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By Mabinty M. Kamara

As the Africa Center for Disease Control (CDC) declares Monkeypox dubbed (Mpox) a health emergency for the African continent, Sierra Leone’s National Public Health Agency has in a press statement urged the public to take preventive measures and report any suspected cases of the disease to healthcare authorities across the country.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Unlike the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) that collects ten percent (10%) commission from monies they recover, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in Parliament does not collect commission from monies recouped, according to Chairman of PAC Ibrahim Tawa Conteh.

Conteh made this statement on the 12^th August 2024 during a public hearing on the Auditor -General’s Report in Parliament. He therefore expressed their committee’s wish for the ACC to allow them to handle the Auditor -General’s Report.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema                                 

The Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) has continued with its mobile health clinic in Kenema as part of government’s efforts to improve on public health services in the country, the third time such a facility was coming to the district.

The vehicles were stationed at Gombu Layout in Kenema and Talia Togboma.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

After persistent reported incidents relating to the use of firearms in the district, the Sierra Leone National Commission on Small Arms and Ammunition (NCSAA) has engaged stakeholders on how to mitigate and control the issue of small arms proliferation.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

To shape the future of public service delivery in Sierra Leone, the Public Service Commission (PSC) has held a stakeholders consultative meeting on the draft Public Service Policy.

The meeting was to gather insight and feedback from key stakeholders on the draft policies across the Public Service.

By Nasratu Kargbo  

The Chairman and members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in Parliament have decided to garnish the accounts of more than twenty businesses for Goods and Services Tax (GST) they owe the National Revenue Authority (NRA) totalling three billion four hundred million old Leones (3,400,000,000).

The MPs took this decision on the 12^th August 2024 after representatives from these business institutions did not honour the committee’s summons.

By Politico Staff Writer

Several Media institutions in Senegal have ceased their daily publications following heavy taxation by the authorities, months after the government of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye was elected. 

 This situation has attracted the attention of the organisation Reporters Without Borders (RSF), whose director for sub-Saharan Africa, Sadibou Marong, has expressed his concerns and called for an urgent dialogue between the media and public authorities.