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The Anti Corruption Bill, Tejan Cole and The 2008 Bill
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Commentaries
Posted by on Jul 22, 2008, 07:53
Sub section 45-46 again is too widely drafted. But may help in the fight against corruption. Section 47: This provision is outrageous. It is criminalizing those who accept gifts from persons they have helped in the past and who have simply come back to say thank you with a card after the event has been completed. The sad part about this section in the bill is that the type of gift is not mentioned, defined or categorized
“I Will Bring to Justice Even My Mom If She’s Involve in this Drug Deal” President Koroma Vows
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Posted by Karamoh Kabba, Freetown on Jul 22, 2008, 07:35
Sierra Leone’s Transport and Aviation Minister, Kemoh Sesay, Foreign minister Zainab Bangura and Information Minister Ibrahim Kargbo have all been commenting on an incident that has overshadowed all government business in Freetown in the last couple of days with some members of the local press putting senior government officials on trial, while acting as prosecution, jury and judge at the same time. Some have even condemned whole communities like the inhabitants of Port Loko town (located a few miles from Lungi international airport) to which some of the people involved had fled
Attitudinal Change Efforts Must Start Now!
MEDIA & SOCIETY
Posted by on Jul 22, 2008, 07:19
Listening to the BBC’s Umaru Fofanah Thursday July 10, 2008 on the President’s presumptive move to ‘offload’ some members of the cabinet whom he thinks are excess baggage’s and in his words "to stabilize the vessel," I could not help but chuckle. In the deeper bottom of my heart, I have known (just like many more) all along that the caliber of men and women the President has appointed and continues to draft actualize his vision was designed to fumble, and not deliver the goodies many were hoping a regime change will provide
Financial Institutions And Money Laundering Sierra Leone
BUSINESS WORLD
Posted by on Jul 22, 2008, 07:10
Given the current cocaine saga in the country, the public needs to understand how people launder money so that they can identify money laundering and know how to help prevent it. Money laundering is the practice of engaging in financial transactions in order to conceal the identity, source, and/or destination of money, and is a main operation of the underground economy. Money is "laundered" to conceal illegal activity, including the crimes that generate the money itself, such as drug trafficking. Money laundering conceals the source of illegal proceeds so that the money can be used without detection of its criminal source
Sierra Leone Does not Need Cocaine From Venezuela
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Something To Think About
Posted by on Jul 22, 2008, 03:45
The Sierra Leonean reaction to the cocaine fiasco has been astounding. But for few negative commentaries, most Sierra Leoneans have responded patriotically. What setout to be a drug smuggling deal from Venezuela through Sierra Leone, has become a setup for national unity against illegal drugs and corruption. One fact that cannot be denied is that the territorial rights of Sierra Leone were violated
Port Loko Turns Drug Distribution Centre For Guinea, Liberia, Gambia and Europe
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Posted by Sullay Kamara Northern Province Correspondent on Jul 18, 2008, 06:42
Port Loko township, a very notorious place for political vendetta, fanfare, gossips and where the impossibility can be made possible is again on the spot light. This time round the Port Loko township and its precinct was a Mecca when news of the well-talked about well-armed drug cartels numbered seven were arrested and whisked to the Port Loko Police Station under the command of the Support Officer, Emmanuel Kargbo and his Force-For-Good Boys.
Control Tower Reports May Rope in Government Officials in Cocaine Plan Landing
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Posted by on Jul 18, 2008, 06:35
Sleepless nights, after-thoughts and dilemmas are the current diseases beating down the minds of some government officials at the Ministry of Transport and Aviation and the Sierra Leone Airport Authority since the day the cocaine dealers ran out of luck and their goods apprehended. For Gibrilla Kamara alias GK1…001, he may be checking his perceived profits if the deal had gone smoothly. His store at Kissy Dockyard where storage, packaging and departures are made is now condoned and provided with twenty-four-hour well armed security officials
Key Cocaine Suspect Ahmed Sesay Warned To Keep Sealed Lips!
