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By Alpha Abu

Dr. Samura Mathew Wilson  Kamara is to make his appearance at the Freetown High Court No. 1 today Friday where he and five other men are being tried on corruption charges in relation to the renovation of  Sierra Leone’s UN Chancery building in New York, United States.

Dr. Kamara who lost the June Presidential Election to incumbent President Julius Maada Bio resumes court attendance after the Presiding Judge   Adrian Fisher in May  postponed the trial to allow the politician to participate in the June 24 General Elections.

By Politico staff writer

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Sierra Leone has increased the Monetary Policy Rate by 0.50 percentage points, to 19.25 percent.

This was according to a statement issued after a meeting of the committee on the 6^th of July this year to review recent macroeconomic and financial developments in the global and domestic environments and their implications for domestic inflation and growth.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Dr. Chernor Abass Bundu has been reelected Speaker of Sierra Leone’s Parliament. He was elected on the 13^th of July 2023 after going unopposed. 

Bundu won with a simple majority of ninety-two votes in his favour, whilst three voted against him. The Clerk of Parliament Umar Paran Tarawally who acted as Presiding Officer announced Bundu as the Speaker on the fourth round of voting.

By Saio Marrah

The Supreme Court of Sierra Leone has dismissed an Oral Application made by Charles F. Margai, saying that the application should have been supported by an affidavit; a procedure which the court said was not followed.

By Alpha Abu

Two-year-old Esther Mamie Margai who is suffering from a rare disease arrived in New Delhi, India on Thursday morning with her Mother, where she is to undergo surgery, according to Alfred Charles of the Sick Pikin Project that supports the treatment of children with  ailments that often require treatment abroad.  

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The Operations Team at the Waterloo Police Division has discovered two stolen vehicles hidden in a garage that police sources say is notorious for buying such vehicles, dismantling them, and later selling the parts, some as scrap metal.

The two vehicles discovered were a Hyundai car that is property of the Local Unit Commander of Freetown‘s Central Police station Ibrahim Theophilious Zachariah Tarawally,  and a Toyota 4 Runner whose owner is yet to be identified, two months after it was seized by the Police.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

With schools reopening on the 4^th of September 2023, parents have expressed concern over what they referred to as teachers’ exploitation through illicit monetary  demands.

The parents expressed their views in an interview with Politico on the 12^th of September, 2023 to know how far they have planned for the forth-coming school reopening date.