His Excellency Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has urged newly sworn ministers and deputy ministers to act as key players in actualising the Agenda for Prosperity. He made this declaration on the occasion of the swearing in ceremony of the last batch of ministers and deputy ministers who successfully went through the Appointments Committee of the noble House of Parliament. “As a government we have clearly defined the path that will serve as a guide to do what is expected of us”, President Koroma said, and went on to note that “We have clearly defined that path because the people of... Continue Reading
Kenyan voters will be able to monitor election results and reports of election irregularities in their constituencies on Monday, thanks to added functionality on the popular GotToVote.co.ke election portal. GotToVote will now allow ordinary citizens to cut through all the ‘noise’ and hype generated during elections to get easy access to the official election results for their counties, or local constituencies, when they become available from Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IBEC). “The media and political parties are all focused on the national results and on results affecting two or three of the higher profile presidential contenders. The ordinary citizen and... Continue Reading
The National Commission for Democracy (NCD) has on Monday 4th March 2013 presented its annual reports for the years-2010,2011 and 2012 to President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma at State House. Speaking before he received of the Reports, President Koroma expressed delight for the commission’s move to address the backlogged saying that the document will soon be tabled before the House of Parliament as the role of the NCD is the democratic dispensation is very important. He said the commission has been given high profile through the civic education that the NCD provided during last November elections, adding that the job... Continue Reading
KAMPALA- Kenyan presidential elections have kicked off this morning amidst fear of violence. The elections started at 6:46 am African time and 47 counties are taking party in the elections which is being conducted by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) of Kenya and is the first elections to be held under its body. The chairman of IEBC, Issack Hassan, has promised that the General Election will be peaceful, free and fair and the provisional presidential results will be released within 48 hours after poll centers close. Some 23,000 observers, including 2,600 International monitors, have been deployed, according to... Continue Reading
….. ceremony on his second term in office on 22 February 2013 – Colleague Heads of State, Mr. Vice-President, Honourable Speaker of Parliament, My Lady the Chief Justice, Ministers of Government, Honourable Members of Parliament, Excellencies, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, His Worship the Mayor of Freetown, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen: The hand of destiny has led me to where I stand today as President of the Republic of Sierra Leone for the second term. I give abundant praise and thanks to Almighty God for elevating me to this exalted position and for sparing my life to see this day.... Continue Reading
