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*TWO ACCUSED MP FOR LAND GRABBING*
By:Alimamy Jalloh

Two family members who are citizens of Sierra Leone ,presently living in the United State of America,Mohamed Bushiri Kargbo and Mohamed Bah including his wife,Hawa Jabbie Bah who lived in Freetown and Mr. Kargbo's caretaker,Mohamed Afis Jalloh at Calabatown have seriously accused the Member of Parliament(MP),Emmanuel Sahr Gbeke in constituency 116 ,East of Freetown ,for illegally grabbing their portion of Land without their consent, legal documentations and the use of his office has MP in the Land committee in the Sierra Leone's parliament. Following the investigation in the community and other official areas,many stakeholders in the community said half of the portion of the said land was in the right of way close to the main street,Baibureh road,3 feets beyond.Because of that ,the three storey building that was erected close to the street,owned by Mohamed Bah,the husband of Hawa Jabbie Bah, in the east of Freetown was demolished including the other portion of the Land owned Mohamed Bushiri Kargbo while Mohamed Afiju Jalloh currently serving as the caretaker for their own portion of Land 54 to 72 feets in the community. The demolition took place in 2006 during the regime of late Former Minister of Lands,Bobson Sesay and the Late former Vice President,Solomon Ekumah Berewa in the country.
In an exclusive interview with one of the owners of the land including his Caretaker Mr. Jalloh,they disclosed that the portion of their Land was bought in 2004 according to its conveyance with a real cost, sum up to 65 Million Leones couple with their complete legal documentations, he affirmed. He continued that the Member of parliament brought a discussion few months ago ,noting to him,that he would like to see his documents.He further told him that he had all his documentations but he would not give it to him. He added that,later he started seen a construction of a building structure of a Car Wash Centre on the two the two portion of Land. According him,the Member of Parliament has used his influence by force to erect a structure there without a legal documentations. He further stated that, SLRA only removed the 3 feets from Mohamed Bah,husband of Hawa Jabbie Bah,portion of land ,because of the encroachment and not because they did not own their piece of land. Mohamed Jalloh,the Caretaker confirmed with several complaint letters, that the MP Emmanuel Sahr Gbeke was reported at the Ministry of Lands,Ministry of Youths,the Anti-Land Grabbing at Ross Road Police Division and other stakeholders of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party(SLPP) but he never respond to their calls.
Hawa Jabbie Bah(Hawa Bongu)who is currently serving as a Chairlady in the SLPP party, in the Juba community,because of the conflict of interest between her and the MP of constituency 116,Emmanuel Sahr Gbeke,her left foot close to her ankle,was seriously fractured(broken) based on the medical scan document showing she disclosed according to medical doctor with no way to continue her business to feed her children at home and to pay their school necessities. She went further to accused the MP for pushing her into a drainage mud(ditich) and then threatened her with irate thugs that she would be r***d, if she continues the same act on the project land.
According to her,their piece of land was bought in 2005, with some legal documentations shown.
Responding to those allegations,the Member of Parliament ,Emmanuel Sahr Gbeke denied the accusations noting that he has never threatened her to be r***d by irate youths and did not push her to a drainage,confirming that with an audio he showed and play to few members around him disclosing that the audio message was sent by Hawa Jabbie Bah few weeks. But,however confirmed that ,the intending Car Wash projects was meant for both Brima Lane and Congo Water Community in the east of Freetown directly as bidding and lobbying from the Ministry of Youth ,been the Agenda for Youth developments,two in one project for both the two communities.
Based on this,the two owners of the said Land, few weeks ago in 2021,said that ,if the MP construct a structure on their legal land 50 times,they will demolish it 50 times. They disclosed that it is their bonafied property ,thus the President,the Minister of Lands,the SLP and stakeholders should intervene for conflict not to spill over.

*6 SUSPECTED ASYMPTOMATIC VICTIMS QUARANTINE*
By:Alimamy Jalloh

Saturday 20th March,2021,four women ages 45,51,65,25 including (1)one man were quarantined in the East of Freetown as a result of an Old man age 70,a suspected symptomatic patient of Convid-19, in one of the houses in the community. The Old man, had already been taken to a treatment Centre by NACOVERC team added to seven in number.
On 22nd March,2021,few supply were made by NACOVERC team to the victims such as one(1) 50kg(WFP)bag of rice,one black plastic soya beans and a two-gallon litre of oil.
Speaking to a 25 year lady, confidentially,she said that since, they were quarantined three days ago,despite the supply,no other food condiments have been provided for them, in order to help manage from what they had been given to them by the NACOVERC team. According to her,they have no way presently to prepare food with the items brought and they have no water to drink currently which are seriously challenge for them in the community."We have no Fish,Pepper,Onions,Maggie,no water to drink,no charcoal to use fuel to cook food,in this community ,to fetch water here is a great challenge!The team of NACOVERC brought 1 bag of rice 50kg,1 gallon of Oil and a plastic beans today. Presently we are six in number. For the rest of the day,we are sitting and waiting and we had no way to use those items brought to prepare food especially for the Old women in the quarantine home. Even today,I starved myself ,a little,to allow the Old women, to feed themselves with the little food brought for them."
Another few concerns and observations noted, since the broke out of the Convid-19,in 2020-2021, in Sierra Leone,there are no enough provisions provided for security personnel such rations and a post room,which had also been a great challenge, while they spend nearly months or weeks outside quarantine homes in the country. These challenges are sometimes compared during the Ebola crisis according to some medical personnel views, Security personnel ate most often ,three times and also supply, three times a day in the country.
Thus,for these reasons,NACOVERC and the Government of Sierra Leone should treat the victims and the Security personnel such as the Police and Military officers who provided security proportionally or in a balance level scale.
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*APC STAKEHOLDER RESCUES WITH RELIEF PACKAGES*
By:Alimamy Jalloh

As an individual gesture, intervention and donation from his party domain,one of the stakeholders of the All Peoples Congress(APC)party,Dr. Richard Conteh,has on 20th March,2021, donated relief items to fire disaster victims involving women,children and men in the Portee and Rokupa Wharf communities in 202.
Because of the inferno disaster on 35 households,Dr. Conteh during his presentation noted that the relief items that comprised of food and non-food item/ products are meant for those women,children and men that were seriously affected by the fire disaster.He empathized with them on behalf of the APC Party structure and its noble members and further revealing that the party still stand firmed with them in any circumstance and struggle.
The items donated were 27 bags of Cements,10 bags of rice(25 kilos),50 bundles of sachet water,Polythene bags of used clothing and shoes including few white envelopes as financial tokens to few stakeholders.
Immediately after the presentation on his disaster relief donation to fire victims in the Rokupa/Portee community,Dr. Richard Conteh was then called upon to an emergency meeting, held at the Rokupa Community Primary School,adjacent the community Police post, in order for them to critically examine the key consraints and effects currently affecting victims, with no place to sleep that are owned by them.
Few days after the disaster,the land of 35 households were constructed with zincs made up of shanty and clay soil buildings a man known as Pa- Obai, who lived out of the fire disaster community,according to stakeholders in the community, said yo have raised a serious agitation and concern, that he was the owner of the land that was occupied by the fire disaster victims in the community over the years.
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