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Monday, November 02, 2009 |
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O Africa my Africa One wouldnt know this is the st century by reading stories coming out of Africa They tell us to preserve our culture and traditions but at what cost The world is moving along but we seem unable to even identify where the road is Take a look at Gabon Niger Guinea and the rest of them When others elsewhere acquire some ... Read more |
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Monday, October 26, 2009 |
The good people of Ghana certainly deserve better than what Atta Mills and his NDC have dished out so far and then again maybe they dont Maybe the people are getting exactly what they voted forlies deception and incompetenceThe Akans say agoro be ye de a efiri anopaThis NDC government has been fumbling left right and centre and it ... Read more |
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Saturday, September 12, 2009 |
So is Kwesi Pratt a traitor as Alhaji Bature wants us to believe Maybe or maybe not depending on where you stand But how long did it take Alhaji Bature to find this out When Kwesi Pratt stabbed him in the back and got him fired from Radio Gold Batures own assertion or did he just realize this after Kwesi Pratt called the Chairman to ord ... Read more |
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Friday, August 28, 2009 |
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As was to be expected reaction to my second installment has been all over the place That is fine but what saddens me is that in Ghana we so often either refuse or ignore core issues under discussion and instead delight in creating our own deviations and complaining about them I went through some of the comments and at a point I had to go ba ... Read more |
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009 |
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As was to be expected reaction to my second installment has been all over the place That is fine but what saddens me is that in Ghana we so often either refuse or ignore core issues under discussion and instead delight in creating our own deviations and complaining about them I went through some of the comments and at a point I had to go ba ... Read more |
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Friday, August 21, 2009 |
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The Christian Council CC has been in the news lately and depending on where you stand on the political divide it may be for the right or wrong reasons The Church or at least leaders of the Church are supposed to be the moral compass of the society I do not agree with those who say Church leaders should stay away from politics Throughout his ... Read more |
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Monday, August 17, 2009 |
Religion Politics and EthnicityIn the first of articles under this heading I attempted to ask the questions and discuss the issues that many have been reluctant to Many have concluded that any topic discussing some aspects of Islam was too hot or sensitive and that they would rather live with the consequences of remaining silent than b ... Read more |
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Thursday, July 30, 2009 |
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Not too long ago Ghanaians woke up to what has become known variously as the Muntaka saga or Muntakagate The Atta Mills government took a rather unusual step of putting the BNI in charge of the investigations surrounding the numerous allegations against the then Minister for Sports Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak Some people thought it was not a very ... Read more |
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Monday, July 20, 2009 |
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The big question is demographicallyspeaking how does one define the word Muslim Muslim does not denote an ethnic group neither does it define a political entity It is supposed to represent practitioners of the religion of Islam But the world over Muslim has come to represent something more than that The President of the United States foun ... Read more |
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Thursday, July 16, 2009 |
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To Kobla Dotse a responseGhana found herself on some international news broadcasts last week due to the visit of the president of the United States of America We are told the only reason we enjoyed that privilege was because the good people of Ghana decided to conduct democratic elections without any violence We successfully transferred ... Read more |
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Saturday, July 11, 2009 |
The first Black President of the United States of Africa has decided to make his first subSaharan Africa stop in Ghana He could only spare just about a day altogether but Ghanaians as usual cannot be bothered about that The whole country is caught up in the euphoria and who could begrudge us Africa is made up of countries and to be the ... Read more |
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Saturday, July 04, 2009 |
I am tired of the hypocrisy that has so much permeated our political culture I am beginning to wonder whether its even worth continuing to write about it The NDC is in power and they find themselves unable to fulfill some of their preelection promises but instead of coming clean with Ghanaians and conceding the fact that they were wrong about ... Read more |
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Saturday, June 27, 2009 |
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I have met the man Charles Yves WirekoBrobbeyTARZAN at close quarters once He came off as a very intelligent man who knows his stuff and he spares no opportunity to let you know that His fortunes on the Ghanaian political scene has been rather chequered at best To many people he personifes the word arrogant but is that really the case ... Read more |
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009 |
I just read this article Rejoinder Asantehene new progress philosophy etc written by one Dotse A Kobla and posted on Ghanaweb It is precisely the presence of such articles on the web that got me writing I remember that in the runup to the last elections there were so many of such articles on the internet written by people like Dotse Ko ... Read more |
