By Nasratu Kargbo
Audit Service Sierra Leone in its Performance Audit report on the implementation of the School Feeding Programme reported that water and sanitary facilities remain a challenge in schools.
The report says this is a result of the absence of infrastructural development.
By Nasratu Kargbo
Protests held in parts of the country including the east of the capital Freetown have disrupted the affairs of Parliament. Some constitutional amendments requiring the presence of at least two-thirds of Parliamentarians cannot be held because of the violence.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The National Council for Civic Education and Development (NACCED) in a seminar held at Youyi building urged citizens to come out in their numbers and register come September.
According to the Chairman of NACCED, Kalilu Totangi, the seminar was meant to develop messages in partnership with the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) and other election management bodies. He said, they want to provide support for ECSL towards the electioneering process, as they are now preparing for the voter registration exercise.
By Nasratu Kargbo
A widow remarrying outside her late husband’s family is set to lose possession of land in the provinces belonging to the deceased, following the enactment of the Customary Land Rights Act 2022 by the Parliament of Sierra Leone on Monday.
The law however gives authority to the children of the widow to take full ownership of their father’s land.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
Prosecutors in Finland have lodged an Appeal against the acquittal of former Revolutionary United Front (RUF) Commander, Gibril Massaquoi.
The Turku Court of Appeal has given permission for further proceedings against Massaquoi who is a Finnish national of Sierra Leonean descent, for alleged atrocities he committed during the Liberian civil war.
By Nasratu Kargbo
The Bill entitled the “Political Parties Regulation Commission Act, 2022” now before Parliament has proposed that an association can only register as a Political Party when they have 800 members across the country.
The Parliamentary Leader of the National Grand Coalition (NGC) party, Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella supported the clause, stating that a group of people less than 50 may want to come together and form a party just to benefit from government subventions.
By Saio Marrah
Parliament of Sierra Leone has enacted into law the Mines and Mineral Development Act of 2022 that seeks to improve provisions for the socio- economic benefit of the country.
The new law is also geared towards the facilitation of transparent and accountable management of the mineral sector in accordance with international best practice.
The bill which was passed into law on Tuesday 9th August, 2022, also caters for improved employment and practices in the mineral sector.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
