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By Prince Musa in Kenema

A local Non-Governmental Organization, People’s Power Movement (PPM), has engaged school pupils and head teachers in Kenema on the essence of supporting the fight against corruption in the country.

The program which was held on Friday was part of the commemoration of the International Anti-Corruption Day. Pupils and teachers from five different schools in the district were targeted for the one day sensitization programme.

By Politico Staff Writer

The Minister of Labour and Social Security, Alpha Osman Timbo, has urged Trade Unions to endeavor to represent the interest of their members. Mr Timbo said his administration would begin scrutinizing the activities of all registered trade union groups to ensure they effectively deliver services to their members, noting that it is the responsibility of unions to ensure their members were appropriately informed to ensure this.

By Hajaratu Kalokoh

The Sierra Leone Government has said it doesn’t recognize the choice of Joseph Amara Bangura as president of the National Union of Students (NUSS).

Student Union presidents from various colleges across the country recently announced the selection of Bangura as head of the umbrella national student body after a botched attempt to conduct an election, after over a decade without a legitimate body representing students. They made the selection during the NUSS delegate conference on 29^th November in Kenema.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema

Police in Kenema are investigating one of their for rape allegation.

The suspect, Sergeant Francis Lansana, the head of the Family Support Unit in Blama Division in the Kenema district, is accused of raping a 15-year-old girl.

The Stepfather of the victim, who is also a Police officer in the district, told Politico that on Saturday (December 7) night the child went missing for two hours before they could find her in Lansana’s room.

By Anthony Levay in Bo

St Andrew's Senior Secondary School (UCC) in Bo has postponed the conduct of its first term examination for the Senior Secondary School section due to lack of stationeries, the school’s authorities said.

There are allegations that the board chairman of the school refused to approve a request for the acquisition of stationeries.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats SL) has announced the commencement the Annual Survey of Economic Enterprises (AESE), the second component of the Economic Survey conducted by the statistical agency.

The exercise, which started last week and is expected to be concluded by the end of December, will cover more than 7000 business enterprises across the country, from small, to medium to multinational corporations.

By Prince J Musa in Kenema.

The Chairman of the Kenema District Council has urged Statistics Sierra Leone to conduct a credible census. Mohamed Sesay made the remarks during the launch of the 2018 Sierra Leone Integrated Household Survey (SLIHS) report in Kenema.

His comment comes ahead of Stats SL’s proposed midterm census that will be conducted next year.

“The people of Kenema District are not happy with Statistics Sierra Leone because of how the 2015 national population census was conducted,” Sesay said.