makulon section, a market at Kamarankan section and the bridge at Royeima. The project was jointly funded by the government of Sierra Leone and the World Bank. The project was commissioned by the Vice President Solomon Berewa.


Berewa rejects PMDC ‘born-agains’ while commissioning school
AWOKO NEWS
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Vice President Solomon Berewa visited Falla Wandor, Kandu Leppiama and Simbaru chiefdoms in the Kenema district to commission a secondary school and open the Konta Community Hospital in Wandor chiefdom.


Speaking to supporters of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) in Boajibu town, the Veep said, “now is the time for people to know who is really a philanthropist as people of Sierra Leone have been suffering due to poverty”.

He emphasized that everyone must work towards the eradication of abject poverty in the country.
Meanwhile, during the occasion about 150 supporters of the People’s Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) identified themselves and told the vice president that they intended re-crossing over to the SLPP.
But the Veep reportedly rejected their repentance and pleaded with them to stay in the PMDC, saying that the SLPP had enough supporters to enable it win both the parliamentary and presidential elections on August 11.


Subject: Ghaddafi's new slogan...ridiculous!
From: Cee Bah
To: All
Date Posted: 13:33:40 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 69.176.196.103

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I have been keenly follwoing the recent flow of emails on what cocorioko has reported as being Ghaddafi new slogan to Sierra Leoneans.

I really cant understand how some of you can be so blind and yet blame blindness on others. What is there to investigate by someone else. I must say with the very few exceptions on this forum, I have been appalled by the level of thinking and objectivity of most forumites.

I have been following news from Sierra leone very closely over the past years and I have seen many of those press releases refered to in this press release. We even held discussions and debates and Fourah bay College on the motives of the Libyan government's influx of aid to Sierra Leone.

For a newspaper to propagate such misleading reports to the populace of Sierra leone and for Cocorioko to carry it as a front page issue that Ghaddafi said that nonsense is a disservice to the people of our country and we need to quickly move away from such levels of irresponsibility in journalism.

Ghaddaffi's full speech whcih has been reproduced here for all to see makes no mention of anything he has ever given to Sierra Leone. President Kabbah knows better than to stand there and say things that will bringhim to disrepute.

We jump at opportunities to bring oru country and our leaders into unsubstantiated and baseless (in this case I mean) disrepute and I sometimes wonder what interest we are seeking to serve. Do you guys want your patries to so desperately win that you can condone such callous acts and hide under the guise of giving him a fair investigation? This is just ridiculous and for all I know this forum is currently infested with too many unpatriotic and less than objective people. Wake up guys!


Subject: Re: Ghaddafi's new slogan...ridiculous!
From: MORE EVIDENCE
To: All
Date Posted: 14:39:49 06/28/07 ()
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CULLED FROM PETER ANDERSON'S SIERRA-LEONE WEB

January 10, 2001:The LIBYAN government has also donated a consignment of 2,850 bags of rice to the government of Sierra Leone, SLENA said. In handing over the rice at the Queen Elizabeth II Quay, lIBYAN Ambassador Ali Tellisi said the shipment was made following an exchange of letters between representatives of the two governments last year. The Minister of Development and Economic Planning, Dr. Kadi Sesay, said the rice would be sold through a process of competitive bidding, with the proceeds going to the establishment of a social security scheme.


Sesay added that the scheme would provide assistance to the most vulnerable members of society, including the aged, orphans, amputees, and the very poor. The minister said Sierra Leone had received financial aid of nearly $10 million, which would fund agricultural development to address the problem of food security.


Subject: Re: Ghaddafi's new slogan...ridiculous!
From: IRRELEVANT EVIDENCE
To: All
Date Posted: 21:21:07 06/28/07 ()
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So what? Kabbah is not accused of not reporting that it is not true that "The LIBYAN government has also donated a consignment of 2,850 bags of rice to the government of Sierra Leone,"

So, what relevance is it that such a donation was madse and allegedly PROMISED to be sold "with the proceeds going to the establishment of a social security scheme?"

For your information, that has nothing to do with the allegations against Kabbah that he pocketed many items and milions of dollars.

If you want to show us evidence that has to do with your 2,850 bags irrelevant example, show us evidence that it was actually sold by competitive bidding AND that the proceeds were actually used to establish a social security scheme.

Now that you know the meaning of relevant evidence, go ahead and show it to us concerning your irrelevant example.


Subject: Re: Ghaddafi's new slogan...ridiculous!
From: NASSIT
To: All
Date Posted: 07:48:15 06/29/07 ()
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Entered From: red_dog.niehs.nih.gov at 157.98.76.127

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The evidence is in the establishment of NASSIT in 2004/5, bra cynic.


Subject: Re: Ghaddafi's new slogan...ridiculous!
From: Stop Talking to Yourself
To: All
Date Posted: 14:02:42 06/28/07 ()
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"For a newspaper to propagate such misleading reports to the populace of Sierra leone and for Cocorioko to carry it as a front page issue that Ghaddafi said that nonsense is a disservice to the people of our country and we need to quickly move away from such levels of irresponsibility in journalism."

Do you call an admission by President kabbah in his press release that he took a check that he knew was meant for the people of Salone from the Liyan government and had it made in his personal name, nonsense?

If that is how you think, you nothing except one unptariotic Sierra Leonean, dude. If you don't think it is nonsense, dude, guess who you should thank for forcing Kabbah tro confess to that irregularity? That's right, Standard Tinmes' report!

Now, go ahead and apologize to the Standard Times and the People of Salone for your lack of patriotism and blind obedience to the narrow interest of the corrupt SLPP, while your countrymen and women suffer the SLPP's corruption.


Subject: Re: Ghaddafi's new slogan...ridiculous!
From: Cee Bah
To: All
Date Posted: 15:13:53 06/28/07 ()
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I have listened to and taken part in many debates and I know that when some people loose grounds on an issue they altogether open another pandoras box. That is exactly what "Stop talking to yourself" has done.

First it was Kabbah converting donations meant for Sierra leone into his personal use or not accounting or them. When the evidence now becomes so overwhelming that such is utter fabrication, you look for a "dreg man" point and claim that it is an anomaly for the Libyan government to issue checks in Kabbah's name and then castigate Kabbah for turning in the cheque to the accountant general's office. What is wrong with your sense of rationality?
ANd you dare question partiotism? I will not even go into that because people like you are not the least concerned about your country beyond having "your own men" in power so you could also have a slice of the cake.

I have always maintained and people know that I don't hold briefs for any politician or political party in Sierra leone. I am only urging us to put the interest of our country above other inclinations and engage our rational minds before engaing the key board. Is that too difficult for you, sir/madam?


Subject: Re: Ghaddafi's new slogan...ridiculous!
From: Stop Talking to Yourself
To: All
Date Posted: 21:13:25 06/28/07 ()
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"When the evidence now becomes so overwhelming that such is utter fabrication, you look for a "dreg man" point and claim that it is an anomaly for the Libyan government to issue checks in Kabbah's name and then castigate Kabbah for turning in the cheque to the accountant general's office. What is wrong with your sense of rationality?"

It is as clear as daylight to me what is wrong with your thinking. What "evidence" do you have that is "so overwhelming?" You have not shown it! But, still, you talk as if it exists! Be serious, man and stop talking to yourself.

Kabbah was accused and all he has done is deny it. To you that is "ovewhelming evidence" of Kabbah's inocence -- his denial, that is! Do you now see why you should be asking yourself the question you misdirected at others: "What is wrong with your sense of rationality?"

Now, go ahead and tell us what you think is wronmg with the way you think!


Subject: Re: Ghaddafi's new slogan...ridiculous!
From: Neneh
To: All
Date Posted: 16:21:54 06/28/07 ()
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Say it again my brother!!

