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Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Amendment Bill 2019: A rejoinder to JFK’s thoughts

March 11, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Francis Ben Kaifala: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 March 2019: My attention has been drawn to an article in the Sierra Leone Telegraph, by Joseph Kamara (also “JFK”) which raises legal questions around the amendments tabled before Parliament which, the current leadership of the Commission, believes, will revolutionize the fight against [Read More]

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In politics you cannot clap with one hand alone

March 11, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 March 2019: There was seeming air of optimism among many Sierra Leoneans when President Maada Bio and the leaders of the 17 opposition Parties met at State House on 1st March this year. Most saw this gesture as a sign of grown up politics. [Read More]

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SLPP wins Tonko Limba Ward 196 election

March 10, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 March 2019: The Chief Electoral Commissioner of Sierra Leone – Mr Nfa Alie Conteh early this morning declared the SLPP candidate winner of the hotly contested bye-election in the Tonko Limba Chiefdom – Ward 196, in the Kambia District. Mustapha Kamara of the SLPP polled 46.92 [Read More]

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Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Amendment Bill 2019 – some thoughts to consider

March 9, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 March 2019: Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission is credited with continuing efforts and enjoying the political goodwill in the fight against corruption in the country. To that end, an Amendment Bill has recently been presented to the House of Parliament, seeking to revise certain [Read More]

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APC leadership in hot water as party faces possible meltdown

March 9, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 March 2019: Since losing the March 2018 elections, there have been incessant calls for the country’s opposition APC party to reform or face indefinite stay on the opposition benches, if not extinction. And recently, the party’s parliamentary leaders have come under fierce attack by sections of [Read More]

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President Bio delivers a powerful speech at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government

March 8, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 7

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 March 2019: Yesterday, Thursday 7th March 2019, president Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone was at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in Massachusetts, Boston, USA, where he delivered a powerful keynote speech about his vision for Sierra Leone’s development. His address, titled – ‘Toward a [Read More]

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President Bio receives big welcome in Massachusetts

March 7, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 22

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 March 2019: President Julius Maada Bio was today welcomed in Boston by the State Representative – Shawn C Dooley of the House of Representatives of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, where he was praised for his impressive leadership in transforming Sierra Leone. The State Representative congratulated president [Read More]

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Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Czar indicts former ambassador and others for passport corruption

March 7, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 March 2019: Sierra Leone is saying no to corruption. Yesterday, the country’s Anti-Corruption Commission reported that Ambassador Alie Ibrahim Kanu, who was also the former Chairman of the country’s Independent Media Commission and former Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations, has been charged to court for [Read More]

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Did president Bio and opposition leaders shake hands with clenched fists?

March 6, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 March 2019: The recent political manoeuvre by president Julius Maada Bio has been hailed by many – not least his supporters, but lambasted in varying degrees by critics using politically tainted optical prisms for obvious reasons. Last week, president Bio invited all leaders of [Read More]

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