Kebba T. Jammeh

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Kebba Tamba Jammeh (* 1935 in Illiassa ; † February 17, 2000 in Illiassa) was a Seyfo and politician in the West African state of Gambia .

Life

Origin and education

Jammeh was the son of the Seyfo Mama Tamba Jammeh (1890-1987) and Binta Jadama. He was his mother's only son in her marriage to Mama Tamba and was the second youngest of all of Mama Tamba's sons.

He started school at an early age, he attended Illiassa Primary School and then moved to Armitage High School from 1947 to 1952 , before going to Boys High School from 1952 to 1955. After graduating from Boy's High School, he got his first job as an editor at Bathurst Main Hospital (now Banjul). After a short time, he left the office and enrolled in a government-run writing school that taught general administrative principles to prepare for office work in government departments. After completing this school, the colonial government appointed him an employee and later sent him to Marine, where he was responsible as treasurer for all passenger tariffs on Lady Wright and Fulladou from Banjul to the provinces.

He and some educated youth in the province founded the Protectorate People's Society in Bathurst in the mid-1950s , which later became the core of the People's Progressive Party (PPP). In response to popular requests, he resigned as treasurer to return to Upper Baddibu, and in 1963 was elected to succeed Mama Tamba as Seyfo (the term chief is also common).

Seyfo from Upper Baddibu

During his reign as Seyfo, he brought an unprecedented development to Farafenni and everyone in the Upper Baddibu district. First and foremost, the aim was to systematically transform and expand Farafenni into the main business center not only for the North Bank Division, but for the entire northern part of the country as well as a rural town with well-developed roads.

He also successfully campaigned for the celebrations of the National Youth Week in May 1980 in Farafenni, which were attended by government officials, dignitaries and young people from across the country. Before the event, he insisted that Farafenni have tap water and electricity that were also installed.

Seyfo Kebba’s outstanding achievements and development projects that he brought to Farafeni and the surrounding area included:

  1. The establishment of the Chamen Youth and Agriculture Training Center 1978/79, which currently houses the Gambia Songhai Initiative.
  2. The Farafenni Community / Youth Center was established under his supervision in 1963 and then administered by the Farafenni Youth Club.
  3. Allocation of land to the Medical Research Council (MRC) for a field site in Farafenni established in 1983. Bed nets developed at this location and treated with insecticides are now saving the lives of millions of people around the world against malaria. In 2010, the MRC handed the site over to the University of Gambia and is now home to the university's North Bank campus.
  4. Allocation of land to the Anglican Vocational Training Center (AVTC) for a school in Farafenni to train youth with livelihood skills. Sir Dawda K. Jawara , the former President of Gambia, welcomed the groundbreaking ceremony for the center on Sunday March 27, 1977, which also saw Sir Alieu Sulayman Jack , the former Minister of Labor and Communication, Seyfo Kebba Tamba Jammeh, the Deputy Imam von Farafenni among others participated. The first group of students enrolled in September 1979.
  5. SEGAMCO LTD., A Gambian-Senegalese joint venture founded by him around 1983 in Farafenni, which produces simple agricultural equipment such as horse-drawn carts, hooks, seeders, etc. on site.
  6. The initiator of the weekly Lumo in Farafenni.
  7. The Baptist Mission also established a base in Farafenni during his tenure.
  8. The Farafenni veterinary camp was also set up under his influence.
  9. In every village in the Upper Badibou district, Seyfo Kebba Tamba Jammeh was able to either bring them a women’s garden, dig a hole for them or, during his 19 years of reign, develop to such an extent that one did not fail to meet someone in any village who did not mention a project that he could bring to the village.

Political activity

Illiasa constituency
General election be right Voting share
1992 4143 53.84%

Jammeh was nominated as Chiefs Representative in the House of Representatives from 1972 to 1977 and served as Deputy Speaker of Parliament to Samuel Horton Jones until 1977 . During this time he represented Gambia in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Group until 1977.

As Seyfo, Jammeh ruled with the greatest love for his people in a climate of calm and development. In the 1980s he was a loyal representative of the National Convention Party . However, he was deposed as Seyfo in 1982 when he broke with the then ruling PPP government after he was accused of being a sympathizer of the perpetrators of the failed 1981 coup attempt against the PPP government. He was also accused of harboring sympathizers of the NCP opposition.

He rejoined the People's Progressive Party (PPP) in 1990 . And in the parliamentary elections in 1992 , Jammeh ran as a candidate for the PPP in the constituency of Illiasa. He won the constituency ahead of Fodayba Jammeh (NCP), Sulayman Kanyi (PDP) and Alhaji Dampha (GPP). He became the constituency representative in parliament.

Under Omar A. Jallow as Minister of Agriculture Kebba T. Jammeh acted from 1992 as Parliamentary Secretary (Deputy Minister) ( English parliamentary secretary ), he was appointed by Jawara on May 11, 1992 in this office. He remained in that portfolio and a member of parliament until the 1994 military coup led by Yahya Jammeh that overthrew the Jawara government.

After the 1994 coup, Jammeh was no longer politically active and did not run for the 1997 parliamentary elections . He passed away in 2000.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Hon. Seyfu Kebba Tamba Jammeh Modernizer of Farafenni Town. In: standard.gm. April 6, 2018, Retrieved September 16, 2019 (American English).
  2. ^ A b c Arnold Hughes, David Perfect: Historical dictionary of The Gambia (Historical Dictionaries of Africa; Vol. 109) . 4th ed. Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Md. 2008, ISBN 978-0-8108-5825-1 .
  3. ^ Hassan B. Jallow: Journey for Justice . WestBow Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4772-2348-2 , pp. 509 ( books.google.de ).
  4. ↑ Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation: Irrigating agriculture with information . In: Spore . 1993, ISSN  1011-0054 ( cgiar.org ).
personal data
SURNAME Jammeh, Kebba T.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jammeh, Kebba Tamba (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian seyfo and politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Illiassa
DATE OF DEATH February 17, 2000
Place of death Illiassa