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  Growing Misery For Commuters Amid Traffic Nightmare On Major Gambian Roa ds By Jaka Ceesay Jaiteh Transportation in the country continues to be a problematic issue as commuters struggle each day to find their ways to and from work, school or other engagements they need to attend to. The country’s transportation system gets worse by the day. The roads are always busy even during weekends than it used to be before. Commuters would have to spend hours before reaching their destination due to various factors such as traffic jam, shortage of vehicles and drivers refusing to go directly to places which leave commuters no option but to take two to three vehicles to reach their various destinations. One commuter explains that one of the reasons behind drivers acting in such a way is because the government has not placed much concern. “The government has not put in a lot of concern in our transport sector, they should get more buses and look for ways to construct or expand roads if not we...

 KM Mayor hits back at minister Drammeh   The mayor of Kanifing municipality has told the minister and permanent secretary at the Ministry of Regional Government to desist from misrepresenting the facts as obtained in the Latrikunda German alkaloship crisis. On Thursday, Permanent Secretary Buba Sanyang announced that Minister Drammeh rejected Mayor Bensouda’s recommendation for alkalo of Latrikunda Swaebou Faal, claiming the selection process was fraudulent and anomalous. The ministry announced Pa Omar Faal as the alkalo. But addressing reporters in his office yesterday morning, Talib Bensouda said: “Please do not misrepresent the facts and create falsehood. The system used in Latrikunda German was recommended by you [the minister] to resolve leadership issues. The same system was used in Bakau, Abuko, Tallinding, Bakoteh, and Serekunda. Why is the case of Latrikunda different? It is your recommendation to give yard-owners an opportunity to endorse their alkalo and that ...