Gambia: Alkalo Crisis in Kiang Nema

The elders of Kiang Nema District LRR are complaining about what they refer to as interference in their traditional way of appointing their "Alkalo".

According to them, imposing an appointee on them was not what they expected from new Gambia and that this has raised the question as to whether the county is heading towards dictatorship. They said they would therefore want to know the truth from the top since those imposing their will on them are clamming to have such orders from above.

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