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Gambia: Market Vendors Evicted
Real estate news By Modou Jonga
19 October 2007
Reliable reports had it that the Brikama Area Council recently evicted more than one hundred fruit and vegetable vendors at the Triangular Space at the Brikama Market opposite the Guaranty Trust Bank Branch. Reports indicate that the Triangular area was sometime this year, sold by the Council to a Dutch woman and her Gambian partner for the construction of a Bar and Restaurant. It is also reported that the vendors were evicted by the Council without a notice and that no proper arrangements were made by the Council for the relocation of the evicted vendors.
Speaking to this reporter, Aminata Kuyateh, Ndey Jarju and Siya Camara, all evicted vendors, lamented that they were evicted from the triangular area by the council without notice. They noted that they were asked by staff of the council to move out of the area following the commencement of the fencing of the area by those contracted to build a Bar and Restaurant at the site.
According to them, the council did not make efforts to facilitate their relocation and that they are currently stationed at the other end of the triangular area. They told this reporter that the space they now occupy is less spacious and is not conducive for business .The three evicted vendors urged the management of the council to make arrangements for their relocation. They lamented that the eviction exercise has affected them economically. They further appealed to the council to relocate them to an accessible, spacious and business friendly area in the shortest possible time. "We pay dues daily to the council, therefore our predicament should be urgently addressed by the council," said one of the women.
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