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29-519: Kanifing is a municipality, local government area and district in the Gambia. It is part of the Greater Banjul Area , to the west of Banjul , and is governed by Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC). The population of Kanifing expanded in the post-colonial era, and it is now one of the country's most-densely populated places and its most-populated district. It received many migrants from
58-590: A 32-seat House of Representatives . These elections were won by the People's Progressive Party (PPP), which was led by Dawda Jawara . After independence in 1965, the PPP continued to dominate the House of Representatives by winning a series of free, democratic elections in 1966, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, and 1992. While opposition parties were continuously present in the House, they were never able to successfully wrest power from
87-579: A 40-square-kilometre (15 sq mi) area that was called British Kombo and was later renamed Kombo St. Mary. It annexed another French cession in 1853. Kombo St. Mary was part of the Gambia Colony. The Protectorate Ordinances, which was passed between 1894 and 1902, transferred Kombo St. Mary to the administration of the Gambia Protectorate . It returned to the Gambia Colony in 1946. The local government area (LGA) of Kombo St. Mary
116-605: A digital ticket system to pay for the service. Informal waste collectors use donkey-drawn carts to collect waste from households that are not covered by the project. In 2022, KMC estimated it collected 460 tons of waste per day, of which 57.5% came from households, though this data is imprecise. The city has 370 waste management workers, of whom 227 are under the ESU and 143 are under the Mbalit project, As of 2022. Bensouda called waste management his number-one priority as mayor. KMC developed
145-484: A five-year waste management plan (2017 to 2021) in consultation with the community and the private sector. It focussed on public awareness, new waste-sorting strategies, expanded household waste collection, job creation, and partnerships with informal waste management. It created the Mbalit project, the first household-waste-collection programme in the Gambia. With a grant from the European Union , Bensouda launched
174-484: A member of the United Democratic Party , was elected Lord Mayor of Kanifing in the 2018 election , and was re-elected in the 2023 election . He is the son of lawyer Amie Bensouda . Talib Ahmed Bensouda succeeded Yankuba Colley as Lord Mayor. The Deputy Mayor of KMC is Binta Janneh Jallow, who is the first woman to hold the position. Jallow, who was previously the ward councillor of Bakau New Town,
203-682: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . National Assembly of the Gambia Opposition (29) The National Assembly of the Gambia is the unicameral legislature of the Gambia . The authorisation for the National Assembly lies in Chapter VII of the Constitution of the Gambia . It is composed of 53 members directly elected through first past the post , and a further five members appointed by
232-602: Is divided into 18 wards: Abuko, Bakau New Town, Bakoteh, Bantaba Bore Hole, Bartez, Bundung Six Junction, Dippa Kunda, Fajikunda, Kanifing, Kololi, Latrikunda Sabiji, London Corner, Manjai Kotu, New Jeshwang/Ebo Town, Old Bakau/Cape Point, Old Jeshwang, Tallinding North, and Tallinding South. It is further divided into seventy-four sub-wards, each led by a sub-ward chairman. The municipality has seven parliamentary constituencies : Serekunda East , Serekunda West , Serekunda Central , Jeshwang , Bakau , Latrikunda Sabiji , and Tallinding . Talib Ahmed Bensouda [ de ] ,
261-633: Is one of the Gambia's seven regional sports organisations. Its chairperson, who is elected from the chairpersons of its constituent district sport committees, represents Kanifing in the National Sports Council . Kanifing is twinned with: Madison has provided funding for Kanifing's garbage trucks and its public library. Local Government Areas of the Gambia The Gambia is divided into eight local government areas . They are: This Gambian location article
290-487: Is responsible for waste and other environmental health issues. The ESU performs daily street cleaning and collects market waste and waste from public facilities, and clears illegal dumps. KMC, which spends 25% of its budget on waste management, has no official waste-separation or recycling programmes. Bakoteh Dumpsite , the largest landfill in the country, collects all waste from the Greater Banjul Area. It
319-479: The 2022 elections , NPP's electoral alliance with the APRC and with NRP gave the pro-government bloc a majority, with 29 seats. The current leadership of the National Assembly is as follows: APRC leader Fabakary Jatta as assembly speaker, Seedy Njieh as deputy speaker, Billay Tunkara as majority leader and UDP leader Ousainou Darboe as minority leader. The Speaker and Deputy Speaker may only be chosen from among
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#1732775418526348-626: The National Convention Party (NCP) remained proscribed. Legislative elections to the renamed National Assembly took place on 2 January 1997. Jammeh's Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) won 33 out of 45 seats, the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) won 7, two went to both the National Reconciliation Party (NRP) and Independents , with the People's Democratic Organization for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) winning
377-546: The President . The National Assembly is unicameral and consists of 58 members who serve a five-year term. 53 members are directly elected while the remaining five are appointed by the President . Members are elected in single-member constituencies using the simple majority, or first-past-the-post system. Legislative representation based on universal adult suffrage in the Gambia began in May 1962, when elections were held for
406-623: The Gambia's immigrants and 35% of the country's internal migrants. The total number of immigrants was 33,790, of whom 34% were from Senegal and 25% were from Guinea. In Kanifing and Banjul, the Wolof language is spoken as a lingua franca in multi-ethnic groups, rather than Mandinka as in the rest of the country. Kanifing has 19 settlements: Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) is led by the Lord Mayor of Kanifing, who has administrative duties. Ward councillors manage social and economic duties. KMC
