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By Mustapha Sesay

The protracted delay in approving the budget of the Kenema City Council (KCC) was again extended last Thursday.

The parliamentary oversight Committee on Finance for the third time stood down KCC officials for failing to present a comprehensive financial report for 2014.

The controversy between the committee members and the council on the report centres on the fact that KCC has spent more than what they received as income from both government and other partners.

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

Counsels for the defence at the Court Martial presided over by Judge Advocate Otto During have tendered written submissions to the judge and board members as their final addresses to the court.

By Mustapha Sesay

The deputy auditor general, Tamba Momoh, Monday told the Public Account Committee (PAC) in parliament that international creditors failed to corporate with Audit Service Sierra Leone during its 2013 audit nationwide exercise.

By Septimus Senessie in Kono

Some aggrieved stakeholders in Kono District in the eastern province of Sierra Leone have questioned the inclusiveness of the ongoing constitutional review process.

By Mustapha Sesay

Parliament on Tuesday ratified a US$10 million loan agreement åbetween the government of Sierra Leone and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to finance a project aimed at improving the health system, with specific focus on reducing maternal and neonatal mortality.

By Allieu Sahid Tunkara

Deputy Inspector-General of Police Richard Moigbe has promised “credible” investigations into alleged killings involving officers of the Sierra Leone Police (SLP).

DIG Moigbe, who was speaking at a press briefing held at the SLP Headquarters in Freetown on Wednesday, said the alleged murders involving Police constables Osman Conteh and Mohamed Sultan Kargbo would be independently investigated by the CID.

Conteh stands accused of shooting to death Alimamy Kamara, while Kargbo allegedly murdered his 11-year old son.

By Mustapha Kamara Jnr

A Sierra Leonean human rights advocate who was detained and forcefully deported from The Gambian is calling on the Sierra Leone government and the international community to help him secure justice.

Peeble Romer lived in Gambia for over ten years and led the advocacy group seeking the Abolition of war in West Africa (ABOWA), an organization he set up as a refugee living in The Gambia. Romer said it was dedicated to the prevention of war in Africa.