President Ellen Johnson- Sirleaf has reappointed Madam Mary T. Broh as Monrovia City Mayor, pending confirmation by the Liberian Senate when applicable. Madam Broh is widely referred to as "General" Broh because of her fearless stance in carrying out any task given her by President Johnson-Sirleaf.
President Johnson-Sirleaf's decision concerning the reappointment of "General" Broh was contained in an official communication addressed to the Liberian Senate. The President communication was read during the 45th day sitting of the second session on Tuesday, July 9, 2013.
The plenary of the Liberian senate accepted the President communication and subsequently sent it to the relevant committee for action. The plenary of the Liberian senate is the highest decision making of the Upper House.
It can be recalled that on March 1, 2013, Madam Broh tendered in her resignation as Monrovia City acting mayor days after the President suspended her (Broh) and former Montserrado County Superintendent Madam Grace T. Kpan.
President Johnson-Sirleaf's action stemmed from a communication from members of the House of Representatives regarding Madam Broh's role played in preventing the incarceration of Madam Kpan at the Monrovia Central Prison.
In their communication, members of the House described Madam Kpan and Broh as "non-governmental materials" and asked the President to dismiss them.
The plenary of the House, which is the highest decision body of the Lower House, had ordered Madam Kpan jailed for her alleged failure to implement its mandate, including the payment of scholarship fees for students on the Montserrado County scholarship program.
The reappointment of "General" Broh comes in the wake of incessant reports concerning what has been described as the appalling, unhealthy, worrisome sanitary conditions of Monrovia and its environs. Several parts of Monrovia and its surrounding, according to an exclusive sanitation investigation conducted by the WASH Reporters & Editors Network of Liberia, are filthy with no sign of efforts shown to remove the stockpile of garbage. The continued sanitation crisis even claimed the attention of the lawmakers. There are others reports that Madam Broh's reappointment is triggered by the growing sanitation crisis, as she is noted for dealing robustly with such problem. But the Heritage has not independently verified the reports.
Meanwhile, other names sent to the Liberian Senate for confirmation when applicable include: Rebecca Benson, City Mayor Tubmanburg, Bomi County, Esther Worgley City Mayor Gbarnga, Bong County; Miatta Tarnue City Mayor Bopolu, Gparpolu, Julia Bono, City Mayor Buchanan, Grand Bassa County, James Kiazolu City Mayor Robertsport, Grand Cape Mount County, Retha W. Kai City Mayor Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County and Christopher N. Dormu City Mayor, Barclayville, Grand Kru County.
The rest are: Youngor Stephens City Mayor Voinjama, Lofa County, Eddie Z. Murphy City Mayor Kakata, Margibi County, Regina Sampson City Mayor Harper, Maryland County, Mary N. Gonlapia City Mayor Sanniquellie, Nimba County, Sarah Zeo City Mayor Cestos, River Cess County, Martha Jarbo City Mayor Fish Town, River Gee County, Barbara Keah City Major Greenville, Sinoe County.
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Mary Broh coming back to The MCC is Like satan coming back to Heaven. yes she help clean up the city bt that is her job n she get paid for it so no need to thank her extra for that. she disrespected everyone including the President, the upper n lower house n many poor n inocent citizens. satan used to sing in heaven n please God but the moment he disobey God he was out forever
This is a classic case of re-cycling resources. Re-cycled Madam Broah -"General" Broh = the President's “emergency Sanitary Landfill manager”. Will this be the norm for those questionable corrupt officials that were recently shown the doors? In the case of the City mayor's position, elections should be considered in lieu of appointments.
Quoting Felix Houphouet-Boigny will do it: "Why change a winning team?" Mary Broh is a winner and she has a winning team for the job. Let's put the usual Liberian senseless arguments aside,the nature of the job of a mayor calls for the position to be occupied by a servant of the people, and that is it. Mary Broh stays in the streets with her workers as the job demands, especially in Monrovia which is going through reconstruction. How many Liberian "Big Men" or "Big Women" are willing to do that? For all practical purposes, I don't see anyone more qualified the madame Broh. Bravo! Ellen, You deserve praise, and thank you for not "working for CIA," A Liberian Idiom.
Kudos to Madam Broh for job well done. As i always said good players don't suffer for jersey. You're one in a million General. I salute you.....
Liberian politics is just a joke- Reappointing Mary should not be based on reason that she is the only person fit to do the job. She may be hard worker, but she needs to respect those she serves. Destroying with no emotional intelligence is wrong- this is using violence especially on the poor people to solve problem that everybody created. Cleaning Monrovia is a chronic problem which has led to a crisis and as such needs an academic workshop to solve. Some may agree that Monrovia is a big village, I mean it does not represent a modern city- nothing is in order in Monrovia because our leaders before and now have never had vision to plan ahead. For example, look at Paynesville Right Market- at the time of this market hall construction, there was no urbanization plan and vision to measure or estimate the population growth in the area in years to come. Roads and streets were constructed only for the present then and not thinking about the future and the same old mistakes still continue even today. The leaders need to rethink and come up with amicable solutions than harassing the poor people. The common people need to obey laws and orders too. I have practically seen people knowingly constructing houses in places reserved for future road construction and play the victim when they are told to evacuate the land in the future. Until we all can change our worldview and act as we should, we have a long way. I think we can have beautiful modern city, if we work hard to build a new capital rather than patching the pioneer museum. Monrovia will never be fixed by beating the poor people in the street. When the foundation is not straight, you can't straighten the house by breaking and patching and this is exactly what is going on in Liberia. Common sense. Mary Broh let nobody use you as scapegoat to hurt your own people- the government and the people of Liberia need to discuss better.