DID KANDEH KOLLEH YUMKELLA LIED ABOUT HIS CITIZENSHIP WHEN HE APPLIED FOR AND APPOINTED TO UNIDO JOB? WAS HE A SIERRA LEONEAN OR AN AMERICAN THEN?

 

KANDEH KOLLEH YUMKELLA CONFIRMS RENOUNCING HIS USA CITIZENSHIP AND COMPLETES REGISTRATION FOR A SEAT IN PARLIAMENT AND TO RUN AS PRESIDENT.  BUT WHAT WAS HIS CITIZENSHIP STATUS WHEN HE APPLIED FOR AND BE APPOINTED DIRECTOR GENERAL OF UNIDO? AN AMERICAN OR A SIERRA LEONEAN?  Did he lie or did he deliberately withhold vital information to get the job?

IS REVERTING BACK TO SIERRA LEONE CITIZENSHIP AUTOMATIC? {What does the constitution say on the first renouncing of status, then later, after so many years, reverting back to Sierra Leone Status?  Does Section 19(A) of the 2006 Citizens Amendment Act cover this situation? How does this affect other USA/Sierra Leone Brothers and Sisters in America and around the world?}

So Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella  has now completed the registration process for both Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. He has waived papers in his Press briefing whilst confirming that he had renounced his USA citizenship and has now only one allegiance and that is to Sierra Leone.  -BUT, What was the effect of KKY renouncing his SIerra Leone status take American citizenship and swear the American Oath of Allegiance? How did this impact on the application and acceptance of his appointment as Director General of UNIDO at which he claimed he was the first Sierra Leonean to do that job. Had he not by then renounced his Sierra Leone citizenship and at that time an American? Or, did he tell a lie to get the nomination, support, endorsement, and recommendation of the Sierra Leone Government then?

You see some people do not see nor understand the implications involved. Simply jumping on the bandwagon shouting “ we want change” is neither here nor there.

Until Dr Julius Spencer exposed the information in Radio Democracy 98.1FM a few days ago, nobody knew Kandeh (KKY) had American Citizenship which he (KKY) has now admitted and confirmed in the Press briefing on Thursday live on AYV Tv.  Now this has open up a new dimension.

 So all this time he has been working as Director General of UNIDO, Kandeh KOLLEH Yumkella was an American Citizen NOT A SIERRA LEONEAN! He had been presenting himself FALSELY as the FIRST SIERRA LEONEAN TO RUN UNIDO, when in fact he was at the time, an American and not a Sierra Leonean. To get any of these kinds of International jobs, the Government of your mother country have to NOMINATE, SUPPORT AND RECOMMEND THE APPLICANT TO  THE INSTITUTION. Therefore, if KKY was at the time of his application  and APPOINTMENT, - at his FIRST OR SECOND TERM OF OFFICE at UNIDO, under the guise falsely that he was a Sierra Leonean, when in fact he was AN AMERICAN and did not disclose this fact to the Sierra Leone government, or the UNIDO authorities, but rather GAINED ALL ADVANTAGES attached and akin to the job, then he had been KNOWINGLY COMMITTING A CRIME  based on Deceit, false pretences, Obtaining pecuniary and other advantages etc. This being so, he has also deliberately for the two serving terms, woefully and deliberately deprived a Sierra Leonean from obtaining that job (being an American pretending to be a Sierra Leonean)?at that time.

The question now that matters is not so much as to WHEN HE RENOUNCED HIS USA CITIZENSHIP, BUT THE OPPOSITE -  WHEN DID KKY ACTUALLY BECOME AN AMERICAN CITIZEN:? WHEN DID KKY ACTUALLY SWORE THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO BE AN AMERICAN CITIZEN?

By swearing this Oath, he was obliged to RENOUNCE HIS SIERRA LEONE CITIZENSHIP and if he did that as it seems by implication, he should not have solicited the Support, Nomination and Recommendation from the Sierra Leone Government (who was of the belief and impression, that he (KKY) was a Sierra Leonean, when in truth/fact, he was AT THAT PRECISE TIME, AN AMERICAN!

