Tourism is a major industry, and here are several higher education institutes, including the University of the Gambia.

Sayerr Jobe founded Serekunda, the first settlement in the forested area, in the nineteenth century.

This was largely caused by immigration from nearby countries; in 1993, foreign nationals made up 20% of the LGA's population.

[5] In Kanifing and Banjul, the Wolof language is spoken as a lingua franca in multi-ethnic groups, rather than Mandinka as in the rest of the country.

[13] KMC is divided into 18 wards: Abuko, Bakau New Town, Bakoteh, Bantaba Bore Hole, Bartez, Bundung Six Junction, Dippa Kunda, Fajikunda, Kanifing, Kololi, Latrikunda Sabiji, London Corner, Manjai Kotu, New Jeshwang/Ebo Town, Old Bakau/Cape Point, Old Jeshwang, Tallinding North, and Tallinding South.

[19] The Deputy Mayor of KMC is Binta Janneh Jallow, who is the first woman to hold the position.

Jallow, who was previously the ward councillor of Bakau New Town, was appointed to the post in July 2021 to replace Pa Musa Bah, who had resigned.

[20] As of February 2024[update], the Crime Management Coordinator of KMC is Pateh Bah,[21] who has held the position since its creation in 2017 by the Adama Barrow administration.

The Environment and Sanitation Unit (ESU), part of KMC's Directorate of Services, is responsible for waste and other environmental health issues.

KMC, which spends 25% of its budget on waste management, has no official waste-separation or recycling programmes.

[26] Bakoteh Dumpsite, the largest landfill in the country, collects all waste from the Greater Banjul Area.

The dumpsite's environmental impacts include methane fires, water contamination, and odour.

The city hires bulldozers to transport waste to the dump but it is sometimes blocked by waterlogging in the rainy season.

[26] In 2021, it conducted a pilot program to compost the organic waste in the dump and convert it to biofuel.

[26] In 2022, KMC estimated it collected 460 tons of waste per day, of which 57.5% came from households, though this data is imprecise.

KMC developed a five-year waste management plan (2017 to 2021) in consultation with the community and the private sector.

[26] With a grant from the European Union, Bensouda launched the Kanifing Environmental Transformation Programme (KETP), which donated waste-collection equipment to the initiative.

[26] The Gambia Transport Service Company, which runs international buses to Dakar and Bissau, has a bus depot in Kanifing.