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By Saio Marrah

The Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture, Sallieu Osman Sesay of Constituency 038 in Bombali District, has expressed concern over the limited budget allocated to the agriculture docket. Hon. Sesay said that the budget does not meet the Maputo Declaration.

According to the Maputu Protocol, an African Union agreement, all member countries should allocated at least 10 percent of their national budget to the agriculture sector annually.

By Francis H. Murray

The judiciary of Sierra Leone has commenced the November criminal session of the High Court in Freetown before presiding judge Monfred Sesay. 

The ceremony commenced on Monday 30^th November 2020 with   fifty six cases (56) that included murder, wounding with intent, robbery with aggravation and sexual penetration, which tops the list of offences with a total of twenty five cases.

By Mohamed Ayoub Conteh

A former labourer at the Male Correctional Centre in Freetown yesterday appeared at the Magistrate Court no.2 on a murder charge. Abass Kamara 38 was alleged to have murdered Ibrahim Kargbo in Freetown on the 18^th September 2020.

By Mohamed Ayoub Conteh

A former pupil of Saint Edwards Primary School in Freetown, Alphonso Williams, has donated furniture to the institution.

The presentation of the furniture was made by his daughter on his behalf, as he is presently in the United Kingdom.

Presenting the items which included benches and tables Alphina Williams said the children have been suffering for lack of furniture and believed it will be of great benefit to them. 100 tables and 108 benches were given to the school

By Saio Marrah

Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella, Member of Parliament for Constituency 062, has questioned governments' continued hiring and increasing spending on an economy that has been projected to decline.

Yumkella raised this concern to the Deputy Minister of Finance I, Dr. Patricia Nyanga Laverley, during the final day of debate for the Appropriation Bill 2021 at the well of parliament on Wednesday, 25^th November.

By Saio Marrah

The Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources, Musa Timothy Kabba, has been summoned by the House of Parliament to explain the decline in mining revenues to the state.

This decision came at the request of the chairman of the parliamentary oversight committee on Mines, Saa Emerson Lamina, who is the leader of the Coalition for Change (C4C) party in the House representing Constituency 030 in Kono District. He made the comment during the debate on the bill titled: the 2021 Appropriation Act.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Women in the Media Sierra Leone (WIMSAL), an organization established to advocate and seek the welfare of female journalists in Sierra Leone, has launched a scholarship scheme for female journalists across the country.

The scheme, according to the leadership of the organization, is geared towards empowering female journalists with the requisite academic training and qualifications that can help them take their space in their male dominated profession.