Should this all be so, his disclosure the last few days may have open up a new chapter in this KKY election Jack In The Box, “I want To Be President/ I want to bring Change” saga!! The man is untrustworthy, and unethical. Hope he does not become Stateless like the former President of Georgia Mhkiel Saashkavilli  on a different scenario!

Photos from Press conference:

Other commentators to the citizenship issue:

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APC REFUSES TO TAKE THE FALL FOR YUMKELLA's INCOMPETENCE

{Courtesy: Titus Boyd-Thompson - Facebook Post 25/01/2018}

The saying that “the age of Methuselah has nothing to do with the wisdom of Solomon,” was always intended to compare the ineffectiveness of any comparison between age and intellect. There are other attractive imperatives of this saying, many more clever in their interpretations but none the more indicative of ignorance as that which aligns this saying to the meaning that “borbor nar borbor,” as is aptly out in the Krio language. In simple English, those who have had the privilege of age and experience are far superior to the common upstart with little knowledge or experience.

In expanding this saying more clearly in the Sierra Leonean context, the ravings of Kandeh Kolleh Yumlella clearly shows that he has ascribed to himself the status of a Methuselah with no clear lineage to the wise Solomon. In no uncertain terms, Kandeh Yumkella has shown that when it comes to politics in Sierra Leone, he is a beginner. This has been shown by his reaction to the Section 76(1) of the Sierra Leone Constitution. Kandeh Yumkella should never had shown such discomfort as he exhibited at the press conference that he called at the Sanders Street office of one of his cohorts. His attacks on the personality of the APC Chairman and Leader were uncalled for and so out of place. It was like a person with misplaced and misguided loyalties ill at ease with the constitutional provisions of the country that he planned to lead. He cannot admit to anyone, that it is reasonable and rational for an aspirant head of state to have completely misread or misinterpreted the entire provisions of the Constitution that governs the country he intends to lead. In his anger, he failed to have had any regard to his own responsibilities to have first of all concerned himself with the legal implications of his aspiration. 

It is considered even more cynical that Kandeh Yumkella failed to have had any knowledge of the oath that he had sworn at the time when he turned his back on Sierra Leone as a country to which he had any loyalty or owed any obligation. In the oath of naturalization of a US Citizen, Mr Yumkella relinquished his entitlement to any privileges that are accorded to Sierra Leoneans. In its entirety, the US oath of naturalization to become a US citizenship states inter alia, "I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform non-combatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God."

In the event, after having “renounce and abjure all allegiance to Sierra Leone, a foreign state that he, Kandeh Yumkella had heretofore been a subject or citizen of,” it is now left to him, Kandeh Yumkella to show proof that he has not only renounced that US Citizen but also that he has once again “resumed” his Sierra Leonean citizenship to which he had once in his lifetime been ungrateful.

Not until Kandeh Yumkella has complied with the Sierra Leonean Constitution should he entertain the thought of leading this country as President. Also not until he has shown contrition for misleading this nation should he be allowed to vote. To stress the point home, the APC will never take the fall for the callousness of this lost political soul and refuses to take the blame for following the 1991 Constitution of the Republic of Sierra Leone to the letter.

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KKY with President KOROMA in friendly talks

Sierra Leone News: 2006 Citizenship Act did not amend Section 76 (1a) of the 1991 Constitution as the Law is the Law

{Courtesy: AWOKO.ORG - Thr 25th. 2018}

As the debate on dual citizenship continues across the country, Counsel Suleiman Kabbah Koroma, a private legal practitioner, disclosed that the 2006 Citizenship Amendment Act did not in any way amend Section 76 subsection 1 (a) of the 1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone.

Speaking to Awoko yesterday Lawyer Kabba explained that, Section 75, which is tied to Section 76 of the Sierra Leone 1991 Constitution, clearly set out the requirement of people that should go to Parliament and their disqualifications.

He stated that Section 75 says for one to be a Member of Parliament he must be a Sierra Leonean otherwise than by naturalization, adding that if the person becomes a citizen of Sierra Leone by naturalization then by law he should not be qualified as a Member of Parliament unless he has been continuously resident in Sierra Leone for a period of 25 years.

