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The Office of the Ombudsman was established by subsection (2) of section 146 of the 1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone. The Ombudsman Act No.2 sets out the functions of the office.                                                                                                               Tejan Ahmed Israel Jah Esq, is the new Ombudsman of the Republic of Sierra Leone.

The office of the Ombudsman has the responsibility to investigate maladministration and injustices of:

  •  Ministries, Departments and Agencies of Government of Sierra Leone;
  •  Higher Education Institutions; and
  •  Any member of the Public Service or Institutions that are publicly funded in Sierra Leone 

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The soldier complained to the Ombudsman that the Chief of Defence Staff had instructed that his salary and rations be withheld for refusing to give 10% of his peace keeping allowances to the army. The complainant was one of the RSLAF personnel that served in the UN Observer Mission in Sudan between 2009 and 2011.
To resolve the complaint, the Ombudsman met with the senior officers that were involved in the matter on two occasions.
The Ombudsman was informed that Section 14 of the Ministry of Defence Peace Support Co-operation Policy requires peace keeping personnel to contribute 10% of their allowances to the RSLAF Peace Keeping Benevolent Fund.

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The lecturer refused to hand over the keys to his official residence and other properties belonging to Njala University until his backlog salaries and terminal benefits were paid. After several months of trying to reach an understanding without success, both parties sought the intervention of the Ombudsman.
The lecturer was initially sent to Njala University under a bilateral agreement between the governments of Sierra Leone and the Federal Republic of Nigeria and was later contracted by the University. He alleged that Njala University, in addition to his terminal benefits, owed him three months basic salary and reimbursement for a professional meeting he attended in Nigeria on behalf of the University.

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Two Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces' (RSLAF) personnel complained to the Ombudsman about wrongful dismissal.

The first complainant alleged that while he was serving a three months sentence passed by a Court Martial, routine medical checks were carried out on all personnel. He was summarily dismissed for not availing himself for the medical checks.

The second complainant claimed that his name was listed against another officer’s number from a different battalion and therefore could not show up for the medical checks on the stated date because of the mix-up. He was also summarily dismissed.

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