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Finance Minister Responds to $30 Million Oil Scandal Report

By Kebba AF Touray Finance Minister Seedy Keita on Monday responded to Parliament’s report on the $30 million petroleum scandal, acknowledging widespread governance failures but...

Lawmakers Approve Recommendation to Establish Office to Investigate and Prosecute Financial...

By Kebba AF Touray The Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) has recommended the establishment of an independent Office of the Special Prosecutor to investigate...

Interior Minister Discusses ID Card Issuance Abroad

By Kebba AF Touray The Interior Minister, Abdoulie Sanyang, addressed lawmakers on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, outlining the government’s approach to issuing national ID cards...

Government Purchases Over 25,000 Metric Tons of Groundnuts, Minister Reports

By Kebba AF Touray The National Food Security Processing and Marketing Corporation (NFSPMC) purchased 25,097 metric tons of groundnuts during the past trading season, amounting...

National Assembly Presses On With Elections Bill Review

By Kebba AF Touray The National Assembly on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, continued its painstaking clause-by-clause review of the Elections Bill, preserving key provisions on...

Gambia’s Mid-Year Budget Shows Revenue Growth, Persistent Deficit

By Kebba AF Touray The Gambia government recorded total revenues of GMD13.78 billion in the first half of 2025, marking a 29 percent increase compared...

Lawmakers Advance Judicial Officers Bill to Consideration Stage amid Divided Opinions

By Kebba AF Touray The National Assembly on Monday, 8 September 2025, moved the Judicial Officers (Conditions of Service) Bill, 2025 to the consideration stage,...

National Assembly to Convene Third Ordinary Session in September with Focus...

By Kebba AF Touray The National Assembly is set to convene its Third Ordinary Session for 2025 from September 8 to 29, with key items...

Hon. Musa Cham Donates Motor-Tricycles and Football Gear to Local Communities

By Kebba AF Touray In a heartfelt ceremony held on Sunday, August 10, 2025, National Assembly Member for Serrekunda Constituency, Hon. Musa Cham, generously donated...

Secretary to Cabinet Reveals Key Janneh Commission Records in Closed Confidential...

By Kebba AF Touray Secretary to Cabinet Alieu Njie has disclosed that some of the records relating to the implementation of the Janneh Commission’s recommendations...

Honourable Suwaibou Touray Warns Against Rejecting Constitution Bill

By Kebba AF Touray Hon. Suwaibou Touray, the National Assembly Member for Wuli East, contributed to the debate on the second reading of the Constitution...

Promulgation Bill Collapses — Majority Leader Calls It Regrettable

By Kebba AF Touray The Majority Leader Hon. Billay G Tunkara, has said that the failure of the promulgation bill 2024, to meet the required...

Judicial Conditions Bill Surfaces 10 Months After Remuneration Proposal Collapsed

By Kebba AF Touray Attorney General and Minister of Justice Dawda A. Jallow on Friday, July 11, 2025, introduced the Judicial Officers (Conditions of Service) Bill, 2025,...

Lawmaker Proposes Bill to Clarify Presidential Pardon Process

By Kebba AF Touray Seeking to bring clarity, transparency, and procedural rigor to a centuries-old presidential power, Hon. Alhagie Mbow, the National Assembly Member for...

Legislators Sound Alarm Over State of Health Facilities

By Assan Bah The National Assembly (NA) Select Committee on Health, Refugees, Disaster and Humanitarian Relief, presented a concerning report on the state of some...

National Assembly Passes Student Loan Bill to Expand Access to Education

By Kebba AF Touray The National Assembly on Friday, July 11, 2025, passed the Students’ Revolving Loan Scheme Bill, paving the way for the establishment of...

National Assembly Approves Recommendation to Curb Unauthorized Virement

By Kebba AF Touray The resolutions of the Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) of the National Assembly have, among other things, resolved that the...

Assembly Committee Orders Local Government Councils to Account for Millions of...

By Kebba AF Touray The Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) of the National Assembly has issued sweeping recommendations to multiple local government councils across...

Parliament Adopts Report on US$30 Million Oil Scandal

By Kebba AF Touray In a ground breaking development, the National Assembly has on Thursday 10th July 2025, adopted the report of the Joint Committee...

Creed Energy, Ultimate Biege Logistics Owe GRA over D20 Million in...

By Assan Bah The National Assembly’s Joint Committee on Finance and Public Enterprises (FPAC), and the Public Enterprises Committee (PEC), have disclosed in a report...