By Septimus Senessie in Kono.
ACC reports on MDAs in Makeni
The Monitoring and Compliance Unit of the Anti Corruption Commission has presented monitoring reports to stakeholders at the SLTU Hall in Makeni. The reports were on the Ministries of Local Government, Health and Sanitation, Education and Agriculture.
Welcoming participants, the ACC Regional Manager, Patrick Sandi, who chaired the occasion observed that the occasion was significant because the Commission was “making another giant stride in combating graft in the country”.
300 mine workers sacked
By Septimus Senessie in Kono
OCTEA mining group in the diamond fields of Kono, eastern Sierra Leone, has laid off some 300 out of the 426 miners they had earlier sent on leave.
The company’s administrative officer, Julius Aruna, said they had to embark on redundancy after they realised that production had drastically reduced in the last three months.
Sierra Leoneans rate Govt
An independent public survey on the living conditions of Sierra Leoneans and the performance of government was released on Tuesday in Freetown. Carried out by Afrobarometer in mid last year, the perception survey shows fundamental problems with the country’s public service delivery even if it shows that the majority of Sierra Leoneans are optimistic about the way the country is headed.
90% of kids out of school - says MP
By Septimus Senessie in Kono
Member of Parliament for Constituency 45 in the Neya chiefdom of Koinadugu District, in northern Sierra Leone has claimed that 90% of children in that part of the country are out of school.
“This is because of the unattractive conditions of educational facilities in schools such as poor school structures, inadequate teaching and learning materials and the lack of trained and qualified teachers”, Lahai Marrah lamented.
Accused claims insanity in murder case
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
Lawyer for 29-year-old Alhaji Kondeh, standing trial in a murder case at the Magistrate Court No. 2 in Freetown has submitted that his client is not fit to stand trial given his medical condition.
The accused had been preliminarily investigated since November 2012 on one count of murder.
Defense counsel Ishmael Philip Mamie produced a medical report apparently showing that the accused had a history of insanity and could therefore not be tried for allegedly murdering 22-year-old Abdul Rahman Wright.
