The movement became part of the political opposition, as there was a break between it and the ruling Sierra Leone People's Party only a few months after the founding of KPM.
[2] The KPM was the only party-like organisation to emerge in rural Sierra Leone at the time.
However, since Dunbar was later disqualified on grounds of corruption, a by-election was held.
[2] In September 1958, KPM merged with the small Freetown-based Sierra Leone Independence Movement, forming the Sierra Leone Progressive Independence Movement.
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