You're what I call a pedigree of Sierra Leone... no party afiliation but still recognises and appreciates the good for the country.

The sad thing is - you're preaching to losers...


Subject: Re: Ghaddafi's new slogan...ridiculous!
From: Massy Bahcee
To: All
Date Posted: 20:12:34 06/28/07 ()
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no party afiliation but still recognises and appreciates the good for the country.


Are you sure about this piece of information? my cousin Cee bah is slpp through and thorugh


Subject: Re: Ghaddafi's new slogan...ridiculous!
From: POLITICAL
To: All
Date Posted: 16:19:54 06/28/07 ()
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CB, Patriotism is not "a blind love for one's party or family member" I want you to stop defending the indefensable. Dont you believe our leaders in power are so corrupt that it is a shame to even talk about it to some friends? Do you disagree that from 2002 to 2006 the international community has poured in over 2 billion dollars in to the country and yet no improvement has been made? As a patriot you owe allegiance to the state and not to a political party. This type of behavior was exactly what brought anarchy to our sweet Sa Lone. People only concern about immediate family members or section living the rest of the country to languish without regards. You need to put your head straight and see the reality on the ground.


Subject: Re: Ghaddafi's new slogan...ridiculous!
From: Cee Bah
To: All
Date Posted: 22:37:06 06/28/07 ()
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Entered From: res-48-149.dyn.ihouse-nyc.org at 209.2.48.149

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I have mentioned times without number that the reason I don't engage with people like "Political" is that you can hardly ever be made to see the truth in the interest of your country. Neneh, I think sums it up by saying you are already loosers in the bigger game.

When you come up with unsubstantiated assertions and malicious and misguided accusations, and get defeated with the right words and evidence, you turn the issue upside down. When I point out again that you are swaying from the major issue of debate you now dare to accuse me of supporting the SLPP because of family or party ties. Can you really understand simple english. I hold no briefs for any political party. Unlike you, I am not obscure, people know me and they know the name I use here. If I was SLPP, and I am not, I would have said so, afterall they are in power and currently the leading party in the country.

Check my postings over the past years and they have been consistent in calling for objectivity and patriotism. You ask about reality on the ground? Where are you really writing from? I have been in Sierra Leone as an activist in different capacities for all my life but the past three months. I keep in touch and I know the issues. Can you really say that?

And just for the records, I am not in any way shape or form, connected to or directly benefitting from any memmber of the ruling party or any other party for that matter. In case you want to know, both of my parents have served Sierra leone as teachers for a combined period of over fourty five years and they take pride in that. That is probably why I think that we must put our country first, look at issues objectively, castigate and criticise constructively (which by the way I have done often), and even commend when there is a need to. It is not bad to have a politcal party, although I think that those we currently have are not getting the job done, but lets make the country the priority here.

I wish to end with your words "As a patriot you owe allegiance to the state and not to a political party"...and pray that you live up to them and learn as a general principle to live up to the standards that you demand from others.

Hoep this helps you and save you from not only perpetually loosing but making Sierra leone a looser all the time.

Cee Bah


Subject: Re: Ghaddafi's new slogan...ridiculous!
From: Amidu
To: All
Date Posted: 04:08:47 06/29/07 ()
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You are the one who refuses to see the truth. Stop dodging the issue of SLPP's corruption that stares you in the face, if only you would open your eyes to see it. As POLITICAL asked you, I also will ask you: Do you deny that the SLPP has been very corrupt in squandering more than a billion dollars in foreign aid during the past 11 years?

Just answer the question. That will tell us if you are patriotic, not your just sayinmg you are.


Subject: Re: Ghaddafi's new slogan...ridiculous!
From: bunia
To: All
Date Posted: 09:14:34 06/29/07 ()
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Entered From: 114-65-ftth.onsneteindhoven.nl at 88.159.65.114

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So-called Amidu, I think you and Cee Bah are living in another planet or you just want to be a mischef players.
The Justice system is tied with the government of the day. The ACC creation is fine but when the governmnet of the day stifle its power, there is no way that those in power will prosecute their own. In broad day light, you are hiding the truth of how Kabbah misused the money given by Gaddafi.
It is a crime for any government officials including the President to have his name in a cheque for money meant for por people.
It has been the way of those who are connected with governmental officials to defend their thievery act. Being a benefactor of thievery things do not give anyone a real future. You might be working for the UN or being someone whi derive material gains from those who are enriching themselves in Sierra Leone. But it is an irony to defend politicians who have sunk the boat.
Some of you hate Sierra Leone and its people. Your existence is tied to take away its wealth and bootlick tghose who are in control.
August 11th is slowly coming. The peopl will make a verdict. They will not sit in New York neither in Europe to say no to those who have got abillion dollars to upkeekthem and yet they go to bed hungry without eating the rice Kabbbah say he will provide.


Subject: Re: Ghaddafi's new slogan...ridiculous!
From: Neneh
To: All
Date Posted: 04:30:30 06/29/07 ()
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POLITICAL & Amidu:

first produce the evidence and if that attestation is tangible/reliable, we shall answer your allegation(s) (hearsay not applicable). I'm a sierra leonean 1st, and as such believes the SLPP is the ONLY party to rid the country of scums (such as those who clog this forum with nonsense).


Subject: Re: Ghaddafi's new slogan...ridiculous!
From: Amidu
To: All
Date Posted: 08:44:14 06/29/07 ()
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Evidence of what? People have accused of corruption generally. Then 2 days ago, he was also accused of corruption in connection with Libyan money. Please make clear what you are talking about even though you are clearly one of the scum you talked about.

As for making yourself the judge to decide if the allegations are credible, you appear to me to be more stupid than firest meets the usual blind SLPP apologist.

If you can understand the simple issue, Kabbah has been accused of stealing Libyan aid money and separately of corruption generally. He can not be the judge of whether those allegations are credible when he is also the accused. That is why you have a third party -- the judge. Neither can you SLPP supporters be the judge, because your party is also accused.


Subject: Re: Ghaddafi's new slogan...ridiculous!
From: APC
To: All
Date Posted: 09:41:05 06/29/07 ()
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Entered From: at 67.63.2.157

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"That is why you have a third party -- the judge"

In this case who is the Judge(third-party)?
APC? The squirrels in a peanut farm..


Subject: Re: Ghaddafi's new slogan...ridiculous!
From: Friend
To: All
Date Posted: 07:55:56 06/29/07 ()
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Entered From: red_dog.niehs.nih.gov at 157.98.76.127

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I like this Neneh lady already.


Subject: Re: Ghaddafi's new slogan...ridiculous!
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
To: All
Date Posted: 14:19:31 06/28/07 ()
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Entered From: host86-129-198-105.range86-129.btcentralplus.com at 86.129.198.105

Message:
You owe an apology to Ceebah!! Have a read again from the Government's press release a basis of their admission forced out by Standard time:

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"With respect to the one million dollars gifts, the cheque was prepared and issued in the personal name of President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, who nonetheless endorsed it to the Accountant-General for payment into the Consolidated Revenue Fund. Again, a press release was made on that occasion."

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request a copy of such transaction from the accountant-General's office to help resolve your mistrust of the Government. Another way to help you is to contact the libyan information attachee in the country you reside and expalin to them that you wish to very a matter of public interest. they will be too willing to help track the information as to why the cheque was made payable in the name of tejan kabbah. Constructive criticism and considerate recommendation can help in managing conflict. let us help our leaders by criticising them in a more constructive way not failing to explain to them what was required of them. let us suppose that money was meant to go into kabbah's retirement fund but as cunning as he is, he knwe others may have seen the cheque given to him and proactively thining he passed the cheque to the Accountant-general. kabbah may be a thief but a clever one that will not want to be caught as a petty thief. if you are not satisfied with what the 'Press release' stated, check with the relevant authorities. if you are tactful in your request, you will definitely get your answers.


