Our Team
Shahid M. Korjie
Coordinator
At the Justice Sector Coordination Office, Shahid provides overall technical leadership and direction to inform policy and drive the reform agenda in the justice sector. Part of his role includes engendering political commitment and facilitating support for the coordination, development and implementation of the Government of Sierra Leone’s Justice Sector Reform Strategies. He spearheads the justice sector reform initiatives and actively solicits the requisite resources to fund these initiatives in the sector.
Since joining the justice sector in 2017, Shahid has participated and represented the sector in various international forums. He participated in the development and launch of the World Justice Forum Report in The Hague and Argentina. Shahid has also worked extensively on the UN Sustainable Development Goal 16, coordinating the Voluntary National Review (VNR) for SDG 16 and also participating at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New York. He Chairs the Child Justice Working Group that provides strategic advocacy in advancing child protection and child justice issues. He has worked on access to justice initiatives with the International Development Law Organisation and with the Pathfinders for Peace, Just and Inclusive Societies; a group of 38 UN member states, international organisations, global partnerships, civil societies and the private sector that work to accelerate action to implement the SDG targets.
Shahid is a founding member of the Justice Action Coalition, a high-ambition coalition to close the global justice gap and achieve SDG16.3. He represents Sierra Leone on the Board of the Coalition alongside Germany, The Netherlands, U.S.A and Canada.
Recently, Shahid successfully led and coordinated efforts to review the country’s Criminal Procedure Act, 1965, a process that began more than 20 years ago. This effort led to the passing by Parliament, of a new Criminal Procedure Act, 2024, a progressive legislation that seeks to reform the country’s criminal justice processes and procedures.
Shahid is a Commonwealth scholar and attended one of the United Kingdom’s most prestigious business schools; the Manchester Business School, the University of Manchester, where he obtained a Master’s degree in Finance and Economics (2006-2008). At Fourah Bay College, the University of Sierra Leone, Shahid studied and obtained a First-Class Bachelor of Economics degree (with Honours) in 2004. He has over 15 years’ work experience in the Private, Public and Justice Sectors with expertise in Policy Development, Legal Research, Justice and Public Sector Governance and Business Finance.
Prior to him joining the Justice Sector Coordination Office, Shahid served as the Head of Programmes, Public Sector Reform Unit (PSRU), in the Office of the President, where he was responsible for coordinating and facilitating the implementation of initiatives of Public Sector Reform Programmes. At the PSRU, he also managed a US$ 17 million World Bank funded Pay and Performance Project for Sierra Leone, a project geared towards improving competitiveness in pay, performance management and accountability, and increase recruitment of middle and senior staff in Sierra Leone’s Civil Service. He has also served as the Group Head, Corporate Banking Division, Guaranty Trust Bank (SL) Limited and also worked at the National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT) as a Research Officer.
Joseph Momoh Conteh
ICT Manager
Joseph leads the JSCO’s ICT and provides support for the development and implementation of the Government’s Justice Sector Reform Strategy, working closely with all justice Sector Ministries, Departments and Agencies, development partners and CSOs.
As ICT Manager, he procures and manages software, hardware, project management and infrastructure.
Joseph has a Master’s degree in Business Administration focused on Operational Management from Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth University in India, a Master’s in Public Administration from Sun Yat-Sen University in China, and a Master’s in Business Administration specialising in Management Information Systems from Unicaf University in Zambia.
Mr. Conteh possesses vast knowledge and expertise in managing high-value procurement projects, tracking and reporting frameworks and building strong stakeholder relations. These have been valuable to the JSCO.
Sheriff Kamara
Senior Programmes Officer
Sheriff assists the Coordination Office in facilitating the development and supporting the implementation of the Justice Sector Reform Strategy.
Sheriff has gained extensive knowledge through various professional trainings in program implementation and justice sector reforms. He also serves as the technical focal point for the JSCO in several inter-agency technical working committees. These include the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), Voluntary National Reporting (VNR), Agenda 2063, and the Medium-Term National Development Plans. His involvement ensures that the JSCO and the wider Justice Sector institution’s initiatives are aligned with national and international standards and frameworks.
