{"id":5930,"date":"2025-09-17T07:26:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T07:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kcc.gov.sl\/?page_id=5930"},"modified":"2025-09-29T01:16:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T01:16:34","slug":"deputy-mayor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kcc.gov.sl\/index.php\/deputy-mayor\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputy Mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5930\" class=\"elementor elementor-5930\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67c0336 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"67c0336\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6126f97 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6126f97\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b2557b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9b2557b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rugiatu Sulaimani Koroma is the Deputy Mayor of Kenema City Council, a city with a population of over 255,110 inhabitants.<\/p><p>Her leadership journey began with her service as District Chairlady of the Kenema District Football Association, a position she held for nine (9) years. During this period, she demonstrated strong organizational and leadership skills, and it was there that her interest in national politics began to grow.<\/p><p>On 23rd June 2018, she was elected Deputy Mayor of Kenema City Council through Sierra Leone\u2019s national local council elections. In recognition of her commitment and service, she was re-elected in the 2023 national elections, making her the first Deputy Mayor in Sierra Leone to have won two consecutive terms, serving a total of ten (10) years since the re-establishment of local councils in the country.<\/p><p>The Deputy Mayor Koroma is widely regarded as a dedicated social figure, known for her leadership qualities and deep commitment to community development.<\/p><p>Academically, she holds a\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">GCSE O-Level Certificate from\u00a0<strong>Njaama Secondary School, Kono,<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0in 1988. <\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75aa4ee e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"75aa4ee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-453831e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"453831e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"1020\" src=\"https:\/\/kcc.gov.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dmayor1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6045\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kcc.gov.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dmayor1.jpg 765w, https:\/\/kcc.gov.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dmayor1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/kcc.gov.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dmayor1-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/kcc.gov.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dmayor1-420x560.jpg 420w, https:\/\/kcc.gov.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dmayor1-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ebc525 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ebc525\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fab0f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5fab0f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Deputy Mayor Contact and Working Hours<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb5ead1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cb5ead1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5670b7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5670b7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong>Office Address:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 <strong>7 Maada Bio Street, Kenema City- Kenema District<\/strong><\/p><p><em><strong>Phone No:<\/strong><\/em> + 232 76 531349<\/p><p><em><strong>Email Address:<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Nunito Sans',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #202b5d;\">Opening Hours: <\/span><\/em>Mon \u2013 Fri: 8:00 am \u2013 4:45 pm<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rugiatu Sulaimani Koroma is the Deputy Mayor of Kenema City Council, a city with a population of over 255,110 inhabitants. Her leadership journey began with her service as District Chairlady of the Kenema District Football Association, a position she held for nine (9) years. During this period, she demonstrated strong organizational and leadership skills, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5930","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"campaignId":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.gov.sl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.gov.sl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.gov.sl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.gov.sl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.gov.sl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5930"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.gov.sl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6048,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.gov.sl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5930\/revisions\/6048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.gov.sl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}