By Ragan M Conteh
At the just concluded Section Chieftaincy elections, the Kamara ruling house, won the posts by a landslide margain.
Lamin Soko Kamara, who is fondly called LSK, emerged the winner of The Rokupr Section Chieftaincy elections conducted recently.
Just after the announcement of the results, Chief elect, Lamin Soko Kamara, revealed his plans for his section and which include:
Setting a road map that will uphold and preserve traditional culture and sacred norms and values.
Chief Soko said he would preserve the institution through crowning principal assistants for the smooth running of the administration of the chieftaincy .
The soft spoken Chief maintained that he wiould create an Elders’ Council charged with the responsibility to provide advice and to play key roles in the administration of the section governance.
He said he would set up Section Development Council which shall be consisting broad based interest groups.
He also maintained that he plans to set up technical Committees that will enhance development interventions in the section.
Chief Soko Kamara said he would set up a development adovocacy network which will make assessments and findings on the status of Sierra Leone Agricultural Reseach Institute (SLARI).
He said the committee would serve as an interface by thepeople and with government on the status of SLARI and wether it is benefitting Rokupr community and the country at large.
He maintained that he would be ensuring that a Section Trust be created for micro projects like the construction of a sacred cemetery for all traditional chiefs.
“My administration will concentrate on economic boom through setting up of economic technical board to organize women and other interest groups into formidable organizations, to cooperate with financial organizations to attract funding and lending opportunities.
“I will revive community public works on our feeder roads and subsequent naming of streets and addresses in collaboration with Kambia District Council.”
“To build a strong collaboration and network with local government and government institutions and agencies among others for development and good governance”
“I will extend continued fraternal respect through deepen external and mutual relationships with the Chiefdom, other sister chiefdoms , districts and the country at large, promoting of youth participation in governance and zero tolerance to drug and substance abuse”.
“I will intensify campaigns against users and peddlers of these drugs [ kush drugs] to discontinue this harmful drug which is now a killer of our future leaders.”
He said he would strengthen collaboration on the promotion of human capital development, health and agriculture.
“ I shall set up a Section Inter- Religious Ciuncil charged with all religious affairs of the Section, revitalizing Rokupr as once the commercial hub and sea transportation link, developing commercial best practices to attract trade development as an international trade center for traders and businesses,” he assured