The Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) has explained the reasons behind the delayed payment of salary last month amid staff complaints.

The council’s accountant Sheriff Njie explained that there was technical and logistical problems for the payment delay, adding that it was not a deliberate move by the council.

“This was a technical problem, but as I am speaking now, it has been sorted and everyone has been paid his or her salary,” Mr Njie said. 

He added that they started processing the staff salary payment on October 26 and 27.

“But it coincided with our going to the National Assembly and it overlapped with the weekend. We could not make the transfer to some of the staff bank accounts,” he said.

Reporting by Adama Makasuba