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By: Ibrahim Jalloh (Jallomy) Like in most chiefdoms with an awakened citizenry, the local governance transitional moment (chieftaincy elections) in Sanda Tendaren Chiefdom has triggered endless debate and massive show of interest in a transition process that is yet to unfold.  As democrats and Political protagonists calling for urgent and compelling reforms in the institution of paramount chieftaincy, we welcome the debate and massive interest shown in the process. This is indicative of growth in democracy and citizens participation in the governance process of the state at the local level Paramount chieftaincy was a colonial creation for the expressed purpose of administrative oversight and convenience. The Colonial masters judged that a permanent grip on the predatory provincial people, especially those revolutionary elements, can be achieved by creating a dictatorial suprintending structure labelled paramount chieftaincy. From inception, paramount chieftaincy was designed to be a co...

By: Ibrahim Jalloh (Jallomy) Like in most chiefdoms with an awakened citizenry, the local governance transitional moment (chieftaincy elections) in Sanda Tendaren Chiefdom has triggered endless debate and massive show of interest in a transition process that is yet to unfold.  As democrats and Political protagonists calling for urgent and compelling reforms in the institution of paramount chieftaincy, we welcome the debate and massive interest shown in the process. This is indicative of growth in democracy and citizens participation in the governance process of the state at the local level Paramount chieftaincy was a colonial creation for the expressed purpose of administrative oversight and convenience. The Colonial masters judged that a permanent grip on the predatory provincial people, especially those revolutionary elements, can be achieved by creating a dictatorial suprintending structure labelled paramount chieftaincy. From inception, paramount chieftaincy was designed to be a co...

By: Ibrahim Jalloh (Jallomy) akempi@yahoo.com Yenya is a patch of land on the eastern fringes of Sierra Leone in the historic district of Kailahun. The district of Kailahun poignantly shares boundary lines with the neighbouring republics of Guinea and Liberia.  These are two countries that have long standing diplomatic ties with Sierra Leone. Particularly Guinea, history has cemented a perfect bond, anthropological connect and an undisputable sociological mix with the country and people of Sierra Leone. Inter marriages, trade links and political maneuverings have characterized the compact and relational identity of the two sister republics. Yenga is a border community between Sierra Leone and Guinea but geographically Yenga falls in the map of Sierra Leone and as such an integral part of the sovereign territorial space of Sierra Leone, an independent country, a member of the ECOWAS, African Union and an effective player in the Mano River Basin. The sovereign right of Sierra Leone over ...