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Posted by on Jul 18, 2008, 05:05
Cocaine trade, the world all over is a risky one, but lucrative and profitable. It involves big men and women in societies, mostly very close to the seat of power. What is uncontestable is the fact that cocaine trade cannot be conducted in any country without the knowledge of those individuals responsible for the security of the state. It is like a secret society, where only members of the society know the activities, ceremonies and benefits that can be derived from the society
The Central Bank Of Sierra Leone In Changing Rural Financial System
BUSINESS WORLD
Posted by on Jul 18, 2008, 04:59
The weaknesses of the Import Substitution Industrialization (ISI) Policy adopted by many developing countries began to surface in the early 1970s. By the mid-1970s, strategies of modernization and technology transfer had clearly failed to initiate self-sustained processes of development. Government intervention and centralized planning as demanded by the ISI policy had spurred economic disaster, rather than growth in Sierra Leone and indeed in many African countries.
The Anti Corruption Commission Bill 2008
MEDIA & SOCIETY
Posted by on Jul 18, 2008, 04:45
The Advisory Committee needs to be strengthened to act as a check on the powers of the Commissioner, particularly in relation to appointments within the commission to avoid the commission being used as a fraternal organization.This is the most contentious part of the bill which arguably fails to address civil liberties issues and is arguably in breach
Mr. Acting Director of Prison, Not this Time Again...No More Escapees
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Posted by Joe Sawan on Jul 16, 2008, 14:55
Decades ago, the officers at the Pademba Road Maximum Security Prisons epitomized professionalism and commitment to the safety, stability and security of Sierra Leone. The environment in which they worked in was palatable. As an institution, they had relatively good and competitive sports and football teams. The late “LOFTY”, Sierra Leone’s national football teams’ premier goal
Cocaine Plane’s Recent Airworthiness Registration Information
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Posted by on Jul 16, 2008, 14:34
This is the most current Airworthiness Certificate data of the Cessna fixed Wing single engine cocaine plane that was seized by security personnels at Lungi International Airport in Sierra Leone after the pilots tried to escape. Though this is the recent however, it may not reflect the current aircraft configuration. So far over 70 people have been questioned by Police Officers and about 56 are in detention at The Pademba Road Prisons.
Sierra Leone Government Blocks Delivery of Fullah Progressive Union’s Medical Shipment to Bo and Koidu Government Hospitals
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Posted by Alphajoh Cham, Financial Secretary,FPU Georgia on Jul 16, 2008, 14:05
As has already been widely reported, the Fullah Progressive Union–Georgia, in collaboration with MedShare International, the Conflict-Free Diamond Council and Brilliant Earth shipped two 40-foot containers of medical supplies and biomedical equipment to Freetown in December 2007. Their estimated market
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| Members of Fullah Progressive Union Georgia....pose before medical materials....left to rot at the Ports |
value is in excess of $500,000. The donated containers were consigned directly to Bo Government Hospital and Koidu Government Hospital. These much needed medical relief supplies were intended to alleviate the deplorable healthcare delivery system in these hospitals, and hopefully serve as a pilot project for other government hospitals in the country.
Transition Report Exposes Poor Management and Wasteful Spending at NRA
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Posted by on Jul 16, 2008, 13:57
The National Revenue Authority was enacted under the National Revenue Act 2002, and is mandated to collect both direct and indirect tax. This was extended to the collection of non-tax revenues in 2004.The two main departments of the NRA in the discharge of its functions are: the Income tax department which covers all income, entertainment and travel taxes and the Customs and Excise department
JSDP Hands Over the First Ever Female Prison Section in Sierra Leone
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Posted by on Jul 16, 2008, 13:44
The Ministry of Internal Affairs, Local Government and Community Development (MIALGCD), Prisons Department, took possession today, of a newly constructed facility for female inmates in Kenema Prison.At a ceremony witnessed by MIALGCD, local government and prison officials, the Justice Sector Development Programme (JSDP) handed over the new building to prison authorities, to provide improved services for women
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