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FOURTH PARLIAMENT OF THE SECOND REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE SECOND SESSION, 2013/2014 SECOND MEETING OF THE HOUSE VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS VP/4/2/10 TUESDAY 11TH FEBRUARY, 2014 THE HOUSE MET AT 10:05 A.M. MR.SPEAKER IN THE CHAIR – HON.

SHEKU B.B.

DUMBUYA I.

ATTENDANCE: The following Honourable Members of Parliament were present: 1.

HON.ALIE JAMES N. 2.

HON.BAH CHERNOR R.M.

3.

HON.BAH IBRAHIM PATEH 4.

HON.BANGURA BENNEH 5.

HON.BANGURA IBRAHIM M. 6.

HON.BANGURA MABINTY H. 7.

HON.BANYA IV P.C.


MOHAMED SAMA KAILONDO 8.

HON.BOIMA IV P.C.

PRINCE LAPPIA 9.

HON.BRIG.BOYAH KOMBA E.S.

RTD.

10.

HON.BRAIMA SAMUEL H. 11.

HON.BROWN PATRICIA 12.

HON.BUNDU IBRAHIM R. 13.

HON.BUNDU SONGOWA 14.

HON.CONTEH BRIMAH 15.

HON.CONTEH KARIFALA S. 16.

HON.CONTEH KEMOKOH 17.

HON.DABUNDEH AIAH DR. 18.

HON.DUMBUYA ALHAJI S. 19.

HON.EBBA TAMBA ENTOCHEMA 20.

HON.FATORMA SAHR 21.

HON.FOFANA AMADU 2 22.

HON.FOFANAH LEONARD S. 23.

HON.FOYAH PATRICK 24.


HON.FUNNA MABINTY 25.

HON.HASSAN SHERIFF B.

26.

HON.JABBI BU-BUAKEI DR. 27.

HON.JAJUA ABU 28.

HON.JENGO EDWARD S. 29.

HON.JORKIE MOSES B.

30.

HON.KABIA ISATA 31.

HON.KABOMBOR II P.C.

MANSA PAKI 32.

HON.KAIKAI ANSUMANA JAIAH 33.

HON.KAINPUMU II P.C.

ALEX M.J.J.

34.

HON.KAISAMBA FRANCIS A.

35.

HON.KALLON DAUDA J.B. 36.

HON.KALOKO ABI 37.

HON.KALOKO ALIE 38.

HON.KALOKO BAI J.

39.

HON.KAMANDA CLAUDE D.M.

40.

HON.KAMARA ALBERT DEEN 41.


HON.KAMARA ALHASSAN 42.

HON.KAMARA ALHASSAN JERO 43.

HON.KAMARA IBRAHIM 44.

HON.KAMARA KOMBOR 45.

HON.KAMARA MOHAMED 46.

HON.KAMARA NICHOLAS 47.

HON.KAMARA SAIDU BABAH 48.

HON.KANNEH ALUSINE 49.

HON.KANU ABDUL SALAAM 50.

HON.KANU AMADU MOHAMED 51.

HON.KARGBO ALIMAMY G. 52.

HON.KARGBO PATRICK L.M.

53.

HON.KARGBO ROLAND FODAY DR. 54.

HON.KEBBIE P.C.

BRIMA VICTOR SIDI 55.

HON.KEMOKAI LANSANA I.

56.

HON.KOEDOYOMA KOMBA E. 57.

HON.KONGOMOH II P.C.


JOSEPH ALIE KAVURA 58.

HON.KONUWA FRANCIS A.

59.

HON.KOROMA AARON ARUNA 60.

HON.KOROMA ABU BAKARR 61.

HON.KOROMA DANIEL B.

62.

HON.KOWA EMMA J.

63.

HON.KPOSOWA FRANK 64.

HON.LEWALLY ALPHA BABATUNDE 65.

HON.LUNGAY ANDREW V. 66.

HON.MANLY-SPAIN AJIBOLA E. 3 67.

HON.MANSARAY JUSUFU B.

68.

HON.MANSARAY MOHAMED L. 69.

HON.MARAH III P.C.

ALIE BALANSAMA 70.

HON.MARAH ALUSINE 71.

HON.MARAH LAHAI 72.

