By Samuel Tengbeh
The people of Kissy Dockyard community are presently in a very confused state and dilemma, because the protest  made by them, to relocate the City’s dumpsite, has met a stumbling block.
The stumbling  block comes from the side of the Government; as  the Armed Forces, through the Ministry of Defence,   are still delaying in giving   a new  portion of land for their military training area  to be used as a new dumpsite.
The people of Kissy Dockyard,  who have suffered a lot because of the presence of this dumpsite, came together  and called on the authorities, concerned, to relocate the dumpsite.
According to the people, the presence of the dumpsite  has created a lot of suffering  for them who live  around the dumpsite. They even  explained certain   health problems, like lung infections and cancer,  which   have led to some fatalities.
The community  stakeholders have written a letter of protest to the Freetown City Council, the Ministry of Local Government and some other stakeholders for the relocation  of the dumpsite. This letter is also in the possession of this medium; we have not published  it, in this publication, for some obvious reasons.
However the Freetown City Council, when talking to this medium, did confirm receiving the letter and also sympatised  with the community for their suffering.
Talking to Mr. Alfred Kanu,  who is the senior   Supervisor of Sanitary and Health for the Department  of the Environment in the Freetown City Council , he said they are also feeling the plight of the people.
He said they are also aware of the hazardous situation that the people always endure.  He cited things like  the burning of methane, which bi-product is very dangerous and can cause greater harm to humans
Mr. Kanu ended by saying that the issue is no longer in their hands but  the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces, who are to just locate the land from their training area for the process of relocation of the dumpsite to begin.