By Amin Kef Sesay
In a Media Update dated 18th March, 2021 issued by Legal Link it was pointed out that the recent sacking of Joseph Sannoh, Executive Director of Heal Salone and the incessant bashing, intimidation and ferocious verbal attacks against Lara Taylor Pearce, Auditor General of Sierra Leone, Honourable Tawa Conteh, Member of Parliament and Chernor Bah of the Africanist Press emanating from State and non – State actors over their tenacity, effrontery and audacity to expose corruption within high places in Sierra Leone underscores the need for a comprehensive Whistle-blower legislation that will fully protect and reward corruption whistle-blowers in the country.
According to Legal Link it is now clear as crystal that the piece meal provisions on whistle-blower protection under the ACC Act of 2008 are not only myopic, outdated, moribund and incomprehensive but can no longer serve the intended purpose.”
Concluding, Legal Link called on the ACC to push for a separate and comprehensive whistle-blower protection law to guarantee the full protection of Whistle-blowers in the country.