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Saturday, June 20, 2009 |
For those who believe in the sovereignty of God the creator and the Bible it is God Himself in His wisdom who gave us the concept of tribes He had twelve of them to represent Him on this earth So as far as I am concerned there is nothing wrong with the existence of tribes but just like all other things created by God man has the abilit ... Read more |
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Thursday, June 18, 2009 |
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I just read this article Rejoinder Asantehene new progress philosophy etc written by one Dotse A Kobla It is precisely the presence of such articles on the web that got me writing I remember that in the runup to the last elections there were so many of such articles on the internet written by people like Dotse Kobla It seemed to me th ... Read more |
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Friday, June 12, 2009 |
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Ghana oo GhanaWould it ever be possible for government ministries agencies and departments to publicly advertise proposed sales or auctions so that ALL interested persons can avail themselves of the opportunity Why is it that politicians and government officials are the only people who always manage to hear about such deals If the ... Read more |
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 |
Its often said that there is no smoke without fire and nowhere in this world is this truer than in Ghana Rumours they say do not really exist in Ghanathey almost always turn out to be true So this huhuhuhu thing that started involving the Sports Minister has turned out to be way beyond what I ever imagined Immediately the story broke out ... Read more |
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Friday, June 05, 2009 |
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Its often said that there is no smoke without fire and nowhere in this world is this truer than in Ghana Rumours they say do not really exist in Ghanathey almost always turn out to be true So this huhuhuhu thing that started involving the Sports Minister has turned out to be way beyond what I ever imagined Immediately the story broke out ... Read more |
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Thursday, June 04, 2009 |
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The phenomenon of kaya kaya and streetism have been the bane of many a government for quite sometime now Hawking has also become another challenge for the authorities In fact hawkers are looked upon as pests in the society and should be gotten rid of at all cost The hawkers themselves and others have argued time and again that there is ... Read more |
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Monday, June 01, 2009 |
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There have been quite a number of articles written on Ghana International Airlines GIA and the present state that it finds itself in For some reason we as a country seem to be at our wits end unable to figure out which direction GIA should go and how to turn it into a viable company The truth of the matter is if we decide to approach its manag ... Read more |
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Monday, May 25, 2009 |
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What is really wrong with us And specifically what is wrong with our publiccivil servants I and others also have been asking these questions for sometime now and I will keep asking them until we start doing things right Each new day presents more indicatorsevidence that these are legitimate questions and we need not let up We may not need a ... Read more |
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Thursday, May 21, 2009 |
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The Ghanaian Chronicle story that compared and contrasted how much our governments NDC and NPP spent on similar trips should put to sleep the noise from the NPP about the cost of the presidents trip to the UK I want to see just one individual from the NPP who can tell us that heshe went on record publicly and criticized Kufuor on his trips ... Read more |
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Friday, May 15, 2009 |
Laws are made by man and for man to serve the needs of man and not the other way round If our laws as presently constituted are not meeting those needs we need to look at them again and amend appropriately News reports about government business being hindered in parliament should be of concern to wellmeaning Ghanaians I do not agree with sug ... Read more |
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009 |
I had the opportunity to read the full text of the speech Rawlings gave in Kumasi to mark the th anniversary of the Asantehene My initial reaction was to acknowledge it as a wellwritten speech I dont know who his speechwriter is but it sure sounded like something either Victor Gbeho or Prof Kofi Awoonor would write Then again it could have ... Read more |
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Friday, May 08, 2009 |
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Boniface Abubakr Saddique tells us the sale of government lands to individuals did not start with the NPP Ok So the NDC did it does that make it right Others have also argued for the legality of the exercise but the bigger question is does it meet both the spirit and letter of the law Why are these bidding processes open to the general publi ... Read more |
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Monday, May 04, 2009 |
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The Bible says to everything under the sun there is time and season for There is a time to celebrate and a time to mourn A time to make merry and a time to reflect and take stock To me it presupposes that to be able to celebrate during time of celebration one must be able to also reflect and plan or even mourn when it is required Therefore ... Read more |
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Saturday, May 02, 2009 |
