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By Kemo Cham

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has said it has initiated a probe on the assets of the State Chief Protocol, Fatmata Edna Kargbo, following her controversial testimony in a Nigerian church earlier this month.

Kargbo is being investigated for unexplained wealth and abuse of office, an ACC spokesman told Politico.

By Hajaratu Kalokoh

The Road Maintenance Fund Administration (RMFA) has said the need to review its act is urgent considering the strain the go through in accessing resources for their activity. Officials of the institution said they cannot deal with the emerging problems faced in the road sector because the Act that established the institution is “obsolete”.

The RMFA was established by an Act of Parliament in 2010 for an efficient, economic and sustainable management and administration of funds allocated the routine maintenance roads.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The Sierra Leone Police have said that they were overwhelmed by the number of ‘thugs’ that attacked the polling center located at Sierra Model School in Constituency 110, Western Rural district, hence their inability to protect the electoral materials.

The Police made the admission at a press conference on Tuesday at their headquarters in Freetown.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority offices in Lunsar has resumed work on Wednesday following a break-in on Monday. The incident left a security officer injured and properties worth millions of Leones carted away.

The head of the Lunsar office, Badara Tarawallie told Politico that they have resumed work amidst fear and suspicion.

By Mohamed T. Massaquoi

The National Commission for Democracy (NCD) has joined a growing chorus of calls for de-escalation of violence as political tension mounts following last weekend’s by-election in Constituency 110.

By Kemo Cham

The two main political parties that contested last weekend’s by-election in Constituency 110 have both claimed victory, despite the cancellation of the poll by the electoral National Electoral Commission (NEC).

The governing Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) and their main rivals the All Peoples Congress (APC) both claimed that their candidates won, in statements they released following the cancellation.

By Mohamed T. Massaquoi

The Police Family Support Unit Line Manager in Pujehun, Detective Inspector Lahai Koroma has confirmed to Politico that they have successfully charged 37-year-old man who allegedly sexually penetrated his nine-year-old step daughter. The 37-year-old man made his third appearance at the Pujehun Magistrate court, Southern part of the country.