Critique Column

Mr. Joseph Kamara, Commissioner of the Sierra Leonean anti-graft agency, recently made a presentation at the Commonwealth Regional Conference for heads of anti-corruption agencies at the Zambezi Sun Hotel in Livingstone, Zambia.  [Read more]

I will start this article by restating an old adage: “The lip of truth shall be established forever; a lying tongue is but for a moment.”  The politics of ethnicity [Read more]

The recent exposure of the utterly depressing deeds of the APC government has forced international institutions and governments to raise eyebrows at President Koroma’s interpretation of democracy. It has also [Read more]

The term “corruption” has always been synonymous with power. Some believe that corruption is simply about authority plus monopoly minus transparency. Power has been known to attract the corruptible. But [Read more]

Though the official campaign whistle for the forthcoming presidential and parliamentary elections in Sierra Leone which is slated on 17th November this year is not yet blown, the scenario at [Read more]

I can still recall the summer noon in the year 1990 when my late father revealed to me a short story about the name Kemaena which had been changed to [Read more]

Forgive me for breaking my promise that I was taking a short break in honour of my brother, the late Olu Gordon. But even he would have been filled with [Read more]

In October last year, I commented on the political ramifications of the downfall of Gaddaffi under the headline “End of an era: Who, what and where next?” Prominent among my [Read more]

An old African saying states that when a child trips, he looks ahead of him to see who is watching; but when an elder falls, he looks behind to see [Read more]

The fly that refuses sound advice will eventually end up with the coffin in the grave.  That is my counsel to those in the corridors of power who have ears; [Read more]

History has shown that ordinary people, with a common purpose can take on an incredible challenge and accomplish goals they never dreamt possible.   So the task ahead of us [Read more]

Every day in recent weeks, I have found myself confronted with the question of who should be the next Mayor of Freetown. In many of the discussions that follows the [Read more]

The recent statement by Retired Brigadier Mr Maada Bio in relation to combatants and plans by the ruling party to create chaos and anarchy in traditional opposition areas has certainly [Read more]