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Koroma not announcing a Running-Mate Soon... and it will certainly not be Keifala Marah
Sources close to President Koroma have now intimated this medium that President Koroma has “absolutely no intention” of naming his current Chief of Staff, Keifala Marah to be his running-mate for the November 2012 Elections. The very thought of Marah as running-mate was heartily laughed off by our very capable sources who assured that though Marah was seen as a highly trusted technocrat by the President, “Marah is certainly not seen as a politician by the President”.
Feb 3, 2012, 17:16
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As his Chiefdom Speaker Declares for APC Hon. Konouwa Canvasses for SLPP in Lower Bambara
The Hon. Member of Parliament of Constituency 14 representing the opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP), Francis Amara Konouwa has called on his chiefdom people to embrace SLPP as they approach the 2012 general elections this November. His call comes in the wake of the open declaration for the ruling All Peoples Congress (APC) of a key stakeholder in his constituency, Chiefdom Speaker of Lower Bambara, Chief Amara Gando. Hon.Konouwa made this call at the Saama Town Court Barry past Thursday when addressing chiefdom authorities concerning the recent defection, from SLPP to APC, of the chiefdom speaker.
Feb 2, 2012, 17:06
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Despite all their Protestations Otherwise... SLPP Deep in Kidnapping & Lawless Mess
Sierra Leone People Party’s members, including Councillor-Elect Kanu-Mansaray, have yesterday January 31st 2012, appeared in court charged with Kidnapping, Wounding with Intent, Unlawful Detention and Conspiracy to commit a Felony concerning their actions towards a young man named Mohamed Koroma in Moyamba. All of them were remanded at the Pademba Road prisons until the adjourned date of this Friday February 3rd 2012. They were defended by SLPP’s Legal Team led by SLPP Sec-Gen Sulaiman Banja Tejansie. Apart from being defended by the SLPP Legal Team, a recent piece by Kalilu Totangi and published on SLPP’s website, sought to justify a matter that has now been charged to court under serious crimes sections of Sierra Leone’s penal code. Totangi’s justification for kidnapping and lawlessness, has left many local and international observers with the impression that despite their protestations otherwise, the SLPP believes in promoting acts of lawlessness in the country. A commentary on this ongoing lawlessness and kidnapping saga involving the SLPP; with an insightful look at SLPP and Totangi’s explanations for the kidnapping and lawlessness is published today.
Feb 1, 2012, 17:18
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Constituency 93 of Goderich wants a fine gentleman, Councilor Ibrahim ‘Small Borbor’ Kamara
Whilst other members of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) have been reducing the respect for the SLPP from the general populace, the elected Councillor for Ward 331, Constituency 93 in the Western Rural Area of Goderich environs, is presently enjoying unquestionable support from members of his Constituency because of the fine gentlemanly manner in which he has been carrying himself around. As a result of his tireless and selfless service to inhabitants of Constituency 93, many residents have expressed an urge to see the area become represented in the next House of Parliament by the present SLPP Councillor Ibrahim Kabba-Kamara aka ‘Small Borbor’.
Feb 1, 2012, 17:16
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SLPP Councillor in Court Today for Kidnapping
Police sources last evening confirmed to the Awareness Times that the newly elected Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) local Councillor from Fourah Bay’s Ward 369, Mohamed Kanu-Mansaray and four other ardent supporters of the SLPP have been charged to court by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and will today 31st January 2012 make their first appearance in court. The five suspects police sources confirm are charged various crimes ranging from Kidnapping, False Imprisonment, Conspiracy, Wounding with Intent, Assault Occassioning Bodily Harm amongst other crimes.
Jan 31, 2012, 17:20
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SLPP’s Fourah Bay Councillor in Kidnap & Ritual Murder Allegations
The Fourah Bay Community of Freetown is currently in a state of shock at the disgrace which has befallen their community with the detention of their newly elected local councillor Mohamed Kanu-Mansaray on allegations of kidnapping and wounding with intent amongst other serious criminal allegations. Meanwhile, senior officials of the main opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) to which Kanu-Mansaray belongs, have been spending the last 48 hours trying to ward off widespread allegations that the councillor and five other stakeholders within the SLPP had been intercepted in a green jeep with a kidnap victim supposedly meant for offering as human ritual sacrifice. It is a fact that in some parts of Sierra Leone, they still believe in the ability of such satanic voodoo and juju rituals as a means to attaining political power.
