Mr. Francis Alieu Munu

- Mr. Francis Alieu Munu was appointed to his post on Friday 20th August 2010. Before his appointment, he was in- charge of Crime Services.
He hailed from Mateboi, Bombali District; he was born in 1957 to a humble couple. The young Francis Munu attended the District Council Primary School where he took the Selective Entrance Examination and emerged with flying colours. He later proceeded to the Kolenten Secondary School in Kambia , the Ahmadiyya Muslim Secondary School and the St. Edwards Secondary School in Freetown; where he took the General Certificate of Education Examination Ordinary level {G.C.E `O` Level} and the Advanced level Examination[`A` level] respectively

Mr Francis Munu was admitted to the Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone then known as the `Athens of West Africa` in 1979. He later graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. After a brief spell in the Civil Service, he enlisted into the Sierra Leone Police as Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police in 1984; and rose through the ranks to become the Chief Executive in the Sierra Leone Police.

He later proceeded to the African Centre for Crime Prevention Research and Studies in Cairo, where he read for the Certificate in Criminal Investigations and Evidence. He is also a graduate of the National Police Staff College in Bramshill, United Kingdom, where he read the Post Graduate Certificate in Criminal Justice and Police Administration. He also holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration {MBA} from the Institute of Public Administration and Management [IPAM]; University of Sierra Leone. www.police.gov.sl

Brima Archa Kamara was the former Inspector General of Sierra Leone Police

Sierra Leone Police

The Sierra Leone Police locally known as Salone Police is the national police force of the Republic of Sierra Leone, responsible for law enforcement and crime investigation throughout Sierra Leone...

 (SLP), The professional head of the Sierra Leone Police forces who is appointed by the president of Sierra Leone

President of Sierra Leone

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. He was appointed to the position by former president Ahmad Tejan Kabbah

Ahmad Tejan Kabbah

Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah served as President of Sierra Leone from 1996 to 1997 and again from 1998 to 2007.He worked for the United Nations Development Programme and returned to Sierra Leone in 1992...

. Kamara is a member of the Limba

Limba people (Sierra Leone)

The Limba people is a major ethnic group in the Republic of Sierra Leone. They form the third largest ethnic group in the country, about 8.5% of Sierra Leone's total population ....

 ethnic group

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. Kamara also has relation to the town Kamabai

Kamabai

Kamabai is a town in Bombali District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone, with a population of 11,842 in the 2004 census . The town is about 26 miles northeast of Makeni...

 situated in the Northern Province

Northern Province, Sierra Leone

The Northern Province is one of the four provincial divisions of Sierra Leone. It comprises five Districts and covers an area of 35,936 km² and with a population of 1,718,240 . Its administrative and economic center is Makeni...

 of Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...

, 15 miles away from the capital of Bombali, Makeni

Makeni

Makeni is the largest city in the Nortern Province of Sierra Leone and the fifth largest city in Sierra Leone. The city is the capital of Bombali District and had a population of 80,840 in the 2004 census and a current estimate of 105,900...

 as well as Mabokeni and Binkolo

Binkolo

Binkolo is a rural town in Bombali District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. Binkolo is home to an estimated 13,867 residents . The majority of the population are from the Limba ethnic group. The town is the birthplace of Sierra Loene's second President, Joseph Saidu Momoh....

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