Supplementary Finance Bill: Targeted by Pastef activists, Cheikh Diba and his team hit back

Senegal’s Ministry of Economy, Finance and Planning denied claims by self-described Pastef activists that the Grand Water Transfer Project (GTE) had been removed from the 2026 supplementary finance bill. The project remains in place, but the 20 billion CFA francs set aside in 2026 to begin compensating affected people have been withdrawn and replaced with an allocation of 13.8 billion CFA francs in the 2027 budget. The ministry said surveys and compensation assessments have not yet begun, and that the amount may change as the project progresses.