Counsel Kabbah disclosed the thorny issue presently is with section 76 subsection 1a which states “No person shall be qualified for election as a Member of Parliament:

“If he is a naturalized citizen of Sierra Leone or is a citizen of a country other than Sierra Leone having become such a citizen voluntarily or is under a declaration of allegiance to such a country”

He maintained that section 75 reiterates that if someone is a naturalized citizen of Sierra Leone he is disqualified. What is getting people agitated he said is the portion, which says “… is a citizen of a country other than Sierra Leone having become such a citizen voluntarily or is under a declaration of allegiance to such a country.”

According to him, before the passing of the 2006 Citizen’s Amendment Act there was only one citizenship which is to say “you are either a Sierra Leonean or you are not a Sierra Leonean” meaning if one wants to acquire citizenship of another country before 2006 the person has to renounce his/her Sierra Leonean citizenship before acquiring the citizenship of that other country.

According to him the 2006 Citizen Amendment Act which recognizes dual citizenship for Sierra Leoneans only amended the Citizen Amendment Act of 1973, meaning one can be a Sierra Leonean and take up an other citizenship of another country after 2006.

“However the Citizenship Amendment Act of 2006 did not amend Section 76 (1) (a) of the 1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone” he said.

For there to be an amendment of this section it has to be stated in express terms as stated in Section 108 subsection 7 of the Constitution.

He maintained that the Constitution is very clear if there is a conflict between the Constitution and any other law or Act it is the Constitution that reigns as stated in Section 171 subsection 15 of the 1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone, adding that the 2006 Citizen’s Act said Section 10 of the 1973 Act is amended and nothing about the constitution.

According to him the amendment of the dual citizenship on the Act does not in any way make people with dual citizenship eligible to be a Member of Parliament, because the 1991 Constitution is envisaging a situation where one can’t hold dual citizenship as it is yet to be amended to reflect what has been contained in the 2006 Citizenship Act.

Explaining the issue of “under a declaration of allegiance to other country” he said one is required to take an oath of allegiance, which clearly prevents the person from becoming an MP or President in Sierra Leone.

According to him the statement that dual citizens are not eligible to contest for MP cannot be all true as there are exceptions to that, disclosing that there need to be parameters as to what amounts to voluntary acquisition or what do not amount to involuntary acquisition.

“But what is clear once it can be shown that you are an adult as at the time you acquired citizenship then it means you voluntarily acquired it, but if you are born abroad or you are a minor depending upon the circumstance under which you became a citizen then it cannot be said to be voluntary.”

He added, cases related to adoptions where kids are taken abroad were done on Court Order, which is very difficult to renounce as their action to become a citizen became involuntary as it was done through a Court Order that was done through their parents consent, which has to be under turned.

“As at now people who have acquired dual citizenship voluntarily in another country are not eligible to contest for Member of Parliament and it also applies to those who intend to contest for the position of the Presidency” he maintained.

For his part, the Executive Director of the Centre for Accountability and Rule of Law (CARL) Ibrahim Tommy has said that the law has always been the law.

According to him the 1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone which is the mother of all laws states that if you are a citizen of Sierra Leone and hold the citizenship of another country or have declared allegiance to another country you don’t have the right to be a Member of Parliament.

He furthered that the law made it very clear that if someone is born in Sierra Leone, naturally he has the right to contest to become an MP but if he/she voluntarily declares allegiance to another country or voluntarily becomes a citizen of another country, automatically that person has become dual citizen which prevents him to become an MP, Minister and also not eligible to become president.

He disclosed that both the 2006 and 2017 Citizenship Amendment Acts made amendments on the 1973 Citizenship Act by making provision for someone to hold dual citizenship.

“But while making the amendments in 2006 and 2017 respectively they completely forgot to go back to the Constitution to make the required amendment so that the right they intend to expand through the two amendments will be fully enjoyed by the people” he said.

Speaking on the timeliness of bringing the issue up, he maintained that the law is the law, as he may not have to agree with that law but speaking for himself “I didn’t think its right to expand right whiles at the same time some other people are being deprived of another very important right, but as it is that is what the constitution says.”

He admitted that over the years there have been some people elected as Members of Parliament, appointed as Minister with dual citizenship, which according to him might have been on oversight or perhaps those who should enforce it like Parliament which should actually vet people holding public offices were not really doing it.

