By Sarjo Bayang Unveiling thick layers of deception and failed promises as presidents loots the nation Over 20 years failed promises and still making compact majority of Gambians believe that heaven on earth comes the kingdom, it is now time to take stock. Gambia sinking as the president builds his personal fortune means something is missing. We now examine all cupboards where skeletons of truth may he found by curious scrutiny. It all starts by close look at factors that may be responsible for rise of a president from rags to riches in 20 years while the nation sinks…
Author: Gainako
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 30, 2015 Coalition for Change Gambia and its partners announce the International Civil Society Forum on Gambia, to be held on Thursday October 1, 2015 New York City, NY. Confirmed to attend will be Gambian opposition party leaders (Ousainou Darboe-UDP, Omar OJ Jallow- PPP and Hamat Bah- NRP), policy experts, as well as Gambian and International civil society activists and concerned citizens to discuss crucial issues affecting The Gambia. The aim of this conference will be to create a common framework for addressing challenges facing The Gambia and to project a common position on what…
After many years of enduring the barbaric reality of living under dictatorship and not able to achieve the desired outcome, one would reach a conclusion that we have collectively identified the common enemy. Identifying a common enemy should inspire us to forge a unified and formidable front to end the oppression. The recent developments in the struggle for liberation exposed that there is still focus on what divides us rather than finding what unites us to bring an end to a regime that continues to deny us our freedom. The division among us is sometimes incited, but also accepted…
Mistrust: Law Enforcement and Blacks It is unfortunate to see the relationship between law enforcement and the black populace continuing to define itself in this ugly pattern in the U.S. While Officer Darren Goforth, 47, of Texas was refueling his Patrol car at a gas station in the Houston area, a supposed intruder, who he probably don’t even know, rained life bullets in an “execution-styled” shooting on him, ending his life in cold blood. We followed numerous other cases on either side, time and again, making us conclude that there is a serious mistrust. It looks like the…
Killa Ace has taken The Gambian music and political scene by storm with his release of “Ku Boka C Geta G”. This Gainako exclusive story looks into why the song is causing so much of a stir and why Jammeh is afraid of “Ku Boka C Geta G”. This is a story of a young man who survived death threats as a result of releasing a song criticizing the Jammeh regime. Ku Boka C Geta G is an ultra conscious song produced by Walk a Mile records featuring a trap star beat. The song holds no punches and dives right into…
By Dbanjulist Gainako’s Banjul based reporter has discovered that the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has commenced training its staff on the new electoral reforms amid opposition challenges. The IEC chair without adequate public announcement or notice to the opposition began its training on the new electoral reform that is still likely to be challenged by the opposition. Gainako reporter the Dbanjulist obtained a copy of the chairman’s presentation at the training. The IEC organized two day training is for their staffs all over the Gambia. The training started 26 August and will end on the 27 August 2015 at the…
“The FBI both misappropriated the trusted name of The Associated Press and created a situation where our credibility could have been undermined on a large scale.” The Associated Press sued the U.S. Department of Justice Thursday over the FBI’s failure to provide public records related to the creation of a fake news story used to plant surveillance software on a suspect’s computer. AP joined with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press to file the lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. At issue is a 2014 Freedom of Information request seeking documents related to the…
By Bamba Sering Mass (UK) The term enabler is as according to the Oxford Dictionary: A noun and it means: A person or thing that makes something possible: PART ONE Now how can we as people make things possible? People throughout the ages enable things happening by not necessarily being visibly playing active roles. So in regards to the above topic Jammeh enablers and Struggle enablers who is who. Let’s first aim to give a brief definition of who Jammeh enablers are but in Part one I would rather much center on Struggle enablers: Jammeh enablers are people who…
President Jammeh has been making pronouncements that he cannot be removed from power through elections, and if he wants he will remain in the presidency for the next billion years, and this is usually in reaction to perceived adversaries in the Diaspora and at home. Maybe, not necessarily link with Jammeh’s pronouncements, a good number of activists in the Diaspora have given up in the election process, which they argued would only legitimize the dictator. According to most of their arguments, Jammeh will steal the elections, and even if he were to lose he will never concede. Listening to…
By Mathew K Jallow On the third anniversary of the heinous Mile Two Prison executions, Gambians solemnly remember one of the most the tragic days in the Gambia’s history. The oldest inmate, Lamin Darboe, had his death sentence commuted to a life in prison years earlier by former President Dawda K Jawara. The youngest, Buba Yarboe of Busumbala village, suffered severe mental illness and was totally incapable of making rational decisions, much less have the capacity to understand his surroundings. And beautiful Tabara Samba, the only female in the group, with little children at home, tried and sentenced for murder…