Parliament of Sierra Leone

Key Facts

Head of State: President Julius Maada Bio 

Joined the Commonwealth: 1961

Capital City (location of Parliament): Freetown

Unicameral/Bicameral: Unicameral (134)

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CPA UK & Sierra Leone

CPA UK and the Parliament of Sierra Leone have fostered a good relationship in the past few years. CPA UK has supported the Parliament of Sierra Leone since 2012, through a number of capacity building training programmes for both Members and staff in Freetown as well as in Westminster, covering issues like parliamentary practice and procedure, oversight scrutiny, legislative scrutiny, and committee management.

In the post-Ebola period in 2016, CPA UK provided technical assistance to Members and clerks of the Health and Sanitation Committee in Freetown as well as Westminster. In October 2017 and February 2018, CPA UK facilitated training programmes for committee
clerks and parliamentary staff to strengthen their capacity to undertake their work and to prepare for the new parliament following the 2018 elections.

CPA UK aims to establish a three-year strategic partnership (2018-2021) with the Parliament of Sierra Leone (PPP) setting out its future engagement strategy. The future strategy will aim to provide technical capacity building support to Members and staff of the Sierra Leone Parliament, encompassing but not limited to the current Sierra Leone Parliament Strategic Plan (2016-19). The strategic partnership will also draw on much of CPA UK’s work done in Sierra Leone in the last few years.

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Examples of our Past Programmes

Legislative Scrutiny Workshop, Remote/ virtual, 22-26 February 2021

Building on previous programmes delivered by CPA UK,
this three-day workshop focused on the key skills and techniques needed to effectively scrutinise legislation. Participants from the UK and Sierra Leone Parliaments, including Members, clerks, and parliamentary staff, exchanged knowledge and good practice on approaches to effective pre-legislative scrutiny. One half-day of the programme explored Standing Orders, their interpretation and implementation.