{"id":81513,"date":"2025-07-06T09:55:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T09:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?p=81513"},"modified":"2025-07-06T09:55:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T09:55:33","slug":"mamadi-kurang-summoned-to-testify-on-sale-of-jammehs-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/mamadi-kurang-summoned-to-testify-on-sale-of-jammehs-assets","title":{"rendered":"Mamadi Kurang Summoned to Testify on Sale of Jammeh\u2019S Assets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The National Assembly\u2019s Special Select Committee has officially summoned Alhaji Mamadi Kurang, former secretary to the Janneh Commission, to testify in its ongoing investigation into the controversial sale and disposal of assets linked to former President Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A copy of the summons, dated 3 July 2025 and seen, directs Kurang to appear before the committee on 16 July 2025 at 11:00 AM at the National Assembly Building in Banjul. The investigation follows revelations by the Commission of Inquiry into the Financial Activities of Public Bodies, Enterprises, and Offices, which flagged serious irregularities in the handling of assets acquired during Jammeh\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are hereby summoned to testify all that you know on the subject matter of the inquiry,\u201d the document stated.<\/p>\n<p>Kurang, who served in a key administrative role during the Janneh Commission, is believed to hold vital information concerning the sale and management of assets associated with Jammeh and his close associates during his tenure with the commission. The summons explicitly warns that failure to appear or withhold relevant information may constitute contempt of the National Assembly, a grave offense under Gambian law.<\/p>\n<p>The Special Select Committee was established on 14 May 2025 to investigate the contentious sale of assets acquired by former President Yahya Jammeh during his rule from 1994 to 2017.<\/p>\n<p>While Kurang has not yet issued a public response to the latest summons, he has previously expressed his readiness to cooperate with any official inquiry related to the Jammeh assets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The National Assembly\u2019s Special Select Committee has officially summoned Alhaji Mamadi Kurang, former secretary to the Janneh Commission, to testify in its ongoing investigation into the controversial sale and disposal of assets linked to former President Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh. A copy of the summons, dated 3 July 2025 and seen, directs Kurang [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":81512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-81513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mamadi Kurang Summoned to Testify on Sale of Jammeh\u2019S Assets - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Assembly\u2019s Special Select Committee has officially summoned Alhaji Mamadi Kurang, former secretary to th ...\" \/>\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\/mamadi-kurang-summoned-to-testify-on-sale-of-jammehs-assets\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mamadi Kurang Summoned to Testify on Sale of Jammeh\u2019S Assets\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Assembly\u2019s Special Select Committee has officially summoned Alhaji Mamadi Kurang, former secretary to th ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/mamadi-kurang-summoned-to-testify-on-sale-of-jammehs-assets\" \/>\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=\"2025-07-06T09:55:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/07\/sm_1751783055.333343.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\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\/mamadi-kurang-summoned-to-testify-on-sale-of-jammehs-assets#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/mamadi-kurang-summoned-to-testify-on-sale-of-jammehs-assets\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Mamadi Kurang Summoned to Testify on Sale of Jammeh\u2019S Assets\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-06T09:55:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/mamadi-kurang-summoned-to-testify-on-sale-of-jammehs-assets\"},\"wordCount\":264,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/mamadi-kurang-summoned-to-testify-on-sale-of-jammehs-assets#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/07\/sm_1751783055.333343.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/mamadi-kurang-summoned-to-testify-on-sale-of-jammehs-assets#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/mamadi-kurang-summoned-to-testify-on-sale-of-jammehs-assets\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/mamadi-kurang-summoned-to-testify-on-sale-of-jammehs-assets\",\"name\":\"Mamadi Kurang Summoned to Testify on Sale of Jammeh\u2019S Assets - 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