16. 16                                                         anti - graft crusade’.   The Northern Regional  Office of the ACC conducted an outreach  meeting at the Port Loko campus of the  Ernest  Bai Koroma to raise awareness about  the Pay No Bribe campaign and how  students could use it to report acts of  bribery.     75   Equity    ‘ACC cautioned pilot MDAs’.  The Eastern  Regional Office of the ACC in Kenema met  with the pilot ministries, department s and  agencies under the   PNB to remind them  about their   obligations under the campaign  and to tackle commonly reported cases of  bribery in their institutions.   ACC   F   76   Premier News    ‘ACC takes fight against corruption to  Njala University’.    The ACC Regional  Office in Bo met with staff and students of  the Nursing Faculty of Njala University to  raise awareness  on   cases of bribery in  academic institutions and to enlist them in  the fight against bribery.   ACC   F   77   Awoko    ‘ACC partners with Bo CS Os in the fight  against corruption in Bo’.   The ACC  Regional Office in Bo met with civil society  organisations in Bo to raise awareness  on   the Pay No Bribe campaign and to solicit  civil society support in the fight against  corruption and bribery.   ACC   F   78   Standard Times   ‘E342,612 chopped at NPPA...Executive  Director suspended’.  The  paper reports  that three senior officials of the National  Protected Area Authority have been  suspended by the Board pending  investigations by the ACC. The three  officials,  including the Chief Executive  Officer Kolleh Bangura, Amos D. Kamara  and Sahr J. Kanfineh, were suspended over  the alleged misappropriation of 342,612  Euros grant by the European Union.     News story    F   79   AYV   ‘PNB goes academia’.    The ACC Regional  Office in Bo met with staff and students of  the Nursing Faculty of Njala University to  raise awareness about cases of bribery in  academic institutions and to enlist them in  the fight against bribery.     ACC   F   
                    
                      2. 2     Highlights   The   month   of  June   saw   97%   of   favourable  publications,   while   the   percentage   of   unfavourable  publications  was  1%.  The  percentage  of  ambivalent  reports  is  2%.  The  issues  mostly  reported  are  as  follows:   Favourable reports   ‘ACC secures conviction against two staff of World Vision’.   The  Bo  High  Court  presided  over  by  Hon.  Justice  Kekura  Bangura  convicted  Leslie  Lahai  Monson  and  Kerfala  Janneh,  employees  of  World  Vision on various corruption offences related to the dishonest appropriation of over twelve million leones  by registering eighty nine fake nam es as residents of Nengbema in Bo District to enable them qualify to  receive WFP Ebola food aid.   ‘ ACC to tackle corrupt ion in the language of the road . '   ACC Deputy Commissioner Shollay Davies,  in a meeting with senior officials of the Sierra Leone Roads Au thority, Roads Maintenance   Fund and the  Sierra  Leone  Road   Safety Authority, explained the Commission’s plan to curb corrupt practices in the  traffic sector and therefore encouraged the said institutions to ensure the visibility of road signs in order to  di scourage discretional enforcement by traffic police and road safety co r ps.   ‘ Mass sensitization on Pay No Bribe campaign ends in Freetown’.   The Public Education and Outreach  Department  conducted  a  mass  sensitization  of  the  Pay  No  Bribe  campaign  in  the  lorry  parks  of  Ogoo  Farm,  Juba  Bridge  Lorry  Park,  Regent  Road/Lumley  and  Aberdeen  roundabouts,  St  John,  PZ,  Eastend  Police,   Up Gun, Dan Street,   Shell Texa co, PMB, Calaba Town, Jui Waterloo/Tombo and 55 Lorry Parks.   ‘ACC arrests three examiners for alleged corruption offences’.   The  ACC  arrested  Messrs  Marveh  Francis  Kamara,  Amara  Kamara  and  Mohamed  Momoh,  teachers  of  the  Ansarul  Islamic  Secondary  School  in  Kenema  and  examiners  of  the  West  African  Examination  Council,  for  alleged  corruption  offences after it emerged that the three were bribed by WASSCE candidates to rewrite papers they took in  the last examinations.   ‘ ACC sets to push for single  window regime at SLPA: A PNB strategy’.    This makes reference to the   overt  operation  at  the  Queen  Elizabeth  II  Quay,  where  the  ACC  impounded  fifteen  containers  and  also  discovered  that  the  pe troleum  companies  have  not  been   going  t hrough  the  ASYCUDA,  makin g  the  G overnment  to  lose  huge  sums  of  monies.  During  the  post  operation  meeting  with  stakeholders,  the  Commission  says  one  of  its  recommendations  will  be  the  introduction  of  a  single  window  for  clearing  goods at the quay.   Unfavourable report   ‘ Police  corrup tion is overstated and unjustified’.   The  writer,  Titus  Boye - Thompson,  opines  that  the  PNB  report  which   statistics  show  the  Sierra  Leone  Police  as  the  institution  with  the  highest  cases  of  bribery ‘failed to address the key contexts of public perceptions’ a nd that the institution is not as corrupt  as being portrayed.       
                    