Subject: Re: Ghaddafi's new slogan...ridiculous!
From: Stop Talking to Yourself
To: All
Date Posted: 21:27:49 06/28/07 ()
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You are not making sense. Decide whether you think Kabbah is a thief or not. Then, start your argument on one side of that issue.

It measns nothing to the answer to the main question whether Kabbah is a thief or not to say like you did that he may be a "clever thief." None, at all.

So, go ahead and apologize to the forum for talking nonsense. It is not an excuse for you to say you did not know you werer talking nonsense. As CADMUS would have told if only he had been a real lawyer, ignorance is no excuse under the law!


Subject: Re: Ghaddafi's new slogan...ridiculous!
From: Faceless
To: All
Date Posted: 13:39:28 06/28/07 ()
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Entered From: host86-129-198-105.range86-129.btcentralplus.com at 86.129.198.105

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Cocorioko does not have the facilities to get objectivity! what will you expect from false-consciousness? it is best to let sleeping dogs lie! Some day they will catch up and understand the importance of cross-check reporting. My good patriot bother not yourself - leadership is not about numbers - it is about results in actions.


Subject: The Blango behind Charles Margai
From: Faceless
To: All
Date Posted: 13:32:54 06/28/07 ()
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Entered From: host86-129-198-105.range86-129.btcentralplus.com at 86.129.198.105

Message:
Is he really a dr? A dr in what? Can his phd be a phd in the UK, US, FRANCE, GERMANY OR CANADA?


Subject: Re: The Blango behind Charles Margai
From: Russian Doctor
To: All
Date Posted: 11:15:01 06/29/07 ()
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Entered From: at 82.198.250.15

Message:
This manBLANGO is a Dr in SPORTS from Russia.
I thought you should know.


Subject: GORDON BROWN'S NEW CABINET
From: British Bull Dog
To: All
Date Posted: 13:06:43 06/28/07 ()
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Entered From: host86-129-198-105.range86-129.btcentralplus.com at 86.129.198.105

Message:
This is my new cabinet:


Subject: Re: YOU JOKE - THE REAL CABINET
From: GB - The Terrier
To: All
Date Posted: 13:14:53 06/28/07 ()
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Entered From: host86-129-198-105.range86-129.btcentralplus.com at 86.129.198.105

Message:
THIS IS MY REAL CABINET:


Subject: Re: YOU JOKE - THE REAL CABINET
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
To: All
Date Posted: 03:22:39 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: c-358472d5.01-32-73746f42.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se at 213.114.132.53

Message:
Linton Kwesi Johnson once sang that
”Jack Straw is not above
The law" - well he's now on top of it and our dear
dear Hilary Benn is further up and replaced by the man who will mince no words in resisting the bane of corruption (why should the British tax payer provide funds for us the poor poor san-san boys and girls only to have some other rich guys put those funds directly in their own pockets as if Great Britain was making direct Christmas donations to those pockets?

Check out his no nonsense background


Subject: Re: YOU JOKE - THE REAL CABINET
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
To: All
Date Posted: 03:13:18 06/29/07 ()
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Entered From: c-358472d5.01-32-73746f42.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se at 213.114.132.53

Message:
From Joko's point of view


Subject: GADDAFI'S SPEECH IN FREETOWN
From: THE COLONEL
To: All
Date Posted: 12:41:37 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 38.119.107.79

Message:
CULLED FROM http://mathaba.net/related.shtml?x=556653



The Leader addressed the huge masses of Sierra Leone at this Rally, speaking in English at the beginning of his speech saying:

Most people of this country are Muslims, Islam spread here without arms, without terrorism and without explosions.

Islam spread here in West Africa as it did in Indonesia peacefully, by culture, by understanding. Islam will continue to expand in the world peacefully and without terrorism or arms.

We thank Allah that the majority here are Muslims, living in peace with their Christian brothers and affiliates of other religions.

We encourage your merger and inter-marriages between Muslims and Christians, because the Religion belongs to Allah, and Sierra Leone belongs to all Sierra Leoneans,".

The Leader pursued his speech in the Arabic Language, he said:

I am happy and thank you for the warm popular reception at a late hour of last night, I am sorry that I was late and you have been waiting for me since morning till night.

I am here in Sierra Leone in my country and among my brothers. I am African and this is Africa.

I would like to tell you that these days we are standing at cross road, before us a dangerous historical turning point, Africa, either to be or not to be.

These are decisive hours that will decide the fate of the African continent.

Now is the time for real mobilization of the African people, youth, women and men.

In Accra, after two or three days, the voice of the African people must be heard, not the voice of rulers in Africa.

What do African people want? African people want African unity, want strength, peace and stability for Africa.

What do you want? You want the unity of Africa, You want very strong Africa like Europe, like the United States, one African people. One African Unity, one African Army, one African currency and one African identity.


More than 40 years and we are meeting in the summit and nothing has changed in the African reality.

Why? because Africa's destiny was only in the hands of the rulers, rulers met in closed halls, they agree and disagree, this reflects on the African reality and the peoples knew nothing.

This should change.

Now, the voice of the African people should be heard...youth's voice...woman's voice.

Voices of all the men and women, is what should be heard and what should decide Africa's destiny.

From now on, Africa's destiny shouldn't be decided by a handful of rulers.

This is why African people's activists began to meet these days in such gatherings.

Activists of more than 40 African countries met in Tripoli about four or five days ago, and a statement was issued at the gathering which gathered all the African activists and decided the to immediately establish the unitary government, and from now on, time shouldn't be wasted.

And in Bamako, women met and decided the same thing and issued the same statement.

In Conakry, just as you saw, witnessed and heard, it was a huge meeting in a stadium just like this one yesterday, the activists decided the same thing that was decided by Tripoli and Bamako activists.

And now here in Freetown.

By the grace of Allah, I will meet with other activists in Cote D'Ivoire and Ghana.

And there are other meetings in Kampala, South Africa and Senegal.


This indicate that the Africans have began to move...they have sensed that time is quickly passing by...Europe is uniting which is a dangerous challenge that confronts us...America is already a great power...South America is uniting...Asia is uniting in several blocs, in ASEAN, the independent countries and south Asia.

And this indicate that the Africans have become conscious, and this is a new and a very important thing.

We were not conscious in the past...we left our destiny to the rulers and, they knew nothing, they didn't agree and dozens of years were wasted, the Organization of African Unity failed in the unity, it was called the Organization of African Unity but it didn't realize the unity...which means it has failed.

Are we going to allow the African Union to fail just as the Organization of African Unity has failed?.

This matter is left to the African people.

Certainly the answer is no...We don't want the African Union to fail just as the Organization has failed.

We are crawling in Accra's direction and not like the usual rulers only...now, we are crawling through the masses...through the conscious African masses today.

We don't want beg Europe again, we don't want to become beggars to America, we don't want to become slaves again.

We want to be free...we want this continent to become strong just like the other continents, this can only be realized by unity...with a genuine effective unitary instrument.

This is the cross road we are in now:

We either succeed or fail...live or die.




Brothers, it hurts me to see African youth cross Libyan coasts in the direction of Europe in rotten boats and they drown in the Mediterranean Sea and become food for the Mediterranean fish.

The European press and other media comment on that saying, look at the African youth, look at the beggars they are coming to us across the sea, they enjoy reading the news how a boat drowned and how youth die and eaten by fish, they even take enjoyable pictures of them.

This must stop, too.

