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By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The National Commission for Privatization (NCP) has said they will need huge capital from government to improve the services of some parastatals. The Chairman of the commission, Retired Colonel Alhaji Fanday Turay said this can only be avoided if parastatals change the way they operate.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The Sierra Leone Football Association have urged clubs to put proper structures in place regarding player transfers. The Secretary General of the FA, Chris Kamara said clubs have until October to do the necessary works ahead of the new season.

Kamara was addressing the clubs in the FA’s first media press conference since the lifting of the international ban and the dismissal of corruption charges against him and President Isha Johansen.

A military court martial in Sierra Leone has convicted the former head of the Presidential Guard, Capt Patrick Kamara and sentenced him to 10 years in prison. The captain reportedly escaped from military custody in May almost on the eve of lawyers making their final arguments.

Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The company implementing the West Africa Power Project (WAPP) says it is set to complete the construction of five substations in Sierra Leone in the next six months.

TRANSCO CLSG says the completion of these stations will be followed by the supply of (additional) electricity in the five host districts. They are in Bikongoh (Kono), Kenema, Bumbuna (Tonkoli), Yiben (Koinadugu) and Kamakwie (Karene).

By Kemo Cham

A major partnership deal between Sierra Rutile (SRL) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has been inked on Monday.

The US$60million equity investment, which is geared towards the expansion of SRL’s operation, gives IFC a 10% stake in the company which mines the Titanium mineral, otherwise called Rutile.

Details of the agreement indicate that the investment will help the company doubles its rutile production from the current 150,000 tons per year and extend the life of its mine to at least 2035.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

Sierra Leoneans must do away with over two decades of a political system that promotes identity over performance if the country is to make any head way in its development, a new report has suggested.

The report, the result of the latest study by the Freetown-based Think Tank, Institute for Governance Reform (IGR), strongly recommends for the depoliticization of the public sector and urges the country’s political class to focus on performance rather than the ethnic identity of individuals serving it.

By Kemo Cham

Sierra Leone is losing a whooping Le403.9 billion annually due to the effect of tobacco consumption, a new report has revealed.

The report released on Thursday also noted a staggering number of lives lost - 3, 300 - annually due to tobacco related illnesses. Some 900 of these deaths are said to be linked to second hand smoking, according to the report which also said the poor segment of the population suffer the brunt of this menace.