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By Jenneh Braima

Kenema City Council (KCC) is facing Parliament again on Thursday, after the House refused three times to approve its budget.

The Chief Administrator of the council Daniel Saa Momoh told Politico on Monday that they were ready to meet all the demands that the House had used as bases to deny them allocation.

“I’m very much confident they will give us the money this time,” he said at his office.

By Kemo Cham

The Liberian government has confirmed the death of one person due to the Ebola Virus Disease, effectively marking the return of the deadly ailment to the country.

The unnamed victim, 17, tested positive for the virus in the Margibi County, Tolbert Nyenswah, Liberia`s Deputy Health Minister, said Tuesday.

He said the authorities had commenced the routine contact tracing of all those who may have come into contact with the victim.

The person was confirmed positive before death and had been buried, the minister said.

The world governing body of football, FIFA, appears to have backed down under pressure from the interim body of the Sierra Leone Football Association, SLFA, by opening direct communication with the body which recently impeached Isha Johansen as president of the SLFA.

By Mustapha Sesay

Minister of Sports Paul Kamara Tuesday failed to turn up in parliament after the parliamentary oversight committee on Sports summoned him in relation to a leaked audio circulating in social media.

Kamara was supposed to appear before the committee together caretaker Coach of the national team, Leone Stars, John Jebor Sherrington. They were summoned to explain their role in the shameful telephone conversation between the two. Only Sherrington turned up.

By Mustapha Sesay

Parliament on Tuesday sent a bill entitled ‘Public Procurement Act 2015’ to the Legislative Committee after a thorough debate on it by members.

The bill was introduced by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance, Alhaji Foday Mansaray, who said it was geared towards addressing the many challenges that surrounded procurement activities in the country. The bill, if passed into law, will augment loopholes that were left unaddressed in the National Public Procurement Authority (NPPA) Act of 2004.

By Mustapha Kamara Jr

To educate tax payers on key provisions in the new Financial Act 2105, the National Revenue Authority (NRA) has held a one-day sensitisation engagement with tax payers and stakeholders in the sector within the Western Rural District.

NRA’s Cooperate Affairs Manager, Mohamed Bangura, said the purpose of the meeting was to inform business people and tax payers about amendments made and new policies that were being initiated in the 2014 Financial Act.

By Mohamed T Massaquoi

Breakdown in the network of the telecommunications company Airtel has hit businesses and led to losses of big projects in nongovernmental organizations, residents in the southern district of Pujehun say.

The subscribers say for three consecutive days, beginning from Sunday (14 June), they had a network blackout that prevented them from making mobile phone calls and using the internet service provided by the Indian GSM provider.