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Ghana it seems is a democracy or at least working her way towards that goal In which case free speech should be encouraged at all times We can always agree to disagree on any subject at all and that should be okay too But free speech does not in any way mean distortion of facts or indulgence in hypocrisy I take issue with people who criticize ... Read more |
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Friday, April 24, 2009 |
The Church Today and the Way ForwardI am a lifemember of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana I do identify with the theology of the reformed tradition which the church is based on The tradition is identified with the characteristics of always being reformed The Latin slogan Ecclesia reformata semper reformanda which translates as The Churc ... Read more |
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Thursday, April 23, 2009 |
Are markets private entities or are they operated by the various district assemblies for and on behalf of the people For those wondering where this question is coming from just hold your fire and read on So if these public places are put up with taxpayers money and are supposed to be managed on our behalf why then do we have the situation wher ... Read more |
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Monday, April 20, 2009 |
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So what has really changed in Ghana since Are we any different than we were at the time of independence How significant has our circumstance changed And what has been the direction of the change if any Do we still mine our natural resources gold diamond bauxite and export them so somebody else would add value and sell them back t ... Read more |
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Monday, April 13, 2009 |
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Are marketplaces private entities or are they operated by the various district assemblies for and on behalf of the people For those wondering where this question is coming from just hold your fire and read on So if these public places are put up with taxpayers money and are supposed to be managed on our behalf why then do we have the situation ... Read more |
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Monday, April 13, 2009 |
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The Church Today and the Way ForwardI am a lifemember of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana I do identify with the theology of the reformed tradition which the church is based on The tradition is identified with the characteristics of always being reformed The Latin slogan Ecclesia reformata semper reformanda which translates as ... Read more |
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Saturday, April 04, 2009 |
After every election cycle there are accusations and counter accusations as to which part of the country voted right or wrong Over the years two regions have been penciled down as major culpritsAsante and VoltaVolta without a doubt would always stick to the party that their own son formed and Asante the UP tradition Let me digress ... Read more |
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Saturday, April 04, 2009 |
Since the first part of this article was published I have made quite a number of friends Some of them have registered eagerness to learn more others would rather I leave it alone and one fellow wished to put a bullet in my headBut I love the general reaction so far in that it will generate and rightly so I hope the much needed discussion ... Read more |
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Wednesday, April 01, 2009 |
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President Atta Mills may well live to regret these early months of his presidency If he is half as decent a man as I think he is he would surely rue the opportunities he had but did not make use of When it mattered most when he was expected to rise above petty politics and do the right thing to call it as it is he preferred to remain silent a ... Read more |
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Thursday, March 26, 2009 |
Ghana forms part of the world community of nations and it becomes necessary from time to time to take a peek at what others are doing to develop their economies and keep their people safe Keeping the people safe goes beyond prevention of internal conflicts or defense against external aggression Security also includes adequate provision of fo ... Read more |
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Saturday, March 21, 2009 |
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Ghanaweb and Myjoyonline reported a story on their websites on March Basically the story was the same but the headlines were different Myjoyonline had Mills I am the President whether you like it or not and Ghanaweb decided on Mills talks tough cautions against distractionReading through the story the impression one gets is ... Read more |
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Tuesday, March 03, 2009 |
On Wednesday February Tamakloe Kojos DanquahBusia Dinasour Volta Virus and Confusion emphasis mine was posted on ghanaweb As I started reading I came across this what would have happened to mother Ghana had Danquah won the election and become Prime Minister A very interesting question so I decided to read further so fi ... Read more |
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009 |
I woke up one fine morning a couple of days back to read from the internet that a pressure group is questioning the suitability of some ministerial nominees due to some sins from their past I was surprised to find Hon Haruna Iddrisus name among the listI was even more surprised when I read what the charge against him was The University ... Read more |
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Monday, January 19, 2009 |
I have been around for quite some time and have lived through different political dispensations in our dear country Ghana I have seen JJ Rawlings pre NDC and post NDC I have also seen the NPP and I do have quite an extensive knowledge of its antecedents I will admit that I am a political animal and so I make it my business to study these th ... Read more |
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