Bajam
Enterprise Company has been awarded the contract to fence the Bakoteh dumpsite.
The contract is worth eight million, five hundred thousand dalasis (D8, 500,
000).
Bakoteh
dumpsite is situated in three densely populated communities; Bakoteh, Dippa
Kunda and Manjai Kunda.The dumpsite has been one of the country’s most pressing
health and environmental challenge for decades. Many have welcomed the move
taken by KMC to fence the dumpsite, although that is not the permanent solution
residents are yearning for.
The
dumpsite is not only a health hazard to the people living around those areas
but also to the patients visiting the SOS health facility, orphans living in
the children’s village and hundreds of students from all around the country who
attend SOS primary, upper and senior secondary schools.
The
mayor of Kanifing Municipality Council (KMC) Talib Bensouda said: “After
looking at the 13 contracts, the committee recommended Bajam Enterprise for the
fencing, as members were convinced that the company has experience, materials
and personnel to do the work.”
Musa
Cham, the councillor for London Corner Ward in Serrekunda, said many contracts
in the council have been awarded without passing through vetting.
“Personally,
I support for the fencing of the dumpsite for the fact that the dumpsite is a
threat to our public health especially people living around the area.”
Lamin
K. Jammeh, the councillor of Bakoteh Ward during a sideline interview said
fencing Bakoteh dumpsite is long overdue, and thus commended the council for
their timely intervention.