“But this does not mean because they have been appointing people for the past 20 years or more changed the law. The law has always been the law” he said, disclosing that section 76 subsection 1a in the 1991 Sierra Leone Constitution is not an entrenched law as it can be amended.

By Alhaji M Kamara

Thursday January 18, 2018.

LAST MINUTE PETITION FIELD AGAINST DR SAMURA MATHEW WILSON KAMARA AT THE SUPREME COURT OF SIERRA LEONE AGAINST HIS CANDIDACY FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS!

PETITION AGAINST DR. SAMURA KAMARA 30 DAYS TO ELECTIONS  IS A CONSPIRACY AGAINST DEMOCRACY, CIVILITY,  PEACE, UNITY  AND GOOD GOVERNANCE IN SIERRA LEONE 

Kabs Kanu writes 

The petition against Dr,. Samura Kamara is a well planned conspiracy by APC rebels secretly financed by SLPP. It had been coming. We knew that would be the next step after the dangerously obese Judge Adrian  Fisher deferred the bogus court case. It had been coming. We are not deaf or stupid. We have been following the insinuations for long, since Dr. Samura Kamara was nominated by the opposition  APC. 

Well, if they do not want elections and democracy what do they want ? Then , let patriotic soldiers take over the country because we want accountable people to govern us. 

Maybe, military rule is what they are pushing us into gradually. If no good governance, just corruption, beatings, killings and maiming  of people, tribalism , hardships and human rights abuses and people cannot be allowed to stage  democratic elections, what options are being  left for them ? 

That is how we provoke things that we do not want. We are tempting the soldiers to seize power in Sierra Leone. I hate military coups but at times, civilians themselves invite them. Look at what President Bio is allowing to happen under his watch. If it is not bogus court cases, it is subterranean and high- tech conspiracies , even substandard, wretched voters registration cards, to make it difficult for the opposition to compete freely and fairly. If it not that, it is tear- gassing, lynching and beating of supporters of the opposition who dance for their candidates.  They do not really want a credible election to take place. The international community has warned  until its  voice has become hoarse.  Our people would not listen. They want to disqualify Dr. Samura Kamara from the race because he is wanted by the people. They want President Bio to go unopposed as they have been suggesting for ages. 

Why are we so allergic to good governance and democracy now after three peaceful changes ---2 of them bringing the opposition to power --- through the ballot box ? Why don't we want the people to decide who they want to govern them ? Why can't we let the elections play themselves out and let who should win go on and win fairly ?

We are not a serious people anymore under this satanic SLPP government . I am sorry for international stakeholders, goodwill organizations and countries wasting millions of dollars on us, thinking we are a serious nation that wants to move forward like other progressive nations of the world. 

My contention is that certain people do not want civilized governance, democracy. the rule of law, accountable and transparent statehood,  peace, civility and unity to prevail in our country. On one hand, we have diabolical opposition APC rebels that are very restive and their demonic anger and disloyalty to their own party  just cannot be assuaged. On the other hand, we  have an ungodly government behind the scenes, craftily orchestrating these plots and using APC rebels as fronts.

 President Bio will yet regret using these traitors and loose cannons of the APC to undermine democracy and peaceful coexistence in our country. What do these people  really want in Sierra Leone ? Are they  really serious about seeing progress  in our country ? We all  preach peace but is it in our hearts ? 

This is a shame.

PARLIAMENT APPROVED AND CONFIRMED MR ADRIAN FISCHER AS A HIGH COURT JUDGE ON 8th DECEMBER 2022; SO DOES THIS MEAN THAT ALL THE CASES FISCHER HAS BEEN PRESIDING OVER FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS NOW AND DECISIONS AND JUDGEMENTS REACHED ARE IRREGULAR AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL SUBJECT THE CHALLENGES IN THE VERY HIGH AND SUPREME COURT OF SIERRA LEONE ? MR FISCHER IS NOT EVEN LISCENCED TO PRACTICE LAW IN SIERRA LEONE, BY THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL OF SIERRA LEONE! CAN A TAXI DRIVER RUN HIS CAB WITHOUT LEGAL TAXI LICENCE IN THE ROADS OR STREETS OR, CAN A MEDICAL DOCTOR PRACTICE MEDICINE WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE LICENCE IN SIERRA LEONE?

