Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 January 2018: Today’s NEC ruling on the attempt by the APC party to prevent Dr kandeh Yumkella from contesting the forthcoming elections, has been met with a calm and measured response from the bosses at the National Grand Coalition party office in Freetown. Kandeh Yumkella will [Read More]
Memuna Forna: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 January 2018: With elections fast approaching, there are clear signs that Sierra Leone’s political discourse is growing up. March 7, 2018 is D-day for Sierra Leone’s electorate. The country will go to the polls and vote for new representatives – MPs, mayors, councillors, district [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 January 2018: The man many now believe to be the candidate most likely to win the forthcoming presidential election in Sierra Leone – Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella, will find out today Wednesday, whether he will be allowed by the country’s National Election Commission (NEC) to contest [Read More]
Abu Bakarr Orkailkail Bangura: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 January 2018: A UK – Sierra Leonean Barrister – Pierre Dumbuya, posed a very important question on the issue of citizenship. He stated that “An important issue for all of us who lost our Sierra Leonean citizenship when we obtained another citizenship, [Read More]
Abu Bakarr Orkailkail Bangura: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 January 2018: I am shocked to hear that the APC party has filed a legal petition against Kandeh Yumkella’s candidacy. I recently posted a commentary supporting the views expressed by Francis Gabiddon on the dual citizenship issue. I stated that the constitution [Read More]
Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 January 2018: The erudite Professor PLO Lumumba once said that “the problem with Africa is that, those with ideas have no power, and those with power have no ideas”. But it is also true that the illiterate of the 21st century will not be [Read More]
Anthony Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 January 2018 Sierra Leonean born National Grand Coalition (NGC) presidential candidate, Kandeh Yumkella, has formally been nominated by residents of Constituency 062, Samu Chiefdom in Kambia District to represent them as Member of Parliament (MP). Speaking to reporters shortly after the nomination process ended, an [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 January 2018: World Bank Country Manager of Sierra Leone – Mr Parminder Brar is no stranger to controversy. He is fast becoming the vice president or ex-officio minister in the limping koroma government. A few days ago, he made another mockery of himself whilst delivering a [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 January 2018 The constitutional crisis caused by president Koroma and his attorney general’s sudden realisation that they have not been good custodians of the country’s Constitution, keeps rumbling. And the debate surrounding the moral right, if not the legality of the ruling APC party’s decision to [Read More]
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