{"id":1589,"date":"2012-01-19T01:37:04","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T01:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/premier-habumuremyi-in-gambia\/"},"modified":"2018-11-09T15:45:37","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T15:45:37","slug":"premier-habumuremyi-in-gambia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/premier-habumuremyi-in-gambia\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier Habumuremyi in Gambia"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-1237 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/yaya_jammeh_gam.jpg\" alt=\"Gambia&#039;s President-elect Yahya Jammeh to be sworn in today\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>{{Rwanda\u2019s Prime Minister Pierre Damien Habumuremyi is in Gambia to attend the swearing in ceremony of President-elect Yahya Jammeh of the republic of Gambia.}}<\/p>\n<p>Yahya Jammeh will be sworn in for a fourth term of office at a ceremony to be held at the Independence Stadium in Bakau today Thursday 19th January.<\/p>\n<p>Jammeh was re-elected for a fourth five-year term of office in the presidential elections held on 24th November 2011, after he polled 72% of the total votes cast.<\/p>\n<p>Jammeh\u2019s main challenger Ousainou Darboe of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) polled 17% while 11% went to independent candidate Hamat Bah, who was backed by the United Front, a coalition of four opposition parties.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of Gambians mainly APRC supporters are expected to be at the stadium to witness what many have described as an \u201chistoric\u201d event.<br \/>\nHowever, the main oppposition party UDP rejected the results.<\/p>\n<p>The Gambian leader is more optimistic about the potentials of his country transforming into an economic giant after winning the November polls. <\/p>\n<p>In his victory speech delivered at the July 22 nd Square in Banjul, Jammeh said, \u201cAllah has endowed us with a lot of resources which I will not disclose here. We will achieve the dreams of not only turning The Gambia into a Silicon Valley of Africa but an economic superpower in the world. I hereby give notice to countries that have triumphed in terms of socio-economic development such as Dubai and the United Arab Emirates, that in five years, no one will talk about them but The Gambia in terms of advancement.\u201d  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{{Rwanda\u2019s Prime Minister Pierre Damien Habumuremyi is in Gambia to attend the swearing in ceremony of President-elect Yahya Jammeh of the republic of Gambia.}} Yahya Jammeh will be sworn in for a fourth term of office at a ceremony to be held at the Independence Stadium in Bakau today Thursday 19th January. 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