{"id":890,"date":"2021-11-03T14:50:05","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T14:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/dr-kandeh-yumkella-will-meet-sierra-leoneans-at-a-townhall-meeting-in-london"},"modified":"2021-11-03T14:50:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T14:50:05","slug":"dr-kandeh-yumkella-will-meet-sierra-leoneans-at-a-townhall-meeting-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/dr-kandeh-yumkella-will-meet-sierra-leoneans-at-a-townhall-meeting-in-london","title":{"rendered":"Dr Kandeh Yumkella will meet Sierra Leoneans at a townhall meeting in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>Parliamentary Leader of Sierra Leone\u2019s National Grand Coalition (NGC) Party will be in London next weekend, where he will meet with supporters, friends, and members of the NGC Party at a townhall style event to talk about the progress that he and his party have achieved since the party was formed in 2017.<br \/>\nIn 2018, the NGC party won five seats at the country\u2019s parliamentary election, and since then has consolidated its power base in the Kambia district and is hoping to make big electoral gains across the country in the 2023 elections.<br \/>\nThe party has big ambition too \u2013 to win the presidential election in 2023, after its parliamentary leader \u2013 Dr Kandeh Yumkella rolled out it\u2019s national campaign on big issues \u2013 such as designing a draft legislation that will grant Sierra Leoneans living abroad the right to contest general elections and hold high office in the country.<br \/>\nDr Yumkella\u2019s continuous call for the government to improve transparency, good governance and social justice has won him and his NGC party tremendous respect and support across the political divide.<br \/>\nThe party\u2019s regular press conference on the state of the economy continues to expose the government\u2019s poor handling of the economy amid huge spiralling cost of living.<br \/>\nDr Yumkella and the NGC party chiefs are hoping that with the party now established as a national household name \u2013 recognised for its fierce opposition to the ruling SLPP, this could lead to a massive windfall at the presidential and parliamentary elections in two years\u2019 time.<br \/>\nBut these successes have not come easily, in a political system and environment that are highly polarised and controlled by the two main political parties \u2013 the ruling SLPP and the main opposition APC party.<br \/>\nThe recent formation of a consortium by thirteen of the country\u2019s opposition parties \u2013 including NGC, C4C, and the APC, coming together to mount a coordinated and strong opposition to the ruling SLPP, is a move welcomed by many Sierra Leoneans in and out of the country that are yearning for some form of progressive and inclusive coalition government in Sierra Leone.<br \/>\nSo, why not come to the townhall event on Saturday 6th November 2021, and listen to Dr Yumkella discussing the progress his party has made, and what they are hoping to achieve in 2023.<br \/>\nJoin us for an audience with Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella, MP and Parliamentary Caucus Leader of the National Grand Coalition in Sierra Leone, hosted by Abdul Rashid Thomas, Editor of the Sierra Leone Telegraph.<br \/>\nCome and listen to Kandeh discussing his personal insights about current issues affecting Sierra Leone and take the opportunity to participate in a Question-and-Answer session which will be moderated by Abdul Rashid Thomas.<br \/>\nAdmission is free and light refreshments will be provided courtesy of NGC UK&amp;I<br \/>\nSimply click on this link to register to attend the event, which is taking place at the Ark Walworth Academy, Shorncliffe Road, London SE15 5UJ.<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/an-audience-with-kandeh-yumkella-in-london-6th-november-2021-630pm-tickets-200910598007<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\">Sierra-Leone<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. Parliamentary Leader of Sierra Leone\u2019s National Grand Coalition (NGC) Party will be in London next weekend, where he will meet with supporters, friends, and members of the NGC Party at a townhall style event to talk about the progress that he and his party have achieved since the party was formed in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8],"tags":[291,293,313,314,292],"class_list":["post-890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-sierra-leone","tag-dr-kandeh","tag-sierra-leoneans","tag-sierra-leone"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dr Kandeh Yumkella will meet Sierra Leoneans at a townhall meeting in London - Sierra Leone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/dr-kandeh-yumkella-will-meet-sierra-leoneans-at-a-townhall-meeting-in-london\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dr Kandeh Yumkella will meet Sierra Leoneans at a townhall meeting in London\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. 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