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By: Sahr James Bangah As part of its mandate to promote sustainable development interventions in Sierra Leone by engaging and empowering community people to interact, interface and hold accountable duty bearers, Centre for Community Education Network and Development (CCEND) on the 26 February 2021 engaged Karena district stakeholders on a project titled " Assessing the Impact of the resources allocated to the free quality education and it's effective utilization of service delivery provided for pupils and schools in Karene District" with funds from world Bank through the Ministry of finance under the Public Financial Management Improvement and Consolidation to Non State Actors. Explaining about the project, Alhaji Musa Okeyan Conteh disclosed that the project aim at enhancing strong collaboration, involvement and participation of stakeholders in the implementation within Karene district in order to improve accountability and transparency practices by school authorities ...

By: Abdulai Fornah The National HIV/AIDS Secretariat Northern Region in collaboration with Aids Healthcare Foundation and others on Friday March 8, 2021 honored distinct Women Champions in Sierra Leone at the Makeni City Council hall in Bombali district as part of this year’s celebration of the International Women’s Day. In line with this year’s theme of the International Women’s Day: “Women in Leadership, Achieving an Equal Future in a COVID-19 World,” recipients of the maiden Women champions awards from NAS, AHF and others consist of the Makeni City Council Mayor Sunkarie Kamara, Women of Hope and seating Councilor at the Makeni City Council Adama Conteh, WoFRAD’s Mrs. Emelia Jengo and more were certified for their marvelous strides in promoting issues of women as well as their exemplary stands in society. The well planned celebration brought together over one hundred invitees from various sector of society ranging from Key population representatives, education, local and health admi...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Since its formation in 2010, the United Methodist Alumni Association Makeni, Sierra Leone (UMAAM)-SL has on Friday 5th March, 2021 held its first ever inauguration ceremony for elected officials to steer the affairs of the association for a term of three years. The top five elected and newly inaugurated UMAMM Executive Members includes: Mr. Ernest Yusuf Tarawallie as National President, Mr. Alison Oliver Barzey as National Secretary General, Mrs. Aminata Munu Nee Bangura as National Financial Secretary, Mr. Suliaman Sankoh as National Publicity Secretary and Mr. Nabie Musa Conteh as National Organizing Secretary.  The day’s occasion was hosted at the United Methodist Secondary School Makeni grounds and attracted a little over one hundred attendees including Deputy Director at the Ministry of Basic and Secondary School Education Bombali District Office, the current principals of both the JSS and SSS of the school, retired administrators of the institution, repre...

By: Amadu Wurie Timbo The Sierra Leone Network on the Right to Food on Wednesday 10th March 2021 lunched the anticipated food project title Better Livelihood for Addax/Sunbird/Brown Company communities. The lunching was held at the Pastoral Center in Makeni with key representatives from farming groups, Government agencies, CSOs, paramount chiefs and other prominent stakeholders who wholeheartedly graced the event. According to Mohamed Sorie Conteh, National Coordinator for SiLNoRF said, the event symbolizes a recovered livelihood for people in Addax/Sunbird/Brown affected communities. Presenting the Project, SiLNoRF Head of Programmes-Lasana Hassan Sowa emphasized the importance and effectiveness of the project and advised beneficiaries to knob it with care.  He went further to pronounced the sum of One Million Five Hundred euro as the overall money allocated for the project which will last for a period of three years. ‘’the money will cover costs for land preparation, seeds, tools, tr...

By: Ibrahim Jalloh – (Jallomy) Since the party lost power in 2018 after a seemingly indecisive general elections, APC has been embroiled in repeated and at close succession, conflict of leadership and the overall compelling and urgent need for internal reforms. The National Reformation Movement (NRM) was the first organized, coordinated and determined body to openly and professionally challenge the leadership of the APC to submit to the incessant call for internal democratic reforms.  The NRM's call was sustained and thunderous to the extent of lowering the political pride and arrogance of the core leadership of the APC. There was recapitulation and the NRM enjoyed momentary heroic stature. The outcome of the NRM High Court decision (the Injunction) brought the crusade to climax. Instead of settling for the reality of political defeat and accept political compromise and integration of major reforms proposed, the practically "smart" APC leadership has resorted to an unfort...

By: Ibrahim Jalloh - (Jallomy) Alhaji Alie Hassan finally laid to rest in Lebanon yesterday. He was a Lebanese man with significant difference who valued the black family and realized that his wealth was formed on the black soil. He was an unrivaled philanthropist who's philanthropic endeavours touched many lives. The late man's name remained in bolded characters in the history book of the municipality of Makeni owing to his strides in the historical infrastructural development of the political suspect city. Sadly, his long standing dream of naming the "the Old Town Hall" in memory of the late mother of the late sponsor of the Old Town Hall, Haja Fanta, never became a reality following betrayal by local leaders in Makeni, Bombali District. The Hall was however deceitfully named the Makeni Old Town Hall. May his soul rest in peace. Ameen!!!