                      1. 1     ANALYSIS OF NEWSPAPERS CONTENTS FOR JUNE 2017     Key    F - FAVOURABLE - News stories, commentaries and editorials  favourable   to the  Commission.   UF - UNFAVOURABLE -   News stories, commentaries and editorials  unfavourable  to the Commission.   A -   A MBIVALENT   REPORTS - articles, stories, editorials and commentaries  neither favourable nor unfavourable to the Commission.   Statistics    Total number of publications on corruption issues -   79   Number of news stories -   16   Number of commentaries -   1   Number of editorials - 1   Number of s tories and articles from the Commission - 61   Number of articles, stories, editorials and commentaries about the Commission - 77     Articles, news stories, editorials and commentaries  ambivalent   ( A ) to the  Commission  -   2   ( 2 %)   Number of articles, news stories, editorials and commentaries  favourable (F)   to  the ACC - 76   ( 97 %)   Number of articles, news stories, editorials and commentaries  unfavourable (UF)  to the ACC - 1   ( 1 %)         
                    
                      8. 8     Education and Outreach Department  conducted a mass sensitization   of the Pay  No Bribe campaign in the lorry parks of  Ogoo Farm, Juba Bridge Lorry Park, Regent  Road/Lumley and Aberdeen roundabouts, St  John, PZ, Eastend Police, Up Gun, Dan  Street, Shell Texasco, PMB, Calaba Town,  Jui Waterloo/Tombo and 55 Lorry Parks.       13 June       28   For Di People   ‘ Mass sensitization on Pay No Bribe  campaign ends in Freetown’.   The Public  Education and Outreach Department  conducted a mass sensitization of the Pay  No Bribe campaign in the lorry parks of  Ogoo Farm, Juba Bridge Lorry Park, Regent  Road/Lumley and Aberdeen roundabouts, St  John, PZ, Eastend Police, Up Gun, Dan  Street,   Shell Texa co, PMB, Calaba Town,  Jui Waterloo/Tombo and 55 Lorry Parks.   ACC   F   29   For Di People   ‘ ACC joins insecticide - treated bed nets  distribution in Bo’.   The ACC Regional  Office in Bo joined the Ministry of  Education in the distribution of insecticide - treated bed nets to ensure that targeted  beneficiaries receive their supplies of the  nets.   ACC   F   30   For Di People   ‘ACC arrests three examiners for alleged  corruption offences’.   The ACC arrested  Messrs Marveh Francis Kamara, Amara  Kamara and Mohamed Momoh, teachers of  the Ansarul Islamic Secondary School in  Kenema and examiners of the West African  Examination Council, for alleged corruption  offences after it  emerged that the three were  bribed by WASSCE candidates to rewrite  papers they took in the last examinations.   ACC   F   31   Spectator    ‘ ACC joins insecticide - treated bed nets  distribution in Bo’.   The ACC Regional  Office in Bo joined the Ministry of  Education i n the distribution of insecticide - treated bed nets to ensure that targeted  beneficiaries receive their supplies of the  nets.   ACC   F   32   Exclusive    ‘ACC impounds 15 containers’ . This  makes reference to the Director of Systems  and Processes Reviews Rashid Tur ay as  saying that, during on overt operation at the  Queen Elizabeth II Quay, the ACC  impounded fifteen containers and also  discovered that the petroleum companies  News story    F    
                    
