Lioness are Training Under Deplorable Hope, Former Junior National Team Player Joe Bashi Laments

Joe Bashi with head coach Ngachu

Joe Bashi, a former Junior National team player who came on vacation to Cameroon has expressed uncertainties after a stopover to congratulate the Lioness in camp for the Brazil Olympics qualifiers against Ghana. Dr. Bashi decried that the crisis level in the Lioness’ den seems to be the worst in the history of football in Cameroon.

Speaking to The Eye after the visit, Joe Bashi said it was unbelievable to see the most recent Pride of Africa who created sensations in Canada during the just ended female world cup train without training jersey. He added that it is regrettable that the players though called for training are not in camp given that they are coming from their homes. Dr. Bashi also revealed to this reporter that it is feared that some of the players in the Diasporas may turn down if they are called to join their peers. The state of nature of the training has gone viral on the social media yet FECAFOOT officials continue to give a deaf ear to it.

It is alleged that some of the players come for training by taxis while others come by "Achaba". To Dr. Joe Bashi, it is surprising to see that "The Normalization Committee" which took all the praises of the success of the girls have all disappeared. Ngachou, we gathered has been abandoned with the girls with nothing. A picture of the players packed in one car after training has also gone viral on the social media. Not even enough treatment for the injured girls. Allegedly, the girls are drinking from taps after training.  Tongues are still waging as to has happened to the hundreds of millions disbursed by FIFA their participation at the world cup.

A school thought holds that the money may have disappeared into private pockets. More so, football fans are of the opinion that it is time for the Head of State to step in to put an end to the masquerade.

When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)

Thousands Pay Last Respect to Renown Photo Journalist, Tabah Eric alias Titanic(PhotoNews)

The sky showed a twisted face as darkness descended on everyone’s forehead. Not even a bird could be heard from a near-by bush. Noise of despair took the centre stage as all were downheartedly surrendered selves to tears with some rolling on the ground in agony when Tabah Eric’s mortal remains entered the family compound. No one, perhaps God alone would have attempted to comfort anyone including this reporter.  Even though the sun was high up, it could not reflect on any bitter face.

Grief and pains could be pictured on every face as thousands gathered on July 24, 2015 at Kfunsaa-Wat village to pay their last respected to Tabah Eric alias Titanic photo. Tabah Eric died last week at the Banso Baptist Hospital after a pithy illness that has left many including this reporter asking rhetoric’s as to whether Ndu itself was a safe asylum for human existence.

Testimonies from the various personalities send mourners in tears. From the Pastors to Eric family head, father, his In-laws, Friends of the Media, Veteran Club Ndu, Photographers Association, and each testimony was pinpointing the untimely departure of Eric as a great lost to humanity. Men, women, children, the young and the old could be seen at different angles and positions in tears for losing someone so dear, kind and simple. In fact, Turpac said it all when he described “life as a baler alcohol “that is too short. Yet memories of the past kept the eyes blurred even when the Pastors stepped in with their preaching. Tabah Eric was one of the most popular young men in Ndu and beyond.

Born in 1973 at Wat, Tabah Eric after his Primary Education left for Ebolowa. After several years in Ebolowa, he decided to come back home. He then settled in Ndu and set up a barbing shop. He worked hard to the point that he was the centre of attraction in Ndu. As testified by the photographers, Eric was the one who proposed to a businessman to set up a photo lab in Ndu. He was then encouraged into photography and he ended up as one of the best in the Region. He later established a provision store alongside his photo studio.

Tabah Eric had a lot of passion for journalism. With the emergence of citizen journalism, he became the first animator of Morning Safari Fan Club in Ndu. Suddenly, he became a renounced citizen journalist on several radio stations (Savannah Radio Ndu, Sky FM, and Renaissance FM) and providing footage to TV Channels like Equinox and LTM as well as supplying pictures to several print media. When Savannah Radio was installed and launched in Ndu, his obsession for journalism became a perfect reality. To be up to date, Eric also set up a newspaper kiosk (the one and only in Donga Mantung Division) which was another attraction.

