Septimus Kaikai (born in Kailahun,

Kailahun District Kailahun District is a district in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. Its capital city, capital and largest city is the town of Kailahun. The second most populous city in the district is Segbwema. Other major towns in Kailahun District inclu ...

) is a retired

Sierra Leonean Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra ...

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and academic. He served as Presidential spokesman between 1997 and 2002, and as Minister of Information and Broadcasting from 2002 to 2007 in former president

Ahmad Tejan Kabbah Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (February 16, 1932 – March 13, 2014) was a Sierra Leonean politician who served twice as the 3rd President of Sierra Leone, from 1996 to 1997 and again from 1998 to 2007. An economist and attorney by profession, Ka ...

's second term in office. Kaikai is a member of the Mende ethnic group and a native of

in Eastern Sierra Leone. In 2010, Kaikai was appointed as the first chairman of the board of trustees for

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(SLBC) by President Ernest Bai Koroma. Kaikai studied at Towson University. He taught business at Catonsville Community College as a tenured Economics professor before returning suddenly to Sierra Leone in 1998. He has a brother, Alpha Y. Kaikai, who is on the faculty of Catonsville Community College.

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