Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara (JFK): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 March 2021:
Discourse and controversy surrounding the functions and independence of the Office of the Auditor-General of Sierra Leone are not new.
(Photo above: Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara, former Attorney General of Sierra Leone).
As Attorney-General in 2016, our offices issued a Legal Opinion on the subject matter: that the Auditor-General’s Office is a creature of the Constitution, and any other law inconsistent with that mandate under the Constitution is ultra vires.
The Fiscal Management Control Act (“FMCA”) was drafted and prepared during my tenure, and it did not amend nor intended to affect the provisions relative to the Audit Service.