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By Mabinty M. Kamara 

The International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) and Budget Advocacy Network (BAN) are set to co-host a two-day conference featuring recent research on taxation, at the Radisson Blu Mammy Yoko Hotel in Freetown.

The conference which will take place from the 7^th to 8^th December this year is first of its kind to be hosted in Sierra Leone according to the organizers, and will be undertaken in partnership with the National Revenue Authority and Ministry of Finance.

By Saio Marrah

With Support from the World Bank and the Ministry of Technical and Higher Education, under the Skills Development Fund (SDF), the Office of Domestic Support Service Agency (ODSSA) has awarded certificates to 50 different categories of domestic workers.

The certification ceremony was held at the Saphyre Court Multi-Purpose Hall and Recreation Centre in Freetown on Friday 2^nd December, 2022.  

The domestic workers include 9 cooks, 14 waiters and waitresses, 11 house keepers, 14 child caregivers, and two supervisors.

By Mada Augustine Ngombu

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has commenced monitoring payment of 9,900 beneficiaries of the Emergency Cash Transfer (ECT)  that commenced in various parts of Freetown on Wednesday 30^th November 2022.

ACC’s involvement in the process is part of the Grievance Redress Mechanism component of the social safety nets project to prevent acts that will lead to corruption practices.

By Nasratu Kargbo

The Speaker of Parliament has suspended three members of parliament from partaking in all proceedings until the parliamentary Committee on Privileges submits a report with recommendations on how to deal with their “misconduct” during a session of the House on 23^rd November, 2022.

By Nasratu Kargbo

The Chief Justice of the Judiciary of Sierra Leone Babatunde Edwards has said that students applying for law school starting next year will be required to take an entrance exam.

Edwards made this revelation on the 30th November 2022 at the this year’s Call to the Bar certification ceremony, emphasizing that they cannot compromise quality.

“Next year it will be a prerequisite for admission into the law school for graduates to pass an entrance examination as it happens in other countries” said the Chief Justice.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

Assets belonging to some officials who served under the government of Ernest Bai Koroma have been confiscated and handed over to the State as part of the recommendations made of the Commissions of Inquiry (COI).

The announcement was made at a press briefing organized by the Office of the Attorney General in collaboration with the Ministry of Information and Communications on the 1 December, 2022 at Guma Building in Freetown.

BY: Aminata Sameena Sesay
The Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) is in the process of developing a Web Platform and mobile phone SMS connection for registered voters through which they can verify their details captured in the countrywide voter registration exercise that ended in October.