One would think that being the main referral hospital of the country, which receives critical patients from the other health facilities across the country and also being a place where doctors and other health workers are expected to be trained on the best standards of patient care, the Edward Francis […]
Author: Musa Saidykhan
’Insurance Should Cover Everybody’
President Barrow Says Insurance Should Cover Everybody and Everything His Excellency, President Adama Barrow reiterated the need to sensitize Africans, Gambian in particular about the importance of insurance. He made the remark during a courtesy call by Board members and Commissioners of the West African Insurance Companies Association WAICA at […]
Gov’t Lifts Embargo On Passport
The Gambia government has lifted an embargo on the issuance of passports. The Barrow government last month stopped issuing passports and national identity cards, with the Interior Ministry saying the move would enable the relevant authorities to protect and promote the integrity of national documents. In a press statement, the Interior […]
Tanzania Expels UNDP Head Awa Dabo
Tanzania has expelled the head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the country, the foreign ministry has said in a statement. It blamed Awa Dabo, a Gambian national, for the “deteriorating performance” of her office, driven by what it called her “strained relations” with staff. Neither she nor […]
Why Foni People Must Repent
My brothers and sisters of Foni, I want you to all read this message from beginning to end and pass it to whoever should get it. Before going further I want to first introduce myself so that you will know that the person writing this is not a stranger but […]
Not All Barking Dogs Bite
Mr. Yaya Dampha, the achievements of the Barrow led coalition government are quite evident but shouldn’t take merely a sense of partisan political perspective to reiterate that fact. In that case, those you refer to as political virgins are naturally likely to become politically adulterated by the politically espoused individuals […]
Entitled Job Seekers Are Badmouthing
Thank you very much Mr Dampha for pointing out the real achievements of president Barrow in the first 100 days. As you rightly pointed out, every citizen has the constitutional right to constructively criticise our political leadership in order to make them accountable. While there are some genuine people who […]
Money Smart Week Is Back
I wish to remind Kairo News’ esteemed readers about the Annual Money Smart Week 2017. Read our last year’s article [http://www.kaironews.com/lets-heal-our-financial-wounds/] that dealt with the Money Smart Week concept in detail. As a reminder, 2017 Money Smart week runs between April 22 and 29. The program, which helps consumers better manage […]
Why Barrow’s Underminers Are Failing
By Yaya Dampha It is barely three months since President Adama Barrow took full charge of the Gambia. His government took power from the present day worst dictator whose 22-year rule had been marred by extrajudicial killings, abductions, tortures, economic indiscipline, imprisonment of innocent people, disappearances, exiling and total dismantling […]
Give “Jammeh’s Lands” To Local Farmers
In response to Madi Jobarteh’s no-nonsense piece with regard to the Kanilai Jammehkunda gates altercation between some Jammeh Loyalist Gambian soldiers and the ECOWAS forces, I would like to suggest that the government of President Barrow and the National Assembly should pass an emergency bill allocating, temporarily, all so-called “Yahya […]
Burundi Men Get Laid But Women Get Screwed!
The call that opposing views must be managed by impregnating the women and torturing the males must be rejected with the contempt it deserves. This call reminds me of Quentin Crisp who once said “Men get laid, but women get screwed”. The call is a perpetuation of serious male chauvinistic tendencies. […]
Gambia Lifts Importation Restrictions
In its efforts to “pursue an open and liberal economy aimed at boosting trade and economic growth,” the Gambia government has lifted restrictions in Importation of onions and potatoes. Find below a press release issued by the Barrow government to that effect. Press Release: Lifting of Restrictions on Importation of […]