By Nasratu Kargbo Member of Parliament representing Western Area Urban, Mahmoud Kamara has urged the Government to complete a hundred-bed Lumley Government Hospital which he claimed had been abandoned. The MP made this call on the 22nd of November 2024, whilst debating the bill entitled Appropriation Act 2024. He called on the government to include the hospital as part of the
By Nasratu Kargbo Members of Parliament of the All People’s Congress (APC) party have raised concerns about the proposition made by the Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC) in a bill entitled Political Parties Regulation Commission Act 2022 that solicits the dissolution of smaller political parties that cannot secure a total of 2% of national votes.
By Nasratu Kargbo Member of Parliament from Bombali District, Salieu Osman Sesay, has condemned the restoration of tax on rice and called on President Julius Maada Bio to ensure that the aspect in the Finance Act that speaks on 5% tax on rice be removed. Sesay during his debate on the bill entitled the Appropriation Act 2024 yesterday said “Mr. President if you have not signed
By Nasratu Kargbo Following the absence of most of the Ministries, Departments and Agencies during the first allotted day for the debate of the bill entitled the Appropriation Act 2024, the Speaker of Parliament Chernor Abass Bundu said that he will ensure that the budget for MDAs that are absent for the remaining four allotted days for the debate be withheld. Bundu made the
By Nasratu Kargbo The Bank of Sierra Leone has extended the expiry date for the old Leone currency that is still in circulation following the introduction of the new redenominated Leone in July. The central bank in a press release dated 15th September 2022 announced the 31st March 2023 as the extended new date that the old Leone will become illegal tender, as against the 1st