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Barely days after the Ministry of Trade fixed new cement prices to ease the burden on struggling Sierra Leoneans, traders across the country continue to defy the directive and sell at inflated rates. Imported cement still hovers around Le225 while local cement is sold at about Le215, openly ignoring government regulations.
The growing defiance is now raising serious questions about state authority, regulatory enforcement, and who truly controls the market. For thousands of citizens battling hardship, rising food prices, unemployment, and an unbearable cost of living, the continued overpricing of cement is crippling housing projects, construction works, and national development efforts.
Critics warn that if traders can openly ignore government policies without consequences, it risks creating a dangerous culture where laws exist only on paper while profiteers exploit ordinary citizens with impunity.
11/05/2026
In July last year, Hon.. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkellah- the Chairman of the Presidential Initiative on Energy and Food Security, promised an electricity revolution with over 250 megawatts of power by 2026. But today, Sierra Leoneans say they are living under “250 megawatts of blackout.” From Freetown to the provinces, homes, businesses and hospitals remain trapped in suffocating darkness as frustration boils nationwide. With blackouts worsening daily despite millions spent on the energy sector, citizens are now demanding answers: Where is Karpowership?
11/05/2026
OVER 250 MEGAWATTS BLACKOUT!
What was promised as an electricity revolution has now turned into a nationwide darkness crisis. From Freetown to the provinces, homes, businesses and hospitals are trapped in unbearable blackouts while citizens demand answers: Where is Karpowership? Despite millions spent and repeated government assurances, Sierra Leoneans say they are seeing more darkness than electricity. Businesses are collapsing, students study under candles, and frustration is boiling across the country as the much-promised power supply appears to have vanished into thin air.
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