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By Nasratu Kargbo

Following the absence of most of the Ministries, Departments and Agencies during the first allotted day for the debate of the bill entitled the Appropriation Act 2024, the Speaker of Parliament Chernor Abass Bundu said that he will ensure that the budget for MDAs that are absent for the remaining four allotted days for the debate be withheld.

By Saio Marrah 

The fifth witness in the ongoing audit tribunal set up to investigate the alleged misconduct of Sierra Leone’s suspended Auditor General, Lara Taylor- Pearce and her deputy Tamba Momoh has said that  Momoh was seen working for a private auditing company during official working time.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

The Secretary- General of the Sierra Leone Labour Congress has expressed the group’s satisfaction with the establishment of the Wages and Salary Commission as enshrined in the Wages and Compensation Commission Act of 2023.  

The commission is mandated to determine wages and compensation for public sector employees, harmonise the public sector pay system that reflects equity and merit and improve other related matters.

By Saio Marrah

The lead State Prosecutor, Ahmed J. Bockarie in an ongoing tribunal set up to investigate the suspended Auditor -General and her deputy, Lara Taylor-Pearce and Tamba Momoh over their alleged misconduct, has applied that Audit Service submit the attendance register of top management.

Bockarie made the oral application on Tuesday 21^st November 2023, that the institution should submit the register spanning from 2015 to 2021.

By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah

In a bid to address price control, the Deputy Secretary- General of the Sierra Leone Importers Association, Alhaji Sheriff Barrie has called on the Government to repeal the 1969 Exclusive Act that gives the right of sole importing of essential commodities to importers.

Barrie was speaking at the government weekly press briefing at the Foreign Affairs Ministry,Tower Hill in Freetown on 21st November 2023. 

By Nasratu Kargbo

Members of Parliament have raised concern over the deplorable state of the road leading to President Julius Maada Bio’s home district of Bonthe, amongst the many other bad roads in the country that they say needed to be fixed.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

President Julius Maada Bio has recommitted his Government to fostering gender equality, and women empowerment and ensuring their active participation in shaping the future of Sierra Leone.

He made the commitment while officially launching the Network of Women Ministers and Parliamentarians in Sierra Leone (NeWMaP) on the 21^st of November, 2023 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Freetown.