A leaked letter written by the Chief Executive of NPPA (National Public Procurement Authority) and addressed to the Solicitor General shows that, since 2015, the Auditor General never followed any competitive bidding process in the award of audit contracts except on one occasion. The NPPA letter reads, “We must point out that specifically in relation to the selection and hiring …

Sierra Leone’s President, Dr. Julius Maada Bio, has launched a vigorous effort to expand the membership of the Arms Trade Treaty, the key instrument for regulating the global arms trade. The ATT covers the production, movement and stockpiling of weapons, as well as human rights issues that are salient in armed conflict. Sierra Leone was elected President of the ATT …

By Bampia James Bundu: Strategic Communications Unit, Ministry of Information and Communications. The Financial Secretary, Sahr L. Jusu, has disclosed that the New Direction government of President Julius Maada Bio has increased budgetary allocation to Audit Service Sierra Leone to enable them do their job efficiently and independently. He made the disclosure at the weekly government press briefing held in …

By Jane B. Mansaray. The much murder trial of 5-year-old Kadijatu Madinatu Saccoh ended on Friday 19th March 2021 with both accused persons Mariama Sajor Barrie and Ibrahim Bah acquitted and discharged just after the 12-man-jury delivered a not guilty verdict. The two accused persons sometime in July 2020 made their first appearance at the Pardemba Road Magistrate Court before Mark …