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Archive
of October 2004 Reports
Harvest
Time At Kabaya Farm
The President, Alhaji
Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah,
has commenced the second
harvest at his rice
farm near Freetown.
The
President's engagement
in agriculture has been
consistent with his
2002 declaration of
food security for all
Sierra Leoneans by 2007.
During the exercise,
which was graced by
Ministers of government,
Senior Civil Servants
and members of the private
sector including civil
society, President Kabbah
reiterated his resolve
to create the enabling
environment to ensure
that come 2007, Sierra
Leoneans should be in
a position to feed themselves
(30th
October 2004)
Members
Of LURD Reconcile In
Freetown
In view of the disarmament
and official declaration
of the end of the war
in Liberia, which will
take place in Monrovia,
Liberia on 3rd November,
2004, the senior membership
of LURD have finally
agreed to hold discussions
and reconcile any differences
among their membership
as part of the overall
process of consolidating
the peace in Liberia.
The
group met in Freetown
from Saturday 30th to
Sunday 31st October,
2004 to have consultation
with President Ahmad
Tejan Kabbah in order
to resolve their differences
and lay the basis for
their continued participation
in consolidating the
peace process in Liberia.
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(30th
October 2004)
New
Ferry (M.V. Murzuk)
Commissioned
The
transport sector in
Sierra Leone has been
one of the most affected
areas during the ten
years civil conflict.
Government has therefore,
over the last few years,
been exploring all avenues
to once again make this
sector a vibrant one;
by land, air and sea.
(29th
October 2004)
Private
Sector Development Forum
Opens In Freetown
The President, Alhaji
Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah,
on Monday 25th October,
2004 opened the 2004
Private Sector Development
Forum at the Miatta
Conference Centre in
Freetown. The event
attracted representatives
of the private sector,
entrepreneurs and financing
institutions, both local
and international.
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Address >>
(25th
October 2004)
Korean
Ambassador Presents
Credentials
The
newly accredited Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
of the Republic of Korea
to the Republic of Sierra
Leone, Mr. Dong-won
Kim, has presented his
letters of credence
to His Excellency, Alhaji
D. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah.
Presenting
his letter, Ambassador
Dong-won Kim conveyed
felicitations from the
President of the Republic
of Korea, H.E. Roh Moo-hyun,
to President Kabbah,
and pledged President
Moo-hyun's firm support
for President Kabbah's
endeavour to achieve
national development.
(25th
October 2004)
Gold
Coast Aviation (Ltd)
Meets President Kabbah
Members of the management
of the Gold Coast Aviation
(PTY) Ltd., a South
African based Aviation
Company, who have proposed
to take over the operations
of the Sierra National
Airlines (SNA), have
held discussions with
President Kabbah about
their intent to start
operation of a new airline
in partnership with
the Sierra National
Airlines (SNA).
(25th
October 2004)
Ghanaian
Ports Authority Delegation
Meets President Kabbah
A delegation from the
Ghana Ports Authority
has held discussions
with President Kabbah
on the way-forward for
improving the management
of the Sierra Leone
Ports Authority (SLPA).
Introducing
members of the delegation
to President Kabbah,
the Chairman of the
National Privatization
Commission, Mr. A. R.
Turay, said the delegation
is in Freetown as a
result of a request
from the Privatization
Commission, in response
to His Excellency's
directive that they
take a look into the
management of the SLPA
and find ways of transforming
it into an economically-viable
institution. After a
series of meetings with
the SLPA management,
Mr. Turay said, they
discovered that the
SLPA lacked corporate
management capacity
and competence.
(20th
October 2004)
President
Kabbah Opens Congo Town
Bridge
Residents
of the Congo Town Community
were in a joyous mood
as they once again got
the opportunity of enjoying
vehicular traffic through
their community, with
the opening of the newly-reconstructed
bridge linking their
community with the rest
of Freetown.
The
bridge, which was reconstructed
by the Bangladeshi Contingent,
Engineers of UNAMSIL,
BENENGR-4, in collaboration
with the Sierra Leone
Roads Authority (SLRA),
was opened by the President,
Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan
Kabbah, on Tuesday October
19, 2004.
(19th
October 2004)
Sababu
Education Project Pays
Fees and Donates Books,
Uniforms In Kenema
Girls
of Sierra Leone have
since the introduction
of Western education
in the country trailed
behind boys in terms
of access to and retention
in school. The dropout
and the low enrolment
rates of girls have
been largely blamed
on parents' failure
to provide for girls'
education. Due to the
high incidence of poverty
in the country, most
families in the rural
areas preferred to let
their boy children stay
in school because of
meagre resources, while
the girl children are
often left at home to
assist in domestic chores
and later to be given
out in marriage. This
situation had resulted
in the very low percentage
of educated women as
compared to men in the
country, and to the
overall low literacy
statistic in the country.
(16th
October 2004)
Liberia's
Chairman Bryant Meets
President Kabbah
In
Kenema
The
Head of State and Chairman
of the National Transitional
Government of Liberia,
Charles Gyude Bryant,
ended a day's working
visit to the Eastern
Province headquarter
town of Kenema on Friday,
15th October, 2004
(16th
October 2004)
President
Kabbah Launches 2004
World Food Day Celebrations
in Kenema
The President, Alhaji
Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah,
on Saturday 16th October
2004, launched the 59th
anniversary celebrations
of the Food and Agricultural
Organisation in Kenema,
eastern Sierra Leone.
Every year 16th October
marks the founding of
the United Nations Food
and Agriculture Organization
(FAO), which was specifically
established to address
the problem of hunger
and nutrition standards
through out the world.
The day has been set aside
as World Food Day and
the slogan used to celebrate
this year's event was
"BIODIVERSITY FOR
FOOD SECURITY".
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Address >>
(16th
October 2004)
President
Kabbah Opens Anti-Corruption
Commission Office in
Bo.
In
a move to decentralize
its activities and increase
its efficiency and effectiveness,
the Anti-Corruption Commission,
has opened its first provincial
office in the Southern
Region headquarter town
of Bo. The opening of
the regional office is
designed, above all, to
make the Commission's
work accessible to the
people in the provinces,
thereby increasing their
confidence in the operations
of the Commission. President
Kabbah was in Bo on Friday,
15th October to officially
open the office.
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President's Address >>
(15th
October 2004)
President
Kabbah Leads Polio Immunization
Campaign
In
Kambia
The National Immunization
Days (NIDs) earmarked
for the eradication of
polio campaign, launched
on Friday 8th October
2004 at the Gbolon Health
Centre, was a spectacular
event as the President,
Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan
Kabbah, commenced the
immunization of the first
child for this year's
NIDs.
(11th
October 2004)
Truth
and Reconciliation Commission
Presents Report
The Truth and Reconciliation
Commission (TRC), one
of the institutions mandated
to be set up by the Lome
Peace Agreement, presented
its final report to President
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah at
a well-attended and impressive
ceremony held at State
House, Freetown, on October
5, 2004.
The report, accompanied
by a Child-friendly version,
was presented in the presence
of a galaxy of dignitaries
including representatives
of the United Nations
system, the diplomatic
community, International
donor organizations, Non-governmental
organizations, and representatives
of Civil Society and school
children.
(5th
October 2004)
President
Kabbah Ends Three-Day
State Visit To Cote
d'Ivoire
At
the invitation of His
Excellency Laurent Gbagbo,
President of the Republic
of Côte d'Ivoire,
His Excellency Alhaji
Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah,
President of the Republic
of Sierra Leone, paid
a state visit to Yamoussoukro,
in Côte d'Ivoire
from September 30th to
October 3rd , 2004
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(4th
October 2004)
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