PARLIAMENTARY MONITORING REPORT Parliamentary Session First Session of the 8th Parliament Parliamentary Week 21st July – 23rd July BILLS Title Date By who Sex Stage of bill Committee referred to PAPERS PRESENTED Title Date By who Sex Issues Involved Committee Report of the Committee on Youth, Sport and Culture on the […]
The thirty-sixth plenary sitting of the Fifth Parliament (Third Session) of the Second Republic of Sierra Leone was snappy but engaging with Honorable Solomon Sengehpoh Thomas (Deputy Speaker of Parliament) presiding in the absence of Hon. Dr. Chernor Abass Bundu. The atmosphere in the Chamber was discomforting due to the failure of the House’s cooling system. […]
Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica) is by this release expressing serious concern with the delay by the Parliament of Ghana in initiating a probe into the unfortunate events that occurred in the early hours of 7th January 2021, during the election of a Speaker. This delay comes in the wake of the Rt. Hon. Speaker, Mr. […]
Hon Members, I would like, first and foremost, to express my gratitude, once again, to all of you for your support in electing me as Speaker of the 8th Parliament of the Republic of Ghana, in accordance with Article 95, clauses (1) and (3) of the Constitution and Orders 8 and 9 of the Standing […]
The Minister of Finance of Economic and Affairs, Hon. Mambury Njie revealed that the total revenue and grants for 2021 is projected at D25.76 billion (USD 498.3 million), representing a minimal growth of 5 per cent over the 2020 figure of D24.3 billion (USD471.9). He said that the increment is mainly attributed to project grants […]
Posted on November 27, 2020 by Pnafrica The President’s Party Candidate Hon. Birom JS Sowe, who stood under the National Peoples’ Party (NPP) ticket last Saturday won the National Assembly Member Seat. The much-awaited Legislative By-Election has now been filled by Hon. Sowe, since the establishment of NPP this marks the first-ever victory in what many […]
The newly-elected National Assembly Member for Niamina West last Thursday took an Oath of Allegiance in the Third Republic after the death of Hon. Demba Sowe last January at a grand ceremony held at the National Assembly Chambers in Banjul. The Clerk of the National Assembly, Momodou A. Sise who administered the Oath of Allegiance […]
The sociopolitical realities of the times have changed and therefore there is all need for the review of ‘The Constitution of Sierra Leone, 1991’ (Act No. 6 of 1991) enacted on 1st day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-one, Honorable Chernor Ramadan Maju Bah, Caucus Leader main opposition […]
Hopefully, the Peace and Cohesion Commission will help to ameliorate the violent conflict situations in the country or even prevent them all together but at the same time we have to manage expectations of the people, I am not so sure that it will solve all of Sierra Leone’s problems but it is the starting […]