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, 25th 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.
By Saio Marrah
In a bid to strengthen the diplomatic ties between Sierra Leone and France, Parliament of Sierra Leone has established the Sierra Leone-France Parliamentary Friendship Caucus.
By Lamin Idriss Conteh (Cazorla)
The World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Humanitarian Response Depo (UNHRD) and the Government of South Korea have handed over laboratory-testing materials to the Government of Sierra Leone. The items were presented to officials of the Ministry of Health in Freetown last Friday.
By Saio Marrah
The Member of Parliament for Constituency 068 in Kambia District, Dr. Ibrahim Bun Kamara, has observed that the office of Secretary to the president has a larger allocation than the Judiciary and the Legislature.
By Politico Staff Writer
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio last week presented a cheque for over Le 9 billion as part of funding for the newly established Skills Development Fund. The fund, according to the presidency, will initially benefit over 1,660 citizens in the two eastern districts of Kenema and Kailahun.
The initiative, according to officials, is designed to support middle-level manpower through technical education.
It was launched during the president’s visit to Kailahun last week, November 23.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
