By Fatima Kpaka The Parliament of Sierra Leone on Monday, December 19, 2022 passed into law the Bill entitled: “The Local Government Act of 2022”, to strengthen and enhance local government and rural development in the country. The Bill is seeks to provide for the continuation of local councils, the decentralization and devolution of functions, powers and services to local councils, and to repeal and replace the Local Government Act...Read More
By Salieu S. Kanu The Office of the Inspector General of the Global Fund (OIG) found that Integrated Health Project Administration Unit (IHPAU) procurement staff members within Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS) were involved in fraudulent and collusive practices for both malaria and Health Management Information System training, the OIG said in a statement on Tuesday. “They imitated a competitive selection of suppliers that responded to the...Read More
By Minkailu Lawrence Koroma The Freetown City Council on Tuesday, December 20, 2022, received two vacuum trucks and semi mechanized equipment from Goal Sierra Leone for the transformation of liquid waste. In handing over the equipment to FCC, the programme director of Goal Sierra Leone, Getu Debella, referred to the project as “a promulgation of a private-public partnership”. Mr. Debella said that private companies must have or ought to have...Read More
By Ibrahim S.Bangura Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sowyer on Friday, December 16, 2022 launched Freetown Fashion Design and Creative Arts Network at the Town City Hall in Freetown with the aim of creating job opportunities for youth in Sierra Leone and across Africa. The launch was attended by Morta Foresti, the project leads for Overseas Development Institute (ODI); Foday Dumbuya, founder of Labrum, a menswear fashion brand fusing British tailoring...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Magistrate Mark Ngegba of the Pademba Road Court No.1 on Monday, December 19,, 2022 sentenced 43 convicts to prison after he found them guilty of committing various offences during the violent protests on August 10 in Freetown. Twelve accused persons were discharged. The accused persons were under trial on 21 counts including riotous conduct, disorderly behavior, malicious damage, insulting conduct, throwing missiles and loitering contrary to law....Read More