It should be recalled that last year, Eric was voted by readers of The Eye newspaper as the “Best Photographer”. As thousands mourn the departure of Tabah Eric, we of The Eye Newspaper are particular touched and depressed to the point that words cannot explain.

(Eric, a million times we miss you and a million times we cry you. In fact, in our heart you hold a place that no one else can ever fill. For part of us when with you the day God decided to take you Home. We know and aware that you are with Him yet in Tears we are. That you left so soon. Farewell brother until we shall meet again to part no more



When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)

Obama's Trip To Kenya In 1987 and His 2015 Visit Compared (Photos)

 Culled from The Telegraph

Barack Obama in Kenya: how this trip compares to his 1987 visit. An interesting read!

 The reception waiting for US President Barack Obama is a far cry from his arrival in Nairobi as a young community organiser 29 years ago.

When Barack Obama flies into Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport this evening, he will do so on board Air Force One, accompanied by dozens of aides, hundreds of journalists and thousands of security staff. Also travelling in his delegation are some of America's wealthiest and most powerful businessmen.
The airspace around the airport will be closed as his plane, escorted by a fleet of military helicopters, touches down on the tarmac.
Waiting at the bottom of the red carpet is likely to be Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta as well as a host of dignitaries and business leaders.
Mr Obama will step into his armour-plated limousine The Beast and the roads around the capital of East Africa's largest economy will be closed as his convoy, protected by the best – trained security teams on earth, whisks him to the country's most luxurious hotels.
The scenes are a far cry from Obama's arrival in Nairobi as a young community organiser 29 years ago.
Keen to understand his father's homeland and meet his Kenyan relatives, he flew from the US only for his half-sister Auma to be late to pick him up. British Airways lost his luggage and an airport official tried to cadge cigarettes off him before asking that if was from the United States, he knew his cousin in Texas.
When his sister eventually arrived to collect him, it was in a beaten up Volkswagen Beetle that was so old, Mr Obama joked he might have to get out and push.

The following is an extract from his book Dreams of my Father about his arrival in 1987.

Kenyatta International Airport was almost empty. Officials sipped at their morning tea as they checked over passports; in the baggage area, a creaky conveyor belt slowly disgorged luggage …. After a few minutes, a security guard with a wooden club started toward me. I looked around for an ashtray, thinking I must be in a no-smoking area, but instead of scolding me, the guard smiled and asked if I had another cigarette to spare.
“This is your first trip to Kenya, yes?” he asked as I gave him a light.
“That’s right.”
“I see.” He squatted down beside me. “You are from America. You know my brother’s son, perhaps. Samson Otieno. He is studying engineering in Texas.”

---

The rush of anticipation had drained away, and I smiled with the memory of the homecoming I had once imagined for myself, clouds lifting, old demons fleeing, the earth trembling as ancestors rose up in celebration. Instead I felt tired and abandoned. I was about to search for telephone when a security guard reappeared with a strikingly beautiful woman, dark, slender, close to six feet tall, dressed in a British Airways uniform. She introduced herself as Miss Omoro and explained that my bag had probably been sent to Johannesburg by mistake …
“You wouldn’t be related to Dr Obama, by any chance?” she asked.
“Well, yes - he was my father.”
Miss Omoro smiled sympathetically. “I’m very sorry about his passing. Your father was a close friend of my family’s. He would often come to our house when I was a child.”

 ---

This had never happened before, I realised; not in Hawaii, not in Indonesia, not in L.A or in New York or Chicago. For the first time in my life, I felt the comfort, the firmness of identity that a name might provide, how it could carry an entire history in other people’s memories, so that they might nod and say knowingly, “Oh, you are so and so’s son.” No one here in Kenya would ask how to spell my name, or mangle it with an unfamiliar tongue. My name belonged and so I belonged, drawn into a web of relationships, alliances, and grudges that I did not yet understand.