Jan 30, 2012, 13:42
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SLPP to Ignore NEC’s Call – John Ben
The Leader and Chairman of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) John Oponjo Benjamin (JOB) has told newsmen that the SLPP will not adhere to the National Electoral Commission’s (NEC) call for the SLPP not to take down the names and addresses of voters going to be registered. He also said SLPP will not obey any call to withdraw its monitors from registration centers. JOB was speaking to newsmen at SLPP Headquarters in Freetown on January 27th 2012. According to him, the SLPP will never again sit and allow NEC to intimidate them.
Jan 30, 2012, 13:38
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As Mohamed Bangura Fires at PPRC, APC & SLPP, Observers say UDM Don Turn Geh - Geh Na Throat
In the local Creole parlance, a troublesome goitre swelling of the throat is known as a Geh-Geh and when someone becomes troublesome in a spectre of events, such a person is termed as being a “Geh-Geh Na Throat”. The United Democratic Movement (UDM) party which many had wrongly alleged to be a creation of the APC is proving it is not only standing independent of APC but that it possesses the ability to lash at the APC and even lash at Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC) which regulates its existence.
Jan 27, 2012, 18:44
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SLPP Councillor Broke his Ulnar Bone – But How?
Medical sources have confirmed that the newly elected SLPP Councillor for Ward 369 in Fourah Bay suffered a broken ulnar bone on January 14th 2012, the day of the Bye-Elections at Fourah Bay. Awareness Times had interviewed the newly elected Councillor for Ward 396 Mr. Kanu-Mansaray during the jubilation on that day. He recounted to us that he suffered the broken bone when he was hit with an object by the sitting Parliamentarian for the area, Hon. Tunde Lewally.
Jan 26, 2012, 17:12
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As Judiciary Displays its Independence from Executive - Aziz Carew and Co-Accused Set Free on Bail
The main opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) chairman for Constituency 104 Abdul Aziz Carew alongside a keen supporter and loyalist of the SLPP Abdul Quee were yesterday set free from remand by the Judiciary’s Magistrate Komba Kamanda despite vehement protestations otherwise by the State Prosecution. The move has been widely hailed by various schools of thoughts as a clear manifestation of the independence of the Tejan-Jalloh headed judiciary.
Jan 25, 2012, 17:14
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Sierra Leone Calls For Women to lead Fight for Rights
The Office of the Solicitor-General acting on the directive of President Ernest Koroma has been soliciting nominations from members of the public of names to man the Human Rights Commission. According to a Government Release, there should be at least two women commissioners in the country’s Fight for the respect of Human Rights of all citizens and residents.
Jan 24, 2012, 17:22
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Female Police Doctor is a "Concubine" - Say SLPP...As Aziz Carew Sent to Pademba Road
The official mouthpiece of the main opposition SLPP has termed respected and renowned female police medical doctor as a "concubine" of a ruling party minister. The Unity Press described Dr. Rashida Kamara with such derogatory terms because she co-authorised the discharge of SLPP Constitutency 104 Chairman Aziz Carew from hospital. Carew stands accused of organising and perpetuating stab wounds on ruling party activists during a Bye-Elections in the constituency following which he resisted arrest.
Jan 23, 2012, 14:13
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APC Kono in show of Unity Past Weekend
Following exhortation by many, it now appears ancestral spirits of Kono are at work to bring peace to Kono sisters and brothers. Diana Finda Konomanyi has ensured she was at the helm of a mammoth sized delegation at Bumpeh which welcomed her brother VP Sam-Sumana into Kono on Saturday January 21st 2012 to officially launch the APC's Voter Registration exercise. The two of them drove victoriously “together as one” to cheering Kono crowds, all the way from Bumpeh to Fachima Hall in center of Koidu where launching was done
Jan 23, 2012, 14:09
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BBC Correspondent Joined Sierra Leone Opposition to Misinform
Aziz Carew, Chairman of the opposition SLPP in Freetown's Constituency 104 was yesterday Thursday 19th January 2012 handed over by Connaught Hospital to the Director of Sierra Leone Police's Criminal Investigations Department. The hospital’s Orthopaedic & Trauma Surgeon Consultant confirmed he had discharged Carew from hospital. Dr. Montgomery G. B. Harding stated: "I can confirm to you that Mr. Aziz Carew has been discharged today from Connaught Hospital and handed over to the Sierra Leone Police. I discharged him because he is medically fit for discharge. There is no need for him to continue to be at the hospital".
