Business Economy, Governors and Executive Coordinators, Local Government, President Adama Barrow, Budget Askanwi Gambia Business Economy, Governors and Executive Coordinators, Local Government, President Adama Barrow, Budget Askanwi Gambia

Governors and New Executive Coordinators to Cost Taxpayers Almost D8 Million in Salaries and Allowances Alone

After President Adama Barrow instituted the positions of Executive Coordinator for Banjul and KMC our business report looks at the cost of hiring new Executive Coordinators and the monies spent on Governors in the regions just focusing on salaries and allowances.

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Business Economy, Human Rights, Transitional Justice, Victims Reparations, Budget Askanwi Gambia Business Economy, Human Rights, Transitional Justice, Victims Reparations, Budget Askanwi Gambia

Only D50 Million Paid from D245 Million Allocated to Victims Reparations Since 2021

Since 2021, the government has approved D245 million for Victims Reparations, but only D50 million has been paid to victims, which occurred in 2021. Since then, victims have been waiting to receive their reparations.

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Bai Lowe, Jungler, Human Rights, Universal Jurisdiction, Transitional Justice Askanwi Gambia Bai Lowe, Jungler, Human Rights, Universal Jurisdiction, Transitional Justice Askanwi Gambia

Bai Lowe Should be sentenced to Life Imprisonment, Says German Federal Prosecutor

Prosecutors in the Universal Jurisdiction case of former Jungler Driver Bai Lowe, have called for the German Court to sentence him to life in prison for his human rights violations which included murder.

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Parliament, Constitution, Ministry of Justice, Law Askanwi Gambia Parliament, Constitution, Ministry of Justice, Law Askanwi Gambia

President’s 2020 SONA & Constitution Bill 2020 set for Parliament Next Week

The Gambia’s Minister for Justice, Hon. Dawda A. Jallow is set to table “The Constitution of the Republic of The Gambia” on Monday 14th September 2020 before the National Assembly for the first reading. According to the National Assembly’s Agenda for the “third ordinary session of the National Assembly in the 2020 Legislative Year”.

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