*PERSONAL GLIMPSES*

*PUTTING A CART BEFORE A HORSE*

*By: Winstanley. R. Bankole. Johnson*

If it was only last Wednesday 8th December that Mr. Adrian Fischer was “approved and confirmed” by Parliament as a High Court Judge, then I feel terribly ashamed for my country because it logically follows that for as long as he had been presiding as such within the Judicature of Sierra Leone prior to that substantive Parliamentary “approval and confirmation”, he had been doing so irregularly.  To me it was belated, like putting the proverbial “Cart before a Horse”.

And my boldness to so assert stems from my reliance on Sec. 135 (2) of our National Constitution which makes it mandatory for anyone appointed to serve as a Judge of a superior Court to first subject him/herself to prior Parliamentary scrutiny and approval. There is no exception or exemption to that constitutional prerequisite.  None at all!! Not even Sec. 136 (3) which clearly qualifies the latitude for appointment of Judges under Sec. 135 (3) or as Acting Judges that in Sec. 136 (2) are restricted only to persons qualified for appointment as a Judge and/or that has retired from that position. Cumbersome? Not quite!!

Thus the Parliamentary “confirmation and approval” of Mr. Adrian Fischer on 8th December as a substantive High Court Judge spoke to a few things that should be worrisome for our country and among which are:

1. That the principle of separation of powers guaranteed by our Constitution do not appear to exist in the polity this country anymore. Otherwise neither the Hon. Chief Justice (CJ) who provided a Court for Mr. Fischer to have begun presiding within his judicature, nor the Speaker and Members of Parliament would ever have allowed him to have either commenced and/or continue presiding as one for over two years unchallenged, and without first guiding the Executive to that sacred constitutional prerequisite for his prior Parliamentary “confirmation and approval”. 

2. By not so guiding the President on (1) above, the Hon. CJ and Speaker of Parliament and MPs and the Anti-Corruption Commissioner were complicit to a major Constitutional breach. And vicariously, the same complicity applies to General Legal Council and the ACC Commissioner as well as to those purporting to be representing the voices of the voiceless (Civil Societies groups including Inter-Religious outfits) and worst of all the Sierra Leone Bar Association), for not living up to their responsibilities of holding the establishment to account.

*Nullity*

Can one not now safely conclude that all matters presided upon by the said Mr. Adrian Fischer up to his “confirmation and approval” to sit as a substantive Judge of the High Court prior to Wednesday 8th December could be challenged on grounds of “nullity”? Because insofar as our Constitution requires, he had been doing so irregularly. That is to say “acting as a regular High Court Judge” when technically he wasn’t constitutionally one “confirmed and approved” by Parliament. 

I am given to understand (and verily believe) Mr. Adrian Fischer may not be the only Judge to have been presiding as a High Court Judge without prior parliamentary “confirmation and approval”. I can also very well recall a Minister or two commencing duties straight from after their appointments and oath taking before the President without prior parliamentary scrutiny and approval. I have written copiously on this gaffe in the past, but no one seem to care a hoot about such a serious constitutional anomaly as aforesaid: neither the Rt. Hon. Speaker, nor the MPs that are supposed to be protecting our interests, nor the General Legal Council or the ACC Commissioner, nor those purporting to be representing the voices of the voiceless (Civil Societies groups including Inter-Religious outfits and worst of all the Sierra Leone Bar Association). 

One reason that to me made the belated 8th December parliamentary “confirmation and approval” of Mr. Fischer irksome is that the Parliamentary Communications Department Presser was categorical in that it was not retroactive, but fresh. Meaning anyone is now free to seriously question and possibly seek leave of the Hon. CJ for a revisit and pursue an annulment of all rulings delivered by Mr. Fischer prior to his parliamentary “approval and confirmations” on 8th December, whether or not they impact the APC or its  memberships and or affiliates.