                      4. 4     Vision on various corruption offences  related to the dishonest appropriation of  over twelve mill ion leones by registering  eighty nine fake names as residents of  Nengbema in Bo District to enable them  qualify to receive WFP Ebola food aid.       6 June        7   Spectator    ‘ ACC senior investigator testifies in  A n glican diocese matter in Bo’ . ACC  Senior Investigator Musa Jawara testified in  the High Court Holden in Bo in the matter  between the ACC and Prince Nallo and four  others in which the accused collected  seventy - four million leones from Bishop  Emmanuel Tucker in a bid to ‘kill’ an  ongoi ng investigation against the Bishop.    ACC    F   8   Spectator    ‘ ACC enlists Laminaya in the Pay NO  Bribe campaign’.   The Northern Regional  office of the ACC organised an outreach  meeting in the Laminaya Community in the  Bombali District to promote the Pay No  Br ibe campaign and enlist the community  people in the campaign.   ACC   F   9   For Di People   ‘ACC secures conviction against two staff  of World Vision’.   The Bo High Court  presided over by  Hon.  Justice Kekura  Bangura convicted Leslie Lahai Monson  and Kerfala Janneh , employees of World  Vision on various corruption offences  related to the dishonest appropriation of  over twelve million leones by registering  eighty nine fake names as residents of  Nengbema in Bo District to enable them  qualify to receive WFP Ebola food a id.   ACC   F   10   For Di People   ‘ ACC enlists Laminaya in the Pay NO  Bribe campaign’.   The Northern Regional  office of the ACC organised an outreach  meeting in the Laminaya Community in the  Bombali District to promote the Pay No  Bribe campaign and enlist the community  people in the campaign.   ACC   F   11   Standard Times   ‘ Anglican Diocese scam ... A CC  investigator testifies’ . ACC Senior  Investigator Musa Jawara testified in the  High Court Holden in Bo in the matter  between the ACC and Prince Nallo and four  others in which the accused collected  seventy - four million leones from Bishop  Emmanuel Tucker i n a bid to ‘kill’ an  ongoing investigation against the Bishop.   ACC   F   
                    
                      9. 9     have not being going through the  ASYCUDA, making the government to lose  huge sums of monies.        14 June       33   Standard Times   ‘ACC bites Ports Authority’.   This makes  reference to the  overt operation at the  Queen Elizabeth II Quay, where the ACC  impounded fifteen containers and also  discovered that the petroleum companies  have not be en   going through the  ASYCUDA, making the government to lose  huge sums of mo nies.   News story    F    34   Spectator    ‘ ACC sets to push for single window  regime at SLPA: A PNB strategy’.    This  makes reference to the  overt operation at  the Queen Elizabeth II Quay, where the  ACC impounded fifteen containers and also  discovered that the p etroleum companies  have not be en   going through the  ASYCUDA, making the government to lose  huge sums of monies.   During the post  operation meeting with stakeholders, the  Commission says one its recommendations  will be the introduction of a single window  for  clearing goods at the quay.   ACC   F   35   For Di People   ‘ ACC sets to push for single window  regime at SLPA: A PNB strategy’.    This  makes reference to the  overt operation at  the Queen Elizabeth II Quay, where the  ACC impounded fifteen containers and also  discovered that the pe troleum companies  have not been   going through the  ASYCUDA, making the government to lose  huge sums of m onies.   ACC   F   36   Democrat    ‘ACC arrests three examiners for alleged  corruption offences’.   The ACC arrested  Messrs Marveh Francis Kamara, Amara  Kamara and Mohamed Momoh, teachers of  the Ansarul Islamic Secondary School in  Kenema and examiners of the West African  Examination Council, for alleged corruption  offences after it emerged that the thre e were  bribed by WASSCE candidates to rewrite  papers they took in the last examinations.   ACC   F   37   New Storm    ‘ ACC sets to push for single window  regime at SLPA: A PNB strategy’.    This  makes reference to the  overt operation at  the Queen Elizabeth II Quay,   where the  ACC impounded fifteen containers and also  discovered that the petroleum companies  ACC   F   
                    