Do not immigrate to Europe, die or live in Africa.

Our continent is richer than Europe.

Africa is the richest continent, how come its people become beggars?.

How come, a rich continent with poor people?.

Europe is the poor, and because of that it occupied Africa in order to take African raw materials. They take African agriculture, fruits and vegetables.

In Europe, they do not have gold and diamond.

These coasts called coasts of gold and ivory. Here in Africa there is gold, diamond and precious metals, here there is brass, cobalt, magnesium and all raw materials, but they are not utilized because Africa is not united. We did not make an executive tool to realize this.


You're rich and the Europeans are the poor, how can the rich go to the poor and beg him?.

Listen my children:

Don't leave your African continent. Stay here in Africa. Work here in Africa.

how can you leave your continent and go to another continent? This is a shameful thing for the Africans.

They need Africa...They come to us as slaves and workers, and it is not us that goes to them either slaves or beggars.

From now on, don't go to Europe.

From now on, no migration from Africa.

Struggle is within the African continent...we live in the African continent...Africa is paradise, the rain is here, the rivers are here, the fresh lake are here, the forest are here, the fertile land is here, raw material is here, the humans are here...the mighty humans.

The African individual is the mighty individual in the world, they have a physical capability that no other race have.

How can we humiliate our selves now and go Europe like beggars.

One does not starve in Africa, but one can starve in Europe.

Who is your mother? Africa or Europe? we want an answer.

The masses reply with us: Africa.

Of course Africa.

How can you leave your mother and go to another?.

Remains here with your mother you either live or die.

How gives the milk, your mother or another strange woman?. It is your mother that gives you milk.

Hence, Africa is who breast feeds you, she gives the milk.

Stay here in Africa...Stay here in Africa...We have all the capabilities, but we lack the tools that makes use of these capabilities.



I listened carefully to a review of some of aid presented to you by your brothers in Libya, in the speech of my brother, Hajj. Ahmed.

This is a fraternal duty, but this can not save Sierra Leone or Libya.

Aid can not make the future of people, what makes the future is work.. Here work in agriculture, in industry and in all fields.

I know that this country suffered from many internal problems and civil war, this is the result of African separation because each African country is isolated by itself.

I asked Head of an African country, why do not you leave your country, he told me because my country is small one and any one with 30 soldiers can take over power. This is some thing that makes you laugh and cry at the same time.

If Africa was one nation like the United States of America or like Europe, would it be possible that 30 soldiers to rule this part of Africa?.

It is impossible ...because there is one African Central Government, and there is one African Army of more than 2 million soldiers.

In this case, this person feels assured and he can travel and leave this place.




This example gives us the unfortunate state of each African country alone.

Nevertheless, we will not ignore the situation we are living in due to partition and with out the establishment of the African unity, we must treat the wounds now existing In this respect, I highly appreciate the efforts of my dear brother Hajj. Ahmed Kabbah who with his sincerity towards you and his strong will and personal ability was able to heal the wounds of Sierra Leone, these are wounds of all of us Africans, therefore, this effort deserves appreciation and support.

There are wounds in Africa that need loyal men like President, Hajj. Ahmed Kabbah.

In order to continue supporting this effort to heal these wounds, specially in Sierra Leone, I will urge the Gathafi Foundation for International Charitable Associations to open an office here in Sierra Leone to work side by side with international charitable associations here, also the World Islamic Call Society will do the same thing.

We will work on bringing together the displaced families due to the civil war and to help the victims of this civil war and to rehabilitate them to live good life.

We compliment other international efforts here.

I thank you for this warm, fraternal and cordial reception.

Your brothers in Libya are watching you and applaud to you, they are greatly touched by these popular receptions which are transmitted to them live on the air.

Long live Africa..., long live African Unity ..Long live the United States of Africa. The struggle is on.



Subject: Re: GADDAFI'S SPEECH IN FREETOWN
From: nonsense
To: All
Date Posted: 14:11:44 06/28/07 ()
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Message:
People dont starve in africa? Gaddafi is an idiot.


Subject: Re: GADDAFI'S SPEECH IN FREETOWN
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
To: All
Date Posted: 14:36:11 06/28/07 ()
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Message:
Have you widely travelled inside Africa? I mean by road and seen despair and poverty! Some of us have and believe that people in some parts of the continent lack the basic necessities of life, notably food and water. This can be because of instability in their region. There is hunger in Africa my compatriot. take Darfur, Dinsor in Somalia, Tunim in Niger, and more - pass those places and you will understand the sufferings the African people carry.


Subject: Re: GADDAFI'S SPEECH IN FREETOWN
From: nonesense
To: All
Date Posted: 17:34:32 06/28/07 ()
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Message:
Gaddafi said people dont starve in Africa(read his speech posted here). send your comment to him, not me.


Subject: Re: GADDAFI'S SPEECH IN FREETOWN
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
To: All
Date Posted: 13:01:19 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Very touching to the bone and heart. May God help the African Union project to succeed. Whatever may have happened, did for a reason - our leadership during the inception of the recruitment of Sierra leoneans into the Libyan Legion was hopeless and had no respect for its citizens of all ages. they made us a hopeless lot and some took the opportunity to train to send a message that caused untold sufferings to the innocent and unarmed. May the victims of the atrocities find places in their hearts to forgive the perpetrators. Qaddafi, like I said in previous post is not that too bad - he is aggrieved but support from the rest of the leaders is lacking. Take the case for 'Slavery reparations'. he sent a communique to major leaders of africa to sign the petition and it has been over ten years for the signing to be completed. I adore and admire him for what he has done for his country, a semi-desert. Trips to Libya are not that expensive - detractors should take time off to see what a great leader he is. I condemn not that which is unselfish in his quest to make a difference to his people. Qaddafi, I contnue to salute you and acknowledge you new stance in proactive thinking. God Bless and Guide you for your light will shine on those that understand you.


Subject: Hot tempered Charles Maggai VS Chief Justice
From: APC
To: All
Date Posted: 12:13:49 06/28/07 ()
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When maggai heard the ruling, he was visibly shaken and told the Chief Justice, that he did not want to hear the rest of the Judges.
The Chief replied " You need to sit your Butt down, you will learn alot from these judges, besides this is my court.

Here is n excerpt: "When it was the turn of the Honourable Mr. Justice G. Semega-Janneh (A Gambian citizen) to read out his own ruling, Lawyer Charles Margai who could at that point, barely control his visible anger, got up and asked the Bench if the position taken by the Chief Justice was unanimous and if so, he did not want the Bench to engage in what he termed as "super fluidity" but to simply cut the proceedings short.

The Chief Justice declined to end the proceedings and suggested to Lawyer Margai that he could learn from the rulings to which Mr. Margai retorted sharply that he had nothing to learn from the Supreme Court Bench".

courtesy...awarenesstimes.


Subject: APC office
From: Richard
To: All
Date Posted: 10:00:53 06/28/07 ()
Email Address: ricerdan@yahoo.es
Entered From: acc986c5.ipt.aol.com at 172.201.134.197

Message:
I will like to know the adress and telephone of APC office. I need to contact with one person urgently and actually I'm in London and don't have other way to contact with.
Thank you
Richard


Subject: Re: APC office
From: In dependent Boy
To: All
Date Posted: 10:33:13 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: c-69-140-42-143.hsd1.md.comcast.net at 69.140.42.143

Message:
1800-CORRUPT.


Subject: Re: APC office
From: APC
To: All
Date Posted: 10:52:17 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
1-800-highest B


Subject: PRESS RELEASE
From: Office of the President
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Date Posted: 08:42:25 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
SIERRA LEONE GOVERNMENT
Office of the President


PRESS RELEASE

27 JUNE 2007

Government wishes to correct the misrepresentation contained in the article published in the Wednesday 27th June edition of the Standard Times Newspaper captioned “BOMSHELL - COLONEL GHADDAFI EXPOSES GOVERNMENT”.

