Sources from the Office of National Security and the Freetown City Council, have intimated this medium that government and its partners are set later today to make a very strong policy decision that will ensure that residents of Kroo Bay in the west of Freetown will not return again to the area in the wake of flooding that struck Freetown and other major areas on Friday after over six hours of torrential rains, leaving seven (7) people dead and property worth millions of Leones destroyed.
The disaster preparedness for the Friday flooding has revealed that a total of 5,318 people were affected and that the partners moved into certain communities immediately to supply food and that registration will start today to identify people affected and what kind of support they would need.
Office of National Security and other stakeholders have also disclosed that they also have the intention to supply non-food items today.
As citizens continue to gauge the response mechanism, this time around many have commended Freetown City Council, the Office of National Security and their partners for the way they have responded to the Friday disaster.
It was observed that the partners have established structures at community level to immediately respond to the disasters.
Kroo Bay has continued to be a very notable slum in the capital city, Freetown that is continuously affected by torrential rains every year affecting residents and property.
Governments in and out including those of the late Tejan Kabbah, Ernest Bai Koroma and several Non-Governmental Organizations, have provided support for the relocation of Kroo Bay, but many say the political will has been lacking towards this end.
The current government is very much determined, according to sources, to ensure that Kroo Bay remains history.
Even before this time, Freetown City Council Mitigation Plan has envisioned to relocate Kroo Bay in a much more organized way but government is set to move this community and would not wait for such a plan.