Dumbuya promises D2,000 rent, but IEC flags gaps in nomination papers
Democratic Party leader Yusupha A. Dumbuya has promised to reduce the cost of renting a two-bedroom house in The Gambia to D2,000 if elected president, despite facing questions from the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) over missing documents during his nomination on Wednesday. Dumbuya told journalists that his government would introduce a law to regulate rental prices, proposing D2,000 for a two-bedroom house and D4,000 for a well-maintained three-bedroom house, with government subsidies supporting the plan. “We want to bring this two-bedroom to D2,000. And if you fix your house very well, three-bedroom and everything, we are going to charge you D4,000. The government will subsidise this. We can do it, and I know how to do it,” he said. However, his own presidential bid encountered…