---

“Barack!” I turned to see Auma jumping up and down behind another guard, who wasn’t letting her pass into the baggage area. I excused myself and rushed over to her, and we laughed and hugged, as silly as the first time we’d met. A tall, brown-skinned woman was smiling beside us, and Auma turned and said. “Barack, this is our Aunti Zeituni. Our father’s sister.”
“Welcome home,” Zeituni said, kissing me on both cheeks.
I told them about my bag and said that there was someone here who had known the Old Man. But when I looked back to where I’d been standing, Miss Omoro was nowhere in sight. I asked the security guard where she had gone. He shrugged and said that she must have left for the day.

---

Auma drove an old, baby-blue Volkswagen Beetle. the car was something of a business venture for her ... Unfortunately, the engine had come down with a tubercular knock, and the muffler had fallen off on the way to the airport. As we spluttered out onto the four-lane highway, Anna clutching the steering wheel with both hands, I couldn't keep from laughing.
"Should we get out and push?"

When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)

Thousands Pay Last Respect to Renown Photo Journalist, Tabah Eric alias Titanic

The sky showed a twisted face as darkness descended on everyone’s forehead. Not even a bird could be heard from a near-by bush. Noise of despair took the centre stage as all were downheartedly surrendered selves to tears with some rolling on the ground in agony when Tabah Eric’s mortal remains entered the family compound. No one, perhaps God alone would have attempted to comfort anyone including this reporter.  Even though the sun was high up, it could not reflect on any bitter face.

Grief and pains could be pictured on every face as thousands gathered on July 24, 2015 at Kfunsaa-Wat village to pay their last respected to Tabah Eric alias Titanic photo. Tabah Eric died last week at the Banso Baptist Hospital after a pithy illness that has left many including this reporter asking rhetoric’s as to whether Ndu itself was a safe asylum for human existence.

Testimonies from the various personalities send mourners in tears. From the Pastors to Eric family head, father, his In-laws, Friends of the Media, Veteran Club Ndu, Photographers Association, and each testimony was pinpointing the untimely departure of Eric as a great lost to humanity. Men, women, children, the young and the old could be seen at different angles and positions in tears for losing someone so dear, kind and simple. In fact, Turpac said it all when he described “life as a baler alcohol “that is too short. Yet memories of the past kept the eyes blurred even when the Pastors stepped in with their preaching. Tabah Eric was one of the most popular young men in Ndu and beyond.

Born in 1973 at Wat, Tabah Eric after his Primary Education left for Ebolowa. After several years in Ebolowa, he decided to come back home. He then settled in Ndu and set up a barbing shop. He worked hard to the point that he was the centre of attraction in Ndu. As testified by the photographers, Eric was the one who proposed to a businessman to set up a photo lab in Ndu. He was then encouraged into photography and he ended up as one of the best in the Region. He later established a provision store alongside his photo studio.

Tabah Eric had a lot of passion for journalism. With the emergence of citizen journalism, he became the first animator of Morning Safari Fan Club in Ndu. Suddenly, he became a renounced citizen journalist on several radio stations (Savannah Radio Ndu, Sky FM, and Renaissance FM) and providing footage to TV Channels like Equinox and LTM as well as supplying pictures to several print media. When Savannah Radio was installed and launched in Ndu, his obsession for journalism became a perfect reality. To be up to date, Eric also set up a newspaper kiosk (the one and only in Donga Mantung Division) which was another attraction.

It should be recalled that last year, Eric was voted by readers of The Eye newspaper as the “Best Photographer”. As thousands mourn the departure of Tabah Eric, we of The Eye Newspaper are particular touched and depressed to the point that words cannot explain.

(Eric, a million times we miss you and a million times we cry you. In fact, in our heart you hold a place that no one else can ever fill. For part of us when with you the day God decided to take you Home. We know and aware that you are with Him yet in Tears we are. That you left so soon. Farewell brother until we shall meet again to part no more).

When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)

Here is the Funeral Programme of Chief SML Endeley

When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)

Gabonese Politicians Mad at Lionel Messi for Wearing Jorts, Say Gabon isn't a Zoo

 Lionel Messi was in Gabon where he laid the foundation stone for the construction of stadium for 2017 AFCON. The way dressed has sparked widespread criticism from Gabonese politicians.

