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Parties flex their muscle over vacant parliamentary seat in Constituency 33

Constituency 33, Bombali District is one of the largest constituencies, comprising Gbanti Kamaranka, Sanda Tendaren and parts of Sanda Loko chiefdoms with a total of 30 sections. The constituency also has 60 polling stations.
All parties have their men in place:
APC – Sulaiman Sesay, the current Board Chairman of SALPOST (Sierra Leone Postal Service)
SLPP – Lamah [...]

Bombali welcomes SLPP

The main opposition Sierra Leone People Party’s (SLPP) has received thunderous welcomes from residents of Rokula, Sanda Tendaren, Sanda Magbolonto and Gbanti Kamaranka Chiefdom in the Bombali District, ahead of March 20 Parliamentary bye election that will be conducted to replace All People’s Congress (APC) Eddie Turay.
Residents in the heart of the Bombali District came [...]

SLPP Flag Bearer Contest: Towards Fairness, Transparency and “Soberness”

Party stalwarts and detractors were all eyeing the just concluded SLPP convention in Bo where constitutional disagreements were ironed out. Other than the unfortunate fisticuffs between journalists and SLPP security, the convention was a success. It seems all parties were satisfied with the outcome. Be that as it may, the purpose of this article is [...]

Is Maada Bio another Charles Margai?

No Bio No SLPP was the slogan chanted in Bo by the belligerent crowd rented by Maada Bio the SLPP flag bearer aspirant. From my vantage point, I heard people saying that was reminiscent of Charles Margai’s 2005 flag bearer campaign. It could be remembered that Charles Margai also had a rented crowd of very [...]

Flashback – Interview with the newly appointed Fullah Chief

President Koroma today, 2nd March 2010, formerly presented former Chief Justice, Abdulai B. Timbo as the Fullah Headman for the Western Area to the Fullah Community in Freetown, reported the Press Secretariat at State House. (Photo: Alhaji Jalloh interviewing Chief Justice, Abdulai B. Timbo)
Due to popular request, we bring you a reproduced interview conducted in [...]

SLPPNA gains regional status at the recently concluded SLPP convention in Bo

Bo town turned green when the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) met from Friday February 26 to Sunday February 28, 2010 to resolve confusion within the 2009 constitution and to decide on a date for the election of the Flag bearer.
In a telephone conversation with Dr. Patrick K. Muana in Bo, he picturesquely highlighted the [...]

SLPP sweeps Bo by-Election

News from the just concluded Local Council Bye Elections in Lugbu in the Bo District shows that the opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) has once again asserted its position in the South-eastern voter entate of the country.
Sierra Express Media understands that the SLPP leads the polls with 2,100 votes; the ruling APC training with [...]

Fragmentation may wreck APC

Reports meeting Sierra Express Media tell of how much the ruling All Peoples Congress (APC) has become fragmented because of in-fighting - a sudden gush of conflicts of interest among stalwarts in the party, most of whom have reasons to believe that they have been one way or the other marginalized.
Many party faithful who spoke to [...]

SLPPNA elects delegates for the SLPP convention in Bo, Sierra Leone

The air was tense as the Party Conference from 9 chapters clogged the airwaves, through a teleconference to vote their candidates of choice for the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) convention in Bo in Sierra Leone. The Acting Party Conference Chair, Mr. Solomon Gembeh, one time Assistant District Officer (ADO) in Pujehun, sternly laid down [...]

APC Forum world-wide has been reduced to an arena of indecency and hate

It is unbelievable that a forum that was established to discuss issues of development and how to move APC party forward has been reduced to a forum of indecency, hate and calumny. The self-styled party supporters who are disappointed and disgruntled over out-living their lives in the Diaspora without anything to account for both in [...]

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