POLITICAL CRAZZYNESS

https://www.facebook.com/israel.parpersnr/posts/10209589954415031 Home Leone a private Charity, has made this video to attract attention and help. It claims that 'LAND' has been made available to help build  new homes. Fine!  BUT WHAT ABOUT CLEARING THESE SLUMS??   The Slums must be cleared and the land spaces used to build replacement dwellings otherwise,  these sharks will continue to be there as other slum dwellers will simply take the places of the few who will benefit from the new homes built by private groups like Home Leone. A SLUM REGENERATION PROGRAMME IS NEEDED! This area, looks more like  KROO BAY and this picture or copy or versions of this photos/ films have been seen time and time again and again. Even at the report of the Falklands War, when the British ships stopped over at Deep Water Queue, the reporter Brian Barron (deceased) chose to report the beauty of Freetown by filming and posting KROO BAY. Governments after Governments have glanced over these slums and

The dynamic and result oriented Minister of Political and Public Affairs, Hon. Nanette Thomas today host Civil Society Organizations in a round table discussion to map the way forward on how to tackle issues of national interest i.e Water shortage, Energy and Education.  The round table discussion was well attended by prominent activist like Mr. Charles Mambu, Ms. Valnora Edwin, Mr. Alphonso Manley and others prominent activist. The Citizens Complain Desk Officer in the Ministry of Political and Public Affairs, Mr. Sylvester Fonnie called the programme to order whiles the Policy Analyst, Mr. Muctarr Tejan-Cole gave an overview of the Ministry's mandate and the Liaison officer for the West, Ms. Mabel Carpenter gave the vote of thanks on behalf of the ministry.  During the inactive session and inputs, Mr. Charles Mambu stressed on the need for prompt action by the government in enforcing the laws especially by stakeholders in the government and Ms. Valnora Edwin also appeal to the go

WATER CRISIS IN FREETOWN?? Let's face it squarely, it's about time this situation be given particular attention. Water shortage in Freetown is not new and year after year we see the long lines of people queuing for a bucket or gallon or two for this important commodity. WATER IS LIFE: it is not a crisis particular to Sierra Leone alone. There must now be a JOINT FORCE between the CITY COUNCIL OF FREETOWN ( and Greater Freetown) and the WATER AUTHORITIES of GUMA and other agencies. All constituency Council representatives of Freetown City Council and Headmen must now have a TASK FORCE  to get this crisis sorted. This does not mean government must reject or abandon projects it had embarked upon. I hear and read comments from 'arm-chair economists' saying "we don't need another airport, we need water, electricity ..."! Of course we do; they are important needs for life - we need them especially now that these commodities are touching in crisis level. I recall