"When you're called Lionel Messi and you're a multi-billionaire, you don't have the right to present yourself to officials of a republic, even a banana one, with your hands in the pockets of a ripped, tattered pair of shorts," read a statement from the UPG party. "Gabon isn't a zoo. We don't know what the Argentine came to Gabon for, but we at least have the right to denounce his negligence and his lack of respect for standards and principles." Messi's t-shirt and sneakers were fine, but these jorts? Nah. Extremely wack.

When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)

Mighty Storm Sweeps Sani Tanimou at ELECAM

 FC Ndi

Abdoulaye Babale: New DG of Elections

The Director General of Elections at Elections Cameroon-ELECAM has been dismissed from office. Dr. Sani Tanimou was sacked today July 21, 2015 by a Presidential decree. A new Director General, Abdoulaye Babale was also appointed. Abdoulaye Babale who is former cabinet minister takes over after the structure was rocked by serious crisis. Pundits had long predicted that there was a mighty storm gathering at ELECAM following the power tussle between ELECAM President, Dr. Fonkam Azu’u and the Director General of Elections, Dr. Sani Tanimou. The conflict was such that it is alleged Fonkam Azu’u and other Board members were blocked from entering ELECAM office on the instruction of the Director General. The newly appoint Director General is taking over a house that is divided amongst Pro-Fonkam and Pr-Tanimou. It is feared Abdoulaye Babale may have difficulties and functioning and dismantling the network that has put Elecam into camps.

Few months ago, all the ELECAM Divisional heads (including some council heads) in the North West and South West Regions appeared before a “kangaroo” disciplinary committee concocted by the Director General of Elections, Sani Tanimou. After being bullied into submission, they were all slammed eight days suspension for attending an what Tanimou described as an “illegal training” workshop on the invitation of the President of ELECAM, Fonkam Azu’u. This was however indicative that the brouhaha between the President of ELECAM and Director General of Elections had reached the climax. At last President stepped in today at 5pm to give reason to Dr. Fonkam Azu’u.

It should be recalled that in prelude to his tour of the seven Divisions of the North West Region to assess the level of registration as well as review the electoral registrar, Dr. Fonkam Azu’u took time to address some of these pertinent issues with journalists in Bamenda. This was during a Press Conference that took place on June 5, 2015 at the regional office of ELECAM.

In his preliminary Press statement, he decried the fact that some political parties are not very serious in wooing voters to register in the electoral registrar. He said that the fact that there is no calendar announcing elections for this year is not an excuse. He added that the head of state decide to call the people to the polls for a referendum and if any such thing happens, some electors will be hooked. He said that the advantage political parties in Cameroon have and have not been exploiting is that while in other countries election matters are handled exclusively by the election body, in Cameroon; political parties are stakeholders in the process. He commended the Cameroon model which is participatory. He revealed that the North West tops chart in the country with Mezam registering the highest number of voters. Some 22.821 new voters were registered and Bamenda II council where unfortunately its council head was sacked recorded the highest number of voters. But curiously, the ELECAM council Head for Bda was sacked. In a general appraisal, Dr. Fonkam Azu’u revealed that youths ages 20-35 years constitute 82.17% of the total number of registered voters.

