By Allieu Sahid Tunkara
The 30-minute interview I had with the Executive Director of the Constitutional Review Committee, Samuel Coker at the Miatta Conference Center, brought to light crucial information that I would like to share with you.
Constitutional conundrum over retirement age of Sierra Leone's Chief Justice
By Francis Ben Kaifala
Age has the advantage of wisdom and the disadvantage of tiredness. Both the consideration of the wisdom that age brings and the tiredness that it can lead to are often in the minds of Lawmakers when drafting requirement for positions. Thomas Paine (1737-1809) wrote thus:
“When in countries that are called civilized, we see age going to the workhouse and youth to the gallows, something must be wrong in the system of government”.
The Language Imbroglio in Sierra Leone
By Ezekiel Nabieu
Language has to do with words and their use which differentiates us from the lower animals. “Now the whole earth had one language and few words” (Genesis 11:1). There arose the Tower of Babel when the Lord is reported to have confused the language of all the earth.
Kudos to Sierra Leone's state broadcaster
By Ezekiel Nabieu
I am inclined to use the word KUDOS that has become a buzz-word for praise. In fact it is an informal word for honour and glory but the tendency for most people is the use of new words in spite of real meanings. In old English let me say: If thou doest well shall thou not be praised? Let us give the devil his due. Like all institutions, the SLBC has its merits and demerits.
Atheists and the Ebola denial syndrome in Sierra Leone
By Ezekiel Nabieu
It is not illogical to think that most of those who deny that Ebola exists are atheists. The nexus could be discerned by the end of this piece. “The fool says in his heart ‘there is no God.’ They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none that does good,” Psalms 14:1.
