PRESIDENT KABBAH'S ADDRESS TO THE POLICE

On Wednesday 30 August 2006 His Excellency President Kabbah opened a two-day seminar jointly organized by the Sierra Leone Police and the United Nations Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL).
The theme for the seminar was "The Role of the Sierra Leone Police in the 2007 Elections." At the opening ceremony the President thanked the organizers and highlighted the transformation the police has undergone since he assumed office as President in 1996.
President Kabbah described the reformed police as a "force for good" and praised the police for their hard work and indicated that the police were fully equipped to provide nationwide security during the 2007 Presidential and Parliamentary elections.
President Kabbah also referred to the just-concluded Biriwa Chiefdom chieftaincy election and said that Government acted constitutionally in the conduct of that election.
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(31st August 2006)

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ACC Advisory Committee Presents Report

The Anti-Corruption Commission Advisory Committee which comprises reputable members of Civil Society, and which was set up as an oversight committee on ACC, on Thursday 10th August 2006 presented its annual report for the period January 2004-September 2005 to H.E. the President, Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, at his Hill Station Office in Freetown.
While presenting the report, the Chairman of the Committee, Dr. Amos Lavally, expressed appreciation to President Kabbah for setting up the Advisory Committee as an independent body of the ACC with the freedom to perform its function of advising the ACC on issues for effective and efficient implementation of its activities to make Sierra Leone corruption free.

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(10th August 2006)

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Anti-Corruption Commission Presents Annual Report

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), the institution set up by government with assistance from DFID to help curb corruption in Sierra Leone has presented its 2004 annual Report to His Excellency the President, Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah.
Presenting the report to the President, the Commissioner Anti-Corruption Commission, Prof. Joko-Smart, who was recently appointed to the post stated that he realized after taking up appointment that the Commission's last report was presented in 2003 and that it was incumbent upon the ACC according to the Act that created it to submit annual reports to the President and that he was doing his level best to ensure that reports are updated. He said that the 2005 report is already in the pipeline and work is being done on it.
According to the report 587 cases were reported to the ACC out of which 91 were investigated, 13 prosecuted, 113 cases rolled over to 2005 and 370 cases were not investigated.
President Kabbah congratulated the ACC Commissioner for taking the initiative to avoid a hiatus in the reporting sequence although the period of the report was before he assumed office.
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(4th August 2006)

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ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT KABBAH ON THE 2007 GENERAL ELECTIONS

Today I want to talk to you about the forthcoming general elections the date for which though far away, has become the subject of intense debate and speculation.
As you all know the term of office of my Presidency will come to an end next year. It will become necessary for us to hold elections sometime next year to elect the next President.
According to our Constitution a general election of the members of Parliament shall be held within three months after the dissolution of Parliament. In the case of the election of the President the election is to be held during the period of three months beginning with the date when the office of President becomes vacant.
As President one of my constitutional responsibilities is to dissolve Parliament in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution in order to pave the way for the holding of the elections. It has been customary to announce the date of the elections on the occasion of the dissolution of Parliament. However after due consultations with the National Electoral Commission, I am pleased to announce today that the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections will be held on 28 July 2007 in accordance with the provisions of our Constitution. But I must hasten to state that the declaration of this date does not mean the start of political campaign activities. The Electoral Commission will determine the start of campaigning.
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(3rd August 2006)