HON.MARAH REGINA 73.

HON.MBAYOH ROSKY M. 74.


HON.MOMOH MOIWAI 75.

HON.MUNDA HABIB B.

76.

HON.MUNU ALIE BADDARA K. 77.

HON.OSHO-WILLIAMS BLISS E. 78.

HON.PEWA P.C.

PRINCE MAMBU 79.

HON.RADDAR HENNEH HASSAN 80.

HON.ROGERS DICKSON M. 81.

HON.SALAMY BOCKARIE N. 82.

HON.SALLU-LUGBU II P.C.

BAI BUREH 83.

HON.SANGBAH SAAH 84.

HON.SANKA III P.C.

BAI KURR KANAGBARO 85.

HON.SANKOH IBRAHIM NOX 86.

HON.SANNOH SHEKU 87.

HON.SESAY ABDULAI DR. 88.

HON.SESAY DAN Y.

89.

HON.SESAY HASSAN A.

90.


HON.SESAY KUSAN 91.

HON.SESAY OSMAN SALLIEU 92.

HON.SESAY VERONICA K. 93.

HON.SHO-SAWYER MICHEL DR. 94.

HON.SILIKIE BASHIRU 95.

HON.SILLAH MABINTY K. 96.

HON.SISAY SULAIMAN M. 97.

HON.SMITH ROSALINE J.

98.

HON.SONSIAMA III P.C.

SHEKU A.T. FASULUKU 99.

HON.CAPT.SOURIE FREDERICK S.RTD.

100.

HON.SOBBA-STEPHENS MIMA Y.M.

101.

HON.SUMAH FODAY I. DR. 102.

HON.SWARAY MOSES A.

103.

HON.TARA-KOROMA TAWORO DR. 104.

HON.THOLLEY MOHAMED K. 105.


HON.THOMAS SEGEPOH S. 106.

HON.TORTO AUGUSTINE B.

107.

HON.TUNIS SIDIE MOHAMED 108.

HON.TURAY THOMAS M. DR. 109.

HON.TURAY THOMAS B.

110.

HON.YEK II P.C.

ALHAJI BAI SHEBORA 111.

HON.YOKIE FODAY RADO 4 The following Honourable Members of Parliament were absent: 1.

HON.BRAIMA MUSTAPHA M. 2.

HON.GBAPPY-BRIMA GLADYS GBEMOH 3.

HON.JOHNSON DAVID 4.

HON.KATTA ALFRED BRIMA 5.

HON.KOROMA SUALIHO MONYABA 6.

HON.TARAWALLY UMAR PARAN 7.


HON.TENGBEH SAHR The following Honourable Members of Parliament were absent with excuse: 1.

HON.FAWUNDU SENESI 2.

HON.FAWUNDU DAUDA D. 3.

HON.KUYEMBEH HELEN 4.

HON.LAHAI BERNADETTE DR. 5.

HON.MANSARAY SAIDU 10:05 - 10:07 a.m. II.

Prayers: The Clerk of Parliament, Mr. Ibrahim Sesay said the prayers.

10:07 - 10:08 a.m. III.

SUSPENSION OF STANDING ORDER (S.O.)

5(2): Standing Order (S.O.)

5(2) was suspended, moved by Hon.

Songowa Bundu, seconded by Hon.


Allieu Baddara K. Munu and unanimously accepted by Members.

10:08 - 10:10 a.m. IV.

AMENDMENT OF ORDER PAPER: Hon.

Ibrahim R. Bundu, Majority Leader and Leader of Government Business amended the Order Paper by the deletion of item II which was the Record of Votes and Proceedings for 7th February, 2014, due to technical reasons.This amendment was unanimously accepted by Members.
10:10 - 10:12 a.m. V. LAUNCHING OF THE NATIONAL CENSUS FOR 2014 BY HIS EXCELLENCY, THE PRESIDENT DR. ERNEST BAI KOROMA: Hon.

Ibrahim R. Bundu,Majority Leader and Leader of Government Business informed the House that a small number of Members of Parliament representing Parliament were sent to Bintumani to participate in the launching ceremony.

In view of this, Members of Parliament were spotting Census Caps and T-Shirts in the Chamber in support of this national 5 event.

10:12 - 10:15 a.m. VI.


