A BILL ENTITLED
The Independent Media Commission Act, 2000. Being an Act to establish an autonomous body for the regulation of mass media Institutions and for other matters connected therewith.
ENACTED by the President and members of Parliament in this present Parliament assembled.
The Independent Media Commission was established by an Act of parliament in 2000.Its mission and vision statements are as follows:
Do all such things as may contribute to the attainment of the objectives of the Commission.
Maintain a register of media institutions, newspapers and magazines published in Sierra Leone.
Establish categories of licences and grant such licences to electronic media institutions in Sierra Leone.
Establish clear limits on media ownership, including cross-media ownership in the interest of diversity.
Ensure that every person shall have, irrespective of that person’s race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, property, disability, birth or other status, access to fair coverage in the broadcast media.
Compile and adopt a comprehensive media Code of Practice, in consultation with SLAJ, and any other media practitioners’ association, and to monitor the implementation of that Code throughout Sierra Leone.
Prescribe minimum percentage of total broadcast hours to be devoted to public service programmes by various types and categories of electronic media institutions.
The IMC, in a novel but productive way, will continue to:
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RULING ON COMPLAINT FROM MARRAH & ASSOCIATES, ON BEHALF OF MR. JOHN B. AMARA, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR BORDER CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL REVENUE AUTHORITY (NRA), AGAINST HERITAGE NEWSPAPER FOR ITS PUBLICATION DATED 23RD FEBRUARY 2026 TITLED: “AS JOHN B. AMARA NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE… CONSPICUOUS CORRUPTION GALORE AT NRA–GBALAMUYA AND JENDEMA BORDER POST EXPOSE.”
RULING ON COMPLAINT FROM HAWA SALLAY SAMAI, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, INDEPENDENT COMMISSION FOR PEACE AND NATIONAL COHESION, AGAINST SALONE COMPASS NEWSPAPER FOR ITS PUBLICATION DATED 2ND SEPTEMBER 2025 TITLED: “A COMMISSION FOR PEACE OR A STAGE FOR MISMANAGEMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS”
COMPLAINT FROM DR. JUANA PAUL MOIWO, DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, NJALA UNIVERSITY, AGAINST CITY HUNTER NEWSPAPER FOR ITS PUBLICATION DATED 1ST JULY 2026 TITLED: “MALADMINISTRATION: PROFESSOR BASHIRU KOROMA MUST GO”
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