KYF, Kombo Grassroot Local Government Structures Join forces for Better Service Delivery

-

 





By Tunkang Kambano



Kombo Yiriwa Kafo (KYK), a charity organisation together with West Coast Region and the Kanifing Municipality Village Development Committees (VDC) have launched an ambitious partnership toward the path to enforced community service delivery. 


During the recent inception meeting at the Region Education Directorate in Brikama, various stakeholders expressed optimism that the partnership will forge a more corporation and experience sharing between the local government structures for robust community development.


Famara Buli Sanyang, Secretary General of Kombo Yiriwa Kafo encouraged VDC members to show strong commitment to the partnership. He said bringing together all the VDCs within Kombo will provide the much needed collaboration towards the development transformation of communities. 


Establishment of Village Development Committees is sanction by the Local Government Act 2002. Members of the committee are unanimously elected by community members to lead their development. As mandated in the 2002 Act, VDCs are the entry points for development into communities with Alkalo serving as adviser.


“We consider it important for VDC members within Kombo to come together and network to compliment common efforts toward the development of Kombo,” Said Famara Buli Sanyang.


He said KYK was conceptualized as early as January 2017 with the first meeting held in Brufut, Kombo South in February 2017 and registered with the Attorney General Chambers as a Charity in June 2017 after drafting the constitution. “According to constitution KYK is non-party political and will work with Government and all relevant stakeholders towards the development of Kombo,” he said


Section 92(1) of the Local Government Act 2002 sanctioned the establishment of Village Development Committees for each village or cluster of villages which shall be determined by the local Council. Subsection 2 of Section 92 also also empowered every Council to determine which cluster of villages may together form a Village Development Committee, in accordance with such criteria as it shall specify. 


Launched on 7 October 2017 by former Vice President Fatoumatta Jallow-Tambajang, KYK held its first and second annual general assembly meetings in 2018 and 2019 while the subsequent meetings were delayed due to Covid 19.





Comments

Post a Comment

Popular OP posts

COPG Critiques Gov’t Foreign Policy, Others

-
Image
Team Outpost The Coalition of Progressive Gambians (COPG) have critiqued government foreign policy.  The group expressed its deep concern over the recent treatment of Gambians in the diaspora particularly on the recent deaths of Gambians in Egypt and Germany and the inhumane treatment of Gambians deported from Germany.  “In the 21st century where international law and order in line with human rights is advocated globally, it is disappointing and disheartening to see the gross violation of human rights by custodians of the laws in those countries that champion the advocacy of human rights.  We call on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to come out and explain to The Gambian people the reasons for the deaths and inhumane treatment of Gambians abroad and deportees as well” the release said. The group further called on the government through its foreign ministry, to redefine its foreign policy approach to deploy the right personnel with ethical standards.   “Its time for the Ministry to redef
Read more

President elect Diomaye Faye to be sworn in

-
Image
President-elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye will be sworn in on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at the Abdou Diouf International Centre - CICAD, in Diamniadio. Ceremony will start at 11 Following his swearing-in, the new president will be officially sworn in during a transfer of power with outgoing president Macky Sall later in the afternoon of the same day. On this occasion, the outgoing president, Macky Sall, will officially hand over the reins of the country to his elected successor, Bassirou Diomaye Faye. This transfer of power will mark the beginning of Bassirou Diomaye Faye's presidential term, newly elected with 54.28% of the vote, according to official provisional results announced on Wednesday.
Read more

Security expert dismisses gov’t cybercrime threat to ‘crush online dissent’

-
Image
By Sheriff Saidykhan  The Gambian-U.S based criminologist have dismissed the cybercrime bill initiated by the government of President Adama Barrow to effectively crush online freedom of expression and dissent. Mod Lamin Faye, a specialist on law enforcement and national security matters made these remarks recently in a telephone interview with The Outpost Media. “It just did not make sense. Cybercrime doesn't have to do anything with freedom of expression. Freedom of expression does not consitute cybercrime.The currently administration is basically trying to bring a law that only favors them. Anyone who understand the word cybercrime will tell you it does not have to do with freedom of expression,” he said On 18 March 2023, the proposed 2023 Cybercrime Bill (the draft Bill) was approved in the  first reading in the National Assembly of the Gambia and committed to the second reading in the Assembly Business Committee. He added: “What they are trying to do is not going to work. Is on
Read more