The said article refers to a statement allegedly made at the National Stadium by Colonel Ghaddafi on Tuesday June 26 2007 to wit – “At the National Stadium yesterday the visiting Libyan President revealed to the mammoth crowd which was predominantly Muslims, the numerous contributions he has made to this country through the Government of President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah. Among the items donated were two shiploads of rice, money to the tune of two million dollars, fleet of vehicles, forty tractors, skip trucks, bowzers of fuel, nineteen buses and other items. . . The two ship loads of rice, the President could not explain how it was utilized. What remains of serious concern to the majority of Sierra Leoneans present at the National Stadium is that the Government of President Kabbah has never informed the people about these gestures from Colonel Ghaddafi and his Government”.

Government wishes the public to know that there is absolutely no iota of truth in the publication. Colonel Ghaddafi never made such a statement nor did he make any reference to donations made to Sierra Leone. On the contrary, it was President Kabbah who, in welcoming the Libyan Leader once again reminded the public about the various items Libya has donated to Sierra Leone.

It will be recalled that on every occasion when donations have been made, the President has always informed the public either through press releases as in the case of the Libyan rice, when that rice was publicly sold and proceeds used as seed money to launch National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT) or as in the case of the tractors, a public ceremony was held at the Youyi Building at which the President presented the forty tractors to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security. So also in the case of the twenty buses, skip trucks and water bowsers a special ceremony was held at the National Stadium at which representatives of the Libyan Government were specially flown from Libya to Freetown to take part in the presentation. All these presentations were given the widest publicity on the radio, television and in the newspapers.

Apart from the public presentations President Kabbah has on numerous occasions all over the country referred to these gifts in his public speeches.

With respect to the one million dollars gifts, the cheque was prepared and issued in the personal name of President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, who nonetheless endorsed it to the Accountant-General for payment into the Consolidated Revenue Fund. Again, a press release was made on that occasion.

Government considers the Standard Time publication as not only mischievous, malicious, inciting but also calculated to bring the President into hatred and excite public disaffection against the President and his Government.

The relationship between the Government and the people of the Arab Republic of Libya and the Government and people of Sierra Leone has been collaborative and transparent.

It is, therefore, the hope of Government that media practitioners would practise their trade with objectivity, integrity and caution. The referenced article in the Standard Times woefully failed to observe these basic rules of journalism.

Meanwhile, the matter has been referred to the Office of the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice for necessary action.


Subject: Re: PRESS RELEASE
From: Crase
To: All
Date Posted: 20:42:32 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: host86-129-167-146.range86-129.btcentralplus.com at 86.129.167.146

Message:
AG/Minister of Justice is a mad man.He has bungled up everything he ever handled.He is a top patient of Dr Nahim.


Subject: Re: PRESS RELEASE/ Don't Be Fool
From: GBANGBANI
To: All
Date Posted: 16:15:59 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: adsl-69-230-183-56.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net at 69.230.183.56

Message:
Gbangbani, again has vested interest in this issue. If your refutation is so true, why not post the name of the said bank...I mean the bank where it (Check)was deposited, transaction number, check number if possible. Remember, issuing a press release is always an essential form to a covert behavior within a system.

"The relationship between the Government and the people of the Arab Republic of Libya and the Government and people of Sierra Leone has been collaborative and transparent".

To the Libyan President, it may be transparent as he is not the recipient....But to Kabba, I have to hold my breath as it is always a reminder of his past conviction of a voucher Gate followed by his trial way back.


Subject: Re: PRESS RELEASE/ Don't Be Fool
From: APC
To: All
Date Posted: 13:18:24 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
"But to Kabba, I have to hold my breath as it is always a reminder of his past conviction of a voucher Gate followed by his trial way back".

Hey dummy that was Victor Foh. remember, the APC sec-Gen..


Subject: Re: PRESS RELEASE
From: gongolee joindalists
To: All
Date Posted: 09:40:46 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157

Message:
Sue their-- watch your mouth.


Subject: Re: PRESS RELEASE
From: Rope Draw Bush
To: All
Date Posted: 09:49:38 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
don't hold your breath waiting for SLPP to sue journalists.

Thney are only too aware what truth might come out of such a lawsuit ...as we say back home, " ...rope draw bush!"


Subject: Re: PRESS RELEASE
From: APC
To: All
Date Posted: 11:10:54 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Those involved in such mis-leading information disemination have been arrested and will have to answer in court.
We will know what is their motive.


Subject: Re: PRESS RELEASE
From: SLPP
To: All
Date Posted: 12:54:54 06/28/07 ()
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Message:
So even before a court determines after a trial whether "those arrested" are guilty, you have already determined that they are guilty of being "involved in such mis-leading information."

How do you know that they are involved in diseminating "misleading information" when a court has not found them guilty of doing that?

Are trying to prove your membership in the expanding club of blind SLPP apologists?


Subject: Re: PRESS RELEASE
From: BLAMA, BLAMA, LOOK MILKILOW
To: All
Date Posted: 09:07:18 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
This is not the time for a one-sided press release from Kabbah & Co.

If the SLPP government know say it is not not guilty of stealing Kadedafi's aid to So Lon, let is allow someone one else to investigate the matter.

Where have you heard say when people have been accused of committing a crime, they have been allowed to investigate themselves? Or to be their own judge and jury?

I say to you Kabbah and your SLPP, stop your evil tactics. Come clean. Let a judge investigate your guilt or inocence. The people of Sa Lon deserve nothing less!


Subject: Re: PRESS RELEASE
From: CADMUS
To: All
Date Posted: 11:17:47 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 82.198.250.73

Message:
Sometimes it is hard to even attempt to reply to some of the obvious diatribes written about the SLPP Government.

Some are so illiterate and so badly written that one would feel ashamed to read them, let alone bother to reply to them

To engage in Criminal Libel is nothing new to the Standard Times. I do hope that they throw the book at this cheap ass-hole of an editor and his piece of Rag that passes for a news-papers once and for good.

I have always argued that we should always retain the Criminal Libels Laws untill CERTAIN JoURNALISTS appreciate that freedom of the press comes with responsibilty, and should not be abused gratuitously.
We are still not mature enough.


Subject: Re: PRESS RELEASE
From: SLPP
To: All
Date Posted: 12:57:43 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
"Sometimes it is hard to even attempt to reply to some of the obvious diatribes written about the SLPP Government.
Some are so illiterate and so badly written that one would feel ashamed to read them, let alone bother to reply to them --- CADMUS

CADMUS, we are not interested in your confession about your illiterate writings. Address the issue. If the Standard Times has not been found guilty in a competent court of law of libel, where do you come from stating that they are guilty of such a crime?

Why are you SLPP apologists so stupid?


Subject: Re: PRESS RELEASE
From: FARRAH MARRAH
To: All
Date Posted: 11:42:41 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 134.113.7.101

Message:
CADMUS,

What if the allegations are proven to be accurate?
Sierra Leoneans shouldn't be SURPRISED.
Kabbah is a common criminal who STOLE funds when he was a Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Trade and Industry in the Albert Margai administration.
Wae de Man na bin messenger e tiff.
Now wae nah Chief wae tin ee for do?


Subject: Re: PRESS RELEASE
From: APC
To: All
Date Posted: 12:15:00 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157

Message:
you are about to find out if they are true.


