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Dr. Doma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 December 2024:
Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella’s recent exclusion from the SLPP flagbearer race has reignited debates about trust, performance, and betrayal in Sierra Leone’s politics, though no official announcement has been made.
Once celebrated as a symbol of change and hope, Yumkella’s decision to align with President Julius Maada Bio has left many questioning not only his commitment to the values he once championed but also his effectiveness in the role he was entrusted with.
Yumkella’s National Grand Coalition (NGC) emerged as a promising third force, offering an alternative to the two dominant parties, the APC and SLPP.
Its success at the Freetown convention was seen as a sign of growing strength and influence. However, Yumkella’s decision to merge the NGC’s efforts with the SLPP in exchange for a political alliance not only dissolved the party’s independence but also betrayed the trust of its supporters and many Sierra Leoneans.
This isn’t the first time Sierra Leoneans have witnessed such political betrayals.
The late Thaimu Bangura of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Sobbeh, Mohamed Bangura of the United Democratic Movement (UDM), and Charles Margai of the People’s Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) all started as lea
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Sierra Leone: President Bio has joined Dr Yumkella in his call to open the political space to diasporans
Published: 27/Oct/2021
Source: Sierra Leone Telegraph
Upon entering the political space in Sierra Leone, Hon. Alhaji Dr. Kandeh K. Yumkella promised to ensure that all Sierra Leoneans living in the Diaspora will have the opportunity to run for Parliamentary and Presidential offices in the country, vote and be voted for.
After several fighting and advocating, the Bio led administration has finally succumb and see the need for Sierra Leoneans living in the Diaspora to be voted for as MPs in the country.
Today, the President, Julius Maada Bio has announced that his “Government has just approved and authorized the Attorney General to lay in Parliament a proposed amendment to the Constitution of Sierra Leone that will allow dual citizens to be qualified to be elected as Members of Parliament.”
Read further: https://www.thesierraleonetelegraph.com/glad-president-bio-has-joined-dr-yumkella-in-his-call-to-open-the-political-space-to-diasporans/