In Mbour, Kiiraay accuses Pastef deputies of threatening investments
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on SeneNews, Seneweb and Senego
At a rally in Mbour, Kiiraay members accused Pastef’s parliamentarians of jeopardising a level 3 hospital and road rehabilitation by rejecting the finance laws. Former prime minister Aminata Touré named Ousmane Sonko directly, accusing him of keeping his elected officials under his influence.
The criticism follows the announced suspension, on 13 November 2026, of the hospital project valued at 92 billion CFA francs, according to Seneweb. The town’s mayor, Cheikh Issa Sall, also blames the deputies for the threat to the hospital and the roads. Gana Ngom, a member of Kiiraay Saly, says he is outraged by the rejection of the amended finance bill and the examination of the initial budget, which he says would jeopardise the ambitions of the head of state, Bassirou Diomaye Faye. He recalls that 50 billion CFA francs had been planned to launch a water transfer to Touba, also mentions family security grants, and considers that the department’s elected representatives are going back on their promises by holding up these projects.
Aminata Touré, a former prime minister now with Kiiraay, believes that Pastef deputies remain under the sway of their leader: ‘For fear of upsetting their guru, they say yes to his whims.’ She says these deputies have failed in their mandate and wants this type of meeting to be held in every department, while inviting ministers to present their budgets in the field. Looking back at the Youth Olympic Games, she sees the limits of this approach, as they went off well despite calls for a boycott. Finally, she calls for young people to turn to creation rather than invective.
Kiiraay member Bougar Diouf, in Nguéniène, mentions the freezing of several construction projects and complications in the health sector. He considers that the blocking of budget measures directly penalises residents who hope for greater social protection and health infrastructure. He stresses the commune’s hospital needs and says his area will remain mobilised alongside President Faye.
Earlier, the citizens' movement Mbour Justice had reported that, since the previous Friday, sick and injured people were no longer receiving full care at the Mouhamadou Mansour Barro hospital, for lack of radiography, scanner, ultrasound and mammography services. The movement claims that medical imaging did exist, but that conflicts between doctors, the hospital management and the POLIMED centre were blocking access to it.
