By Mohamed Foday Conteh
Four accused persons have appeared before Magistrate Mark Ngegba at the Pademba Road Magistrate Court in Freetown for allegedly assaulting and wounding a local Chief in Waterloo, Alhaji Alimamy Sesay.
M’balu Turay, Alusine Kamara, Mohamed Kamara Turay, Hawanatu Bangura and Brima Sesay were in court on Friday 26th November this year to answer to four count charges of wounding, assault, threatening language and disorderly behaviour.
By Saio Marrah
The Mayor of Freetown Municipality, Yvonne Aki Sawyer on Friday, 26th November this year, appeared before the Public Account Committee (PAC) of Parliament after she was summoned to clarify issues related to the 2019 Auditor General’s Report bordering on the Freetown City Council.
The report indicated that there were projects implemented by other agencies on behalf of the council, but that those agencies cannot be audited because the information required were not available at the time of the audit.
By Politico staff writer
The 10th of December this year has been declared by President Julius Maada Bio as the new date for start of the proposed mid-term Housing and Population Census which according to officials at Statistics Sierra Leone, will last for two weeks.
By Mohamed Macarthy
In a bid to provide unlimited opportunities for persons with disabilities, the Ministry of Health and Sanitation together with World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday the 26th 2021 launched Assistive Technology (AT) Policy and Strategic Plan together with the Priority Assistive Technology Product List of Sierra Leone. The move is said to provide persons with disabilities with assistive devices in order to ease their daily movements.
By Saio Marrah
Opposition Member of Parliament, Daniel Brima Koroma, of constituency 046, has questioned the removal of the Malforia-Yiffin Road in Koinadugu District and the Kabala-Krubonla road in Koinadugu and Falaba District, from the government budget.
The MP questioned the Deputy Finance Minister Two, Sheik Ahmed Fantamadi Bangura, while debating the government’s 2022 annual budget at the house of parliament, on Friday 26th November, 2021, said that those road projects were ongoing projects left by the last government.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
