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AS DIALOGUE ON THE USE OF THE PR SYSTEM CONTINUE....CSOs PRAISE HON. YUMKELLA By: Musa Kamara Tuesday, November 1st 2022, Committee Room 1, Parliament Building. The Parliamentary Select Committee on Political and Public Affairs has on Tuesday 1st November in Committee Room 1, Parliament Building held an Open Dialogue on the Proportional Representation System in the presence of Civil Socity Organizations, former and current Members of Parliament, the Ministry of Political and Public Affairs, Political Party Leaders and other stakeholders.  In his welcome address to the various representatives, the Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella stated that the meeting was geared towards having a national dialogue and to get the different shades of opinions on the proposed use of the PR System for the 2023 Multi-tier elections. "We ensured we have most of the Civil Society activists here today because we want them to thoroughly discuss and critically ask questions to the rele...

NGC Chairman and Leader Toured the North and North-West Regions...Gives Reasons Why He Must Be Elected to Continue As National Chairman and Leader of the NGC Party. By Musa Kamara The National Chairman and Leader of the National Grand Coalition Party, Dr. Dennis Bright has concluded his North and North-West Regional tour that commenced on Tuesday, 18th October 2022.  According to Dr. Bright, the targeted audience for his tour are the districts and constituencies executive members who would constitute the delegates representing their membership. Engaging the Falaba and Koinadugu districts and constituencies executive members, Dr. Bright expressed his appreciation and congratulated the twin districts for successfully conducting their lower-level elections and establishing structures from wards to constituencies, despite the numerous challenges and hiccups. He also commended Koindaugu who have also completed their district election.  Speaking to delegates, Dr. Bright said, “My me...

  NGC North America YG Refutes Rumors of KKY Going Back to The SLPP. Mustapha Turay, NGC North America Regional Young Generation Leader  By Musa Kamara The North America Regional Young Generation Leader, Mr. Mustapha Turay AKA "THE POLITICIAN"  has in an exclusive interview with the Salon Fos Newspaper vehemently and out rightly refutes claims and rumors of Hon. KKY going back to the SLPP. The Regional YG said, “All the news about Hon. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella has gone back or is going back to the SLPP is not true, it is fake, baseless and lacks all merits. Hon. Yumkella is NGC, our Parliamentary Leader and will remain to be an NGC member. “It is now clear that the SLPP and their social media supporters have engaged in a political subterfuge to damage the image of our Leader by producing old videos and photos of KAY's days at the SLPP that have no merit in our current politicaldispensations. And we are not going to accept that, because we know Hon. Yumkella as a man of his ...

2023 Election on the Horizon… SLPP Confirms Failure. “SLPP Has Failingly Failed With Distinction” By: Mr. Mark As the 2023 elections hover on Sierra Leoneans, many citizens have blast the SLPP Administration as one that has “failingly failed woefully with distinction” due to the increasing hardship Sierra Leoneans have been facing since they took up office in 2018. And recently, the SLPP has come out clean to confirm what the people have been saying all along about their failures.  It will be an understatement to say our economic situation is in shamble leading to Sierra Leoneans living in an impoverished conditions. It is glaringly clear to all and sundry that, the Bionomics has not been working, all their economic policies to cushion hardship on Sierra Leoneans have been futile, due to many known and clear reasons. The untold sufferings of Sierra Leoneans caused by the poor economic policies and blatant bloating of the wage bill by the Bio administration has taken toll on citizen...

Energy is at the core of the 21st century transformation and clean cooking connects it all,’ - Hon. Yumkella reminds governments in Accra. Hon. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella  ACCRA, GHANA, October 11, 2022 Representatives of government, private sector and civil society are gathered in Accra, Ghana for the 2022 Clean Cooking Forum. The biennial event is hosted by the Clean Cooking Alliance in partnership with the Government of Ghana 🇬🇭. Hon. Dr. Kandeh Yumkella was a special guest of the global Clean Cooking Alliance. In remarks he delivered in the opening plenary, he underscored the importance of clean cooking in achieving climate and development goals.  “Clean Cooking” he said “is still treated like an orphan issue.” He called on governments to give it the same attention as other energy  programs like access to electricity noting that governments can work with the private sector to make things happen.  In a high-level session he moderated titled: Decade for Delivery, Go...

  As Second Phase of Voters Registration Process Commences,.... NGC MPs Call for Extension of the Process. The Four NGC Members of Parliament  By: Salon Fos Team Hon. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella, Leader of the NGC party in Parliament, Hon. Foday Mario Kamara, Hon. Titus Kamara and Hon. Bai Sama Kamara  have called on the ECSL to extend the deadline date for the ongoing Voters Registration after extensively observing the process in their various constituencies.  The four NGC Members of Parliament from Kambia who have visited and observed the voters registration process in their various constituencies spoke about their findings and said, "there is every need for the process to be extended beyond October 4th."  Hon. Yumkella, representing Constituency 062 on Wednesday 14th September 2022 toured registration centers within his Constituency to observe and get first hand details on the status of the registration process.  Dr. Yumkella was welcomed by his constituents ...

  KKY FLY THE GREEN, WHITE AND BLUE AT THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY. There is something about Hon. Alhaji Dr. Yumkella that goes far beyond my imagination. Here is an extraordinary man, full of ideas; whose professional background are being sort after by the international community and well renowned organizations worldwide. In Sierra Leone, he's being sidelines by the gov't of the day.  This year UNGA has cordially invited him to deliver keynote addresses and moderate sessions of gov't, private sector and numerous multilateral agencies. His background as under-sectary-General for Sustainable Development and twice Director General UNIDO, put him on the spot. Yet still, his expertise in the country in under utilized. I know that our delegations would be among those to be lectured at the general assembly; What a shame.  If Pa. Kabba can end the war; bring in all  the goodies; including 17,000 strong peace keeping forces; not even talking about the amount of raw $...