Samuel Kallon 
The Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL), on Tuesday 18th March 2025, declared Paramount Chief Alhaji Musa Bamba Foray Kulio Jalloh III of Sambaia Chiefdom as Paramount Chief and Member of Parliament for Tonkolili District.
The District was without a Paramount Chief representative in the House of Parliament following the death of PC Alhaji Masakama Kanamanka III, the former Paramount Chief Member of Parliament, in November 2024.
“In the exercise of its powers conferred upon it by Sections 33, 72, and 74 (1) (a) of the 1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone, (Act No 6 of 1991), and under Sections 98 to 101 of the Public Elections Act, 2022, the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone completed nominations for the conduct of Paramount Chief Member of Parliament bye-elections on Thursday 20th February – Friday 21st February 2025 in Tonkolili District, Northern region,” ECSL notice reads.
After the closing of the nominations, PC Bai Kafari Haja Mama II of Tane Chiefdom and Hon. PC Alhaji Musa Bamba Foray Kulio Jalloh III of Sambaia Chiefdom was able to sail through the process successfully.
However, the other candidate, PC Bai Kafari Haja Mama II of Tane Chiefdom, later withdrew from the process through a letter he officially tendered to the Commission.
PC Kafari’s withdrawal letter left the former lawmaker PC Bamba Foray Jalloh, the only candidate contesting for the Paramount Chief Member of Parliament for Tonkolili District.
ECSL therefore declared the Paramount Chief of Sambaia Chiefdom PCMP of Tonkolili District replacing the late PC Kanamanka III of blessed memory.
ECSL Electoral declared then PC Alhaji Musa Bamba Foray Kulio Jalloh III, as the duly elected Paramount Chief Member of Parliament for Tonkolili District.
PC Kulio Jalloh was a member of Parliament from Tonkolili District under the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) until his controversial elections as Sambaia Chiefdom Paramount Chief later on.
Recently, Jalloh was endorsed by colleague Paramount Chiefs to replace the former PCMP in that district.