                      5. 5         7 June       12   Premier News   ‘ACC to tackle corruption on the road’ .  ACC Deputy Commissioner Shollay  Davies, in a meeting with senior officials of  the Sierra Leone Roads Authority, Roads  Maintenance   Fund and the Sierra Leone  Road   Safety Authority, explained the  Commission’s plan to curb corrupt practices  in the traffic sector and therefore  encouraged the said institutions to ensure  the visibility of road signs in order to  discourage discretional enforcement by  traffic police and r oad safety co r ps.   ACC   F    13   New Vision   ‘ ACC to tackle corruption in the  language of the road’.   ACC Deputy  Commissioner Shollay Davies, in a meeting  with senior officials of the Sierra Leone  Roads Authority, Roads Maintenance   Fund  and the Sierra Leone Road   Safety Authority,  explained the Commission’s plan to curb  corrupt practices in the traffic sector and  therefore encouraged the said institutions to  ensure the visibility of road signs in order to  discourage discretional enforcement by  traffic police and r oad safety co r ps.   ACC   F   14   New Storm    ‘ ACC to tackle corruption in the  language of the road’.   ACC Deputy  Commissioner Shollay Davies, in a meeting  with senior officials of the Sierra Leone  Roads Authority, Roads Maintenance   Fund  and the Sierra Leone Road   Safety Authority,  explained the Commission’s plan to curb  corrupt practices in the traffic sector and  therefore encouraged the said institutions to  ensure the visibility of road signs in order to  discourage discretional enforcement by  traffic police and ro ad safety co r ps.   ACC   F   15   For Di People    ‘ ACC to tackle corruption in the  language of the road’.   ACC Deputy  Commissioner Shollay Davies, in a meeting  with senior officials of the Sierra Leone  Roads Authority, Roads Maintenance   Fund  and the Sierra Leone Road   Safety Authority,  explained the Commission’s plan to curb  corrupt practices in the traffic sector and  therefore encouraged the said institutions to  ensure the visibility of road signs in order to  discourage discretional enforcement by  traffic police and r oad safety co r ps.   ACC   F   16    Standard Times   ACC enlists Laminaya in the Pay NO  ACC   F   
                    
                      15. 15     Bo is declared wanted by the ACC to help  with an ongoing investigation.   68   Spectator   ‘ ACC urges EDSA to tackle bribery and  petty corruption’.   The ACC Regional  Office in Bo held a customized meeting  with staff of the Electricity Distribution and  Supply Authority in Bo to raise awareness  on issues of integrity and transparency and  to urge them to tackle bribery in the delivery  of services.   ACC   F   69   Spectator    ‘ACC partners with CSOs in the fight  against corruption in Bo’.   The ACC  Regional Office in Bo met with civil society  organisations in Bo to raise awareness about  the Pay No Bribe campaign and to solicit  civil society support in the fight aga inst  corruption and bribery.   ACC   F       30 June        70   Daily Mail    ‘ ACC urges EDSA Bo to tackle bribery  and petty corruption’.   The ACC Regional  Office in Bo held a customized meeting  with staff of the Electricity Distribution and  Supply Authority in Bo to raise awareness  on issues of integrity and transparency and  to urge them to tackle bribery in the delivery  of services.   ACC   F   71   Guardian Post   ‘ACC heightens PNB campaign in  colleges’.  The ACC Regional Office in Bo  met with staff and students of the Nursing  Faculty of Njala University to raise  awareness about cases of bribery in  academic institutions and to enlist them in  the  fight against bribery.     ACC   F   72   Guardian Post    ‘ ACC urges EDSA Bo to tackle bribery  and petty corruption’.   The ACC Regional  Office in Bo held a customized meeting  with staff of the Electricity Distribution and  Supply Authority in Bo to raise awareness  on issues of integrity and transparency and  to urge them to tackle bribery in the delivery  of services.   ACC   F   73   Success    ‘ ACC urges EDSA Bo to tackle bribery  and petty corruption’.   The ACC Regional  Office in Bo held a customized meeting  with staff of the Electricity Distribution and  Supply Authority in Bo to raise awareness  on issues of integrity and transparenc y and  to urge them to tackle bribery in the delivery  of services.   ACC   F   74   Success    ‘Port Loko University College joins the  ACC   F   
                    
