A record of delivery
for The Gambia
Since 2018, Kanifing Municipal Council under Talib Bensouda has built a municipality-wide waste system, dozens of kilometres of new roads, markets, clinics and a public library. This is the record.
Talib Ahmed Bensouda — Manifesto
Manifesto coming soon
"Together for a Better KM"
Both of Talib Bensouda's mayoral campaigns were run on a development-first manifesto and were noted for avoiding partisan attacks. The slogan became the framework for two terms of work across Kanifing's 19 wards.
Latrikunda Sabiji Market, rebuilt as a storey building with 100 shops — part of a growing network of new and upgraded markets across Kanifing.
The People's Mayor
Six areas where Kanifing Municipal Council's work under Talib Bensouda is most visible.
The Mbalit Project
Kanifing's first municipality-wide waste collection system — a fully funded D130 million partnership with 24 new compactor trucks and 172 youth jobs.
Kanifing Environmental Transformation Programme
A €3 million EU-funded programme covering waste, education and tree planting — including the plan to plant 190,000 trees across 19 wards.
Kanifing Municipal Road Network Project
More than D300 million of Council funding for 38 kilometres of new roads, 11 feeder roads and two bridges connecting all 19 wards.
Market Construction & Rehabilitation
Latrikunda Sabiji rebuilt with 100 shops; Serrekunda Market upgraded with a women's shed, CCTV, boreholes and security lighting.
Healthcare Access
Nine ambulances for nine community clinics, a D15 million expansion of the Bundung Maternity Ward, and support for local clinics.
Jobs, Skills and Enterprise
A D20 million youth revolving fund, the "Tekki Fii" innovation challenge, skills centres and 155 sewing machines for community centres.
Across the Municipality
Openings, launches and community work across Kanifing's 19 wards — from Bakau and Bakoteh to Latrikunda, Tallinding and Serrekunda.
See the Work in Action
Openings, rallies and community moments from across the municipality — straight from the campaign's YouTube channel.
Noted Beyond The Gambia
Kanifing's work has drawn recognition and partnerships from cities and institutions around the world.
New Castle County, Delaware declared 8 July "Kanifing Municipal Council Day," and later marked 19 May 2022 as "Lord Mayor Bensouda Day" — recognition announced during a visit by the County Executive.
KMC holds full membership of the Global Parliament of Mayors and United Cities and Local Governments of Africa, and sits on the Mayors Migration Council via the Africa–Europe Mayors' Dialogue.
A Dubawa fact-check in December 2025 independently verified several of Kanifing Municipal Council's market, road and library projects against public records.
Kanifing Municipal Council holds a sister-city partnership with Freetown, Sierra Leone, supporting cooperation between the two West African capitals' local governments.
A sister-city relationship with Madison, USA has supported community economic development in Kanifing, including a donation of 1,000 waste bins.
A twinning agreement with Balassagyarmat, Hungary focuses on economic, cultural and educational cooperation between the two municipalities.
Recent Milestones
The latest openings and launches across the municipality.
Launch of a research partnership using KMC's digital addressing system to strengthen data-driven municipal governance, with Paris Dauphine University, Sciences Po Paris and the University of The Gambia.
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed visited the Council's youth skills centre at Bakoteh during a visit to The Gambia.
Launch of a community multipurpose facility valued at more than D10 million, targeting around 520 beneficiaries, most of them women.
A new section of the municipal library dedicated to Gambian languages, featuring the ADLaN (Fula) and N'Ko (Manding) scripts.
Leading the UNITE Movement for Change
In 2026, Talib Ahmed Bensouda emerged as leader of the opposition UNITE Movement for Change, campaigning nationally on what he calls "The Transformation Agenda" — carrying the record built in Kanifing to a wider argument about how The Gambia is governed.
About Talib