In response to clear the air on the conflict between the Board and the Directorate of elections that has stifled activities, led to arbitrary dismissal and suspension of staffs, Dr. Fonkam Azu’u told journalists that the electoral code stipulates that all what the directorate of elections does is under the board but wondered loudly why a subordinate should give a contrary opinion to a decision taken by hierarchy. Dr. Fonkam Azu’u Samuel who was flanked by Dr. Nsangou Issafo (Board member) said that from the way things are unfolding at ELECAM, the structure seems to harbor two independent bodies. He added that the only thing that spells out the preordain roles and responsibilities of each and everyone is the law. He emphasized that in the case of ELECAM, the base is the electoral code. Drawing inspiration from the electoral code, Fonkam Azu’u vomited that the law is very clear on that. It is impossible “That President Biya appointed 18 people to be rubbished? This can happen only in ELECAM”. Dr. Fonkam Azu’u further justified his statement by adding that one doesn’t need to be a jurist to understand that the electoral board and the directorate of elections are two organs with one operating under the other. The situation he reiterated is getting worst given that those who refuse to act on the whims and caprices of the DG have been slammed sanctions. He cited the case of Divisional heads in the North West and South West Regions who were each slammed eight days and their salaries slashed for attending capacity building workshops that ELECAM did not spent a dime. “The first thing is that you do not sanction without a query”. None of them he revealed received a query or was ever told why they were summoned to travel to Yaounde. “What is the offence that they committed?-that is not how administration is done”. To Fonkam, the staffs were bullied into submission and that is what is being brandished today. “It should have been me not the poor staff”.  The Eye is aware that  Tanimu’s sanctions are mostly directed towards Anglophones. According to ELECAM Boss, Sani Tanimou had in violation of the electoral law appointed and installed even some regional heads.  When a subordinate in the administrative hierarchy can take upon himself to obstruct the execution of an act duly taken by a superior authority; it does not only constitutes a clear case of insubordination but can be rightly interpreted as done in total disregard and disrespect for the president of the republic who appointed him to that position. After the clarification and indictment, Fonkam Azu’u said the crisis was going through an “internal examination” for a resolution.
The Eye is also aware that the Divisional head for Ngoketunjia, Council head for Santa and Bamenda II are the latest victims. Even though the position of a director general of elections has sweeping administrative and financial powers, indicators are rife at that Sani Tanimou has waged a tug of war with Fonkam to establish that he too can.  Even though the law stipulates that he (Tanimou) operates under the authority of the board headed by a president to “ensure the smooth functioning of Elections Cameroon, the Director General of Elections has been rubbishing all the actions by the board. There is no gainsaying that Sani’s disrespect for the ELECAM electoral board and insubordination is another form of Anglophone marginalization. Fonkam further revealed that the Regional Head for Littoral was threatened when he was contacted to attend one of the seminars. It should be recalled that the Kribi seminar was organized with funding from the African Union same goes with some five elecam staffs who attended another training workshop on election matters in South Africa and Korea. Dr. Fonkam Azu’u went further to lament that one Anglophone regional head was deprived of his special allowance on grounds that he refused to submit to the dictates of the Director General of election. Tongues are still waging in the North West and South as to why Tanimou has taken upon himself to obstruct the execution of several activities duly planned and deliberated by a superior organ. Classified sources say Tanimou’s plans to frustrate the Board have been succeeding smoothly but may soon hit the rock. A case in point is the annual meeting with stakeholders that has not held for a long time now. ELECAM Board chairman even told journalists in Bamenda that the annual meeting with stakeholders could not take place due to circumstances beyond their control. Besides, he (Tanimou) relies on the South solidarity given that he hails from the same region with the head of state. Some years back, Fonkam rightly said, that the crisis is not between him and Sani. It is a problem between the directorate general and the board caused by the law designed to brew such conflicts. But actually, Anglophones working with Elections Cameroon have been caught in the mess and are being victimized.

When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)

Controvresial South African Preacher Arrested for Feeding Congregation with Snakes

 This Church thing is creating commotion all over. The controversial preacher in South Africa who allegedly ordered his congregation to consume live snakes has been arrested on animal cruelty charges, RDM News Wire reported. Controversy ensued after pictures of the congregation eating snakes were posted on the church's Facebook page last week.
The controversial preacher, referred to as a prophet, is Penuel Mnguni of End Times Disciples Ministries in Soshanguve, north of Pretoria. Mnguni told his congregation the snakes would taste like chocolate. He is to appear in the Ga-Rankuwa Magistrate’s Court Monday to face animal cruelty charges brought by the Society for Prevention of Cruelty Against Animals.
“We are conducting a preliminary inquiry with an intention of opening a criminal case against him (Mnguni),” said Mishack Matlou‚ a society inspector, Nehanda Radio reported. “What we saw in the pictures is cruel. Imagine being eaten alive! This has to stop.”
Mnguni was the subject of controversy in the past when he made his followers eat hair and rags, claiming God has the power to make a person eat anything and that his teachings were based on scripture. He said he learned his extreme teachings from the Rev. Lesego Daniel of Rabboni Ministries, who forced his congregation to eat grass and drink petrol.
“So far I have faced a lot of persecution from people and pastors around me," Mnguni said, South Africa Latest News reported. "They say what I do is not from God but when they come to the service and listen to me preach they think otherwise."
The End of Time Disciples Ministries has about 100 to 150 followers and is inside a small tent in a poor area. South Africa Latest News said followers come from as far as Limpopo and Botswana for Mgnuni’s “impartations.”


