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Originally posted by kobo

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Originally posted by Nyarikangbanna

It is still less than 5yrs since Darboe last ran for the office of the President, the highest office on the land. The question you now need to ask yourself is this; If he is currently owing some tax arrears that spanned for 6yrs as alleged by APRC’s Chief Propagandist, Yankuba Colley, how the hell was he able to contest the last presidential election then? This is where the crunchy nuts are.

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KMC PRESS RELEASE; "UDP Leader Ousainou Darboe’s incessant tirades against the KMC administration just because we exposed him for owing five years tax arrears tantamount to an outright vilification of issues and a calculated shift from the reality. We do appreciate the fact that he has now cleared his arrears even though he seemed to have been compelled by our publicity but to say that he had not paid his rates simply because he had not been receiving demand notes to that effect is an incongruent argument because Uncle Ousainou like any other property owner knows he is obliged to pay annual rates to the Council. Many high-profile residents like him do not even wait for us to send them demand notes.""

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Originally posted by kobo

Revelations from DAILY OBSERVER REPORT were that;

1. "The most interesting bit of it all is that Mr Darboe has no moral authority to accuse the KMC of misusing rates allegedly paid by him and other yard owners because he happens to be one of those who fail to pay their rates. The last time Mr Darboe settled his rates was precisely on 25th August 2006 and by all indications, this was only done to clear the way for his nomination as presidential candidate for his party. To date, he owes the KMC an outstanding arrears of D6,314.16, excluding the current year."

2. "UDP Leader Ousainou Darboe’s incessant tirades against the KMC administration just because we exposed him for owing five years tax arrears tantamount to an outright vilification of issues and a calculated shift from the reality. We do appreciate the fact that he has now cleared his arrears even though he seemed to have been compelled by our publicity but to say that he had not paid his rates simply because he had not been receiving demand notes to that effect is an incongruent argument because Uncle Ousainou like any other property owner knows he is obliged to pay annual rates to the Council. Many high-profile residents like him do not even wait for us to send them demand notes."

3. "At the end of the day, the KMC is headed by a political leadership and to suggest that no political activity will take place at the Council will be self-deception. What is important is that those political maters are handled by politicians, not we the administrators. I think what Uncle Ousainou should do is to use his legal background and political platform to sensitize the public about the essence of paying rates to Councils. As a respectable resident, he should be able to complement our efforts in trying to develop the municipality, not to set the agenda for any unnecessary public debate."

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