Barrow or Ya Kumba: S’Court appoints November for judgment in dismissed lawmaker Ya Kumba Jaiteh’s case

By Lamin Njie

The Supreme Court will in November deliver a landmark judgment in the sensational case of Ya Kumba Jaiteh.

Former national assembly member Ya Kumba Jaiteh in March this year filed a lawsuit at the Supreme Court against President Adama Barrow after the president sacked her from her role. She is arguing the president has no power to sack a national assembly member.

Ms Jaiteh lost an initial appeal at the apex court in which she asked the court to stop the swearing in of her successor Foday Gassama.

Ya Kumba Jaiteh, a member of the United Democratic Party, was removed as a member of the national assembly by President Barrow in February this year.