Factcheck: Barrow’s misleading comments on the Securiport deal
The contract signed between the gov’t and Securiport provides exemption for 2-year-olds and below. However, diplomatic passport holders have not been paying the levy.
Factcheck: President Barrow makes false claims in a VOA interview
Saikou Jammeh2022-10-04T18:00:05+00:00Human rights and press freedom organisations have documented violations of freedom of expression, including the prevalence of anti-free speech laws, arrest and detention of political and civil society activists over speech-related issues, unlawful closure of media houses, and violent crimes against journalists with impunity.
Fact-check: has Gai Construction been paying tax in relation to the Banjul Rehabilitation Project?
Saikou Jammeh2022-09-07T21:02:38+00:00While the addendum signed on October 11, 2019, nullified the credit facility, changes the currency of payment from USD to dalasis though the costings all remain in USD. That first addendum done in 2019 nullified the credit facility which carried the first tax exemption granted to the contractor. The authorities then include a similar tax exemption and duty waiver in the addendum.
Factsheet: What TRRC says about presidential convoy
Kebba Jeffang2022-08-13T17:23:58+00:00At least four people were killed on Thursday 11 August in a recurring tragedy of road traffic accidents in recent times across the country. This time around, five state guard military personnel were involved, killing all four and leaving one hospitalised.
Factcheck: Gov’t has rejected only two TRRC recommendations
Saikou Jammeh2022-11-16T16:15:56+00:00Officials of the Gambia government have repeatedly informed the public that the government has rejected only two recommendations of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC). The recommendations with respect to the ban on NIA chief Ousman Sowe and ‘mercenary judges’ have been cited as the two that have been rejected. For instance, speaking in this video interview on May 25, Justice Minister Dawda Jallow said: “One of the two [rejected] is the recommendation made against a group of judges that the TRRC considered them to be mercenary judges. We rejected that from a public policy point of view because we...
Hate Speech Alert: Lamin King Colley’s anti-immigrant comment
Kebba Jeffang2022-05-31T15:19:22+00:00Gambia’s head of the mobile traffic unit is accused of anti-immigrant comments that are hateful. Lamin ‘King’ Colley singled out non-Gambian Fulas as responsible for taking Gambian jobs, leaving young Gambians.
Factcheck: was D669m gov’t expenditure queried by auditors done under Pres. Barrow or Jammeh?
Kebba Jeffang2022-04-29T11:38:16+00:00The auditors had made it clear in the report that the withdrawals were made from an account inherited from the Jammeh administration and ordered closed on their recommendations. Instead, the OP under Barrow reopened them “with the same account name but a different account number”.
Dangerous speech alert: ‘Destroy, maim and dismantle’ ‘non-Gambian voters’
Saikou Jammeh2022-04-09T18:35:19+00:00The statement made by Kambi— a former chairman of the National Youth Council (NYC)— on his Facebook page was flagged by Malagen media monitoring team as a dangerous speech.
Factsheet: What you need to know as IEC begins nominations of parliamentary aspirants
Kebba Jeffang2022-03-10T14:50:19+00:00In terms of electoral disputes, candidates who feel that the election processes are not free and fair can file a petition at the Supreme Court of The Gambia.
FACT SHEET: Did President Barrow construct over 600 km of paved roads in 5 years?
Mustapha K Darboe2023-03-20T13:17:43+00:00The Gambian leader Adama Barrow has won last month's presidential election with 53% percent to secure a second five-year mandate. The Gambian leader attributes his election success to his infrastructure projects across the country in the first term. The claim At his first press conference with journalists after the election, Barrow reiterated that claim he made throughout the campaign that he is on course to outperforming former presidents Dawda Kairaba Jawara and Yahya Jammeh combined in terms of infrastructural development. He claimed he has done over 600 kilometers of paved tar roads in his first term. “For example, after 52 years of independence, when we...