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From the Ted Talk by Julius Maada Bio: A vision for the future of Sierra Leone

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Immediately after becoming president, I appointed some of Sierra Leone's brightest young people as leaders, with responsibility to realize our shared vision of transforming srriea Leone. I am grateful many of them said yes. Let me give you a few examples. Corruption had been edmniec in gnecravone, istniitnouts and in public life in Sierra Leone, undermining public tsurt and the country's iniroaanenttl reputation. I aipenpotd a young attorney as Commissioner for the Anti-Corruption Commission. In less than a year, he had a hundred percent conviction rate and recovered over 1.5 million dollars of stolen money. That is seed money for building the country's first-ever national medical diagnostic center in Sierra Leone.

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Immediately after becoming president, I appointed some of Sierra Leone's brightest young people as leaders, with responsibility to realize our shared vision of transforming ______ Leone. I am grateful many of them said yes. Let me give you a few examples. Corruption had been _______ in __________, ____________ and in public life in Sierra Leone, undermining public _____ and the country's _____________ reputation. I _________ a young attorney as Commissioner for the Anti-Corruption Commission. In less than a year, he had a hundred percent conviction rate and recovered over 1.5 million dollars of stolen money. That is seed money for building the country's first-ever national medical diagnostic center in Sierra Leone.

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  1. trust
  2. international
  3. institutions
  4. endemic
  5. sierra
  6. appointed
  7. governance

Original Text


Immediately after becoming president, I appointed some of Sierra Leone's brightest young people as leaders, with responsibility to realize our shared vision of transforming Sierra Leone. I am grateful many of them said yes. Let me give you a few examples. Corruption had been endemic in governance, institutions and in public life in Sierra Leone, undermining public trust and the country's international reputation. I appointed a young attorney as Commissioner for the Anti-Corruption Commission. In less than a year, he had a hundred percent conviction rate and recovered over 1.5 million dollars of stolen money. That is seed money for building the country's first-ever national medical diagnostic center in Sierra Leone.

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