*Co-ordinates*

To seasoned politicians adding up the co-ordinates of events in the days prior, Mr. Fischer’s “confirmation and approval” by a Parliament comprising vociferous/vibrant opposition APC MPs with the swiftness of a hot knife passing through melted butter came as no surprise. First there was his public remonstration and conviction (albeit suspended) of Peter Conteh. Then followed his subsequent public chastisement of the lead ACC Prosecutor Mantsebo in the NY Chancery Building saga to close his case involving the lead 2023 APC Presidential aspirant Dr. Samura Kamara - Pronto. Against those backdrops also emerged a consensual but rather distractive clamour of threats by MPs to block all debates (including on the Financial Appropriation Bill that incidentally includes approval and payments of “Severance Benefits” for all Presidential Appointees by 31st March 2022, and of course the pending debates on confirmation of appointments hearings) unless and until their own “welfare issues” were satisfactorily addressed.  Given the fact that no one receives Parliamentary summons for confirmation hearings on the night before, Mr. Fischer’s pending confirmation appearance should have come as no surprise to anyone. Are you seeing the co-ordinates now?

But whether or not those seemingly swift placating about-turns by Mr. Fischer were intended as ground softeners for his pending confirmation hearing, or that the threats by MPs were to elicit a Quid-Pro-Quo (something for something) from the government, they tend to lend credence to convictions of the Africanist Press that for the greater part of their incumbencies, our MPs would seem to prioritize their own welfare over and above those of the people they purport to be representing. A clear testimony to that was that no one in the “Well” of Parliament dared to question the nominee on what basis he had been presiding as a High Court Judge (and even occasionally empanelled to sit on the Appellate Bench) for over two years, without their prior parliamentary “confirmation and approval” even as a substantive High Court Judge.

With our next multi-tiered elections barely six months away, I am aware that this would (as usual) all sound like pouring water on a duck’s back. This is because most of our MPs will certainly not be returning to the “Well”. Rather unfortunately and as in the past, all previous crop of MPs have 

been branded much worse than their precursors. So as we await the epitaph of the present crop of MPs constituting the 5th Parliamentary Session of this Republic, it behooves us all to choose our next crop of MPs wisely and discretely too, to ensure that those we elect do not prioritize the advantages of rank and fortune above service and integrity, but would rather always have the fortitude not necessarily to be confrontational with, but where necessary to be punctiliously guiding the Executive into a strict observance of Constitutionality and the Rule of Law.

DICTATORSHIP IS NOT WELCOME IN SIERRA LEONE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT!

WHY WE SHOULD PAY NO ATTENTION TO ALFRED PETER CONTEH'S REINSTATEMENT OF SAM SUMANA.

By Tony Konomanyi

In a completely absurd and futile move, the chairman of the APC Interim Governance Transitional Committee (APC-IGTC), Mr Alfred Peter Conteh, yesterday, 05/08/22, posted a press release in which he unilaterally declared that, Ex-VP Alhaji Chief Sam Sumana, who had, in 2016, been expelled from the APC party, had now been reinstated with immediate effect.

It should be noted that a reinstatement resumes Chief Sam Sumana's membership from the date of his expulsion, April 2015, which would then allow him to compete for flagbearer of the APC, as it would mean that he, Sam Sumana, would not fall foul of the APC party's constitution requirement that all APC flagbearer candidates MUST have had an uninterrupted 5 year membership by the date of their formal declaration for APC flagbearer.

Now, here is the problem with Mr Alfred Peter Conteh's illegal press release.

Chief Sam Sumana was a member of the C4C party from 2017 to 2020.

 So, were his APC membership to be reinstated, instead of it being readmitted, he'd then technically have also had C4C membership in parallel for the period 2017-2020.

The Political Parties Registration Commission's regulations clearly state that no person can be a member of more than one party at the same time .

Therefore, a reinstatement of Chief Sam Sumana would fall foul of the PPRC regulations, even if all of APC unanimously wished for his reinstatement; which is far from the case, of course.

Sam Sumana may be readmitted to the APC.

A readmission grants him new membership, which would exempt him from running for flagbearer of the APC.

I, for one, would gladly welcome the readmission of Sam Sumana, because that is within the law.

But since Sam Sumana told his supporters, back in 2019, that he'd only be returning to the APC for the flagbearer, and that, were he to be denied the flagbearer, he'd destroy the

APC, then I can only assume that he has no interest in readmission to the APC, as that would exempt him from running for flagbearer.

Back in 2016/17, many people advised Sam Sumana to be patient, and not to join another party, but he'd not listen.