                      10. 10     have not be en   going through the  ASYCUDA, making the government to lose  huge sums of monies. During the post  operation meeting with stakeholders, the  Commission say s one its recommendations  will be the introduction of a single wi ndow  for clearing goods at the Q uay.       15 June        38   Provincial Times   ‘ ACC’s thunderbolt strikes 2 again’ .  Hon.  Justice Kekura Bangura of the High Court  Holden in Bo sentenced Lahai  Monson and  Kelfala Janneh to three years imprisonment  following their conviction on the offences of  misappropriation of donor funds contrary to  Anti - Corruption Act 2008.   ACC   F   39   New Age Media   ‘ ACC sets to push for single window  regime at SLPA: A PNB stra tegy’.    This  makes reference to the  overt operation at  the Queen Elizabeth II Quay, where the  ACC impounded fifteen containers and also  discovered that the petroleum companies  have not be en   going t hrough the  ASYCUDA, making the G overnment to  lose huge sum s of monies. During the post  operation meeting with stakeholders, the  Commission says one its recommendations  will be the introduction of a single window  for clearing goods at the  Q uay.   ACC   F   40   Informant    ‘ ACC sets to push for single window  regime at  SLPA: A PNB strategy’.    This  makes reference to the  overt operation at  the Queen Elizabeth II Quay, where the  ACC impounded fifteen containers and also  discovered that the petroleum companies  have not be en   going through the  ASYCUDA, making the government  to lose  huge sums of monies. During the post  operation meeting with stakeholders, the  Commission says one its recommendations  will be the introduction of a single window  for clearing goods at the  Q uay.   ACC   F       16 June       41   Owl    ‘ ACC sets to push for  single window  regime at SLPA: A PNB strategy’.    This  makes reference to the  overt operation at  the Queen Elizabeth II Quay, where the  ACC impounded fifteen containers and also  discovered that the petroleum companies  have not be en   going through the  ASYCUDA , making the government to lose  ACC   F   
                    
                      12. 12     integrity, desist from exams malpractices  and report to acts of corruption to the  Commission.   48   Independent Observer   ‘ACC recognizes the Day of the African  Child’.   The ACC organised a seminar in  observance of the Day of the African Child  in which pupils from various schools were  encouraged to imbibe high moral   value and  integrity, desist from exams malpractices  and report to acts of corruption to the  Commission.   ACC   F   49   Guardian    ‘ACC recognizes the Day of the African  Child’.   The ACC organised a seminar in  observance of the Day of the African Child  in which p upils from various schools were  encouraged to imbibe high moral   value and  integrity, desist from exams malpractices  and report to acts of corruption to the  Commission.   ACC   F       23 June       50   Salone Champion   ‘ACC recognizes the Day of the African  Child’.   The  ACC  organised  a  seminar  in  observance  of the  Day  of  the  African  Child  in  which  pupils  from  various  schools  were  encouraged  to  imbibe  high  moral   value  and  integrity,  desist  from  exams  malpractices  and   repo rt   to   acts   of   corruption   to   the  Commission.   ACC   F   51   Times SL   ‘ Connaught Hospital salary scam’.   The  paper accuses the Hospital Secretary of  Connaught Hospital,     Foday Musa of calling  a meeting of staff demanding for the  imposition of charges for various services at  the hospital’s mortuary in a bid to raise  revenue that would enable them pay  volunteer staff at the mortuary. The paper  states that there are calls fo r the intervention  of the ACC into the matter.   News story    F    52   Times SL   ‘ For failing to account for donor  funds...Local Gov t. Minister suspends 16  Councils’.   This quotes the Minister of  Local Government Maya Kaikai   as saying  that the M inistry has  suspended sixteen staff  of various local councils for allegedly  misappropriating government and donor  funds.   News story    A    53   Equity    ‘ ACC to investigate DTO Eastern Police’.   The paper accuses the DTO of the Eastern  Police Division of engaging in corrupt   practices, namely collecting five million  News story    F    
                    
