By Politico staff writer The outgone Minister of Works and Public Assets Peter Bayuku Konteh, says he is grateful that he was accorded the opportunity to serve the Government and people of Sierra Leone. He was speaking during the formal handing over of office to his successor Dr. Dennis Sandy and deputy in Freetown. The event saw the presentation of a comprehensive
By Mabinty M. Kamara The Institute for Governance Reform’s latest Parliamentary Tracker has indicated that 40% of Parliamentarians in the last parliament did not participate in any debate. “40 MPs spoke only one or two times in all 277 sittings or did not speak at all,” the report reads in part. The report provides an analysis of the performance of 146 MPs from 2018 to 2023 in
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By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay The House of Parliament is set to resume sittings today following the end of its annual recess. The recess allowed the Members of Parliament (MP) to visit their constituencies and engage their constituents. All 132 MPs are expected to be in Parliament on Thursday morning. Ahead of the resumption of sitting, the leadership of Parliament which includes
By Mabinty M.Kamara Report by the Special Investigations Committee set by President Julius Maada Bio to investigate the August 10 protest’s organisers, planners, Funders and most importantly to make recommendations for action that would prevent a recurrence of the violent August 10 protest has indicated that the protest was politically motivated . The committee also noted that