In a typically vengeful move, Sam Sumana led C4C, and assisted SLPP in the second round, to deny APC the 2018 General elections.

Now he must remember a common saying:

"Those who seek revenge must dig two graves".

IN THE STRUGGLES OF THE APC, THERE IS INDEED VICTORY.

©Tony Konomanyi

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Extract of the APC 2022 Constitution 

Link to PPRC PRESS RELEASE FOLLOWING MEETING WITH 21 MAN ITGC MEMBERS 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aKLOvlVxqYlPM4OtzN6dkERbcddQF9gi/view?usp=drivesdk

Ibrahim Forna analysis Alfred Peter Conteh

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WHO IS WHO IN THE MYSTERY SUSPECTED COCAIN/CHICKEN CONTAINER?

IF DIAMOND CAN TURN TO STONE  AND  COCAIN TURN TO CHICKEN, HEADS WILL AND CONTINUE TO ROLL! 

*DRUGS, CONTRABAND, AND DISMISSALS*

*A PAOPA COVER-UP EXPOSED*

By Tony Konomanyi

There's never a dull moment in Sierra Leone, under this SLPP regime.

In just seven days, we've gone from youth and journalist raising the alarm on the unusual movements of a shipping container suspected of holding drugs, weapons and forex, to a press release from government agencies and the police, denying any such contraband.

 We then witnessed an interesting charade put up by the police at the "unveiling of contents" of the container in the full glare of the press.

(I dare not mention the ignominious exchange which ensued between the Minister of information, Mohamed Rhaman Swaray and the recently sacked IG, Sovula, when the latter unapologetically arrived late at the staged opening of the container, without apologies.)

Now it has finally ended in predictable scapegoating, and we have  dismissals/demotions/reassignments of several names mentioned in the original exposé.

Out of breath already?

Don't be, there's a lot more to come.

So, we were expected to believe that the container which left water quay and was apprehended at Cline Town, is the same to have arrived at Kingtom police mess, under military and Police escort, after the alarm had been raised by the public.

 However, the truth has finally been revealed.

First of all, the container which was opened at Kingtom Police mess was not the original, it had been swapped, and the actual container filled with drugs and contraband remained at the *TRUST paint factory* at Cline town.

It was at the TRUST factory that the contents were emptied by the Lebanese and Ghanian smugglers.

When the police took the "fake"  container to Kingtom and finally disclosed the contents a few days later, they deliberately misled the public.

However, in their rush to exchange the original container for one filled with perishable foodstuffs like chicken and fish, they forgot an important detail.

*The replacement "fake" container was not a refrigerated one*

*Frozen items would never have been shipped all the way from Brazil in an unrefrigerated container; everything would have rotted*

 

The owner of TRUST paint factory is a  Lebanese man called *AYAD EL MUKH* who works in partnership with the Transport minister *Kabineh Kallon* ,  who is also the brother of the Bank Governor *Kelfala Kallon*, (who last week left Sierra Leone surreptitiously, amidst a national uproar over his announcement that NL800 million, approx US$57m, had gone missing in the system.)

Since then, several highly placed heads have rolled, because of the mishandling of the smuggling deal.

The ADC to President Bio,  *AIG SYLVESTER M KOROMA* , whose official Vehicle registration plate was fraudulently used on the lorry which hauled the container to Cline Town, has been dismissed as ADC to the President and reposted to Police headquarters.

The then Inspector General of Police, *AMBROSE SOVULA* has been removed from his post as head of Sierra Leone Police, because he blew the cover-up by his exuberance and incompetence.

Both the then second and third in command in Sierra Leone Police hierarchy have also been demoted/reassigned.

*Mr KEKETOMA SANDY* who was Presidential spokesman and press secretary has had his responsibilities halved, and he's now only Press secretary.

This is because he was out of his depth and overwhelmed by the negative publicity.

This is by no means the end of this matter, there'll be more names to come.

But they are the sacred cows.

In the meantime, our President, clearly unperturbed by all this scandal, financial mess, and the suffering of our people, has gone on a luxury holiday to the UK , Italy, and the South of France with his wife, who some say has a stake in all of these deals.

God help Salone.

