The Republic of “I Have Arrived”
When survival consumes the whole day, citizens deserve more than updates on where their leaders have arrived. There is nothing inherently wrong with official engagements. The problem begins when visibility is offered as a substitute for usefulness. Citizens should not have to read a leader’s travel diary to find out whether their own lives are improving.
You cannot ask people to applaud development they cannot see, eat, drink, or use. Under SLPP leadership, the photo opportunities keep coming. Citizens are still waiting for relief to arrive.
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The Fall of a Drug Czar Who Partied With Europe's Most Wanted
Andrew Jaiah Kaikai was the Executive Director of Sierra Leone's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA-SL).
Andrew Jaiah Kaikai spent years positioning himself as Sierra Leone's frontline warrior against narcotics — the man tasked with saving a nation being hollowed out by Kush addiction. It turns out the same man was comfortable enough in the orbit of Jos Leijdekkers, one of Europe's most wanted drug traffickers, to be photographed observing him hand out gifts at a private birthday party. That contradiction finally caught up with him on August 11, 2026, when President Julius Maada Bio fired him as Executive Director of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
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