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Politics & Law

President Bio suspends public officials accused of corruption by commission of inquiry

October 5, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 6

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 October 2020: President Bio has today suspended all civil servants and public officials accused “of acting improperly with respect to the use of public funds” by the Commission of Inquiry. Two of those affected by the president’s decision, are his minister of agriculture – Dennis Vandi [Read More]

Politics & Law

US embassy in Freetown warns of security alert for Freetown and Makeni

October 4, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 7

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 October 2020: The U.S. embassy in Freetown, Sierra Leone today published a security alert advising its staff and American citizens to avoid the central districts of Freetown the country’s capital, and Makeni in the north – hometown of the former president Ernest Bai Koroma. According to [Read More]

Politics & Law

Speaker of parliament Abass Bundu attempts to shut down civil liberty in Sierra Leone

October 4, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 October 2020: Sierra Leone’s speaker of parliament – Dr Abass Bundu, has reacted badly to perception survey results published by two of the country’s most reputable civil society groups, which show that parliamentarians are the second most corrupt officials in Sierra Leone after police officers. (Photo [Read More]

Politics & Law

Commission of Inquiry White Paper: For whom the bell tolls?

October 4, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 5

Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 October 2020: “We have had several Commissions of Inquiry in post-independence Sierra Leone. But Sierra Leoneans seem to have learnt little to nothing from those past Commissions of Inquiry. We are determined to make this the last Commissions of Inquiry in this country. This [Read More]

Politics & Law

Opposition NGC responds to commission of inquiry reports and White Paper

October 4, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 16

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 October 2020: As political fallout continues, between the government of Sierra Leone and the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party over the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry reports and the White Paper into corruption allegations against the former APC government led by president Ernest [Read More]

Economy & Business

Sierra Leone’s finance minister Saffa prepares for major policy shift in 2021 budget

October 3, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 6

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 October 2020: Sierra Leone’s Minister of Finance –  Jacob Jusu Saffa says that the government intends to make major policy shifts in agriculture, teenage pregnancy, health system, and recurrent spending. He was speaking last Thursday at the formal opening of the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Conference [Read More]

Politics & Law

Sierra Leone lawyers expose gross miscarriage of justice by Biobele Commission of Inquiry

October 2, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 19

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 October 2020: As more and more questions are being asked about the professionalism and legal standards with which the Nigerian Judge – Justice Biobele Georgewill presided over one of the Commissions of Inquiry into the conduct of the former Koroma-led APC government, a damning letter was [Read More]

Politics & Law

Funding Freetown – bridging the gap between civic pride and property tax

October 1, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 5

Memuna Forna: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 October 2020: For cities across the world, the mainstay of local funding is some sort of property-based tax system. It is how they pay for improvements and the services they provide. If you want to know how cities survive without a functioning property-based tax [Read More]

Politics & Law

I will robustly defend my reputation – former president Ernest Koroma tells Bio’s government

October 1, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 41

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 October 2020: Former president Koroma of Sierra Leone has received an order from the country’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to attend an investigation at their office in Freetown next Monday. According to the ACC, the investigation will probe into allegations of corruption and abuse of office, made [Read More]

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