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Hon. Engineer Fallah Kenawaeh Tengbeh from Kailahun District has written to officially inform the Government of Sierra Leone, led by His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio, about the cartographic mapping carried out by Guineans on Sierra Leonean Villages along the Makona River Basin.
 
According to Hon. Ing. Fallah K. Tengbeh, "During my stay in Koindu for the holidays, Kissi Teng Chiefdom, Kailahun District, I was inundated with calls by various Town Chiefs along the Makona River Basin on the Sierra Leonean side, on the above subject matter, complaining the recent behaviour of the
Guineans that forcefully carried out Cartographic Mapping in their Villages."
 
The Member of Parliament disclosed that "Further to these complaints, the Guinean youth leader of Nongoa Guinea crossed into Sierra Leone, informing me that they want to drill solar powered boreholes and provide medication for the said affected Sierra Leonean Villages."
 
Hon. Ing. Fallah Tengbeh asserted that as the people's representative, "it is my belief that the recent move by age Guineans crossing the Moa river into Sierra Leone, and carried out illegal Cartographic mapping, is meant to be added to the map of Guinea."
 
The MP disclosed that the exercise was carried out a few days to the new year of 2025 and that during the process, "our people were forced to register both themselves, properties, and other assets. The people rejected, but they went ahead."
 
The affected villages, according to Hon. Ing. Fallah Tengbeh, include Yenga, which has been seized by Guineans during the war years, Fendu, Kpemalo, Sokoma, Kpongoma, Payluang, among other villages along the Makona River Bank.
 
The MP, therefore, made the following recommendations:
1. The Government of Sierra Leone should verify the information via the above-mentioned Town Chiefs through the Guinea-Sierra Leone boundary commission and the Office of the National Security.
2. The Government of Sierra Leone should take proactive action with the view to protect the citizens living along the Makona River Basin.
3. Establish a military battalion in Koindu, Kissi Teng, with a view to monitor and protect our border with both Guinea and Liberia.
4. Providing military border patrol bikes and vehicles will help provide assurances to the people and mitigate the continuous threat posed by Guineans.

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