By Prince J Musa in Kenema
A 1-year-old girl has died and 81 other people, mostly children, have been admitted to the Kenema Government Hospital after a suspected incident of food poisoning, hospital sources have confirmed. They all attended the graduation party of a nursery pupil who’d made it to primary school.
Those hospitalized had either become unconscious or complained of some illness. The deceased, who also attended the party, was said to have died at home and not at the hospital
By Alpha Abu
An official of the giant oil palm producing company, Socfin, says the new Customary Land Rights Bill which is before Parliament, will make foreign investment in agriculture totally impossible when it becomes fully operational.
Speaking to Politico, Garben Harringsman said the process was influenced by NGOs thinking that “overprotecting” people or making the whole process “over-transparent” would support the people of Sierra Leone.
By Politico Staff Writer
The first prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of a woman engaged in the practice of female genital mutilation (or Sowei) has testified in court explaining how an initiate died shortly after she had undergone the procedure.
The Sowei, Sowo Sandy, is accused of the manslaughter of the initiate, Maseray Sei, a 21-year-old mother of two.
By Nasratu Kargbo
The much-talked-about safe seats for women has finally been expunged from the Public Elections Act 2022 following the week-long debate on the bill. The decision was made on the 27th of July 2022 after long hours of closed-door consultation with the Leadership of parliament and the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mohamed Lamin Tarawalley and other stakeholders.
By Saio Marrah
Joanes Caulker an Archivist at the Sierra Leone Public Archive Office (SLPAO), has called on the public to help salvage the dying status of information at the facility.
He made this call during an interview with Politico at their Fourah Bay College Office in Freetown on Thursday 28th July 2022, after making a press release on the said issue.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
An official of the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) at the Ministry of Information and Communications weekly press briefing in Freetown commended the electoral reforms contained in the Public Elections Act 2012 that was submitted to Parliament that saw the light of the day.
By Abass Jalloh
The Defence team for seven men accused of public disorder during the recent Parliamentary Bye-election at Sambaia Bendugu in Tonkolili district has rejected the tendering of a search warrant that was presented by the third Prosecuting Witness (PW3), John Lamin Foray, relating to the arrest and detention of the accused persons.
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