Sheriff holds a Bachelor’s degree in Development Economics from UNIMTECH.
Saio Kemoh
Administrative Manager
Ms Kemoh is responsible for managing and optimising the administrative processes, procedures and resources of the JSCO, ensuring the smooth functioning of the day-to-day operations of the office. She provides administrative support to facilitate the attainment of the goals of the Coordination Office.
Ms. Kemoh holds a Bachelor’s degree in History and Political Science from Fourah Bay College, the University of Sierra Leone in 2019.
Luseni Fofana
Programmes Officer
Mr. Fofana main role is to support the Coordinator in the development of, and implementation of the Government of Sierra Leone’s Justice Sector Reform Strategy.
Before his employment at the JSCO, he served as a marketing officer, transport and distribution supervisor and assistant distribution manager at the Sierra Leone Bottling Company Limited (Coca-Cola).
Mr. Fofana obtained a Bachelor of Science degree with Honours from the Institute of Public Management and Administration (IPAM) in 2018 and Msc information Systems & Project Management from Njala University in 2023.
Sonny Gilbert
M&E Officer
Sonny provides support in the development, implementation, monitoring and reporting on the Government’s Justice Sector Reform Strategy.
He works closely with other Justice Sector Ministries, Departments and Agencies and other stakeholders to coordinate and support all data collection and reporting arrangements on progress.
Gilbert obtained a Bachelor of Science degree with Honours in Business and Information Technology at Njala University. He has successfully completed a Master of Science in Information Systems, specialising in Project Management from Njala University.
Lydia Hastings-Spaine
Programmes Officer
Lydia’s main role as a Programmes Officer is to support the Coordinator in the development of and implementation of the Government’s Justice Sector Reform Strategy.
Prior to joining the JSCO she worked as the Executive Secretary to the Commissioner, ACC, with the responsibility to oversee the administrative operations of the office and perform full range of administrative research and analytical duties to ensure its effective, smooth and timely operations. She also served as the Confidential Secretary in the Office of the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice.
Mousa Kai-Samba
Communications Officer
Mr. Kai-Samba’s main role is to support the coordination, development, implementation and monitoring of the justice sector’s communications, public relations and outreach plans in line with the Government of Sierra Leone’s Justice Sector Reform Strategy.
Mousa Kai-Samba is a Legal Practitioner who obtained his LL.B from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone and his Bar Licence from the Sierra Leone Law School in 2023.
He served as Data Entry Clerk in 2021 at the Justice Sector Coordination Office (JSCO) in which his scope of work includes but not limited to report writing taking minutes during meetings and more. He has also assisted in coordinating and formulating government policies amongst justice institutions including the Sierra Leone Correctional Services, the Independent Police Complaint Board, Human Rights Commission for Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone Police to name a few.
Fatmata Kula Sowa
Programmes Officer
Part of Kula’s role is to assist in facilitating dialogue and collaboration with key justice sector stakeholders including development partners. She serves as a focal person for mainstreaming gender and women’s issues in the planning and development of justice sector initiatives.
Kula graduated from Fourah Bay College, the University of Sierra Leone in 2021 with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Commerce.
Sahib Alfred Bah
Accountant
Sahib provides financial planning, budgeting and reporting to support the implementation of the Justice Sector Reform Strategy.
With over 13 years of financial management and reporting, he has previous work experiences with VISTA Bank Sierra Leone Limited, Sigodi Marah Martin:Development & Engineering Consultants in South Africa and the Accountant General’s Department, Ministry of Finance.
Sahib is a Certified Accounting Technician with the ACCA and a Certified Financial Accounting graduate with the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers South Africa.
Sarah Mummykay Kamara
Assistant Programmes Officer
Sarah assists the programme team with the conceptualising and development of project proposals to support policy reforms and institutional capacity building in the justice sector. She also serves as a focal person for mainstreaming gender and women’s issues in the planning and development of justice sector initiatives.
Sarah had worked for Save the Children as an Advocate, and the Centre for Coordination of Youth Activities as a Communication Officer.
She has a Diploma in Digital Media, Advertising and Broadcasting from the Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (2023), Freetown, Sierra Leone.