Gambians will on Saturday vote for new mayors for various assemblies in the West African nation, the first time such an election is taking place since Yahya Jammeh was ousted in 2017.
Since Jammeh’s exit, various local level elections have taken place including the election of new lawmakers and councillors across the country.
Thirty-eight persons are standing for the mayor position across the country with some 886,758 registered voters expected to take part in the voting process.
Gambia experienced its major test of democratic changes in the December 2016 presidential poll which its long serving leader, Yahya Jammeh lost to current president Adama Barrow.
National assembly elections last year also saw many MPs from Jammeh’s party losing grounds to the ruling coalition party, Barrow leads.
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of Gambia has said all is set for the weekend’s votes with the use of the unique voting method of using marbles and barrels.
The marbles and barrels system of voting in Gambia was adopted in the 1960s to eliminate spoilt ballots and allow for easy participation of illiterates.
Source: Africafeeds.com
