{"id":92747,"date":"2025-12-29T17:30:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T17:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/sanneh-confident-ahead-of-kaiaf-by-election-calls-for-peace"},"modified":"2025-12-29T17:46:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T17:46:52","slug":"sanneh-confident-ahead-of-kaiaf-by-election-calls-for-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/sanneh-confident-ahead-of-kaiaf-by-election-calls-for-peace","title":{"rendered":"Sanneh Confident Ahead of Kaiaf By-Election Calls for Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>United Democratic Party (UDP) candidate Sulayman Sanneh has expressed confidence in his prospects ahead of the Kaiaf Ward by-election in Kiang East, Mansakonko Area Council, scheduled for January 2026, saying lessons learned from past experience have better prepared him for the contest.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Sanneh previously served as councilor for Kaiaf Ward following his election in 2018. He later lost his seat to the late Hamat Ceesay of the National People\u2019s Party (NPP) during the last councilorship elections.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on that defeat, Sanneh said it was not a rejection by voters but rather the result of complacency and low voter turnout among his supporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe I will win this time. I did not lose because my people did not like me; it was due to overconfidence. Many people believed victory was guaranteed and did not turn out to vote. We have learned from those mistakes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sanneh also argued that the late councilor did not meet residents\u2019 expectations during his tenure, particularly when compared with what he described as the impact of his own first term in office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this coming by-election, we are confident because people saw the difference during my first five years. The late councilor did not deliver what many residents expected,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sanneh, it was the encouragement of Kaiaf Ward residents that motivated him to seek a return to office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people themselves came to me and urged me to contest after seeing the changes we made. If elected, I will continue to work for my people. I am calling on everyone to come out and vote, and I urge supporters not to be overconfident,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>He concluded by calling for a peaceful and respectful campaign, emphasizing unity within the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKiang East belongs to all of us. We are one family. Politics comes and goes, so let us conduct this campaign in peace,\u201d Sanneh said.<\/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. United Democratic Party (UDP) candidate Sulayman Sanneh has expressed confidence in his prospects ahead of the Kaiaf Ward by-election in Kiang East, Mansakonko Area Council, scheduled for January 2026, saying lessons learned from past experience have better prepared him for the contest. Sanneh previously served as councilor for Kaiaf Ward following his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":92746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-92747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","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>Sanneh Confident Ahead of Kaiaf By-Election Calls for Peace - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"United Democratic Party (UDP) candidate Sulayman Sanneh has expressed confidence in his prospects ahead of the Kaiaf ...\" \/>\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\/sanneh-confident-ahead-of-kaiaf-by-election-calls-for-peace\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sanneh Confident Ahead of Kaiaf By-Election Calls for Peace\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"United Democratic Party (UDP) candidate Sulayman Sanneh has expressed confidence in his prospects ahead of the Kaiaf ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/sanneh-confident-ahead-of-kaiaf-by-election-calls-for-peace\" \/>\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=\"2025-12-29T17:30:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-29T17:46:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/12\/sm_1767017742.364153.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\/sanneh-confident-ahead-of-kaiaf-by-election-calls-for-peace#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/sanneh-confident-ahead-of-kaiaf-by-election-calls-for-peace\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Sanneh Confident Ahead of Kaiaf By-Election Calls for Peace\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-29T17:30:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-29T17:46:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/sanneh-confident-ahead-of-kaiaf-by-election-calls-for-peace\"},\"wordCount\":334,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/sanneh-confident-ahead-of-kaiaf-by-election-calls-for-peace#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/12\/sm_1767017742.364153.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/sanneh-confident-ahead-of-kaiaf-by-election-calls-for-peace#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/sanneh-confident-ahead-of-kaiaf-by-election-calls-for-peace\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/sanneh-confident-ahead-of-kaiaf-by-election-calls-for-peace\",\"name\":\"Sanneh Confident Ahead of Kaiaf By-Election Calls for Peace - 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