Misplaced Pages

#439560

12-631: Mongeri is a town in Bo District in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone . Its population was estimated at 14,273 (2004 census ). The population of Mongeri is mostly from the Mende ethnic group . It is the birthplace of Samuel Hinga Norman , the founder and leader of the traditional Civil Defence Forces (commonly known as the Kamajors). This Sierra Leone location article

24-494: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bo District Bo District borders Kenema District to the east, Tonkolili District to the north, Moyamba District to the west, Bonthe District to the southwest and Pujehun District to the south. The district population as of 2015 is 574,201. Bo District occupies a total area of 5,219 km and is subdivided into fifteen chiefdoms . The population of Bo District

36-482: Is a stronghold of the ruling Sierra Leone People's Party. Bo District currently has twelve representatives in the Parliament of Sierra Leone , of which eleven members were elected for a 5-year term in the 2007 general elections. The district is a stronghold of the opposition Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP). The following is a list of Bo District's representatives and affiliations: The population of Bo District

48-583: Is ethnically and culturally diverse, particularly in the city of Bo , Sierra Leone's second largest city. The Mende people form the largest ethnic group in Bo District at over 60 percent of the population. With Bo being the second largest city in Sierra Leone, trading , gold and diamond mining are major economic activities for the district; as well as agricultural production of rice growing, and coffee , cacao and oil palm . Bo District

60-399: Is home to 385 Primary Schools and 40 Secondary Schools. Bo Government Secondary School, commonly called Bo School is among the 40 secondary schools in Bo District. The school was founded in 1906 by Leslie Probyn to educate the children of Bo District. The school has a long history of developing the elite of Sierra Leone, especially the country's politicians . Bo District suffered badly at

72-474: Is mainly from the Mende ethnic group, though the city of Bo has a very ethnic diverse population. Bo District has its own directly elected local government called the District Council , and is where the executive and legislative authority is vested at the local level within Bo District. The Bo District Council is headed by a council chairman , who is an elected official and is responsible for

84-593: The World Bank sponsored the creation of elected local councils. Local notables, known as the Tribal Authority, elect paramount chiefs for life from among the ruling families in each chieftaincy recognised by the British administration in 1896. Some chieftaincies have several ruling families, and the differences among them in terms of economic progress has been subject to study in 2013. They found there

96-610: The 2017 local administrative reorganization, Bo District was made up of fifteen chiefdoms as the third level of administrative subdivision. After the 2017 local administrative reorganization, Bo District has made up of seventeen chiefdoms as the third level of administrative subdivision. Chiefdoms of Sierra Leone The chiefdoms of Sierra Leone are the third-level units of administration in Sierra Leone . There are 190 chiefdoms in Sierra Leone, as of 2017. Previously, there were 149. The paramount chiefs and

108-616: The country. Although aid agencies have had uninterrupted access to the district for five years because of its relative stability, most of the recovery efforts were concentrated in Bo Town leaving out the 8 sections in Kakua chiefdom as well as all the other 14 chiefdoms in the district. The major recovery needs according to sectoral priorities are as follows: road rehabilitation, education, water and sanitation, health, agriculture, restoration of local government structures, and shelter. Prior to

120-516: The general management of the district. The current council chairman of Bo District is Joseph Munda Bindi of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), following his election victory in the 2018 Sierra Leone local election. The city of Bo also has its own directly elected city council headed by a mayor . The current mayor of Bo is Harold Logie Tucker ; he is a member of the opposition Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP). Bo District

132-540: The hands of rebel forces during 1994–1995, and many major towns were almost entirely destroyed ( Tikonko and Bumpe , for example). However, since the ousting of the Junta in early 1998, Bo District has remained secure, due mainly to the strong presence of the Civil Defence Forces. As such, rather than suffering from displacement, Bo District has been the recipient of displaced persons from less secure parts of

SECTION 10

#1732776693440

144-547: The ruling families in the chiefdoms were recognised and empowered by the British colonial administration when it organised the Protectorate of Sierra Leone in 1896. Typically, chiefs have the power to "raise taxes, control the judicial system, and allocate land, the most important resource in rural areas." The hereditary paramount chiefs and their sub-chiefs were the sole local government in Sierra Leone until 2004, when

#439560