BILL: THE PETROLEUM REGULATORY AGENCY ACT, 2013 INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING: The Minister of Trade and Industry The Bill was read the first time and was unanimously accepted by Members.

SECOND READING: The Minister of Trade and Industry The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry,Mr.

Alie Badara Mansaray presented the Bill to Members of Parliament.

DILATORY MOTION: At this juncture, Hon.

Mohamed Sidi Tunis pursuant to Standing Order (S.O.)
37(1) moved that debate on the Bill be deferred to enable Members of Parliament to have a detail study of the Bill.

The motion was seconded by Hon.

Songowa Bundu and unanimously accepted by Members.

The second reading debate of the bill was deferred.

10:15 - 12 noon.

VII.


PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING: The Minister of Education, Science and Technology on the following: a) The State of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) b) Teachers’ Replacement and Approvals c) Any Other Related Matter 6 VIII.

STATEMENT BY MR. SPEAKER: Before the briefing by the Minister of Education Dr. Minkailu Bah, Mr. Speaker informed the House that the Parliamentary Briefing was done pursuant to Standing Order (S.O.)
14, subsection 1, paragraph (j) - Ministerial Statements in-tandem with section 94 of 1991 Constitution, Act No.

6 of Sierra Leone.

BRIEFING BY THE MINISTER: The Minister of Education, Science and Technology briefed Members on the following: a) The State of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) b) Teacher’s Replacement and Approvals c) Any Other Related Matter 12 NOON.

1:00 - 2:10 p.m.
1:00 - 2:10 p.m.

THE HOUSE ROSE FOR LUNCH AT 12 NOON AND RESUMED AT 1:00 P.M Continued briefing: The Minister of Education, Science and Technology.

The following Honourable Members contributed to the debate in response to the Minister’s presentation and revelations.

1.

Hon.

Jusufu B. Mansaray; 2.

Hon.

Veronica K. Sesay; 3.

Hon.

Foday Rado Yokie; 4.

Hon.Dr.

Michel Sho-Sawyer; 5.

Hon.

Ansumana J. Kaikai 6.

Hon.

Ibrahim R. Bundu.

2:10 - 2:20 p.m ANNOUNCEMENT RELATING TO THE DEATH OF HON.
ABDUL FRANKLIN SERRY-KAMAL BY HON.

P.C.

BAI KURR KANAGBARO SANKA III: The Hon.

P.C.

Bai Kurr Kanagbaro Sanka III read out the programmes for the burial ceremonies of the late Hon.

Abdul F. Serry-Kamal.

7 2:20 - 2:23 p.m. IX.

STANDING ORDER (S.O.)

23: Hon.

Komba E. Koedoyoma - The Hon.

Komba E. Koedoyoma complained that his seat in the Chamber was not in good order.

Hon.

Bashiru Silikie - The Hon.


Bashiru Silikie informed the House that Law Students at Fourah Bay College were “suffering” and that if there were any regulations with regard to law students they must be laid in Parliament pursuant to section 170 (7) of the 1991 Constitution, Act.

No.

6.

2:23 - 2:25 p.m. X.

ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE THE LEGISLATIVE CLERK, MR. LAMIN YANSANEH: 1.
There would be a meeting of all Members of Parliament, Directors and Committee Clerks on ACP-EU relationship and general procedures and regulations of the European Developoment Fund (EDF) on Wednesday, 26th February, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in Committee Room 1; 2.

Honourable Members of the Western Area were invited to a meeting, in Committee Room 1, immediately after sitting; 3.
Honourable Members interested in participating in the parliamentary football team were requested to resume training on Thursday, 13th February, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. in the main bowl of the Siaka Stevens Stadium; 4.

The ICT Department wished to inform Members whose photos were not on the Parliamentary Website to please see Mr. Alie S. Kanu (Photographer) for a snapshot.

Also Paramount Chiefs were kindly requested to be in their regalia including medals for a snapshot in the next sitting.

8 2:25 p.m. VII.
8 2:25 p.m. VII.

ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Speaker adjourned the House to Tuesday,18th February, 2014 at 10:00 a.m.

Sitting Duration: 4Hrs.20Mins THE HOUSE ROSE AT 2:25 P.M.