                      13. 13     leones from various lorry parks and  extorting forty thousand leones from  commercial drivers arrested for traffic  offences.   54   For Di People   ‘ Connaught in mortuary workers’ salary  scam’.    The paper accuses the Hospital  Secretary of Connaught Hospital, Foday  Musa of calling a meeting of staff  demanding for the imposition of charges for  various services at the hospital’s mortuary  in a bid to raise revenue that would enable  them pay volunteer   staff at the mortuary.  The paper states that there are calls for the  intervention of the ACC into the matter.   News story    F    55   Independent Observer   ‘ Mortuary on dead bodies revenue  collection’.   The paper accuses the Hospital  Secretary of Connaught Hospi tal, Foday  Musa of calling a meeting of staff  demanding for the imposition of charges for  various services at the hospital’s mortuary  in a bid to raise revenue that would enable  them pay volunteer staff at the mortuary.  The paper states that there are call s for the  intervention of the ACC into the matter.   News story    F        27 June       56   Standard Times   ‘ Information Minister and co scoop US$  40,000 from Gateway Account’.   The paper  accuses the Minister of Information and  Communication Mohamed Bangura of  conniving with officials of the National  Telecommunications Commission of  withdrawing forty thousand US dollars from  the Gateway Account in the name of  attending an interna tional conference.    News story    A        28 June        57   Nationalist    ‘ACC partners with CSOs’.  The ACC  Regional Office in Bo met with civil society  organisations in Bo to raise awareness about  the Pay No Bribe campaign and to solicit  civil society support in  the fight against  corruption and bribery.   ACC   F   58   AYV   ‘ACC partners with CSOs in the fight  against corruption in Bo’.   The ACC  Regional Office in Bo met with civil society  organisations in Bo to raise awareness about  the Pay No Bribe campaign and to  solicit  civil society support in the fight against  corruption and bribery.   ACC   F        29 June       59   Premier News   ‘ ACC urges EDSA to tackle bribery’.   The  ACC   F   
                    
                      14. 14     ACC Regional Office in Bo held  customized meeting with staff of the  Electricity Distribution and Supply  Authority in Bo to raise awareness on issues  of integrity and transparency and to urge  them to tackle bribery in the delivery of  services.   60   Standard Times   ‘WANTED’   Sheku Kabba aka British, a  second year student in the BSc Public  Health programme a t Najla UNIVERSITY,  Bo Campus is wanted by the ACC to help  with an ongoing investigation.   ACC   F    61   Standard Times   ‘WANTED’ . Mustapha Salia aka Dada, a  student of the Institute of Advanced  Management and Technology (IAMTECH),  Bo is declared wanted by the  ACC to help  with an ongoing investigation.   ACC   F   62   Independent Observer   ‘ACC partners with CSOs in the fight  against corruption in Bo’.   The ACC  Regional Office in Bo met with civil society  organisations in Bo to raise awareness about  the Pay No Bribe campaign and to solicit  civil society support in the fight against  corruption and bribery.   ACC   F   63   Nationalist    ‘WANTED’   Sheku Kabba aka British, a  second year student in the BSc Public  Health programme at Najla UNIVERSITY,  Bo Campus is wanted by the ACC to help  with an ongoing investigation.   ACC   F   64   Nationalist    ‘WANTED’ . Mustapha Salia aka Dada, a  student of the  Institute of Advanced  Management and Technology (IAMTECH),  Bo is declared wanted by the ACC to help  with an ongoing investigation.   ACC   F   65   AYV   ‘ ACC urges EDSA to tackle bribery and  petty corruption’.   The ACC Regional  Office in Bo held a customized meetin g  with staff of the Electricity Distribution and  Supply Authority in Bo to raise awareness  on issues of integrity and transparency and  to urge them to tackle bribery in the delivery  of services.   ACC   F   66   New Vision   ‘WANTED’   Sheku Kabba aka British, a  seco nd year student in the BSc Public  Health programme at Najla UNIVERSITY,  Bo Campus is wanted by the ACC to help  with an ongoing investigation.   ACC   F   67   New Vision   ‘WANTED’ . Mustapha Salia aka Dada, a  student of the Institute of Advanced  Management and Technology (IAMTECH),  ACC   F   
                    
