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WE MUST ADMIRE TOLERANT DEMOCRACIES IN THE WEST: Here's why?

SCENARIO ONE: A war veteran scales the fence at the White House in the USA for God knows what. But Obama and family were not harmed at all.

SECNARIO TWO: An ordinary man in the English city of Leeds crashes into Prime Minister Cameron as he left a meeting. The PM is a bit shaken but he turned up in parliament and cracked jokes about the incident.

KKY AND THE BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF THE GREEN MOVEMENT

Kandeh Yumkella is still a member of staff of the United Nations but last week he made a very clear push into Sierra Leone politics. He tried to keep himself on the edge but persistent probing by journalists lured KKY into stating that he would be fighting for power in 2017 under the banner of the SLPP.

ORMAN TOLD TO QUIT: BUT HOW DID HIS MEETING WITH OUR FIRST LADY GO?

DE PA'S NEW EBOLA WAR MACHINE: WHERE'S THE HEALTH MINISTER?

"60% of OKADA RIDERS ARE FOREIGNERS": WE IDENTIFY THEM

A government minister said last week that 60% of the boys riding motorcycle taxis in Freetown are foreigners. Predictably, he has received serious lashing in the media to explain how he arrived at that figure. Well we are not his best friends but on this issue we agree with him. To back up our position, we now give details of those who constitute the 60% troublesome riders.

ALL ROADS LEAD TO STATE HOUSE: TRADERS, OKADA BOYS, SLFA ETC. 

Long after De Pa would have retired, he would be remembered as De Pa who tried to solve all the problems in Sierra Leone. Last week, a large crowd of Okada Riders matched through the streets of Freetown with the body of a dead colleague knocked down by a vehicle, apparently, as he tried to escape arrest for operating in a prohibited part of Freetown. They were met about one hundred yards to State House by De Pa who addressed them right there and promised to look into the matter.

BOARDS OF PARASTATALS AND STATE COMMISSIONS ON EXPIRED MANDATES