Former Presidential Spokesman, Septimus Kaikai Passes Away in United States

Former Presidential Spokesman, Former Minister of Information and Chair of the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC), Professor Septimus Moiwo Kaikai has reportedly passed away in the United States.

Family sources confirmed the death of Professor Septimus Kaikai, in the U.S. today December 2, 2022.

Prof. Kaikai 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’s second term in office.

In 2010, Kaikai was appointed as the first chairman of the board of trustees for Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) by President Ernest Bai Koroma.

Prof. 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.