The Fallacy Of Local Government Reforms: When Lands Cartel Take Charge, Community Reserve Land Become First Casualty – The Standard Newspaper

The Fallacy Of Local Government Reforms: When Lands Cartel Take Charge, Community Reserve Land Become First Casualty – The Standard Newspaper

By Sanna Camara Four months ago, the Ministry of Local Government and Lands appointed Bolong LK Jatta as Alkalo of Busumbala, a township of over 10,000 households in West Coast Region. To the central government, it has the authority to appoint whoever it wants to positions of authority; to the people, this decision is a slap in their faces. They never nominated, nor confirmed the candidate selected Mr Jatta. Above all, this candidate’s reputatio…

HOW ARE WE TO PREVENT CONFLICT ON LAND DISPUTES? – Foroyaa Newspaper

The Governor’s Office of the West Coast Region has convened a meeting on the Gunjur/Kartong land dispute. The authorities should address such land disputes, which may result in violence and death as had happened in the Gunjur/Berending land case. Disputes are inevitable. Where government is absent, people take the law into their own hands and become prosecutors and judges at the same time by claiming entitlements and using force to grab them, on…