When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)

Situation of Most Cameroonians in Kuwait: HIM Urges Gov't to Investigate

PRESS RELEASE

 

SITUATION OF MOST CAMEROONIANS IN KUWAIT

 

The Hinterlands International Missions (HIM) is a service Common Initiative Group (SCIG) legally registered. Our Cameroon office is located in Mile 16 behind BOCOM Petrol Station at the Bulu Blind entrance from the Main Road. The number to the office is +237 243771635or +237 676703783 or +237 693492050. Our Website is www.himissions.org You can fine us on facebook atwww.facebook.com/himissions 

The purpose of HIM is to reach the unreached in a holistic way. Our goal is to empower people economically, socially and spiritually. We also seek to promote the respect of human and civil rights. We believe Christianity is unbalanced if emphases is made only in the spiritual aspect. In HIM we believe that Christians can play a significant role in community development and nation building. God wants Christians to take an active role in their communities for the better, to fight poverty, and suffering. The bible says “Ye are the light of the world” “Ye are the salt of the world.”

It is against that backdrop that HIM joins the government in community development and nation building by enabling Cameroonians who wish to exploit other opportunities to travel to many countries the world over. At little or no cost.

 

OUR WORK, JOURNEY TO KUWAIT AND THEIR LABOUR LAW

Let it be clear that HIM is not an employer. HIM simply links the applicants and job seekers to employers in Kuwait and other countries. The employment Agency with which we partner is a legal and named the Hasan Sayed Husain Mahdi Sayed Ali Est. The physical address of the office is Hawalli Tunis St. Nasser al Rumaih, Comp No. 31, Kuwait. The employers of these workers known as sponsors are the ones who actually sponsor applicants by paying for their visas and air ticket to come to Kuwait to work for them for a given period of time. If they fail to work for that period of time they will be required to refund the money disbursed for their journey. Again if a worker wants to leave a house where she/he was originally recruited because they do not like working there for one reason or the other, they will be moved to another employer who will now refund the money of the first one, as long as the worker is willing to go to another home. If a worker says they wish to go back to their home country because of one reason or the other, he or she will be required to refund the money that the sponsor spent for air ticket, visa and the employment agency.  When the worker or employee be it from what nationality fails to respect the terms of the contract, he or she might run into trouble. This is part of the Kuwait labour law.

There are situations that these workers might fail their medical exams while in Kuwait and would need to return home. In this case the employment agency will be the one to refund the money of the sponsor. This charge is not put on the workers who have to return to their country. Let it go on record that HIM has paid up to $10000 dollars to help repatriate five Cameroonian workers who were not deem medically fit or because of misconduct, for example theft.

 

HIM’s ASSISTANCE TO CAMEROONIANS

Since February 2015 when, HIM began assisting Cameroonians and Africans to travel to Kuwait, we have been able to secure employment for male and female nurses and mechanics. Some girls who have traveled through our organization to in the case of Kuwait serve as maids because of the religious and cultural beliefs of the people. HIM gives them all kinds of jobs, based on their availability.

HIM only charges 150,000 FRS CFA for those who wish to travel. This amount has to be paid directly to our office not by any agent but by the applicant. The money is used for the applicant’s medical exams and other traveling formalities. The employment agency in

Kuwait is responsible for their visa and air ticket. Any contrary story to what we do is false. If anyone is charging more than the above amount, just be informed that the person is not from our organization.

