(JollofNews) – Barrow and Yahya Governments are essentially the same! By this I don’t mean the extra judicial component of APRC government. In fact they are both the same as Jawara’s. That means we haven’t learned anything (or very little) from our own history. Its even very suspicious Finance Ministers[Read More…]
Tag: Burama Jammeh
Gambia: Impoverished And Abused In The Name Of Defense
(JollofNews) – Numbers don’t lie! The defense spending figures for years 2017, 2016, 2011 and 2010 are not available. The proportion (%) of defense to total expenditure not available for the same years and the defense spending figures for 2012 are definitely erroneous. Taking the remaining 5 years data (11+11+20+27+21)/5[Read More…]
Gambia: The 100-Day Scorecard Of Adama Barrow Presidency
(JollofNews) – The goal of our struggle is ‘to make Gambia a functioning institutional democracy’. That powers/authorities of governing resides only with the sovereign. That our government is a representation of the will of the sovereign people. That government has defined roles and responsibilities. That people hired to run government[Read More…]
Analysing Gambia’s 2017 Appropriation Bill
(JollofNews) – This is an analysis of the Gambia’s 2017 Appropriation Bill, which was presented on 22 December 2016 by Abdoulie Kolley, former Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs of the previous APRC Government. Expected revenue Expected tax revenue D7.86 billion Expected non tax revenue [Read More…]
Gambia: The Roles And Scope Of Government
(JollofNews) – The civic debate on the roles and scope of ‘the government of a functioning independent democratic Republic of the Gambia’ in the 21st Century are no longer inescapable. 1) That at the dawn of independent nationhood we were more concern with sovereignty than roles/scope of government 2) That concept[Read More…]
Gambia: Differences & Similarities Between The Jawara, Jammeh And Barrow Regimes
(JollofNews) – Why Systematic Overhaul Remained The Answer! Not simply swapping one president with another. Differences & Similarities: How they limit our freedoms/civil liberties, stalled democratization and denied our prosperity. Bucket 1: Separation of Powers (That’s the 3 Co-equal Branches of a democratic government. Jawara/PPP: The executive (the presidency) controlled[Read More…]
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