{"id":34486,"date":"2023-05-08T08:43:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T08:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?p=34486"},"modified":"2023-05-08T12:37:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T12:37:00","slug":"top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto","title":{"rendered":"\u201cTop of our list is road infrastructure\u201d \u2013 Bensouda says as he launches manifesto"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>As he seeks re-election, incumbent of the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) Talib Ahmed Bensouda has launched a five-point manifesto ahead of the much-anticipated 20th May 2023 mayoral\/chairmanship elections. He said, if re-elected, he will prioritize road construction.<\/b><\/p>\n

The main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) mayoral candidate for KMC told journalists that his first term [2018-2023] was focused on waste management.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we were coming into the office, waste management was on our top list because of the illegal dumpsites that existed in communities, riverine areas, gutters, abundant homes, and markets,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Bensouda said promises are \u201cdangerous\u201d, saying if they [promises] fail, they become lies.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn UDP, our leader has always told us not to promise people but to always talk about our plans,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

According to him, the waste management issue has now been fixed. \u201cWe want to move to other areas and the top of our list this coming five years is road infrastructure,\u201d Bensouda revealed.<\/p>\n

He added that based on the surveys they conducted and feedback they got from their councillors, road network is the biggest problem within the Kanifing Municipality.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore we ended the first mandate, we passed a project called \u2018The Kanifing Municipal Road Network Project (The KMRNP)\u2019. This project will cost more than three hundred million dalasis (D300,000,000). We will construct twenty-three kilometers (23km) of roads in our municipality and six kilometers (6km) of drain network,\u201d he narrated.<\/p>\n

Confident of victory, Bensouda said the council over the past years has witnessed significant improvement that has improved the quality of living among residents of KM.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will ensure road safety will be observed in places like schools, mosques, and places of convergence to ensure that traffic is controlled,\u201d he promised.<\/p>\n

He commended the people of Kanifing Municipality for allowing him run the affairs of the council over the years while urging them to give him a second mandate to continue what he described as \u2018forward development\u2019.<\/p>\n

The unveiling ceremony was held at Sea View Garden in Senegambia and was attended by Ousainou Darboe Esq, the leader of the United Democratic Party and other prominent opposition leaders including Musa Ousainou Yali Bachilly, leader of the Gambia Action Party, and representatives of Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC) and National Unity Party (NUP). These parties have endorsed the re-election of Mr. Bensouda.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Gambia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Gambia. As he seeks re-election, incumbent of the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) Talib Ahmed Bensouda has launched a five-point manifesto ahead of the much-anticipated 20th May 2023 mayoral\/chairmanship elections. He said, if re-elected, he will prioritize road construction. The main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) mayoral candidate for KMC told journalists that his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":34485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[2355,2361,260],"class_list":["post-34486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"\n\u201cTop of our list is road infrastructure\u201d \u2013 Bensouda says as he launches manifesto - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As he seeks re-election, incumbent of the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) Talib Ahmed Bensouda has launched a five-p ...\" \/>\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\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cTop of our list is road infrastructure\u201d \u2013 Bensouda says as he launches manifesto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As he seeks re-election, incumbent of the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) Talib Ahmed Bensouda has launched a five-p ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto\" \/>\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=\"2023-05-08T08:43:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-08T12:37:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683516980.17.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\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\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"\u201cTop of our list is road infrastructure\u201d \u2013 Bensouda says as he launches manifesto\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-08T08:43:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-08T12:37:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto\"},\"wordCount\":409,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683516980.17.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Gambia\",\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto\",\"name\":\"\u201cTop of our list is road infrastructure\u201d \u2013 Bensouda says as he launches manifesto - Gambia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683516980.17.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-08T08:43:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-08T12:37:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"As he seeks re-election, incumbent of the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) Talib Ahmed Bensouda has launched a five-p ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683516980.17.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683516980.17.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"\u201cTop of our list is road infrastructure\u201d \u2013 Bensouda says as he launches manifesto\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u201cTop of our list is road infrastructure\u201d \u2013 Bensouda says as he launches manifesto\"}]},{\"@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\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\u201cTop of our list is road infrastructure\u201d \u2013 Bensouda says as he launches manifesto - Gambia","description":"As he seeks re-election, incumbent of the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) Talib Ahmed Bensouda has launched a five-p ...","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\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\u201cTop of our list is road infrastructure\u201d \u2013 Bensouda says as he launches manifesto","og_description":"As he seeks re-election, incumbent of the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) Talib Ahmed Bensouda has launched a five-p ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto","og_site_name":"Gambia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-05-08T08:43:44+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-05-08T12:37:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683516980.17.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"\u201cTop of our list is road infrastructure\u201d \u2013 Bensouda says as he launches manifesto","datePublished":"2023-05-08T08:43:44+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-08T12:37:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto"},"wordCount":409,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683516980.17.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Gambia","Gambia"],"articleSection":["all news","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto","name":"\u201cTop of our list is road infrastructure\u201d \u2013 Bensouda says as he launches manifesto - Gambia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683516980.17.jpg","datePublished":"2023-05-08T08:43:44+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-08T12:37:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"As he seeks re-election, incumbent of the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) Talib Ahmed Bensouda has launched a five-p ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683516980.17.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683516980.17.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"\u201cTop of our list is road infrastructure\u201d \u2013 Bensouda says as he launches manifesto"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-of-our-list-is-road-infrastructure-bensouda-says-as-he-launches-manifesto#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\u201cTop of our list is road infrastructure\u201d \u2013 Bensouda says as he launches manifesto"}]},{"@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\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34486","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\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}