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There was uproar in Ghana’s Parliament when Minister for the Interior, Mubarak Muntaka, has reiterated that no Member of Parliament is above the law following the attempted arrest of Ernest Yaw Kumi, the Member of Parliament for Akwatia Constituency in the Eastern Region. On March 7, operatives from the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) arrived at an undisclosed location in three ...

The Anlo Dukor Council has formally petitioned the Speaker of Parliament to identify the Member of Parliament who allegedly made defamatory remarks against Hon. Zanetor Agyeman Rawlings during a heated parliamentary session on February 4, 2025. In a letter signed by Togbi Agbesi Awusu III, the Awadada of Anlo Dukor, the Council expressed outrage over the alleged incident, in which ...

What may appear elitist and impossible for the man on the street became a reality when Mercy Adu Gyamfi, a hairdresser, was voted as Member of Parliament to represent the people of Akwatia. The MP who is unable to speak the Queen’s language like most of her colleagues said she “wept” the first day she walked into the chamber. “I ...