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VICTOR FOH NAMED IN KAMARAIMBA's ARREST

Kamarainba Mansaray, Leader Alliance Democratic Party yesterday accused Vice President BockarieFoh as the mastermind to his arrest vis-à-vis alleged unlawful possession of firearm. Kamarainba claimed his arrest came shortly after Vice President Foh summoned the AIG East, KarrowKamara, his Local Unit Commander Segbewma Police Station,  Supt. Joseph Kargbo to his Tower Hill office, blaming and mouth lashing them for failing to arrest the former when he was found in possession of a firearm. That he (Kamarainba) came to know this when called upon by the police at their Freetown headquarters in relation to the alleged weapon/firearm found his possession while on a political campaign trip in Segbewma a week later. “On my arrival at police headquarters, I first met LUC Joseph Kargbo who angrily told me he was summoned to the office of the Vice President, where incidentally he was badly treated and later ordered to unnecessarily caused my arrest and without delay prosecution too,” Kama

Transparency for Development, CSO’s set to improve Maternal &Newborn Health Care in Kailahun

Transparency for Development (T4D) in collaboration with it partners (WASH-Net and MOPDA including the Media) has ended 3 day comprehensive interface meeting with community stakeholders and staff and volunteers from different health posts and centers in Kailahun District. Giving an over view of the project to partners at the MOPDA Office in   Bo,    JesicaCreiton from the Harvad School of Governance underscored the importance of having a   community-led transparency and accountability process in improving health   in most deprive, hard to reach areas and riverline areas. She said the focus of the project is to address the many challenges faced by patient especially women and children in accessing health care services including maternal and newborn health. She furthered  that the T4D  is on it  its Phase II  project and it will involve information gathering, identification of community activities, scored card meeting,  social action planning meeting,  open [public meetings,  soc

Another Le10 Million Africell Ramadan Show Winner Emerges

Mohamed Bah of Bo but currently in Kenema on a visit with GSM number 099054993 was on Monday 12 th June 2017 named as another winner of the on-going Africell Ramadan show 2017. He is a student that sat to the WASSCE that is still waiting to be enrolled into the university. Currently he is not doing anything as there is nobody to support his education. Mohamed first selected Moon 29 that gave him Le 500,000 and continue with the show by selecting Star 39 that holds the original key to the Millionaire corner and when he accessed the key he was asked to choose from BoxesA, B and C and eventually he selected Box B which hadLe 10 Million. Africell Media Relation Supervisor who is the presenter of the Ramadan showsAbdularJalloh aka Tamba Bee, encouraged subscribers and non-subscribers to be part of the biggest family. He said the promotion is not restricted to anybody but one that is meant to improve the lives of their subscribers. He continued to say the 2017 Africell Ramadan S

KONO DISTRICT COUNCIL TO COUGH UP 260 MILLION

Kono district Council is to account for huge sum of money to the tune 260 Million Leones. This was exposed in Parliament when they visited Parliament on Monday 12 June 2018.  Hon SahrFatorma discovered that the council received Le 400 million but that they need to explain for the remaining Le 260 Million. Hon Dan Y. Sesay said the council spent Le 222 Million but the Chief Administrator Tamba Musa responded that the finance officer has the documents. Hon DaudaKallon asked the chief administrator what they actually received for 2016, he (Chief Administrator Musa) responded that they received Le 495.3 Billion. Hon Sesay asked if they received any money from donors but the council went before the committee without presenting any document to the committee. Therefore,  the Chairman of the Committee on Local Government  and Rural Development, Hon Abu Koroma has to stand the council down so that they will go and prepare their documents before they will face the committee on Wednes

HERO OF OUR TIME: Mariatu Kargbo A Change Maker

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Compiled By S. I. Joenal Today we have another Hero of Our Time in our archive and it is no less a person than Mariatu Kargbo. Mariatu Kargbo is a young Sierra Leonean lady born at New England Ville in the west end of Freetown. Maria did her primary education at the Wellington Primary School and Municipal Primary School Kissy Dockyard. Her secondary education was done at the Ahmadiyya Secondary School. Upon completion of her secondary school education, Maria started attending cultural classes at the Milton Margai Collage of Education, Science and Technology while she was pursued computer training in one of the computers institute at Ferry Junction. She also pursued another course at the Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM) where she came out with flying colours. Maria was very young when she lost her parents but that didn’t stop her to pursue her dreams as she was able to move with friends. At Ahmadiyya Secondary School Maria was unable to pay her sc