435-524: The Gambia, although within this age range over 20% of those with higher education are unemployed. Child labour affects 3.5% of children aged 5–11, 9.7% aged 12–14, and 14.6% aged 15–17. Bensouda's government has planned an affordable housing project to build 8,000 homes. The Local Government Act (the Gambia) 2002 gives municipalities the responsibility for waste management . The Environment and Sanitation Unit (ESU), part of KMC's Directorate of Services,
464-666: The Kanifing Environmental Transformation Programme (KETP), which donated waste-collection equipment to the initiative. It set up 10 communal skip bins and reduced the number of illegal dumpsites from 65 to 17. The programme's success improved the government's image. The Gambia Transport Service Company , which runs international buses to Dakar and Bissau , has a bus depot in Kanifing. Bensouda's government has planned an urban bus system with 50 buses and 20 routes. Kanifing has most of
493-465: The PPP. Jawara's government was overthrown in a July 1994 military coup led by Yahya Jammeh . The constitution and all elected institutions, including the House of Representatives, were dissolved. After the coup, political party activities were banned. The ban was lifted in August 1996 following the approval of a new constitution, but three Jawara-era parties – the PPP, Gambian People's Party (GPP), and
522-494: The area around the dumpsite make a living from informal recycling . KMC has planned to establish a new dumpsite and turn the old one into a transfer station . In 2021, it conducted a pilot program to compost the organic waste in the dump and convert it to biofuel . The Mbalit project (meaning waste in Wolof) collects household waste; it assigns each ward a garbage truck that collects waste from each household weekly. It uses
551-409: The constitution providing for a full-time juvenile court . Kanifing is the main commercial area of the Gambia, and is the district with the highest concentration of industry, hosting a large industrial estate. Most of the Gambia's hotels and coastal resorts lie within the municipality, as does Independence Stadium , the national football stadium. While government administration is an important part of
580-503: The country's largest urban area, is in Kanifing. Kanifing Municipality has a population of 377,134, as of the 2013 census, making it the country's most-populated and most-densely populated district. The 2023 population estimate is 391,270, the sex ratio is 1:1 and the mean household size is 6.7. There are 40,367 people (11.63% of the population) in poverty, 3,340 (1.0%) in extreme poverty , and 117,648 (33.9%) in food poverty . The predominantly rural Mandinka people moved to cities in
609-979: The country's tertiary education institutes, including the University of The Gambia , the American International University West Africa , the Gambia Technical Training Institute , and the Management Development Institute . Construction of Kanifing's library began on 18 August 2022. It will be the country's first municipal library. It is an initiative of Bensouda and the KETP, with funding from Peterborough City Council in England. The project cost 45 million dalasi . The Kanifing Municipal Sports Committee (KM Sport)
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#1732775418526638-429: The country's urbanisation rate from 23% in 1973 to 37% in 1993. This expansion led to higher property values and foreign investment. Kanifing is one of the eight LGAs of the Gambia , and is only one that contains only one district . The LGA has a land area of 75.5 km (29.2 sq mi). It lies immediately west of the capital city Banjul ; this joint conurbation is known as the Greater Banjul Area. Serekunda ,
667-457: The economy, 50.8% of the workforce is employed in the private sector. Altogether, 32.5% of workers are in wholesale and retail trade, 13% in manufacturing and 17.5% in services. Of the LGA's 251,712 people who are 15 or older, 122,726 are in the labour force , including 108,474 who are employed and 14,252 who are unemployed. The unemployment rate among workers aged 15 to 35 is 6.5%, relatively low for
696-444: The post-colonial era. Kanifing's share of the Gambia's Mandinka population increased from 3% in 1963 to 16% in 1993. In 1993, Kanifing had about a third of the country's Jola people , about a quarter of Serahuli people , nearly a third of Serer people , and the majority of Aku people . It had nearly half of the country's Christians. The population has grown through both internal migration and immigration, being home in 2013 to 30% of
725-460: The remaining seat. The Independent Electoral Commission (Gambia) [ de ] (IEC) lifted the ban on the PPP, GPP, and NCP in August 2001, five months before the next scheduled legislative election. On April 7, 2017, the IEC announced that UDP had won a majority of 31 seats out of 53 available during the 2017 legislative elections. On 17 April 2022, the sixth legislature was sworn in after
754-472: The rest of the Gambia and abroad. Kanifing is the economic centre of the Gambia, and Serekunda is its largest population center. Tourism is a major industry, and here are several higher education institutes, including the University of the Gambia . Sayerr Jobe founded Serekunda , the first settlement in the forested area, in the nineteenth century. He helped establish other settlements in Kanifing, including Bundung and Ebo Town . In 1840, France ceded
783-937: Was appointed to the post in July 2021 to replace Pa Musa Bah, who had resigned. As of February 2024, the Crime Management Coordinator of KMC is Pateh Bah, who has held the position since its creation in 2017 by the Adama Barrow administration. The Law Court Complex in Bundung houses the High Court, the Magistrates Court, and the Cadi Court. Kanifing Magistrates Court functions as the Children's Court on Tuesdays and Thursdays, despite
812-428: Was created as part of a defunct mining operation. It is overfilled and does not have modern disposal systems. It is located in a densely populated area near Bakoteh, Dippa Kunda and Manjai Kunda. The dumpsite's environmental impacts include methane fires, water contamination, and odour. The city hires bulldozers to transport waste to the dump but it is sometimes blocked by waterlogging in the rainy season. Many residents of
841-494: Was created in the 1960s from part of the Brikama LGA, and was the eighth LGA to be established. Kombo Rural Authority was renamed Kanifing Urban District Council in 1974 and Kanifing Municipal Council in 1991. Kanifing grew significantly in the post-colonial era. This was largely caused by immigration from nearby countries; in 1993, foreign nationals made up 20% of the LGA's population. Kanifing's growth led to an increase in
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