                      6. 6     Bribe campaign’.   The Northern Regional  office of the ACC organised an outreach  meeting in the Laminaya Community in the  Bombali District to promote the Pay No  Bribe campaign and   enlist the community  people in the campaign.   17   Success    ‘ ACC to tackle corruption in the  language of the road’.   ACC Deputy  Commissioner Shollay Davies, in a meeting  with senior officials of the Sierra Leone  Roads Authority, Roads Maintenance   Fund  and the Sierra Leone Road   Safety Authority,  explained the Commission’s plan to curb  corrupt practices in the traffic sector and  therefore encouraged the said institutions to  ensure the visibility of road signs in order to  discourage discretional enforcemen t by  traffic police and road safety co r ps.   ACC   F   18   Salone Champion   ‘ ACC to tackle corruption in the  language of the road’.   ACC Deputy  Commissioner Shollay Davies, in a meeting  with senior officials of the Sierra Leone  Roads Authority, Roads Maintenance   Fund  and the Sierra Leone Road   Safety Authority,  explained the Commission’s plan to curb  corrupt practices in the traffic sector and  therefore encouraged the said institutions to  ensure the visibility of road signs in order to  discourage discretional enforcement by  traffic police and r oad safety co r ps.   ACC   F       19   Success    ‘ Police corruption is overstated and  unjustified’.   The writer, Titus Boye - Thompson, opines that the PNB report  whose statistics show the Sierra Leone  Police as the institution with the highest  cases of bribery ‘faile d to address the key  contexts of public perceptions ’   and  that the  institution is not as corrupt as being  portrayed .     Commentary    UF       8 June        20   New Age   ‘ The corruption paradox in Sierra  Leone’.   The paper talks of the devastating  effects of corruption and praises the ACC  for its laudable efforts in the fight as well as  calling on the public to support the  Commission in the fight against the scourge.   Editorial    F    21   New Age   ‘ ACC to tackle corrup tion in the  language of the road’.   ACC Deputy  Commissioner Shollay Davies, in a meeting  with senior officials of the Sierra Leone  ACC   F   
                    
                      3. 3     No.   NEWSPAPER   DATE & ISSUE   CATEGORY   F/UF       2 June        1   Independent Observer   ‘ACC secures conviction against two staff  of World Vision’.   The Bo High Court  presided over by  Hon.  Justice Kekura   Bangura convicted Leslie Lahai Monson  and Kerfala Janneh, employees of World  Vision on various corruption offences  related to the dishonest appropriation of  over twelve million leones by registering  eighty nine fake names as residents of  Nengbema in Bo Di strict to enable them  qualify to receive WFP Ebola food aid.   ACC   F   2   New Citizen   ‘ To end corruption, we must check  ourselves’.   This makes reference to a social  worker in Kabala who is quoted as saying  that citizens can help the ACC in the fight  against corruption by doing a self - check in  order to see how every citizen is helping in  the fight against the scourge.   News story    F    3   Salone Times   ‘ ACC Boss clears the air’.   This quotes  Commissioner Ady Macauley as saying that  the Commission is not investigating the  Chairman of the National Electoral  Commission N’fa Alie Conteh contrary to a  report in a local tabloid.    News story    F     4   AYV   ‘ACC secures conviction against two staff  of World Vision’.   The Bo High Court  presided over by  Hon.  Justice Kekura  Bangura convicted Leslie Lahai Monson  and Kerfala Janneh, employees of World  Vision on various corruption offences  related to the disho nest appropriation of  over twelve million leones by registering  eighty nine fake names as residents of  Nengbema in Bo District to enable them  qualify to receive WFP Ebola food aid.   ACC   F   5   Success    ‘ ACC sensitizes pupils in Kono on the  importance of the  PNB Campaign’.   The  ACC sub - regional office in Kono conducted  an outreach programme on the Pay No  Bribe campaign to staff and pupils of the  Kono Model Academy and the Apostle  Bona Aladura schools in Koidu.    ACC   F   6   Success    ‘ACC secures conviction against  two staff  of World Vision’.   The Bo High Court  presided over by  Hon.  Justice Kekura  Bangura convicted Leslie Lahai Monson  and Kerfala Janneh, employees of World  ACC   F   
                    
