DFID ends training on financial management for Parliamentarians

The Department for International Development (DfID) has concluded a one-day training programme for two oversight committees in Parliament, namely, the Public Accounts Committee and Finance Committee on financial management. The Audit Service Sierra Leone also took part in the training which took place in the Committee Room of Parliament.

[...]

MPs and Clerks of Committees benefit from capacity building workshop

Parliamentarians and Clerks of Committees during PACO training session

The Parliamentary Assistant Coordination Office (PACO) supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has concluded a capacity building working session for Parliamentarians, Chairpersons and Clerks of Committees in the House of Parliament in Freetown.

[...]

Parliament to quiz mobile phone operators

The Chairman of the Parliamentary Oversight Committee on Information and Communications, Hon. Yapo Condeh Conteh, has disclosed to this paper that all mobile phone companies operating in the country would be summoned to Parliament to answer questions relating to the poor performance of their networks.

[...]

Viewpoint: What makes up a responsible and active Parliament?

Sierra-Leone-Parliament

By Elkass I.L. Sannoh

This is a question which has kept nagging me until I read an excerpt from a paper written by K.F.K. Ole Kaparo, former Speaker of the Kenya National Assembly, in which he stated: “In any organized society there must be a way in [...]

Parliament approves seven

Sierra-Leone-Parliament

By Josephine Largao

Seven Presidential nominees were yesterday approved by Parliamentarians. 

They are the current General Manager of the Sierra Leone Airports Authority, Mr. John S.A. Sesay, as a Board Member of the Sierra Leone Civil Aviation Authority, Dr. Alpha Bundu Kamara, as Chairman of the Sierra Leone Health

[...]