{"id":1065,"date":"2019-09-25T15:47:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T15:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/gambia\/?p=1065"},"modified":"2019-09-25T15:47:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T15:47:45","slug":"kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim","title":{"rendered":"KMC React To Serrekunda Market Vendors\u2019 Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kanifing Municipal Council have on Tuesday, 24th September 2019 reacted to the Foroyaa Newspaper publication about the claims of the Serrekunda Market vendors.<\/p>\n

The market is Gambia\u2019s biggest and busiest market. The vendors\u2019 claim was that the Council (KMC) has issued warnings that they will be vacated from their places of sale on Monday, 23rd\u00a0September 2019 even though the Council did not act as promised.<\/p>\n

\"\"
\nThe vendors said the Council knows that the Serrekunda market has no space to accommodate them all, but yet they want to relocate them to the market. The saleswomen expressed their desire to return to the market, but decried that they do not have space there. The sellers told Foroyaa in an exclusive interview that it is not their desire to sell in the streets or on the bare floor but it is the Council that fails to provide them with space in the market. The venders called on Mayor Talib Bensouda to be considerate and not to use security forces to dislodge them from the street.<\/p>\n

Isatou Faal, the Council\u2019s Public Relation Officer (PRO) has told Foroyaa that the Serrekunda Vendors were asked to evacuate the market because they are in a progression of renovating the market.<\/p>\n

She said the women (vendors) are selling at the wrong places and they cause traffic jams among other problems. She added that the roads that the vendors sell are not meant for selling and they affect the passage of goods and services \u2013 thereby causing traffic jam.<\/p>\n

The PRO concurred with the assertion by the vendors that the market is full and cannot accommodate all of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cSerrekunda market cannot host everyone,\u201d PRO Faal said.<\/p>\n

Faal said the Market is full to capacity and they have been advising vendors to relocate to other markets within the municipalities such as Jeshwang, Tallinding, Latrikunda Sabiji, Tabokoto and Abuko. She said they have even used the radio stations to make such announcements.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll vendors want to sell at the Serrekunda market,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

PRO Faal said KMC has a market committee which is responsible for recommending the revitalization of markets including reconstruction and they are also responsible for providing the Council with the advice as to whether vendors should relocate or vacate.<\/p>\n

She said traffic jam from Westfield to Tipper Garage is caused by vendors selling along the highway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Kanifing Municipal Council have on Tuesday, 24th September 2019 reacted to the Foroyaa Newspaper publication about the claims of the Serrekunda Market vendors. The market is Gambia\u2019s biggest and busiest market. The vendors\u2019 claim was that the Council (KMC) has issued warnings that they will be vacated from their places of sale on Monday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":1066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[237,697,698],"class_list":["post-1065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-gambia-news","tag-kanifing-municipal-council","tag-serrekunda-market"],"yoast_head":"\nKMC React To Serrekunda Market Vendors\u2019 Claim - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"KMC React To Serrekunda Market Vendors\u2019 Claim\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Kanifing Municipal Council have on Tuesday, 24th September 2019 reacted to the Foroyaa Newspaper publication about the claims of the Serrekunda Market vendors. The market is Gambia\u2019s biggest and busiest market. The vendors\u2019 claim was that the Council (KMC) has issued warnings that they will be vacated from their places of sale on Monday, […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-09-25T15:47:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_191338.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"689\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"353\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"adama\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"adama\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"adama\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/a7488a69bb91ed4cb95c78165665a7c2\"},\"headline\":\"KMC React To Serrekunda Market Vendors\u2019 Claim\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-25T15:47:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim\"},\"wordCount\":397,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_191338.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia news\",\"Kanifing Municipal Council\",\"Serrekunda Market\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim\",\"name\":\"KMC React To Serrekunda Market Vendors\u2019 Claim - Gambia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_191338.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-25T15:47:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/a7488a69bb91ed4cb95c78165665a7c2\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_191338.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_191338.jpg\",\"width\":689,\"height\":353},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"KMC React To Serrekunda Market Vendors\u2019 Claim\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/\",\"name\":\"Gambia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/a7488a69bb91ed4cb95c78165665a7c2\",\"name\":\"adama\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/866a8a5d75fa1b0ce4b77fe983189f9afa3699d382e302b35a3e164dc3c5ce54?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/866a8a5d75fa1b0ce4b77fe983189f9afa3699d382e302b35a3e164dc3c5ce54?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"adama\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"KMC React To Serrekunda Market Vendors\u2019 Claim - Gambia","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"KMC React To Serrekunda Market Vendors\u2019 Claim","og_description":"The Kanifing Municipal Council have on Tuesday, 24th September 2019 reacted to the Foroyaa Newspaper publication about the claims of the Serrekunda Market vendors. The market is Gambia\u2019s biggest and busiest market. The vendors\u2019 claim was that the Council (KMC) has issued warnings that they will be vacated from their places of sale on Monday, […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim","og_site_name":"Gambia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2019-09-25T15:47:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":689,"height":353,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_191338.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"adama","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"adama","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim"},"author":{"name":"adama","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/a7488a69bb91ed4cb95c78165665a7c2"},"headline":"KMC React To Serrekunda Market Vendors\u2019 Claim","datePublished":"2019-09-25T15:47:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim"},"wordCount":397,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_191338.jpg","keywords":["Gambia news","Kanifing Municipal Council","Serrekunda Market"],"articleSection":["all news","community"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim","name":"KMC React To Serrekunda Market Vendors\u2019 Claim - Gambia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_191338.jpg","datePublished":"2019-09-25T15:47:45+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/a7488a69bb91ed4cb95c78165665a7c2"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_191338.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190925_191338.jpg","width":689,"height":353},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/community\/kmc-react-to-serrekunda-market-vendors-claim#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"KMC React To Serrekunda Market Vendors\u2019 Claim"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/","name":"Gambia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/a7488a69bb91ed4cb95c78165665a7c2","name":"adama","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/866a8a5d75fa1b0ce4b77fe983189f9afa3699d382e302b35a3e164dc3c5ce54?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/866a8a5d75fa1b0ce4b77fe983189f9afa3699d382e302b35a3e164dc3c5ce54?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"adama"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}