FactCheck: Did KMC Mayor Promise and Fail to Deliver Two Multi-Million Dalasi Projects?
In late September 2025, the Mayor of Kanifing Municipality, Talib Ahmed Bensouda, published a video announcing that his council had secured $450,000 (approximately GMD33 million) from the Mayors Migration Council’s Global Cities Fund (GCF)—to support small businesses for migrant returnees.
This sparked criticism from his opposition, who pointed to an even bigger $26 million (D1.82 billion) project announced by the KMC Mayor back in October 2024. The critics highlight that the “failure of the billion-dalasi project” is proof that Mayor Bensouda’s latest announcement can’t be trusted.
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