The Audit Findings
GAMBIA: Why You Must Focus on the Audit Reports
Apart from the Constitution, the most important law of the land is the National Budget. Together, they define the governance of our nation – one provides the legal foundation...
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GAMBIA: The Attempt to Discredit the Audit Reports Has Begun
The Ministry of Transport, Works and Infrastructure (MoTWI) has fired the first shot in what is clearly a coordinated campaign by the Barrow Government...
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GAMBIA: Part 10: From Audit to Action: Turning the Missing Billions into Accountability
For three years, the Auditor General has shouted one message through hundreds of pages:” The system is leaking, and nobody is fixing the holes.”We...
The Audit Findings
GAMBIA: Part 9: The Ghost Assets: What the Government Bought but Citizens Never Saw (2021 – 2023)
The government buys vehicles, equipment, furniture, computers, and land with taxpayers’ money every year. Those items are supposed to be listed in an asset...
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GAMBIA: Part 8: The Evidence They Forgot to Read (Continued): What Happens Next?
When a Ministry Denies, but the Audit File Speaks LouderWhen the Ministry of Works called the Auditor General’s report “false,” they hoped citizens would...
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GAMBIA: Auditor General’s $377M Road Findings Dismissed as False by Infrastructure Ministry
The Auditor General's report, which revealed a D377 million discrepancy in a road construction contract in the North Bank Region (NBR), was strongly rejected...
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GAMBIA: Gambian Lawmaker Claims Audit Reports Released Only Under Donor Pressure
The Gambian government only released the 2021, 2022, and 2023 National Audit Reports due to pressure from foreign budget support donors, according to Hon....
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GAMBIA: Part 7 — “Where Did The Money Go?” The Expenditure Story They Don’t Tell (2021–2023) — Part 1 of 2
Minister Seedy Keita says 2023 spending was “broadly in line with the approved budget.” Sounds neat. But when you open the Auditor General’s files,...
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GAMBIA: Part 6 — The Side-Door Billions: Where Government Cash Slips Away (2021–2023)
Most Gambians think “government money” means taxes. But there’s another stream, non-tax revenue, the cash you pay at passport counters, courts, land offices, fisheries,...
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GAMBIA: Part 5: The SOE Debt Timebomb – When State Companies Don’t Pay, Citizens Pay Twice
Every Gambian knows the pain of unreliable electricity, poor telecoms, and high water and cash power bills. But what most don’t know is that...
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GAMBIA: Part 4: Billions Promised, But Still Waiting – The Donor Funds Gambians Never Saw
Every year, the government announces new donor projects. Billions of dalasis in loans and grants, signed in our name, celebrated in speeches, and reported...