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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>A group of councillors in the Kanifing Municipality headed by Karamo Ceesay, councillor for Talinding South Ward, who doubles as the chairman of the finance and revenue committee have refuted corruption allegations labelled against KMC Mayor Talib Ahmed Bensouda, yesterday by Yankuba Colley, the former mayor under the APRC.<\/b><\/p>\n

Mr. Colley asserted that Talib Ahmed Bensouda don\u2019t know his staff and they can\u2019t access him anytime without booking an appointment.<\/p>\n

\u201cTalib doesn\u2019t know his staff because he doesn\u2019t interact with them. Bensouda has destroyed the council and he cannot bring any development to the council,\u201d said Yankuba Colley.<\/p>\n

They described the allegations as \u201cun-factual and misleading\u201d and urged people to distance themselves from such claims, saying they are politically motivated.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring Yankuba Colley\u2019s tenure, individuals were collecting monthly salaries without offering any services to the council. They are ghost workers who will come to the council every month to collect salaries claiming they are the council\u2019s staff.<\/p>\n

Evidence obtained at the press conference reveals that from 2014 to 2016 individuals\u2019 councils and other members request payment for a birthday celebration.<\/p>\n

\u201cModou Lamin Badjie former, councillor of Ebo-town, requested cheque number 006 from Zenith Bank Ltd voucher no PV150391 dated 21st May 2015 at the tune of D260, 000.00 plus annual expenses of five hundred thousand dalasis independence celebration in a form of impress,\u201d Karamo Ceesay revealed, adding that the same people were requesting D500, 000.00 annually between 2014 to 2016.<\/p>\n

At a press conference yesterday, the former Mayor of KMC Yankuba Colley dismissed Mayor Bensouda\u2019s claims that when he assumed office the council was having a debt of nine million dalasis (D9, 000,000.00) \u201cThe council is currently having (D15, 000, 000.00) more than fifteen million dalasis,\u201d Mr. Colley claimed.<\/p>\n

These comments triggered the councillors to respond on behalf of their boss who is currently engaged. They accused the former KMC mayor and his people of paying monies to guests from Casamance who came for an independence celebration at the tune of D512, 400 and they were lodged at Badala Park.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey used taxpayers\u2019 money to buy already used vehicles which is against the procurement act which \u201ctaxpayers\u2019 money cannot be used to buy used vehicles.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of those vehicles are not road worthy and they haven\u2019t used them to collect waste since they were purchased,\u201d Karamo Ceesay told journalists.<\/p>\n

According to them, Ousman Rambo Jatta received a sum of D230, 000.00 from KMC for a community radio station in 2016 through the Sanyang Kunda enterprise which they said was owned and operated by a nominated councillor Modou Lamin Sanyang.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Rambo is not a registered vendor and since some equipment has been delivered while others are still not delivered,\u201d Mr. Ceesay added.<\/p>\n

The councillors said Mayor Bensouda has never belittled any staff at the council. \u201cThe appointments are made for the mayor to be accessible to the people and this is done because the mayor doesn\u2019t want his office to be chaotic,\u201d Ceesay refuted assertions that the mayor is not accessible.<\/p>\n

According to the councillors, if the office of the mayor is left accessible to all at any time it will be difficult for him to concentrate and deliver. \u201cThis is why there are days allocated for people who want to see him. The Mayor works from Monday to Saturday,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Gambia. A group of councillors in the Kanifing Municipality headed by Karamo Ceesay, councillor for Talinding South Ward, who doubles as the chairman of the finance and revenue committee have refuted corruption allegations labelled against KMC Mayor Talib Ahmed Bensouda, yesterday by Yankuba Colley, the former mayor under the APRC. 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