Grave Concerns over Government’s Perceived Grip on Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) and Sierra Leone Bar Association (SLBA) By Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara, Esq. The Government has handed SLAJ NLe 2.5 million for 2025 and the Bar Association NLe 1.5 million. A first. And a troubling precedent. While supporting democratic institutions is defensible in theory, government subvention to both bodies carries an undeniable risk, the erosion o…
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