On February 18th of this year my older brother and one of younger sisters, unbeknownst to each sent me a “Happy Independence Day” text through WhatsApp. I wrote back and said, “What independence; the last time I checked, Gambians were not free.” My sister wrote back and said “We have[Read More…]
Opinion
Building The New Gambia With Madi Jobarteh: More Transparency On Need NAWEC-SENELEC Deal
The calamitous supply of electricity in the Gambia has been a perennial issue since the establishment of NAWEC which was originally called GUC and then MSG yet the matter remains conclusively and effectively unaddressed. Not only had there been poor, limited and erratic supply of energy but that electricity voltage[Read More…]
Banjul Letter With Njundu Drammeh: We Have A Country To Build
We seem to be at the ‘storming’ stage of our “New Gambia”. So it can be messy and we could suspect each other’s actions, words and motives. Imagine a moving democracy truncated in its growth for 22 years. Dismantling and redesigning a new system, unlike in every way to its[Read More…]
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