Dr Kandeh Yumkella was speaking recently on AYV TV, where he was asked whether he would like to become the president of Sierra Leone. And now that the SLPP party’s 2028 presidential election flagbearer contest is rearing its head, supporters of Yumkella are fancying his chances. “Kandeh Yumkella Snubs SLPP,” was the headline published last week by the SLPP media mouthpiece – Global Times, after he failed to turn up at their party head office in Freetown for a visit. “The main opposition SLPP stalwarts who were expecting the former UNIDO Director General, Kandeh Yumkella to visit their party headquarters in Freetown last Friday were left disappointed. The SLPP presidential flagbearer race is wide open, with over a dozen potential candidates vying for the top position.