Gambia: King FM, Home Digital FM Still Out of Operation

King Fm at Talinding and Home Digital Fm in Brikama are still out of operation after their Radio licenses was said to have been suspended or revoked by Government in a public announcement, since last Sunday's '3 Years Jotna' violent demonstration on the 26th of January 2020. This reporter made a follow-up on the matter and visited the Records Office of the Gambia Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), the authority empowered under Section 228 of the PURA Act to regulate radio and television broadcast stations in the country, but was not provided with any such record to show the revocation of license regarding the above stations.

According to PURA's Human Resource Director Momodou Lamin Darboe, he is not allowed to talk to the press unless he has approval from the Director General of the authority; that this is part of the policy of PURA.

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