Sorie Sulaiman Sesay addressing supporters at a campaign rally

Sierra Leone

I do not come with a wish-list to win an election.I come with a plan to govern.

Sorie Sulaiman Sesay — a development economist with two decades of national delivery, for a Livable, Workable and Affordable Sierra Leone.

Portrait of Sorie Sulaiman Sesay in a navy suit

Programmes led · by value

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US$71.8m
SCADeP
World Bank & DFID · 2016–25
US$50m
RPSDP
World Bank · 2010–15
US$23m
WAAPP-SL
World Bank, Japan PHRD, ECOWAS · 2012–17
US$10m
LGDG
World Bank IRCBP · 2005–09

22+ years in public-sector economics and development (2004–present), spanning three successive governments.

Livable · Workable · Affordable

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01

Livable

Can a family live with dignity? National cohesion above region and party, justice within reach of every citizen, a public service that works, a health system that works when it is needed, and communities upgraded in place.

02

Workable

Can a family earn a living? Agriculture financed across the whole value chain, territorial waters reclaimed for our fishers, mining that transfers skills and local content, financing for small business, power for industry, and corridors that connect farms and mines to markets.

03

Affordable

Can a family afford to live? Food produced and moved better, money defended honestly, a lifeline electricity tariff, cheaper transport, incremental housing finance, and a health equity fund for the poorest citizens.

Why I'm running

Leadership must deliver

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For more than two decades, I have worked inside Sierra Leone's development system — not observing it from a podium, but building it from within: designing the grants that reached local councils, coordinating the programmes that put feeder roads through fifteen districts, and helping smallholder farmers turn their harvests into income. I have seen, up close, what good implementation looks like, and what happens when it is missing.

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Achievement

US$42m of SCADeP delivered into roads and bridges

More than half a US$71.8m programme committed to the infrastructure that moves harvests to market.

Essay

Sierra Leone Cannot Import Food Security

Produce well. Move it better. Widen the plate. Protect the vulnerable.

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Principle

Good intentions are not enough.

Five principles behind the way this campaign — and a government — should work.

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