Subject: Pres Kabbah Crumbles Dr. Abass Bundu and Two Others......Sei
From: STANDARD TIMES
To: All
Date Posted: 08:14:51 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Pres Kabbah Crumbles Dr. Abass Bundu and Two Others......Seized Four Houses
STANDARD TIMES


Posted by on Jun 27, 2007, 20:39



Constitutionally, president Kabbah’s executive power ended on the 14th May, 2007 and has since that date remained a care-taker president as provided for by the 1991 constitution until a new President elect.

From the 14th May, 2007 to the handing over date by the outgoing president is subject to legal scrutiny and prolong battle that would require the intervention of the Supreme Court for interpretation.

On Thursday 21st June, 2007 the Minister of Lands and Country Planning, Dr. Bobson Sesay under the directive of the outgoing President laid before Parliament a bill titled compulsory acquisition which seek to forcefully retrieve assets of certain individuals including Dr. Abass Bundu, Sanie Sesay and Lawyer Arnold Gooding.

Among the assets earmarked by the outgoing President for immediate seizure by a warrant which has already been signed by him on Friday 22nd 2007 to be executed this week includes, the Former Governor’s Lodge leased by Lawyer Arnold Gooding in 1982 and a freehold already paid for. In a letter dated 12th January 1983 sent to Lawyer Gooding by the Director of Surveys and Lands reads thus, ..I am to refer to your letter ajbg/gh/g/82 of 28th October 1982 on the subject of leasing what was Governor’s Beach Lodge Sussex village and to confirm that his Excellency has given the necessary clearance for the Honourable Minister of Land’s Housing and Country Planning to offer you a lease of this premises on the following terms, which have been carefully considered…a) A period of 5 years with effect from 1st January 1983. b) The rent to be Le200.00 per annum and, c) There should be an option to purchase the free holding of the land after developing.

Subsequently, during the period of developing the land Lawyer Gooding having fulfilled the conditions of the lease was granted a freehold which was paid for in 1983, a conveyance was prepared and signed by the Honourable Minister of Lands and Country Planning by then, Mr. Ibrahim M’baba Kamara and registered in Volume 72 page 45 of the books of the Administrator and Registrar Generals.

The case against Lawyer Arnold Gooding orchestrated in certain quarters for the forfeiture of this property is that he had acquired the Former Governor’s Lodge improperly.

While Lawyer Arnold Gooding may be thinking of any possible action to contest what some legal analysts described as inappropriate, Dr Abass Bundu who switched over to the SLPP to save his skin is also contemplating similar actions for two of his assets to be forfeited in the next few days.

Among Dr. Bundu’s assets are the Diamond Corporation Flats at Spur Loop and the building at 28 Walpole Street in Freetown.

Already, the matter between Dr. Abass Bundu and the Government of Sierra Leone is in the Appellate Court when a new twist into the matter had surfaced.

However, in a letter dated 13th February, 2007 written by the Attorney General and Minister of Justice to the outgoing president, Mr. Carew advice thus, “…I have therefore come to the conclusion that the best of all the evils involved that would ensure the immediate legal recovery and possession of the said properties is by compulsory acquisition as required by Section 21 of the Constitution of Sierra Leone 1991 (Act No 6 0f 1991) and the Public Lands Act 1960 Cap.116 of the Laws of Sierra Leone 1960, in which case those contesting the claim of the Government will be oblige to take Government to Court and the manner of their acquiring Government properties will determine what compensation, if any to be paid to such persons…” part of the document reads.

The allegation against Dr. Abass Bundu is not different to that of Lawyer Arnold Gooding… “He had acquired the property in an improper manner”

Mr. Sanie Sesay of the APC is another victim of the compulsory acquisition bill passed in Parliament last Thursday. According to documentary evidence he sold to his wife “The Residence of the Chief Justice at Hill Station” for Three Thousand Leones while he was Minister of Lands, Housing and Country Planning.

This matter is also at the Appellate Court for hearing when this ugly development took place last week.

It is not known what prompted the action from President Kabbah since the matters are in court. In the case of Lawyer Arnold Bishop Gooding, interpretations are different, others are attributing the action of the outgoing President as improper and illegal considering the period of acquisition to this latest action, legal pundits are saying that both constitutionally and on the face of the law is wrong “It is a show of political might, although his executive power is no more legitimate and has ceased to exist on the 14th May, 2007” Remarked a Supreme Court Judge.


Subject: Re: Pres Kabbah Crumbles Dr. Abass Bundu and Two Others......Sei
From: Analyst
To: All
Date Posted: 21:47:45 06/29/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 86.155.230.98

Message:
Abass should have known better.Pa Kabba nor de forgive


Subject: YU DON EAT?
From: kroobaymom
To: All
Date Posted: 07:15:00 06/28/07 ()
Email Address: kroobaymom@yahoo.com
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Message:
YU DON EAT?

BI MENGA?

IM PODI?

AR YARMALI?

AH SALONE- FOOD SECURITY WE NOR SEE; GHADAFFI CHOP MONEY WE NOR SEE? WEY ME YONE?


Subject: Re: YU DON EAT?
From: THAVARISH
To: All
Date Posted: 08:08:26 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: adsl-074-228-219-218.sip.asm.bellsouth.net at 74.228.219.218

Message:
YU DON EAT?

WHOSID,FOOD NOR DAE.PA KABBAH DON EAT DE CHOP MONEY. NOW NAR SUCK AIR WE DAE PAN.

IM PODI?

DAEKEA. PA ALAHI KABBAH URM PODI AR KALA SU.MOR YEEN AR FAEFIINA NKE ME DI.(TEMMNE)


Subject: Re: YU DON EAT?
From: THANK YOU TOO
To: All
Date Posted: 07:40:40 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
To paraphrase Fela Kuti of Nigeria, singing against the baybayraebay corruption of Obasanjo, the SLPP's mentor to President Kabbah and VP Berewa, in the 1980s hit, 'ORIGINAL SUFFER HEAD:


Oh (Salone, we sorry)
Plenty land dae (nar Salone)
Plenty, plenty fertile land
(1996 Kabbah) promise we (food security)

Now nar 2007 him de Kabbah dae cam go lef we)
Food -- ee nor dae
Water -- ee nor dae
Light -- ee nor dae
Wahala -- ee dae borku

Suffer Head (of State) must go
Gbafucate, Eliminate -- He must go!
(Berewa) nar Suffer Head (to come)
But, Ah wan tell you wan bitter truth
Suffer Head must go!

Me ah say, Suffer Head dem, dem must go!


Subject: THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET (SOCIAL ASSISTANCE) SCHEME
From: ASSISTANCE
To: All
Date Posted: 02:13:44 06/28/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY
THE PRESIDENT, ALHAJI DR AHMAD TEJAN KABBAH
ON THE OCCASION OF THE LAUNCHING
OF THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET (SOCIAL ASSISTANCE) SCHEME
FRIDAY, 29TH JUNE 2006

SALUTATIONS

Let me join the Chairman and other speakers to heartily welcome you all to this gathering, which has been rightly described as the first of its kind in the history of this country, and probably in many other countries particularly in Africa. In our desire to promote the general wellbeing of the people of this country, my Government is today taking another giant step forward by launching the first ever Social Assistance Programme (or Social Safety Net Scheme) in the country. We are proud to be part of this history.

Before I proceed to do the launching, let me first of all make a few remarks.

Post-conflict countries like Sierra Leone often face a range of social protection needs, which may include:

" an increase in the number of persons without work or income support;
" the emergence of vulnerable groups such as widows, widowers, orphans, disabled, etc.

Therefore, an appropriate social protection system is crucial in promoting social justice and peace that support the vulnerable amongst us.


