By Mohamed Foday Conteh
Justice Sulaiman Bah has threatened to issue a contempt of court order against Correctional Officer John Ketika at High Court no. 2. of Sierra Leone on the 19th May 2021.
Sierra Leone Parliament ratifies African Medicine Agency Treaty
By Saio Marrah
Parliament of Sierra Leone has on Thursday 20th May, 2021, ratified a treaty called African Medicine Agency (AMA) that will serve as a continental body that will harmonise and strengthen systems that govern the regulation of medicine and medical products on the continent.
Sierra Leone Roads Authority concludes ESHIA report
By Politico Staff writer
The Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA) has concluded a three day public disclosure of the Environmental, Social and Health Impact Assessment (ESHIA) report for the reconstruction of the Kailahun - Koindu, Koindu - Guinea Border and Koindu - Liberia Border Road Projects in two separate events.
The report assessed the impacts of the operations and provided mitigation measures, including environmental and social management plans and monitoring measures for the entire project cycle.
Robbery with aggravation, three witnesses testify
By Mohamed Foday Conteh
Three witnesses have testified before Justice Komba Kamanda of the High Court No.2 in Freetown in a robbery with aggravation trial allegedly committed by one Mustapha Kabba.
The first witness to be summoned to the dock was Detective Superintendent Bangura A.K, a firearm examiner attached to the Scientific Support Department at the CID Headquarters. Bangura stated that he has been a firearm examiner for the past three years.
Call for increased gender responsive budget
By Politico staff writer
A coalition of Civil Society Organizations working on local governance, citizens participation, inclusiveness and gender responsive public services including the European Union Consortium members, have called on the government of Sierra Leone to provide more funding support to the gender responsive service delivery.
ACC indicts UBC lab assistant
By Politico Staff writer
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has on the 20th May 2021 announced the indictment of Prince Amara who is a lab assistant at the United Brethren –in-Christ Hospital (UBC) at Mattru Jong in the Bonthe District.
He was indicted on two counts of corruption offences bordering on the misappropriation of public property “contrary to Section 36(1) and Conspiracy to Commit a Corruption Offence contrary to Section 128(1) of the Anti-Corruption Act No.12 of 2008, as amended by the Anti-Corruption Act No.9 of 2019”.
UK’s Special Envoy for Girl’s Education meets Sierra Leone's president
By Politico staff writer
The United Kingdom Special Envoy for Girl’s Education, Helen Grant, on Thursday 20th May 2021 engaged President Julius Maada Bio in Freetown to discuss Sierra Leone’s Free Quality Education drive.
Grant, who is a UK Member of Parliament, said that they were in Sierra Leone to learn about how the country had successfully implemented the Free Quality Education and the radical inclusion policy and to also learn how their funds were being utilized.
