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Parliament questions Audit Service

By Crispina Cummings

Members of Parliament yesterday asked why there were four Deputy Auditors-General as Audit Service Sierra Leone engaged parliamentarians at a pre-legislative hearing on the bill titled ‘Audit Service Act 2014’.

Auditor General, Lara Taylor-Pearce said the appointment of the four was based on different responsibilities as they worked as a team and made decisions together even though she had the final say.

Kono PC takes Koroma to task

By Septimus Senessie in Kono

Chairman of the Council of Paramount Chiefs in Kono District has reminded President Ernest Bai Koroma of "his promise to provide a university for the district" during his November 2012 presidential campaign in Kono District.

P.C. Paul Garba  Saquee V of Tankoro Chiefdom sent his message through the Minister of Education, Dr. Minkailu Bah during the handing-over ceremony of the construction of a technical and vocational institute to contractors at Sembakoro village in Gbense Chiefdom.

Blackout rocks Makeni

President Koroma

By Matthew Kanu in Makeni

The northern headquarter town of Makeni has been plunged into darkness for 14 days due to ongoing maintenance work on the hydroelectric plant.

Sierra Leone varsity lecturer cries for help

Lansana Kormoh

Fourah Bay College History lecturer, on PhD scholarship in Bradford, has been critically ill for about a year and in urgent need of money for a surgery. All what can save his life is £ 2,500. The total cost of his surgery is £ 12,000 but he has got a helping hand to the sum of £ 9,500.

Concerns over "land grabbing" in Sierra Leone

Joe Pemagbi launching the report

A new baseline evaluation report by Search for Common Ground titled "Equitable land rights promotion in three districts of Sierra Leone" looks at land agreements gone into in Port Loko, Bombali and Pujehun districts with foreign investors.

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