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Liberia: Kenneth Best on the Daily Observer Newspaper and Its 40-Year Journey
Liberia: Kenneth Best on the Daily Observer Newspaper and Its 40-Year Journey
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The first thing I would like to do in this brief statement on the 40-year History of Liberia’s Daily ObserverNewspaper is to give thanks to Almighty God for giving Mae Gene and me, in January 1977, as we were coming to the close of our careers in Nairobi, Kenya, the idea of returning home to start Liberia’s first independent daily newspaper.
I remember vividly when we first started dating in 1970 that we conceived the idea of publishing a magazine in Liberia. We were not sure as to whether it would be one on politics or fashion or both. God blessed our relationship with consummation in marriage, on July 17, 1971. July 17 this year will make us 50 years married. To God Be the Glory! And thank you, Mae Gene!
Two stories making headlines in the news last week have claimed the attention of the
Daily Observer. Although both stories, from casual observation, may appear unrelated, yet there appears to be common threads linking both.
And those common threads are the state of the economy and measures being taken or proposed to be taken to deal with the worsening economic situation.
The first thread is linked to the surreptitious arrest and illegal deportation of the former president of the Indian Community Association of Liberia (ICAL) following what sources say was his expressed opposition to attempts by the management of the National Port Authority (NPA) to impose a mandatory Cargo Tracking Note charge of US$150.00 on each container imported into the country.