Kailahun District

Kailahun District is a

Kailahun District is governed with a district council form of government, which is headed by a District Council Chairman, who is chief executive officer in the District and is responsible for the general management of the district. The District Council Chairman is elected directly by the residents of the district of Kailahun every four years. The current chairman of Kailahun district council is Sahr Ahmed Lamin of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), who easily won the 2018 District Chairperson election with an overwhelming landslide victory

Kailahun District is a reliable political stronghold of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), the current ruling party in Sierra Leone. The District overwhelmingly supports the SLPP by a large majority in Presidential, Parliamentary and local councils elections. The SLPP have won every Sierra leone president elections in the District by over 73%; including the 2018 Presidential election, when the SLPP candidate Julius Maada Bio won 89% of the votes in the District.

Radio

• Radio Moa FM 105.5 Kailahun
• SLBC 95.1
• Radio Kissi Bendu FM 107.3 Koindu

Demographics of Kailahun District

The vast majority of the people of Kailahun District are ethnic

Economy

Kailahun has a mixed economy, made up of small-scale mining as well as agricultural production of

Administrative divisions

Chiefdoms

Pre-2017 Prior to the 2017 local administrative reorganization, Kailahun District was made up of fourteen chiefdoms as the third level of administrative subdivision. Dea – Baiwala Jaluahun – Segbwema Jawei – Daru Kissi Kama – Dea Kissi Teng – Kangama Kissi Tongi – Buedu Luawa – Kailahun Malema – Jojoima Mandu – Mobai Peje Bongre – Manowa Peje West – Bunumbu Penguia – Sandar Upper Bambara – Pendembu Yawei – Bandajuma

Post-2017 After the 2017 local administrative reorganization, Kailahun District has made up of fifteen chiefdoms as the third level of administrative subdivision. Dea – Baiwala Jahn[a] – ? Jaluahun – Segbwema Jawei – Daru Kissi Kama – Dea Kissi Teng – Kangama Kissi Tongi – Buedu Luawa – Kailahun Malema – Jojoima Mandu – Mobai Peje Bongre – Manowa Peje West – Bunumbu Penguia – Sandar Upper Bambara – Pendembu Yawei – Bandajuma Notes ^ Formerly part of Jaluahun Chiefdom.

Major towns

• Segbwema, largest city
• Kailahun, district headquarters
• Pendembu
  , second largest town
• Koindu, fourth largest
• Daru

Notable people from Kailahun District

• Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, former President of Sierra Leone
• Steady Bongo, Sierra Leonean musician
• Hindowa Momoh, former President of the National Union of Sierra Leone Students
• Robin Faley, Sierra Leonean politician, representative for Segbwema
• Ibrahim Sheriff, Founder, Sherix Webradio and Philanthropist
• Moinina Conteh, JP, Master Farmer and former Member of Parliament for SLPP
• Stephen Vandy Lansana, Senior Journalist of Premier Media Group Ltd
• Hon. Maigore Kallon, former chairman of the SLPP, former MP, former minister of Foreign affairs and international cooperation.

References

External links

• "Kailahun District" at cocsl.com
• https://web.archive.org/web/20070121122533/http://www.statehouse-sl.org/member-parliament.html