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Presenter: Hello listeners
and welcome to another edition of Youth Corner
coming to you from Voice of Youth radio and
the station you are currently listening to.
I am you host Ramata Fafanah.
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Ramata Fafanah (VoY): In
today's edition, Youth Corner paid a visit to
one of the oldest and historical markets in
the country. This market is located in the central
part of Freetown, close to the central police
station and the Caughnaut Hospital. The King
Jimmy Market was very popular during the colonial
period of slave trade. Presently, this market
is being used to sell all sorts of goods. Stay
with us for the next 15 minutes as we have lots
of information and a short, but interesting,
skit for you. The King Jimmy Market is usually
busy on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Our
reporter Lansana Ansuma spoke to Yenor Conteh,
a fishmonger at the King Jimmy market.
Yenor
Conteh: My name is Yenor Conteh and I
am a fishmonger here at the King Jimmy Market.
Lansana
Ansuma (VoY): What are some of the problems
encountered by your customers?
Yenor
Conteh: Well, they are complaining that
the market is not in good order and that goods
are very expensive.
Lansana
Ansuma (VoY): I have come to understand
that you are asked to pay the sum of fifty leones.
What are you paying for?
Yenor
Conteh: We are paying for coming into
to the wharf. That is gate fee.
Lansana
Ansuma (VoY): What are the authorities
doing with the money, for the development of
the market?
Yenor
Conteh: We do not know what they are
using the money for. Because they are not cleaning
the market, we pay young boys to do the cleaning.
Lansana
Ansuma (VoY): Are your customers satisfied
with the market?
Yenor
Conteh: They normally complain about
the filth. The market is very filthy but we
don't know what to do as we are paying are dues
and also pay to enter the market.
Lansana
Ansuma (VoY): What is your general opinion
about life in the country?
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Yenor Conteh: Life is very difficult.
Things are hard everywhere. We are appealing
to the government to help us; even what to eat
or send our children to school is a problem.
Ramata
Fafanah (VoY): That was our reporter
Lansana Ansuma. You are listening to Youth Corner
coming to you from Voice of Youth radio. Still
on the King Jimmy Market, our reporter Ajaratu
Conteh spoke with a young man selling used clothes.
Abubakar:
My name is Abubakar and I sell used clothes
here at the King Jimmy Market.
Ajaratu
Conteh (VoY): For how long have you been
in this business?
Abubakar:
I have been on this business for a very long
time now. We usually buy in the shop and sell
on retail.
Ajaratu
Conteh (VoY): Where you are doing your
business is very filthy, why?
Abubakar:
Sometimes we pay, but the people concerned are
not doing their job.
Ramata
Fafanah (VoY): That was a young used
clothing trader at King Jimmy Market, Abubakar.
It is now time to relax and enjoy this song
King Jimmy by Patricia and the Afro National
band. Don't forget you are still listening to
Youth Corner from Voice of Youth Radio.
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Ramata
Fafanah (VoY): That was King Jimmy, I
hope you enjoyed the song. It is now time for
our Market Analysis by Salifu Koroma.
Salifu
Koroma (VoY): Welcome to our market analysis.
Today we will take a look at one of the busiest
markets in town, that is the King Jimmy market.
I will start with rice, which is our staple
food. The cost per half bag is Leone (Le) 35,000,
big bag - Le 68,000 while rice per cup is sold
at different prices. Groundnut bag goes for
Le 60,000, while a cup is sold at Le 500. A
bag of onions is sold at Le 65,000, while prices
varies according to size. Oil per gallon costs
Le 63,000, and the pint is 1,000. Palm oil per
gallon costs Le 45,000, with a pint going for
Le 900. White Maggi per packet is sold at Le
7,500. A bag of pepper is sold at Le 1,000,000
and foo foo costs Le 50,000. That is all for
today's Market Analysis.
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Ramata Fafanah (VoY): That was our Market
Analysis with Salifu Koroma. Let's listen to
this short local sketch which is all about filth.
Skit:
Trader, voice 1:
Cassava bread for sale
Schoolboy:
I need some bread. What is the cost?
Trader:
Two hundred leones for three.
Schoolboy:
Just a minute, this place is very filthy. I
don't think I need the bread any longer. This
place should be as clean as possible because
your food is not washable.
Trader:
What are you saying? Am I the government to
clean the city?
Schoolboy:
Man, what! Young lady, you are part of the Government,
you don't have to wait until somebody comes
to clean where you are selling your foodstuff.
Trader:
Please go your way, I am paying for this place
to be cleaned.
Schoolboy:
Please let me have my money. In fact, I will
advise my friends not to buy food where there
are lots of filth. Man, my dear you have to
clean or else you people will have disease through
your food.
Ramata
Fafanah (VoY): Listeners, we are still
at the King Jimmy Market and our reporter Alarini
Bah spoke with a trader from Lungi.
Shebora
Kamara: My name is Shebora Kamara and
I came all the way from Lungi to sell Palm oil
here.
Alarini
Bah (VoY): How is business at the moment?
Shebora
Kamara: Business is not encouraging as
the fuel price is just going up.
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Alarini
Bah (VoY): How is life in the country?
Shebora Kamara: It is not encouraging as the
prices of food stuff and other commodities are
escalating due to the fuel increment. We don't
have enough to eat and the cost of a bag of
rice is close to Le 70,000.
Alarini
Bah (VoY): Have you any idea about the
Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP)?
Shebora
Kamara: I don't have any idea and I haven't
heard about it.
Ramata
Fafanah (VoY): That was Alarini Bah and
Shebora Kamara a palm oil trader at the King
Jimmy market. Young people usually help their
parents to trade on holidays. Mohamed Musa Sesay
caught up with a student by the name of Hawanatu
Kargbo at the King Jimmy market.
Hawanatu
Kargbo: I am selling plates and spoons
Mohamed
Musa Sesay (VoY): How is the business
going?
Hawanatu
Kargbo: Prices in this market are not
stable as commodities are shooting up everyday.
Mohamed
Musa Sesay (VoY): What are you suggesting
in the area of cleaning?
Hawanatu
Kargbo: I think they should continue
to clean since we are paying our dues.
Mohamed
Musa Sesay (VoY): How long have you been
selling here?
Hawanatu
Kargbo: I usually come here when schools
are on vacation, but go back to school as soon
as we resume classes.
Mohamed
Musa Sesay (VoY): As a student how do
you cope with studying?
Hawanatu
Kargbo: I don't normally study during
the week, since I am always tired, I study on
Sundays.
Mohamed
Musa Sesay (VoY): What are some of the
common crimes committed here?
Hawanatu
Kargbo: Stealing and fighting are very
common here among young people.
Ramata
Fafanah (VoY): That was Mohamed Musa
Sesay and Hawanatu Kargbo. With that we say
goodbye on today's programme. Thanks to my Producer
Salifu Koroma, my engineer Alarini Bah and to
you all for listening. Till then I have been
your host Ramata Fofanah.
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