Mr. Chairman, it is precisely as a result of these considerations, among others, that in my inaugural address to the nation during the State Opening of the First Session of the First Parliament of the Second Republic of Sierra Leone in 1996, I committed my Government to addressing the deepening poverty situation in our country, in all its manifestations. As in 1996 then, it is still my firm conviction that the most precious gift to workers and their dependants in retirement is an effective National Social Security Scheme. Those who give their best years to the service of their nation deserve a comfortable life in retirement. This remains the driving force behind the establishment of the National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT).

NASSIT as you may know attracted criticisms and misgivings from some quarters when it was being established. After four years of commitment and hard work, NASSIT is not only a reality today, but has become a huge success.

Mr. Chairman,

The social protection provided by NASSIT is for those of our compatriots who have contributed to the scheme during their working lives up to and until their retirement at 60. This leaves out a large number of other vulnerable persons - our compatriots who are already 60 years and above, and who never had the opportunity to contribute to NASSIT. These people, old and perhaps now incapacitated, may have, in their own little way, contributed towards nation-building. Some of these people may have lived a decent life only to be faced with extremely challenging circumstances in old age. In most cases, women, particularly widows in traditional customary settings are the most affected. Therefore, my Government had equally conceptualized the establishment of a Social Safety Net Scheme for this special category of the aged and other vulnerable persons.

However, unlike NASSIT, which is a Contributory Scheme by the active working population, the Social Safety Net/Social Assistance Programme is a non-contributory programme, which will rely heavily on Government and the support of the private sector and our development partners. My Government has already opened a separate Account for this purpose, and we will do everything in our power to ensure that appropriate budgetary provision is always made by Government for this programme.

Mr. Chairman,

The current budget basket of the scheme has been developed from several sources.

When we were setting up NASSIT, we realized that it needed to be complemented by a Social Safety Net Scheme. However, we encountered severe resource constraints to finance this scheme. Consistent with our commitment to enhancing the social well being of our people, when we received ship loads of rice from the Chinese, French, Libyan and Italian Governments as commodity aid in 2001 and 2002, we sold it at concessionary rates to our people, with the following amounts realized:

Libyan Food Aid - Le2,027,684,370
Italian Food Aid - Le579,260,100
French Food Aid - Le558,364,154
Chinese Food Aid - Le961,599,184

These funds were invested, yielding an interest of Le345,487,497.24. The Government also augmented these resources with dividends it received from the Rokel Commercial Bank in 2001 in the sum of Le571,069,200.00.

Part of the funds from these sources was later utilized as seed money to set up NASSIT as a first step in the establishment of a comprehensive National Social Security System. We thank all these friendly countries for having provided such valuable assistance. I am sure that they will be pleased that their assistance has been used in such a constructive way especially when one recalls that in the past such food aid was either shared among politicians and other government functionaries or otherwise misappropriated. Today NASSIT, being in a good financial standing, has been able to pay back over Le5.3 billions towards the establishment of the Social Safety Net Scheme. Additional support to the scheme amounting to Le5 billion will be made by government sometime in the future, as a demonstration of our strong commitment to, and faith in the value of the potential contribution of this scheme to the general well being of our people. The total amount available for the operation of the Social Safety Net Scheme is now about Le5.7 billion. Since all the money is not going to be spent at the same time and NASSIT is not going to charge administrative costs for administering the Scheme, the bulk of the money will be invested and the returns from such invested funds will be placed into the Safety Net Scheme account to ensure its sustainability.

Mr. Chairman,

Beneficiaries of the Social Safety Net Scheme comprise:

" the Disabled
" widows and Widowers
" the Aged
" children up to 15 years, who lost contacts with their parents during the war and are still separated and
" Orphans

The Social Safety Net Scheme will ensure that eligible beneficiaries have:

(a) basic provision for food
(b) reasonable housing
(c) access to basic health care
(d) access to rehabilitation in the case of the disabled.


Those eligible for the Programme should:

a have no regular income;
b have no other regular means of support;
c unable to work;
d must be sixty years and above except for separated children, orphans and the disabled.

Scrupulous efforts will be made to ensure that only those that meet the strict eligibility criteria benefit from this Scheme.

Mr. Chairman, my Government is finalizing plans for the construction of moderate homes in each of the 12 districts for those who fall in these categories and who may prefer to be at those homes. A number of consultants and Programme officials of the Social Safety Net programme will shortly undertake visits to the districts and chiefdoms with the view, in consonance with all stakeholders, to identifying suitable sites for these construction activities to take place.

In a bid to facilitate the effective take-off of the scheme, a nation-wide sensitization exercise was embarked upon, in all the 149 Chiefdoms in the twelve (12) districts in the Provinces and in twenty-one (21) communities in the seven wards in the Western Area. A Pilot Verification exercise was undertaken in November 2005 in some parts of the country to determine potential beneficiaries. I am informed that all stakeholders welcomed the idea and are anticipating a successful implementation of the Programme.

Mr. Chairman,

In conclusion I wish to emphasize that the success of the Social Safety Net Scheme should be the concern of every citizen. Social Safety Net Committees have been established in all Chiefdoms across the country with a responsibility, among others, to identify eligible persons. I am pleased to announce that these Committees are providing voluntary service to their communities, a practice, which is very highly commendable. We all have a collective responsibility to ensure the success of this Programme. By so doing, we would have been, in diverse ways, our "brothers' keepers".

I now have great pleasure in launching the Social Assistance Programme otherwise known as the Social Safety Net Scheme, and I wish it every success.

I thank you all for your attention.


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Subject: Re: THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET (SOCIAL ASSISTANCE) SCHEME
From: THANK YOU
To: All
Date Posted: 02:16:09 06/28/07 ()
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The current budget basket of the scheme has been developed from several sources.

When we were setting up NASSIT, we realized that it needed to be complemented by a Social Safety Net Scheme. However, we encountered severe resource constraints to finance this scheme. Consistent with our commitment to enhancing the social well being of our people, when we received ship loads of rice from the Chinese, French, Libyan and Italian Governments as commodity aid in 2001 and 2002, we sold it at concessionary rates to our people, with the following amounts realized:

Libyan Food Aid - Le2,027,684,370
Italian Food Aid - Le579,260,100
French Food Aid - Le558,364,154
Chinese Food Aid - Le961,599,184

These funds were invested, yielding an interest of Le345,487,497.24. The Government also augmented these resources with dividends it received from the Rokel Commercial Bank in 2001 in the sum of Le571,069,200.00.

Part of the funds from these sources was later utilized as seed money to set up NASSIT as a first step in the establishment of a comprehensive National Social Security System. We thank all these friendly countries for having provided such valuable assistance. I am sure that they will be pleased that their assistance has been used in such a constructive way especially when one recalls that in the past such food aid was either shared among politicians and other government functionaries or otherwise misappropriated. Today NASSIT, being in a good financial standing, has been able to pay back over Le5.3 billions towards the establishment of the Social Safety Net Scheme. Additional support to the scheme amounting to Le5 billion will be made by government sometime in the future, as a demonstration of our strong commitment to, and faith in the value of the potential contribution of this scheme to the general well being of our people. The total amount available for the operation of the Social Safety Net Scheme is now about Le5.7 billion. Since all the money is not going to be spent at the same time and NASSIT is not going to charge administrative costs for administering the Scheme, the bulk of the money will be invested and the returns from such invested funds will be placed into the Safety Net Scheme account to ensure its sustainability.


