"Maybe in the future it would be better for me to stay on land, " he says with a wan smile.

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"Nothing would be better for me personally, " he said.

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Then the problem would be to also be able to create better checks and balances for renters, so that people like me would not feel vulnerable when trying to rent a place.

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You had to be blind not to see that he would be better for The Gambia than Mr Jawara was, Mr Jammeh told me.

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When he decided to leave the military service to work for the CIA, he told me he did so because he felt that he would be able to make the world a better place for us to live.

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