 

FALSE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST HIM

For the past weeks, HIM has been criticized and accused of allegedly practicing human trafficking and smuggling and for sending girls to Kuwait to do prostitution or slavery.  The matter was fueled by some media houses which HIM considers not too responsible and unpatriotic. The said media fueled panic in the country after calling our office in the absence of the CEO and making sweeping statements and unfounded accusations.  The campaign against HIM’s CEO and the organization went viral once the CEO, on behalf of my organization, the only visible agency in Cameroon, came out to clarify how HIM was operating within the ambit of the law and was not involved in whatever crime.

HIM therefor wishes to state the following:

1. HIM has very good relationship with the Employment Agency in Kuwait and a good record of the workers who go there. HIM knows their whereabouts.

2. All of our girls are in communication with their friends and family back at home using social media or other form of communication

3. None of the girls HIM has assisted to travel to Kuwait is doing Prostitution or Slavery.

4. All of the people that went to Kuwait through HIM are all adults and made their decision to travel. They signed to acknowledge understanding of the entire process.

5. All the workers HIM sent to Kuwait knew exactly what they were going there to do.

6. Everyone we sent to Kuwait knew that they were going to Kuwait and could be contacted.

 However HIM has cases of Cameroonians who traveled with its assistance and later ran away or had better opportunities. In the first instance, the lady refused to work because she does not have the strength to. The Employment Agency wants her to repay the money spent for her trip.  She changed her work place three times and finally escaped and is reportedly living with her friend. HIM is negotiating with the employer to drop charges against her and going for an amicable settlement for her to return home. In one other case where a lady had to return to Cameroon because she passed a concours or public exams, HIM accepted part payment (reimbursement) from the family and paid the full amount to the employment agency to allow the girl to travel. Those are some of the efforts HIM is making to ensure that anyone it assists to travel, finds it easy in Kuwait. Him has all documentation of its activities that would be presented to the appropriate quarters when need arises.

                                           

LET GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATE

Following attempts at tarnishing the image of the organization, HIM is appealing the government to fully investigate the activities of HIM in relation to the numerous false stories that have been narrated against the organization. HIM also wants the Government of Cameroon, International Rights Organizations, journalists and whosoever wants to, to carry out their investigations about entities or individuals which claim to work like HIM but have been sending Cameroonians to go through untold pain in Kuwait or other countries. HIM is challenging anyone who was assisted to travel, faced difficulty and HIM did not intervene to come public.

HIM wants the public to know that it has only one official office in Buea as explained above. HIM is working on getting other offices in Yaoundé and Bamenda. At the moment every applicant must go through out office in Buea. HIM is warning users not accept anyone who says he/she will do everything for them. HIM has only one hospital from which medical tests are to be carried out and specialized doctors to that effect, anyone who does not follow the procedures set by HIM should not soil her name if robbed or dubbed by unidentified individuals. HIM pledges to collaborate with the government of Cameroon and Kuwait to ensure that each Cameroonian who travels with the assistance of HIM receives a better and human treatment. HIM however, reserves the right to take court action against any individual or entity which makes attempts at soiling its name.

 

President/CEO

 

 

 

Hinterlands International Missions (HIM).

 

Administration

Economic, Social and Spiritual Empowerment …

Tel: +237 243771635 CM / +1 3013281591 USA

Email: him@himissions.org

Web: www.himissions.org

 

When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)

Messi Storms Gabon, Lays Foundation Stone for 2017 Nations Cup

Argentine soccer star, Lionel Messi on Saturday 18, 2015 created the unexpected in Gabon by laying the foundation stone for the construction of the 2015 AFCON Avenue.Flanked by Gabonese President Ali Bongo, the Barcelona star, who won a treble of Spanish title, Copa del Rey and European Champions League last season, was the guest of honour in Port-Gentil stadium. His presence we gathered caused commotion as thousands gathered along the streets. The Presidential security we gathered had difficulties controlling fans who were anxious to obtain a signed autograph of the star. 

Overwhelmed Ali Nongo is quoted to have said that "When I was in Barcelona a few years ago, I met Messi who had told me that he would come to visit me in Libreville, It's a promise he made me. He is a man of honour who just kept his word."
The new stadium will have a capacity of 20,000 and is expected to host matches from November 2016 in the build-up to the tournament.

Imagine who is driving....thrilling right?

Port Gentil is Gabon's second city.

When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)