Michael Kenetey Kofi

                              THE MEDIA AS THE HEADACHE TO THIS COUNTRY                           The Ghana Media The media in Ghana have been accorded the fourth estate of the realm which means after the Executive which includes the President and the Ministers, the Judiciary which includes the Judges, the Legislators which is the Members of Parliament who are the Lawmakers and the Media then comes forth as the arm of government. Among all these arms of government, the media is the most powerful in the sense that the media is the only arm of government that put to check the actions and activities of the rest of the arms of government. The media serve as the conduit of communication in the political and the democratic discourse which has made the media a very influential component in the development of this country. The media are to do their p...

FREE SHS:VISIONARY POLICY,POORLY IMPLEMENTED. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah has been the first president that started the free education from the formerly elementary school getting through to the Secondary and the Technical schools to Universities. Most of the leaders we have in the country who were in the secondary school in the mid-1960s benefited from such free elementary and secondary school education. However, this education policy was overthrown together with Kwame Nkrumah government in the year 1971. Since from the overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah, our education has passed through many hands of governments till the civilian government under the ex- President Rawlings in the year 1996 who implemented the Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (fCUBE). Ex-President Mahama also started some secondary education policy called the Progressively Free Secondary School Policy by building the E-Block school facilities and admitting a high number of students into the Teacher Training Institution...

Today I am on those who always make the argument that no foreign coach has ever won the AFCON for Ghana therefore we should always employ an indigenous coach. In 1963, the squad that won the AFCON has no foreign based player. Most of the players were from Real Republicans Team, Corner Stone, Asante Kotoko etc. The coach was C.K Gyamfi In 1965, the squad was fully dominated by local based players and their coach was the same C.K Gyamfi who was the coach who won it in 1963. In the year 1978, the team was fully dominated by local players from teams like Kotoko, Hearts of Oak, Olympics, Hasaacus, Corner Stone etc. Their coach was Fred Osam-Duodu In the year 1982 which is the last AFCON Ghana has won was also dominated by local players with only the Captain of the team Emmanuel Quarshie  who was then playing for Zamalek in Egypt. The coach was C.K. Gyamfi So based on the above we can justify that our decisions to appoint an indigenous coach to those tournaments was very a...

DEPLORABLE STATE OF GHANA’S PRISONS   June 15, 2019     africanakua  0 Comments Overcrowding and congestion of major prisons in Ghana is critical. It is urgent to take a look at the challenges confronting prisoners, remand inmates and proffer remedy. I believe all men are born equal and are endowed by their creator with inalienable rights. Every human being has a right to enjoy liberty and the pursuit of happiness. When governments provide basic amenities and the right environment such that citizens enjoy quality education, good health systems, economic empowerment and equal opportunities, then they can fall on their ingenuity and become innovative and utilize the nation’s resources very well to the benefit of all. The case for Ghana is rather an unfortunate one because of misplaced priorities. The major cause of overcrowding in prisons is the remand system. Remand inmates outnumber sentenced prisoners and majority of them even spend longer periods in pri...

Kenetey Michael A Blogger and Journalist  The Two Doors Of The World There are two doors of this world. The Entrance door and the Exit door. None of the door is being used knowingly. The door of Entrance is when we are born to this world. No one knew when he or she made use of the door or when he or she was born but will later come to know when he or she entered the world by the people around when he or she entered. The other door  is the door of Exit. This is when you die and leave this world to the next world called transition. No one knows when he or she will make use of that exit door. In between these two doors, there is a gab that exist between which is called Life. In fulfilling this gab that exist between the Entrance gate and the door Exit. This in each and every 365 days, you remember the day you made the Entrance that people made you to believe which is called a BIRTHDAY. In between these two gates that we call life, we meet a lot of people in living ...

Ghana and Newcastle United winger, Christian Atsu has pledged support for the team’s new captain Andre Dede Ayew. Andre Dede Ayew, 28, was officially named by Head Coach Kwesi Appiah as the new captain for the national team ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt with Kwadwo Asamoah as his deputy captain Andrew Dede Ayew Captain of Black Stars Kwadwo Asamoah Deputy Captain of Black Stars In an interview with Christian Atsu former Chelsea and FC Porto winger  by the GNA Sports monitored by kenetey.blogspot.com said the Black Stars players would put all external issues behind them and respect their new captain as the leader to lead them to glory in the 2019 African Cup of Nation (AFCON) in Egypt which commences in June 21. According to the Newcastle winger, he said "I don’t mind who becomes the captain in the Black Stars team". Christian Atsu In addition to his view on the appointment of the new captain, he said "anyone appointed as the ca...

Madam Charlotte Osei In Kabul To Commence Her UN Appointment.  Madam Charlotte Osei In Kabul The Former Electoral Commissioner of Ghana, Charlotte Osei, has arrived in Kabul, the Capital city of Afghanistan, to commence her assignment with the United Nations (UN) as Electoral Commissioner to Afghanistan.  Madam Charlotte Osei Madam Charlotte Osei appointment  was confirmed by a Presidential Decree issued by the President of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani and the news was made public last Monday.   The former Ghana EC chairman was fired by President Nana Akufo-Addo in 2018 as Chairperson of Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) but was recently appointed by UN as an International Election Commissioner to Afghanistan. Madam Charlotte Osei Afghanistan is billed to hold its Presidential elections in September 2019.  Madam Osei is part of international advisors expected to support the work of Afghanistan’s electoral management bodies. Source: D...