Jan 20, 2012, 17:28
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M.B. Attilla & Haja Rabi Allie Join APC
Barely two weeks after the former Western Area Chairman of the Sierra Leone People Party (SLPP) Lansana Fadika defected to the ruling All People Congress party (APC), the APC has again won the heart of another staunch member of the SLPP in the person of Haja Rabie Allie, the former Western Area Women’s Leader of the SLPP. Haja Rabie Allie formally declared her support for the APC Party together with the Manager of Movement for Positive Change, the blind musical maestro, Mustapha Bai Atilla, on Thursday 19th January at the Party’s Headquarter at Old Railway Line in Freetown.
Jan 20, 2012, 17:20
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SLPP vs. APC Fourah Bay Court Case
The political violence which erupted between activists of opposition SLPP and ruling party APC during Saturday’s Bye-Elections at Fourah Bay Constituency 104, ward 369 has seen a commencement in prosecutions at the law court. Yesterday January 18th 2012 saw Police Constable 11679 Chernor Kamara attached to the Ross Road Police Station testify before Magistrate Steven Conteh of Court No 1 concerning suspects allegedly caught with knives and other implements of violence.
Jan 19, 2012, 17:10
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Christiana Thorpe Announces Final Voting Results for Ward 396 in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Elections Chair Dr. Christiana Thorpe has announced the Final Certified Results for Saturday's Bye-Elections at Fourah Bay. She has declared Mohamed Kanu-Mansaray of the opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) as the winner and duly elected Local Councilor for the ward. The following are her figures announced last evening:
TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES CAST = 912
TOTAL NUMBER OF VALID VOTES = 879
TOTAL NUMBER INVALID VOTES = 33
CLICK ABOVE LINK FOR MORE STATISTICAL DETAILS FROM N.E.C.
Jan 17, 2012, 18:01
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Opposition SLPP Chairman for Constituency 104 is in a "Coma"
 Please click above link to watch the opposition SLPP Aziz Carew lying down supposedly in a "Coma" which comatose state is yet to be confirmed by a qualified independent doctor. The state of "coma", his SLPP members say, follows a “massive beating” & “brutal torture” lasting "several hours" but a close look at the photo reveals there are no physical signs of any injury or blood on his half-naked body. The photo was released by SLPP yesterday. Its credibility cannot be ascertained. There are suspicions the entire incident at Aziz’s house where he supposedly staged a “resistance” to a night-time arrest by police whilst at the same time holding a press conference with the arresting officers in his parlour, could have been a ploy between SLPP and some certain Police officers.
Jan 17, 2012, 18:00
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Sierra Leone Ruling Party Makes Statement on Fourah Bay Elections Violence
...We are also calling on the international community to pay special attention to these ugly and undemocratic developments. We note with dismay the silence of civil society groups, including the National Elections Watch, the 50-50 group, and the All Political Parties Women’s Association, who have been very vocal in the past on electoral violence and gender issues. We make this statement from a position of strength, because we have the numbers, the majority, and the capacity to neutralise and subjugate the opponents, but would not do that in the interest of our country and democracy. We would again call on all APC members, supporters and all peace-loving Sierra Leoneans to remain law-abiding and avoid all forms of violence.
Jan 16, 2012, 15:16
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Maada Bio is not a Weak Candidate - Lans Fadika
The former Western Area Chairman for the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) Lansana Fadika on Thursday January 12th 2012 yesterday formally acknowledged that the SLPP’s presidential candidate Julius Maada Bio is not a weak candidate for the presidential elections. “Maada Bio no to weak candidate. If APC supporters nor go register, we nor go able for beat en dreg Maada Bio lek how we for dreg am pan de elections,” Fadika stated in Creole meaning that if the APC supporters did not register en masse during voter registration exercise, then it would be difficult to defeat Maada Bio in the manner in which Bio deserved to be beaten in the presidential elections (i.e.: by a long stretch).
Jan 13, 2012, 19:19
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