Gambia: Market Chairperson Speaks On Eviction of Vendors

Mr. Modou Lamin Colley the community Chairperson of the Latrikunda Sabaji market along the Brikama Westfield Highway, has pointed out that the market belongs to the residents of Latrikunda Sabaji and not the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC); that therefore the shops and canteens should be given back to their owners after the rebuilding of the market. The Market Chairperson made this and other remarks on Tuesday 28th November 2017, at the Foroyaa office in Churchill's town.

Mr. Colley harped on the history of the market saying it was built by the people of Latrikunda many years ago at a time when it was under the Brikama Area Council. "We used to collect taxes on our own in the early seventies and used the money to build the mosque and bring other social and developmental projects to the community of Latrikunda Sabaji," he said. The market Chairperson who looked so frustrated with the recent eviction, said the evicted vendors bought their canteens with their own money; that the canteens and stalls were not given to them free of charge and there should not be any reason(s) for them to lose their canteens or shops. "When the market was handed over to the KMC, they never brought any development or social amenity to the community, but have been collecting only tax from the vendors. And what they do with the money, this community does not know," he noted.

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