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By Mabinty M. Kamara

 As part of what they described as priority recommendations, the European Union-Election Observation Mission to Sierra Leone has called on the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) to publish results data by polling station, including results per candidate and per party, the number of registered voters and of valid and invalid votes, in a timely manner and in an easily trackable and downloadable database format in future elections.

By Saio Marrah

Alpha Barrie, the regional manager of Rokel Commercial Bank in the south has testified in court that the first accused, Mohamed Arafat S. Munda in a preliminary investigation into a case of fraud involving his institution, confessed to tampering with the account of a deceased customer but that he was not alone.

By Saio Marrah

Detective Constable Osman Mohamed Bangura, a prosecution witness in a case in which a man is accused of conspiracy to commit a felony and being an accessory to the fact has denied asking for a bribe of NLe 15, 000.00 from the accused to keep him out of a cell. The police witness was under cross-examination by Lawyer Sylvanus Kanyako at Pademba Road Magistrate’s Court in Freetown on Monday 9^th October 2023.

By Abdulai Fasineh Dumbuya

The Ministry of Employment, Labour and Social Security has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) on Monday 9th October 2023, for the development of a Volunteering Policy that will guide the service in Sierra Leone.

VSO’s Programme Manager, Isha Bangura in her statement at the event, said the policy development process was very timely, noting that the issue of volunteerism has existed for far too long without structures.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

As part of their key deliverables for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is to complete investigations of at least 50% of cases reported to the institution, according to Deputy Commissioner, Augustine Foday Ngobie at the ongoing FY2024 Policy Hearing and Bilateral Budget discussions at the Ministry of Finance in Freetown.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

In highlighting the key challenges faced in the Fiscal Year 2023, the Cabinet Secretariat has expressed concern over the unavailability of Officers for the signing of their performance contract and the appraisals within the stipulated time.

This was contained in the Secretariat’s presentation during bilateral budget discussions for FY 2023 at the Ministry of Finance, Freetown on the 9^th of October 2023.

By Saio Marah

A police prosecution witness, Detective Constable Sheku Turay has admitted in court that he ignored remarks threatening the life of a complainant, Major Amadu Kargbo by not investigating the issue.