POLITICAL CRAZZYNESS

{Courtsey:AWOKO NEWS} Sierra Leone News: Govt. contractors need to be vetted Michala Mackay The Chief Executive Officer and Registrar, Michala Mackay of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has called on the Ministry of Finance to vet companies bidding for government contracts, whilst presenting their 2018 budget. She said that the issue of contracts is a big challenge. “Government entities are giving contracts to companies and not crosschecking their status with us; whether they are compliant or not. Some of them will have a share capital of like Le10 million and are given contracts worth billions of Leones. The CAC, she said, will be liaising with authorities to see how they can ensure that part of the procurement process will be. “If a contract is being offered above a certain quantum, it has to be given to a company, because companies are bound by law to follow certain procedures. Companies must submit their audited financial statements so at least MDAs will be in a better positi...

POLITICAL CRAZZYNESS: THE REGENT DISASTER: MUD/LANDSLIDE

REGENT DISASTER: FOREBODINGS OF DR. BANYA AND THE ENGINEERS. By Andrew Keili One thing you cannot fault my dear Uncle "Puawui" on is his brains and his passion for what he believes in. The good old Doctor, now in the twilight years of his eventful life also happens to be an avid environmentalist who is Honorary President of the Conservation Society of Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leone Institution of Engineers (SLIE), of which yours truly is a proud member has been on the same page with the good doctor to warn about impending disasters of the kind we have just experienced at Regent. I will digress a bit and come back to Dr. Banya and the Engineers.            Dr Sama Banya ("Puawui") It is a well known fact that Sierra Leone faces many natural hazards including meteorological hazards. In addition to this there are many manmade disasters caused by deforestation, coastal sand mining, artisanal aggregate mining and other factors.  Although most of the urban d...

INTERVIEWS OF DR JOHN KAREFA-SMART- 1915 - 2010: A Medical Doctor cum Politician! https://youtu.be/YUfC_oHI3UY https://youtu.be/npwr9ZxIl9A https://youtu.be/36AUcw3ASR0 https://youtu.be/IZAVxoEHmaM https://youtu.be/npwr9ZxIl9A https://youtu.be/hLwAMdLdcqM https://youtu.be/kumnhW63QUc https://youtu.be/PCjqZT6kpt8 https://youtu.be/hfbnOrvnjGw https://youtu.be/eWmHDHxP2_o https://youtu.be/xvQp5qieWaQ https://youtu.be/naQhM5bhaQQ https://youtu.be/wq_iDDLFzbU https://youtu.be/t0SJf8RJVjA https://youtu.be/UiIIBPeZovA https://youtu.be/HCIjZxIkgtQ From Bloomberg.com - profile. Dr. John Karefa-Smart, M.D., M.P.H. serves as a Director of Health Management, Inc. Dr. Karefa-Smart has extensive international experience in public health project design and supervision, health care evaluation and international health care management. Dr. Karefa-Smart has over 15 years of teaching experience in international health in universities in Nigeria and the United States. For five years he was the assistant di...

President Koroma receives CRC Final Report  {Courtesy: Concord Times Newspaper}      January 26, 2017 By State House Communication Unit The Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) on Tuesday (January 24, 2017) presented its final report to His Excellency President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma at State House in Freetown. According to the chairman of the presentation ceremony, Secretary to the President, Emmanuel E. B. Osho Coker, the CRC was established on July 30, 2013 by His Excellency the President. He described the presentation ceremony as not only a milestone in the journey to achieving modern constitutionalism, but also a momentous occasion in the sense that the ceremony took place within one of the relics of colonialism, signifying a poignant reminder of the enormous strides the country has made in the area of democracy and good governance since independence. “The major civic education and consultation process undertaken by the CRC gave the people the opportunity to make...