BY Jonathan Hindolo Kurabu Esq.
Legal practitioners in Sierra Leone deemed eligible to vote and be voted for in the upcoming Sierra Leone Bar Association (SLBA) elections at Lungi is once again in the spotlight as eligible voters are set to cast their votes for the various executive positions of the Association.
Tuma Adama Gento- Kamara Esq, a decorated Legal Practitioner, Managing Partner, Jabbie & Associates, with an enviable 12 years plus post call standing, has successfully in her first term in office as the elected President of the Sierra Leone Bar Association, exemplified and showcased who a true leader is and; has without prejudice to the sustained legacies and strides of her predecessors, positioned the Sierra Leone Bar Association as a pathfinder of reforms, aide to national development, leadership and growth; and has raised the Bar to the apogee of excellence and professionalism.
Her trailblazing and laudable achievements are enormous but for the ease of records, Tuma Adama Gento-Kamara Esq. has created plethora of opportunities aimed at empowering legal practitioners across the aisles, fostered collaboration with a desire to elevate the Bar that is public centered, championed demonstrable strides seeking to advocate for the rights and welfare of legal practitioners and without more, advocated for plausible reforms that seek to uphold integrity and accountability of the Bar Association.
The Sierra Leone Bar Association is the oldest ‘’legal’’ Association in West Africa. It has served as a bastion of hope and training ground for legal practitioners in Africa and Europe.
It requires an astute and focused driven leadership which can better be harnessed with the Re-election of Tuma Adama Gento-Kamara Esq.
For the penultimate choice of the Presidency of the Sierra Leone Bar Association, Tuma Adama Gento-Kamara Esq. is the answer.