Gambia’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.
The 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”.
The 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.
In 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.
The 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...
Claim: President Barrow's government has reduced power cuts from 19 times a day in 2017 to three times a day in 2021 Source: Adama Barrow Verdict: FALSE For the first time in 3 years, president-elect Adama Barrow engaged journalists at the State House on December 7- his last press conference was in August 2018. It was also his first press conference since winning the December 4 presidential elections with 53% of total votes cast. During the media engagement (7:03), the Gambian leader, touting his achievements, in his first five-year term, said he has reduced frequent power cuts from 19 times a day in 2017 to 2 times a day...
Claim: the Auditor General’s office ONLY recommended that missing diplomatic passport books should be cancelled Source: President elect Adama Barrow Verdict: false On December 7, president elect Adama Barrow faced journalists at State House for the first time since his press conference in August 2018. It was also his first press conference since winning the December 4 presidential elections with a 53% margin. During the interview (50:14), the Malagen journalist asked if Barrow would, as recommended by the Auditor General, cancel the diplomatic passports in circulation and issue new ones. In 2017, when Barrow took over, he has found 271 diplomatic passports in circulation. In 2019, Barrow administration issued 1,175 diplomatic...
There is an audio going viral on WhatsApp groups claiming the United Democratic Party has filed a petition at the Supreme Court against the December 4 presidential election results.The December 4 presidential election in the Gambia has given President Adama Barrow a lead, amassing 53% of the votes cast. All but two major contenders, the Gambia Democratic Congress and United Democratic Party, have contested the results of the polls declared free and fair by local and international observers. A voice of an unnamed individual calling for a protest and violence is saying there is a UDP petition coming at the...
A video of the European Union Election Observer Mission ’chief election observer is being shared on WhatsApp by people, attributing claims to him that the results of the 2021 presidential election which gave Adama Barrow a lead has been rejected by a court. It did not specify which courts have heard the case. The video of Chief Observer Norbert Neuser was edited to a portion where he said: “The IEC has been held in high esteem by stakeholders since the 2016 presidential election. This public standing was, however, diminished AFTER COURT FINDINGS THAT THE IEC HAD ACTED UNLAWFULLY. The...
The Gambia will hold its first presidential election since Jammeh on Saturday 4 December 2021. At least 962,157 people registered to vote across the country. Here are some important facts about the election: Who are the candidates? The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) confirmed the nomination of six presidential candidates to contest the polls. The parties and their candidates are (alphabetical order): Abdoulie Ebrima Jammeh – National Unity Party (NUP)· Adama Barrow – National People’s Party (NPP)· Essa Mbaye Faal – Independent Candidate· Halifa Sallah – People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS)· Mamma Kandeh – Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC)· Ousainou ANM Darboe...
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