Michael Kenetey Kofi

"My Africa- A YAMF 2022 COHORT CHALLENGE” Africa, the continent with vast arable land enriched with numerous resources such as gold, diamond, manganese, bauxite among others. A continent with very conducive environment and atmosphere for human survival. Africa, the land of our ancestors is a land with beautiful people with beautiful, rich and diverse culture and traditions. Africa, the land full of honey and milk with its blood running through my veins.  Africa is a continent endowed with rich historical background, beautiful tourist sites, gallant men and women and ancestral warriors. A land blessed with beautiful mountains, rivers, various species of animals, reptiles among others. A continent that its inhabitants and descendants have achieved many laurels in the field of football, athletics, academia, and entrepreneur yet undermined by its peers.  Africa, a continent that its colleagues always  jealous because of  her youthful population and natural resources. A c...

 Story by Michael Kofi Kenetey  The people of Ampedwee Koko Junction in the Suhum Municipality of the Eastern Region have made a passionate appeal to the government through the Municipal Chief Executive, Margaret Darko to provide them with potable water since they have no source of drinking water in the community.  The only source of drinking water for the Ampedwee Community is a muddy stream and self-dug manhole which community members have to get to between the hours of 10:00pm and 12am before they can get water to fill their pots.  In an interview with the media during the launch of the Cool And Friends Charitable Foundation, CAF CAF, a non-governmental organization, and presentation of gifts for widows, needy, less-privileged and the orphans, the Assembly member of Subresu Electoral Area in the Suhum Municipality, Jonathan Odonkor pleaded with government and philanthropists to come to their aid and provide them with drinking water.  The Community Leader, Nan...

The Eastern Regional Coordinating Council, RCC in conjunction with GBC Sunrise FM with support from the Regional Security Council has organized the 14th Edition of the Nine Lessons and Carols Night Service in Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital to usher in the Christmas, which commences on Saturday 25th of December.  The Eastern Regional Minister, Seth Kwame Acheampong speaking during the night noted that his ascending to the highest office in the region was confronted with environmental menace such as illegal mining however; processes are ongoing to curb the menace in the region.  Mr. Acheampong noted that the coming of Christ Jesus to the world is to sustain peace and urged everyone to give out peace. He urged everyone to take advantage of the vaccination month to get vaccinated and encouraged everyone to observe the COVID-19 precautionary measures in all their endeavours during the Christmas festivities.   Mr. Acheampong commended the security agencies and all othe...

  The Ghana Police Service has drawn the attention of the public to the fact that, by Ghana’s constitutional arrangement, security issues within the Chamber of Parliament are the responsibility of the Marshal to Parliament who takes instruction from the Clerk of Parliament.  This has come as a response to some concerned Ghanaians questioning the Police why the Police did not go into the Parliament Chamber to maintain law and order and take action against Members of Parliament who were seen engaged in what looked to many like violent disturbances and scuffles in the Chamber of Parliament following the recent happenings in the House of Parliament during  the 2022 Budget debates. ACP Kwesi Ofori, D-G in charge of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service According to a statement released by the service yesterday, 21st December, 2021 and signed by the Director-General in Charge of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, ACP Kwesi Ofori explained that the legal position...

Some Members of Parliament on Monday night were engaged in a fistfight following a disagreement during the voting on government’s E-levy bill. The fight ensued when the MPs were voting in a headcount to decide whether the E-levy bill should be accepted under a certificate of urgency. The Minority had attempted to stop the First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei Owusu, who was presiding over the House, from leaving his seat and participating in the voting process. This infuriated the Majority MPs, who met them at the Speaker’s table to challenge the NDC MPs . The Minority MPs explained that Mr Osei-Owusu, while in the position of Speaker, does not have a casting vote. Before the sitting, the Majority had held a press conference stating the whereabouts of the Speaker, Alban Bagbin, was unknown. However, since the bill had been laid before the House, the First Deputy Speaker took over proceedings in the House. During deliberations, the Minority MPs challenged the decision by the Majority MPs to...

The Association of Mobile Money Agents, AMMA, has threatened to embark on strike against the controversial e-levy starting from Thursday, December 23, 2021. The Association says the levy is “regressive” and threatens the survival of their business. The Association has thus set Thursday, December 23, 2021, to stage a demonstration against the government’s planned introduction of a 1.75% e-levy. They added that their operators will also not work on the said date as a result of the demonstration. They made this known in a press statement issued on Sunday, December 19, 2021, signed by its General Secretary, Evans Otumfuo. “The Union wishes to inform the public, customers, and users of mobile money that as part of actions to register our total displeasure with the government’s proposed e-levy of 1.75%, we deem it necessary to embark on an Industrial action.  As an Association that implements all Mobile Money policies through our operators, we see this levy as very regressive and critica...