By Mustapha Sesay
Director of public education and outreach at the Anti-Corruption Commission has told Politico that they are organising a symposium to gauge public perceptions from various quarters on different aspects of bribery in Sierra Leone.
Shollay Davies said the symposium and panel discussions, slated for today September 12 at the Miata Conference Centre in Freetown, was in line with the global corruption barometer report, which he said was “really teasing” for the country.
By Crispina Lois Cummings
Members of parliament have met at the Brama Town community centre in Koya and at the Lombeh Harding hall in Newton to officially commission contractors for the rehabilitation of 47.1 kilometres of feeder roads and bridges in the Western Area Rural District.
The project, costing Le 4 billion, will be supervised by the Western Area rural district council, the rural and private sector development project’s sub unit in the rural district, the district officer and district roads authority engineer for the designated project.
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
The case of Samuel Thomas Bangura, former staff of Magbass Sugar Company who allegedly defrauded the company of the sum over Le 100 million has been committed to the high court in Freetown.
The accused, who was under preliminary investigation on two counts of larceny by servant and embezzlement, had been standing before Magistrate Komba Kamanda of Court No 2 in Freetown.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
