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President Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
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Archive
of October 2003 Reports
President
Kabbah, VP Berewa Inspect
New Buses
 Thousands
of regular public transport
users and commuters would
be heaving some sigh of
relief now that seventeen
city and intercity transport
buses have arrived Freetown
awaiting commissioning.
The Sierra Leone Road
Transport Corporation
(SLRTC) lost almost all
of its once large fleet
of public buses during
the massive destruction
of public vehicles that
followed the rebel invasion
of Freetown in 1999.
FULL
DETAILS>> (October, 30th 2003)
 President
Kabbah Back From Asia
The President
Alhaji Dr.Ahmad Tejan
Kabbah returned to Freetown
this evening from Malaysia
and Bangladesh.
He was met on arrival
by Vice President Solomon
Berewa, Cabinet Ministers,
Chief Justice Dr.A.
Timbo and other government
officials.
FULL
DETAILS>> (October, 27th 2003)
Vice
President Solomon Berewa
Returns From Rome
The Honourable Vice President,
Mr. Solomon Berewa, returned
to Sierra Leone on Thursday
23rd October, 2003 after
a short visit to The Vatican.
At the invitation of Pope
John Paul II Vice President
Berewa took part in celebrations
marking the 25th anniversary
of his ascendancy to the
papacy, the beatification
of Mother Teresa of Calcutta
and World Mission Sunday
on 19th October 2003.
FULL
DETAILS>> (October, 24th 2003)
President
Kabbah Holds Talks With
Bangladeshi Prime Minister
Rounding up his week-long
visit to Malaysia Tuesday,
President Ahmad Te jan
Kabbah arrived at the
Zia International Airport
in Dhaka, capital city
of the People's Republic
of Bangladesh, at the
start of his three-day
official visit to the
country.
The
President, who was received
on arrival by his Bangladeshi
counterpart, President
Professor Dr. Iajuddin
Ahmed and Prime Minister
Begum Khaleda Zia, later
held bilateral discussions
with the Prime Minister
together with senior members
of her cabinet.
FULL
DETAILS>> (October, 21th 2003)
Defence
White Paper
The
Ministry of Defence is established
to formulate, implement,
monitor and evaluate strategic
defence policy for the Republic
of Sierra Leone Armed Forces
that is effective and fostered
within a framework of democratic
governance.
FULL DETAILS>> (October, 17th 2003)
Acting
President Meets Government
Ministers
 Acting
President, Honourable Justice
Edmond Kadoni Cowan, met
formally with Cabinet Ministers
and Deputy Ministers on
Thursday 16 October at State
House.
Acting
President Justice Cowan
told the Ministers that
since he took the oath of
office on Monday night,
13th October, he said he
had thought it necessary
to have a formal meeting
with Ministers who according
to him "run the affairs
of State".
FULL
DETAILS>> (October, 16th 2003)
President
Kabbah In Malaysia For
OIC Summit
President
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
arrived in Kuala Lumpur,
Capital of the south-east
Asian nation of Malaysia
today WednesdayOctober
15, 2003, ahead of the
formal opening of the
10th summit of the Organisation
of Islamic Conference
(OIC) scheduled to hold
at the majestic Putrajaya
Convention Centre.
FULL
DETAILS>> (October, 15th 2003)
President
Kabbah Goes To Malaysia
For World Islamic Summit
The
President, Alhaji Dr. Ahmad
Tejan Kabbah, left Freetown
Monday night, 13 October,
to participate in the Summit
of Heads of State of the
Organisation of the Islamic
Conference (OIC), taking
place in Putrajaya, Malaysia.
FULL
DETAILS>> (October, 13th 2003)
President
Kabbah Recognises National
Council of Paramount Chiefs
Executive
His
Excellency The President,
Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan
Kabbah today had his inaugural
meeting
with the newly-established
National Council of Paramount
Chiefs (NCPC), following
its official launching
at the Atlantic Hall Friday
9th October 2003 by the
Honourable Vice President
Solomon E. Berewa.
FULL
DETAILS>> (October, 11th 2003)
President
Kabbah Opens Goderich Secondary
School, MMCET Lecture Rooms
"Our
chance to succeed as a country
lies in giving our people
hope, faith and exposure
to sustainable skills,"
President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
said Friday while addressing
an assembly of educational
stakeholders at the Goderich
community outside Freetown.
FULL
DETAILS>> (October, 10th 2003)
New
Iranian Ambassador Presents
Credentials
Mr. Ali Sayeed Tahaghoghi
Manhiyi is the new ambassador
extraordinary and plenipotentiary
to Sierra Leone. Speaking
during his formal presentation
of his letter of credence
at the Hill Station Lodge
this morning, the envoy
noted that in the past decades,
diplomatic relations between
the Islamic Republic of
Iran and the Republic of
Sierra Leone underwent fluctuations
due to different reasons.
FULL
DETAILS>> (October, 10th 2003)
President
Kabbah Tours New Jui Fishing
Complex
 This
afternoon, His
Excellency The President.
Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan
Kabbah, made a spot visit
to an Egyptian-owned
fishing enterprise located
at Jui, some twelve miles
outside Freetown.
FULL
DETAILS>> (October, 9th 2003)
Boost
For Rural Information Needs
In
what could be described
as a big boost to the information
needs of remote rural communities,
the Ministry of Information
and Broadcasting in collaboration
with the Sierra Leone Broadcasting
Service (SLBS/TV), has acquired
new sets of audio-visual
equipment, a modern sophisticated
outside mobile broadcasting
unit in addition to four
new Land Rover vehicles.
FULL DETAILS>> (October, 9th 2003)
Irish
Development Cooperation
Team On Exploration Visit
A
visiting three-man mission
led by the First Se cretary
of the Ireland Development
Cooperation Directorate,
Ms. Aine Hearns, has told
President Ahmad Tejan
Kabbah that the organisation
would be looking at how
to enhance a deeper engagement
with Sierra Leone within
the next eighteen to twenty-four
months.
FULL
DETAILS>> (October, 7th 2003)
Freetown
Peninsula Road To Be Completed
By Kuwait
A
three-man mission from the
Kuwait Fund For Arab Economic
Development has concluded
their visit to Sierra Leone
after an appraisal of the
Tokeh-Lumley sector of the
Road Project following a
request received by the
fund from the Government
of Sierra Leone.
FULL
DETAILS>> (October, 6th 2003)
Two
Newly Appointed High Court
Judges Call On President
Kabbah
Two
judges, Sierra Leonean-born
Mrs. Claudia Latile Taylor
and British-born Mr. Robert
Shuster who have gone through
parliamentary approval will
soon start work to clear
the backlog of corruption-related
and other offences awaiting
court trials.
FULL
DETAILS>> (October, 6th 2003)
President
Kabbah Receives Under-17
Footballers
Twelve
out of a total of twenty
young players who represented
Sierra Leone at the recent
Under-17 WorldSoccer Championship
in Finland failed to return
home after the team, Sierra
Stars, was eliminated from
the competition.
FULL
DETAILS>> (October, 1st 2003)
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