Subject: Re: THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET (SOCIAL ASSISTANCE) SCHEME
From: THANK YOU EVEN MORE
To: All
Date Posted: 07:11:38 06/28/07 ()
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Entered From: cache-dtc-ad10.proxy.aol.com at 205.188.116.204

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"When we were setting up NASSIT, we realized that it needed to be complemented by a Social Safety Net Scheme. However, we encountered severe resource constraints to finance this scheme. Consistent with our commitment to enhancing the social well being of our people, when we received ship loads of rice from the Chinese, French, Libyan and Italian Governments as commodity aid in 2001 and 2002, we sold it at concessionary rates to our people, with the following amounts realized:

Libyan Food Aid - Le2,027,684,370"

Thank you for proving that, if as President Kabbah, allegedly said, the Liyan food aid to NASSIT consisted of $675, 894, only, that means the SLPP government has failed to account for the rest of the amount President Kabbah is accused of defrauding the people of Salone.

For you information, that amount includes two shiploads of rice, money to the tune of two million dollars, fleet of vehicles, forty tractors, skip trucks, bowzers of fuel, nineteen buses and other items.

Now that you can't claim to be blind to the total amount of money and items President Kabbah and his SLPP cronies are actually accused of stealing, we are waiting for you to show how that much greater Libyan aid was "spent" on NASSIT.

Don't make us wait too long!



Subject: Bill Gates of Africa
From: Bambay Lans Kamara
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Date Posted: 01:07:05 06/28/07 ()
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Entered From: c-71-197-104-25.hsd1.ca.comcast.net at 71.197.104.25

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Philip Emeagwali is not your typical genius. He was born in 1957 in Nigeria. His school experience was much the same as with many other native African children. He even had to drop out of school at the age of 14 because his father could not pay his school fees. During his few early years in school, Philip showed a proficiency in mathematics. His father encouraged him to continue his education and even tried to tutor him until Philip "knew more than he did."
After dropping out of high school Philip immersed himself in the public library, reading and studying such subjects as college-level mathematics, physics chemistry and English. When he was 17, he received a scholarship to Oregon State University. He arrived at the University in 1974 and has since earned four other degrees - a Ph.D. in Scientific Computing from the University of Michigan along with two Masters Degrees from the George Washington University.
With the title, "Bill Gates of Africa", it is easy to see how much of an impact his intellect has had on the computing industry. In 1989, the computer system he built became the first system to perform 3.1 billion calculations per second. This record even surpassed the expensive super computers in the U. S. He used his computer to help scientists understand how oil flowed underground. His invention garnered him the prestigious Gordon Bell Prize in the U. S. This is considered to be the Nobel Prize of computing.

Emeagwali's computer, "The Connection Machine" pictured above, was developed in 1986, and it was a full three years of poor success with the computer until he hit pay dirt. Although skeptics doubted even minimal gains, Emeagwali never gave up on his "baby." The breakthrough was that Emeagwali was able to link 65,536 processors, each one equal to a desk top computer, across the internet to the Connection Machine. He had a great analogy:

"Just picture the conventional supercomputer, costing $30m each, as eight oxen pulling a cart and the Connection Machine as about 65,000 chickens pulling the same cart. The old thinking is that the oxen will do a better job, but if the chickens coordinate their efforts, they'll do a better job than the oxen. That's what my 65,536 small computers achieved: 3.1 billion calculations per second".


Emeagwali's theory proved to be revolutionary in the world of computers. The above is a diagram of how he linked up all of the computers. The red dots represent a processor and the red lines represent the path of the information sent.


Subject: VERY AFFORDABLE & PLENTY OF TOURISTS
From: Albert Moinina
To: All
Date Posted: 23:23:41 06/27/07 ()
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Entered From: at 213.42.21.58

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CULLED FROM visitsierraleone.org

Travel News

All helicopter services have been suspended till further notice. However, the hovercraft services have now resumed. A one way trip costs $50.


Subject: Calling SAHR T
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
To: All
Date Posted: 20:23:56 06/27/07 ()
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Entered From: c-358472d5.01-32-73746f42.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se at 213.114.132.53

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Some of Kotoh Ahmadu and the Old Timers School of


Subject: Re: Calling SAHR T
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
To: All
Date Posted: 20:27:48 06/27/07 ()
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Entered From: c-358472d5.01-32-73746f42.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se at 213.114.132.53

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Sir Ahmadu & the


Subject: Re: Calling SAHR T
From: THAVARISH
To: All
Date Posted: 07:53:23 06/28/07 ()
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Entered From: adsl-074-228-219-218.sip.asm.bellsouth.net at 74.228.219.218

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Thank you very much Bra Cornie for Mr Jah's link.I met with him and his family (Neneh cherry and others) during his visit to freetown.They stayed with us and my father and him are cousin.He is a product of GBINTI,DIBIA CHIEFDOM.My elder brother and uncle used to help him out during the 70s and 80s,but they've since move to OSLO,NORWAY.Thanks again for the link.


Subject: Re: Calling SAHR T
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
To: All
Date Posted: 08:34:48 06/28/07 ()
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Entered From: c-358472d5.01-32-73746f42.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se at 213.114.132.53

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Well, dear music lover Sahr T says he likes old style (nostalgia) and has previously enquired about the Hon. so I thought that I’d give him Mr. Jarr’s darshan and so satisfy his desire (I’ve told him that I’d like to play with any of my top idols from Ghana, Congo Jahmaica, Trinidad or even with him, but he thinks I can’t even lick his national anthem because he has never heard or listened to ZADDIK ISAAC who knows his scales from Africa, thru Cuba and Jahmaica, before he started playing…..

Sure, like Johnny Walker, still going strong, the grandee patriarch Kohtoh Muhammadu, father of almost a nation is the elder of Elders over here, with one foot (the left one) in Sweden since about 1963 and the other foot (the right) occasionally planted in Sierra Leone – always true to the Gbinti & Themne culture and if you listen to his “Swedish Weather “missing what I also miss (probably Salone bera dem, the real Jackit Tomboe & this:
96 Degrees In The Shade


Subject: Re: Calling SAHR T
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
To: All
Date Posted: 08:22:07 06/28/07 ()
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Entered From: c-358472d5.01-32-73746f42.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se at 213.114.132.53

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Sure, like Johnny Walker, still going strong, the grandee patriarch Kohtoh Muhammadu, father of almost a nation is the elder of Elders over here, with one foot (the left one) in Sweden since about 1963 and the other foot (the right) occasionally planted in Sierra Leone – always true to the Gbinti & Themne culture and if you listen to his “Swedish Weather “missing what I also miss (probably Salone bera dem, the real Jackit Tomboe & this:


Subject: WHY VP BEREWA ALWAYS SLEEPS ?
From: MUSA KAMARA
To: All
Date Posted: 15:39:57 06/27/07 ()
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Entered From: luna.hypair.net at 194.50.180.4

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Please fellow Sierra-Leoneans help and give me a satisfactory answer.Why Berewa is always sleeping at important gatherings?Even when kabbah was giving his farewell speech,I think he was busy sleeping or dead asleep.We have to be reasonable in our decisions to choose our next leader.A leader,besides competence should be healthy and physically fit.Also,my advice to the slpp is that,sheltering those opportunists,renegade,crook,recycling and morally handicapped politicians like Abass Bundu in your party,will further damage and tarnish your image,which will eventually lead to your total downfall.So you guys should start thinking.


Subject: Re: WHY VP BEREWA ALWAYS SLEEPS ?
From: Doc
To: All
Date Posted: 19:59:15 06/27/07 ()
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Entered From: host86-147-232-197.range86-147.btcentralplus.com at 86.147.232.197

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Because he loves to sleep.


Subject: Re: WHY VP BEREWA ALWAYS SLEEPS ?
From: Independent Man
To: All
Date Posted: 22:43:53 06/28/07 ()
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Entered From: adsl-68-127-105-250.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net at 68.127.105.250

Message:
And he will beat APC & PMDC in his sleep.


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