The Gambia’s only female mayor Rohey Malick Lowe has been re-elected to her post, in elections that saw President Adama Barrow‘s ruling party perform badly.
The United Democratic Party (UDP) nominee Rohey Malick Lowe defeated Mr. Barrow’s choice, Eboy Faye, to win the Banjul mayoral election on Saturday.
In Kanifing, the most populated municipality, which encompasses Serekunda, the UDP also prevailed in the mayoral election.
In regional elections, the National People’s Party (NPP) won four regions, while the UDP won the two most populous, West Coast and Lower River.
Overall, Barrow took a hit from the results because the opposition now controls the largest cities and regions. But he offered his congratulations to the winners and pledged to concentrate on The Gambia’s development as well as securing its peace and stability.
Malick Lowe is a Gambian politician who has served as the capital city Banjul’s mayor since May 2018 and is the first woman elected to the position.
Lowe worked as a food and beverage controller in a number of hotels before setting up her own business, “Wa Kerr Rohey”, supplying the hotel industry with cleaning materials. She became a member of the Social Democrats while living and studying in Sweden and served on the Child Welfare Committee of Nyköping Municipality.
Lowe returned to The Gambia in 2017 and was a founding member of the United Democratic Party. She was selected as the UDP candidate for mayor of Banjul and in her campaign spoke of a “twenty two year neglect” of the city that was “in bad shape.