©Tony Konomanyi

BIG DRUGS AND PLENTY MONEY SHIPPED INTO SIERRA LEONE PORT. WHO ARE THE ILEGAL IMPORTERS?

 THE BREAKING NEWS YESTERDAY  FRIDAY 22 JULY 2022 was about the interception of a shipment of illegal  drugs which arrived  at the main sea port in a large container by ship.

Below are some of of the reports so far from social media and other news outlets. Investigations are still going on, as BIG NAMES are being mentioned.

IIS SIERRA LEONE NOW THE BIG DRUGS TRANSMISSION CENTRE FOR WEST AFRICA?

Read independent reports below!

https://news-mogul.com/i-have-deployed-my-investigative-skills-can-confirm-the-container-is-an-extra-high-40-feet-container-the-accompanying-ship-is-called-seaspan-loga-dr-sylvia-olayinka-blyden/

🔎🖋️👩‍🦱 *DR. SYLVIA OLAYINKA BLYDEN INVESTIGATES THE SUSPICIOUS CONTAINER*

Culled from her Facebook Page

Most of you have heard about the sensational container that is being guarded by soldiers and policemen (photos of container is to credit of C4D/TIMES-SL). There are all kinds of names being alleged to be involved with allegations of contraband drugs and counterfeit money in the suspicious container. Gunshots also alleged to have been fired.

Now, my duty this morning is to update you all in my capacity as one of the country's most senior investigative journalists and also as one of Sierra Leone's most trusted, patriotic senior citizens. 

This update is not as a politician but as an Officer of the Order of the Rokel who was identified by late H.E. President Kabbah for my outstanding work as a Journalist, my trustworthiness as a citizen and a Patriot of the Highest Order possible.🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱

First of all, I want to commend all those (especially the Youths!!) who kept an all-night vigil from last night to this morning and have followed the suspicious container until it reaches Kingtom Police Mess now. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for your patriotism.

Now, I have deployed my investigative skills and can confirm the container is an extra-high 40-feet container which is a Reefer. Also, this photo of a ship accompanying this write-up is a ship called SEASPAN LOGA.

SEASPAN LOGA is the ship that brought that container yesterday (July 22nd) to Freetown. It took the container from Morocco this Sunday (July 17th) at around 4pm and sailed straight to Freetown with it. 

However, here is the interesting aspect. This container ORIGINALLY came from Brazil (Santa Catarina) with a clear destination of Freetown and not Morocco. It however transited in Morocco for reasons that may be due to ease of trans-shipment.

Anyway, this container left Brazil on board a totally different ship called CMA CGM RHONE in very early morning hours of 4:20am on June 26th 2022. That ship sailed from Brazil to Port Tangier, Morocco where it discharged the container on July 9th 2022. 

Another noteworthy point that my investigations have uncovered is that the container actually entered the Ports in Brazil on *June 11th 2022* but spent over two weeks there at the ports in Brazil before it finally left on the CGM Ship. This means it may have been actually loaded with whatever is now inside it, right there at the ports in Brazil.

Anyway, the container, originally loaded in Brazil, arrives in Morocco, stays in Morocco for 8 days until this Sunday when it was put on the SEASPAN LOGA ship and brought to Sierra Leone. The container arrived on board SEASPAN LOGA yesterday and was removed from the ship at 4:30pm yesterday evening.

This is my update so far.

Hope my investigative findings can place the issue in better perspective. If it is drugs on board, then the drugs came from Brazil and/or Morocco (where the container transited). If it is counterfeit money, same thing. However, since the Tangier Ports in Morocco is mostly a trans-shipment port, then 99% chance is that absolutely everything inside that container originally came from Brazil.

God bless the Patriotic Sierra Leone citizens and God bless Sierra Leone. 🇸🇱

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PS: I know everyone is anxious for my Audio-075 and I assure you all that it will be out soon. It will not be on this container saga but will be solely on the Proportional Representation system of Government. Stand by for it. It will diligently explain to you all about what is unfolding in Parliament and other related issues of P.R. System and the Laws of Sierra Leone. Una patient me small more. When Audio-075 is broadcast, you will understand why I delayed it.😜😃

Thank you.

*Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden OOR*

Saturday 23rd July 2022 - Feel Free to Reshare.

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