Kebba Dibba Quits Gambia Radio And Television Services

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Kebba Dibba Quits Gambia Radio And Television Services

Thursday, 09 August 2012 19:02

(JollofNews) – One of the most famous faces on Gambia television, Kebba Dibba, has resigned as radio

producer of the state owned Gambia Radio and Television Services (GRTS).

Dibba who joined the Gambia’s only public service broadcaster over a decade ago, took an early retirement from the national broadcasting services on Tuesday.

Born in October 1965 in Foni Sintet, Dibba, a graduate of Muslim High School, had a glittering television career with GRTS.

Kebba Dibba

He was at one time the director of programmes at GRTS and was even in 2006 sponsored by President Yahya Jammeh to study a postgraduate degree programme in journalism at the University of Cardiff, United Kingdom.

However, in December last year, he surprisingly fell out of the system and was demoted and redeployed to Radio Gambia’s Mile 7 as a producer.
Written by PK Jarju>

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+7 #13 2012-08-12 10:13

whats goes around always comes around, this were the people who are a total disgrace in the name of journalism.as the clock is ticking,they wil all know their fate one after the other. am sure he really deserve more of this, this were the so called journalist. he is bias, corrupt and a hypocrite.

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+8 #12 2012-08-11 12:22

Bugukaren wrote "Kebba is entitle to his opinion and political views but as a civil servant one would expect that he will put this in his pocket until he gets to his dinner table because guest what he is a civil servant and his salary is paid for by everyone irrespective of their views. Oh by the way CNN, MSBC with exception of BBC are not own by tax payers."
Spot on Bugukaren..talking of western rich media so so incomparable even with Gambia state coffer much less a cynically annexed public learning media by a murderous despot terrorising citizens and employees… where is Journalistic objectivity i.e. fairness, disinterestedne ss, factuality, and non-partisanship, more needed than in abject poverty society like Gambia to bring awareness and accountability to end the circle of this cancer abject poverty, abuses an incompetence?

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+4 #11 2012-08-11 01:50

Kebba is entitle to his opinion and political views but as a civil servant one would expect that he will put this in his pocket until he gets to his dinner table because guest what he is a civil servant and his salary is paid for by everyone irrespective of their views. Oh by the way CNN, MSBC with exception of BBC are not own by tax payers ...

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-11 #10 2012-08-10 23:56

What we have to understand is that journalism is not an objective profession. The BBC, CNN, FOX, RTS, all have an ideology and everyone working for them has to subscribe to such ideologies. Kebba has his ideology and political beliefs and he was never used by Jammeh. He knew exactly what he was doing I don't think he has any regrets.

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+7 #9 2012-08-10 20:28

Whether Mr Dibba is a talented/professional journalist or not,the fact that he let himself used by a dictator as a propagan maschine made him lost his respect. Lossing his respect he ceased the love the Gambians had for him.
No mercy for the merciless!!

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+4 #8 2012-08-10 15:12

No love lost, im not going to pretend particularly, to say he ask journalistic questions is an insult to the profession..... the day a local village champion realizes he is not what he thinks he is! While in Gambia election nomination day to be specific, i shed all the little respect i had for him, his coverage was not just bias but lacks any respect for the process, particularly to the opposition. As a journalist he is very dangerous to the country.
I would like to repeat, the so call journalist in Gambia have become part of the problem, they hub from one workshop to another collecting attendance fees, have free breakfast and lunch, yet often reports full of inaccuracies, little research or knowledge of the subject matter, it’s just pathetic what they chum out as news.

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-4 #7 2012-08-10 13:08

Kebba was one of the most talented, articulated journalist at GRTS. He fell out because he predicted during his election analysis that "Jammeh would not win in Kiang" because of the opposition strong hold. That statement angered the President, who ordered him be demoted to a mere producer (news reader) at Gambia Radio. This was the position he held right from Muslim high school. Now, with Masters in Journalism, he was just ridiculed to do same job.

Folks, Kebba was the guy who questioned Jammeh in an interview about the death of Dade Hydra, Ghanain masacre, etc. How many journalists currently in The Gambia have the audacity to question Jammeh with such?

It is another talented Gambian doing down, and we are celebrating when Jammeh is still standing??

Kebba, our prayers are with you. Stay strong!!! Be prepared to do a documentary on Jammeh regime for history after his down fall.

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+7 #6 2012-08-10 09:36

Kebba Dibba was responsible for the bias coverage the grts exhibited during the 2011 presidential election and which tainted the credibility of the election. Which was, apparently ignoring opposition and IEC complaints and heavily editing opposition rally tapes to make jammeh more superior in terms of messaging. He deserves every punishment and should be condemned to hell. What a bastard!!

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+2 #5 kanbano 2012-08-10 09:34

Take heart kebba, its good to be courteous when you in power or holds responsibility, I hope your past actions and decision were honest and unbias. Well posterity will judge you for better or for worst.I hope other will learn from your experience. sometimes its hard to beleieve that some decisions are without ulterio motives.

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+13 #4 2012-08-10 08:26

There are two groups in the Gambia. Jammeh's group and we the Gambian people. After all the evil work you did to protect that devil and his administration. You said we the people are wrong and Jammeh's group is right. Today you have come back to us just like those before you. Today you expect us to take you back. We'll take you back but we want you to reflect. Jammeh doesn't care about anybody. Am sure you learned your lesson. I forgive you as long as you don't repeat the mistake again. I wish goodluck in your life.

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