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By Mabinty M. Kamara

The Annual Auditor General’s report for the financial year 2020 has revealed alleged financial irregularities in many public institutions in Sierra Leone among which are government Ministries and Department which accounted for a total of Le42.3billion financial losses.

“Those identified irregularities have given rise to an estimated loss in cash and stores to the tune of Le42.3billion (Le3.7billion, Le5.6billion and Le33billion in 2018, 2019, and 2020 respectively),” the report reads.

By Mohamed Macarthy

Mariama Bangura, a Senior Secondary School pupil at the Saint Joseph Secondary School for girls in Makeni has was declared winner of the Youth National Debate Competition organized by the Talking Drums Studio in Freetown. Whilst Umaru Latif Kamara from the Government Secondary School Bo took the second position.

By Mohamed Foday Conteh

Former Vice President Victor Bockarie Foh has reacted to Wednesday’s court ruling on the 2017 Hajj Gate scandal, saying it was a clear vindication that he never committed any wrong.   Foh told Politico his innocence has been proven by the court but was quick to say he harbours no bitterness against anyone.

“I knew from the onset that it was all planted on me,” the former vice president said.

Foh dismissed any future return to politics and described himself as a retired politician and law-abiding citizen “laying low”.

By Politico Staff Writer

The Parliamentary Leader for the Coalition for Change (C4C), Honourable Saa Emerson Lamina has made a clarion call to all locals of Kono District to participate in this December Mid-Term Housing and Population Census.

The C4C Parliamentary Leader referred to the census process as an ‘effective and effectual’ campaign that begs for the need to sensitise and raise awareness among the electorate for their positive and active participation.

By Saio Marrah

As a way of minimizing the huge controversy over land ownership in the country, Parliament of Sierra Leone on Wednesday 15^th December, 2021 approved the biometric property registration agreement between the government of Sierra Leone and Landreg SL Limited for the establishment of property registration for especially land and housing across the country.

The agreement seeks government support relating to the procurement of Biometric property registration project on a build, operate and transfer basis.  

By Saio Marrah

Parliament has ratified two mining agreements, a Large Scale Mining Agreement between the government of Sierra Leone and Marampa Mines Limited, and that between the government and Sierra Rutile Limited

The cancellation of license of the previous mining company, Sierramin Bauxite Limited, was as a result of its failure to adhere to its obligations in the mining community that include non- payment of the surface rent and the salaries of 394  of its workers at the Marampa and the Maforkie  Chiefdoms in Port Loko District.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

One of Sierra Leone’s development partners in education UNICEF in collaboration with the Initiative for Media Development (IMDev) has on the 14^th December 2021 launched the photography exhibition to enhance child rights through the lens of children in Kenema. The children's photography exhibition was done by fifteen children both male and female from selected schools trained by IMDev with support from UNICEF as part of the commemoration of the organization’s humanitarian services for 75 years in full operations.