Hij werd enkele uren nadat de kiescommissie de uitslag bekend had gemaakt ingezworen. It’s also considered the base of the main Opposition All People's Congress (APC), partly because it's home to many of the party's influential figures, including its powerful leader and chairman, former President Ernest Bai Koroma.Since his retirement in 2018, Koroma has been living in Makeni, in a massive Chinese-built mansion, located in an isolated suburb and insulated from the rest of the population by high walls and armed security guards.For 10 years [2007 to 2018], Makeni was considered the de facto capital of Sierra Leone, the place everybody wanted to be.There were political reasons for attraction to the town, but business was also booming there due to development brought by the Koroma administration, much to the envy of the rest of the country.With the change in regime in 2018, this privileged status was halted.There is a deep-seated geopolitical rivalry between the northwestern region, considered the stranglehold of the APC, and the southeastern region, considered as the base of President Julius Maada Bio’s governing Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP).Under Koroma, critics say, the north had the lion’s share of development. Five people died at the end of the two-day riot.An government-sanctioned investigation into the incident is yet to be concluded and critics, particularly the Opposition, doubt the intentions of the investigation, hence the protest by APC lawmakers.Among their demands is the release of victims’ bodies for burial and an independent investigation to bring the shooters to book.The government blames the APC leadership for failing to prevent the riot by not properly informing the youths about the process leading to the decision to remove the generator.On Tuesday a coalition of civil society organisations released a report after a fact-finding mission, which appears to support the government’s claim.But the CSOs also blame the police for heavy-handedness in responding to the violence. The police and the military were deployed to contain the ensuing riot. April 2018: Amtssitz: State House: Amtszeit: 5 Jahre (einmalige Wiederwahl möglich) Schaffung des Amtes: 1971 Letzte Wahl: 2018: Nächste Wahl: 2023: Wappen des Präsidenten. Most of the roads constructed were concentrated in the north, particularly Makeni.Makeni is the only town in Sierra Leone that enjoys uninterrupted electricity supply to date, thanks to a hydropower plant located in neighboring Tonkolili District. Julius Maada Wonie Bio was inaugurated as the 5th President of the Republic of Sierra Leone. The president of the Republic of Sierra Leone is the head of state and the head of government of Sierra Leone, as well as the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces. It therefore decided to temporarily relocate the Makeni standby generator.Critics, however, say the plan was to remove the generator permanently.Irate youths barricaded the highway leading to Lungi in an attempt to prevent the vehicle loaded with the generator from leaving.
Always driven by a passion to serve his country, H.E. The police and the military were deployed to contain the ensuing riot.
When he assumed power in 2007, Sierra Leone had just come out of an 11 years civil war.Infrastructure was his priority, particularly roads.
The officers went to her home at 6am and ransacked it for hours. Team is grappling with is the party to use for the presidential race. Julius Maada Bio prepares to take the oath of office as new president of Sierra Leone on April 4, 2018 in Freetown.There were protests at the Well of Sierra Leone's Parliament as a group of Opposition lawmakers wearing black T-shirts with the words ‘Makeni Lives Matter’ interrupted a session with chants for justice for victims of recent deadly violence.It followed the July 17 incident in which a group of angry youths clashed with security forces in the northern town of Makeni over a planned relocation of a standby generator.Makeni is the largest town in the Bombali District. Born on May 12th 1964 in Tihun, Sogbini Chiefdom, Bonthe District, Julius Maada Wonie Bio is one of 35 children born to Paramount Chief Charlie Wonie Bio II, Sogbini Chiefdom. De kandidaat van de oppositionele Volkspartij SLPP… Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio Honours Late Deputy High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Ireland August 14, 2020; Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio hands over Le4 Billion to support Tourism and Hospitality Sectors August 13, 2020