… Seasoned SLPP Journalist Outlines Qualities of Musa Tarawally
Hon. Alhaji Musa Tarawally hails from Moyamba District in the Southern Region of Sierra Leone. He had a Mandingo father and a Mende mother. He is a renowned politician and a successful businessman. He is a close political ally of President Bio.
Alhaji Musa Tarawally served as Member of Parliament for Moyamba District under the SLPP. He served as District Chairman of the SLPP in Moyamba District.
He served as Resident Minister South, Minister of Internal Affairs and Minister of Lands, Country Planning and the Environment in the administration of former President Ernest Bai Koroma.
Hon. Alhaji Musa Tarawally contested the Presidential elections in 2018. In the run-off election that year, he openly backed the candidacy of Brig. (Rtd) Julius Maada Bio of the SLPP.
In 2005, Hon. Musa Tarawally championed Brig (Rtd) Julius Maada Bio’s Presidential bid at the SLPP National Delegates’ Conference in Makeni. He lost his Parliamentary symbol for Moyamba District because of his open support for Brig. (Rtd) Julius Maada Bio in Makeni in 2005.
Since the end of the 2023 elections, Hon. Musa Tarawally has been organizing and building formidable teams ahead of the 2028 elections. His main determination is to unite the SLPP, empower party women at grassroots level, bring the country together and make the SLPP easily re-electable in 2028.
Hon. Musa Tarawally has a chain of business interests in the West African sub-region. He has put together formidable teams across the country to preach reconciliation within the SLPP.
Hon. Musa Tarawally’s ancestral root runs from Moyamba, Kailahun, kono, Bombali, Kabala and Kambia. “He is a philanthropist, a caring man and above all, a deeply thoughtful politician,” seasoned SLPP journalist, Sorie Fofanah affirmed.
