𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲. The Tribunal that was set up by the Government of Sierra Leone to look into the activities of the suspended Auditor-General of Audit Service Sierra Leone, Mrs Lara Taylor Pearce and her Deputy, Tamba Momoh has been adjourned to October, following a closed-door consultative meeting involving the three Judges. The adjournment was pronounced by David Farma, …

The Ministry of Finance has commenced engagements with authorities as part of an effort to reconstitute the District Oversight Committees in de-amalgamated chiefdoms in the eastern region of the country and ensure prudent fiscal discipline among local authorities. Speaking during a meeting with the newly reconstituted District Oversight Committees, traditional leaders in the Kailahun District, the Principal Deputy Financial Secretary, …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐲𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐚.   The country’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), in collaboration with Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Stakeholders on Monday 25th July, 2022, commenced a five- day workshop on the second National Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment. The event which took place at the New Brookfields Hotel in Freetown is financially and technically …

The embattled Managing Director of the Rokel Commercial Bank, Dr Walton E. Gilpin, is to face disciplinary action for sexual harassment and workplace intimidation, according to a leaked legal opinion on a special investigation committee report submitted to the Governor of the Bank of Sierra Leone, Prof. Kelfala Murana Kallon on 23rd June, 2022. The report seriously indicted the Rokel …

𝐁𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐡. The Elections Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) has announced that it will review the division of constituency boundaries and wards this year as provided for in section 38 (4) of the 1991 Constitution. Speaking at the third Elections Steering Committee Meeting held at the Bintumani Hotel in Freetown on Friday, the Chief Electoral Commissioner of the ECSL, …

On 27th May, 2021, Mohamed Sabbagh (Vendor) of No. 61 Freetown Waterloo Road, Freetown sold a piece and parcel of land measuring 0.5087 Acres to the National Revenue Authority for the sum of Le13,637,712.00 (Thirteen Billion, six hundred and thirty seven million, seven hundred and twelve Leones). The property is situated at No. 27 Wilkinson Road in Freetown. A new …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐲𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐚.                                                              The Government of Sierra Leone and the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) have provided support for the conduct of a National Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment on the nature and scale of ML/TF and related predicate crimes and vulnerabilities to Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing. This was confirmed by …

𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲.   High Court Judge sitting in Freetown on Main Law Court Building on Siaka Stevens Street, Justice Aiah Simeon Allieu has refused to grant an interim injunction against the conduct of the Bureh Chiefdom Paramount Chieftaincy (PC) election held on 20 July 2022. The decision of the Court was based on an application filed for the …

The Chief Executive Officer of the Blue International Group, Christian Wright, has held discussions with Sierra Leone’s Minister of Energy, Alhaji Kanja Sesay, together with representatives from the Ministries of Finance and Justice on the project and development cost for the Bumbuna Phase ll Project.   Christian Wright said that he had led the delegation to the Minister because they …

  INTERPOL last week issued an international arrest warrant against three Lebanese brothers for stealing a staggering stealing huge sums of money from Fawaz Group of Companies which owns Fawaz Building Materials, Sierra Paint and Design, Technotec and Sierra Frozen. The three Lebanese brothers (Rabih Faysal Hamdoun, Walid Faisal Hamdoun and Musa Hamdoun) reportedly embezzled about US$8M from Fawaz Group …