The Constitutional Review Committee had recommended for the Office of the Attorney-General to be separated from that of the Minister of Justice. In the White Paper published yesterday, the Government accepted this recommendation to separate the Office of the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice. The Attorney-General shall be the Principal Legal Adviser to the Government but not a Minister. The …

Following a recommendation by the Constitutional Review Committee for Members of Parliament to be elected in accordance with the system of Proportional Representation, the Government yesterday accepted this recommendation. In the White Paper published yesterday, the SLPP led Government of President Dr Julius Maada Bio said, “Government accepts this recommendation of having Members of Parliament to be elected in accordance …

By Jane B. Mansaray. In the alleged corruption criminal matter between the State and Six senior officials of the Sierra Leone Maritime Administration (SLMA), the Sixth Prosecution Witness (PW6) Banda Sal Williams was yesterday led in evidence before Justice Mohamed Bawoh, a High Court Judge sitting at the Anti-Corruption Court on Main Law Court Building, Siaka Stevens Street in Freetown. …

By Sorie Fofana When Dr. Austin Demby was appointed as Minister of Health and Sanitation, one newspaper commentator described him as ‘a new broom’ sent to clean up the Ministry. Dr Demby set himself the arduous task of establishing a delivery team in his Ministry full of special advisers to get things done and done properly and speedily. His determination …

By Sorie Fofana.                                                                                    Prior to the May 25th, 1997 Military coup that toppled the SLPP led administration, President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah had complained bitterly to some of his closest friends that some of his Cabinet Ministers were using the party to engage in corrupt activities. For fear of rocking the proverbial boat, Kabbah reluctantly kept them in Cabinet. When he …

The Sierra Leone national football team, Leone Stars, has called at State House to bid farewell to His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio and First Lady Fatima Bio ahead of the 2022 African Cup of Nations, AfCON, in Cameroon. Vice Captain of the team, Mohamed Kamara, thanked the President and the people of Sierra Leone for their support and …

Excellency, It gives me great pleasure to invite you to serve as Member of the Advisory Board of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research’s (UNITAR) Division for Mutilateral Diplomacy for a two-year term from January 2022 to December, 2024. UNITAR is a key resource within the United Nations system aiming to empower individuals, govenments and organizatons through knowledge …

Fellow citizens: Just over a week ago, I switched on the CLSG interconnection at Tiloma, bringing sustainable electricity to the regional capitals of Eastern and Southern Sierra Leone. This year alone, working with partners, we have lit up 23 more towns and communities in rural Sierra Leone including Masiaka, Foredugu, Mambolo, Mange, and Rokupr in the north; Moyamba Junction, Taiama, …

By Sorie Fofana. The Auditor General of Audit Service Sierra Leone, Mrs. Lara Taylor-Pearce and one of her deputies, Tamba Momoh were suspended indefinitely from office on 11th November, 2021. A special tribunal has been set up to investigate them “for professional performance or the lack thereof”. When the Auditor General and her deputy were suspended, some of their supporters …

The Minister of Transport and Aviation, Kabineh Kallon on Thursday, 9th December, 2021 led a high-powered delegation comprising the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Deputy Ministers of Transport and Aviation and Social Welfare, the Commissioner General of National Revenue Authority, the Deputy Inspector General of Police, the Deputy Chief Immigration Officer, the second-in-command at the Office of National Security, the …