                      11. 11     huge sums of monies. During the post  operation meeting with stakeholders, the  Commission says one its recommendations  will be the introduction of a single window  for clearing goods at the quay.   42   New Vision   ‘ ACC  storms Njala’.   The paper reports that  the ACC has instituted an investigation into  alleged malpractices at the Njala University,  including conferment of fake degrees and  misappropriation of funds. This led to the  arrest of two finance officers and other st aff  of interest.    News story    F    43   Standard Times   ‘ 2 Finance officers arrested at Njala  University ,   Bo Campus’.  The paper reports  that the ACC has instituted an investigation  into alleged malpractices at the Njala  University, including conferment of fake   degrees and misappropriation of funds. This  led to the arrest of two finance officers and  other staff of interest.   News story    F    44   Future Media   ‘ ACC impounds 15 containers at Water  Quay’.    This makes reference to the  overt  operation at the Queen Elizabeth II Quay,  where the ACC impounded fifteen  containers and also discovered that the  petroleum companies have not being going  through the ASYCUDA, making the  government to lose huge sums of  monies.   News story    F        19 June       45   Standard Times   ‘ 3 fuel thieves at EDSA arrested’.   The  paper reports of the arrest of three staff of  EDSA - Patrick Hindolo Moriba and Gabriel  Fillie (storekeepers) and Usman Bockarie - by the ACC in Bo over allegations of  misappropriation of fuel meant for  electricity generation in Bo.    News story    F        22 June        46   Spectator    ‘ACC  recognizes   the Day of the African  Child’.   The ACC organised a seminar in  observance of the Day of the African Child  in which pupils from various schools  were  encouraged to imbibe high morale value and  integrity, desist from e xams malpractices  and report to acts of corruption to the  Commission.   ACC   F   47   For Di People   ‘ACC recognizes the Day of the African  Child’.   The ACC organised a seminar in  observance of the Day of the African Child  in which pupils from various schools were  encouraged to imbibe high moral   value and  ACC   F   
                    
                      7. 7     Roads Authority, Roads Maintenance   Fund  and the Sierra Leone Road   Safety Authority,  explained the Commission’s plan to curb  co rrupt practices in the traffic sector and  therefore encouraged the said institutions to  ensure the visibility of road signs in order to  discourage discretional enforcement by  traffic police and road safety co r ps.   22   Awoko   ‘ Mass sensitization on Pay  No Bribe  campaign ends in Freetown’.   The Public  Education and Outreach Department  conducted a mass sensitization of the Pay  No B ribe campaign in the lorry parks   of  Ogoo Farm, Juba Bridge Lorry Park, Regent  Road/Lumley and Aberdeen roundabouts, St  John, PZ,   Eastend Police , Up Gun, Dan  Street, Shell Texasco, PMB, Calaba Town,  Jui Waterloo/Tombo and 55 Lorry Parks.    ACC   F   23   Unique News   ‘ HRCSL submits asset declaration forms  to ACC’ . The Human Rights Commission  of Sierra Leone   did a symbolic presentation  of the assets declaration forms of  Commissioners and staff of the Commission  to the Commissioner of the ACC Ady  Macauley at a ceremony at the ACC’s  Gloucester Street office in Freetown.   News story    F        9 June       24   Informant    ‘ ACC joins insecticide - treated bed nets  distribution in Bo’.   The ACC Regional  Office in Bo joined the Ministry of  Education in the distribution of insecticide - treated bed nets to ensure that targeted  beneficiaries receive their supplies of the  nets.   ACC   F   25   Informant    ‘ Fake ACC officer arrested’.   One Abu  Bakarr Bangura who has been  impersonating as ACC staff was arrested in  Makeni by police officers.    ACC   F   26    Spectator    ‘ Mass sensitization on Pay No Bribe  campaign ends in Freetown’.   The Public  Education and Outreach Department  conducted a mass sensitization of the Pay  No Bribe campaign in the lorry parks of  Ogoo Farm, Juba Bridge Lorry Park, Regent  Road/Lumley and Aberdeen roundabouts, St  John, PZ, Eastend Police,   Up Gun, Dan  Street, Shell Texa co, PMB, Calaba Town,  Jui Waterloo/Tombo and 55 Lorry Parks.   ACC   F   27   Guardian Post    ‘ Mass sensitization on Pay No Bribe  campaign ends in Freetown’.   The Public  ACC   F